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Show PARADE OF THE ELKS OF UTAH Children Marchers One of the Attractive Features of the Procession Pro-cession Fort Doug-las Band Compelled to Head a Separate Parade Owing to Presence of Union Musicians in Ogden Band Oriental Dancers Bring Smiles Marshal and Aide Are Strangely Strange-ly Costumed Big Day in Canyon. Today is Fourth of Julv and U is also Purple day. To aid in celebrating celebrat-ing the nation's natal day in a patriotic pa-triotic manner, the Ogden lodge B. P. i O. E. selected that date upou which j to hold its annual jubilation and the combination ot the two dates has resulted re-sulted in oue gigantic frolic Although the ears of the citizens are not being Bplil with constant explosion of cannon, can-non, crackers and so forth, duo to the safe and sane attitude of the people, nevertheless the Fourth is being fittingly fit-tingly celebrate d Beginning at 11 o'clock this morning, morn-ing, when the parade moved through the streets ol the city with all the! visiting Elks from surrounding cities j In line, there was not a dull moment Although last night found the weather In a terrible state of disturbance, dis-turbance, there was not one member of the committee in charge of the day that failed to go ahead with the work All tents had been erected at the Hermitage and every detail on the gl-gantlc gl-gantlc program was finally arranged last evening. For the handling of the big crowd, all street cars of the Rapid Transit company were placed In operation ii in addition the two big observa-tion observa-tion cars, built in Ogden especially j for the canyon run. were added to the equipment These cars are open at the top and sides giving the passengers pas-sengers ample opportunity to gaze at the beetling crags as they journey Lhrougb the remarkable gorge. From Brigham and intermediate cities, Lhc company handlexl many e passengers who were attracted to the city bv the splendid day of sports arranged for the enjoyment of the holiday ihronga Some brought baskets to enjoy picnics on the grounds and others came prepared to enjoy the famous meals of the hotels. Although the order given to every member of the Elks' lodge in Ogdon was to be at the club at lu:30 o'clock to line up for the parade, the home was a scene of activity long before that hour and the committee had been at work since sunrise. Harold J Packer, marshall of the day, and his aides. George Hoggan anil M H Van Dyke, gave out directions di-rections and presented nil school children chil-dren who appeared for the parade with United States flags The entire roster of the A. F of M band was on the job to furnish the music for the day, and those funny members of the herd amused the lodge men with n taw nreilminary pranks while wait ing for the order to move to the Bamberger depot, where the Salt Lake delegations were to be welcomed When the order was given, a squad of police headed the procession Following Fol-lowing the police wan the band and then came the marshall and his aides, followed by the members of the lodge and school children with the burles-quers burles-quers filling In all vacant places. There was a big reunion as the special Bamberger train arrived witn the visitors from Salt Lake, Provo, Eureka and Park City The delegations delega-tions came with music and colors and hroughf along a few- additional features fea-tures of their own After the pre-J limlnary greeting, the lodgemcn Join-1 ed in the parade and the order was given to proceed The parade was a big success. Many had gathered along the streets to witness wit-ness the affair Many of the events in the parade had not been mentioned by the committee and the surprises sur-prises added to the enjoyment of the affair. There was a riot of comedy from the clowns. A word should he said of the lady visitors for there were manv who ar-I ar-I rived with the visiting Elk's. They had not been slow to adorn themselves with the colors of the lodge and also the red, white and blue. After witnessing wit-nessing the parade, they went to the club to await the return of their escorts es-corts Salt Lake came strong with a band and each member wore a cardboard sign in his hat. Although the Zionites were not a fierce looking lot, the sign bore the information that the wearers wear-ers were wild Indians from Salt Lake lodge No. 85, B. P. O E The band was the regular organization organ-ization from Fort Douglas and because the members are non-union musicians a slight hitch arose. The charter of the local band will not permit playing in the same parade with a non-union organizai ion inis was overcome oy hning the Salt Lake and other lodge visitors form a second procession, separated from the first by about a hundred feet. On the whole It was a pleasing turnout turn-out Howard Van Dyke and Harold Packer, the marshal of the day, wore unique unifoFms. On one side they were dressed entirely In evening clothing from half a silg har to a patent leather shoe The other half was a hunting costume fro ma straw hat, fishbasket duck clothing and fishing shoes. Probably the hit of the procession was the Oriental dancing group sumptuously arrayed In a big auto truck. There was a genuine Turkish band on the wagon also It was re-' re-' marked that the oboe player resem- bled Edgar Short, the drummer look-I look-I ed like Fred Williams and the other drummer resembled Heine" Rosen-; Rosen-; bluth but then it has hard to recognize rec-ognize people In the gorgeous costumes cos-tumes The girls were from the Majestic Ma-jestic theater. Salt Lake. The proudest marchers were thp school children who were there in numbers and were looked after by John Pogarty, George Cunningham. W O. Kay and others Each youngster waved a small American flag and the older paraders. All officers of the lodge wore the official uniforms Prince Albert coats and silk hats. Exalted Ruler W D W. Zeller marched with S A Magin-niss Magin-niss and Charles Pulver at the head of the Salt Lake lodge. After the procession had moved up Twenty-fifth street, to Washington and down Washington avenue to Twenty-second Street, the marchers returned re-turned along Washington avenue to Twenty fifth again and then disbanded disband-ed at the clubhouse. For an hour an informal reception for the visitois and their ladies was given at the home. Every part of the building was thrown open to the guests who were free to rest In the comfortable chairs while listening to the music Kindly donated by the musical mu-sical members of the fraternity. Light refreshments were served. While many had already gone to the canyon, the official order to em Dark in the special cars was given nt about 11' SO o'clock and hundreds left for the Hermitage at that time. From then on every car leaving the city was filled with pleasure seekers. The athletic events began at 11 o'clock with the "Purplethon" for boys under 18 years of age. The.-o were many entries for the race and most of the boys remained In the contest from the mouth of the eanyo.i to the Hermitage At 2 oclock this afternoon the grounds were crowded with people watching the various ath letlc events or attending the numerous shows provided for by the committee The band is git ing concerts this afternoon af-ternoon and will play for the dances In the evening. One of the big events of the afternoon after-noon will be the wrestling match which begins at 4 o'clock between Jack Harbortson of Ogdon and Frank McCarroll of Idaho Falls Both wrestlers wrest-lers completed their training last night and are in excellent condition for the match. Although McCarroll is much the larger man as the follow Ing measurements will show, Harbortson Harbort-son is confident of a ictorv. McCarroll McCar-roll on the other hand savs that hlB experience with Yokel has shown him several valuable tricks that will enable en-able him to win The sporting event of the evening will be a 10 round boxing contest between be-tween Jack Clifford, well known in Ogden, and the Battling Dane. Tom Painter of Evanston is to be the referee. ref-eree. During the evening there will be dancing at the hotel and in the grove. There will be prize dancing contests of all kinds Prizes will be offered for the winners or trie two-step, waltz and ' rag " Manager P. D Kline of the "canyon line" has assured the committee thai the returning crowds will be quickly bandied to the city Rapid and quick service will be the order As there are to be no big events In the city beyond the canyon line, all efforts can be concentrated on that branch of the system. Ogden has probably had few Fourths like this one for the reason that more people arc coming to Opden today thau are going away. This morning at the depot the trains coming com-ing from the oast, north and south brought people to the city and a few-came few-came from Nevada earlier In the morning Depot Master John Shields stated that while formerly there were more people leaving the depot than coming In, the process is reversed. oo |