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Show ANTLERED HERD OWN HOTELSJF ZION City Is Filled With. Elks and Their Wives From Denver. ALL HATE KIND WORDS FOR SALT LAKE BRETHREN Bnsy, Busy All the Time in Presenting Advantages of Utah. "And the cry Is: Still they come!" is absolutely true of tho returning Elks from the Denver meeting. All tho hotels are flllod and crowded, folding beds being at a premium, and tho right to breatho being questioned. They are a Jolly crowd, especially the feminine portion, and the old, Btald fellows who live regularly reg-ularly at tho several hostclrlcs vote tho Elk delegations a splendid success. C. H. Ward, exalted ruler ot tho Pasadena, Pasa-dena, Cal., lodge, Is at tho Konyon and with a large party Is In tho swim for lauding tho Elks' convention. He said In part: "Wo have never had a bettor tlrao at any of our conventions, and the reason is not far to seek. The rank and file of Elkdom have come to the conclusion that it Is high tlmo to tako a stand for better bet-ter things, and tho dominant note in all that was said and done in a legislative way waB, 'Correct abuses and improve where we can.' Our pampas plumes were greedily taken, aud I believe wo shall havo many come to our section In tho next month. Let mo cay a word for your Salt Lake Elks. They were most assuredly, as-suredly, 'busy' In presenting the claims of Utah." Indorsed by Los Angeles. S. S. Hall and A. J. Bonen of Los Angeles, An-geles, also at the Kenyon, wero In full accord with tho foregoing. Said they: "Such gatherings always bring heavy duties, and there are many things to do to keep so great a crowd sweet, and the Denver people certainly did all In their power to make us feel at home. Side trips were numerous, and every detail of them was carefully arranged and each person was made to feel that tho thing was for him." Hon. J. J. Shinkle of Pittsburg lodge No. 11, with his wife and party, are at the Knutsford, and all are In ecstasies over the remarkable success of Miss Marie Spragne of Pittsburg, who won all of Denver and all who got within oarshot by singing "Suanee River." The lady has a remarkable voice and is known as tho "Eastern Nightingale." "We had the time of our lives, and I shall never forget the picture of the Salt Lako floats and bands. If you care to say bo, you may stato that tho Pittsburg Pitts-burg lodge expended $41,000 for uniforms, nnd paraphernalia for that occasion, and we do not regret tho outlay. It was grand to Bee so many good men and women wo-men In the cause of charity, and, after all was said and dono, the underlying cause of all was that these people were ulnted for the good of needy men." Iowa; Party of Twenty. Tho Iowa party of twenty people are domiciled at the Knutsford and represent the business and brains of that progressive progres-sive State, H. H. Van Brunt, one of tho party, said? "We are returning from Denver and have enjoyed en-joyed the occasion Immensely. I have never attended a public gathering whero the comfort and convcnlenco of the Individual In-dividual wero so thoroughly carod for. It was cortalnly a sight to ho remem-I remem-I bered when all the assembled Elks camo to the depot to bid us welcome. There was in the air a species of fraternal fra-ternal feeling which cannot be made to order, and must como spontaneously, and wo all felt that Elkdom had In It a power pow-er for good greater than is contained In the ritual." A delegation from Texas and another from Nebraska made tho Konyon their homo and were measuring abilities as to who could say most to praise tho general convention. The Southern ladles tako homo with them tho kindliest remembrances remem-brances of the Denver ladles, and tholr unwonted kindness to all tho ladles of the party. From tho words of the ladie3 of those delegations It seems the ladies of Denver outdid their lords and masters in tho matter of giving true welcomo to their visiting sisters. The hotels -aro crowded and rooms aro In domand evorywhero, and the cry is, "Still tho Elks como!" |