The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-08-23
MONTANA HERD WILL GO i'm A
BODY 70 GRAND LODGE.
MARCH I'm Big PARADE
Bozeman Streets Filled witt, Throngs
Of the Merry Antlered Herd Last
Night Of the State Convention
Next Meeting in Great Falls.

Elks of Montana is history, but hun
dreds of the Elks and their friends re
main to attend the sweet pea carnival
The last days session was the most
important Of all. Officers were elect
ed and Great Falls was chosen for
the meeting in 1908.
One of the most important resolu-
tions adopted at the convention pro.
vided for sending a special train from
Montana to the next meeting of the
grand lodge which will be held in Dal-
las, Tex, in July next year. A com
mittee of one member from each
lodge, composed Of H. a. Galway,
Butte; c. ]. Davis, Billings w. R.
Allen, Anaconda; G. w. Farr, Miles
City; P. NJ. Reilly, Missoula; E. w.
Fiske, Helena; R. H. Ray, Lewistown;
DR.. R. M. Leslie, Great Falls; @. &.
Morris, Virginia City; John Chapman,
Red Lodge; J. A. Cannon, Kalispell;
Harry McCune, Livingston, and
George V. Patten, bozeman, was ap-
pointed to take charge of the arrange
ments for running the special train.
1t is proposed to run a Montana
special from Butte clear through to
Dallas, having the train fully equip
ped. Over 100 are expected to go from
Montana. Money has already been
guaranteed sufficient to cover the cost
of taking the Boston C Montana band
along. 1t is planned also that the
Utah and Wyoming delegations shall
join the Montana special on the
road. DR.. W. H. Haviland of Butte,
honored in the grand lodge as chair
man of the board of trustees, is in
terested in the promotion of the en-
terprise, and expects the state to
make a fine showing at the grand
lodge.
AS has always been the custom, the
entertaining city was given the pres
idency in the election of officers,
which resulted as follows:
John Walsh, Bozeman, president.
Charles E. Morris, Virginia City,
first vice president.
J. E. Trowbridge, Miles City, second
vice president.
David Hilger Lewistown, third vice
president.
J. M. Minor, Anaconda, secretary.
Charles Angus, Livingston, treas
urer.
Henry Oppenheimer, Butte, trustee
one year.
]. M. Hamilton, Bozeman, trustee
three years.
W. B. George, Billings, doorkeeper.
Dan Heyfron, Missoula, marshal.
The grand Illuminated parade last
night, which ended the public demon
strations Of the Elks, was universally
conceded to be the finest thing Of the
kind in the history of the order Spe-
scial preparation had been made for
the occasion. Main street was illumi-
mated for four blocks with colored
lights strung across the streets. The
Bozeman hotel and the city hall
fronts were fully Illuminated and all
the stores had their show windows
lighted. All the available uniforms
We're brought out, and there were
many special outfits which gave va
Tiety.
The parade formed at the corner
of Main street and Rouse avenue and
marched westward, starting at $50
o'clock. First came a carriage beau
tifully decorated with sweet peas, in
which sat Tom Kilgallon, q. w. Fiske,
Miss Kilgallon and Miss shufelt.
They carried, the costly and beautiful
banner of the state association. I'm
mediately behind them in purple and
white came the Boston & Montana
band and behind them the Butte herd.
In honor of DR.. w. II. Haviland,
chairman of the board of trustees of
the grand lodge of Elks, and his wife
and daughter, the Butte boys had ar
ranged a beautiful chariot, covered
with purple and white asters, and
with beautiful canopy hung at the
edge with Chinese lanterns. Long
ropes Of purple and white were fast
ened to this and it was drawn by two
columns of the Butte Elks, who were
guided by two long lines of colored
ribbon in the hands of Miss Elizabeth
Haviland, the doctors daughter who
is a great favorite with the Montana
herd. The little lady made her jour
ney safely under the direction of Ma
jor General Harry Galway.
The Livingston band followed the
Butte bunch, and behind them came
a double column of the Livingston
Elks with their varicolored umbrel-
las twirling as they marched. In the.
center marched little Katharine
Keown and George Van vliet. The