The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-15
CARNIVAL Will
OPEN TONIGHT
Shows Encounter DeIay--Sons st.
George Delegates Arriving

The carnival in connection with the
Sons of 81. George reunion will be in
full swing this evening the first shows
being given tins afternoon.
The company expected to show last
evening but it was found that there
was still too much To be done in set
ting of the shows and the management
then decided To open this afternoon.
The company unoaded at the Copper
Range station IN Houghton and the
long pull To the driving park delayed
the opening.
one OF the carnival wagons coll
lapsed yesterday on the county bridge
ana blocked traffic for about an hour
The rear axle of the wagon broke and
the material for one of the tents
which was loaded on this had to be
removed before traffic was restored.
Delegates Come Tomorrow.
The majority Of the delegates are
expected to arrive tomorrow, as the
opening is Thursday The
sessions Thursday will be important,
the annual election of officers being
among the items of business to come
up.
the reception Of the delegates and
the reports of the credentials and
committees will occupy
;he morning session and it will not
be until the afternoon that the bal
ioting will begin. Local lodgemen ex-
pect that at least one grand lodge Of
fee viii come To this city.
All business sessions of the con-
vention, of which there will be two
daily, will be held in the Elks' temple.
The only evening meeting will be the
Friday evening by the Lady
Edgecomhe lodge, Daughters of st. |
George. This banquet which Is To be |
purely an informal affair for the en-
tertanmcnt Of the delegates, will be
held i'm the Kauth building.
Lansing May Get Meet.
The delegates who will represent the |
different lodges of the Sons of st. |
George society at the annual conven-
ton. To be held this week in Hancock, |
have not yet decided where they would |
like to have the 1914 convention and |
n citation i'm favor of Ishpeming. but
many of the members here would pre- |
fer to have the meeting held at some
other place, because there are to be |
two big meetings held here next sum-
mer. one of these will he the knights
ether the upper peninsula firemen's
reunion. While the latter has not vet |
been decided, il seems to be pretty |
understood that lshpeming |
will be given the meeting. says the |
Mining Journal.
As the Sons meeting and the Fire
mems reunion are only a week apart, |
If the dates selected are the same as
this year. it is not considered advis-
able to hold both meetings in lshpcm-
ing A number Of the members of the
Ishpeming Sons lodge have been ure-
ing the delegates to vote in favor of
Ishpeming, while others express the
opinion that II would be better for all
If Ishpeming should put in |
n strong bid for the 1915 meeting at
next years convention.
It is reported that Lansing would |
like To entertain the Sons next year,
and some of the delegates from Mar
auette county favor meeting there In
preference to any of the upper penin-
sula cities. While more tran seventy
five per cent of the membership OF the
society is in this part Of the state many |
Of the Sons believe II good policy To
encourage the lower peninsula lodges,
which have been more active the past
few years than formerly. The last
meeting In the lower peninsula was
held I'm Detroit three or four years ago
Ii Ishpeming does not seek next years
meeting. IL is thought that Lansing
will be favored.