The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-25
ANDERSON ELK
ENJOYED TRIP
Tom Bolt Back From the Grand
Lodge Which Met This Year
With Denver B. p. O. E.

j. Tom Bolt. past exalted ruler OF
| Anderson lodge No. 1906. Benevolent
and Protective Order OF Elks, has re-
turned from the grand lodge OF the
order. which met this year with the
Denver lodge. Mr.. Bolt says that he
| never enjoyed an affair more in his
life than he did this meeting Of tho
grand lodge.
Speaking OF the trip, Mr.. Bolt said:
Friday we spent in Cincinnati sight
| seeing, ETC.. and a good deal of the
| things we saw were ct cetera. Cincin-
| natl is Z city of probably half m.i :
lion people, most of whom are Ger
| mans, Jews, Greeks and Italians. 1t
| Is noted for its piano manufactures.
| potteries. wholesale jewelry establish
| ments. splendid street railway system,
geological gardens, consumption Of
beer and whiskey.
Saturday we epent in Chicago. the
Windy City, so-called we believe, be-
| cause of the severe winds that blow
| in from the lakes. Chicago has nearly
two million population-mostly for
efgners-almost every man of which
Is practicing the rule of do others
| before they do you" Let us say right
here that Chicago Is no place for
man who has any confidence in hui
manity. We believe six months in that
town would make the mort forgiving
soul callous and obdurcte. No one at
tempted to bunco us, but if you do not
want to be run over you had better
keep both your eyes peeled while
strolling around Chi. Did say stroll?
Well, there Is no such thing as being
permitted to stroll in that town. You
have to keep on the dead run to keep
out Of the way.
A portion of Sunday was spent In
riding through Iowa, and at Omaha,
Neb. Iowa is one Of the greatest
farming sections OF this country. AS
| far as the eye could reach on both
sides of the railroad were great fields
Of waving corn, oats. wheat, ready to
cut and being cut, timothy hay, alfalfa
| etc. The farmers out there seem to
have little regard for the Sabbath as
threshing machines. reapers and hay
presses were in operation, and men
! were engaged in harvesting just as If
1t had been Monday. Sunday after
| noon we spent In Omaha, and, lest we
forget. we will say this is some warm
burg. 1t was l10 in the shade. The
men paraded the streets without coats
uiiO tH0 WoHlch WitHOuI pSttlCOdlS. n
half day in Omaha during July Is suf,
flcient evidence Of the reason why Mr..
VIM. J. Bryan takes a summer cottage
In the wilds Of Tarhella.
We arrived In Denver Monday morn
ing. Now Denver Is some town. AL
most every street and building was
profusely decorated with the colors
of the B. P. o. E.-white and purple
while the electrical display was said to
be the most magnificent ever attempt
ed in the history Of the world. There
were about one hundred thousand
! visitors, most OF whom were Elks. and
on every hand was a royal welcome
! for the Bills. Even the Denver papers
were printed in purple ink on white
paper for the four days Of the Elks
convention.
The convention lasted until Thurs
day afternoon. 1t was the largest at
tempted and the most successful In
the half century existence OF the Or
der. The parade was spectacular to
a marked degree.
Friday. July II. we spent at Caro-
ma, Colorado. styled "the top o. the
world" 1t is $4,000 feet above the
sea, and is place Of perpetual snow.
| and on this mountain top we played
snow ball with a Bill from Kansas.
| We started home Friday night and
made good time back to Carolina, ar
riving here Monday evening.