Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-17
Los Angeles Papers Give Praise.


That the Iowa Elks and their band
attracted immediate notice in Los An
geles is evidenced by the following
article featured under double column
head on the first page of Mondays
Los Angeles Times. The Times said:
Iowas delegations, 1854 strong ar
rived at the Salt Lake station at s:35
O'Clock Sunday evening amid the
cheers of several hundred natives OF
the Hawkeye state, and large num-
Der of the local members of the order.
Conspicuous among the latter was the
White Squadron detachment. under
command of First Lieutenant Ray Cos
terisan and Second Lieutenant Frank
| Bryson.
Forty members Of the Elks big
band of 1870 pieces were also on hand.
and the train rolled in to the strains
| of There Will be Hot Time In the
| Old Town Tonight" and chorus of
cheers that was deafening. The Iowa
| contingent was escorted In state to
the Alexandria hotel, where the band
gave concerts, and then to their head
quarters at the Angelus, whore there
was more music and cheering
| 1t was scene Of wild enthusiasm
when the long train pulled in. Long
before Its arrival, constantlygrow-
ing crowd had been patiently waiting,
hanging on the railing of the bridge
overhead, dancing from one foot To
the other on the platform, leaning
against the station building, filling the
waiting rooms, but there never was
word Of complaint. Everybody was
quietly waiting for the oncoming
Hawkeyes and reserving breath for
the mighty cheers with which they
were to be greeted.
There she comes" cried voice as
the headlight of the monster locomo-
| tive was seen in the distance. In
stantly there was a wild rush for the
tracks
Treiesa White Squadron.
The members of the White Squad
ron had been planning and scheminS
for an hour as to the best way to
keep that crowd back, but there was
no stemming the rushing tide of en-
thusiastic humanity. These brethren
of the White Squadron have been do
ing with less sleep than would be re-
CURED by an Indian on the trail; they
have been on the go continuously for
three days, meeting trains, receiving
their brethren from cities and towns
far and near. but the rush found them
as full of good hunor and patience as
If the game were Just starting.
AS the train came to full stop, the
band on the platform struck up q
medley, the principal merit of which
consisted of occasional intermission
that permitted of a full-throated chorus
of Hello Bill!'
Ching, IA, ta-rah ching" went the
band.
Hello Bill" rose the cry, and it
was taken up by the crowd with vari-
atoms.
Slowly the Iowa contingent tumbled
out of the narrow car doors. At each
car step, scores of Angelenos, who
formerly lived in Iowa, crowded to
meet the folk from home, and the
forming of the line of march was nee
essarily slow Butte, Mont, was
there with a large delegation, and
Butte, too, got a royal welcome.
| The White Squadron worked like
beavers. They became baggagemas-
tiers, grip hustlers, policemen, bu-
reaus Of information, and everything
else that the occasion required. At
| last the procession was formed, with
the local band at the head, with a
great American flag, and the White
Squadron as escort of honor. Then
came the crack Regimental band from
Ottumwa, Iowa, with forty-one pieces.
The ladies had all been taken to town
in automobiles The Montana dele
gates, headed by the Butte band,
brought up the rear. The procession
swung into Santa Fe avenue and
marched out to Third, coming up that
thoroughfare to Spring street.
Streak Of Fiery Red.
High overhead to the westward, a
streak of fiery red could be seen
stretching across the sky as the pro
cession moved at Lieut. Costerisan; s
commando was the reflection Of the