Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-21 | Page 8 | Celebrate Purple Day at Junction

m- CELEBRATE PORPLE ; DM Ii JUNCTION If'! j j 1 ; Best People on Earth Have Uig II I I ' Doings at Glenwuoil ' ill'' Special to The Tribune. HEj i ul OGDEN. Axis. 20. "Hello Bill." Those Hu J fi were the magic words which were ox- HtL' h ' ' changed mora than any others !u Odcu H j ii , i Thursday. And the response was always kWi j ( ' a broad smile and a vigorous hand-shake. Hjf li f "Purplo day." with all that the name Vt (j i ' and l tic occasion signifies, was celebrated Htfj R I jilt ; ,) tlie loc:l1 lodge of l i!- p- - :- jjjRjK' j ( Thursday. Nothing was too good for an Hlf'PlHi! E"r' and "lno bosl I500!'10 " earth" Hfllllll!l ' showed that they Intended to enjoy their mmt rIIIj ' purplo day tiL all hazards. Business was Jllljl' ' ' temporarily forgotten. It -didn't mako fl (Hi 1 any d,ffercnco t0 ln0 antlcred tribe Hiillrm ' whether it rained, snowed or the sun Hl'lrlm! ' I went into an eclipse, the determination WTMlfnMll ' t0 celebrate stuck, and when the last car HMwllHi 1 icft Glenwood park, lato Thursday even- Kullllil! i cvorybody knew that the day had fll (( ; been a siccess. njjlll 'I The day was still young when the mem- M!(l bcrs of the local lodge, their friends and HHHflj ccriuaintanecs began to gather on the nf)i principal streets of the city with gaily Willli decorated walking canes, and the adopted 1 ( color of tho oidcr displayed as hat bands, (J ' neckties, and in some cases lied in long HVU j bows around coat sleeves. KJh'tl number of the antlered tribe came "ft 11 up from Salt Lake and a gaino of baseball '' j Mf , was played with a team from the local fcj'l b lodge at tho Glenwood grounds In tho KV'tJ r ; afternoon, in which dignlnod members of uR jl the legal fraternity and sedate business Hrjl li ' men took part. uMi- l . Headed by a brass band, with colors Hfjj If flying towards tho four corners of tho mi. earth, a procession was formed and Hp '1' marched through the principal streets of ! Jj the city late Thursday afternoon, after r : jl . which cars were taken for Glenwood park, Itlj' where the hours were spent in dancing, Mm s , witnessing tho bicycle races and other mm? t nmusoments and pastimes which had MW J flii ; been arranged by specially appointed H cjjj committees.