Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-12

| natured and anticlpative Elks and got
| their applause for II In right royal man
| ner He spoke as follows
This Is probably the biggest roundup
| Of elks the valley Of the Great Salt Lake
has seen since Jim Bridger was a boy
The Oldest inhabhant, who reVels In
the long ago and tells nothing but
stories Of wll1 animals he has known,
! will be compelled to admit that he new
er saw so big a herd as this altogether
IN Behalf Of the people of Utah,
welcome you. The youngest state ex-
tends 10 the youngest fraternal organ
ization a cordial, hearty greeting, We
bid you three times welcome 10 the
valleys OF the mountains in whose
softened shadows peace and prosperity
reign, and In whose secluded gorges the
elk still roams unm0lested, protected
from the destroyer by due process OF
law. If any OF you want any further
protection than the law allows, you win
please advise the executive committee
whether your desires may best be mot
through the agency Of the board Of
pardons or by special session Of the
legislature
PURPLE AND GOLD.
History tells us how the Assyrian
once paid visit I'm force 10 the Epyp-
tian and the poet IN describing it says
that His cohorts were cleaning with
purple and gold While your call iB
perhaps, not quite so bolster0us and not
at all threatening, II Is as nearly as
can be determined. about as numerous
the purple you have always with YOU
and If YOU haven't got the gold, II n
probable ere you depart that you may
hear q chorus Of disgIuntled tradasmen
SINGING that well known refrain Back
back, back, 10 the woods" Furthermore,
we are under no mlsgivlngs as TO the
scenes Of devastation and waste other
than such as occur IN the ordinary
course when large numbers Of people
with appeutcs confront the means Of
appeasement of which / hope you will
he ablc to say that no part OF our
bread land has more or better
Your sotouin within our gates does
not promise 70 be long enough TO per
NIT you 10 see everything with which
nature has favored us, but so long as
the time cndufes, we hope YOU Will keep
yourselves within easy reach OF 8ccur-
ate Information, which you may readily
obtain from tourist guides, hack drly-
ers, newspaper men and your fellow
Elks, any OF whom would cheerfully
suffer death rather than tell lie,
OUR GREAT DEAD SEA-
II is a circumstance to be taken for
granted that you viii find some things
of interest here that you don't have at
home or elsewhere Those OF you who
have never bathed in our great lake or
s.ls f.. til
the experience In store for you. Indeed
you are 20 be envled II you have bathe1
everywhere else. 1t Is the best and
most inylgorating bath IN the world.
Its marvellous buoyancy will float any
thing from a keg of nails to Wild cat
mining scheme. In fact 1t Is so I'M
possible to sink In the lake that politi-
clans have been known while the nom
mating conventions were being held to
spend whole days In swimming But
Notwithstanding the remarkable ease
WITH which one may float upon its
briny bosom, he Is in deadly peril once
he gets his head under The salt win
soak II to him worse than treacherous
friend, and he is likely to fall like Luci-
fer never TO rise again,
OTHER KINDS OF WATER.
But We have other kinds OF water,
fresh, mineralized, cool, warm and that
which bubbles up from the fiery fur
naces Of Tartarus so hot you can't
touch It, We hope you will not try to
get into 1t; II you should, you will the
better be able TO appreciate the posi-
ton of a man who tries 10 promote a
prize fight during an Elks convention.
But we would like you to sample Just
as a matter OF curiosity, the kind that
rlpples down from beds Of everlasting
snow, fresh, pure, cool and delightful,
though you must be extremely careful
lest you take liking 10 It and the de-
sire to use 1t becomes fastened upon |
you.
My friends, they are yours for the |
asking while you are in our miGst-the |
air and the water ] mean-a small |
charge will be exacted for everything |
else. and the hope is that you may so
enjoy all the things we have to offer |
that when you turn your faces home |
ward, you will be able to say that you |
have been well done by good and faith.
full servants
COMING OF PIONEERS.
Time was, and not at so very remote