The Dickinson press., 1912-12-07
LOCAL ELKS
DO HOMAGE
Memorial Sunday Observed by
Local Elks. Regular Ritual
istic Service Followed by
Address by Jefferson.

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The first Sunday in December of each
year has been set aside by the Elk order
as memorial Sunday. They have
pretty ritualistic service by which they
commemorate the lives of their de-
ceased brethern and on last Sunday
the local Ellis were gathered at their
hall in the Berringer block in honor of
the three deceased members. the late
VIM. Walton, the late J. C. Cartwright
and the late Geo. M. Frye. The regular
solemn service was held followed by an
address by Attorney NJ. H. Jefferson of
Beach, probate Judge of the new Golden
Valley county and q member of an Elk
lodge in Tennessee. Following is his
splendid address in full:
The roses, the viole,s. the hyacinths
that bloom and fiji the earth with their
sweet fragrance in the spring and in
the summer time, wither and fade
away in the fall; the trees spring
forth with bud In the spring. the buds
turn to green leaves in the summer.
and in the fall the leaves change their
color from green into that of gold: they
then fall from the trees to the earth
and there they wither and decay. They
furnish to you and to the evidence Of
the existence Of that great and 1nyster-
ious power Of which we know so little;
they come to US in the prime of life.
and we enjoy them: they leave US and
we miss them and long for their return.
Such is q human life. 1t comes and
then it goes. We live today. tomorrow
we may be dead. Knowing that as we
do. we should 80 live and Govern our
lives that when the time comes we shall
be ready to answer the roll call to the
other world.
AFTER all is said and done, what is
life, and what is the price that we have
to pay for the privilege of living? The
privilege of partaking of the joys and
of sharing the sorrows that,present them
selves to US in this great and glorious
universe? What is there to life that
makes it so sweet, so much longed for,
SO much enjoyed that we have such a
feeling of reluctancy in paying the
price? We reap the pleasures of life.
we share the sorrows, we derive the
benefit but do not want to pay the price.
The price of life is death, and no
man, woman or child ever lived who
did not or who will not some day pay
the price of the life on earth, no mat
ter how great the man, or how noble
the woman. 1t matters not whether the
man be king or the lowest criminal,
the woman queen or strumpet, they
must all pay the same price. Some pay
it willingly, some unwillinaly, some
are prepared, others are not. Take the
life of the great French warrior, Napol-
con, man who is considered and
recognized as the greatest military gen.
ius the world has ever produced. Look
at the time that he was in the height
of his power; at the time he was pro-
claimed Napoleon the Great. He was
great. He had placed his country at
the head of the world as a fighting
power, the people of his own country
the men the women. and the children.
fought with each other to get glimpse
of the great warrior. Then life to Ma
poleon was sweet he had reached that
goal for which he had subjected his
physical being to the most exc uciatine
tests of human endurance. He was sat-
isfed; his ambition had been accom-
plished and fully realized. Later on
his power began to wane: his friends
turned against him; his enemies over
powered him and he was banished from
that country for which he had so val
iantly fought. Then life to him was
not 50 sweet; it became burden and
he was more than willing to pay the
price.
THAT is the way with all of US.
When we are enjoying the luxuries Of