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Show NEWSPAPER MEN ARE ELKS' GUESTS Informal Banquet Tondorcd to Scribes by Transportation Committee. Salt Lake. Jan. 2. The transportation transporta-tion committee of Salt Lako Lodge No. So. B. P. O. -E., having In charge the sixth annual excursion which will be run to southern California, leaving here February 4, guve a banquot at the Elks' club house last night to rep resentatives of the Salt Lake dally , newspapers. The affair was an Informal In-formal one. but was thoroughly en-Joyed en-Joyed by those present Under tho direction of A, W Ray-bould, Ray-bould, secretary and manager of the club, an excellent menu was prepared for the guest?, and that thev enjoved It goes without saying The gathering was an annual affair, as there has always been an event of this kind preceding the excursion. Exalted Ruler W. G Romney presided pre-sided as toastmnster and explained to tho newspaper men that the oxcurslon has a two-fold purpose In view. Ono is to boost Utah, and especially Salt I Lake City, on the coast Tho other is charity. The proceeds pf the excursion ex-cursion do not go into the general fund, but Into the charity fund, and It Is Inrgely due to the oxcnrslons thnt the local Elks arc able to accomplish ac-complish so much good, especinllv at Christmas time, it was explained". Members of the committee stated that without doubt there would be at lenst 1,000 persons on board tho special trains, which will leave here on the evening of February 4, over tho Salt Lake Route. Each guest will bo fur-nshed fur-nshed with a badge, which will cn-tltlo cn-tltlo the holder to all the courtesies of the trip. Special Rates Arranged, According to the schedule the' excursionists excur-sionists will arrive at Los Angeles on Monday morning, February G. Special rates have been arranged at the An-gelus An-gelus hotel nnd scores of side trips (have been provided for. The guests j may return by way of San Francisco, I j and also by waj of Portland, where it I is expected the grand lodge will meet I in 1912. Santa Monica lodge No, 900 will give tho first reception to tho visitors and from that time on there will be a continuous round of pleasure. pleas-ure. There will be refreshments, flowers galore and a dip in the ocean. One feature which will be of particular partic-ular Interest to the oxcurslonlsts will be the trip to Caialina on February' 9. There will also be an excursion over the kite-shaped track and one over the baloon route and many others. There will be a reception bv ' the Los Angeles lodge on Friday evening, even-ing, Februnry 10. It was announced last night that as a result of the excursions the California Cali-fornia lodges have decided to make return visits and the Santa Monica lodge will run an oxcurslon to Salt Lake on June 10. and It has been promised prom-ised that fully 500 persons will mako the trip. The committee In charge of the excursion and which gave the banquet ban-quet last night is composed of the following: W. G. Romney, exalted ruler; A. W. Raybould, secretary- A J. Davis. J. K. Collins, S. C. Shorrlll and F. L Gardner, |