The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-01-23

led at the new temple of Roswell
Lodge No. 969, last night and attend
ed the formal opening and dedication
of the building to the uses of Elkdom
The service was beautifully impress
sive and was carried out by District
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler George
N Fleming, prominent physicion at
Ration and a Grand Lodge organized
for the evening from members of the
local lodge.
The formation of the Grand Lodge
was the opening event, and the grand
officers were as follows: Exalted Ru-
Ter, DIR. G. N. Fleming; Esteerled
Leading Knight, Otto Banner; Els
teemed Loyal knight, B. H. TotZek;
Esteemed Lecturing Knight, John H.
jenkins; Secretary, Percy Evans;
Treasurer, ]. IS. Lea; Esquire, A. A.
Ririe; Tiler, G. C. Cottingham; Chap
lain, E. A. Lohman; Inner guard, H.
w. Morrow Trustees, w. NJ. Atkln-
son, G. NJ Slaughter and E. A. Ca
hoon; Organist; F. S. Crosson- With
these officers, serving and Grand
Lodge Officers, the ritualisdc dedi-
catorial service of the Elk lodge was
carried out, surprisingly beautiful to
all who had never attended such an
event.
Music by a quartet, composed of
MesSrS. Rogers, Barlow, Williams and
Barker, was enthusiastically received
and an encore number demanded.
This was responded to by Mr.. Rog-
ers, who likewise, responded to en-
core. Then the Exalted Ruler intro
duced the speaker of the evening,
Hon. Herbert J. Hagerman, former
governor of New Mexico and char
ter life member of Roswell loGSe-
Governor Hagerman's address was
characteristic of the man, short, con-
else, to the point, elevating and i'm
preSsively earnest. He spoke of the
foundation and pillars of the Elk
lodge and applied them to the local
lodge and the uses of the new build
ing, expressing the hope that the love
of sociability would not crowd out the
higher and nobler principles of Elk
dom and that the new temple wculd
be the starting point of many acts OF
charity and benevolence, as well as
center for justice, brotherly love. fl
deity, good fellowship and socia6ili-
ty.
After music by the quartet, announ-
cements by Claud Hobbs, Exalted Rul
er of Roswell lodge, and music by the
quartet again, Grand Exalted Ruler de
clared the building dedicated and the
: lodge sang the closing ode.
Incident to the occasion, came the
banquet at The 4GilkeSon, which fol-
lowed. The dining room at the hotel
had been especially prepared for 1he
event, the decorations of purple and
white, emblematic of the order, and
the glitte-ing banquet tables making
splendid scene, surmounted by an i'm
mense Elk head and antlers, suspend
ed from the central pillar of the room.
There were eight tables, seating from
q dozen to fifteen each, and the place
cards were nearly all taken up, max
ing a party of hundred men, or
more. The tables were handsomely
decorated with carnations AMI each
plate had a button hole bouquet of
violets and sweet alyssum, purple and
white, as favor of the evening
The feast was a sumptuous one, the
service being of the best.
MENU
Oyster Cocktail Manhattan
Caviar Canape
Tomato Bullion
Queen olives Celery
Roast Turkey with Dressing Claret
Cranberries in Cases
Mashed Potatoes French Peas
Roman Punch
Wastphalia Ham; French Mustard
Tomato Salad, Mumm's Extra Dry
Vienna Rolls Cold Bread
vanilla Ice Cream Assorted Cake
Edam Cheese
Coffee
Cigars Cigarettes
AS the chimes struck the hour of
eleven according to their custom, ev-
cry Elk arose to his feet and the toast
master Col. J. w. Wilson, proposed
the toast, "To Our Absent Brother" "
The response was given by Dr.. Flem-
ing and 1t was fun of sentiment dear
to the heart of an Elk. He told. also,
of how the custom eminated hom the
animal for which the order Is named,
and of how. as the shades of night
draw over the land, the elks sound a
can to their absent brothers and draw
to the herd all who have strayed away
<7urfnc the day.