The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-19
BUT. DENVER AeeREeATloneET
THE MONEY.
NO MORE STREET FAIRS
Law Prohibiting Elk Lodges From
Holding Them overwheim.
ingly Adopted.

Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 1.-THE band
contest ended today with an unsatis-
factory decision The friends Of the
Boston & Montana claim it is entitled
to the prize. The money, however,
went to the Denver band after q
formal default. It played alone to-
day. The Boston & Montana band
claimed it had wen the prize last
night.
A committee from the Denver band
waited on Leader Treloar of Butte
this morning and offered to divide
first and second money. This propo-
sition Treloar rejected and declared
that the Boston & Montana band was
not here for money, but for glory.
He said he would be willing to give
the prize money to charities rather
than make a division.
The Butte people held there should
really have been no scoring on the
contest for Tuesday afternoon, as
that vas merely a preliminary skirm-
ish and not a genuine test. The test
was the Tannhauser overture and en-
that overture the marking put the
Montana banda points ahead of the
Denver band. Consequently the prize
belonged to Montana. This the award
ing committee would not concede,
holding that the contest was a tie and
that it should be decided at Saltair
this afternoon. The Butte band de-
clined and Denver went it alone and
was awarded the prize. The opinion
is that Butte should have received the
first prize.
Street fairs or carnivals held under
the auspices of Elkss lodges were alb
%solutely prohibited ~ the grand lodge
of that body today. For some time
opposition tc this method of raising
funds has been growing. it being con
sidered that they. were not in accord
with the fundamental ,prnciples Of
the order, and the report of the COM
mittee OF laws and rules recommend
ing that they be prohibited was adopt
ed overwhelmingly. The new law
will not go into effect until January L..
as many lodges in different parts Of
the country have already made plans
for the holding Of such fairs prior to
that date.
The grand lodge of Elks took fina,
adjournment today, after fixing the
date for the 1908 reunion at Baltimore
for Thursday. July 81. The newly
elected grand lodge officers were in
stalled with all the solemn ceremony
of the order, and much other import
ant work accomplished, including the
adoption Of the report of the Elks'
National home committee locating the
home for aged and INDECENT Elks at
Bedford City, Va. The property Sc,
cured for this purpose was formerly
the Hotel Bedford and was purchas.
ed by the committee for $12,O5O. The
building was constructed at a cost of,
100000. The report recommends
the expenditure Of from $4,000 to
SIS, 900 in repairs before being open
ed, and also recommends that the
grand lodge make q change in the or
ganic law of thes order, making it
compulsory that applicants for mem
bershfp be required to procure a ply
stcian's certificate of freedom from
disease before being admitted.
The prize drill OF marching clubs,
scheduled for today, was a disappoint-
ment, as but one competitdS appear
ed, the Denver lodge. They were Civ
en- a prize of $3.50 for their drilling.
East and west trains, were laden
with homeward-bound Elks tonight,
though thousands will stay over to-
and go on the excursions to
the big mining towns and other state
points of interest.
Many will also stay over until Mon
day night to witness the Jack Root.
George Gardner glove contest.
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