The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-31

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the sentiment OF the grand lodge
when he said:
We would have every Elk lodge
become n welfare center and hope
that every building In the United
States that houses a lodge OF Eika
VIII be made a center Of civic and
welfare work In Its community
The Ideal toward which the order
In striving, the grand exalted ruler
added. n that not only the buildings,
but the members associated In them,
should each one become an active
force In welfare aud community
work. Thia will be the main effort
OF the Grand Lodge under the admin
~istration OF Grand Exalted Ruler
Mountain daring the coming year: Ia
spread among the Elks OF the nation
the idea and the ideals OF service "a
Their neighbors and their respective
munities, II is not a new idea
In Elkdom. hut II viii be more Wig.
orousiy stressed In the future than
In the past.
A Great Program Outlined.
There Is not space and this liz moi
the place to 40 into detail az re-
CARDS the great program Of activity
Nf'iB'A NhA AtN Ant tAllllfiK Itut nlO
for h future for the Elks by tn.
Los Angeles convention. II IL enough
to state that Chicago was chosen AZ
the new national headquarters for
u Grand Lodge, and hat the or.
der authorized n directed the cree.
uon there OF a memorial and ma.
tional headquarters building mt q
cost OF $4,000. 900. The memorial
feature OF this structure will testif,
To the patriotism of the Elks o.
shown In the world a The re.
ports to the Los Angeles convention
showed that seventy thousand mem.
beers OF the order shouldered arm,
In b great war and hat more thar
n thousand OF these paid the su.
pr"me sacrifice. II was the sense
OF h convention thnt no more fit.
ting tribute could be paid to these
heroes than To proceed at once witt
the construction Of the long needed
headquarters building. to be erected
az a useful monument to their mem.
cries.
Eiks In Charity work.
Al the Los Angeles convention tn,
grand secretary presented statistic,
showing that between $3.50 and 1926
the Elk have given tine sum Of SII.,
5ss,3i42 20 To various charities. How
the Elks come forward In times o
need and stress II illustrated by tn,
experience OF william NJ. Abbott
who retired as exalted ruler nj IN,
Los Angeles meeting. II was his In.
Ia take IA leading part In extendlnl
ala Ia two great national disasters
when the earthquake and fire de
htroyed San Francisco In Apr1, 1906
Abbott was the exalted ruler OF sar
Francisco lodge No. ,. and the worl
done by him and his brother E.lks fol
ihe stricken people OF the ruined
city sent his name to all corners OF
Elkdom.
II was n striking coincidence tina.
at the end OF his term as exalte,
ruler, Abbott should have been called
aipOn to act quickly for the relic
Of another wrecked American city
This time II was Pueblo. Learning
of the great flood there, Grand Elk
allied Ruler Abbott did not wait foI
details, The newspapers told hin
uf the need FOR help OF all kinds
for food, clothing. housing an,
mooney. He Immediately requested
h grand treasury to place $4,000
To the credit ~ the Pueblo lodge o
Elks, lie did not have TO tell then
what 20 do with the money. Thn
~ the way Of Elks. In his final re,
df'AA W ~ 1fAhlh lFhhkfH Rlls NJ
hott recounted another good deed o
the Elks during his administration
In the appropriation OF 10000 fol
relief Of the starving children ol
central Europe.
Ideals Of the Order.
have seen no finer statement o
the aims and ideals Of the Benevo
lent and Protective order OF Elk
than that contained in the Inaugural
address Of the new grand exalted
ruler. William w. Mountain, az I.o.
Angeles. in which he said, In part
The great order Of Elks IL M
longer a purely social organization
where good fellows meet together
but while they are the best fellow
on earth and love TO meet In socia
ways and have a good time, thel
also have been doing a definite. gren'
work for humanity, and today thil
great order should he the open doc
tor every white man. - years old
who H.. and want to be, an honest.
to-God American citizen.
we hear a lot these days, abou
the flaE-its colOrs-the red, th'
white. the blue-but my brothers
it isn't the red. the white the blu
that make us love II ard protect /
and gladly follow to death II neeC
be. We love II because Of what l
is the emblem OF. It stands for lib
crty. for Justice, FOR right to the pur.
fuit NJ happiness. and projection II
such pursuit And what the flhi
stands for to the world u eNactl,
what the order Of Elks should stan,
Tor TO every true American citizen.