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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06
ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ELKS' MEMORIAL, SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BY JUDGE OSCAR HAIIAM OF ST. PAUL

inspired to nObler purposes and higher
resolves" There is something singularly
impressive in the influence of a life that
is closed, because it is closed. You, who
have felt the sting yourself, know that the
precepts of a parent-yes, of a friend that
is dead, ring and reverberate through your
being as those words never did when
spoken in life. There is nothing that dies
and is forgotten. "The pratting babe that
dies in it's cradle lives again in the bet
ter thoughts of those that loved it,
And so the men who founded this order
set apart this day as an occasion on
which Elks should meet to recall the
memory of their dead and to draw lessons
from their lives
Virtue Its Own Reward.
There is no lesson that the lives of
men more forcefuiy teach than the truth
that virtue is it's own reward | speak
not of the. rewards of the life beyond;
that subject is rather for the cloth, and
it is difficult for me to speak of things
of which we know so little. For after all,
our belief in Immortality is largely hope
and faith, and with that hope and faith.
mingled, perhaps, with unconscious fear,
we,' most of us, feel as did Cicero when
he said, But if | err in believing that the
souls OF men are immortal, l willingly
wish to have this delightful error
extorted from me; and if after death
| shall feel nothing, as some philosophers
think, | am not afraid lest. dead philosoph-
erS should laugh at me for that error"
How exact, after all, are the .compen-
sations of life. AS we look through the
closed book of life, how respondent are
its virtues- how fruitful it's every act of
charity and loving kindness. How beauti-
full the example of the life of one who can
approach death Sustained and sOothed
by an unfalterng trust, like one who
wraps the drapery of his couch about him
and lies down to pleasant dreams"
And how useless seem the vices of life,
how frutless its strifes, it's contentious
and its turmoil. When we look upon the
tomb of the mighty, when We see kings
lying by these who deposed them, every
notion Of envy and every inordinate de-
sire and selfish ambition goes from us.
Virtue Is Worth While.
The lives of men, great and small, re-
mind us that virtue for it's own sake is
worth while. Take a character like Ma
poleon. The dominant characteristic of
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the joy
OF man or a woman, a girl or a boy,
That will wipe out smile or the least way
annoy, ~
It's pretty good plan to forget it,"
Elkdom stands for heroic manhood
The world loves a hero We enshrine the
martyr not SO much because of what he
achieves as because of the personal sac
!, rifice he makes. We honor the soldier
not SO much because he wins victories as
because he risks his life for cause
Every American war has been followed by
at least one soldier in the presidential
chair. The American people chose Harri-
son and Taylor and Grant as their chief
executive not because they wanted presi.
dent to lead battalions, not because they
desired militant policy at all, but be.
cause they knew these men were filled
with heroism and patriotic devotion and
having found these qualities they were
willing to take chances on all the rest.
What Makes a Hero.
1t doesn't take soldier to make a hero
few months ago ship was wrecked at
sea. 1t soon became apparent that all
could not be saved. It is no small thing
to- yield a place in last life. boat We
would have expected that Archie Butt, gal
liant chyalrous soldier that he was, would
be large enough for such a sacrifice in
such a crisis. We were not quite SO sure
of some of the others. But the men on
the Titanic with rare exception showed
what splendid stuff men nowadays are
made of. The message of Ben Guggen.
HEINZ "tell them at home, this is mans
game, and that l played it according to
the rules" was worth more to humanity
than all his commercial achievements.
1t doesn't take a distinguished man to
make hero. Down in Indiana there was
a little crippled neWsbpy called Billy
Rugh. He learned that the skin Of his
crippled leg might save a iife.S He gladly
gave it and, with it also he gave his own
life. :,
The Boys Heroism.
1t doesn't take as good a boy as. Billy
Rugh to make a hero. In New York city
there was once little urchinr who baffled
everyone who knew him. So bad did he
seem to be that he engaged the personal
attention of the philanthropist Jacob
Riis. One day he was crossing broadway
with a policeman on one side and the
philanthropist on the other. A little child
breaking away from its mother toddled
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in science, trade, commerce and material
wealth has been so vast that when ex.
pressed in figures the mind can scarcely
grasp their significance. But this great
progress has brought with it correspond
ing problems. Our institutions are imper-
feet as human order is imperfect. We
have failed in some measure to adjust our
social and economic machinery to our
tremendous Industrial development. The
problem is, how shall these millions live
together with harmony, justice and uni
versal peace. 1t is a social problem 1t
is moral problem. We have not solved
it, we cannot solve it, we can only ap.
proach its solution Moral problems are
never settled until they are settled right.
