The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-05
BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE HAVING
TINE Of THEIR LIVES IN FARGO TODAY
Convention City Bright With Elks colors-Grand Street
Parade This Morning Great Decentralization and
Races on Program This Afternoon.
Elks have the keys to the gate city
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Elks have the keys to the gate city.
Everywhere it is Hello. Bill. we are
glad to see you. The city is yours.
Have a good time. and were sure to
have a good time with you.
The business sessions of the con.
vention opened yesterday afternoon in
the Fargo opera house.
At . o'clock. Morton Page. president
of the state association. called tho
was officially opened. After a few
brief remarks, MI. Page called on
Exalted Ruler Morrow Of the local
lodge who extended to the visiting
Elks the hospitality of No. go.
The president then called on Mayor
sweet n in an ELOQUENT address
welcomed to the city the visiting mc-n-
bers of the antlered order.
Mayor Welcomes.
~ am glad to welcome you as a
brother Elk" said Mayor Sweet. THE
Elks need no welcome in this city.
The reason for it is that good fellows
arc Elks or becoming Elks they are
good fellows"
II. r. Miller responded to the adj
dress of welcome. Judge Miller's adj.
dress was i%nterpolated with witticisms
which Illustrated the more sober
points of his eloquent address. Judge
Miller stated that the only reason he
was selected to respond to- the address
OF welcome was because he was too
OLD TO set q bad example to the rest.
Do Good, Not Talk.
We believe in doing good instead
OF talking about it," said Judge Miller.
That is our religion. Our purpose is
to o " and stir humanity to better
things. There are two classes in this
world: Those that bring joy, to which
the Elk belongs, and those that bring
nfrnS rt a,1ns, 80, S11 S-
Let us remember our religion, for
the order that forgets that fogets the
basis on which it lives"
Standing of Order.
Deputy Otto Bauer then gave the
report which showed that there are
a total of 2,433 members of the state
association, that it has owe S216,O0O
invested in real estate. and that it
gave to charity during the: past year
The report of the secretary-treasure"
was also read and showed the order
in the most flourishing condition.
Secretary Sam Mcdonald read his
report to the convention and Treasurer
Z. "A. Graw read his.
jamestown i'm 1913. .
The report of the auditing commit
tee consisting of Ad Leech. Sam
Crabhe and j. S. Grady was received
INV dPplONGu. JdIIleSIOMU was ulalli-
mously chosen for the next nlacc of
meeting. Jamestown had a large
number of boosters at the convention
and the honor of designating their city
as the place for the next convention
was greeted with Il shout of approval.
Elect New Officers.
Officers for the ensuing year were
chosen as follows: President, Charles
Klaus, jamestown; vice president, l..
j.: Palda, Minot; secretary. Robert f.
Wallace. Jamestown; treasurer, OAR
hey O'Malley, Valley City.
If the Elks We're offering a prize for
the largest pair of visiting Elks, the
trophy would probably go to the Fisk
brothers who are claimed v~ariously
by Williston, Minot, Bismarck ana
Grand Forks.
The Judges Fisk. for they have both
attained that rank. are W of tho
largest Elks in North Dakota. and as
poth arc attending the convention they
are attracting attention wherever they
appear iE company.
Judge Frank Fisk lives i'm Williston
and Is district judge out in that por-
ton of h state. The other brother
supreme court.
Justice Fisk is a member of the
Grand Forks lodge of Elks but came
down to the convention with the Bis
marck delegation.
The two judges are declared to
weigh in the neighborhood of 500
pounds. WV
Ladies from Fergus Falls. Mayville.
Jamestown. Williston, Grand Forks.
Wahpeton We're present. and con-
tr1outed to h enjoyment of the oc-
casion. Mrs. Brown acted as toast
mistress. and the visiting ladies pro-
posed a toast to Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt
first, and then to the ladies of Fargo.
and were responded to With gracious
acclaim. OF course the toast to the
guests preceded.
"Jollity reigned supreme, according
to the Elks' code which is stern in it's
requirements that all enjoyment DOS
sible be extracted from the passing
hour .. ~
The Comstock hotel is ideal in its
arrangements for special entertain
ment.. II Mr.. and Mrs. Mahoney in
SYST upon the last word in gan
and correct service.
As might be expected, a number
OF Elks looked in at the door, and
Mr.. Ellis of Minneapolis and Minot.
made a toast of his own, when he
stood at attention and greeted the
wives and s~weethearts Of the best
people on earth.'"