The Lamar register., 1921-02-09
BIG DAY FOR ELKs
Lamar Lodge No. 1919, B. p. q. f..
and Visitors Have Big Time
at Garden City.


Junta, Rocky Ford, Pueblo and other
lodges of the order left ON the Elks
special train from Lamar headed for
Garden City to institute the new lodge
there. Others got OH at Granada, Hol-
ly, Coolidge and Lakin so that there
were nearly one hundred and seventy
five when it arrived ut its destination.
Ii WAS jolly crowd out for a good
time and everybody had it. The crowd
was 100 per cent pure too, as Il reve-
nue. officer searched it before il left
the Lamar yards-and didn't find a
thing-ask Jim Baker.
The Lamar band, the Blue Jay Jazz
orchestra, and Matt Ober's Vaudeville
Trio, consisting of himself, Bob Strain
and Claiming Pyle, furnished plenty
of fun and entertainment to keep
everybody in hilarious mood until
inkin was reached, when the nearness
OF the approaching dcstination-or
something else-caused calm and
and befitting manner.
The Garden City Elks with the
Kansas visitors to the number of hun
dreds as well rs large part Of the
city's population was at the depot at
eleven o'clock and received the Lamar
train in heartiest fashion. A bunch
of victims tied on long log balanced
between wheels that had plenty of kick
in them and Billy, Lamar Lodges
mascot goat, formed the most interest
ing features OF the long parade up the
street to headquarters, where ell WIS.,
itors registered and received programs
and mementoes of the day.
After dinner the big parade formed
led by the Garden City and Lamar
hands and covering 4 length of about
four blocks. IL marched over two
miles and all the time over newly paw
ed streets that certainly were n de-
light to both pedestrians and those
riding. A short street entertainment
was given before the lodge room by
iamar's clown band, which proved the
biggest attraction of the day for the
outside crowd.
The grand lodge session was opened
With Deputy District Grand Exalted
Ruler Boyd Of Hutchinson presiding,
and the officers of Lamar Lodge fill
ing most of the other positions. G. l.
carrico. f. Leading X; G. Z. Kirk
patrick. F.. Loyal X; r. J. McGrath,
+. Lecturing X; J. II. Corning, Esq;
Roy and Rollin Eagan as Guards. For
the initiation of the large class Of can
didates Exalted Ruler Boyd gave way
to c. II. Wooden, Deputy Grand Ex-
aited Ruler for this district, who
handled the first section. and Exalted
Ruler Hunter of La Junta, who took
charge of the second.
The floor work was in charge Of
Captain Chas. Owen and his staff and
everybody who has seen them in action
knows that the candidates got all that
was coming to them. They all pro-
fessed to be satisfied at least.
The visitors were all fed in the base
ment Of the fine new Christian church
by the ladies OF the church organiza-
ton and there was room to seat all
at once. 1t was an excellently man.
aged affair and the ladies received the
hearticst expressions of appreciation
from all the visitors.
In the evening Garden City Lodge
No. l4O4, B. P. o. E., was instituted
and the officers installed. After this
smoker was held for short time
and then all adjourned to the Windsor
hotel and enjoyed severa! hours OF
dancing with the Blue Jay orchestra
furnishing the music.
The special train was announced to
leave at 1875 at night, but did not
get away for some time after that. If
bunch of four legged elks are as
hard to herd as that crowd was, we
are glad we never adopted elk herding
as our profession.
Once started the train made good
run to Lamar in spite of being laid
out for numerous trains enroute and
arrived here about o'clock in the
morning with a crowd still wide
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