The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-02
GIVE BANQUET TO
NEWSPA PER MEN
Salt Lake Elks Discuss Plans
for Their Sixth Annual
Excursion.
ARE GIVEN ASSURANCE
OF HEARTY COOPERATION
This Years Trip Promises to BE
the Most Memorable
Ever Made.

Several of the newspaper men of The
different papers OF Salt Lake were the
guests of the officers OF the Salt Lake
| lodge Of Elks at little informal ban
uuet held at the E;lks' club Sunday night
The occasion was the yearly gathering OF
the newspaper men and the Elks TO dis
cuss the arrangements for the sixth ALI
nual excursion TO Los Angeles, under the
auspices OF the Salt Lake lodge Of Elks
Each year the EIlks give big mid
winter excursion to California at II rate
much lower than Is possible under any
other conditions The Elks share OF the
proceeds goes entirely To charity. and
for that reason the newspaper men or
Salt Lake always cooperate with the
IJiks In assisting TO make the excursion
AT the little New Years banquet Sun
day night the officers of the Ellss and
the members of the excursion committee
tails Of the coming excursion and asked
their cooperation in making the eXcur-
sion the biggest and most successful ever
attempted. The newspaper men assured
vent their giving the movement all the
publicity possible and they expressed the
hope that this excursion VIII be by Tar
the best and biggest ever given TO call
fornia.
Plans More Extensive.
ne DlanS l0f inc .blkS .cHCulSloh W
southern California this year are more
complete than ever before and contain
more arrangements for the comfort and
pleasure Of the cxcursonists than any
have already been ordered by the Elks
and arrangements made 10 secure fifth
III necessary
Tho Elks expect between 1000 and
1900 people 10 take the trip to the coast.
y. w. Raybould. secretary OF the Salt
Lake lodge. of .Elks. has lust returned
frnr I Anr lo. u,no lo LOT q
arrangements for n number Of interesting
side trips. Visits will be made 10 all OF
the California beaches. with the delight
tul surf bathing. and 10 the famous win
ter orange groves. tho ostrich farm. the
old missions and all the other places OF
picturesque beauty and historic signin-
be treated as guests and not tourists.
c. Il, Usher, d prominent Santa Monica
Elk was at the banquet Sunday night,
and in behalf OF the Santa Monica lodge
invited the Salt Lako Jjlks and their ex-
Curslonists TO be tine guests of the Santa
Monica lodge while In California. and
come, lie also said that the Santa Mon
lea Elks and their friends To the number
Of 500 will return the visit TO Salt Lake
next summer. Already plans have been
made and arrangements begun for a big
excursion from Santa Monica TO Salt Lake
next June,
Assure Cooperation.
There were short talks by each of the
guests commcndatory of the excursion and
assuring the Elks OF the hearty co-opera-
ton OF all those at the banquet In work
ing from now on for the success OF the
trip The banquet was closed with toast
TO the flag and the singing OF 'AmerI-
ca and Aud Lang Syne,' Each OF the
guests was presented with Il beautiful
little silk American flag as q souvenir OF
the occasion.
Romney, exalted ruler OF Salt Lake
lodge DR.. Salath,el Ewing esteemed
leading knight: A. w. Raybould, secre-
tary; 4, j. Davis. past exalted ruler: J.
w. Collins past exalted ruler; G. IL.
Usher representing the Santa Monica
Eks; Il, G. Penrose, Won III. Jackson T.
Dewitt Foster, Walter j. Sloan. Carl
Craft. Peter Lochre Charles G., Bran
ham and +. V. FltZ Gerald.