The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-02
OFFICERS OF ELKS LODGE

OFFICERS OF ELkS LODGE
frank j. ThOmpson--Exalted
Ruler.
Charles r. Butler--Esteemed
Leading Nnlght.
John 3. Richards-Esteemed
loyal Knight.
Frederick w. Bates-Esteemed
Leosuring Knight.
John c. Wise-6squire.
Philip Setzer-lnner Guard.
Olaf. Lundbera-TyIer.
Fred w. Force-Seeretary.
crom thursdays Daily,
The new home Of Mankato Lodge
No. 225. Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks, which has been in
course of construction the greater
part. of year, Is now completed.
Ehe finishing touches have been put
upon it, and it will be thrown open
for the first time this evening at a
reception and ball to be rendered
by the lodge. The guests will be as
tonished at the magniflcence of the
interior and the luxuriance of the
furnishings. No city of the size in
the country possesses so complete
and in every way splendid lodge
building as Mankato. and few of the
larger cities have anything of the
kind that will excel it, everything
taken into consideration. 1t is a
building to be proud of, and not
only the large and prosperous Elks
lodge will take a just pride in it,
but every citizen of Mankato should.
Has 600 Members.
The lodge of Elks now has 600
members, and expects to take in
100 more tomorrow afternoon. It's
lease on its old quarters in the
Ray building expires with the last
day of this month. The old club
rooms were opened last night for
the last time, and no more meetings
of the lodge will be held in the old
lodge room.
The new building is located at the
corner of Second and Hickory streets
and fills a space &c by ~ feet. 1t
is located on the site of the old
Young Mems Investment company
building, OF which many investors
hold SAD memories. The building
is sofidlyfr and substantially con
structed OF stone and brick, and is
of what is known as the slow burn.
inc = acrr NJ inn n
by eBefl, lyric & Chapman, Mime
apolis arc hiteets, whose plans were
adopted in, a competition in which
eight OF ten well known architects
entered. That no mistake was made
mas been demonstrated by the per.
fees symmetry of the building, and
the Yistas opening up on the inte-
rioT, not to mention the perfection
of detail. 1t was a master hand
who designed the building, and it
was erected by q master builder,
Otto Neitge of North Mankato. Mr.
Neitge has done a most conscen.
tious job, furnishing better materials
than the specifications called for, and
spirit and letter to the entire sat.
isfaction of the building committee.
The building has cost about $4,000,
exclusive of the furnishings, which
have cost something like $4,000.
The building is heated by steam
and electric lighted, 32T Tungsten
lamps being used for this purpose.
The plumbing is the most modern
and the lighting fixtures the very
latest bronze designs, known as
composition fixtures. The interior
finish is of oak, with silver gray
finish throughout, and the floors are
OF oak, except in the lodge room
where 1T is of hard maple, as dane
ingsis to be done there.
Windows of French Design.
The windows throughout the
building are of French. design and
open inward. Mankato marble is
used, extensively in the inside fin.
ish,r and presents most beautiful
appearance. The building has cleo.
trio push buttons and speaking
tubes throughout.
The window hangings are import
ed from England, are very costly
and are unfadable. The rugs are
of the Hartford-Saxony make, of the
best quality. The draperies are
double faced throughout to harmon
ize with the different color schemes
in the different apartments. In each
apartment the finish and the. furni.
ture and furnishings harmonic per-
fectly, showing the work of an
artist. ~
Charles M. Masters had the plumb.
ing contract; the Mankato Electric
company the contract for the wir.
ing and the electrical work; the
Waterman & Waterbury company
the heating contract; John S. Brad.
street & Co. the contract for the
electric fixtures; the. John W.
Thomas Co. of Minneapolis the con
tract for the draperies and rugs
Fred Zschunke the contract for the
interior finish; the John Klein Co
the contract for the furniture; AL
bert. Pickle & Co. of Chicago the
contract for furnishing the cafe and
Kitchen equipment, including the
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