The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-12
CITY HAS TAKEN
ON PURPLE HUE
Los Angeles Crowded With
ElkS Attending the Annual
Convention.
SIGHTSEEING ON SUNDAY
FIRST MEETING WILL TAKE
PLACE THIS EVENING.
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g Los Angeles. Cal, July 1.-THE .
9 all-absorbing topic at the Elks' (:
. convention is the campaign of the
. candidates for grand exalted ruler. 4:
. Present indications give token of &.
p a landslide for Hermann. despite
q the stubborn fight by Sammis and o
. his followers. Four hundred IOwans g
(. arrived on two special trains this
- evening. The Iowa state band ac- @
g companied them. They serenaded g
. Sammis at his headquarters to- q:
night, and he addressed them, bid g
o ding them keep up the fight Later &:
@ the band serenaded the Salt Lake 9
(: delegation at the Angelus hotel. g
(: Grand lodge members from Utah g
4. are fairly evenly divided between G
9: Sammis and Hermann. A. J. Da- &:
&: Wis is directing the Sammis cam 8
g paign among the local delegates, 9
o and Colonel G. L. Apologize that @
9 of Hermann. 9
. During the day the EIks from {.
g Salt Lake City were given an su- 9
g tOmObile ride about the city. To- .
g day they will go to Pasadena for g
4. big barbecue and chariot races. g
@ During the afternoon there wis be e
g an athletic carnival at Ascot park. 9
@ In the evening an official reception &.
g will be held by the city and state 9
g officials at the auditorium. 2
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Los Angeles, Cal, July 11.-FOrty-five
thousand visitors are now in Los An
geles to attend the annual convention OF
the Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, which begins tomorrow. The
train bringing the Detroit delegation :.
lost somewhere between Salt Lake City
and Los Angeles, no word of it having
come since it left Salt Lake City. Eff
forts to locate the train were made to-
night without success.
The thousands of delegates now here
passed the day in visits to the various
beach resorts and in automobile rides
over the city and surrounding country
Ideal weather prevails.
Never was this city so gorgeoUsly ar
rayed.
Town Dressed Up.
Spanning all Of the downtown streets
are frequent arches of greenery bearinl
clusters of colOred lights, where a
night purple and white glow in q thou
sand forms. outlining the emblems o
! the Elks' Order-the antlered EIk's head
the clock whose hands point to the hou
Of II, the hour of the Elk's toast to hi
absent brother, and the words Hello
Bilr'-the Elk greeting when brothe
meets brother.
In the background are gaiIy bedeckeC
I buildings, many of them so ornatel!
/ decorated as almost to dazzle the be
holder.
Today's Program.
Tomorrow the program of entertain
ment for the visitors viii begin. Tn,
celebration will be in Pasadena, wher,
the delegates and their ladies will bt
driven over the city in automobiles, anC
then to Tournament park TO partake Of
a barbecue Later there will be field
sports and chariot races, an exhibition
of wild west riding and a stage hold-up
The first meeting will take place to
morrow evening, when the visitors vii
be welcomed by Governor James \
Gillett Of California and Mayor George
Alexander Of Los Angeles.