Show local lopal people attend elks ellis the annual national conventions convention convent ioni of the benevolent and protective order of elks was held in portland oregon july 13 to july 18 attend ng the convention and festivities were N F burger ex faulted ruler of tooele thoele lodge no 1673 and his wife who made the trip by plane mr and mrs frank andrews jay A lindberg and wife and gus russell motored to the city of roses to be among those present guest accommodations were strained to the utmost to provide for the Lad gemen who had come from all of the U S possess ons representatives from M manila a n I 1 I 1 a guam alaska porto rica and the panama canal zone assembled in portland swelling the total num ber to over 40 members mak ing it the third largest elks con bention ever held highlight of the social es was a salmon bake prece proceeded eded by a tour of the fish canning factory at astoria oregon one of the principal a aims ims of the B P 0 E for the coming year and the tle goal of every lodge is to spon sor a boy scout troop mr burger is now laying plans to organize and sponsor a troop here in tooele thoele the ground work of these plans will be presented at the nex next t reg ular meeting aug 27 at that tim a definite course of action will be decided upon |