The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-09
ELKS BACK HOME
ENJOYED GREAT TRIP THRoU0H
OUT WESTERN STATES.
Members u Local Ledge vts1tel All
Places Of Isternatfenal RsDs-
tatfen IN California, Can-
ada and ColeRado.

The party Of local Eiks and their
wives. who left Montgomery July s,
for Los Angeles to attend the national
convention Of the Benevolent Order u
Eiks In that city. returned to this city
last Friday after an extended tour Of
the west. The party consisted of d.
A. Mccall 8. J. Mohr. Dave. Kahn.
Sam schioss, Henry Moog and wife,
and A. b. Meyer and wife.
During their months sojourn In the
West the members Of the party Wis
tied all the places Of international rep
utation in that section Of the country
pressed and delighted with their trip
and the sights they saw. NHss
| The party went from this city TO Me-
rfdian. where they were Joined by the
Elk parties from Mobile, Birmingham,
Chattanooga, Vicksburg and Meridian.
The party then numbering 1s5 took .
special solid yestibule train for Los
Angeles over the Cotton States route.
| They passed through Dallas, Fort
Worth. Denver. Colorado Springs. Salt
Lake City and Riverside enroute to
Los Angeles.
At Denver they stopped over day
and took in all the side trips. while
Pixies Peak and the Royal Gorge were
among the interesting places visited
during the stop over allowed at COL
orado Springs. At Salt Lake City the
party attended the usual organ recital
at the Mormon Church. and at River
side, Cal. they took spin along what
Is considered the finest driveway in the
world. Arriving at Los Angeles they
spent the next i've days there while the
sessions of the convention were In pro-
gress. ..e
At the conclusion Of the convention
the party visited all the popular and
celebrated places and scenes along the
Western coast Santa Barbara and
other famous coast resorts. the large
trees of California near Santa Cruz,
and the Golden Gates' of San Fran
cisco were visited in the next, few
days.
From this point the itinerary Of the
party back to Montgomery included
Portland, Seattle. Vancouver, Banff and
Winnipeg, Canada, to st. Paul and
thence to Chicago where the party dis
banded.
At Seattle the party spent three days
taking in the exhibitions and displays
at~the Exposition. At Glacier, Canada.
which IL 1900 feet above sea. level
they visited the noted glacier and Ice
cave, which can be seen the year
round. Next the hot sulphur springs
at Banff. Canada, were among the won-
ders which greeted them almost on ev-
cry hand. The trip from Vancouver
to Winnipeg was through the far FAM
ed National Park Of Canada.
When asked last evening about the
trip Mr. Mccall stated that 1t y was
great, and that he thoroughly enjoyed
himself from the time he started. He
said that the convention was the great
est in the history Of the order, and on
the day>of the Elks parade there were
over 25o,000 visitors alone in Los AM
ge1es. $ :. =.
When asked which OF the places he
visited Impressed him the NEST he said.
THE organ recital at the Norman tenn
pie In Salt Lake City caught my fancy.
The temple Is one Of the most wonder
full buildings in the world. 1t has been
built without the use OF a single nail
and has q seating capacity Of 10000.
The acoustic properties Of the building
are marvellous, as the drop OF q pin
can be heard from one end to the
other.
"I was also very much taken with
Seattle and the Exposition. which ia
certainly a great show. Seattle 10 the
coming city of the West, and was
very much surprised at it's growth.
was also very much impressed with
the scenery both in Colorado and Can.
ada. which is very similar. On the
whole the trip was exceedingly fas-
cinating and interesting and It Is hard
to say which part appealed to me
most"