Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-03
$4,000 RAISED
FOR ELkS' HOME
LATE YESTERDAY
AntIered Herd Votes to Raise
100000 Toward Re-
constructing and Refur-
niShing Damaged Building

One hundred and nineteen sub
scriptions of 500 each and four
$500 each. making a total of $751;
500 were given last night at an
enthusiastic meeting of the Elks at
the Masonic temple, toward a pro-
posed fund of 100000 to be APP
piled toward rebuilding and re-
furnishing the Elks home, which
was seriously damaged by fire
Tuesday evening.
G. a. Kaseman started the sub
scriptions by offering $1,000 If ten
other members would give $500
each. Four men made $500 gifts
last night and it is expected that
six more WIN be secured in the
soliciting campaign which will
commence this morning. Mr., Kase-
man was elected chairman of the
meeting and gave an enthusiastic
address which was met with APP
plause. He said that the Elks
should and would lose no time in
raising funds to erect a building
the largest and best in the United
States, the size of Albuquerque and
the membership of the local lodge
taken into consideration,
Soliciting Begins Today.
The meeting. which was attend
ed by $50 members. was one of life
in which every speaker was opti-
mistic and urged immediate action.
1t was voted that the chairman, in
cooperation with the exalted ruler,
appoint a committee of not less
than seven nor more than eleven
members, to include the three lead
ing chairs and the secretary, which
will act as a finance and building
committee and will have full power
to raise money and to put the
plans across, Kenneth j..
was out of the city last
night but will return today, when
the committee will be appointed,
In the meantime the present Off
GERS included in the body, Grover
Devine. Arthur Prayer and Frank
Stortz, will proceed with the work
of raising funds.
Two members of lodges outside
of Albuquerque contributed to the
building fund last night. They
were: ]. j. Foley, Butte. Mont,
800; Simon Schloss. a life men,
Der of Leadville, Colo. $500.
1t was brought out by one mem
her that with the present site and
the unchanged portion of the
insurance and certain lots
in possession of the lodge. it Is not
as though the Elks were attempt
ing new program without re-
sources. He predicted that they
should experience no great diff
Guilty in erecting a 100000 build
ing
Thank Assisting Bodies.
A number of lodges have cour-
teously offered the use of their
halls for meetings of the Elks
while their building is being re-
paired and they voted thanks to
the Masons for the use of their hall
last night. Secretary Stortz Will
maintain temporary offices in the
Mccullough Buick company build
ing.
The following resolution was
adopted at the mass
meeting of E'ks held in the lobby
of their ruined building yesterday
morning at o'clock:
Resolved that we. the members
of Albuquerque Lodge No. 46l. B.
p. O. E., in meeting assembled, 90
hereby extend our most sincere
thanks to our many friends Tor
their assistance rendered III our
trouble. We desire especially to
thank the members Of the Alhu-
uueruue and A. T. & s, F. fire de-
partments and the Boy Scouts for
their organized assistance. We de-
sire also to thank the University
club and the various fraternal So
cieties who rendered the use OF
their rooms as temporary meeting
place, and the Buick Motor com
pany, who offered the use of their
building for temporary otflce
space; also those ladies who rem
dered such valuable assistance in
the salvaging of our furnishings,
We want the entire public to know
that we were not unmindful or
their numerous acts of Kindness
and that we are deeply apprecia-
tive of ALL "