The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22
ARRANGE FOR
GREAT PARADE
fIks' Pageant Grandest Ever
Seen iu the West.
n Be MANYUNIQUE FEATURES
DIFFERENT LODGES WILL WORK
HARD FOR FIRST PRIZE.

HARD FOR FIRST PRIZE.
TUE Erks' parade. the second day
of tine convention. will be the
! most interesting. and at the same
..--a the most instructive, spectacle Of
a.. Kind ever seen in salt Lake. That
3. On. occasion when the lodges from
OH over Che United States compete for
.-.z.s. They are awarded on the gem
80, ,noe4rtnce of the contestants,
wearing beauty and originality. num-
In I'M line. and the most unique die
-r.. fr tho uageant. To win the first
,#-a T- the biggest honor possible for
lodge and in devisinc a uniform,
,-rstrrr 70 be unique grotesque or
r,rFe4ua neither time nor money is
,,ssr into consideration in the design
f7- and making.
rs "a general thing. the lodges max
f-- AN earnest competition for the
,-.zas rely upon the peculiariti=S or
.tfaf industry of their section of TIN"
.srn-rr FOB furnish them an idea for
trr costume they wear. Such cos
rumss are not only unique but inetruc-
tive as NoU for they give one an in
.tght into the characteristics of dir
s.rrut parts Of the United States. which
p. would not CLEAN otherwise. And
rrr rarade win be interesting because
fl win 0c the first OF it's kind to be
seen boz the west
Cotton Pickers Coming.
A letter received by J. C.. Leary.
chairman of the local executive com
rfttac from a lodge i'm Mississippi. will
show more clearly how the parade viii
prove instructive The writer. r. 3.
Goldman secretary of the salt Lake
city club. says. I'm part:
we the Grpeuville lodge. No. 14S.
R. p. %. f.. known as the Cotton Pick
c~s.' wish to- be- entered in your parade
FOR the most unique display. We are
coming about twenty-five strong and
viii represent the sunny south i'm it's
miuutest details. our exhibit, no doubt.
will be the most novel ever displayed
I'm YOUR section OF the country. Our
IDEAS arc taken from the cotton grow
iuG district OF Mississippi. In the pa
-aIc We win represent the southern
negro, true 20 nature. We will have
men, women. boys and girls as wei
as the old parson,' who is cOnsid-
cred the peer OF Lis flock. We are now
growing cotton. which we viii trans
port to your city i'm its natural state.
These plants at that time viii be fully
matured. showing the bloom, the open
bail and the BAN in its green state.
Bring Bales Of Cotton.
"Iu addition TO this novel feature we
Gre gpiuE 90 bring with us few bales
Of cotton that the western people may
sec tbo manner our 'heeCv staple is
prepared for market. Our grips are
made iu imitation of miniature cotton
bales. Besides these features we will
display the different products of cot
ton and cotton seed Our badge will
BOO made Of cotton material, emblematic
of the country we represent. on which
win be- suspended an open bail Of cot
ton. We arc now having made up a
neat and appropriate uniform for street
wear. Should we secure the prize or
not. we will give YOU am opportunity
of seeing a novel and unique sight in
fact. we are going to bring the south
and her principal product to your very
door
This lodge won the first prize last
year at Milwaukee.
Cattle is the chief industry of the
western part Of te south, and It will
Do represented in the great parade i'm a
most appropriate manner by the Phoe-
mis-, Ari2. lodge. This lodge will come
tr Zion TOO strong. headed by Billy
Meyers. known throughout that terri
tory Those Elbs will be uniformed as
cowboys, wearing sombreroS.
Bands Of Indians.
From Oshkosh. Wis. will come a rep
rasc0tative delegation entirely differ
emit from either Of the above. This con-
tnEeut win appear as a band Of In
dams. the exalted ruler of the lodge
taking the character Of the famous old
chief for whom the city has been
named. From Sioux Falls, $. D., may
come another band OF ElkS disguised as
Sioux. some member of the lodge i'm
T.rsouatuE old Sitting Bull
That outorprisinE little town, Canon
CITY, Colo. viii come TO the grand
lodge meeting dressed as fruit-gUow-
crs. The uniform will Dee adorned with
clusters of natural fruits. instead of
flowers and other usual decorations.
While boo Salt Lake the delegation viii
open am exhibition and distribute 20 an
samples of fruits grown in and around
that city,
From Philadelphia.
The boys from Philadelphia will be
easily distinguished i'm the column by
i1r.r Puritan uniform, i'm which the
picture civilian Penn takes a prom
H-nt place. Another noted individual
whose name is associated indeHbly with
DIS state. viii bee pictured I'm the parade,
General Frederick Funston. He will be
l'1nrei hy the Topeka delegation. The
'faIn worn by that contingent viii DE
arg" artificial suuhoWer. under which
N.. H~ % likeness of the man who cap
t"I tho Filipino chief.
ID s.. Preston Of Rock Springs is
taking trip through Wyoming 90 adj
F"rHsn the gr5ud lodge reunion. He
reports that OrSOn Grimmett OF Lander
'"Hf state. win bring with him a train
On. Oh" finest specimens OF the antlered
.."H. These elks have been broken to
harness. and Mr. Grimmett viii exhibit
t." during the parade showing the
Various salts he has taught them ia
travel Nr. Preston thinks this team
".. a. one OF the features of the page
5r-
hH automobile. an imported machine
''. N" % feature OF the parade. It viii
tract attention because seated I'm 4
N.. n" the four largest ElkS i'm the
"'"l states. They will form a part
O.. .H. Kansas city division under the
leadership of Frank Jones. chairman of
'... delegation. The quartettc of mann
.'.H ..kS will Dee bipcds. Where they
"... caught Mr.. Jones does not say.
Noted Band 70 Be Here.
IH. Grand Rapids delegation vii
JIM. those ~ Chicago and Milwaukee
s"t journey Co Zion together. The del
--HH1u win bring with it the NOTED
J aTWHrr City hand. Dona tionS hav,
'.'n made hy the leading furniture