Show MAKING HARD FIGHT UTAH AND TEE WEST AFTER ELKS CONVENTION I Contest Is Between Salt Lake and Saratoga South and East Want Electing in East V V V V TRIBUNE SPECIAL Milwaukee WIs July 23Utah and I the far West Elks ore making a great fight for the next Elks convention and I It willcither go to Salt Lake or Saratoga I I Sara-toga N Y w < Son Francisco Columbus and Louisville Louis-ville are out of the race apparently Colorado Is a fast partner for Utah anal the Denver andColorado Springs delegations are using every effort to I send the rnnVenUon to Salt Lake The East and South want the East to V iiavo the convention Utah herself has thirtytwo Elks here with seven votes I I V ELKS ELECT OFFICERS I I Grand Lodge of B P VO E Chooses I vtowa Man for Exalted Ruler I Milwaukee July 23 The grand lodge I of the Benevolent and Protective Order I Or-der of Elks completed the first days session late tonight having elected oIli ers as follows Grand exalted ruler ru-ler Charles IS PIckett Waterloo la grand esteemed leading knight A G Field Columbus 0 grand esteemed Joyal knight William B Brock Lexington V Lex-ington JCr giiind esteemed lecturing knight Judge A H Pickens Denver I Cob grand secretary George A Reynolds Rey-nolds Saginaw Mich grand treasurer I treas-urer F C Orris Muadvllle I Pa grand trustee three years Henry W Hears Baltimore grand tyler Joseph Hen nlng Anderson 1nd V Aside from the election of officers the business of the Ilrst executive session ses-sion consisted of the presentation and leading of the reports and the transaction transac-tion of other routine business Grand I Exalted Ruler Fisher presented his report re-port which showed that during the past year 113 new dispensations had been granted and that now there were 725 lodges having a membership of 96000 showing an Increase since the last convention con-vention of 33 13 per cent The order had contributed 17011 to the Galveston Galves-ton fund The financial condition of the grand lodge showed a balance on hand in the treasury of 30000 The special order of business for tomorrow to-morrow morning will be the selection of the next place of meeting Salt Lake has loomed up as a candidate against Baltimore and Saratoga Springs but It Is said tonight that an Eastern city will likely get the honor and St Louis and the South are quietly paving the way to bring the 1903 convention con-vention to the Missouri city during the exposition The feature of the social side of the big gathering was thc flrst big outdoor out-door event the magnificent parade of military and civic orders which passed through the principal streets this afternoon af-ternoon The pageant was wjtncHeed by many f thousands 6f people This was followed by the dedication of an Elks fouBtaJnJpJuneati V park Trains and steamers brought the last of the thousands of visiting Elks tonight It Is estimated that 50000 strangers are In the city ItFREED |