The Ordway new era., 1914-07-24
ELks CLOSE MEETING
SAN FRANCISCO DRILL TEAM
~. WINS $500 IN GOLD.
Between 10000 and 10000 Eiks and
Their Wives Attend Golden
Jubilee Reunion.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Seventy.fi thousand mer
rymakers frollicked and danced ann
laughed on the downtown streeta as
Bill Elk said farewell to Denver. and
the golden jubilee closed with
monster carnival and dance in the
Court Of Honor. With the glow Of
hundred thousand lights upon them
Elks and their hosts Of friends sale
goodbye to the city which had housed
them during their all to brief stay In
Denver.
| Extend State Rlohts.
| Delegates who have been striving
for extended Jurisdiction for state or.
ganixations OF Elks met with no op-
position in the last session OF the
grand lodge at the Auditorium. The
greater part OF the session was given
over to the installation Of officers.
When the grand lodge meets again
It was predicted the state lodges Will
be given absolute power to legislate
upon matters that pertain peculiarly
to the respective states. without the
necessity OF grand lodge sanction or
legislation.
The grand lodge abolished the nit
ual committee and ritual commission
designed to give the ritual q more
stable basis, making It impossible for
change except by constitutional
amendment, was created.
Between $4,000 and 10000 Elks and
their wives attended the reunion. &C
cording to an estimate prepared by
Thos. M. Hunter. The estimate Is
conservative one, he says, and Is
based on the registration at the Au-
ditorium and a comparison with the
gathering Of 1906.
| In numbers, Thursdays parade has
been surpassed few times In the his
tory Of Denver and the Vest. In orig
inality and Kaleidoscope variety 1t
never has been equaled.
| Ruler Makes Address. .,
Grand Exalted Ruler Benjamin did
not make a lengthy inaugural ad-
dress. He pledged himself to the
work, of lettering the order and to
give his hearty cooperation with in
dividual lodges throughout the coun.
try in any plan which would make for
the benefit OF the organization.
In addition to Benjamin. the follow
ing officers were installed: Grand
esteemed leading knight, Lloyd Max
well, Marshalltown, Iowa; grand es-
teemed loyal knight, E. M. Diker-
man, Tucson. Ariz: grand esteemed
lecturing knight, William Schad. NIL
waukee. Wis; grand secretary, Fred
| C. Robinson, Dubuque. Iowa; grand
4 treasurer. Charles A. White. Chicago;
grand tiler. F. Kopelik, Pueblo. Colo;
grand inner guard. Thomas Donahue,
New London, Conn: grand trustee.
Calvin Kingsley, Waterloo. Iowa; chief
Justice grand forum, Albert T. Brophy,
New York city.
Winners Of Prizes.
Following are the prizes awarded in
the various contests:
| Drill Team Awards.
| First Prize-San Francisco Lodge No.
Second Prize-oakland, Calf, Lodge
sse. $50 in Eoid:
| Colorado Lodges Not Eligible.l
s SEQ; ; 2ns, Arkansas $50; srd' chey-
dreatsst Number in Line r. ,s Chen hex:
enne, $3.50: End. Great FANS, $lbu;
sna $780, srd P' So"
,.s5 o8s G ,iss
Prizes for greatest mileage and
| greatest number of women present to
Be awarded later owing to difficulty
- industrfaI Parade.
tFor Colorado Lodges.)
.ssc ana ssSs sfsd srd Pssso
Mining Float-1st. Victor. $3.50; End.
| Walsenburg. $3.50; 3rd. Central City,
Business Houses = list. Daniels &
| Fisher. $500: End; Interstate Trust Co.
| $3.50: 3rd. A. C. Foster Bldg. 800; 18th.
Denver Gas & Electric Light Co. dia-
ResIdences-1st. p: c. schaefes sss
| between 3rd and 9Th on Broadway. y25
in laundry; ard. Theodore Marks. 1864
| Frenk PrfHes-
ter. II Y. IT. in: prize. diamond
shortest Man---w. r. Faulkner. To;
peka. Kans.. IT. sh In; prize gold
F A. wei Mht 4sa lbs: f prise. diamond
Leanest Man-tover IT. 10 in In
hei9ht)-J. c. Mcnamara. Omaha. Neb.,
| r,eight 111h lbs; prize. gold watch
Oldest Elk In Grand Parade-J B.
| Theobold. Loveland. Colo. 80 years old:
| prize. gold pocket knife and chain.
Bolt Hits Wire; Man Stunned.