The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-06
PORTLAND IS HOST
FOR AN ELK ARMY
Beautiful Oregon City to
Entertain Antlered Broth
ers Next Week.
(Nationa1 News Association

(Nationa1 News Association
PORTLAND, Ore, July 6.-Portland
Dis in gayest attire for the forty-eighth
annual grand lodge meeting and re-
union of the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks, which is to hold
forth here during the whole of next
week
Streets are flaring with purple and
white decorations. Downtown streets
are gay with flags, streamers and fes-
ltoons Of incandescent lights. The deco
irations extend to the residential sec
tions, and there is scarcely house
that is not displaying flag or piece
of bunting in honor of the visitors.
The central feature of the decora-
ltion scheme Ia a Court OF Honor in
the shape Of square and formed by
-four of the principal streets of the
business district. At each corner of
the court are two massive arches,
crowned with heroic-size elk figures.
Forming the capitals of the great
pillars that line the Court of Honor
ARE one hundred big clocks that toll
of the mystic hour of eleven, every
Ave minutes, day and night.
Elks and their friends streamed in
ITO the city today from every direction.
$50 great was the crowd that it was
impossible to get correct registration
of the arrivals, but the city's hotels
are already more than filed, down
town rooming houses are crowded to
the utmost and many private residen.
ces have been thrown open for the
entertainment of the visitors.
A Reception Monday.
Monday will be devoted to the re-
ception of the visitors. The formal
opening of the grand lodge session
will take place Monday evening in the
Armory. The program will include ad
dresses Of greeting by the Governor OF
Oregon and the Mayor of Portland and
response for the visiting host by
Grand Exalted Ruler John P. Sullivan
Of New Orleans.
One thousand automobiles will be
put into use Tuesday to convey the
visiting Elks and their ladies on sight
seeing trips about the city. Several
steamers have been chartered for ex
cursions on the Willamette and Col
umbia rivers.
Tuesday night the brilliant electri
cal parade that has become the noted
spectacular feature Of Portland's an
nual Rose Festival will be reproduced
for the benefit of the visitors. This
parade will consist of score Of al
legorical floats, representing the de-
velopment of Oregon and the North.
west. To this array will be added a
number of magnificent floats typical to
Elkdom.
Wednesday has been set aside fol
entertainment at "The Oaks" which is
Portland's famous outdoor resort or
the Willamette River. A sea food din
ner, with tons of Columbia Salmon
as the chief item on the menu, will
be served free to the visitors.
Thursday will be the day of the
great parade, in which some $4,000
Elks in gorgeous costumes will take
part. The parade will be in charge Of
James r. Nicholson of Springfield
Mass, grand esquire of the order
who has had many years experience
in arranging street pageants. Portland
lodge being the host, will occupy the
position Of honor at the head of the
procession. The other lodges will fol
low in. order, taking position according
to the number of their charter. New
York being No. l, will follow i'm
mediately after Portland. Then will
come Philadelphia, San Francisco
Chicago, Cincinnati and all the 9th
ers.
A River Junket.
On4 Friday a magnificent fleet O
navalaand merchant vessels will carr,
the Elks' and their families on an Ell
cursioni down the Willamette and CO
iumbia rivers. The United State
cruiser Boston. will head the process
sion,, and will be followed by othe
naval craft and the boats of the Ore
gon Yacht Club.
The, annual grand ball, the principa
social feature OF every Elk reunion
will take place Friday night at tn
Multomah Hotel. All visiting Elks
and their families will be admitted
free.
No set program has been prepare
for Saturday, the closing day Of tn
reunion, but free automobile and boa
service will be available for all visit
ling lodgemen. When the gathering
breaks up. large parties of Easter
visitors will begin a tour of Califo,
MIA. Washington, British Columbia an
the entire Pacific Coast country be
fore turning their faces homeward. A
many points included in the itinerar
OF these parties the local lodges c
Elks are arranging special entertain
ment for the tourists.
Buy it now. Chamberlain's Cole
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Is a
most certain to be needed before tn
summer is over. Buy it now and be Or.
pared for such an emergency. For sal
by all dealers.
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