The Holly chieftain., 1914-07-24

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
their wives attended the reunion, ac-
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.
| ditorfum 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 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-
teemed loyal knight. E. M. Diker.
man, Tucson. Ariz; grand esteemed
lecturing knight, William Schad, Nil.
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.
Following are the prizes awarded in
the various contests:
Drill Team Awards,
First Prize-San Francisco Lodge No.
:, Second .Prize-oakland. Calf. Lodge
NJ? Thra Ia fsiHe ssse iR Bosdsr SSs colo Lodge No.
sse. $3.50 in gold.
Colorado Lodges Not Eligible.)
Most Attractive Float-ist. Utah.
s25o; s2no; 2nd Ina Arkansas. $3.50; srd. chey-
GREATEST Number in I!nea1st, chey-
Srd. Emporia. Kans. 800.
Best Appearance-.1st. Detroit 5000:
Sinao Sina, Rs92eohhester. s2oh 5000; ard. San Fran
INC Most ,,1Gg TGnigus s ggnltormsols.. chey-
Prizes for. greatest mileage and
greatest number of women present to
be awarded later owing to difficulty
industrial Parade.
| (For Colorado Lodges)
.,ss End. ssiida $50; srd. fsassfo. Puebfo..
Mining Float-1st, Victor, $3.50: End
!Wgssd5'enburs. !gsd $3.50: 'rd. Central city.
Best Decorated BulldInss.
v,sSsl Husiness esoo. Houses lou Daniels &
$3.50; srd. A. G. Foster Bldg. s1o0; 4th,
Denver Gas & Electric Light Co., dia-
Residences-1st. p. C. schaefer. sss
Marion gas ranges, End. Joseph osner,
between 3rd and 4th on Broadway. s25
IN laundry; 3rd. Theodore Marks. 1854
Elizabeth cut FreaR glass r,,sss yass.
ter; u. y. #. In; Aze'' Prize. DIAMOND annss
Shortest Mnn---w. r. Faulkner, To-
peka; Kans.. IT. sh In; prize. gold
Eat'est IT, wesh9 MSe "a & t, oTnrs FTsnhn
Leanest Man-tover IT. 10 in. in
height)-J. c. Mcnamara. Omaha. Neb.,
weight 111h lbs; prize. gold watch
Oldest Elk in Grand Parade-J r
Iheobold Lovcland. Colo. so years old
prize, gold pocket knife and chain.
Bolt Hits Wire; Man Stunned.