Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-06 | Page 14 | Elks Line up Here in Parade

ELKS LINE UP " HEHEJMPHIUDE , Aggregation Gets. Out to Advertise Ad-vertise Ball Game to Be Held Today With music, shouts, banners, signs and songs, more than 100 Ogdon and Salt Lake members of the Elks lodge last night formed in parade and told Ogden that they were going to stage a baseball ga.mo this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at-Lorin Fan- park. The game will be played between the teams formed from the Ogden and Salt Lake lodges and a spirited contest Is expected. ex-pected. ( With the famous clown band composed com-posed of Ogden Elks, furnishing the noise, the parade passed through the business district of tho city and drew hundreds of spectators to the curbs. The parade was Identical with that formed by the Ogden Elks in Salt Elks in Salt Lake yesterday afternoon with the exception of the Southern Pacific railroad band, which, could not appear last night. Leads on orsc. Leading the parade on a horse, and carrying a huge American flag, Miss Hope Fox, of Ogden, provided the first glimpse of the long line of cele-brators cele-brators to the spectators crowded along the streets. She was followed ny tho Ogden clown band, which won fame In tho Salt Lake parade yesterday yester-day afternoon. The. band was originated originat-ed and formed under the leadership of Olie Reeves and Dick Wootton. Jt played the latest "Jazz" stuff and put the necessary "pep" into the congregation congre-gation following. All the band members were dressed In arlous colored clown costumes which provided many laughs for the onlookers. In addition to the band members, several clowns, mounted I upon bicycles and running along the lines, produced comical capers. Following the band came the decorated dec-orated automobile which won first prize in tho Salt Lake parade. It is owned by C. R. Searle and was covered cov-ered with flowing whito paper and trimmed with purple. A huge Elk's head was carried from the radiator and other Elks' heads were painted upon tho sides of the machine. Purple Pur-ple streamers added tho finishing touches'. Uniform Garb. Dressed uniformly in blue coats and white trousers, with straw hats and carrying canes with pennants attached, at-tached, more than 100 members of the Elks lodge followed the band. They shouted and " told the world," that there was going to bo "some" baseball contest this afternoon. Banners and signs announcing the game were included in-cluded in various portions of tho line. The game, today, which begins at 3:30 o'clock on the Lorin Farr field is expected to uttract a record breaking break-ing crowd. Ogden's team was defeated In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake team and revenge is sought by tho local players and their followers. The Ogden Og-den players declare they cannot do it again and the Salt Lakers grin and say, "easy," Let's go and see. oo