Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-04-15
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EnIToR lHDEPEHDEHT;-
Noting with considerable interest the
items thai have appeared IN your paper
concerning TIA" building Of a hall in
EIko. ! take the liberty Of SAYING a few
worhsin regard to the matter. The mat.
ter Of a suit able home for n lodge ia a
matter OF moment to every member OF
M organization because it gives greater
diGnity and worth To- the praisewortby
work nt the orders Elkn has a still
further interest l.. getting "A suitable
hall as :: II now practically without a
suitable" public meeting place. Your
people, Liz. all progressive ones. patur
ally desire 10 kcat w with the times.
and III so o no would appreciate u. suit
able r'ar" for holdimg public meetings.
cntert.3":uCmts tNr#tcr5. dance, irati.
flutes. etc. Public ccumr rul,fors
show enter: rise apd naturally attract
settlers.
have lad more Jr less to do with
s'ndy,nC the p-0hlrnr7 connected with
halls and offer the following suggestions
III III" hope that they will be OF helm:
As there are quite II number Of orKapi.
za'l"nF IN EIku, and ms each one pre.
sum"hly has some money saved up. it
wonli seem that "a company could be in.
corporatcd to erect a suitnblc building
to he pal! Tor III say ten years. Under
the laws Of Nevada the trustees OF each
lDIrn urp ,rnr.I 81 . ~
necessary business for the lodge and the
chairman oi each board could he chosen
on the board 81 directors OF the ipco1.
porated company. Let all members
who desire To take fifty or a hundred
shares 81 stock in the company and pay
the same i'll monthly iustallmenta. For
instance The Elks have put up a fine
hall III Keno cOstmG-burlding and LOT
about $4,000, and the stock has been
subscribed i'll hundred share lois-une
Ola per sharc-payablc ten per cent.
the first month and five per rent u month
for eighteen months. Tho lodge itself
reserves the right Ia buy in the stock
md is itself constantly investing III the
stock. IL nny member holding stock
should di", the amount paid in by such
member is Immediately payable to his
heir. So that tie investment becomes n
sort Of life insurance.
Tho Elks building is a two story and
basement pressed brick building, 10 by
90 fcct with II wing 30 by 30, steam
heated and nicely finished. The lot 10
by l0l feet cost 5000. while the bare
building Will cost abcnt $4,000. Tho
stock subscribed when il was started
has been nearly all paid in and no one
has complained OF the burden. And
this too when the building ia not ono
that in Ia bc rented mud no outside in.
come can bo counted on to redeem the
stock.
think that u building recently erect.
cal III Rene, the Grand Theatre, with
slno notifications, would be Just the
thing for Elko. Tins building Ia 80 los
10 md has a theatre with a seating On.
pnClt! ~ 800, and has two small sto, IA
IN front. 1t has an entrance that IL a
credit to nny town, aud has a mngnIll.
cent cement front TINT makcs il n very
attractive building. by modifying tho
plan 80 as 70 give n level floor suitable
for dnncInH, and by running up the
walls another story so as to put in a
large lodge room, with anterooms mud
banquet hall, it would indeed DO a
hnildrng in winch ElkoitCe would take
pride. ] do not know what your lo,
would cost III Elko. but IN Reno figuring
in II lot that is worth 10000 the build
ing cost in the ncighborhood Of s3O, 600.
! and the owners are satisfied that they