The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29
ELkS' EXCURSION
CALLS HUNDREDS
At Least Three Special Trains
Necessary to Carry ThrOns
to California.
DELIGHTFUL SIDE TRIPS
TO BE FEATURE OF JAUNT


The biggest advance sale of reserva'
tions for the annual Tip of the ElSs
to California in the history of Elks
excursions is announced by the oincers
of the lodge and the committee IN
charge of the excursion, which VIII
leave Salt Lake on Saturday for Los
Angeles More than 800 persons have
already purchased their tickets and
reserved their Pulimans for the trip.
This is new record for the cxcur'
sions and it indicates that the greatest
number ever to mako the trip from
Salt Lake TO Los Angeles III a single
party will be on the Elks trains which
will leave Salt Lake ut 9 o clock. The
Elks arc endeaYorlng to secure all the
reservations before next Tuesday, as
il Will be impossible to guarantee res
ervations after that date. The special
Pullmans that will comprise the Elks
trains have been ordered from Chicago
and will have to leave that city Tor
Salt Lake not later than Wednesday,
May Be Four Trains.
On Saturday night the committees
of the Elks having III charge the sale
OF tickets and reservations were work
ing on car ID. Fourteen cars had pre-
viouslv been filed. This insures three
Angeles and the prospects arc excellent
for the best excursion ever given out
Of Salt Lake.
Each year for several years the Elks
lodge OF Salt Lake has given a mid
winter excursion from Salt Lake to Los
Angeles The Ellss secure an cXcep-
tlonally low rate to California and get
a small percentage or the total re-
ceipts This goes to charity The ex
cursionlsts therefore have the double
advantage OF going on excellent
pleasure trip. accompanied by a Jolly
party of friends and of contributing
TO the assistance of poor of Salt
Lake With the money obtained from
these excursions the Elks make hun
drcds OF families happy at Christmas
time and in addition they relieve the
distress of the poverty at all
times of the year.
sect Acquainted" Hop Thursday
4 curtaiu-raiser TO this years biz
excursion will be given at the Elks club
rooms next Thursday evening in the
form Of get-acquainted' hop. To
tins all the members of the order are
invited. This dance is an annual treat
for tho excursionists that aids material
]y III formin" the acquaintance and
establishing friendships that make the
trip TO California the more pleasure
hble
New features have been added to
the forthcoming excursion which will
add to the pleasure of the trip. Va
rious ''siunts' are planned Ell route,
many OF which viii be surprises TO the
eXcursionists. The Salt Lake Route has
arranged for special dining car serv-
ice that will be better than any before
provided. = Each excursionist will be
gwen pretty souvenir menu booklet
with places for the autographs of those
IN the party.
Delightful Side Trips.
Many delightful side trips through
California show spots nre planned for
the party On Sunday. the dav follow
ing the start. stops will be made in Las
Vegas. Early Monday morning the ex
curSionists will breakfast nt Ontario,
Cal, where the excursionists will be
the guests of the Ontario chamber of
commerce. Through the courtesy Of
this organization and the Pomona lodge
of Elks, No. 7S9, the entire party will
be taken in automobiles through the
beautiful orange groves to Pomona.
The trains viii proceed without the
excursionists to Pomona. After the
auto trip through the orange groves and
trip about the city of Pomona the
party will again board the trains and
continue the trip 10 Los Angeles.
Official headquarters have already
been established IN the Angelus hotel,
where the Los Angeles Elks will con
duct an informal bureau trip of
inspection TO the beautiful new E,lks
home uD Angel Flight will be squeezed
in here.
A Dip in the Sea.
On Monday afternoon special electric
cars from the Angelns hotel corner
will take the party to the beautiful
beach of the Pacific at Santa Monica.
A romp on the beach, a dip in the ocean
and a rpppOfIoO in, fho oyaOinu Of ho
beautiful home of Santa Monica lodge
No. COG, with n delightful dance at
the Venice pavilion, are among the at
fractions of this side trip.
AT the reception the Salt Lake
lodge No. s5 will present a beautiful
silver loving cup to Santa Monica
lodge No. 300. This beautiful cup is
now on exhibition Mt the home Of the
Salt Lake EIlss. The Santa Monica
lodge will return the visit of the Salt
Lakers next summer, when they will
come on Il midsummer picnic, $40
strong.
The famous Kite trip is scheduled
for Tuesday. This trip is 100 miles
long, through the famous fruit fields
and flower gardens of southern Cali
forpia
For Wednesday the trolley trip along
the ocean shore will be the big fenture,
On Thursday the excursionists will all
go to Catllina, the magic island of the
Pneific. For this trip a special train
and special ocean steamer have been
chartered. The special over the Salt
Lake Route will take the party to San
Pedro, where the Salt Lnlscrs will
board the steamer Cabrillo for tho
twenty-four mile ocenn voyage.
The missions and the beaches will
be seen on Upton g trolley trip on
Friday. and the entertainment of the
week will close with reception and
ball given by tho Los Angeles lodge of
Elks No 80 in its beautiful home
Dies Of Heart Fai1,re