Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-13
Hello Bill Notes

About 10000 Elks have registered at
the North Spring street headquarters.
South Dakota Elks arrived yesterday
| en- masse.
1t looks rather bad for Alabama
when the fact becomes known that the
only Elk entering the registration
bureau with a real old-fashfoned
southern jag hailed from that state.
More than 1000 persons were regis
tered in three hours by VIII stephens
and his committee.
One of the most unique badges ex-
hibited is a rebus on large slab of
porcelain, designed by SteubenVille
lodge No. 291 of Ohio.
All of the 10000 ladies' badges or
dered by the Los Angeles registration
committee have been issued.
Elks from the Twin cities reached
Los Angeles last evening with thirty
votes for Sammis.
It is reported that three-fourths Of
the grand lodge members from ore
gon and Washington will vote for j.
u. Sammis.
Several grand lodge members of the
! Tucson and Yuma lodges said yester-
day that "Sammis was the working
man and will get nearly every vote
from the territory"
All Arizona Elks, uniformed and I'M
uniformed will participate in the pa
rades.
St. Louis 1910. Boston 1911 and Port
land 1912. Well, well, we'll
Gus Heyman of Tucson is SO popular
an Elk that he is forced to take refuge
I'm a coat of mail. The coat of mail
is probably the finest collection OF
Elk badges in Los Angeles.
The Arizona Indian band is one OF
the attractive features at the Hote
Hollenbeck.
The Iowa delegation paraded Los An
geles yesterday taking with them
fierce bulldog, covered with number
less badges. as their mascot. If the
delegation puts up as fierce a fight ir
tonnorrow's election as the bulldog Is
capable of there will be little doubt as
to the issue.
About II 900 grand lodge members
have registered at the Alexandra.
Governor Gillett paid visit to the
press headquarters yesterday in the
Hotel Alexandria. By the unanimous
consent of those present he was elected
a press representative at large OF the
twenty-third reunion of the b. P. 0. e
and decorated with the snsignia OF
office.
Gale Borden sent case of condensed
milk TO the press headquarters yester-
day for the refreshment of the cub re-
porters.
Douglas White and Williams of De
troit, publisher of the American Elk
have buried the hatchet which was
dug up at the 1908 convention in Dial
las and are again the best Of friends,
Father Rainey, past exalted ruler OF
New York No. /, and who was Admiral
Dewey's flag chaplain, shook hands
with Douglas White yesterday for the
first time in ten years. The last time
these two Elks met was on the gang
way of the battleship Olympia shortly
before the battle of Manila.
Grand Tyler c. L. Decker and Grand
Inner Guard A. NJ. Taylor will again be
candidates for the offices which they
now fill at tomorrow's election.
DIR. SHUTTLE of Lyuchheld, ILL.,, lost one
only sock in the Colorado river 1t is
reported that this famous stream has
again changed its course.
Norman Vaughan has received a
quantity of badges advertising Elks'
day at the Alaska YukOn-Pacidc eX-
position.
Sam Martin of Milwaukee manufac-
tured a lot of cherry badges yesterday
with California fruit in imitation of the
cherry pickers badge OF Toledo.
81 expect at least a three 10 one ma
jority in tOmorrow's election" said
Garry Hermann yesterday.
H. Bowles of Velva. N. D., said: 81
have passed through all the states west
of the Mississippi, and l like California
the best of them all, especially Los
Angeles. Southern California has a
great outlook by way Of accommodate
ing many people in the tilling of the
soil, and the harbor prospects are great
for the commercial interests"
DIR. c. Richardson is a prominent dem
fist of Fayetteville, Ark. He said: 81
am much delighted with the beaches
and Los Angeles. l would like to live
here. but when one has been estab-