The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-20
Five Hundred Vehicles in Line.

Closing the procession was an autOmo-
bile and carriage division in which were
500 vehicles decorated with coiors and
elk heads.
Ladies and children accompanying the
Elks generally rode in the carriages and
aur 0mObiles.
The first division consisted of a police
escort officers and members of the grand
lodge in decorated carriages, and the Den
yer lodge, acting as escort of honor. Fol-
lowing this division marched New York
lodge No. /, the parent organization of
the order, with other herds from the En-
pire state trailing after according to their
seniority Phila 1elphia lodge No. 2, with
other Pennsylvania lodges, came next, fol-
lowed by San Francisco lodge No. 3, and
California lodges. The next position was
assigned to Chicago lodge No. 4, other
Illinois lodges following.
The procession moved promptly at 10
o'clock On reaching the reviewing stand
the grand officers dropped out of line
and. with the judges of the various fea-
lures for which prizes are given, re-
viewed the entire procession.
Along Sixteenth street the marchers
were showered with flowers and snow
balls. several carloads of snow having
been brought from the summit of the
Rocky mountains by the Moffat road to
show the diversity of the Colorado eli
mate.
Prize Winners.
The following prizes were awarded in
connection with the parade:
Band Marching ContestmF1rst. COWBOY
hand of Idaho Springs. $500: second, Fort
Collins. Colo. band, $500: third. Hoo Hoo
band. Houston. Tex, $780,
Best Appearance in Line-First, Detroit,
$500: second Cleveland, $500: third, Lead
VILE Colo. $780,
ond, Idaho Springs, $780, third Pittsburg,
Most Attractive Float-First, Central
City, Colo, $3.50; second. Davenport, Ia,
$50: third. Park City. Utah, 500.
Most Beautiful Banner-Aetna, Pa, $50
punch bowl.
The TaIIest Elk.
J. s. Porteus of Paducah, Ky. won two
prizes, first for being the tallest Elk and
first for being the leanest.
Porteus is feet 61s inches tall and
weighs 147 pounds.
George F. Caldwell of Flint, Mich, who
received second prize, is 6 feet inches
and weighs 276 pounds.
T. H. Shute of Leadville, 6 feet 4%
inches, was the winner of the third prize.
The shortest man, H C. Kean of Cen
trail City, Colo, is feet So inches.
The fat mans prize was awarded to Au-
gust Gottwald of Defiance, o., whose
weight is AIS pounds.
Central City's display, which won first
prize was a magnificent exposition of the
mining industry on several floats, show
ing how ore is discovered. mined and
smelted.
Davenport, Ia. won second place among
the floats by display of farming.
Park City. Utah, was given third prize
on representation of Mormon patri-
arch surrounded by his wives.
Grand Lodge Meeting.
This afternoon rapid progress was made
by the grand lodge on the new conStitu-
ton and by $50 every clause had been
considered and debated. AT that hour bal
loting was begun. A count of the votes
showed that the constitution had been
adopted by large majority It is COM
plete change of the organic law of the or
der and now goes back to subordinate
lodges for approval. If they vote to
adopt it it becomes law after the next
convention.
The particular point that caused the
most debate was in regard to the judicial
feature of the proposed new organiza-
ton. 1t provides that a sort of court
shall be named consisting of five men,
hers apnoiDtpd nv the grand exalted ruIer