Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
ALL ELKS ASKED
TO SWELL FUNDS
LOS ANGELES LODGE NEEDS
MORE MONEY
REUNION OF 3. P. o. E. IN CITY
WILL BENEFIT EVERYBODY
Expense of Making the City More At
tractive Than Anywhere Grand
Lodge Has Met Requires
Liberal Donations
nWhoon ,em un. Bill"

"Whoop em up, Bill"
1t is hinted that this slogan or war
cry will be printed in red ink on let
4 tcrs to be sent out today anent the
! raising of funds for the entertainment
of the Elks here in July The signifi-
canoe OF printing the battle cry in red
1 ink is really borrowed from banking
institutions and is a paraphrase of that
blood -curdling announcement printed
/ on notes due: This is the last day"
After discussing the matter of films
! in the gap between $4,000 and 100000
! the executive committee, relying on the
unerring judgment of the finance COM
I mittee decided to borrow this idea
from the financial institutions, being
] persuaded, after a careful investiga-
| tion, that they could not borrow any
/ thing in excess of million.
An Interpretation of "Whoop 'eb up,
1 Bill (no one is rash enough to unders
! take translation) is get busy, do
! it now" or, according to one authority
who has examined the hieroglyphics on
the pyramids it Isl Unless you have
your thirt' you needn't come round.
Some days ago 1905 members of "99''
received a letter with draft for $50
j inclosed) to the effect that they were
expected to hustle thirty coins of the
value of 5000 cents and turn the same
/ in to M. Fl. Flint at the main post
office. Many of the herd of 't99' re-
! sponded, even turning in more than
| their quota, but many are still delin-
quent and consequently the second no.
tice is being sent out. The 1908 MEM
bers of 1897 are expected to make up
the deficit which now stares the COM
mittee in the face, and in order to
make the burden equal it was decided
4 to draw on each member for $50, real
money preferred
Funds Are Needed
The committee is in need of funds to
carry out the very extensive plan OF
decorations and lighting which has
been outlined. For instance they pro-
pose to light all the streets between
/ Temple and Ninth streets and from
Hill to Main streets and Fifth street
to the Arcade depot. If the fund ad-
mits of the expenditure the illumina-
tion will extend to the Santa Fe and
Salt Lake depots.
1.-THE merchants who are to be bene-
| fitted by this big gathering should give
] their share toward tho entertainment
! of the visitors" said member of the
committee last night by the way we
entertain these thousands, every one
of whom is a booster me will be
! judged. Our business men should open
/ their eyes to this proposition purely as
a business proposition, if not as mat
! ter of civic pride Na
! ''In other cities where the Elks grand
lodge meetings and reunions have been
it is matter of history and statistical
fact that not only has that city bene-
fted through widespread advertising,
but the money actually spent has
broken all clearing house records pre-
| Vious thereto. ElkS week in Denver,
| for instance, shows n clearing house
report that has not been equaled since
| that time So it has been with other
cities and so it will be with Los An
geles."
! "The magnitude of the meeting can
hardly be anticipated by any statement
| that any member might make" he con-
! tinued. For instance, Arizona, small
| territory, will come to the convention
| city more than 1000 strong. Think OF
| the states and territories that will be
represented. The middle west and
south % will be particularly strong. New
| England states we do not expect to
send strong degelations, but every one
will be represented. We figure on about
80 600 men in line.
Will Spend Money
| 1t has been estimated that one Elk on
| a vacation is equal to five ordinary
tourists Thus we have before us a
week in which probably $4,000 OF the
| best boosters, many with their wives
/ ana IdI1lllleSs VIII Dt VIII QoS oAiN NiicJ
will not only spend money but Will
| talk about us after they leave, That is
why we want to give them the best en-
| tertainment they have ever had"
The midsummer floral and allegorlcal
| festival will probably be the greatest
pageant ever witnessed in Los, Angeles.
! 1t will consist of seven divisions, in
cluding the automobile, fraternal, la
| bor, civic, Industrial and parade of all
nations. Every civic and fraternal body
in the city will be represented in the
parade of July 16, which will be the
| gala day. About sixty bands of music
will be parading the streets day and
night during Elks' week. The eques-
| trian division of the big parade In
cludes nearly 400 entries.
John S. Steeley probably will be Sc
| lected as field marshal for the civic and
| industrial division of the big parade
The committee has authorized prizes
| for the best, and for the second and
| third best decorated automobiles, three
prizes for floats, a prize for uniformed
bodies, and other prizes, too numerous
| to mention.
! Committees were in session last night
dicsussing details of the convention
and celebration. The principal matter
with the lodge now is to get the money
with which to defray the expenses OF
| the convention.