We have not attained the perfection of
wisdom necessary to settle our moral
problems right. nation cannot be made
to move like an army along a set line of
march. But moving with irregular and
stumbling steps we hope that persistent
effort will accomplish some substantial
advance And it will do this if it keeps
forever in view OF q high ideal of civic
duty.
Fortunately the ideals of men are usu-
ally higher than their personal conduct
The mass OF men can agree upon alb
stract standards of right conduct. Each
man in his own personal affairs tends to
depart from that standard and to struggle
against us dppllcdLlOn TO nlUlSelI. AL any
given time those who have some par
ticular selfish or special interest to serve
are few in number compared with the
whole. So that the mass of men give
adherence to standards of conduct higher
than they desire to apply to their own af-
fairs. There never was a time when pop
Mar ideal we're higher than they are to-
day. We must abandon the old concep-
ton of the masses as welded to low
standards of morals to those who aspire
to popular approval must appeal to the
highest ethical standards if they would
succeed in popular favor.
1t is the hope of Elkdom that it may,
in some measure, improve the conditions
of our community life. The part that each
of us may play is small. But our lives
shall have been worth living If, when we
are done
MEN can say
He helped the world upon its way
With all his faults Of word or deed
Mankind did have some little need
Of what he gave"
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sister, Mrs. Burchell, and other rel
| . Misses Mildred and Sadie Gordon
of Minneapolis are guests of their
, parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Gordon
for Thanksgiving.
| William Cole and family and Rob
| ert Bradshaw and family ate
| THANKSGIVING dinner with relatives
| in LIE. Sueur> Center.
| The Ladies' Aid society of the
Swedish Lutheran church was en-
| tertained by Mrs. L.. p. SwensoI
"Wednesday afternoon.
Charles A. Johnson will attend
the state convention of the knights
| Of Pythias as delegate. The con
vention is now in session. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sheehan OF
Lake Washington are spending a
| few days with the latter's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Benson.
| Miss Mabel Hongley and Miss
Laura Gilbertson of Fort Ridgely ar
rived Monday to spend few days
i with their aunt, Mrs. Charles M. OF
son.
A pleasant surprise was rendered
| Charles Swenson Saturday evening
Four tables at $500" were played
and good time was enjoyed by all
lpresent
Installation services were held at
| the Presbyterian church Tuesday
evening when Rev. Bailey was in
stalled as pastor OF the Kasota
church.
Miss Dorothy Wilcox arrived home
Wednesday from Pillsbury academy,
Owatonna, to spend her Thanksgiy.
ling vacation with her parents, Mr..
/ and Mrs. T. S. Wilcox.
The Young Peoples society of the
Congregational church will hold a
sale of fancy articles and refresh
.ments at the church next week, De-
cember 6. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all to attend.
A team of horses belonging to l..
C. Mason INDUCED in runaway
Tuesday afternoon. Willie Johnson,
who was driving, was thrown out
and badly bruised but is able to be
about now. The horses were none
the worse for their sprint.
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his life was cold and selfish ambition, un.
mixed with human love. And how meagre
the compensation of such life! / speak
not of its compensation from the stand
point of what men usually call its success
or failure. I speak of compensation as
measured by the mans own inner con.
seriousness and by the righteous judgment
of men; measured by these standards. such
a life is impoverished. But here comes
another character, the antithesis of that;
and out of the turmoil of great moral
and social revolution arises the figure of
Abraham Lincoln, rude and untutored,
but with heart pregnant with celestial
fire." The central aim of this life was un-
selfish human love, and now that he be-
longs to the ages, "the light streams on
his deeds of love that Stunned the sight
of all but heaven" and in the book of fame
is written the glorious record of his vir-
tues. How much greater the worldly COM
pensatOns of such a life. Such lives
impress us with the truth that the good
that men do lives after them as per.
petual example, the evil as a warning for
all time.
