Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-07
0TTUMWA To TUI' Bf:: Bjji::
PROMINENT. IN
WESTERN CITY
Fifty-fourth Band Will Ac-
company Malta Com
mandery to Denver to At
tend Conclave.

Ottumwa Knights Templar and
numerous other citizens with the
famous Fifty-fourth regiment band as
their leader, will make pilgrimage to
Denver, Colo. next August. The
knights will attend the sessions Of
the thirty-second trienniaI conclave Of
the order, and the balance Of the ex-
cursionists will enjoy visiting In Dem
yer and take the side trips to Pueblo
and Colorado Springs. a special train
'over the Burlington with ten cars Of
the finest electric lighted equipment
the company affords has been en-.
gagged by the committee In charge The
train will leave the Union depot on
the morning of August 10 and the trip
will be made through to Denver with
out any change Of cars. The conclave
continues in session from August IL
to August Is. but the tickets Of the
knights and their friends will be In
force until October 81. The special
round trip fare has been placed at
$21.75.
The band will have at least forty
pieces, and the members OF Malta
commandery No. 81 will go In full uni
form.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements Is headed by s. L. Nc
,Gayic as chairman. ]. B. McCarroll Is
treasurer, Claude Myers Is secretary
and T. ]. Phillips Is manager Of the
Fifty-fourth band and special train.
The band will contain the same
musicians that won so many prizes at
the Elks national reunion at Los
Angeles and that brought so much
fame to Ottumwa at the several big
gatherings Of Elks In this state and
elsewhere. The band and knights in
ing display for Ottumwa and as the
K. T.'s are going independent of the
state knights, the special will be pure
ly an Ottumwa proposition.
T. J. Phillips is circulating petition
for subscribers to the fund necessary
to defray the expenses Of the band.
The actual cost will be $3.50, and the
subscription list is expected to con-
tain $1,000 before the end Of the
present year.
An Ottumwa Proposition.
While an invitation will be extended
to all the knights in Fairfield, Center
VILE Oskaloosa. Hedrick and other
surrounding cities to join Malta COM
mandery, the excursion to Denver will
be primarily an Otturnwa excursion.
The band will be paid for by Ottumwa
boosters. The name Ottumwa will be
the by-word Of the excursionlsts. A
general invitation is to be extended to;
all Ottumwans to take advantage Of
this trip to Denver.
When Malta commandery No. 81
concluded to go to the Denver con-.
clave in body while at the grand en-
campment at Spirit Lake this year. a
committee was appointed with 8. L.
McGavic J. B. McCarroll and Claude
Myers as members. The question Of a
band was discussed at the Spirit Lake
meeting, but the state society's appro-
priation was 80 small that the Ottum-
wa knights took 1t upon themselves
to arrange for the band. T. J. Phillips
donated his services to the committee,
and it was yesterday definitely de-
cided to take special train and the
regiment band from Ot-,
tumwa The Burlington officials pro-
vides the train and T. J. Phillips with
his subscription list is providing the
necessary money to defray the ex-
penses Of the band. It Is the idea of
the knights to put Ottumwa on the
map from the very start and with the
aid of the Fifty-fourth band to keep 1t
on the map all during the conclave
days in Denver. The band Is already
arranging special Knights Templar
music for the occasion.
The committee In charge believes
that there will be fully 400 people from
Ottumwa and surrounding cities who
will take advantage OF this summer ex-
cnrsion- to the western city.