The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-25


ever seen I'm Faribault, the Elks Of
Minnesota covered themselves with
glory when the splendid parade passet
down Central avenue. yesterday.
The place OF honor in the line OF
march was given to the Faribault
lodge. which made n magnificent ap-
pearance. Headed by Grand Marshal
Edward Johnson and the Faribault
band. they were followed by n tallyhU
in which were seated the officers OF
the lodge and drawn by twenty-four
Elks I'm uniform.
More than 200 members Of the lodge
in the nifty purple hats. white military
suits with purple striplings. were in
line and their striking presence :: l.
forth cheer after cheer.
Duluth Had Strong Delee alton
Duluth followed. n strong deleea
ton. with white hats and impressive
numbers WHAT purpOrted to be the
lodge goat was led at the head of the
lunch.
Redwing. the prize delegation. was
next. headed by Its band A member
OF the Redwing lodge in full Indian
uniform added picturesque feature 10
the parade The caps worn by these
men were white and bore double
red wing INSIGNIA.
Next was -. Paul. with the Mime
sofa State band. with white hats. and
following them the delegation from ST.
Cloud.
Msnkato Made Splendid Showing.
Austin. with purple aud white um-
brellas. was the next. and headed by
the Mankato Elks' band, the members
OF which are Elks. Mankato came
next. making a splendid showing. par
ticularly in view of the fact that they
had left home by automobile late Fri
day morning and encountered bad
roads i'm making a hard journey. They
wore white hats with purple bands and
carried purple and white umbrellas.
Minneapolis. headed Ly the famous
Working Boys band Of that city. was
last in rhe Parade. The delegation, FILL
ing three cars had arrived Just at noon
and marched up Second street from
the Dan Patch station just in time to
fall in line at the Elks' building. II
was big delegation. too. and made a
most impressive appearance. Mos: OF
them carried small Japanese parasols
City's Fire Apparatus.
The city's fire apparatus followed
the marchers and after them came
number OF automobiles. Only two were
deliberately decorated. that OF 4. Il
Becker ana driven by Mr.. Becker. the
other belonging to the Central Auto
company, driven by Miss Helen Tho
net
The automobile OF 4. II. Becker was
completely covered WIN white and
purple testooning and presented
magnificent appearance. On the front
was spleniidly antlered elk's head.
In the car. all dressed in white. were
Mr.. and Mrs. Becker. Mrs. Harry Bak-
ken. Mrs. Edward Johnson and chill
dren. Leila and Edward: Mrs. John
Snyder and Marian and Genevieve
Becker.
The automobile of the Central Auto
company driven by Miss Helen Thon-
Of. was decorated with half dozen
deer's heads carried n clock pointing
Ia the hour Of eleven in front and was
completely covered with evergreen
Miss ThOnet was accompanied by Miss
Mabel Buifina and perched up in
front were two tiny tots. Toney DUFF
fina and Boots" Fleckenstein. Jr
Faribsult Elks did not compete for
any OF the prizes.
The judges were three OF the stale
officers, President Healy. Secretary
Eldridge and Treasurer Samualson.
Minneapolis Elks defeated Duluth In
the ball game 6 to 4.
Were Royalty Entertained.
ly entertained at the state convention
at Faribault, the Mankato Eiks came
home in their cars singly late yes
terday. all I'm high spirits over the
grand reception that the delegates
and other members of the order and
their ladies had been given by the
u. p. o. r. lodge I'm Mankato's sister
city In Rice county.
The Mankato delegates were proud
OF two superlatives that had
been established by among their num-
Der. namely. the latest and the hand
Eomest. Charles T. Taylor won $50
for being the latest Elk and w. l..
Byrnes received beautiful badge.
surmounted with an Elk's head, to-
gether with 80 cents. for being the
handsomest.
The Mankato Eiks had seventy men
In uniform in line in the parade. be-
sides the band Of twenty pieces.
Mankato made a fine impression
The Elks from this city stayed to-
Rether on the street. and the remark
that "Mankato is on the map" was
not infrequent. u seemed to be prac-
tically the unanimous wish of the
convention that Mankato extend an
invitation tn have the state conven-
ton OF 1917 held in this city.
A feature that made an especially
good impression was the magnifcence
OF the street decorations.
Faribault News: The Mankato bunch
sure did have a good time while they
were having their pictures took" II
was about as easy for them to sit still
while the camera was revolving around
the circle as II is for kid 10 sit still
in his seat during the last five min
utes OF school on n hot spring day.
Even the water with which Fari-
bault streets were sprinkled yesterday
bore the purple and white of the Flks.
A brewery furnished the purple color
ing. White lime furnished the neces-
sary white. The water tanks preceded
the parade.
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