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Show ELKS WILL TRAVEL Members of Order in the AVcst Promise to Sfarfle Natives of Detroit. TRIP PUNCTUATED WITH PLEASUliEADLE EVENTS Receptions and Entertainments Already Being Planned in Cities Along Route, Half. Lnl:c Elks arc ninkiucr nrraujrc nieuis to astonish Detroit pcoplo by the innpiiitioonoo of the train which will carry Uic Utahus to the ALichicau metropolis me-tropolis next J11I3- for tho annual cou-veniion cou-veniion of the sraixl lodrc. Tho "Sajcl)nisli Special" will be one of the finest trains ever sent out of the west. Elks residing in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada 111:13- .join (he- Utah delegation delega-tion on a (rip which will include a visit (0 Indiana, Kentuckv and Ohio towns, where the visitors' will be entertained en-tertained before jroinj; to Detroit. Negotiations Ne-gotiations were begun with tho railroads rail-roads Thursday and progressed far enough to make certain that the special spe-cial will Tjc a real train de luxe. Col. C. L. Applegate, (he Kcnl uckian now residing in Suit .Lake, persuaded the committee 011 arrangements to include in-clude tho Blue Grass cities in the itinerary. itin-erary. Colonel Applegate, who has relatives rel-atives in nearly every important city of Daniel Jjoonc's old stamping ground, read invitations from officers of lodges in Georgetown, Lexington and Louisville. Louis-ville. Receptions Along Route. It was planned (hat the train will take the following route to Detroit: From Salt Lake to Omaha, thence to Kansas City, St. Louis, JCvausvillc. Louisville, Frankfort, Lexington, Georgetown. Cincinnati and Toledo. The length of the stop in each city will be determined b- the time required for the receptions and entertainments which will be given the westerners nt each of tho places visited. A number of western Elks, in addition to Colonel Applegate. have friends in the various cities that will be visited, so the entire en-tire jourucv will be broken by visits and entertainments which wilTobviatc me usual monotony ol travel. Word was received from the east -Thursday that Detroit will spend $10f).-000 $10f).-000 for decorations alone and another lioO.OOO for entertaining the delegates. This appropriation, of course, is provisional pro-visional and will bo increased, if 1101-essarv. 1101-essarv. and it does not. include the various expenditures bv individual Elks of (lie Wolverine citv. which, of course, will amount to a Jingo sum. mnlciiig the total approximately a quarter quar-ter of it million dollars to be spent for the benefit, edification and pleasure of the members of tho great order. In midsummer no other city in tlie United States has anything 011 Detroit as a place of sojourn. Tho Elks there have arranged to Inko advantage of ihe natural facilities their citv offers to make, it pleasant for the visitors. JiiXeursions will be given on the nmm-niotli nmm-niotli lake steamers, some of which are quite as large as ocean liners. Trips will bo made to the St. Hair flats and other points along Ihe river and lakes. Esquires' Banquet Succoss. Word was received from New York Thursday to the effect that the annual banquet of the grand esquires at the Waldorf-Asloria hotel on Ihe evening of January 2.1 was a huge suceesp. A. J. Davis, the Salt Lake represent alive who attended, will have charge of the parade at Detroit, and will be one of the principal officials of the grand lodge meeting. Already hundreds of Elks have announced an-nounced their intention of going to Detroit. Many from Nevada. Idaho and yoining have written, asking (hat; ac-eontmodations ac-eontmodations be reserved for" them on the special tram. .From the present outlook the encampment excursion will be quite as successful as (he mammoth tour to California and Hawaii. 011 which mnnv of the Salt Lake Elks started February . |