The Arvada enterprise., 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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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 a
hundred thousand lights upon them,
Elks and their hosts OF friends said
goodbye 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
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 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
NI{vn aff cd hr
cording to an estimate prepared by
Thos. NJ. Hunter. The estimate Is a
conservative one. he says. and Is
based on the registration at the Au.
ditorium and 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 1t
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
we'll. Marshalltown. Iowa: grand es-
teemed loyal knight. f. NJ. Diker-
man. Tucson, Ariz: grand esteemed
lecturing knight, William Schad. Mil.
waukee, Wis: grand secretary, Fred
c. Robinson. Dubuque, Iowa: grand
treasurer, Charles A. White. Chicago:
grand tiler. F. Kopellk. 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
). $500 in gold.
Second Prize-Oakland. Calf. Lodge
Third Prize, Boulder, Colo Lodge No
S66. $50 In gold.
Grand Parade.
| COLORADO Lodges Not Eligible)
Most Attractive Float-lst. Utah.
$3.50: End, Arkansas. $3.50; 3rd. chey-
Creates, Number , in L!nem,s.. cnGy.
srd, Emporin. Kans,. 800.
Best Apprenticeship. Detroit. 5000:
End. Rochester. $500: 3rd. San Fran
.nns' e' $3.50; snd. ~ SoW@t" okia.. Gnfs $50:
'rd; Utah. 900. H.,
Preatest number of women present to
be awarded later owing to difficulty
Industrial Parade.
(For Colorado Lodgcs)
| Most Attractive Float-lst, Boulder.
$3.50: end Salida, $3.50. 3rd. Pueblo.
800
walscnburg. $3.50: srd. Central City.
hest Decorated nni'dInx., -.
r,sssr sns"ss $500 sma Trns, Co
$3.50: srd. A. c. Foster Bldg. 500: 9Th.
Denver Gas 4 Electric Light Co. dia-
| mond scarfpin.
Rosidcnccs-ist. r. c. schncf.r. s6s
Marion. gas range: end. Joseph Osncr,
| between 3rd and ith on Broadway. s25
n laundry: Ard. Theodore Marks. 1864
| s1lizatoth. cut glass vase.
| Freak Prty~a.
Tallcst Mon-Ross w. Bryant. Rochcs-
ter, y Y. II, in: prize. diamond
| cuff buttons
shortest Man--w. r. Faulkner. To-
| peka, kans.. IT. sb In. prize, gold
| watch fob.
Fnttest Man-F @. Gignnc. Franklin,
y. H.. weight +52 lbs prize. diamond
| ring.
| hcighD-J g. Mcnamara. Omaha, Mob
weight iiiia lbs: prize. gold watch
| feb
oldcs, Elk in Grand Parade r
| Thcobold. Lovclnnd, Colo. SO years old
prize. gold pocket knifo and chain.