The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-22
READY FOR ElKS
DALLAS ASSUMING VARlAGATEO
coLoRs FOR RECEPTION OF
ELks GRAND LODGE.

Dallas. Texas. June 21-The city of
/ Dallas is beginning 10 assume the un-
usual colors of purple and white All
over the city the work of decorating
on an elaborate scale has begur for
the annual gathering Of the T.. = o.
/ Elks which meet in Dallas July 18th.
The festivities, which will last the en-.
tire week, will be the greateJ. ard
most expensive ever provided in con.
ncctiou with the meeting of the grand
lodge To carry out this e'abur'te
program citizens have subscribed
100000
Features entirely new and novel 90
Elkdom have been arranged for There
will be series OF balls DagDcCuas,
dinners, garden parties. band con.
tests. competitive drills, fire works.
displays and other eut .rtainmcn's
equally a. .atarestI"C arrangements
have been made T.. IN feeding u
forty thousand visitors at the MeNi.
can dinner whi,h will be given on
July 1ith. The executive committee
Of the grand lodge reunion claim that
this feast will surpass anything ever
given or heretofore attempted The
Mexican feast will be served in the
commodous fair grounds during the
af'cnoon Of the second day of the
meeting. lsEl5
The dinner arranged for the grand
lodge officers and delegates involves
the expenditure Of large sum Of
money. Nothing so lavish and unique
has ever before been provided at con
ventions OF the kind. This special
dinner will be served at the state fair
grounds.
Tho psrotechr cal display WI be
held at Lake Cliff This display will
be gorgeous and very effective. It
/ will be one of the finest ever seen
south OF Mason and Dixon's line For
/ the band contests and competitive
vast sum Of money. Announcement is
made that many bands and fine drill
teams will compete for the prizes
The big parade will take place on
the morning of the seventeenth. 1t
will eclipse In splcudor and spcctac-
ular effect any of the pagcants ever
witnessed in North America. Twenty
thousand men will be in the line OF
march. Grand Esquire Sullivan will
be the marshal Of the occasion.
The opening exercises of the grand
lodge will be impressive and beauti-
ful. 4 chorus of two hundred voices
will render selections augmented by
an orchestra of fifty pieces. TIE
spokane, Washington, quartet wi
also furnish music. Addrn St. will
be made by Grand Exalted Ruler
Tener, Governor Z. NJ. Campbell, u.
5. Senator Culberson and Chairman
W. II. Atwell of the general reunion
committee. The opening exercises
will mark the formal opening OF the
grand lodge meeting.
The great court of honor at the N
tersection of Main and Akard streets,
costing more than twenty thousand
dollars, has been completed. IL is
strikingly handsome and ornamental
Upon the dome OF the arch an i'm
mense Elk will stand to greet the Wis
itors. Thousands OF Colored lights
will be used in the handsome court
the purple and white predominating,
To prepare for the big convention of
the Elks has required the long and
earnest labor of more than thirty
subcommittee, who have been worI
ing since last September periecting
arrangements for the coming OF the
antlered herd. The city of Dalla. has
co-operatcd at all times with The va
rious committees under the general
Craftsmanship of William II. Atwell
The health of the visitors will be
carefully guarded by a corps Of ply
sicians Emergency hospitals will De
established for the reunion
The arrangements for the twCnty
second annual meeting have been com
pleted. Visitors to Texas will induca
in a week of gay festivities ths IKE
Of which has never been before p o
vided.