Let us pass from the contemplation of
death and it's lessons to the coRtempla
ton of life and its duties; for the lessons
of death suggest the duties of life.
1t is proper that on this occasion we
should consider the relation of Elkdom
DOIn 10 the lle anu us members anu OF
the world at large. 80 .sItE.s
The creed of Elkdom is very simple
creed. 1t engages in no doctrinal disputa-
ton. 1t espouses the cause of no par
ticular sect 1t believes that there is a
universal truth that underlies them all. -.
What Eikdom Stands For.
Elkdom stands for fellowship and fra
ternity, for closer friendship both in time
of comfort and in time of need. 1t aims
to help it's members to the better enjoy
ment of a better life.
Elkdom stands for charity toward ALL
1t stands for the charity that relieves
want, for the charity that ministers to
suffering and pain, for the charity that
assuages distress and anguish of mind,
for the charity that admonishes right con-
duct toward our fellow men, for the
charity that would lift some of the
load from some overburdened soul, for
the charity that would refrain from do.
ing the things that add to the trials of
life. IT believes that Z -s..
"If you know of thing that will darken
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operation from which he Dever
fully recovered. He was a great
sufferer for many years. A fine
young man he was, with bright
prospects before him. I
All of you knew Brother Gar$.
He was native of this state,
being born in Winona Mayy11,
1851 and died September "a
last. His parents came to- Min
nesota from the state Of Ver-
mont in 1854 After receiving
good education in the schools
of Winona, Brother Gag entered
the employ of the McCormick
Harvester company md remain
ed with it for period of six.
teen years.
About ten years. ago, he engag-
ed in the real ESTATE and in
surance business in this city
and so continued till the time
of his death. In the meantime,
however. he allied various posi-
tons of prblic trust and re-
sponsibility< For he was an
active popular and capable
man.
During the administrations of
Mayors ANDREWS and Meyer, he
served kas a member of the city
councn, from the first ward,
making a fine record, for he was
always fearless and outspoken
upqk ALI matters affecting the
public welfare and attentive to
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"A year and half ago it was my
pleasure to meet with you to dedicate
your hall to Elkdom. Elkdom is always
mindful of it's absent brethren No meet
ing in an Elks' lodge is complete until they
have been in some fitting way remember.
ed have come today to join with you
in this solemn service of communion with
the memory of departed brothers of Man.
kato lodge
Is it because we love the dead that we
come here? 1t is in part 1t is one of the
common promptings of humanity to, re-
spect the dead, to hold them in high es
TEEN, to treasure a last fond glance at
the form from which the breath has de-
parted, TO scatter a few violetS upon a
caSket, or fOr-getme-nOtS upon a grave
10 sing requiem Tor their eternal rest
There are those who say that this is not
worth while. When the woman of Beth
any poured the box of costly ointment up
on the feet of the Master, there were those
who said that that was not worth while
And if there were nothing in life to be
desired but food and raiment then this
were true; but it is upon such things as
these that character is builded and the
thoughts of men rise to higher things.
May Have Delayed Too Long.
II
long our tokens of respect to those who
deserved them. 1t may be that our sym
pathy might better have gladdened some
heart before it ceased to beat. But after
all, know of no stronger motive to right
living than the consciousness that if we
live Alright our lives will be held in frag.
rant remembrance after we are dead. For
there is no man but loves the esteem of
his fellow men, and no man but knows
that in some circle, great or small, his
life will be remembered after death
They are gone now. The bright eternal
doors have closed after them" And we
who watched their entrance into Heaven,
have walked to find only lie cold gray
sky of daily life But their lives of
useful activity remind us that we owe a
duty to the living present and that we
should not spend this hour in grief alone.
For death has its lessons for the living,
and it impresses the lesson of life to
bring us face to face with death. MEN
I'm the presence of their dead or when re-
calling their memories are instinctiVely
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straight in front of q rapidly moving
streetcar. So certain seemed the peril
that the policeman and philanthropst were
both stunned by the shock But not so
with this hopeless little urchin. Quick as
a fash he rushed in reckless of his own
life and saved the child from it's peril.
No one had ever taught him this. No one
seemed to be able to impress him with
anything. 1t was part and parcel of his
nature. !.
