The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-11
ELKS WILL CHANGE
DEFINITION OF WORD
Hereafter in Their Dictionary
1t Will Read Thus: "Hospl-
tality-Salt Lake"
HUNDREDS ANTLERED HERD
ENTERTAINED SATURDAY
Several Delegations Have Re
mained Over and VIII Start
West Tonight.

"Whcn my wife and 7 shall here
after look in our dictionary, it will have
change in the definition of the word
hospitality and our children Will
never see other definition in the die
tionary in our home, For when we get
back to Brooklyn ] will take down
this dictionary Of ours, turn to the
word hospitality erase all after the
word, and in indelible ink will make
it read thus: ospitality-Salt Lake
City -
This was the way William j. But.
Ting, exalted ruler Of Brooklyn lodge,
No. %, expressed his idea OF Salt Lake
to The Tribune Saturday. Mr. But
tling was visiting Elk, He and his
good wife had been entertained by the
members Of Salt Lake lodge, No 50,
and the ladies who have so ably assist
ed them the past week. 1t was
pretty sentiment. and it expressed the
views Of 5000 other visiting Elks who
have been entertained in Salt Lake the
past week.
Mr. Buttling stands six feet three
inches high in his stockinged feet, and
weighs ODD pounds. llt HAS bttu
elected exalted ruler Of Brooklyn lodge,
he has been presented by the lodge
with diamond badges valued al $4,000.
lie is a royal good fellow, and his wife
is like him, n most lovial, Jolly woman,
and indorsed all that her husband said
Of Salt Lake.
What Visitors Learned.
Saturday was busy dav--a very
busy day-for Salt Lake lodge and for
the ladies who have helped the mem
bers entertain; and when evening came
they were all tired, but still willing,
if it was necessary, to be on hand Sun
day to aid their husbands and fathers
and brothers and their steadies to care
for the visitors.
1t is not bcstowing too much praise
when it is said that no such entertain
ing of visitors as that done by Salt
Lake lodge, No. So, B. Z. o. f., has
even been approached in Salt Lake.
For seven days this organization has
devoted sixteen hours Il day to caring
for visitors, and those visitors left Salt
Lake with a new definition, as said,
of hospitality.
Not only that, they leave Salt Lake
with different idea of the city than
they had when they came. They have
seen what q wideawake, progressive
set of people can do, aud are doing.
They leave Salt Lake convinced that
there is something else in Salt Lake
than Mormonism, than just temples
and tabernacles and Lion and Bee Hive
houses. They 60 away knowing that
there is live, wideawake, bustling
and hustling set of people in this great
big metropolis of a great empire In
the mountains, who are making a
great city, and will in time make
greater state. This is what the t'Bcst
People on Earth have learned from
similar crowd during the past week
in Salt Lake.
Delegations Entertained Saturday.
On Saturday the first delegation Of
antlered brethren to arrive was the one
from Butte. 1t contained 240 people,
and headed by the Boston & Montana
band OF Butte, consisting of forty
pieces, marched to the ElISs club from
the special train at the Oregon Short
Line depot, S, II. Treloar of Salt Lake,
formerly of Butte, headed the process
sion. At the club there was q recep-
tion and luncheon and music by the
band; then the party was taken to the
tabernacle, where a special organ re-
cital was given by Prof. Mcclellan
The band reciprocated by rendering a
medley. All 12:l5 o'clock the delega-
W.
bath in the salt sea, the return to the
club was made. AT ) o clock p. m. the
party marched TO the depot, where they
entered the train and the start for Los |
Angeles was made.
The New England Elks, 200 strong. |
came on a special train at 10 clock. |
They were entertained at the clubhouse |
heard an organ recital at the taber. |
nacle. went to Saltalr, and at clock |
left on their special for the City of the !
Angels.
These Remained Over Sunday.
Little Rock and twenty other lodges
in Arkansas arrived at 1910 p. IN.
There were 200 in the party. Colorado,
by fifteen lodges and $50
people, arrived al 1870 p. IN. Pitts
burg-swell dressers they are, with a
special Of six cars-arrived at 2 clock
with $50 people. Then came the Bos-
ton special of five cars with 165 people.
Brooklyn and New York City and New
York state lodges followed with a five
EAR special and 167 people. The Nc
Jann special with the Indiana crowd OF
l50, in a five-car special, followed, and
at $40 p. IN, the Twin City special
With four cars and ninety-six people az
rived. This party was the one which
vas in collision near Whitehorse, on
he Rio Grande, Saturday morning.
All these parties were entertained
Hike by the local organization. ard
lad q delightful time. Several of tho
delegations are still here. and will leave !
This afternoon and tonight for Los
Angeles.