The Greeley tribune., 1906-03-29
BAZAAR ENDS
ELKS' BLOWOUT ENDS IN
BLAZE OF GLORY
Wedding Ceremony Saturday
Night-Sterling Girl Wins
Diamond Ring-Large
Sum Realized

The most successful bazaar ever
held in Greeley ended last Saturday
at midnight, when the Elks' bazaar
came to an end. Very close to
50, 500 was :cleared during the week,
good share of which will 60 to-
ward helping defray the expenses Of
the grand lodge at the annual gath
ering in Denver next summer. The
bulk of the money realized will
more than likely be paid down on the
Oasis hotel, and help make this a
home for the order, owhed exclu-
sively by Elks.
The interest and fun in the
bazaar, which was held in the arm
ory, was something remarkable
throughout the week. The attend
ance ran not far from 1000 each
evening and Saturday evening there
was close to 1,50O visitors.
The wives of the Elks and other
ladies of the city took prominent
part in the affair and donated their
services in ATTENDANCE at the booths
and also in selling tickets.
A slight error occurred in the
Tribune's notice of the bazaar last
week. Instead of Mrs. Bert Allen
in the gypsy's booth it was Miss
Katherine O'Brien.
Saturday evening as climax to
the weeks entertainment the much
advertised marriage, that it was
hoped to have take place, finally did
come off. During the afternoon
hand bills were scattered over town
announcing that Silas Huff and
Viola Braketield of Johnstown would
brave the storms of the matrimonial
sea together and that Judge Garri-
CUES would do the splicing. The
floor was exceedingly dirty, and the
blushing bride gave herself away to
the ladies who watched her walk
from the entrance of the hall to the
improvised altar. She didn't lift
her dress out of the mud at all. To
the men who peered closely into the
face of the bride where they hoped
to see fine blushes fox chasing each
other over her cheeks, she stood ap-
parently unmoved by the solemn
words imposed upon herself and
hubby-to-be. The men shifted sus-
piciously at the whole ceremony but
did not tumble until next day that
the blushing bride was none other
than D. G. Huyett of this city and
the groom was Lewis Mcl<ini.
Saturday night a bunch of Sterling
Elks came up with a big roll of
money and started in to elect their
candidate in the diamond ring con-
test. She was Miss Florence Smith,
pretty telephone girl of that city.
They did win for her and she took
the 800 diamond ring. Miss Mabel
Cozzens, the Greeley candidate, came
in second and was given an $50
diamond. The Greeley boys worked
hard for their candidate but they
had been going it rather hard all
week and were too near all in to
win out on the final.
For money actually solicited from
persons not relatives, Miss Cozzens
would have been an easy winner, as
one relative alone of Miss Smith put
up 500 in cash to make sure of her
winning Even with this she only
had about $50 to spare in the con-
test,
In the contest for the most popu-
lar tiremen Paul Geiser and Charles
Finch were so sclose and the money
coming in so fast at the exact
moment that the contest closed that
1T was hard to decide which should
be.the winner of the handsome chair,
but Charles Finch, who is an Elk.
withdrew from the contest for the
benefit Of his. adversary, who was not
an Elk.
Goes to Salt Lake.