El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-30
MONDAY WILL De
MOOSE LODGE DAY
Dictator Davis Coming to
Examine Sanitarium Site;
Templars Elect Officers.

James D. DdN ~ VII CNAgA bNL
the Loyal Order of Moose, and-one OF
the governors of MoOseheart, the Moose
| industrial school located near chicago
will arrive in Ell PasOt Monday morn
in% at S:3C for the purpose OF lnvestl-
gazing the advantages of this secIloh
for the proposed 100000 sanitarlum
! for tubercular members.
A committee from Ell Paso lodge No
1 526, composed OF o. l. Bowen, dictator
] of the lodge; DR.. +. p. Miller and DIT.
: r. B. Homan will meet Mr.. Davis at the
( train. It is probable also that a COM
mittee from the chamber of commerce
/ will be present to welcome the dlsuln-
guished Moose
At 10 o'clock a committee composed
/ Of Z. T. White. DR.. +. p. Miller and Dr.
I r.. B. Homan will take Mr.. Davis in
! charge and show him about the clly
{ and the location of the so acres already
! offered free by T.. T. White for the
! sanitGrium site. Other possible loca-
tions will also be shown the visitor.
To See Mexico.
At . p. m Mr.. Davis will be taken
\ on a sightseeing trip TO Mexico. At
3 D. M. the visitor viii speak at the
Moose home, 2O9h Texas street, to
which the public is invited. Special
invitations nave been extended to all
I county and city officials, and the lead
/ ing business and professional men to
be present and assist in forwarding the
movement for the location Of the pro-
posed sanitarium at FL Paso. At this
1 meeting o. l. Bowen will introduce
mayor c. E.. Kelly, who will welcome
! Mr.. Davis. Talks will also be made
by Z. T. White, DR.. T. P. Miller, Or.
r. B. HOman, Tom Lea and others.
Mr.. Davis is national organizer OF the
Moose and has done more, il is stated.
than any other man to make the order
! what it is. His home is Pittsburg, Pa,
( and he is a man OF wealth. He is known
throughout Moosedom as sunny Jim
Davis and. it is stated, has been Of
] fered large sums to enter the organic
ing field for other fraternal orders.
Sanitarium Is Dnvis's Idea.
The sanitarium is the idea Of Mr..
Davis. MoOseheaTt is, and the santa
rum will be financed by the member
ship of the order, who each pay 81 per
! year for the maintenance Of the lnstl-
tuition. The Moose lodge now has a
membership Of over 50O,0 600.
At a meeting of Ell PasO lodge 526
Friday night a class of so candidates
were initiated. Among them was Jess
Willard, the American white hope
who will meet Jack Johnson in Juarez
March 6 for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world. Wizards manager,
Tom Jones, was also initiated. Follow
ing the initiation there was dancing
and refreshments in honor Of the mem
bers of Elephant Butte lodge which is
being consolidated with the local lodge.
{ By this consolidation 100 new members
Will be added to FL Paso lodge.
Krakauer Meets With Favor.
The suggestion Of Robert krakauer
for exalted ruler of the Elks has met
with general approval among the mem
bers at large in the city and there is
much talk of making the election IMAM
imous by declining to make any fur
Their nominations for the position.
Those who have backed V. r. Stiles and
Clyde f. Holmes in their administra-
tons for the past two years and who
have watched Mr.. Krakauer's work as
president of the chamber Of commerce,
feel that he will be a worthy successor
to the two men who Jointly paid off
SIG, 600 of Indebtedness on the home Of
/ the Elk Mr.. Holmes Cancelled SO, 600
worth Of notes and Mr.. Stiles paid off
$4,000 worth. Nominations for office
in the ElNs Will be made next Tuesday
night Nominations can still be made,
however. up to the time of the election,
which is the first Tuesday in March.
knights TempIar Elect.
At a regular meeting of El. PasO
c-ommandery, No. is, Knights Templar,
held at the Masonic temple Thursday
evening. the following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing Temp
lar year:
Geo. B.. Slater. eminent commander;
II W Browder, generalissimo; Harry
5. Ogg, captain general; c. j. Heller
stadt, senior warden; A. H. ROdes,
junior warden; H. A. Carpenter, treas
urer; Geo. F. Morgan, recorder.
The appOintive offices Will be filled
by commander Slater and the newly
selected officers will be installed on
Monday evening, February 1. Follow
ing the installation a banquet Will be
! rendered the officers and knights.
On Thursday evening, February II,
the knights of the local commandery
will be inspected and reviewed by past
commander Yantis, Of the Brentwood
~cOmmandery, who has been detailed
by the grand commandery for this duty.
Plans are being made to organige
a crack drill corps under supervision
Of a lieutenant of the regular army.
Maccabees to Name Delegates.
At the next regular meeting of Ell
/ Paso tent No. ITO, Knights OF the Mac
cabees, to be held next Thursday night
a delegate viii be elected to represent
FL PasO at the state q"uadrennial con-
ventiOn of the order to be held at
Temple or March Is. At the meeting
last Thursday night it was definitely
decided to make the selection at The
coming meeting.
The local organization is growing in
membership and is now planning to
secure larger quarters. AT present the
lodge meets in the Trust building.
WOodmen Have Side Degree.
TOrnillO camp No. AZ, WOOdmen Of the
World, took. in three members by card
at the meeting Monday night in the
hall in the Mundy building. Follow
ing the regular session the side degree.
hnoMH rs tHe AlStCudHI OF baBudu. was
conferred upon a class of 20 members.
El Paso lodge No. Is, Fraternal Aid
Union of America, met Thursday night
in regular session. Only business mat
tiers were considered at his meeting.
FL Paso lodge No. 50, Knights Of
Pythias, at the regular meeting held
Thursday night. conferred the rank
of page upon J.. V. Gardiner, Harry
NJ. Ross and A. w. Mclean. Next
Thursday night there viii be work in
the rank Of esquires.
The installation of officers of Ell
Hamid Temple No. III, Dramatic Or
der Knights Of Khorassan, the play
ground of P~ythianism." has been post
poned, but Will occur in about two
weeks.