The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-02
LODGE NEWS.
Topeka EIks Would Erect q
Club House.
Now Have a Big Membership
and Need Room.
PYTHIANS IN TROUBLE.
Railroads Won't Give Satfsfac.
tory Rates to Conclave.
Preparations For the Big Event
Are Going On.

The Topeka lodge of Elks will at
some of the early meetings this fall take
up for consideration plan for the erec-
ton of club house and permanent
home for the lodge.
The matter has not progressed to that
point yet where the construction of
club house is assured. In fact the pro-
ject has not as yet been before the
lodge in an official way. The matter
has been thoroughly discussed by many
room and it seems to be the unanimous
opinion of all the members of the order
that a club house should be built.
The lodge here numbers nearly four
bership will this fall be increased to an
even four hundred. When the member
ship is brought up to this number, 1t
is proposed that a stock company be
formed, and each member of the order
take one share of the stock. In this
manner sum from $4,000 to $4,000
may be raised, according to what is de-
termined upon as best suited to the
needs OF the lodge Fifty dollar shares
raise $4,000, and 500 shares would raise
a double amount.
The Elks have elegantly equipped
rooms in the Masonic building at the
present time, and in event the plans for
the building of a club house are post
poned another year the local order will
not suffer inconvenience.
One of the drawbacks of the present
location of the Elks is that there are
no rooms IN connection with the present
club rooms. which occupy one entire
floor of the Masonic building, for the
use Of those who wish to live down
town at the club.
The question Of whether to build or
not is to come before the lodge official
ly at one of the early meetings this
fall. probably in October.
Nothing new has developed in the
knights of Pythias trouble with the
railroads. The big Topeka delegation
has given up all plans OF attending the
conclave at San Francisco this fall
been taken In addition to the regular
delegates, but the fact that the rail-
roads refused to make a better excur-
sion rate than that available to any or
binary western traveller has had the
effect of keeping the Pythians at home.
Harry Wright, who had planned to go
will now stay at home. He is left with
an extraordinarily large stock Of K. p.
calling cards on his hands on account
of the decision Of the boys not to GO.
W. H Kemper and L. NJ. Penwell of
Topeka attended the big reception at
Atchison Tuesday night that the Odd
Fellows Of Atchison county gave in
honor of w. q. ALBANIAN who was this
spring elected grand warden OF the
order.
The staff Of Naomi Rebekah lodge
of the Odd Fellows has reconsid-
cred its decision to go to the big cele-
bration at Des Moines Iowa. next
month. The staff will not go. It has
been impossible to get the team drilled
to a, state of perfection that would be
necessary to make a good showing and
Consequently the team will not GO
For the approaching gathering in San
Francisco during August of the knights
of Pythias Of the United States and
their friends. Californians are making
elaborate plans. AS the visitors canno,
go everywhere. the various counties will
maintain exhibits in San Francisco, and
some of these displays will be as nOvel
as they Will be ingenious. For exam
pie, Stanislaus county will make one OF
the finest and most instructive exhibits
ever seem A contract has been let fol-
| a. model Of the big diverting dam of the
Tuolumne river. The dam. the head
| works of the canal and the river bed
will be executed in metal. That portion
will be six feet high. eight feet wide
and fifteen feet long. An exact repro
ductiOn on canvas of the surrounding
country will supply the mountain
scenery. Concealed tanks and pipes
with a centrifugal pump will show the
miniature dam in operation, the water
| flowing over through the canals The
headworks will include the tunnel or
the Turlock side. and the whole exhibit
can possibly make it. From other Sec
lions of Stanislaus there will come ex-
| hibits of the wonderful products OF that
county from orchards and vineyards
Kings county has decided to fit up a
booth. fill it with exhibits of the coun-
| tvs choicest products, replenish it ev-
cry day with fresh supply direct from
the orchards and vineyards. and dis
tribute quantity of fruit each day
among the visitors. San Diego expects
to show an emigrant train, typical OF
| the days of ~. A camp in the city will
be maintained, but that show will be
merely incidental to the exhibit San
Diego is to make OF its mineral wealth
and fruits.
The first annual log-rolling of the
Woodmen Of Shawnee county is taking
place today.
The building committee of the Masons
in Topeka, it is announced, will ask for
plans for the proposed new Temple here
in the near future.
Triple Tie No 8 met last Tuesday
night. A social time was had
LOATHE SIGHT OF GOLD.
[From the Chicago Tribune1