The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-22
RETURNING ELKS
BLOCKING BACK
Praise Hosts and Report De-
llghtful Time at the Gil
gantic Reunion.
PARK CITY MAKES HIT
JUVENILE BAND WAS A BIG
FEATURE OF CELEBRATION.

Stragglers from the big herd of Elks
that attended the annual roundup at Den
yer are coming into the city in threes
and fours on their way to their homes
IN various parts of the west.
The local Elks who went from Salt
Lake in special train, will arrive this
morning. The special train returns by
way of the Colorado Midland and the
others over the Rio Grande system The
juvenile band, which made one of the big
sest hits or the entire reunion, will re-
turn with the special.
Among the stragglers who were in the
city were r. c. Head, past exalter ruler,
ana H r Smith, OF Santa Ana, Cal,
lodge No. 1884. who spent the night here.
Utahns Make a Hit.
The reunion was remarkable in many
respects, said Mr.. Head, and those who
attended will have a fund of reminis-
cehces which they may recall for years
deal Convention cStY Nd pfoEea that &c could
nave been done looking to the pleasure
done.
ut would be natural to suppose that
there might be many complaints of over
charge and grating. This. supposition
would be entirely wrong. There were, OF
course, sporadic complaints. but the Of
tenders were promptly dealt with by the
authorities as soon as proof was given
that wrong had been done
"A visitor reported to the sheriff that
he had been robbed of $50 in a saloon.
In an hour that saloon was closed, and
the doors were not reopened until the re-
union was thing of the past.
The crowds were enormous. There
we're 10000 people on the streets at one
time during the progress of the gigantic
parade. The parade itself was remark
able, as there were 1900 men in uni
form, in line. The parade was SO long
rNTro On m
utes for it TO pass a given point.
The Salt Lake bunch showed up in
fine style, with sixty-five uniforms, and
two bands, mS king a total of 1O in its
line There were many other Salt LAX
ers at the convention, but without their
Speaking of bands. the Juvenile band
from this city made one of the greatest
hits of the entire reunion. Those boys
certainly did excellent work, and were
tireess in their efforts to give the music
TO the crowds.
AT the Brown Palace hotel the boys
made conquest. There were three other
bands playing in the hotel when the
boys marched in, and the crowd simply
forced the other bands out and forced
the boys to the center of the stage. They
nad things all their own way after that.
Or rather, they did not have things their
own way. because they wanted rest oc-
casionally. The crowds seemed to never
get enough of their work, and almost
compelled them to play every minute they
were in sight.
in a peculiar dilemma when they arrived
in Denver. They had arranged to show
a burro pack train in full operation, but
the evening before the parade they found
that one of the smaller Colorado mining
camps had planned for the same sort of
lineup. The Park City boys held an i'm
mediate counsel Of war and decided to
makesa change.
train, and presented one of the most hu-
morous floats of the entire parade, repre-
senting a patriarch with large number
of wives" and innurnerable children,
repre- senting "Utah's best crop" The
float made hit, and the boys walked
away with one of the prizes.
Streets Paved With Blossoms.
During the parade the streets along
the line of march were a Veritable flower
bed Thousands of handsome bouquets
and wagOnloads of cut flowers were
thrown to the marching thousands. The
streets were paved with blossoms.
The carnival, Thursday night, Sas one
Of the greatest features Of the entrse
reunion. There were thousands of men,
women and children in the streets until
early morning. All of them mingled to-
gether like a great family, and every
person. both men and women, was every
other persons friend. To the credit of
the crowd, there was not a case reported
TO the authorities or to the committees, of
rowdyism, and not one woman was af-
CrOnted. Order and discipline in the
crowds were perfect
During the entire convention l did
cot see drunken man wearing an Elks'
badge.
'sThe New England states made a re-
markably good showing Their division
was in sections. The first was a body
Of war-bonneted Indians in full war paint
This was followed by a group of men
representing the soldiers of the war for
Independence. Then came another float
showing the spirit of rs as shown in
a famous painting. The war of 1872 was
also shown, after which group Of G..
A. r. veterans were seen.
THE reconstruction period, represented
by women In crinoliI es, ana the spirit of
1906, represented by a full dress detach-
ment, followed by an effigy of Roosevelt,
shouting 'Dee-lightedr brought up the
rear. This division attracted a great deal
Of attention
1.-The spirit of hospitality was evident