Show ELKS lEAVE fOR HOUDA Y YON ON PACIfiC Six Hundred and Ten Me Members Members Mem Mem- bers or Friends of Order on Purple Specials pec als THREE TRAINLOADS CHEERED AT DEPOT Trip to Orange Groves Groves' Begun Begun Begun Be Be- gun Under Most Favorable Favorable Favorable Favor Favor- able Auspices With With- Secretary A. A W. W standing on the rear platform of the fadi CaH the last Pullman attached to tp to- to tho the train under his charge chare sn smiling lin and waving his hand to the thc big nir ig crowd ath ered at It the union station to witness the departure of the Elks and their friends section 1 of the tho purple special special ape ape- cial pulled out of the Oregon Short LinG Line station at 11 o'clock this mor morn ing lug exactly on schedule time time over over the Oregon Short Line railroad Thirty minutes later section 2 2 in iIi char charge e of D. D W. W Gibbs left the station amid the thc cheers of hundreds of interested interested inter inter- ested esteel spectators and excursionists This section is the official train of the Salt Lake Elks and Pullman Vanceboro is the thc official car with J J. W. W Collins ex ox exalted alted sited ruler of the Salt Lake Elks one of the prominent passengers Owin Owing to the rush of business ron Ion ne ted with the excursion Mr Collins Collins Collina was kept busy until the last minute lie had bad to rim run to catch his train and as ashe ashe he ho boarded the tIle official ial car caT carall all all- out of breath he called back to th the newspapermen newspaper newspapermen men S 'S This is the tIme best hest ever cyer Im I'm perfectly sa satisfied Were We're going to have the tle time of our lives li At t ten n minutes before noon one of biggest engines IllS Ill'S in iii use on the Oregon Ton Short Line was attached to section 3 3 and md promptly at 12 o 0 clock o'clock this train left the depot with the Whistles of the theother theother other locomotives in the yards sound sound- ing lag their steaming wishes wishes' for a g trip trio This his section is in charge of F. F T. T 1 Collins At Sparks Nov Xe section 2 will pass the first section on and will load the special special cial trains into California Six hundred an and tE ten en n excursionists excursionist departed de do- parted on the tho Elks Elks Elks' junket to 10 California Califor- Califor pin nia nm anti and the thc Hawaiian isla islands ds to Jy one of tho the largest excursion ever CYer condu conducted ted the S 'S l lt Lake lodge g i dumber of tr trave J f s a or v. f v v fj Pi xo i j it is is cc to t the e com committee h having the trip trip-in m char charge e. e s A dozen persons were clamoring for fori or reservations when hen the first th the ial 11 departed The They were were given h en transportation to Ogden on section 2 2 Later they tIie will he be assigned to sections 1 I and 3 Seventy five reservations wi-ie wi made mad for fOI persons from out of time the city between 11 fi 6 5 0 clock o'clock last night and time for foi forthe the thc departure of or the first firt train tm-am this morning It was wa necessary to secure extra ex cx- tra Pullmans and attach them to sections section's 2 and amid 3 11 in order to accommodate all an the thet t tra ra VE About fifty Salt Lake Elks left ot on on the he excursion The rest of or the party Is composed composed com com- corn com posed of persons from about the state Elks rik from various parts palts of Utah and ad adjoining adjoining adjoining ad- ad joining states stateR and a number of ot the broth broth- and their wives wh-'s from the tha eastA east A committee of ot fifty Elks headed b by A. A J. J Davis who remained at the main gate tate at the sta station until all aU the excursionists excursion had been directed to th their r sleepers assisted the travelers In finding their proper reservations Have Fine Finc Trains The three thre sections making up up the the- the purple special are said to be the finest equipped quipped trains ever er sent ent out of Salt aIt Lake Section 1 I is made up of five Pullman Pullman Pull Pull- man coaches coache diner buffet bullet car and baggage baggage baggage bag- bag gage car Section 2 and section 3 each cacti has nas MX six Pullmans diner buffet and baggage baggage bag bag- gage cars The buffet and diners were given to the use of the Elks h by the Salt Lake Lale route TOute TIme The Pullmans arc are the best obtainable The train crews are composed corn com posed pf of men a long time in the employ f of the railroad company and considered ted among the most trustworthy and ent cot Among the several hundred persons gathered at the union station this mornIng morning morn morn- ing lug to witness witnel's the departure of the excursionIsts excursionists ex ex- end and wish them a ha happy py were the following Short Line and Pullman Pullman Pull Pull- man officials officials- D. D S. S Spencer assistant general car e service r passenger ss agent L aen agent A. A ri B B. s ev Stevenson A. A F. F ns Brewer superintendent superintendent su su- H. H E Murphy Murph dining car inspector A A. B. B Mosley traveling passenger passenger passenger pas pas- seng-er seng agent II H. S. S Twining superintendent superintendent of ot th the Pullman company ol A A. I B 13 Carten Garten assistant superintendent of the the Pullman Pullman- company compan D D. 11 M. M Newton m passenger agent Fred Gentsch superintendent ten dent of or dining cars and C. C G. G Callison Calli- Calli I son soil ticket clerk clerIc who accompanied th the first section to Ogden to 10 look after the th-e late ticket sales Help Party Along 5 A few tew minutes minutE's previous pre to the leaving of section 2 car car Pocatello was at attached to the train Over the Lucin cutoff and return A. A J. J Davis will haves have have- as s his guests In this car Mayor l an and l Mrs John S. S Bransford Mr arid and Mrs W. W J. J Halloran and Mr Halloran Halloran's s sister Mr r. and Mrs Irs D. D S. S Spencer and l Ir Mrs Davis At Sacramento the excursionists will separate some fome going to Los Angeles and some to San FrancIsco FrancSCO About About fifty of of of- those thole leaving Salt J Lake ake this morning will make the trip to Honolulu Purple badges and literature descriptive J tive of ot the side trips out of Los Angeles AngelIs will be distributed on the trains Each traveler will be preE presented with souvenir menu cards in the diners diner The big e excursion party t which commenced corn com m its merry r Oj junket today od is probably preb- preb ably the thc most representative delegation j that has ever eer started on a trip from Salt Lake After a stop at Ogden where a sized good delegation joined the Salt SaltI I Lake ake party the next stopping place pla of importance will be at noon noon tomorrow There Thore a big reception h. h las has s t bet been n arranged f. f f The committee having the excursion In charge this year rear is composed of J. J tV Collins exalted ruler A. A W. W secretary A. A J. J Davis F. F T T. T Collins C. C F. F Warren and E. E 13 B. Erwin i t |