Show t NO DARKNESS FOR I ELKS nus IN DENVER Brilliant Illumination of Streets Turns Night Into D Day y OPENING J SESSION SESSIO HELD 4 Ro c Ich ii il Will l ihl Ho Be t Ctt t cr Leads Hils H FI ht tom for fil In lii 1007 1907 I D Denver n Colo Cob July There 16 There Is no imo night In iii Denver tOI tonight and there lucre will willbe wi L be he no flO darkness until unU the vast hordes of oC oft t Elks Eluo who vio arc Hero lere anti and In attendance at at the 1 r second forty ann annual al c convention conventionS S of ur tf that order ordel fold Told their tents emits and anti len tie dc- le- le j n parL rt When the sun ceased to shine this evening electric lights shed lights for the visitors turn turning tUI- tUI ui-mi- ui in ing night ht Into ca day More hl Ideal a I weather weather wea wea- ea ther tier for the ol opening of the tho great national convention than on Colorado Colordo could coull not bo be asked The Time thermometer at no nn in time re registered more than 65 above e. abo and amI gentle enle breezes from the mountains nil all ni day lon long left the visiting lodl and the natives in the be best t of or spirits The opening and public session of or orthe the time grand lodge a vas held hell In the tl Tabor Grand opera olra house at nt S o'clock tonight when Governor GO McDonald and amid Mayor icer and others formally welcomed the to 0 the limo city and state Take whatever you ou want Vant anti and I if you ou Ohi do not hot sec le it i just jut ask was the he wa away way the governor put iut It I. I Bi Big Ilig Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock thereal the thereal real Ical work o of the lie convention will wJ begin begin begin be be- gin timid and on nn Thursday day the time mammoth mammoth in iii which Elks will wi lake lac part will wi be held heli The general consensus of or opinion r f the delegates is that Jut Judge e II I. I A. A of oC Oal Oakland Cal will vili wl be bey behe bethe y the he next grand exalted ruler rileI Dr W. W t 0 l P. P Ia one ole of or tho giand trustees trus trus- i I tees ICes who sho was men mentioned by h hl his Hulte Buto brethren as os a candidate against Jud Judge c 9 el today toda el positively declined to ailo al allow allow al- al low lo his name miame to go 0 before the grand STand J lodge i elect Re me le a grand rand trustee and I J will wi feel fed nty honored he told hi his friends Philadelphia U up tt to tho present Plesent time lime has Juts the time Indian sign on Oi other cities cUles L who covet CO the honor of entertaining I th t c grand lodge bulge next year car but Ball Ball- n mOle is putting up a a stubborn light 1 t Boosters toe for QI St. St St Joseph Mo 10 found in the tho that early caily contest the Far East w f was bound hound to have ha e the meeting In lit II 1307 1907 and amid 11 gracefully retired from the tho light tight hoping for better beter luck next year car r 7 I One Inc One Cu Custom tm to Uc Be Chal Changed d y That one long established hel custom of ot the time grand lodge will bo this wi year car j chan changed c Is almost an assured fact fad according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the statement o of Chairman an I. I N y of the tho auditing com omIt om- om m- m It p. p This Thin custom to to tho appointment appointment ap ap- p- p I. I o of the members o of the thc auditing au au- iU- iU tilting committee three thieo in number i I Heretofore the grand exalted ruler has hus appointed three c new men at each meeting of ut the grand lodge lodge to check cheel checkup up the ollices of the secretary and treasurer The men arc are usually chosen t i from remote portions of the country and oHl their work entails considerable I travel tra cl H and auth 11 expel expense c. c n as each cach commit commit- teman teeman had line to tim II take sons let in auditing I 4 lug ing ius before he ho could understand the h books This Je has led to a a. a recommendation t I dation U by the thc committee that on one IHO p I member of Ir if the hOly body be retained each ach year ear so su that less les time will wi be bc required to o start tart the te work of oC the committee linant ate arc Satisfactory t The h paragraphs in the report o of tho the auditing committee show the opinion the Iho present auditing committee has or of the system o of accounting and anti tho the haL balance bat bal l L ance of the tie organization at the end of tho the year as follows p. p I The he present s system o of accounting Is i perfectly Fri dovetailed and linked that r It 1 Is in itself almost t a surety bond against error erro arid and fraud was wasL L 1 handled rin d during the year The he net rev rev- k n e shows a gain gahmi Jall of or 10 6 O 0 over t y last lat y year ar including however the Call Cali Cal Cal- t fornia fund or 01 or deducting this fund y y h leaving heaving a gain of oC which shows 1 S. S effort an towards th the strictest it i anti and efort closest Io t attention l t to 10 the affairs economy of i th the The various funds antis CI 18 showed huwell these amounts May 31 31 und hind 16 16 0 Elks Eks homo home html fund nd emergency emer emer- emel- emel gency mind fund Detweiler fund J i l tC fund |