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Show LOCAL ELKS JOIN 1 THE EXCURSION TO 111 A large delegation of local Elks went to Salt Lake today on the 11, 12 and 1 o'clock Bamberger trains, to join the Salt Lake ElkB in an ex cursion to Bingham canyon. The purpose pur-pose of the excursion was to raise funds to be spent in advertising Utah at the grand lodge convention which will be held In Denver In July. Some of the braver members of the Ogden lodge wore their official uniforms on the trip today their object being to show the other Elks of the state, the "class" of the outfit, -in the hope that they would "fall" for it so strong that it would be adopted as the official uniform for the Utah delegation. The uniforms are natty and attractive and consist of a high hat, Prince Albert 'coat and gray trousers. The program to be carried out in Bingham was to be somewhat in the nature of a carnival, with each of the lodges represented to perform some stunt The officers of the Ogden lodge wore booked to give a burlesque bur-lesque Initiation and to confer the "order of the boob," upon any candidate candi-date who would stand for It The Salt Lake Elks also shipped a large number of young trees to Bingham yesterday and iho antlered herd will assist the school children of the mining min-ing town plant the trees. Held's band was scheduled to accompany ac-company the Elks to Bingham and plans are also being made by the Utah delegation to take the same band to Denver with them. no |