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Show Z3 BRRK Mb DO ALL 4 .EDNDS Of QUEER STUNTS; GREAT DAY AT SALTAIR . C .-"...-! ' 1 r ' ' . . . 5 I SALT LAKE'S PRETTIEST GIRL CHOSEN. 1 E ' g . - Clara Findheisen Is the prettiest girl in Salt Lake, according to the v vote taken at the Elks' outing at Saltair. ) c Those entered in the contest were: Helen Cox, Daisy Vincent, May " Adams, Eva Thompson, Elisabeth Gibson, Ethel McDonald, Jenny l Grinsdel and Clara Findheisen. I' ' I (Howling, shouting Elks warmed the Atmosphere at Saltair yesterday in an effort to persuade the visitors at the I resort that the amusement-halls had Moubled attractions for their benefit. rThrough megaphones they chanted ( Jlheir tales, guarded by a worn newspaper news-paper they shot their shouts into the i crowd, or with hands spread out en- I Uleavored to unfold their story of ahlngSl that wera. The work of the (bark' rjj began, as soon as a person jjbopp of? the train and hove within pea ing' distance of the resort. You HfcouKtn't miss getting "hollered" at. LA. looted Spieler. The first man to advise the visitor !was C; 8. Pulver. he of the antlered drove who was stationed at the gate to shout, "Keep your coupons, please." "Hasn't he got a voice like a chanticleer?" chanti-cleer?" said a young lady as she passed him. "Be quiet or he will hear you," said her escort. "No, he will not; he is too busy listening lis-tening to his own voice," she replied. Davis on H.and. . Slowly moving about the resort could be seen President of the City Council of Salt lake City Arthur J. Davis, with the glad raiment of the season adorning adorn-ing his person and on the left lapel of his coat a huge, sparkling diamond pin. "We have to do it," says he, and then he smiled; and some say he has to do that also. But it is of the good quality "that won't come off." Tom Pitt on Deck. And Tom Pitt was there. He could be seen for well, that is hard to tell. Some say they do not have to lock for fclm with a magnifying glass. He was moving pretty lively vesterday, as he was chairman of the "whole thing." and had to see that all hands were on deck doing their labors. He was the high exalted and ever present chairman chair-man of the committee. Parley P. Works. A big, ghid hand was swinging at the resort. It swung at the dictation of an immense body and moved about the resort, alternately shaking a hand and raising the Panama of the individual. indi-vidual. It belonged to Parley Perseverance Chri8tensen. County Attorney, big man, candidate for Congress, good fellow, and many other things. It was his busy day yesterday. He couldn't miss the opportunity. He it is who will lead the parade at Denver when the big Elks' parade is held there. In the language of his lodge, he is the "grand squire," which is said to be better than an ordinary squire. About the busiest man that trod the planks at the resort was Tom Homer. Like the lively cricket, he was everywhere. every-where. People saw him so often that they commenced counting how many times they saw him and in how many dleffrent. places. He was ready to talk anything from politics to the wrestling match. Worked for the Girls. . With the megaphone, in one hand and the .other engaged in finding every lK)int in a sphere. G. R. Cleaveland shouted for votes for the prettiest girl. He was the custodian of the ballots. The cue to his little piece was: "Here is where you deposit your ccupons. You are entitled to a vote for the prettiest girl." One could never forget W. P. Cooper of the loud voice. Ha was there and he opened a new box of shouts for the occasion. Bad on Polka Dot. Then there was Judge Wrlllls Brown, with the same old polka-dot tie that covers his shirt front. He had the largest family on the grounds and they were all musicians. Even the Judge tried to coax a tune out of a horn when the Juvenile band played. A. W. Raybould got a smile mixed up with his megaphone and broke down In the midst of a big shout at the gate to the resort. He had too many friends around him to say funny thin?. He nearly broke down with his t'4z disturbance of the atmosphere: atmos-phere: Had Lungs With Him. Lester FYeed did the lung work for the vaudeville house. A visitor declared de-clared that it was the oddest crowd he had ever seen as the Elks barked. The prizes awarded at the resort were: No. 623 Round-trip fkket to Denver. No. 2767 Round-Trip sleeping-car ticket 'to Denver. No. 2030 Twenty-dollar gold piece. No. 665 Twenty-dollar suit of clothes. No. 2019 Twenty-dollar gold piece. No. 7878 Ten-dollar lady's handbag. No. 3647 Elk's uniform. |