The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-22
.ELKS, COME HERE
Invitation to the Grand Lodge
Promulgated Today.
Mayor VIM. Green Issues a
Formal Invitation.
GATES ARE ALL OPEN.
GATES ARE ALL OPEN.
PrOmis I'd ImmunityFrOm Harm
While Here.
New Building Will Be Ready for
1909 Meeting.

1.-The state convention of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks for Topeka in 1907 This will
be the slogan of a large number of
representatives Of the local Elks
lodge who will go to Parsons Mon
day next, for the purpose of attend
ing the annual meeting which will
convene there at that time. The local
Elks will be we'll established in their
new building before 1909, and as they
are justly proud Of their edifice they
wish the Elks of the state to gather
here.
To this end Mayor Green has is
sued the following proclamation
which, while somewhat humorous in
its wording. will be presented by the
Topeka delegates and will be used as
an argument in favor of holding the
convention in Topeka next year. The
following is the proclamation:
To the Inhabitants thereof, greeting:
By authority duly invested in the
mayor of the city; the grandkeeper of
the gates and authorized promulgator
of the ordinances of the city, 1, Will
liam Green, mayor of the city of To-
peka, the capital city of the great
state of Kansas, do hereby order and
proclaim:
That on two certain days in the
month of May in the year 1909, the
great gates and the little gates of the
city leading to the north, to the east,
to the south and to the west, be by
the keepers thereof left wide open from
the rising of the sun on the first day
! to the setting of the sun on the second
day-to the end that the Elks that
roam throughout our state shall have
easy entrance to our city. That said
Elks, horns and all, be permitted to
freely wander over and about our beau
| tiful city. That at three periods of
each day there shall be placed by the
| citizens of said city of Topeka at every
nook and corner of the city and in
| suitable manner to satisfy the tastes
ties of water and of green stuff to
quench their thirst and to feed upon.
| That during the period of the vista
| ton of these Elks, no harm shall come
to them. That the citizens of said city
| and whomsoever shall be within the
| gates of the city shall be constrained
to put away all firearms, both the large
| guns and the small guns, and that said
guns shall be placed under lock and
| key during the time that said Elks
| shall stray about our streets. That
| any shot taken at an Elk by any per-
+! son in the city under any circum-
stances, whether the said shot shall be-
come effective or shall become harm
less, the said person who shall take
such a shot at an Elk shall be sum-
marily dealt with and shall wish fol
| death.
When the second day is past and the
Elks show inclination to return to theil
pastures they shall be permitted to 81
without let or hindrance, that they
may be led to appreciate and realizt
that they may come and go within oul
city without fear of molestation or O
. danger at any time.
And our honorable deputy, the secre
tary of the Topeka Commercial club
shall be held responsible for the stric
performance of this order.
Given under my hand and seal thi
22nd day of May, 1908. (Signed),
WILLIAM GREEN, Mayor.