The Colorado statesman., 1906-07-07
.ELKS AT DENVER
PROGRAM FOR REUNION BEGIN.
MING MONDAY, JULY 10.
BIG PARADE ON WEDNESDAY
Carriage and Automobile Rides, Con-
certs, Receptions, Wild West Show
and Other Entertainments.-
Denver Lodge at Work.

Denver.-The following communica-
tion has been sent out to all Denver
Elks by Exalted Ruler Walter S. Collier
of Denver Lodge No. II for the pur-
pose of informing them concerning the
events of the coming reunion, which
begins July 10th:
In compliance with the wish of the
general reunion committee | desire at
this time to give to the members of
the lodge full and complete informa-
tion as to events of reunion week:
The different committees will be-
gin active work in the reception and
entertainment of our visitors Sunday
morning, July 18th, during which day
a great many delegations will arrive,
being received at the depot by the
general reception committee, ladies'
reception committee, information
committee and hotel and accom-
modations committee, and escorted
by bands and our escort team to
the registration headquarters, Eigh-
teenth and Stout streets. Sunday
afternoon from 4 to p. m. the gen
eral reunion committee has arranged
for carriage ride about our city for
the grand lodge members and their
wives. Sunday night there will be a
band concert at City Park, open to the
public.
Monday morning will continue the
reception and registration of all visit
ors, which reception and registration
will continue day and night through
out the week. Monday afternoon the
great Wild West show, to be held at
University Athletic field, Sixth and
Broadway, will open at p. m. For
this entertainment all visiting Elks
and their ladies will receive free ad-
mission tickets. The Wild West show
will continue Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons, opening at
the same hour. On these days admis-
sion will be charged to all. Monday
night at s p. IN. at the Tabor Opera
house will occur the opening ceremo-
MES of the reunion. The lower floor
of the opera house will be reserved for
our visitors, the general public being
admitted to the galleries. There will
be concerts all Monday evening in the
down town streets by the various
bands.
Tuesday morning from to 12
there will be a reception in the Elks'
rooms at st. Anthonys hospital and a
concert in the park adjoining the hos
pital. At 10 a. m. the ladies' recep-
tion committee will tender to all visit
ing ladies, properly registered, an au.
tomobile ride about the city. From II
noon to IL midnight Tuesday, Elitch's
Gardens are reserved for the enter
tainment of our visitors. The band
contest will begin at 10 a. m. Tues
| day morning at City Park and con-
| tinue through Wednesday.
Wednesday morning at a. m. the
massed band parade will take place on
Sixteenth street, bands marching from
Broadway to Larimer street. From IL
noon Wednesday to IL midnight Man
haitian Beach has been reserved for
the entertainment of the visiting
Elks.
THE grand parade will start at 10
a. m. promptly Our lodge will march
at the head of the parade, immedi-
ately preceded by two of the finest and
largest bands attending the reunion.
No member of Denver Lodge No. II
will be allowed in the parade unless in
uniform"