Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-02

MtlHbtIs oi the BeneNOlell ana
Protective Order of Elks of Tonopah
gathered at the Nevada theater last
night to join in the lodge of sorrow
and pay fitting tribute to the mem
ory OF their absent brothers. The
occasion was in keeping with the
ritual of the order which sets aside
one day every year for that purpose.
and it was impressive to the ex-
treme. The virtues of the departed
members were extolled in the langu-
age of:
The faults of our brothers we write
upon the sands;
Their virtues upon the tablets OF
love and memory"
The seating capacity of the theater
was packed, as the affair was not
confined to members of the order,
general invitation having been is
sued to the public to attend. Mem
bers of the fraternity officiated as
ushers and when the Elks as a body
marched from their home and en-
tered the hall. many of the spectat
ors were forced to be content with
standing room.
H. c. Schmidt. past exalted ruler
of the local order, officiated in the
absence of Exalted Ruler Ed Nal
ley, The ritualistic requirements
We're first complied with and the
lodge OF sorrow was formally opened
after which the regular program was
taken up. The Grafton was delivered
by Senator n. " Morehouse of Gold
field, who eloquently and impressive
ly rendered masterpiece speech,
taking for his theme the custom of
! the Elks in eulogizing their departed
brethren
Judge j, A. Sanders delivered the
eulogy for the lodge and commemo
rated the virtues of the five mem
bers whose names have been en-
graved upon the tablets of the order
as having departed from this life
The names as shown absent upon
the roll call of the honored dead by
Secretary Lowell Daniels were c. l.
Hammond, w l.. Berry, Chris Mala
tesla, James F. Dennis and Charles
T. Grimes, death having claimed the
last two named since the memoria
exercises of a year ago. The speak
er eulogized the memories of th'
departed dead, and in passing men
toned the charitable work accom-
plished by each while member o
the order and in fulfillment of tn,
obligations taken.
The services opened with violil
solo, Chopin's Funeral March, b
Julius Goldsmith. accompanied b
, George Gallup. At the conclusion {
the opening ceremonies and followin
the singing of the opening ode b
the members of the lodge, Mrs ze
Kendall rendered Mendelssohn's &C
For the Wings of a Dove" The el
! logy by Judge Sanders was then d.
5 livered and the quartette, compose
of Mrs. Robert Emmett Gilroy, Irwin
r Macdonald, f. Davis and Andre
. Robins, sang God is a Spirit" Ge
Q Gallup was the pianist. julius Col
: smith rendered a violin solo, "Tf
il Lost Chord" accompanied by NJ
Gallup. and then came the oratic
!, by Senator Morehouse. The qua
g tese rendered Nearer My God
ii Thee" and at the conclusion q
n closing ceremonies We're performs
n By the lodge officials Rev. j.
Swander pronounced the bened
IS ton
4. The Grafton as delivered by Sc
70 ator Morehouse is given herewith
full, for il is impossible 70 give cre
,s il 10 the address by brief mentiC
a nor is it possible to do justice to Z
is speaker by making excerpts from Z
N full text The Grafton follows;
II Brothers and friends Custom q
a rule of our order. sets aside o
DAY In each year. when We shall
semble and drop that tear Of sy
r pathy over the memory Of depart
rlks who have passed the confif
Of earth and reached the land Of
OF hereafter. At IL o'clock, as the q
n marks the time upon the face OF
IN clock. at our nightly meetings,
M summons comes 70 rs to pause q
he nav tribute 20 the hand OF dea
m reached out In spectral fancy fr
he the shadows. and calls % our ms
"a. ory our departed brothers. and wa
he INK ms that our lives !s only hl
space between two eternities.
How We came. why We are h
an. and whither We go. is the one gr
A nfohlen each must solve Tor htms
rat We dream and hope. and hope
lut dream. aud yet Wa cannot ans
rs the question. We can oh1N say
to The poet croly
sPlato. thou reasonest well.
Else whence this pleasing hope.
fond desire.
CO eThls iongng after Immortality
whence
This secret dread and inward
leri ror 81 falling into naughtf
srr Why ahfinkw the ~oal back eA
ion self and
luc Stariles a. drsifuciiont tis
Me divinity
"a That allra within nA. us heI