Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-10
SOCIAL NIGHT OF
 ELKS A GREAT SUCCESS
(From Thursdays Oaily.)

Tuesday night was a red letter
 event in local Elkdom, the entertain
 ment given to their friends being one
 that has been unsurpassed in the his
 tory of B. P. O. E. No. 33O.
 Memorable in several ways was the
 affair which was in the nature of
 celebration over the completion of the
 interior of the Elks' building. Lend
 ing dignity as well as pleasure to the
 occasion was the official visit of the
 district deputy grand exalted ruler,
 Joe Prochaska of Miami, who made
 a flying trip from the southern part of the state in order to accept the
 invitation to be present. And then
 there was the pleasing incident of the
 presentation of a valuable diamond
 emblem ring to E. H. Meek, the re-
 tiring exalted ruler of Prescott lodge,
 the gift being recognition by his
 brother Elks of his financial ability
 in taking the building and placing it
 on a self-supporting basis. Ever
 since the building was erected it has
 been a losing proposition and until
 MT. Meek was placed in charge of it's
 finances, 1t appeared hopelessly in debt. He secured additional loans to finish the upper floors, rented a sec tion of 1t to Uncle Sam for the Fed eral court, and secured renters for the entire ground floor. There is now sufficient income to pay all interest charges and gradually reduce the principal. The presentation of the ring was made by Secretary Herndon in a meeting of the lodge, that pre- ceded the entertainment and at which the district deputy took occasion to congratulate the lodge upon its achievements with prediction for a brilliant future, considering the splen- did property it possesses and the high character and loyalty of its member ship. MT. Prochaska had planned to spend several days in Prescott but during the evening he Received a telephone message that compelled his return to Miami yesterday morning on some urgent business. However, he stated that he would return here in couple of weeks and resume his itinerary of official visits to other lodges in the northern part of the state.
 While the lodge was in session the families of the members and invited guests were arriving and were cor dially welcomed by a reception com mittee consisting of Mrs. A. w. Davis, Mrs Warren Day, Mrs. Robert Birch, Mrs Cahill, Mrs. E. w. Misses Anna and May Ca hill, and Messrs. J. P. Dillon, P. J. Farley, Leo McMahon, Jos. Archam- beau and Ed Roberts. Music by the Laudenslager orchestra summoned the devotees of dancing to the new ballroom and it and the lobby were thronged during the evening with dancers, this feature being admirably by floor director, E. A. Kastner
 The lodge room was given over to the amusement of cards, a dozen tables being occupied in the game of
 500" at the conclusion of which ele- gant prizes were awarded to Mrs. J. R. Lowry, high score; Mrs. Birch for slams, and Mrs Tucker for low score; the corresponding prizes for the gen tlemen going to s. E. Wallace, J. L. Archambeau and D. H. Biles. This feature was in charge of Mrs. Meek, Mrs. Geo. Ruffner and Mrs. Day. Later in the evening a delicious sup per was served in the Federal quarters 1y Caterer Sid Graham, and at II O. dock the room was darkened and district deputy Prochaska pronounced he solemn toast that all Elks throughout the world observe at that lour
 It was 1 o'clock yesterday morning before the festivities were concluded md all reluctantly exchanged farewell greetings, expressing their apprecia ion of the enjoyable time that had ,een afforded them. About 200 per ons enjoyed the successful affair, the details of which had been ably plan led and executed by the arrange ncnts committee comprised of A. w. Davis, Warren Day and w. L. Hart wick