Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-03
.ELKS FROM THE
QUAKER CITY TO
ENJOY MN. STOP
PhiladeIphianS to Make Long
Visit in This State; Trip
to Convention to Cost
More Than 100000.

Nearing the end of their cross
continent trip members of Phil
adelphia lodge No. 2, B. r. @. re
will visit Santa Fe, Albuquerque
and Isleta on Saturday, July y, tof
three special reasons.
The lodge, 534 strong, Will leave
Philadelphia at O'Clock tomor-
row and will arrive in Los Ange les
for the annual reunion or the
grand lodge of Elks on Monday
morning, July II, at IL O'Clock.
Santa Fe will be reached at Z
o'clock next Saturday morning
states a letter from the Quaker
ETks. 1.-THE special reason for
stopping there being an invitation
from Santa Fe Elks and the cham
/ Der of commerce. The advance
caravan of the lodge. which left
Philadelphia May 7, and which was
royalty entertained in Santa re
lreportedgto the lodge its fine recep-
ton and the lodge wants particular
| " to see the town which was so
! kind to its advance detail.
San entirely different reason
loccasions a brief stop at Albuquer-
que. where the advance caravan
met another royal reception. Her
bert Bower, a member of No. q
lives at Albuquerque and the lodge
Is going to stop off to see HERBERT
To Visit Isleta.
At IsIeta the Indians will give
special dance in honor OF NO. =
and the trains will spend an hour
and a half in the village. Charles
n. Grakelow, exalted ruler, who
was reelected in April, will head
the delegation. Louis N. Goio-
smith, past exalted ruler ana chalr-
man of the "On to Los Angeles
committee of the lodge will be Sec
ond in command. 1t was Lou
IGoldsmith who made Philadelphia
ltrip to Chicago so successful last
wear. and the members are con-
WINGED that this years trip will DC
lust as complete although even
larger" sag ~.
To Set Record. teT
The trip of Philadelphia slodgc
IS the largest undertaking of lts
kind ever made by a fraternal
body, 1t is the largest movement
from one side of the continent &c
the other, except for military
movements which occurred dnrlhe
the world war. Included IN tnt
party will be the drill corps OF
l104 men. commanded by, Captain
e. M. Bartlett. In addition u
the drill corps proper the booy
includes the automobile squad OF
Thirteen, an artillery detail and Q
Red Cross detail. The band, 81
1eighty-six pieces, and the mounted
guard, of thirty-six men, Will com
plete the military branch or the
lodge on the train. The rest OF
the members will appear In the an
nual parade in Quaker garp, ~
will their wives and daughters VINO
accompany them. =.
Considerably more thanA $2O0,Vot
will be spent by the Philadelphlf
Elks on their trip. Before. they
leave Philadelphia $4,000 in ont
check will be handed to the Phil
adelphia and Reading railway oyel
the lines of which the party will
| first travel. to cover the railroad
cost.
Four special trains will be re
uuired to carry the party. the!
will travel with five to ten minutes
Roadway and at each stop the en-
tire party will be assembled. II
| all more than thirty stops are t.
be made on the S,000-mile trip
Part of the lodge will return i'm
mediately after the convention
More than half of the delegation
will return to Philadelphia through
1.-THE Canadian Rockies and will bt
out twenty-eight days.
Tickets for the trip will be tWt
yards long. Altogether there will
be $4,000 meals served en- route
at a cost of approximately $4,000
The meals on the Santa Fe rail
Iroad alone will cost about $4,000
On the Southern Pacific $4,000 vii
be spent for meals and the same
amount will be handed to the Can
|adian Pacific for sustenance FOL
the inner man. The largest hote
bill will be in Seattle, where 1,00t
meals will be served to the lodge
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