After ALL we are mostly concerned with
the little heroisms of daily life. Few men
are ever called upon to sacrifice or even to
risk their lives. Human life is made up
mostly of small things, the making of
small sacrifices and the performance OF
small obligations. We need heroes every
day that are made of the same stuff as the
heroes of war, and
'"The world is full of heroes upon the
common way
With nanght their feats to herald, you
. meet them every day,
With naught to mark their passing,
with naught to show their place, save
a squaring of the shoulder, and a smile
upon the face"
Elkdom stands for higher conception
of civic duty. Men sometimes say that
this is critical period in our national
life. And so it is. But SO also is every
other period. The problem of community
life is always much the same. Two thou
sand years ago the Nazarene rebuked the
money changers in the temple because they
were turning matters of vital public con-
Germ to means of private gain. A thou
sand years ago the Emperor Charlemagne
was troubled by the plottings and
reprisals of thieving and predatory dukes.
who became restless under the restriction
the emperor had placed upon their license
to rob and Cypress. These powerful and
greedy mobiles stood together and resented
any attempt to curb their cupidity. And
so it has been in every time. There is
always the same conflict between the pub
lie welfare and the natural desire of men
to seek personal advantage.
live in Extraordinary Age.
We live in a. most extraordinary age.
Events so various and so important that
they wonld distinguish. Centuries are
crowded within the compass of a single
life. The century and a quarter since this
nations history began has enriched our
inheritance vastly more than any similar
period that preceded it. Our progress
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Garden CITY
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mr. Mallard' of Minneapolis spent
Sunday at the Boynton. home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maseroy attended
the Thanksgiving ball at Good
Thunder.
Wendall Chapman came home from
the university to spend. Thanksgiv-
ing with his parents.
The skating OH the lower pond is
fine and a good many of the Young
people are enjoying it.
The Study club has purchased a
beautiful copy Of the "Sistine Ma
donna, which it will present to the
school, 80
The. Horner Comedy company is
here. for a weeks stand and is put
ting mp good shows and enjoying
good patronage.
The Garden City school gave an
interesting Thanksgiving program
Wednesday afternoon, which gave
much pleasure to the pupils and
teachers. axe. a.
Friends OF Rev. Way will be sorry
to learn that he is unable to leave
his bed. He is at Talent, Ore,
where he went hoping that the eli
mate would benefit his health.
Mesdames Hughes, Peterson and
Wagner attended the meeting of the
Royal Neighbors at Gilmore Tuesday
evening, and while in Elmore were
guests of Mrs. Jessie Van Slyke
The Garden City station agent, w
A. Wagner, and Edward Chapman
and ladies attended the telegraph
erS' ball i'm MankatO last Friday
evening. All report splendid time
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church will hold sale
of fancy articles Friday, December
Is, in the afternoon at the church.
This will be a good chance to sup
ply your Christmas wants.
Mrs. Hattie Griffith will entertain
the w. c. n. u. at her home on
Tuesday. December 3. She will lead
the Bible study after which Mrs.
Ella Bixby will read the Call of
the Hour" Mrs. Cavatt will give
the Union Signal review.
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ELKS PAY 4 TRIBUTE =
TO DEAD BROTHERS
From Mondays Daiiv.

From Mondays Daiiv.
Mankato Elks held their Lodge of
Sorrow yesterday afternoon. The
beautiful ceremonies were impress
sively carried out at the Presby-
terrain church, beginning at three
O'Clock. The attendance was large,
considering the inclemency of the
weather.
The church was very beautifully
decorated with pink and white chry-
SanthemumS and palms. The high
arch back Of the pulpit was draped
in smilaX in which there were small
electric lights, one light for each
departed member of the lodge. Am
erioan flags were hung from the
balcony.
The music was furnished by Miss
Lora ! Lulsdorff, Miss Katharine
Ewertsen and a double quartet. In
the quartet were Miss Ewertsen,
Miss Mildred Oleson, Miss Jessie
Irving, Mrs. George Nerbovig, C. N.
Weyer, j. l.. Tallman, C. G.. North
rup and R, f. Wood Miss Mamie
Skuse played the prelude and re-
cessiOnal ON the pipe organ.
presided over, the ceremonies.
The Address in Memoriam.
