La Junta tribune., 1907-12-07

~ The beautiful ceremonies incident
to the annual lodge of sor-
row of Elkdom were impressively
observed by La Junta Lodge. No.
7O1. B. P. o. E.. at the La Junta
Theater Sunday afternoon. Last
Sunday was memorial day for the
Elks all over Christendom. and in
La Junta it was like day in June.
In consequence there was very
large turn out of members of the
order. the largest in its history, and
the audience assembled to assist the
Elks in paying tribute to departed
members taxed the capacity of the
theater.
The stage of the La Junta Theatre
was deliberately and tas.efully dec
GRATED with sprays of evergreen. the
illuminated Elk dial with hands
pointing to. II O'Clock being sus-
pended from the rear. while IN front
was arranged row of potted flow
ering plants. ferns and chrysanthe-
NUNS, making withal beautiful
and appropriate stage setting for
the memorial ceremonies.
The services commenced promptly
at 3 o'clock. the seats in front being
occupied by members of the local
lodge. Wonderly's orchestra open
ed the services with number of ap-
propriate selections, after which
Exalted Ruler w. l.. Bertrand and
lie officers of the lodge conducted
the memorial ritual. Appropriate
vocal selections were interspersed
throughout the programme. render
ed by Miss Troost. Mrs. j. w. Will
! son and Mrs. Joseph Haskell.
The eulogy, Our Departed
Brothers, was delivered by II. M.
Minor, of Rocky Ford, during which
e paid brief tribute to the men,
~ of the two brothers whose light
life went out" during the past
arc. E. Veasie and Wallace W.
hbbard. Aside from the tribute
II the dead the speaker paid glow
ing tribute to the Elks' lodge as an
organization. and maintained that
to conscientiously observe the golden
rule and ito do good" always was
the noblest ambition that could pos
sess any mortal here below.
The memorial address delivered
by Alva Adams. of Pueblo Lodge,
No. 50. was eloquent and replete
throughout with epigrammatically
worded phrases, full of the milk of
human kindliness and sympathy and
the wisdom Of all ages. The address
in full, which will well repay a care
ful persual, is as follows.
ITO speak of Immortality and to
hound the virtues OF Elkdom have.
Eomc the accepted lines for those
who deliver the general eulogy upon
memorial day. Upon this day. with
WI bSAOtICAlIOu Vi Oul dDsShh DiOeh
ers more than upon any other day
OF the year we are confronted with
the tremendous problem, Shall we
live again. "All philosophy is a
search for Cod said Plato. One
night hundred years ago Zcbulon
Pike when cncampcd upon the spot
where La Junta stands, startled by
the briiliancy of the stars in this
clear atmosphere. he studied the
heavens above and searched his heart
within and then wrote in his jour
nal: The starry vaults above us.
the moral law within MS. prove the
existence of God" When sailing for
Egypt savant talked atheism to
Napoleon; for reply he pointed TO
the. stars and said. "Who made
them?" Yes, there is a God. This
sailing globe, the stars above. all ma.
ture proclaims it. The testimony OF
the philosophers. prophets and saints
of all the ages, the pronptings OF our
own heart and soul, tells us that
there is life beyond. II this world
is all, then Justice is a delusion and
the creator has defraudcd every NOR
tai. We have seen virtue travel on
crutches from cradle to the grave.
Innocence without day free from
pain and want. We have seen yice
in purple. wrong riding in autos, rich
in luxury. radiant in health. We
have seen hypoerites deceive their
generation. If there is no future
life, no divine tribunal ofreward and
Of rctribution, then error and vice
Epes nnpunished and yirtue no crown
4HN sufferiv,v II ~, fs,tt,re the whole