The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-22
Afternoon Crowd at SaItair Is
Largely Augmented in the
Evening.
WIND BLOWS A GALE:
DECORATIONS in Peril,
Prize Winners Announced:
Lodge Formally Thanks
Friends.

With the wind blowing gales and
every decoration in peril, the Purple
day of the Elks at Saltair came nearly
turning blue. Early in the afternoon
the trains brought great crowds, but
the later ones, starting after the skies
clouded and the wind became high. did
not keep up the numbers. The evening
crowd was, as had been expected, the
big one.
Flags and purple and white pennants
decorating the. buildings, and Elks ev-
erywhere shouting through homemade
megaphones, the visitors were made in
stantly aware that Purple day was on
Men and women were Euttcring about
with yards Of purple and white stream
ing from them. Purple neckties, purple
stockings, purple dresses and purple
hats were visible anywhere and every
where.
The afternoon crowd numbered fewer
tnan 1000, but III the evening when the
early trains reached tho beach the af
ternoon numbers we're increased by
thousands. Dancing and the rink, the
midway features, Fred Wood g theater
where volunteer company Of vaude.
Williams presented new and original
acts ard the other enterprises in
tended to amuse for profit compen-
sated the great crowd for its harrow
ing ride through the sharp wind.
Prize Winners Announced.
During the afternoon the winners Of
the prizes for store"window decoration
and for the automobile parade were
announced The committee had spent n
trying day in deciding which of eight
machines was just little better than
all the others. AT O'Clock it was
announced that the following awards
had been made:
Window decorations-First prize,
keith-O ,Brien company; second, B. c,
day, manager; third. Z. c. NJ. I.
Automobiles -parade-First prize,
Van 3. Spaldlng; second, p. j. Moran;
third. Fred A. Slade; fourth, Orson
Hewlett
The arrangements ut Saltair were
past. This time the Elks had no ''spc-
clal' attractions but offered the Wis
itors only companionability and jollity
In addition to the regular amusemcnts.
4 temperature of rs induced many 10
spend part of the afternoon in the lake.
There were more In yesterday than at
any time this year.
between the Elks and the management
of several concessions about privileges
threatened to mar tho day a little, but
all was adjusted so that the conces
sicns were all on the same basis. The
high wind prevented many decorations
from being put up and those that were
already up were, In many instances,
blown away
Big Night Attendance.
When the purple day was ended at II
p. n and the committee counted the
gate admissions it was found that the
night crowd had numbered about 5000.
which was regarded as thoroughly salts
factory by the committee. While ac-
counts have not been settled, it is
thought the lodge Jared handsomely by
the enterprise.
IN announcing tine choice of winners
cf the prizes in the purple day automo
bile parade and window decoration con
tests, the general purple day commit
tee desires to express for the club ap-
probation of the support received from
the merchants of the city who deco
rated their places of business IN honor
of the occasion, to the owners and driv-
ers OF automobiles, to the daily news
papers of The city and to the public
generally.
The selection of the prize winners was
made by judges who are not members
and are not affiliated with the local
Elks lodge in any way. The judges
assured Che committee that the selec-
tion of winners was difficult, as so many
fine displays were made, both in the
automobile parade and in the windows
of the business houses. In the case of
the automobile parade, the Judges were
prepared TO give high place TO the large
motor truck that had been decorated bv
the ladies' committee of the Eles
lodge. but as this machine had been
prepared indirectly by the lodge, it was
eliminated from the contest The Judges
confess that their task was delicate, but
they agreed unanimously.