The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
ELks SOLID IN MITCHELL
a Lodge of Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks Now Has a
Place in Mitchell.

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Thursday the Elks reigned supreme
in Mitchell. They came In droves
and were the ~jolliest bunch of royal
good fellows that ever cane down
the pike. There were fully 400 visit
ors from outside of town, Huron's
delegation, numbering 81, coming
oven on a special train and repre-
sentatives Of the "Best People on
Earth we're present from Sioux
Falls, Sioux City, Yankton, Canton,
Parkston, Alexandria. Cham berlain.
Tie streets and business houses
presented a gaily appearance in the
purple and white colors of the Elks
and some very handsome designs
we're worked out in many Of the
store windows, while flags were dis
played all along the street.
The preliminary work started in
the afternoon, under the direction
Of w. a. Hickman, Of Wate1town,
district deputy grand exalted ruler,
and the exercises were held in the
Gale theatre, where the large crowd
OF Elks were better accommodated
In the evening the work of initiati o
was commenced, and in this MIR.
Hickman was assisted by the Huron
lodge, the grand lodge officers being
appointed as follows: Grand Exalted
Ruler, b. A. Dineen, Grand Lectur-
ing knight, Oscar Kicker; Grand
Royal Knight, Coler Campbell; Grand
Lecturing Knight, a. b. Fairbanks;
Inner Guard, Albert Robinson;
Grand Chaplain, a. a. Chamberlain;
Grand Esquires, Sam Bear. Sioux
Fails, and DIR. Jones, Huron; Grand
Tyler. j. J.. Salisbury; Grand Sec
rotary, f. L. Bramble. Watertown.
The lodge starts out with a mem.
bership of 1879. or this number Il
were initiated on this occasion, Is
we're received by demits from other
lodges and as we're voted in. The fol-
lowing is a list of those.initiated:
VIM. M. Smith, Herbert e. Hitch
cock, 81. G. Nichols, Ray Smith,
Louis Beckwith. Lorne d. Milne,
Joseph Swift, j. M. Levings, Emil
Becker, A. e. Dean, R. @. Warne,
A. e. Hitchcock, M. II. Gosche, III.
N. Hamilton, FL. L.. McDonld. S.
Weber, d. E. Braught, Geo. Like,
j.. A. Reed, Earl G. Allen, Frank
L. Brown, a. G. King, VIM. NJ.
Herbert, a. a. Boynton, Clyde,
Kimble. Fred l.. Tiffany, j. g.
Mccartney, j.. ID. Holleran, c. A.
Seaman. Jack Mclaughlin, w. u.
Broanbept, Geo. NJ. Rowley, c. e.
Reeves, Geo. e. Fulton, G. E. Yer
mi]yea, w. Q. Metcalf, 9. A. Town
sen, Edgar Mccarthy, G. B. Collins,
Ray Branson, Gus Keliakedes,
Arthur j. Davis. Clarence Keim,
Sam DeMers, e. B. Miller, II. G.
Preston, Louis %Reckwith, Jr., j. L.
Wingield, L. K. Shut, j. +. Ryan,
Louis Aaron, Frank Weller, Frank
z. a McGovern, c. :. Jones, H.
Huyke, Rob't. Burns, Charles II.
Rowley, r. C. Raines, W. II. Flynn,
and w. i. Keith, Of Mitchell. A. N.
Hoffman, Edward Kayser. and F. M.
Wright, Of Parkston. Or. Dustin
and Earnest e. Kimball. OF Pukwana.
Ray Gooder and q. II. Cousins, Of
Chamberlain. a. M. Shaw, OF Del
mont. Albert He'll, OF Olivet. c.
MacIntyre, OF Ethan. Ira E. Ellis,
OF BlJou Hills.
The work OF the evening was ex-
emplitied in a thorough manner, and
tie timld lawns were given the full
worth or their money, and some OF
them got value received twice over.
With the initiative work completed
the first officers OF the newly insti-
tuted lolge, which is numbered 1869,
were elected as follows:
Exalted Kuler-T. j. Spangler.
Esteemed Leading KnightrDr. r.
q. Warne.
Esteemed Royal Knight-Wm. M.
Herbert.
Esteemed Lectuling Knight-H.
E Hitchcock.
Secretaly-L. d. Nilne.
Treasuler-Wm. M. Smith.
Tyler-George Like.
Trustees-Thomas Fullerton, D. A.
Mlzener, f. A. White.
The appointive officers will be
announced later.
The lodge starts out with a fine
membership, composed OF the Lead
ing men Of Mitchell, whose influence
cannot help but work for the good
and upbuildine Of the order.
lie officers elected have had mach
experience in ledge work, and with
the strong membership..bebind them,
it is believed that Mitchell lodge
will grow in numbers rapidly as the
years go by.
Banquet and Speeches.