Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-14
ELkS WORKING
FOR FESTIVAL
HARVEST FETE TO BE HELD IN
NOVEMBER
WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR GRAND
REUNION NEXT JULY
Coliseum to Be scene of Magnificent
Entertainment In Which All
Southern California Lodges
VIII Participate

The appointment of all committees
for the preliminaries in connection with
the Elks' Harvest festival has been
completed.
Owing to the arrangement of the spe-
cial program all the lodges of Cali
fornia will be given an opportunity to
take part personally in the Harvest
festival, which has been organized as
a means of raising the funds to meet
the expense of the Elks' reunion to be
held here in July. 1909.
The Elks will be assisted in their
Harvest festival by every fraternal
brotherhood represented in Southern
California.
The dates of the Harvest festival
have been definitely set as November
8. 10, IL, IL, 10 and IA. :,
The place of holding the festival will
be the monster coliseum Of Al Malai-
kah shrine, located on Jefferson street,
between Figueroa and Wesley avenue.
The decorations of the coliseum will
be the most elaborate ever attempted
in Southern California, and will In
clude magnificent scenic and electric
effects, besides a series of beautifully
draped booths, tea gardens and gen.
uine German rathskeller.
Among the prominent attractions
will be q combination of midway and
pike, which will include a series OF
novel les that will outshine either OF
the original combinations, after which
this feature of the Harvest festival Is
planned.
Another of the novelties will be q
genuine country grocery store, from
which will be sold everything from q
needle to an anchor.
Still another feature will be the
publication at the coliseum of an old
time newspaper, which will be edited
by some of Los Angeles most noted
journalists and will contain articles
furnished by Southern California 5
best literateurs. in addition to all OF
the personal news of the festival.
The following has been decided upon
as the general outline OF the program
of entertainment:
Monday. November 9-Elks' night.
tuesday. November 10-Fraternal
Brotherhood night.
Wednesday. November 11-Al Malal-
kah night.
voted to the knights of Columbus,
Young Mems institute, Ancient order
OF Hibernians and the Newman club.
Friday, November 13-Woodmen OF
the World night.
Saturday, November IA nlgnt oe-
voted to all the Elks' lodges in South
ern California.
Crack Drills Promised
Nearly all of the organizations to
he represented by their crack drill
teams, which will contend on the noor
OF the pavilion for magnificent tro-
phies.
one thousand Los Angeles ladies al
ready have volunteered their ASSIST
ance toward making the harvest les
tival one of the greatest events that
has ever occurred in Southern Cali
Every evenings entertainment will
be enIivened by the music OF band OF
fiftv pieces, and there will be given,
under the personal direction OF l.. be
hyrner. continuous vaudeville per-
formance. all of which will be free to
visitors at the festival.
n is a certainty that the executive
committee in charge of the Harvest
festival, with its complete program OF
entertainment, will present TO every
visitor. 400 and 400 per cent pront IN
entertainments on the amount invested
in an admission ticket, and every aol,
lar ar the proceeds from the feSt1val
viii he devoted to the general fund
for the carrying out of the program Tor
The grand national reunion to be nelo
here in July, 1909.
OF quality with it's program for the
1909 Tlks' reunion, which Will for many
wears remain as a standard. Tne pro-
gram already outlined requires an I'M
4nnensa expenditure or money, anu Wuell
lis features are properly advertised
throughout the country it will mean
a gathering of 900 people to witness
what win undoubtedly be the greatest
celebration ever held by this popular
American order.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
association the chamber of commerce.
the Los Angeles city government and
every prominent organization of South
ern California have already given their
strongest Endorsement to the efforts
az Los Angeles lodge No. 90, ,and are
backing up these Endorsements with
the solid assistance which is absolutely
needed to make the reunion a success.
From the east comes authentic noti-
flcation that never in the history OF
Tlkdom has so great an interest de-
yeIoped as Is shown already In the re-
union for 1909. Los Angeles has rep
utation as q hostess and this reputa-
ton will draw thousands, especially
when, in connections Herewith, comes
the announcement of a program des-
tined to Guido those Of the famous
Mardi Gras of New Orleans or the
Yelled Prophets of ST. Louis.
For the coming twelve months Los
Angeles certainly will be the Elks
city, when the Harvest festival of this
year and the great reunion of 1909 are
taken into consideration.
The following Is the official list OF
committees for the EllSs' Harvest fes-
tival:
Agricultural implements-M Martin c,
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