Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-11
EZks Coming in
by Thousands.
:, .,mou Leasy Estimates That There VIII be Betseen
+, 900 and 8, 900 c1fenberS Of The Order Hete When
qbep c)4re All Unofficial Program Begins 1omor-
40, and Then he"Big DonS" as Planned VIII BE On

a., week. is on Swathed ana
~" 10 a profuslon Of purple ana
W. salt Lake Is doing honor 10
NV .nas of members of the Benevo-
p'u and protective order of Elks' by
,,a,,lous turn of initial letters, these
s'''. ~ are known as the BEST Poo
an Earth" Their claim to this u
y y" one here in the City Of the Saints
WI dispute ~, o,oo,,,,,.y,s.
.,a wearing an Elklsh look Of
a,o.r,dty, have poured into SAT- LAKE
al points of the compass today
n ny herds more viii pour in tonight
,,il others will swoop down upon
,l,v in the morning and all day to-
ynow
s.,b an influx of prlncely good fel-
u, Salt Lake does not remember OF
nrps entertained in decade anu
me oldest lnhabltant has scratch
Ae three hairs from the center OF
ssteninu dome In an effort to re-
S similar occasion. There has been
ssIog ike IL. There are no people
nv, eslt Lake could have a better time
s,,ertalnng than these BEST People
On Earth ,,n, 10 ,,ore In
en- lake when they are all here and
~ rains run regularly again, 1t Is not
~ wen TO estimate, Chairman Lealy
4 me- executive committee is the one
~,n who would know this II II was to
/, Known TO anyone. And he hesltated
Wore ehrancng AFT CURE.
NOW many visitors will there be
$40 during the week." repeated Mr..
law as he struck a calculating at
,sie We'll really ! wouldn't dare
,a,snture II. As nearly as we can tell,
amgh there will be between 1000 and
iN Eiks, and they win be accompan-
I'd BY numerous friends not members
alhe order
That is the figure given out by the
A,lrman of the executive committee,
IA lightning calculator of no mean
,baty himself. Mr.. Leary says that
n, Elks alone who will come here VIII
rll between 1900 and 5000, and tia
Z more than likely the correct figure.
M there are many not Elks already
M and there will be many more.
nae people have taken advantage OF
cheap excursion rate made TO come
"A or east as the case may be and 10
n one of the prettiest cities in the
Tilted States.
And still they come. All day they
| have streamed In, rather slowly this
awning and scatteringly, but this az
i,noon they have deluged the regis
i,ng headquarters on East Temple
sreet. Seventeen trains are due early
es afternoon. over the two roads-lI
tans all loaded down with Elks and
shrinking Of a few not among the
Aosen.
tomorrow morning the big doin's'
nrt. OF course, "doln's' have already
mred. but they have been informal
I'd we're not slated Officially. the re-
MON begins tomorrow morning, and
H.rything that Is done before then Will
upon the responsibility and accord
Y to the Individual planning OF the
lxr
he big time starts with grand mil
av and civic parade at $3.50 In the
sTnlng. which win include many mag
aicent features. The line of march
VII take IN all the main streets OF the
tg'lress section of town, and will break
y In time for the opening exercises in
ai tabernacle.
The opening exercises begin at IL o.
COCK, with Judge o. W. Powers as
Easter Of ceremonies. Prof. Mcclellan
VII preside at the organ and the adj
t',ss Of welcome will be made by Gov.
Htber NJ. Wells. Grand Exalted Ruler
nrkett viii respond and make the an
nal address.
The afternoon viii be informally
ffht at saltair and the other resorts
~ In the evening there will be held
y opening band contest at Liberty
Park.
That Is all there Is to the official pro-
tan tomorrow. In addition, there are
ny number Of private amusement
aees on tap and the antlers viii not
spend entirely upon what is outlined
~ their amusement. They are here
va good time-a jolly good time. They
not desire to paint the town red,
w hey are imbued with a laudable
,alfe TO suifuse II In purple that Is
hsn and royal and Elkish.
from What Salt Lake has seen Of the
.n from the country over, It has man
TESTED no hesitation In eavinp IN them
aN NE town is theirs to use II as they
l ! they viii only return It at the
'ii Of the week.