The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-10
ELkS COMING BY
THE THOUSANDS
there is given such news as would
proper TO give
Refers to Prize Fight.
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! heIeIS 10 EflZS G4Sut-
Mr.. Pickett then referred TO the re-
cent disturbance over the proposed
prize fight, and expressed his satisfies
ton over the way II had been settled
I THE attitude of the Salt Lake ledge.
said he, in regard to that fight is be
ing commended by every one. ii shows
: that the lodge has d due appreciation
of the higher and more noble purposes
of the order, and speaks we'll for the
1 executive officers. The grand lodge APP
preciates the stand taken by the local
lodge and the hearty support given the
members of that body by the citizens
| of Salt Lake.
Il feel continued Mr. Pickett. that
word of praise is due the Mormon
church for its generosity in permitting
the lodge to use the tabernacle and As
sembly hall for its meetings. II mani
! tests broad and progressive spirit in
| the church which is appreciated by the
Elks- There is nothing in Eikdom
that cannot properly be supported by
any church and the best element of so
| ciety anywhere
/ In reply to a question, Mr.. Pickett
| stated that although the policy of the
/ grand lodge had been against too much
/ expansion. the order had Increased in
| membership during the past year at a
| surprising rate. Eighty-five new lodges,
| he stated. had been Instituted. and no
| less than $4,000 new members had been
| secured.
In brief" said he. THE order was
never in a stronger condition sthap it
Is q the present time. and every lodge
seems 10 be prosperous"
Visitors Are Tired.
The visiting Elks were too tired from.
their long trip TO take in any sights
the city after their arrival and no eff
fort was made to show them around
They remained about their quarters
resting up and preparing to spend
Sunday in an appropriate manner by
attending the tabernacle.
All were congratulating themselves
upon their safe arrival after the mar
row escape they had near Council
Bluffs. Many of the officers and Wis
itors probably owe their lives to the
courage of the engineer whose brave
work was manifeStiy rewarded by
those aboard the train. The train was
running al the rate of forty-fiVe miles
per hour when the tender jumped the
track just before the train reached a
trestle across a deep creek. The fire.
man jumped into the creek and saved
himself, but the engineer. realizing the
danger to his sleeping passengers re-
manned by his post and by applying the
air brakes and using lots of sand man
aged to stop the train just as the en-
CINE and tender reached the trestle.
When an examination was made il
was found that the wheels had ctit
through the trestle, and no doubt had
the train run much further the whole
thing would have been precipita ted TO
the bottom of the creek. possibly re-
sulting in the death and injury of many
people When the Elks learned of the
heroism of the engineer, they passed
around the hat and took up a collection
of S75 for the brave man. After ~
damage had been repaired the re-
mainder of the trip was made without
accident.
Elks' Official Organ.
Among those in the party are a num-
Der Of men who are prominent in pub
lie and political life. Among these men
is r. f. Eldridge, editor of the Jolly
Elk" the official organ of the order
Mr.. Eldridge comes from ST Paul
Mimi. He has been in the newspaper
business since his boyhood days. and
his paper has made him one of the most
prominent Elks In the order The paper
is noted for being one & the neWsisst
fraternal publications in the country.
and II is considered authority. upon all
things connected with Elkdom Mr.
Eldridge says he expects to see not less
than $4,000 Elks in this city by tomor-
row night.
Edwin s. Hay. a. noted jurist from
Washington, is also of the party. Mr.
Hay is known throughout F,lkdop1 as
the man who is never without a but
tonhole bouquet in his lapel. When he
boarded the special train he did. SO with
a box under his arm, that proved after
wards TO contain a supply of bouquets
for the grand lodge officers.
Oldest Elk in Country.
George H. Sampson. who is another
of the party. enjoys the distinction of
country. During his association with
the order he has instituted ten new
lodges.
At Ogden P. K. RubIe of that lodge
and P X. Gordon of the Southern Pa
cific at San Francisco, Joined the Of
fetal train and came to Salt Lake Mr.
Gordon states that the coast special
viii leave San Francisco at IL O'Clock
this morning, and viii arrive in Salt
Lake Monday afternoon at o'clock
w. A. Rattenbury of San Francisco.
the actor who was the first to propose
the plan of Women's socials in connec-
ton with the order, was also among
the arrivals in the city with the spe-
cial train.
Win the ARRIVAL or this HrSt ielega-
ton of Elks. headquarters on Main
street became a scene of intense activ-
ity. Those in charge of the registra-
ton and accommodation departments
bad something TO do. The headquarters
We're opened yesterday morning. and
everything has been fixed to handle the
crowds of visitors in a systematic way
Counters have been provided. where
the members Of the various lodges from
certain numbers to certain numbers
can register and receive their appro-
pirate badges. A force of Elks. clerks
and typewriters were kept busy all day
preparing for the gathering of the
herds.
Placing the Visitors.
The accommodations committee is
having some trouble in placing the Wis
itors. owing to the fact that some of
those wi1o,i1ave offered rooms forgot
and went away from home Just at the
time when they were wanted. A num-
Der of visitors were sent to places
where rooms had been offered, but no
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