Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-07
EAGLES SMOKER THE
GREAT LODGE EVENT.

The smoker given by the Eagles last
night was an AFFAIR that will be long
remembered by those who attended.
The entertainment surpassed all ex-
pectations of the invited guests. who.
one and all have only words OF the
highest praise for those who had
charge of the affair. 1t is evident
that the committee that planned the
entertainment was keenly alive to the
situation and entirely up to date.
The members of the order. with
their guests, about $50 in all. assemb-
led in the Eagles hall in the Scnutt
building and listened to an entertain
ing address by Professor George w
Blakeley. worthy past president, in
which he reviewed the history and
| told OF the aims and objects of the
order. From him il was learned that
the lodge of Eagles was organized In
| 1898 by five men In Seattle, and has
grown SO rapidly that now the organ
ization has between six and seven
hundred lodges throughout the United
States with membership of over 100.
| 200
The Durango Lodge, No. $40, Fra
ternal Order OF Eagles, was establish
| ed about a year ago and now has about
| l20 members in good standing on its
roll
An orchestra of seven pieces had
been engaged and between speeches,
| songs and numbers the orchestra
played choice selections. There were
William Rodgers, Louis Welker, Har-
ry Kettleweil, Albert Upwall. w. A.
Lawrie, c. w. Tage and Prof Stovall.
A boxing contest of three rounds be-
| tween Young Peter Jackson" and
| Little Jim Corbett' was watched
with interest and resulted in draw.
Paul KowalsM sang the song. q
Can't Tell Why Love You" and was
warmly applauded.
Robert Monteith gave an imitation
of a Navajo dance, which paint and
feathers could scarcely have enhanced,
it was so well done. and called forth
rounds of applause.
Asleep in The Deep" was sung by
| Thomas Newman, and his rich, mel.
low voice held the audience enthralled
so that when he had finished they fain
would let him go. and must have it re-
peated again and again.
Next came a musical duet by the
TWO leys-knight and Bishoff. and
they demonstrated that they were not
slow in their line.
b. II. Haifn created considerable
merriment by singing, Shall We Ever
be Able to Fly?"
Sam May was put down for a jig, but
he would not jig, Neither would he
sing song, and he was just about to
be disciplined when he offered to tell
a war story. which was listened to
with deep interest
But The most mrthful feature OF
the whole evening was the antics OF
| William Edwards a coored comedian
and song and dance artist. Merely to
see the whites of his eyes roll would
almost make misanthrope bust
with laughter, His latest coon
songs, together with his mimics, threw
the audience into commissions
The closing number was a six-round
| puNlnR contest between TWO cOlOred
gentlemen--one introduced as the
champion OF Utah and the other as q
great prize tighter from California
This got the audience pretty vel
worked up. The affair resulted in q
draw.
Now singing and dancing and suct
was not all they had. A convenient
side room contained mild but invigor
ating liquid refreshments, while in the
banquet room downstairs were long
tables well laden with good things tc
eat, while every few minutes somebody
came around with box of cigars and
asked you to have another.
The Eagles OF Durango have shown
by the smoker last night if by nc
other means, that they do not dc
things by halves; that theirs is lodge
OF pushers; that they believe what
ever is worth doing at all is worth do
ing well, and that they cannot be
scooped when It comes to entertaining
their friends,
Their prestige has increased mani
fold
Long live the Eagles!