The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
BIC PREF PARATI0NS
FOR VISITING ELKS
Salt Lake Herd Proposes to
Give Fasteners Time of
Their Lives.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
DOings Will Begin on July 5,
and Continue for Several
Days.

Salt Lake Elks want the city to do
herself proud when the visiting Elks
from tho east pass through this city
every day during the week beginning
July 8, on their way to the grand lodge
in Los Angeles, and as an incentive for
decorating stores and business houses
have offered 500 prize for the best
dressed window, and another prize of
$50 for the next best dressed window
in town.
Elaborate preparations arc being
made for the entertainment OF the visit
ing Elks. a special "Purple day" will
be held at Saltair July s. Fifty auto.
mobiles, occupied by local members of
tho lodge and generous citizens, will
escort them on pleasure trip, taking
in the temple, other places Of interest
throughout the city, and SaItair, bring.
ing them back to the train at the close
of the day.
White badges will be issued to citi.
zens on the reception committee, bear
ing the inscription; - live in Salt
Ask me. - Moro than thousand of
these citizens badges will be distrib
uted. The local Elks will wear purple
badges, with the words. "l belong to
the Salt Lake lodge, Tell your troubles
to me.
Fifty members of the Commercial
club will be appointed each day to act
as 40 entertainment committee, and
there Will also be a woman s committee,
TO look after the wives of the visiting
Elks.
To Continue for Week.
This entertainment will continue for
a whole week, the program being re-
peated each day for every new party
OF Elks that arrives in this city on its
way to Los Angeles. The Salt Lake
Elks want to make their visiting broth.
ers feel that there is no place in the
world for the chest people Oh earth -
like Salt Lake City.
July 9, at Z 'clocll in the evening
the local lodge of Elks will board a |
special train Tor Los Angeles. The train |
Will consist of six Pullmans, sn observa-
tlon car and q diner. Five Pullmans
have already been completely reserved. |
For the first time in the history of |
i'll this country, siren whis- !
ties, which can be heard more than |
mile, will be placed on top Of every |
ear. These whistles will scream every
inch of the way TO Los Angeles, and |
Lakers arc coming, and that they are
about as warm a bunch as any antlered !
nerd that ever travelled across country !
The rear platform of the last car viii |
be lighted with an electric emblem of |
The lodge. The trip will be made in
twenty three hours.
List of Committees.
Following is list of the committees |
which have been appointed from mem
oers of the Salt Lake lodge No. S5, TO
AXE charge Of the entertainment of the
visiting Elks en- route TO the grand
odge at Los Angeles:
Executive committee-C. /. Applegate,
,hairman;. c. II Reed. w. P. Cooper, II.
\. Leipsiger, V. a. Bertillyon.
Reception-Thomas Homer, chairman.
md 500 members OF Salt Lake lodge No.
Is.
Publ!city-A. 6. Mackenzie chairman
:. V. Fitzgerald. Z. g. Penrose, NJ. J..
Singrey. F. I. Sefrit, T. F Rooney.
Club-Eugene Willie chairman; Thou1-
is Holiday, c. S. Murphy. c, B. Diehl.
Theodore Robson. G, l.. Applegate.
Saltair-F, J.. Gardner, chairman; O. T.
Peterson George F.. Strickley Z. R.
J. J. Greenewald, Daniel f.
Albert Hertz, W. A. Applesate,
Tabernacle-W. r. Sibley. chairman;
". c.. Romney, George a. Land.
Transportat atlon-E. B. Erwin. chairman;
I. n. Mauderfield, W. P. Reed.
Automobies--A, j. Davis chairman.
Willard F, Snyder. L. G o'Donnell. Sam
,el Shirrell SamOel Newbouse C. A