The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-07
DETROIT AWAITS
ELks' ARRIVAL
All Arrangements Are Practically
Complete and Work on Street
Decorations Being Rushed.
Hello. Bill"
"Howdy, Toni"

Hello. Bill"
"Howdy, Toni"
These salutations, or their equ;va-
Tents, will be In order from now on.
for Elks already are beginning to ar.
rive for the big reunion which will
be held In Detroit all next week. The
various committees that have been
at work for months under the direc'
tion OF the executive committee have
practically completed their arrange
ments. the official program Is In readl.
ness. and work on the street decora.
tons is being rushed with all possible
speed. Almost like mushrooms the
imposing arches have risen at Wood
ward and Jefferson.aves. and Wood.
ward-ave. and Grand Circus park,
while the massive pillars OF wood and
plaster that are to decorate the streets
between the arches are nearly all In
place.
Rerorts were submitted by all the
subcommittee In a meeting In Elks
temple. Wednesday night. at which
Chairman F. &. Burgess, OF the execu-
tive committee, presided. The reports
were all satisfactory and showed a
vast amount of hard. earnest effort on
The part of the committeeman. Thomas
4. Gaghan, chairman OF the hotel com
mittee, reported that ample accom-
modations had been secured. The
hotels will accommodate 10000 people
Friday afternoon the general recep
ton committee OF the Michigan lodges
will arrive in the city and will meet
In the local lodge rooms at 3 o'clock.
At p. IN. j. u. Sammis, grand ex-
allied ruler Of the Elks, and the other
grand lodge officers, will arrive in q
special train, via the Grand Trunk
and will be escorted to the Hotel
Pontchartrain by the prize drill squad
OF the local lodge. At p. m. public
reception will be held in the hotel.
II is estimated that nearly 100000
members OF the order will visit De.
troit during the reunion, while the
wives, sweethearts and others who
will come with them will easily total
200 900, 1t is believed. They will come
prepared for a good time, too, which
means they will bring fat purses.
The program of entertainment Is an
unusually promising One. The visit
ors will have but little idle time on
their hands. The big feature natural
" will be the parade, Thursday morn.
ing. This will be memorable
pageant The city Of Greenville, Miss,
will spend $4,000 on It's division. A
representative OF the Mississippi dele
CATION is now in Detroit arranging for
series of floats representing cot
ton picking scene.
Elks' week will give Detroit its first
glimpse of the Wright aeroplanes.
Exhibitions will take place Thursday
and Friday. on the State Fair grounds,
as part of the unusual entertainment
program.
The exhibitions will go on at 1880
p. m. and extra preparations have
been made by the railway company
to handle big crowds. Attempts will
be made to break all records for
speed, maneuvres and hight. LIZ
Chapel. a former Detroit boy, who
has achieved remarkable success in
aviation, and Johnson, another of the
Wright operators, probably will put on
the exhibitions here, and there Is q
chance that Brookins, the star of the
aviation crew, will come also. An
nouncement will be made later as to
where tickets can be had. These ex-
hibitions, while arranged for the visit
ing Elks, are public exhibitions and
the Elks' committee wishes 1t so un-