Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1909-05-14

DEADwooD READY
Making Preparations to Entertain Odd
Fellows Royalty.

FeiiOWS Royalty.
Deadwood Pioneer Times: The Odd
Fellows convention which is to be
held in this city beginning May 18th
is already attracting great deal of
attention and some of the visitors are
expected as early as next Sunday.
Several hundred will be in attendance
and the crowd will doubtless be one
of the largest that has ever assembled
in this city.
1t is the desire to have the.town pro-
fusely and beautifully decorated, and
while the local Odd Fellows will do
all in their power towards this end,
yet they desire the co operation of the
local merchants. To decorate town
of this size seems like quite task,
but if everyone were to take hold and
90 q share it would soon be accomplish
ed without any hardship to anyone
There vii! be some beautiful decora-
tions furnished by the local Odd
Fellows and suspended across Main
street from the city hall to the old
Deadwood grocery building which
will be headquarters for the visiting
delegates. The Deadwood business
club will also assist in the decorations,
and it is hoped that every merchant
and every property owner will do
something in homer of the assembled
guests and help to make -.the town
attractive. Those who we're att Sioux
Falls last year when q similar session
was held by this order say..that that
city was most lavishly and artistically
decorated. The colors of the. order.
white, blue and scarlet, are ,such as
readily lend themselves to effective
designs and trimmings.
The sessions of the Odd Fellows
th, mselves will be held in the city
Lall, while the Rebekahs will meet in
the |. o. 0. +. hall and the Encamp-
ment in the Rebekahs' hall Head
quarters, as has been said, will be in
the building adjoining the Trust aud
Savings bank.
While some of the delegates are ex-
pected to arrive as early as next Sun
day, set She majority of them will not
come until Monday and sessions will
commence ON Tuesday the 18th,
public reception being rendered that
evening in the city hall to the guests.
| Wednesday afternoon there will sbe
grand parade, starting ini Deadwood
and extending to Lead City, where it
will disband and the Lead lodge will
entertain the visitors until evening.
Wednesday evening will be given over
to work in the various branches of the
order by the visiting teams Thurs
day evening the Deadwood Business
Mems CLUB will entertain in honor of
the visiting Odd Fellows and Rebek-
abs with grand ball at the Franklin
hotel.
Friday morning at eight O'Clock, a
special excursion will start to Spearfish
via the Burlington giving all an op.
portunity to see the wonders of Spear
fish canon. On arrival in the city of
SpearGsh, the Odd Fellows and Reb.
ekahs o! that city viii take charge OF
the visitors
One of the matters of widest i'm
portance to come up at this session
of the lodge will be the question of de.
Gliding upon the location for the home
for Odd Fellows. The strongest com.
petitors for this place are Dell Rapids
and Hot Springs. The former offers
and the latter comes in with the old
college property worth, on conserva-
tive basis, not less than $4,000. 1t is
said that Hot Springs stands good
chance to secure the home.