Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-09
REUNION
 PROMISES BH
Tucson Streets Will Be Mass of Purple and Red. White and
 Blue Flags
PRIZES ARE OFFERED

Referring 10 the coming Elks re union for which Tucson IS making great preparations the Arizona Daily Star says;
 Matters pertaining to the Elks re union. are fast assuming shape. that promises to make the gathering an eYentful one for the city. At a meet ing of the executive committee Inst night many details were arranged and several new matters arranged for. F. C. Deitrich, chairman of the Fly ing Squadron committee. which viii meet all trains and care for all wis itors until they are safely landed in their various hotels. reported that he would nave l2 squads of eight men each. Each man will be dressed in white trousers. dark long coat. white shoes purple tie and special hat, the ilnd to be determined later R. F. Leighton. chairman of the decorative committee, has arranged one of the prettiest street color schemes ever seen in Tucson. The streets will be so decorated that one standing at any corner and lookiIe down the street win See a canopy oi purple. offset by national colcrs. which vii! be hung from guy wires O. tho trolley. Elk. colors. purple and white. wa be tied 10 the poses and draped. A desi5= of the whoie effect makes a very handsome picture. Decorations to Be General. Merchants will be solicited to dec. crate store fronts and windows, and dwelling houses will also be requested to aid in the general decoration ot the town For this purpose several prizes have been appropriated. For the best decorated store front there will be a prize Of S15. with a second prize of S1O. The best window will get Sl0. and the second best S. The best decorated dwelling will get s and the next best S2.50.
 Mayor Huffman has promised that every street will get a special clean ing before the big meeting starts. Jack Sullivan, chairman of the en- tertainment committee is worRinA hard. with his colleagues, arranging a program that will make some thing doing all the time during the 1 two days. Lodge business will take up the first day while the Elks are at. ' tending 70 business there will be
 many others that. will want enter
 tainment and this committee is ar.
 ranging to provide for them.
 Sports Are on Program.
 ! Among the sports provided Is Q | baseball tournament. various races X and band concerts. On the evening | Of the first night there will be a con | fetti and seTpeutine battle on the I streets, and On the second night the
 grand ball will Dc held ct the pa
 vilion at ElysiaE Grove. The program
 is not ln any manner completed St ! present. but enough Is known to war rant the statement that there will bC
 lots doing. and the program in its
 complete form will be announced Gs
 soon as the reunion officers arTangt
 the time Of lodge meetings.
 J. l. Reilly, chairman or ,he parade committee has his feature well ],
 hand. Col J. H. Martin will be gran,
 marshal of the parade and J. NJ. Ron
 stadt will be marshal Of the auto ii vision. Prizes will he siven to ttC various lodges. of Elks participating in the parade, the prizes beini awarded on a system Of point. awarded on a basis of membership distance travelled and few othel
 things that will be worked out f, the satisfaction of all concerned be
 fore the parade starts. Special prizes will also be given for decorated auto
 mobiles.
 Chairman Hess of the publicity
 committee warns Tucson to be on tho lookout for the biggest crowd tha' ever assembled in Tucson in it's his tory