East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-10

Full of enthusiasm and confident
Of making a great showing even il
they fail to win the grand prize, $50
Elks and wives and daughters OF
Elks will leave Pendleton by special
train tonight at $50 for the Portland
grand lodge and tomorrow all of these
Elks with many other members of
the local lodge already in the Rose
City will appear in the parade. The
horses which are to be their mounts
went down by special train last night,
arriving at the Country Club at 10:30
this morning.
At o'clock this evening the
Roundup Cowboy band will give a
street concert at the depot before en-
training for the trip and a great
crowd of townspeople is expected to
be on hand to listen to the music and
to speed the Pendleton delegation.
The train will make stops at Echo,
Stanfield, Hermiston and Umatilla in
order to pick up Elks at those points
but, once outside of the county, it
will speed on without stop until it
reaches the Country Club grounds at
5 o'clock in the morning.
Order of Parade.
The Pendleton lodge is the only one
in the United States to be accorded
division in the big parade by itself.
This division will be the seventh in
line and will be led by George Strand,
division commander. Following him
will ride an Indian girl on a pony and
behind him will come the Cowboy
Mounted Band. Twenty-Five of the To-
cal Elks dressed In the paint, feathers
and bonnets of Umatilla Indians and
astride spotted cayuses, will be the
next feature. Then will come $50 or
more Elks clad as typical cowboys.
bright shirts, chaps. sombreros and
all, and bringing UP the rear of the
division will be two stage coaches and
a chuck wagon.
stock Train Held Up.
Though the horses were all loaded
in the cars last evening by Sis, it
was not until IL o'clock that the train
pulled out of the city owing to the
disinclination of the railroad company
to comply with it's contract which
specified a special train. At the last
moment the Elks' learned that it was
the plan of the company to couple
their stock cars on to a regular freight
To this arrangement they dissented
strongly but it was not until nearly L
O'Clock and only after number of
messages had been sent over the wires
to Portland officials that they pre-
y, 70. foly haf
cars according to contract, Local
agent T. F. O'Brien. who is an Elk,
is not held responsible for the action
of the company. In explanation. he
stated today that the official who
made the original contract promised
more than the company was able to
fulfill at this time. However, the To-
cal Elks forgot their grievance today
when they learned that the train had
steamed into its destination at 1880
having made the trip in little over
nine hours.
Horses Heavily Insured.
When the train left Pendelton there
were $50 horses and mules aboard
and two more cars were picked up
at Echo and Umatilla, so that the to-
was brought up to ESQ. To protect
the owners of these animals, the Elks
took out insurance to the amount Of
tai number of animals taken down
$40, 900 The freight charges am
ounted to $500.
Numbered among the animals
aboard was a small burro the mascot
OF the lodge, striped with purple and
bearing the number OF the lodge on
his sides.
The following are the names OF
those going down on the special to-
night:
Car Band Car.
Chauncey Haines, Gay Hayden,
Babe" and Ralph Folsom, W. Weiss.
Clint Adams, c. Whipple, Jess Nc