Cheyenne record., 1914-07-23
.ELks CLOSE MEETING.
SAN FRANCISCO DRILL TEAM
WINS $500 IN GOLD.
Between 10000 and 10000 Elks and
Their Wives Attend Golden
Jubilee Reunion.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
| Denver.-Seventy-fiv thousand mer.
rymakers frollicked and danced and
laughed on the downtown streets as
Bill Elk said farewell to Denver, and
the golden jubilee closed with a
monster carnival and dance in the
Court of Honor With the glow OF
hundred thousand lights upon them,
Elks and their hosts of friends said
good bye to the city which had housed
them during their all to brief stay In
Denver.
Extend State Rights.
Delegates who have been striving
for extended Jurisdiction for state or
ganizations 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
1t 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 rit-
ual committee and ritual commission
designed to give the ritual a more
stable basis, making 1t impossible for
change except by constitutional
amendment, was created.
Between $4,000 and 10000 Elks and
their wives attended the reunion, ac-
cordins to an estimate prepared by
Thos. M. Hunter. The estimate is a
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 West. In orig
inality and kaleidoscope variety it
never has been equaled.
Ruler Makes Address.
Grand Exalted Ruler Benjamin did
not make lengthy inaugural ad-
dress. He pledged himself to the
work Of bettering 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-
man, Tucson, Ariz; grand esteemed
lecturing knight, William Schad, Mil.
waukee. Wis; grand secretary, Fred
G. Robinson, Dubuque, Iowa; grand
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.
the various contests:
Drill Team Awards.
First Prize.San Francisco Lodge No.
SECOND .Prize-oakland. Calf. Lodge
Th!rd Prize. Hoaider. Colo. Lodge No
COLORADO Lodges Not Eligible.l
:5SS :SSS; .'SS IRS; Arkansas sisS; srd. ehs7: "
Greatest Number in Linen1st Chey-
Srd. Emporia. Kans.. 800.
s'f $780, srd ssa ssSs
Most Tng9s ggns SoMefa siss
'fq Prizes Hssn' FOR 81 w. greatest mileage and
greatest number Of women present to
be awarded later owing to difficulty
in checking.
Industrial Parade.
(For Colorado Lodges.)
1850; End. salida. $3.50; srd. Pueblo,
walsenssurg. $50: srd. ''e Central sp cieS zfS
Best Decorated Buildings.
r.Ss4 $780, ana %ns CO.
ssaso; srd. A. 6. Foster Bldg. s1oo: tth. ii.
Denver Gas & Electric Light Co.. dia-
mond scarfpfn.
Marion. gas range; End Joseph Osner,
between 3rd and 4th on Broadway, $25
in laundry: 3rd. Theodore Marks. 1854
Elizabeth. cut rrsis4 glass p,,ase vase.
Tallest Man-Ross w. Bryant, Roches-
ter. n. =. 6 It. 8 in; prize. diamond
Shortest Man-w. r. Faulkner, To-
peka. Kans. IT. 81 in.: prize. gold
Fattest Mani: 9. Gignac. Franklin,
N. H., weight 452 lbs; prize. diamond
Leanest Man-tover 5 It. 10 in. in
weight 111h lbs-~ prize. gold watch
Oldest Elk in Grand Parade. B.
prize. gold pocket knife and chain.