Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-09
ELK BOOSTERS
OFF TO DALLAS
BIG HERD LEAVES IN SPECIAL
TRAIN
EIGHT COACHES CONVEY THE
ANTLERED PILGRIMS
In White Flannel and Purple the
Anaelenos VIII Descend on
Texans and Guests to
Invite Them

Headed by the Catalina band and
cheering all the way 100 members OF
the Los Angeles lodge of Elks marched
to the Arcade depot from Elks hali
last night to board their special train
for Dallas, Tex. where the grand lodge
meets next Monday.
Every Elk is a booster for Southern
California, but this particular hundred
has primed itself to bost so hard that
Detroit,s hopes of getting the next
meeting will go glimmering for year
at least. Los Angeles wants the Elks
in 1909.
The special train left at II o'clock
last night via the Southern Pacific and
will make only one stop en- route TO
spend five hours in Ell Paso.
Aboard the special the baggage OF
the pilgrims includes new white flannel
suits with straw hats and purple ties.
This and other surprises will make Los
Angeles much in evidence at the con-
vention city. Oranges, wines and other
California products will be distributed
instead of eight there were nine
coaches. the Oakland coach having
been swung on to the special, which in
cIuded baggage and buffet cars, three
sleepers, diner, compartment car, OBJ
servation car and ladies' parlor car,
with piano.
Headed by Two Mayors
Heading the party as municipal rep
resentatives are Mayor A. G. Harper
and former Mayor M. P. Snyder as
well as City Clerk Harry Lelande, Fire
Commissioner NJ. ]. 'McGarry, Civil Ser
vice Commissioner w. Ona Morton and
Police Commissioner H. B. Woodill.
All Levy went as representative or
the Hotel and Restaurant Mems asso-
citation of Los Angeles. Levy will make
a speech for the hotel men inviting the
'best people on earth" to come TO Los
Angeles, and as he does so huge
linen placard will be unrolled bearing
the enlarged photographs of thirty
five hotels reproduced directly on the
linen.
Photographer Prince worked till 9
O'Clock last night on the gigantic work
of the camera, each picture being SxS
feet.
This is merely a special invitation
from the big hotels, of which there are
100 in Los Angeles" said Mr.. Levy last
night. 1.-THE huge roll of photographed
linen ought to make a. hit.
AntIered List
Among the Angelenos in the party
in addition to those mentioned are
William A. Abbott, L. w. Alexander,
H. G. Ames, f. L. Arbogast, Rex
Belcher, Charles b. Bergln, n. n.
Binns, Joseph Boylson, Mark Bradley
John E. Brink. Frank Bryson, William
T. Calderwood, NJ. ]. Conway. R. T..
Curtis, T. ]. Darmody, G. o. Demsey.
C. E. DeCamp, James Dunn, f. o.
Engstrum, Byron Erkenbrecher, f. q.
Fereaud T. F. Fitzgerald, Walter ].
Goldsmith. E. H. Gould, w. F. Gouty
Max Gundlach. r. c. Halstead, w. L.
Hodges, ]. NJ. Holden, w. w. Homan,
A. T. Jergins, G. G. Johnson, w. H.
Jones, A. H. Kenniston, D. M. Leary,
Ben Leslie, H. B. Linn, John Lucken-
bach, E. H. Lyman, c. F. Mcdonald.
Fred Maier, ]. McDermott, NJ. c..
Marsh, N. r. Martin. Terry Mays.
Joseph Melczer, w. w. Midgley, Harry
Miller, John G. Mott, F. N. Noble, T.
A. Norton, NJ. P. O'Brien. A. ]. Riley,
B. L. Roberts, f. E. Rowe, P. B. Roy,
F. J. Schmitz, p. e. Skinner, John S.
Steeley, VIII Stephens, Otto Suess, Sey-
mour Swartz, Tom C. Thornton, Carl
Unger, C. H. Ward, ]. r. Wagner, John
Wicher, Arthur White, Gesner Williams
and their wives, daughters and sisters.