Show DENVER GOT BAND MONTY Intimation That Montana May Sue for Second Prize No second prize will be awarded In the Elks band contest unless the Boston C Montana band brings suit and secures Judgment for the sum concerned con-cerned The band committee at a meeting in the Elks headquarters yesterday yes-terday decided that inasmuch as the Butte band refused to play off the tie with Denver It was not entitled to any Share in the distribution of prizes As third prize already had been awarded to the Third Artillery hand It was decided de-cided to award no second Prize at all A check for 1000 was given to the manager of the Denver Elks delegation delega-tion as the reward for the success of Satrlanos band Lodge No 17 and not the hand gets the money Whether the Boston C Montana band will quietly accept this disposition of the matter Is an open questlon A representative rep-resentative of the organization remained re-mained in the city yesterday and lie may decide to contest the matter In the courts This action may be a suit for 1000 the amount offered for the first Prize which the Montanans claim to have won or it may be merely a suit to secure second money conceding In this case that Denvers victory was i a valid one Whichever claim is setup set-up will be resisted by the Elks i Committee Com-mittee The action of the Montana band In refusing to play off tho He was generally gen-erally regretted and they gained slight sympathy by it The public loves a conKrjt and It has little consideration for the contestant that falls to come up to the scratch however valid the excuse Lie taunt was persistent that the Butte boys were afraid to play against their Colorado rivals The statement Is vouched for by one of the adjudicators that Manager Treloar made a proposition to the judges and the Denver band that first and second money should be combined and divided equally between the two contestant The proposition was rejected The real trouble was that the Boston Bos-ton C Montana band did not want to play the three dances from Jlenry VIII said Prof J J McClellan Their instrumentation was not adapted adap-ted for that kind 1 of music and they realized it Rather than suffer the humiliation hu-miliation of defeat they tried to quibble out of the contest Even then they did not notify the committee of their intention in-tention to withdraw until after the time set for the contest at Saltair Since hearing the Denver band in the llnal piece from Llenry llf I am confident con-fident they would have won the contest con-test with ease On that class of music mu-sic they are far superior to the Montana band Prof Ellis Brooks left last night for Chicago lie made many warm friends here during his stay by his genial disposition dis-position and courteous manners HIS EXPENSIVE SHAVE The Gentleman From Indiana Who Fell Among Thieves The story of the gentleman from Indiana In-diana who fell among thieves deserves a place In reunion literature 31e came from one of the interior towns of the Hoosier Slate and It was his first lengthy trip from the farm On his arrival here he hunted up a real es tat man whom he knew back In Indiana In-diana After they had talked over old times the bucolic visitor felt of his face and remarked that he needed a shac There Is a good barber shop next door said the realty dealer Just go in there and if they dont treat you right come and let me know The visitor went out und was gone for about twenty minutes When he came back his face was as smooth asa as-a new laid egg but It was yea with Indignation Of all the gol durned holdups he exclaimed They didnt do nothing tome to-me I guess The real estate man was astonished Ue had read the tales of extortion In the newspapers but he had not supposed sup-posed for a minute that the barber next door would be guilty of overcharging over-charging Dld they put up the I price on you I he Inquired sympathetically Well I should say was the aggrieved ag-grieved reply They charged me in cents and 1 never paid over 10 cents for a 1 shave In my life I Final Award of Elk Prizes The llnal award of prizes forcompo tllJoiiH during the Elks convention gives SatrlanoH hand of Denver the llrfit prize in the band eontest111000 the Hecoiul prize of SoOO Is ntlll held up the third prize of 5SO WHS awarded to the Third Artillery band 1 of San Francisco The 100 prize for the hest exterior decoration wont to tho I lace House the SFIO prize for the best window win-dow decoration went to the Paris Mil linery Store the S100 for the best electrical elec-trical display went to the Salt Lake Electrical Supply company the second prize of SrQ for electrical display went to the InterMountain Electric company com-pany the J50 prize for the best drill team went to Denver Landlady Makes n Complaint The landlady of the Metropolitan hotel ho-tel called 11 tElls headquarters yesterday yester-day and demanded to know what was going to be done about the contract which she claims Thomas Homer I chairman of the accommodations commIttee com-mittee signed with her lo lodge twenty people for six days at a lollar a head She says that she pot no roomers in accordance with the contract and turned away over a hundred customers custom-ers during last Saturday and Sunday with the expectation of obtaining roomers room-ers through the agreement She was referred to Mr Homer who was in Park City at the time Now Will You Be Quiet Judge Powers of Ulnh so overflowed with good feeling at Salt Lake yesterday yester-day in a speech welcoming the Elks that t he recommended them to join the Saints and become polygamous ISlks 1C they really desired glory In the world to el me The judge evldcntaly had forgotten for-gotten his zoology which teaches that the elk is It monogamous and respectable respect-able quadruped Butle InterMountain InterMoun-tain |