The address, in memoriam was
given by Jean A. Flittie, who COM
mented upon the lives and charac.
lodge who had died in the past
year. Those members were Morey
E. Stern, w. II. Gary, w. e. Cowles,
~
Mr.. Flittie spoke as follows:
members of Mankato Lodge No.
225 have answered the summons
of the Grand Exalted Ruler Of
the universe, namely Charles W.
Myers, w. f. Cowles, Morey E.
Stern, James H. Karmany and
William Fl. Gary
Now that their chairs are
vacant, | will speak a word or
two about our absent friends.
The first three mentioned were
comparative strangers to the
people of Mankato because of
their brief stay here. Brother
Myers was a hotel clerk who
came here from Belleville, Ohio.
His health failing, he returned
to his Ohio home, and died at
Muncie, November Is. He en-
joyed to an unusual degree the
esteem and confidence of his en-
ployer who said this of him to
me: "Mr. Myers was a quiet.
unobtrusive man, faithful and
trustworthy, and very kind and
attentive to his aged mother"
Nothing finer could be said of
any man.
Brother Cowles was a bright
and capable newspaper man,
highly respected by the mem
bers of his profession. He. had
keen mind and a personality
alike cheerful and engaging.
Trade and business were the
passions of Brother Stern. Mis-
fortune trailed him, and he lost
his life in a railway accident
near Chicago some months ago.
remember him as a genial,
alert and kindly man who loved
his country and his kind.
Since life is what man chooses
to make it, we instinctively turn
with gratitude toward one who
fights the good fight bravely.
Such a one was Brother Kar-
many. He was born in this
city August IS, 1871 and died
in Seattle, December 26, 1911.
He grew to manhood here and
was educated in our public
schools. For two years he re-
sided at Duluth where he was
+, employed in bank. Taken
sick. he underwent surgical
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SUSTAINED A DECISION
From SATURDAYS Daily

From SATURDAYS Daily
The supreme court yesterday hand
ed down a decision affirming the
order of the district court of Walton
wan county in the matter of John
H. Scott, appellant, versus William
d. Johnson, respondent.
I Mr.. Johnson sued Mr.. Scott in
the Watonwan county court for the
recovery of damages for injuries re-
ceived when an automobile driven by
Mr.. Scott struck him. The district
court gave verdict for the plaintiff,
setting the amount of damages at
81, 400.
Mr.. Scott appealed the case to the
supreme court, and the supreme court
sustained the decision of the lower
court. Attorneys S. B. Wilson of
Mankato and ]. E.. Haycraft of Ma
della appeared for Mr.. Johnson and
Attorneys Hammond and Farmer of
st. James appeared for Mr. Scott
+ Mr.. Johnson was injured near Ma.
della about q year ago.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

L. Rose Dickinson to the Evangel-
ical Lutheran Educational assoeia-
ton, for the sum of $500, lot )
Saylor's subdivision to lots to II
of Dickinson's subdivision to the e.
- acres of the WIZ of the S. e. u
of the n. w. "a of section II, Man.
kato township
Christian Erickson ct al to John
Knudson for 81, an exchange of land
the N. acres of the Il. y. of the
IN. E. u of the n. w. u of sec
ton Rapidan township.
Fred w. Kruse, ct al. to the
Evangelical Lutheran Educational as
ISOLATION, for the sum Of ST and
other valuable consideration, lot 6
in block 8 lot 10 in block 8 of Oak
lawn, Mankato.
Fred w. Kruse, ct al. to the
Evangelical Lutheran Educational as.
ISOLATION, lot Is in block and lot
10 in block 2, Oaklawn, Mankato,
for the sum Of $780,.
Mary Morris, ct al, to James
Morris, for the sum of IS, the
swA of the neA of section So, Lyra
township.
Mr.. and Mrs. j., Naylon to Grace
and Ellen Naylon, the rear so feet
of lot 6. in block q, Mankato, for
the sum of $3.100
Agnes McComb to- Roy r. Nc
Comb, for 81, the wiz of the nwA
of section 4, Medic township.
Agnes McComb to Samuel Nc
Comb, the WIZ of the sell of sec.
ton 6. Medo township. for the con-
sideration of 81.
Agnes McComb, to IF. f.. McConb,
for the consideration OF 81, the ME-
OF the swA OF. section &, Medic
township. sssss,Iiz
Miss Margaret TX. Rarnes of no