Show ELKS AT PARK CITY Eight CoachLoads of Tourists Royally Royal-ly Entertained For n youngster of about nine months the Park City Elks lodge No 731 has given a rather robupt account of itself during tIle past week Besides winning In a walk the contest for the most unique display in the parade on Wednesday the Park people made a big hit with the visiting Elks yesterday yester-day by l entertaining under their own vine and fig tree The excursion lo the t mining camp assumed unexpectedly large proportions propor-tions and the railroad company kept adding car after I car to the modest little train originally provided until there was a grand lineup of eight passenger coaches and two cnjilncs all the cars helm packed to their fullest capacity Just before the train started a m telephone tele-phone message was sent to Mayor Evans at Park City telling him what to expect There was IL deal of scurry Ing In the next hour or 1 so but everything every-thing was In readiness by 11 oclock RECEPTION AT PARK When the special arrived a halfhour later and dumped Its I loud of 500 people on the platform there I was a reception committee stationed at the depot to direct di-rect the visitors to the telks1 lodge rooni In this chamber were soon seated seat-ed as many of the strangers as could find room and a lot of busy Parklles began banding out beer and ginger ale and sandwiches In overwhelming quantities quan-tities A few minutes later u long line of rigs was drawn up before the headquarters head-quarters I and every visiting Rill was allowed to take his choice of lie sights of the Silver I King the Daly West 01 the Ontario About si hundred decided upon the Silver King and the procession of carriages car-riages moved up the hill to Lbo mine The entire plant was placed at the disposal dis-posal of the guests for exhibition purposes pur-poses and every Pinployoervopparciuly considered blntnclf a host for the tlmo I being Assistant Manager M 1 1 Daly and his brother Frank took porsonal I I charge of the t affair and took good care that every man woman and child In the party uaw everything worth sec Jug To assist In I pointing out the lu Icroflllnf features Iurencc A Blockcr Sam Raddon James Quinn James Donn and W E Boyd came out from town with the crowd Foreman Duncan Dun-can GlIllJ J A Malla and 71 B Hampton Hamp-ton also acted as guides and counselors TOURISTS UNDER GROUND As many as could borrowed coats and old hats from the miners and took tallow tal-low candles Then for a lIttle while the cages were very very busy 1 The visitors were taken down to the 800 foot level and then I led along the tunnel to the sloping ground l where the im I mense on bodies 01 the King were visible 1 The craze for souvenirs became at once manifest I and the mining I I company com-pany IH poorer today by h several pounds of galena quartz and 1 copper ore which wore carried away In pockoihnndker chiefs and ncwHpnpera Tho Kaslerners 1 were loth to believe that the port black and brown dirt which crumbled in theIr hands was more valuable than the pretty shining chunks that sparkled In tho light of the candles GIRL MINER FROM DENVER There was a girl from Denver who Insisted on getting a specimen of ore mined with her own hands Ko the goodnatured miner gave her a pick and she struck wildly at a piece of quartz above her head There were no casualties From the mine the visitors were escorted es-corted to tho big dining hull of the Silver King hoardinghouse where long Continued on Pace G u n ELKS TAKING TO THE WOODS a j o r qt t a t n r 4rJ c t r r J I c UE t r 5 l U11rc I t I 1 sx ER o r WEat3WL vGUL L 7He IQ c Y o e t Y 1 r yt A 5 1 r G d ri 1 0 t 1 I f r4yL fR Lc + lc tr f t f a N fir t ± y z 3W aGErVED v ee 11I ° My IyrFr 9NU t j a 1111 13 Z Sb tr NNUT l I cKO rs r1NO hY a U G o a D F 8r VlRl iEN i h YIw I Bye Y R i n r d r g la A + 1UC8 8t 11 I it t I al If ll t 1 b C t u 3 n 5 FAREWELL TO THE ELKS Continued from Page 50 tables were spread with an astonishing astonish-ing array of things to eat and drink This generous hospitality on the part I of the company was greatly appreciated appreci-ated especially as the ride in the mountain moun-tain air had sharpened appetites amazingly LIKED MINERS FARE This is the best meal Ive had since I struck Utah said a youth from Waterloo Ia with a sigh of contentment content-ment When It was explained that the luncheon was no different 