Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-07
BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH
Reception of the Members of
the Grand Lodge of
the Elks
Address of Welcome and Re-
plies Delivered at the
Fairhaven
A Lodge of the Order Insti-
tuted-- Names of Char
ter Members

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generous hospitality that is so character
lstic Of the people of FairhaVen. The
visit of the distinguished gentlemen was
for the purpose of instituting lodge of
the order in Fairhaven.
A short time before the train arrived
about forty members, prospective and un-
initiated Of the Elks, gathered at the
Farhaven and shortly after, headed by
Marshal Parker, who acted as marshal of
the day, and Wardner Hose company s
brass band, marched TO the station on
Ninth street. When the train pulled up
at the station the members Of the grand
lodge were seated in carriages and es-
corted to the Fairhaven where, after an
informal reception in the rotunda Of the
hotel, an adjournment was taken to the
private dining room.
The gentlemen arriving on the train
were as follows: w. II. Reed, district
deputy grand exalted ruler; II. X. Moore,
exalted ruler Of Tacoma lodge and John
p Chapman, Percy A. Baker, c. II. Mar
Bile, w. l.. Wilson and J. Il. Hickey, mem
bers of Tacoma and Seattle lodges
| After all were seated Mr.. j. II. WilmOt
| called the aSsemblage to order and Col.
! VIII l.. Vsscher delivered the following
address Of welcome.
The distinguished honor has been con
! ferred upon me of formally bidding you
welcome to Fairhaven. The actual wei
come is at the hands of our brother ElkS
| here, those who are to be Elks and the
people Of the city. That you are heartily
| welcome will be made more apparent dur
| ing your stay than mere words Of mine
| could tell.
You come upon mission fraught with
| great good to our city, and we are cores
! pOndinglv grateful. You will institute a
| lodge OF ElkS. and that is u great and
| benign mission. If every man on earth
was an Elk, who lived up to the princi
! piles and the tcncts Of the order. then the
| millennium would have come, that perfect
! time when swords shall be beaten into
! plowshares and bayOncts into reaping
! hooks. In short, the time when the lion
and the lamb shall lie down together
without the lamb being inside Of the lion.
| You see before you here a young city, in
reality only about eighteen months old.
| A little while ago IL was the stalking
ground of great herds of elk, but upon
| the advance Of civilization the clks took
: fright and ran away. And here is a para
dOX. Civilizations approach drove the
| elk away, but with more perfect civiliza-
tion the Elk returns again and becomes a
mighty factor Of civilization.
Before coming to this city from Taco
ma a little more than one year ago, | had
made some efforts which promised sue
cess, to organize a lodge Of Elks there
and one of the saddcst thoughts | had
upon leaving was that | was going to
leave that enterprise and settle in place
where il would, 1t seemed, be impossible
to see a lodge of Elks, in many years, not
only for the reason that at that time we
could not establish lodge in city Of
/ lng ! b. h,t fgp . La F,.pt hos
son that we could not hope, even If we
built so large a city in an incredible space
of time, we would find il exceedingly diff
licult in a busy, booming place TO induce
| men to turn aside from their engrOssing
schemessts take part in matters peculiar
| ly social, benevolent and protective, as
we might hopesfor in older civilizations.
But Fairhaven has been phenominal in
! everything worthy. Its society has been
from the start, of the best. The city has
promptly, earnestly and ZcalOusly taken
| a deep interest I'm eyeryt thing of this kind.
Benevolent orders of all characters have
been cherished and have lourished with
its growth, and now among the Best Peo-
| pie on Earth we welcome you in the in
stitution Of chartered lodge OF the Best
People on Earth.
Mr.. w. II. Reid, deputy district grand
exalted ruler, replied and stated that he
was fairly overwhelmed with the warm,
generous reception that had been ac-
corded him This was his first visit to
Fairhaven, and he wished to add TO the
many expressions o. wonder and surprise
at the marvellous growth of the Focal
City. The instituting Of lodge Of Elks
was another step forward, and he was
confident that it would result In estab-
fishing friendly and fraternal feeling
among the members.
Mr.. II. X. Moore, exalted ruler OF Ia
coma lodge, thanked all present for the
| 1T 1IN aH
him, and judging from those assembled
he ventured TO assert that the Fairhaven
lodge would be one of the best In the
Northwest.
Mr.. J. Il. Hickey said he was not a
speaker, but echoed the sentiments OF the
preceding speakers.
Mr.. John +. Chapman, when called
upon, remarked that the prospective
Elks would hear from him before he left
the city.
After short speeches by several Others
the meeting adjourned. The visitors
were taken In charge and escorted about
the city, and were then taken to the Cas-
cade club, where the freedom and hospi-
tality OF the rooms were accorded them.
: The gentlemen expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the appearance Of
the city.
At 1880 the grand officers assembled al
the knights OF Pythias hail. and pro-
ceeded TO organize Fairhaven Lodge No
1874.
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
presided, with the following officers
present: ID. g. Esteemed Leading
knight, /. 7. Hickey; d. q. Esteemed
Loyal Knight, II. X. Moore: ID. G.. Es-
teemed Lecturing Knight, VIII l.. Viss
cher: ID. G. Esquire, NJ. J.. Wilson; ID. g
Treasurer. Rich. Richards; D. G. Inside
Guard. II. Monahan; ID. G.. Chaplain
: Fred Huebeck; ID. G.. Secretary, VIM. f.
Wood; d. G.. Organist, Ned Parker; as
sisted by Devout Elks =. Baker, G. II
Marble, !. p. Chapman, Tacoma Lodge
No. ia; VIM. Mitchell, Golden Gate No
O.; Joe REILLY. Golden Gate No. 6; NJ
Kline, Cincinnati No. 3; I. =. Morrisy, I
Saunette, Seattle No. ~.
The lodge after being Instituted elected
the following officers:
Exalted Ruler, +. j. Kingdom; Esteem
- ed Leading Knight, j. II. Wilmot; Esteem
ed Loyal Knight, Chas Hinges; Esteemed
Lecturing Knight, X. c. Vanderford
- Secretary, r. A. Smith; Treasurer, Dr
. ID. W. Brown: Tyler, j. B. Scott; Es
s quire, Frank Schow; Chaplain, q. A
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