The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-13
ELKS LODGE ORGANIZED
The Topeka and Pittsburg Lodges
Came Here and Did the Job
up Brown

There was q lodge of the Elks in
stituted here In town Saturday night.
1t was done quiet thoroughly and eff
fectively as the writer of these lines
has cause to know
The Topeka lodge with the chief
State officers, came down on special,
bringing good consignment of Mar
shalPs band. They made three stops
at the principal towns on the way
and parsded, including Garnett in
their demonstrations. They reached
lola about $3.50 and were met at the
depot by the reception committee and
marched up town, fifty or slxty in
line, with the band playing Hot
Time" After they had eaten sup
per at the Thomson Hotel they went
to the San ia Fee and met the Pitts
burg train with forty or more of the
Pittsburg and Parsons Elks. Another
parade, and more "Hot Time"
The Odd Fellows had kindly al
lowed their hail to be used for pur-
pose OF torture and here the forty
three local candidates were herded
and the initiation ceremonies were
carried out. Owing to the large num-
Der of candidates only two were
given the entire torture and the rest
were put through 3 small part and
then told that they could take the
other degree or pay q dollar. 1t is
reported that the way those men dug
up their money was a beautiful sight
TO behold, and few who had to Dor
row did so with fearful pleadings.
When this was over Ira Kelly and
viii Brewster made martyrs of them
selves for the benefit ofthe order.
After the initiation, the entire
crowd adjourned to the Thomson
Hotel where an elaborate banquet
had been prepared and nearly 200
EIks sat down at the tables and Gu
joyed the handsome spread. After
the pangs OF hunger had been
assuaged speeches were called for
and tossts responded to. The visit
ing Elks left for their homes early
in the morning, but they will long be
remembered by the lola lodge.
T. w. Kitchen, w. ID. Saphar, Mr..
Petraeus, MIR. Curtis and H. V. Lam
yon were Elks of old standing and
the following candidates went
through: William Lanyon, Dee Ian
yon, Col. Lanyon, l.. L., f. A. and d.
p. Northrup, w. c. Jones, Ed Long,
j. A. Robinson, j. w. French, Leigh
Hunt, J. A. Wheeler, G. f. Scott,
Frank Scott, Ira Kelly, Tom Bowlus,
Louis Root, Oscar Foust, John Foust,
b. c. Brewster, f. w. Brewster, F.
Smith, Emmett Culbertsen, Frank
Smith, Harry Sleeper, Cash Edison,
Harmon Hobart, 7. b. shannon, +.
w. Fitzgerald, g. II. DeClute, Claude
Culbertson, Chas Clark, Archibald
Jones, H. f. Travis, G. II. Wheaton,
f. j. Horton, Arch Walters, G. H.
Armstrong; Frank Peinniman, of vt.
Scott; J. g. Wilson, w. p. Shockey,
Amos Wright, of Neosho Falls; w. f.
Rosman and VIM. Turner, of La
Harpe.
The lodge starts off with strong
membership and in excellent financial
condition. Much of the initiation
money remains here aud the one dol
lar assessment goes into the Relief
Fund. An effort will be made to &C.
cure the third floor of the new North
rup bank building for a lodge room
aud 1t is intended to fit it up hand
,umely, and when things are in readi-
ness the work of proselyting will
! be resumed.
The Benevolent and Protective
order of Elks was first instituted in
1868 and membership was at first re.
ztricted to gentlemen of the theatre
cal profession. Very soon, however,
this restriction was removed and now
there will be found on the roll Of
membership merchants, Journalists
bankers, lawyers and men from every
honorable walk in life, enrolled in
lodges in more than 500 of the princi-
pal cities OF the United States.
Born of brotherly love and aiming
to pr omote the brotherhood of man, it
is designed to offer its members the