10111 the cveryday service at the boardinghouse boarding-house the young man was obviously Impressed Gee You people out here dont do things by halves do you lie said About an equal number of the visitors were taken to the Daly West mine by Kxaltcd Ruler John Geiger Mayor E P Evans and Lee Wight After driving driv-ing to the mouth of the Ontario drain tunnel they were transferred to the little ore cars and hauled by mule power pow-er through the tunnel to the Daly West shaft The exploration of the mine workings was conducted under the guidance of Manager J E Bambergcr i Assistant Manager August Bambergor Assistant Foreman Mike TKnnessy Assistant As-sistant Superintendent Newt Dunyan F W Sherman and W T Humes r DALY WEST SURPRISED By some Inadvertence the Daly West company had not been notified of the coming of the visitors and no preparations prepara-tions had been made for their reception recep-tion But that didnt make any difference differ-ence Chef Lee Jake and his assistants Immediately sCt to work and by the time the tourists were ready to leave I the sights of the mine luncheon was ready and waiting for them in the boardinghouse None of the rater rained had the slightest reason to believe be-lieve that their coming v us unexpected unex-pected A few members of the party drove up the canyon to the Ontario mine where they were entertained in the same manner and shown the sights of the mine by Foreman Matt Connelly FIXED FOR FUTURE FAMINES Many 1 who had to catch through trains at Salt Lake returned on the regular local at 125 but about halt the party waited for the special I at 5 i oclock They spent the time in the Elks clubhouse trying to stave off the hospitality of the Park people who seemed bent upon providing their guests against the possible famines of the next year If all the sandwiches and beverages offered had been consumed con-sumed by the visiting Ivlks none of them would have any further need of eating for a week to come J P Swee ney W V Wallace W Westfield H Johnson Thomas Orr and n dozen others were active in looking after the pleasure of their gicts It Is doubtful If the visiting Elks enjoyed en-joyed any day of the big reunion morr than yesterdays trip For most of them it was a unique experience and 4 one that will be remembered all their lives To the average Easterner I the boundless hospitality of the West Is I homolhing of a marvel and that hospitality hos-pitality was never bettor exemplified than at Park City Koffiln but the best was good enough for the guests and no visitor was allowed lo spend a cent beyond his railroad fare something some-thing that might he pondered over by certain merchants In Salt Lake City The excursion to Tlntlc over the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line was given up as most of the visiting Ellcs preferred to go to the nearer camp Grand Leading Knight Pleased William 13 Brock the newlyolectnd grand leading knight lepartecl for his y home In LoxlngUm Ivy at 3 1 oclock In X the afternoon Before leaving he expressed V ex-pressed himself as very highly l pleased with the outcome of the convention and the treatment accorded to nil visitors by Salt Lake The weather he said was ideal and everything passed i off admirably Elks Still Coming Although the reunion Is over Eastern Elks are still coming to town They are not necessarily late as many protracted pro-tracted I their trips with the sole Intention Inten-tion of avoiding I the crowd Among I the arrivals yesterday wai M A More land exalted ruler of No 1S1 at NewCastle New-Castle Ind and wife Mr Moroland is J coupon ticket agent for the Dig Four railroad system They will now take Jn the attractions of Salt Lake at hell leisure i Qulen Snbes Cheered Leary Klk headqunrters presented a very quiet appearance yesterday compared with the animated HCMIICH and Incidents of the previous three t days of the reunion I re-union which look place during the rug Istratlon of visiting I lllks Strangers who had been In he oily and wen leaving dropped In at headquarter tit Intervals during tin day lo give a final handshake to fhalrntfin Icary and his aides Lost night a dearth prevallcd about the headquarters all the Immediate Im-mediate business having been attended to with only the final business to be straightened out The Qulen Sabc club called at headquarters In the afternoon and upon leaving gave three rousing cheers for Jim Leary |