Arizona republican., 1911-06-22
.ELKS ARE OFFERED
 KEY OF DALLAS -~-
WIRE BRINGS INVITATION TO
 EIDE A WEE IN TEXAS.
Itinerary Tells All About Trip, and
 Encourages Non-E Elks.

The wide advertising given the Elks' special has carried the name of 1 Phoenix lodge to every city and town l along the lines the train will pass over on it's way to Atlantic City. and as the time draws near for sailing telegrams are being received from the exalted rulers of the larger cities ask ing the Salt River valley herd to stop over in each one of the several places to take q breather and be en- tertained by their hospitable and
 warm hearted brethren.
 Yesterday a wire was received from Exalted Ruler Maxwell of the Dallas lodge of the B. r. O. F.. in which an urgent request was rendered the Phoenix Elks to stop over in Dallas for day or two to see the sights. | and rest up before beginning the long northward ride to the city of the grand lodge. Mir. Maxwell who is also president of the Dallas chamber of commerce. was particular to ask that he be informed of the number of ladies in the party, so that proper entertainment may be provided. in case the invitation is accepted. Since the itinerary of the trip has been issued, it has been announced that. whether the train stop anywhere else or not. it will be sidetrackcd at san Antonio long enough to give the eXcursionists opportunity to see the Alamo and Fort sam Houston. where 20.000 United States soldiers e in Special electric cars will be provided by the San Antonio lodge to carry the Elks. with their wives. families and other passengers not connected with the lodge in any way. to these points of interest, and it is expected that this brief stopover in San An tonic will be one of the most delight ful features of the entire trip. Com ing to Phoenix in the interest of the Missouri, Kansas X Texas railway. of which he is general agent, J T Bate went into conference yesterday with the Elks who have charge of routing the special. to gain their con sent to have it pass over his line between San Antonio and St. Louis No action was taken on his request. but it is being considered and it is possible that the train will be run over the NJ. K. & T. between the two points
 In the itinerary of the Arizona Elks' Special to Atlantic City" which was issued last Tuesday, q great deal ot valuable information is presented. and the policy of the lodge in organ izing the excursion is better explained than it has been heretofore It is not known what member of the herd tried his hand at the composition of the folder. but the language is con vincing. and one reading of the at tractive little sheet is about all that IS needed to convince q reasonable person that q trip east with the Ari- zona Elks would be about the pleas antest outing person could give himself to escape a hot month of a hot summer. and rest up on the sea shore after rousing. jolly trip across the continent
 In the first paragraph of the itin- erary, to call the attention and inter est of all non Elks who may be la boring under the delusion that the special is for lodge members. and for them alone it is stated ito the pub lic.' meaning all non Elks. for the Elks consider that their lodge affili- ations remove them from the herd. or rather. that the lodge carries them from one herd into another. It goes on and says. after asking the reader Co go himself: If you are not going yourself. and know of any one who contemplates going or taking an east ern trip, you would confer a favor by submitting his name to the com mittce to work on and boost"
 It is a boosters folder from the first word to the last, and the great object of the special is disclosed at the bottom of page l, where the fol- lowing paragraph appears: The pri- mary object of this excursion is a boosting advertisement of the Salt River valley and the territory of Ari Zona. Thousands of pieces of liter ature will be distributed throughout the trip. and headquarters will be maintained at Atlantic City. where information can be given regarding this section"
 The writer continues: "Atlantic City grows in a few months from a city of 30,000 to close to q million people. Imagine 25O,OO0 people bath ing at one time on a white sand beach six miles long However. it is not necessary that you be an Elk. or that you purchase your ticket to At lantic City. as this train will handle passengers to any intermediate point: in fact. it will honor tickets to any eastern point"
 The most fetching sentence in the entire Itinerary is the one about the 250,0O0 bathers. The Phoenix EIks believe they will be in the swim themselves. and they are planning to be in the vanguard of the merry makers. From the moment they leave the Salt River valley until they return they will. do their best to banish dull care, and they believe they will succeed so well that the people who go with them will come back and ever after refer to their trip with the Phoenix herd as the great est trip l ever had in my life"
 It Is not known what action will be taken about the cantaloupe plan. of which so much was expected when it was first proposed It was sur