Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-03

| out other beautiful sights.
Salt Lake will be reached early in
| the morning and the trains will be
! run directly down to the famous Salt
| Air beach of Salt Lake, where a stop
of an hour will be made in order to
allow all who wish to do to SO take
q plunge in the waters Backing UP to
the city the tourists will be treated
to an organ recital in the great Nor
mon tabernacle where there is in use
the finest pipe organ in the world the
| tabernacle itself being as inaccessible
to the ordinary person as Is Llahassa
of the Grand Llama of Thibet. This
privilege has been secured and is
| promised by the railroad officials.
The Salt Lake Elks will entertain the
visitors with auto rides through the
CITY and other numerous diversions,
until half past two o'clock, when the
! journey will be resumed to Los An
geles over the San Pedro route. Los
Angeles will be reached about 8
| o'clock the next morning, which
will be Sunday. Autos will await their
coming at the depze and the Eks
from Iowa will be treated to rides
about the city and the various points
Of interest in and about that place.
}Ihe convention will be is session from
Tuesday until Saturday, the trains
reaching Los Angeles on Sunday
1 morning. The Los Angeles Elks have
announced innumerable side trips in
autos and other conveyances so that
every moment of the time will be
taken up for visitors.
Some Of these pleasure trips in
clude journeys to Pasadena on Monday
as that day has been called Pasadena
day. Other trips will go to Santa
Barbara where big barbecue Will be
held, the sights also to be taken in.
Long Beach will also be visited with
another trip to Catalina island. These
are a few of the side trips planned by
the Elks of Los Angeles for their Wis
itors.
AS a special feature the E,lls will
have special observation car seat
ing full car of people. for each train
from Colorado Springs to Salt Lake as
this portion of the trip will be by far
the grandest and most beautiful. These
cars are not seen in this portion of the
country ordinarily but are peculiar tC
regions in which people pass especially
to see sights
The Return Itinerary.
The return itinerary is if anything
, as beautiful or possibly more enter
tanning and fascinating than the jour
ney to Los Angeles. The route de.
ternined upon and recommended BY
, the Ell1s to their fellows will run from,
Los Angeles up the coast over the coas
|
thence to Portland. Tacoma ant
. Seattle. where the Alaska Yukon expo.
sition will be in full progress. However
the tourists may select any route the!
choose on their way home. as thei
tickets will read with that privilege
From Seattle to Victoria, B. c.. tn
trip will be made by steamer, for
, visit on Vancouver island where tn
famous British barracks are located
Thence the trip will be made over tn
Canadian Pacific, whose scenery |
, said to rival If not surpass, that Of thu
American rockies. Calgary, Winnipea
will next be touched and then finall,
ST. Paul. Minneapolis and then home
The committee estimates that to talk
. this northern trip from San Francisc
will be about s12 additional
Will Wear Uniforms.
An official uniform will be adopted
The official dress for the men will b
!. duck suits with white caps and can
: vass shoes. For the ladies the sam
! color effect Of white will prevail t
contrast strongly and artistically wit
, purple effects on their white parasol:
q The men Will wear purple bands O
y their caps.
Others May Go.
The Elks state that the permit
:, ride on these personally conducte
! trains Is not open to Elks alone bu
; to any others who wish to make tn
. trip. or course those who are nc
u Elks will not receive the courtesies g
e the various stopping places which al
intended exclusively for Elks. for In
,. stance the auto rides at Los Angelo
E during the convention week. This
e the first time such a stupendous eS
u cursion was ever planned by any stat
q to take it's delegation from the Missis
9 sippl valley across the Rockies to tn
o southwest