Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-05-27 | Page 12 | Elks Meet Here June 6th and 7th

ELKS MET HERE JUNE Gil 10 711 ! i State Convention to Be Made Gala Event; Big Attendance Assured. National colors ami purple will be Bn in profurdon June and 7, as these two da s will mark the annual H. I'. O. E. Mtate convention, which. In keeping with tin; times, will be also a patriotic revival. re-vival. A silver shield, handsomely mounted, will be (.Mven to the firm or merchant making the most unique or attiactivo window display. This Hhield has been offered by the Hubbard-Denn company, which has also posted another silver shield for the bent turn-out made by any lo.igo in the opening parade of June 6. These two unit-Ids are handsome , wamples of the silversmith1 art and will i brt on exhibition in the windows of the donors within the week. The convention this year promises to surpass anything of its kind In yearH, ! as the wave of patriotism sweeping over the country is to be fostered and fur-i fur-i thered by the Elks, whose chief principle : is duty to country. The B- P. O. E. is i primarily and purely an American organization, or-ganization, hence all big gatherings of that order have much of the patriotic touch and feeling. Parades and all special spe-cial events will be patriotic !n nature ami decorations will naturally be likewise. like-wise. Commissioner Green has promised prom-ised that the city will be decorated and ail firms are planning store -front and window displays. Judicative of the wide-spread Inter-em Inter-em beir.g taken in this year's convention. conven-tion. Poeatello Elks will come down 200 strong and in a special train to join in ; the celebration. Incidentally, the Idaho herd will bring a ball team, which will cross bats with the Salt Lake stars Thursday. Should Salt Lake lodge win the first game (Wednesday) with Eureka and then down the Park City boys right I after, the local diamond stars will en-1 en-1 gage In three games. But Eureka says the locals will go down In their first engagement, en-gagement, leaving the former city to come out on the lop. Park City says It doesn't matter who wins the first game, i the second will be won by a team with j P. C. upon their shirts. All of which shows that the ball games will be real I struggles. The local team is being . groomed by Jack Kennedy, who taught Muggsy McGraw the national game when McGraw was a sand -lot lad up in the Bronx. At least that's Kennedy's version. ver-sion. Bonneville park will be a busy place the two days of the convention, as a ball will be held there Wednesday night and the Stampede will hold forth there ' Wednesday and Thursday. Among the unusual attractions to be Etaged will be a real "49 show"; "The Masked Maids in Purple"; "Mexican Camp," and similar shows. A character or costume parade will be held Thursday and every boy in, or near, Salt Lake City, with a dog, is invited in-vited to turn out. All boys who take part in the parade so accompanied will be admitted into the Stampede corral free. The gathering will close Thursday Thurs-day evening with a stag banquet at the Hotel Utah, over which Parley P. Chris-tensen Chris-tensen will preside as toastmaster. All committees are working hard to have everything in readiness for the two-day time and the word being given is nothing which can contribute to the joy of the occasion will be left undone.