Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-16
ELKS ON THE WAY TO DENVER
Omaha Welcomes Large DELEGATIONS Of
Order Passing Through.
LIVELY SCENES At DtPoTs ALL DAY LONG
Mayor DahIman and Bill Canada Lead
In Greeting the visitors who Are
Accorded Most HospitabIe
Treatment.

gateway to the west Sunday morning,
afternoon and evening en- route to Denver,
where the grand lodge meeting will be held
July is TO 81. Union station never had more
jolly crowds In one day and was constantly
the scene of some trainload OF Elks and
their families and friends either alighting
from the cars and being welcomed by the
local lodge officers and Mayor Dahlman in
behalf OF the city or OF some trainload
which was leaving with many regrets
Mayor Dahlman was on hand and as the
crowd would alight he would make a char
acteristic speech Of welcome, giving the
travellers the privileges Of the city. and
promising them the best the town afforded
as long as they would remain within the
gates. W. T. Canada, exalted ruler, in
behalf OF the local lodge OF Elks would
follow with a warm speech of welcome,
inviting all TO take trolley ride and to
use the club rooms to the fullest extent.
Many of the trains were held over in
Omaha while the members of the various
parties accepted the invitation of the local
Elks and viewed the city from special
trolley cars and from automobiles which
were kept on the move all day.
Open House at Club.
The Elks club rooms were gaily decorated
for the occasion and the larder was well
filled from which all were invited to par
take without cost. The rooms were we'll
filled all day ana the large number Of
women was a noticeable feature Of the
tourists. A majority OF the travellers seemed
to have their wives and daughters, and
special provision was made for the enter
tainment of these.
At the station George West for the North
western, W. H. Murray Dave Lincoln and
Of1QAFa ~ ha
the Union Pacific, City Passenger Agent
Rowe and Fred Rutherford, division pas
senger agent of the Rock Island, Art An
derson of the Milwaukee, VIII Davidson
of the Great Western and Sam North of
the Illinois Central were present all day,
looking after the comfort of the passengers
on the numerous trains which were con-
stantly pouring their cargoes of living
freight into the Union station. W. H
Cundey, travelling passenger agent Of the
Denver & Rio Grande for this district. was
on hand to give the Elks copies of the
offcial program which had been prepared
by his road
Several trains arrived during the night
and these went right on through, as most
of the men and women were asleep in their
berths, but with the coming OF the sun the
local committee was on hand and all were
Induced TO look over Omaha. George p.
Cronk, ex-grand exalted ruler of the order.
was also on hand to extend a greeting to
his old associates. The lunch room at the
station did a great business all day and one
of the mattresses was just slS ahead from
the tips she had received from those who
had lunehed there.
Prise Train from Lowell.
The largest train Of the day was that
from Lowell, Mass, which came over the
Great Western from Chicago and which
was in charge Of w. A. DoIan, division
passenger agent Of the. Great Western for
the New England states, The train, which
carried over 200 people in eleven cars, made
q fine run from Chicago, leaving there at
o O'Clock Sunday morning and arriving at
Omaha before o'clock in the evening
The crowd which seemed to be having
the best time of any was that which came
on the Rock Island from Davenport at
p. m. and left over the Rock Island at
7:3O. This bunch carried its own band
and novel feature was that the large
number OF women Who accompanied their
husbands and brothers wore long purple
silk coats, purple and white being the
Elks' colors. The train was in charge OF
c. c. Gardner, travelling passenger agent
of the Rock Island at Davenport and
hiOhibciS Will surely lel peOple KNOW Wnen
they arrive in Denver with their band
and blue coats and other decorations The
badge Of this crowd was half an ear
of popcorn dyed purple on a white ribbon,
which was very striking.
Reception Committee Busy.
The reception committee did its work in
thorough manner and was appreciated
by all. Responses were made to the well
comes of Mayor Dahlman and Exalted
Ruler Canada by leading Elks from the
different sections of the country. e. c.
Page and Arthur Wakeley also helped out
with the speechmaking and assisted in
making the visitors welcome.
The local lodge is not content with well
coming and. showing good time to those
going to Denver, but will repeat the per-
Torrance when the return movement is on.
Many will return through Omaha who went
to Denver via some other route.
The Burlington trains were also filled
with people going to Denver, but that
road carried but one organized party during
the day. The reception committee trans
ferred operations to the Burlington depot
while that train was In town.
Parties expected today are the Camden,
N. j., Elks at 1880 this morning, the Syria
cuse and Albany Elks at g. the Jersey
City. Brooklyn, Hoboken and Hazelton