Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1905 — ELKS PARADE AT BUFFALO [ARTICLE]

ELKS PARADE AT BUFFALO

■•Bae ot Them Wear Caelum** That Ara Dream* - Fifty Thou*»*d Men Are la Use. Buffalo, N. Y., July 13.—The twentieth annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will be held in Denver In 1906, One ballot decided that at the grand lodge meeting. The whole city was astir for the great parade. It is estimated that 50,000 Elka marched over the wet streets. The long march was made in a drizzling rain, but the streets were lined with an eager through that had to be held in check by wires along the entire line of march. The marchers were garbed in uniforms of startling colors and unique designs, with gorgeously decorated floats, and trophies of surprising and amusing character. The Philadelphians were in the modest gray of the Quaker; the El Paso in gay Mexican costumes and broad-brimmed bats; Chicago in purple tunics and white trousers and shoes; Louisville and Cleveland In colonial costume, etc.