Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-22

bic travel IN company 10 the meet Of
the Big Elks by the River Of Jordan,
And from that time on was two mis-
BlOnarlos, 80 % speak.
MY reception here and the treat
mcnt that has been accorded TO me by
Salt Lake Elks has qualified me 70 tes-
tify as 10 the reputation for hospitality
Of Utah Elks. | never have had the
pleasure Of attending an Elks grind
lodge session Mt any convention city
In which the same has heretofore as
sombled but " called upon To- give any
such city q reference or recommends
ton as to hospitality / would be COM
PEELED to word II similar to the letter
given by good Catholic priest 20 an
honest Irish working girl, he said. i
don't know this girl but ! know her
aunt and " she Is half as god az her
aunt, she If the best girl living
would have 10 say, II don't know any
thing about the hospitality or the en-
thuslasm IN behalf OF lglkd0m by this
city. but ! do know Of the hospitality
and enthusiasm Of Salt Lake, and II
the lodge Is half as hospltable az Salt
Lake, II ~ the most hospitable city on
the earth
When asked as TO his opinion az to
the benefits 10 this city OF such q gath
erlng as the grand lodge OF 1lka In Au-
gust Mr.. s, said u tell you pardner,
just about one man In hundred ever
stops TO figure or realize the benefits
socially aud financially to be derived
from great fraternal gathering like
this Did you ever stop TO think Of
the vast sum Of money that WI be put
into circulation IN your city by such
body Of men as the Elks?
From conservative Elks and other
reliable inf0rmants, ! estimate that
there viii be not less than twenty-five
thousand Elks lin this number | In
clude members Of their families accom-
panyng them visit Salt Lake during
grand lodge week, and every 'mQthet's
son Of them (mother's daughters like
wlse) will remain on m average Of four
days IN and about this city, Say that
each visitor pays ont only his or her
actual and necessary expenses and see
what we will find The minimum llY-
ing expenses OF each viii be tprOvided
prices are not boosted during their WIS.,
I'D say 81 90 per day, and the maximum,
say S. 90 per day, let us call the aver
age for the purpose Of being safe say
81 90 per day for each person, thus we
have 100000 per day Add to this the
excursions. street car, salt water baths,
and last but not least for refreshments
and we will have close on to half u
million dollars added 10 the circulation
In ana about Salt Lake"
"Again, this visit OF the Elks VIII be
one that viii be far reaching IN ils
good results, not only to Salt Lake and
Utah, but to the visitors as well. You
cannot accommodate such a gathering
as this In the hotels and lodging houses
of your city, and the result Is that the
citizens of Salt Lake win be appealed
10 by the Elks OF this city 10 hang the
latch-strIng OF every home on the outer
door, and to receive and entertain IN
| the family circle the pilgrims
And In addition to the financial
benefits realized by the poor and honest
citizens the visitor can and VIII see for
! himself or herself the error OF the many
oyellow journal sensational reports
ana hearsay comments spoken IN their
hearing Of and concerning the majority
| of Salt Lakes thrifty, enterprlsing enf
hospltable citizens of which thousands
of the visitors had heard but one side
of the many stories made from whole
cloth, which In nearly every case was
told by some one who knew nothing
w .,9Nods on Jo9loQM