Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-07-15
Elks Make Elaborate Plans

oe AeId III miles City on Aug s, and
5 will be the biggest event Of the
kind ever held in the state and the
old Ecowtown" is making elaborate
preparations to take care of a record
breaking crowd and provide amuse-
ment for the antlered herd.
From nearly every town in the
state comes assurances to the execu-
tive committee of large visiting dele
cations and many of these come by
their own special trains and will live
aboard the cars. Through systematic
work in listing rooms and providing
extra sleeping quarters, the commit
tee assures visitors accommodations
for all Elks that may come. -.=
One reason the Elks of Montana
are taking more interest than usual
in the convention this year, is because
Of the unique advertising campaign
being carried on The official poster
indicates the nature Of a portion of
the entertainment, which is to be a
revival of the early days IN an old
cattle town. It shows an old prairie
schooner trailing over a hill that ov-
erlooks a broad valley, with town
and butte in the distance.
<'Miles City or Bust is painted on
the wagon top, and "Hit the trail for
Elkville" appears in the body Of the
picture. The Miles City Elks have al
SO issued thousands Of 'tElk Money"
bills that show view of Elkville in
full swing, bears some cattle brands
and other devices Of the times and
country. Then the sSkookum" Post
Cards that have been sent out are
good advertising, too.
.HElkville,', which is to be one of
the strong features Of the coming
convention, is a sort Of Midway Plais-
ance where all Of the pioneer part of
the program is to be carried on during
the second day. It is a city in minia-
ture with stores, saloons, gambling
houses, courthouse, and SO on, with
real people carrying on the drama of
border life. The buildings are mostly
Of logs and were erected especially
for this occasion. Elkville is in the
city park and has naturally beautiful
surroundings, and no other town in
the state has a place SO we'll adapted
| for carrying out this part of the pro-
gram. The entertainment committee
| has provided a small fortune lin Elk
money!, for each visitor to Elkvllle,
and on each bill IS printed 'sgood as
Gold in ElkvilIe,' SO there will be
uIentv Of business carried on besides
the unique program Of staging early
day incidents.
But it will not all be wild west in
character for there will be receptions,
banquets, and more conventional en-
tertainments to fill up the balance Of
the time, and altogether, it is the in
tention Of the Miles City Elks to see
that 1909 will mark the high water
record IN Elk events in Montana.
The Boston and Montana band OF
Butte, the most famous musical or
ganization in the west, will be there
and will be supplemented by the Cap
! itaI band of Helena, and the Black
Eagle band Of Great Falls, and Llv-
/ ingston's splendid band that scored
such a hit IN Butte at the Eagles con-
vention. Miles City will contribute
/ it's famous Cowboy band, and several
other bands from neighboring towns
are expected. Billings will bring its
Highland pipers, an aggregation made
up off ten scotehmen, all experts on
the pipes. and al eostanaed in the
picturesque kits Of their native land.
These bands will all be consolidated
/ into one band for special concert,
making the largest band ever collect
ed ii the northwest.
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