The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-05
ELKS GATHER IN
LODGE OF SORROW
Meet to Pay Tributes to Their
Dead Brothers.
ADDRESS BY FISHER HARRIS
LESTER D. FREED EULoGIZES
PAST GRAND EXALTED RULER.

Salt Lake Lodge No. 81. Benevolent
and Protective order of Elks, held a
memorial service or lodge of sorrow
last night in the Salt Lake theatre, in
honor Of those Of its members who have
died during the past and previous
years. There was a large attendance
of Elks and their relatives and friends.
the main part of the audit-rium the
balcony and the first gallery being
filed with men. women and children
The officers and members OF the
lodge and visiting EIks were seated
upon the stage, and the front paTt %
Iuc stage was decorated with growing
plants ana flowers. tn the center OF
the stage, just back Of the footHgAtS,
was a memorial tablet ON which were
the names of the following. who during
their lives were members of Lodge No.
s.: w. W. Miles. +. j. Pratt. r. II.
Peters. Dr.. J. ". Smith. Lester Wal-
Zach. w 4. Watkins, d.. X. A. KOS,
T. y. Hoffman. Or. 7. J. McKeuua,
Louis Goldsmith. Max A. Peters. j. t..
O'Brien, owen II gle John G.. LaUX.
DR.. r. l.. McElroy. \. 5. Watson, W.
II. Root. L. +. Ritter. Frank Washburn,
Lester Taylor. N. VI. Miller q. /. Mil
Ter, Henry Siegel, :. 4. Benson and
>. +. TaTpey. The last five named
died during the past year. During the
opening ceremonies by the lodge when
Secretary A. W. Raybould read each
name upon the tablet the name was
Illuminated by a beam Of light pro-
duced by the turning of an electric
switch.
The lodge was opened and closed by
Exalted Ruler Farley +. Christensen,
and T. c. Richmond, chairman Of the
memorial committee, was master of
ceremonies. The other members of the
committee are J.-C. Leary. H. +. Dear
dorm. Lester d. Freed and N. T. Mui-
vey. The following composed the re-
cepticn committee: simon Bamberger.
chairman: c. F Adams. George Ames.
Melvin Crane y J. Davis. A. Fred
Wey. II. o. Sheppard. Fred L. Wood,
DR. w. r Beer. j. ". Currie J. \.
DeBouzek, r. c. Dern, y. NJ Hamii
ton, w. y. La Nielle, W. G. Looking
ton. W. Morgan. DR.. s. Ewing. J VIII
Gray. Dr. +. D. Hammond. l.. +. Kahn.
L. b. Levitt.
Address by Fisher Harris.
Fisher ;. Harris was the principal
orator of the occasion. He delivered
an eulc CYSTIC address on the dead mem
bers of the lodge. saying.
For many years past IL has been the
custom OF this orsarization TO have its
members gather yearly in some public
place and there. with appropriate cere-
monies 5psy loving tribute 10 the memory
OF those OF their fTaternal associates who
have finished their earthly lab0rS. We
are here TONIGHT in obedience TO that re-
Quirement and also IN answer TO the
pTomptings OF our own hearts which bid
as remember with tender and lasting ten
acity the virtues Of our dead brethren,
and to FORGET their faults.
The primary principle underlying this
custom of ours is not a new one. nor il
its practice ~ some form or other original
with the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Eiks.
Since the beginning of time men have
been impelled by love and memory 10 pay
reverent tribute 10 their dead and 10 hold
sacred the earth i'm which they sleep. The
great round world is dotted with innumer-
able monuments pointing patheticaliy 10
the skies and bearing on their polished
SIDES ~ every language known 10 man the
record of the virtues of those who rest
beneath them.