The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-07-24
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Dsnvee.-ssventy-ilve thousand asr
symakers fro,licksd and danced and
laughed on the downtown streets %
Bill Elk said farewell 10 Denver. end
the golden jubilee closed with .
noastcr carnival and dance In the
Court Of Honor. With the glow q
hundred thousand lishts upon them.
Elks and their hosts q friends aid
goodbye to the city which had housed
them during their all to brief stay IN
Denver.
Extend stats RtOhts.
Delegates who have hsen striving
for extended Jurisdiction for state o..
ganisations 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
II 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 ritr
ual committee and ritual commission
designed to give the ritual . more
stable basis. making Il impossible for
change except by constitutional
amendment, was created.
Between $4,000 and 10000 Elks and
their wives attended tho reunion. &C.
cording To an estimate prepared by
Thos. NJ. Hunter. The estimate In .
conservative one. he says. and 10
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
inaiity and kaieldoscopic variety u
never has been equalsd.
Ruler Makes Address.
Grand Exalted Ruler BENJAMIN did
not make . 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 Mar.
well. Marshailtown. Iowa: grand -,
tesned loyal knight. Z. n. Dikss.
man. Tucson. Aris; grand esteemed
lecturing knight. william Schad. MI.
waukee. WiA: grand secretary. Frsd
c. Robinson. Dubuque. Iowa: grand
treasurer. Charles A. white. Chicago:
grand tiler. =. Kopslfk. Pueblo. Colo /;
Grand inner guard, Thomas Donahus.
New. London. Conn: grand trustee.
Calvin Kingsley. Waterloo. Iowa: chief
Justice grand forum. Albert r. Brophy.
New York city.
| Wisnsrs o. prises.
| Following are the prizes awarded In
the various contests:
Dssll Teas Awssas.
First Prixe.san Francisco Lodge Ne.
Second Pri.s-oakiand, Calf, Lodge
Third Prise. BOULDER. Colo. Lodge Ne.
sss. $50 In gold.
Colorado Lodges Not EiiGibls.l
$3.50: and, Arkansas. $50; srd. cSsy:
Gr.ste.t Number in LIns=-,.t. ch.y-
snne. $3.50; snd. Great Falls. $50:
srd. Emporia. Kama. $500.
s'' hess:s. $780, ird P'. ssa rss ss
Most uniqu. tnlforms--i.,. chey-
snne,, ssso; md. Nowata. Okla, siso;
Prises for greatest mileage and
greatest number Of women present to
be awarded later owing to difficulty
IaAsssssai Parade.
| fFor Colorado LOdgeal
,,ss G' md. ssiisa. $50: srd. i PSsSio..
| Mining rioa,--ist. Victor. $3.50: .nd.
waisenburg. $3.50; srd. Central City.
nest D.~srsseA Hssisssss,
business Houses = LIST. Daniels .
E,,::sss. ZOO sna In.sr mat T,Sst CT
Denver Gas q Electric Light Co. dia-
ns.,aens.sn,., p H., ssassf.5 .n Sc
between ard and 9Th on Broadway. iss
ID laundry; srd. Theodore Marks. iss>
elizabeth. cut . slss. ., Vase.
Tales, Man-Ross W. bryant. Roches.
ter, n. y. H. In. prise. diamond
shortest Man-w, n. Faulkner. To-
peka, kans. Z u. ~ isi prise. gold
/ Fattest MANI, q. uignac. Franklin,
n. H.. weight tss lbs; prise. diamond
| ring
Lsanest Man--fover 8 n. 10 In, In
feightl--J e. MeNamarS. Omaha. Neb,,
feb,
Oldest Elk IN Grand Psrade---J n.
Theoboid, Isove1snd. Cole. 20 years old
prize. gold pocket knife and chain.
Belt Hits Wire: Man Stunned.
Colorado Spring.. william Bcsans