Show elks lodge gains gain in one year 0 CHICAGO dec dee 23 num bers 1455 lodges with a total mem barship ol 01 according to ahn report 0 of the secretary ot of the bene and protective order of elks made public here and shows that the assets of the subordinate lodges to be in excess of 58 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 last year the local lodges spent more I 1 than 2 for charity A net gain of 44 members tor for the I 1 year has been recorded and thirty J tour four new lodges instituted nebra ka was the only state to register a decrease in membership in 1878 the order showed a membership of and in 1921 a membership of |