The Raymer 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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Denyer.-Seventy-fi 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
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 more
stable basis. making II impossible for
change except by constitutional
amendment. was created.
Between $4,000 and 10000 Elks and
their wives attended the reunion, ac
eording 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 it
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 bettering the order and to
give his hearty cooperation with In.
dlyidual 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 we're installed: Grand
esteemed leading knight, Lloyd Max.
well, Marshalltown, Iowa; grand es-
teemed loyal knight. +. 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. 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.
Waaers Of Prizes.
Following are the prizes awarded in
the various contests:
Drill Team Awards.
First Prizs--San Francisco Lodge No
,. $500 In gold
Second Prize-oakland, Calf, Lodge
No. Ill, $3.50 in gold
Third Prize. Boulder. Colo. Lodge No.
666. $3.50 In gold
Grand Parade
Colorado Lodges Not Elieible.l
Most Attractive Flnat--ist, Utah.
$500 End, Arkansas. $3.50; ard. Chey-
Greatest Number in Line-1st, chey-
| enne. 1850. End Great Falls, $50;
Srd, Emporia, Kans. 500.
Best Appearance-lst. Detroit. 5000.
End. Rochester. 5000; 3rd. San Fran
cisco, 800.
Most Unique rnIforms-lst. chey-
enne, $3.50! End, Nowata, Okla, $3.50;
Prizes for greatest mileage and
greatest number Of women present to
be awarded later owing to difficulty
in checking,
Industrial Parade.
(For Colorado L0dges1
| Most Attractive Flnat-lst Boulder,
$3.50; End. Salida. sl5o: 3rd. Pueblo.
500
Mining Float--ist, Victor $3.50: End,
| Walsenburs, $3.50: srd. Central City.
| 800.
| Rest Decorated Buildings.
Business Houses - ist Daniels a
/ Fisher, s40n: 2nd. Interstate Trust Co..
| $3.50: Srd. A. C. Foster Bldg, 500. 4th.
Denver Gas 4 Electric Light Co. dia-
4 mond scarfpin.
Residenees-lst. r. C. Schaefer, ass
Marion. gas range; End. Joseph osner,
| between 3rd and 4th on Broadway, s?5
in laundry: 3rd. Theodore Marks. 1864
| Ellzateth. cut glass vase
Freak Prizes.
Taliest Man-Ross w. Bryant, Roches-
ter. n. Y. IT. . In, prize. diamond
| cuff buttons
shortest Man-w, R. Faulkner, To-
peka. kaus.. ft. sh In: prize. gold
| watch fob
Fattest Man-F. G. Gignac. Franklin,
n H., weight 452 lbs. prize. diamond
ring
Leanest Man-fOver s IT. 10 In. in
heightl--J C. MeNamars. Omaha. Neb..
! weight 11iia lbs: prize, gold watch
feb.
oldest Elk in Grand Parade. p,
| Theobold Loveland. Colo. so years old
prize. gold pocket knife and chain.