The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-18
Eight EIkS' Lodges in State
Have Membership of 3,056 and
Net Assets Worth $265, $40


lin. and the two New Mexico cities
OF Las Vegas and Silver City.
Commencing with New York. No. T.,
tho chain now encirclea the United
States, including the District OF Co
iumbla, the territory Of Alaska, the
possession OF Guam. Hawaii. the Phil
ippine Islands and Porto Rico, ending
with No. 1883, the baby lodge, at Yer
non, Texas. Vac first 10 lodges. In
point OF numbers. with their mem
berHhlpH. are: New fOrleans, g,Si1i
Seattle. G.727; Brooklyn, 6.6s2; Now
York. i,926i Jersey City, 1851. chit
cage. asa; Detroit, ass; Milwaukee,
3,G9G; Boston 1914: Portland. 3,2ls.
New York, the parent lodge, re-
mains the wcnlthicst. It's net assets
have n value OF S667,s22, other
wealthy lodges are: Columbus, S6b0,-
245; Portland, oregon, $603,R37i De-
troit, S67G.SS9; New Orleans. S53s,-
27G: Brooklyn. ~S474,g10; Minneapolis.
s464.205; Seattle. S359.356; Noungs-
town, S327.02G. OF the last l.O44
lodges instituted. only eight ave- nc-
accumulated net assets valued at
s1OO. 900 or more. El Paso, worth
$50, 500, and Albuquerque worth
tS9.SO7, make an unusually crcditnblc
showing FOR cities Of ther size. There
are 20 lodges having net assets valued
at lcHs than $1,000. including four
which have no net assets. only ono
lodge ~ the whole chain OF i,3S3,
failed to make a report.
Ncw Mexico did not make It's adj
vent into the world OF Elkdom until
somewhat late. but IL nov ilpurishing
In the field. Before 40. lUN waH In
stitutcd at Las Vegas, Texas had Dat
las. 40. 81, Fcrt Worth, Galveston,
Temple. Houston, Waco, Cursicann, III
paso. Austin. Tyler. san Antonio, Den
ison, Ennis, wnXahchic. Grams" ana
Beaumont. arizona had Prescott.
Phoenix and Tucson: Colorado had
Denver. Pueblo. Trinidad, Aspen.
Leadville, Colorado Springs. cripple
Creek and Victor.
3.O5G Flks III State
The eight New Mexico lodges now
have a membership of 3,O56, which Is
q net increase OF 22O; expended Tor
charity during the yca Si,2l2, aud
have net assets worth S26'.'iO. silver
city. IN proportion to population, IN
1.-THE largest and wcalthiest The tol-
lowing is q summary Of thc standing
and wealth uf the eight lUdrcs:
Las Vegas, No. ihS, membership 81
295, q decrease Of /; net assets, S26,-
1853.
silver CITY 40. 4i3. membership
Of $50. a decrease of %; net assets,
$4,000.
ant Fc. No. iGo. membership NJ
2IG. an Increase Of Z: net assets, Sii,-
9GI.
Albuquerque. No. 4Gi. membership
Of ESQ. an increase OF "a: net assets,
es9,SO7. Has made n big member
ship drive since the annual report,
ono class Of initiates alone numbering
more than 100.
Ration. No. S65. membership Of t6T.
an Increase pf II; net assets, SSS.5sl.
Also has made II big membership
drive.
Roswell. No. 969. membership OF
lOl. an Increase or 20; net assets
S32.74O. 4 third onc to makc q big
membership drive.
Tucumcarl, No. LIE. membership
If 1873 an Increase OF %; net assets
s16,9SS.
Clovis. No. I,24i, membership uf $50.
an increase Of IS, net assets, $l5,5f2,
Texas has SO lodges, l7.70s mem
hers. Firth In p%oulation. 1t IL fifth In
number OF lodges, only PENNSYLVANIA
Illinois, Ohio and New York havinp
more. Arizona has IL lodges, 6,lSi
members: Colorado has 20 lodges, H.
7O7 members. Delaware Is the onlS
state having only one lodge. Pennsyl.
vnnia has tl5, Ohio SO, Illinois 70 ana
New York Ga.