Show ELKS ELIS BOOSTER ESTABLISHED 1901 Published by Ogden Lodge No D p Q Elks is In the of the nation state city and lo Under the direction or of the r Publicity Committee E T Spencer chairman Floyd A F R R Goddard and George THE VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORDER OF ELKS It teaches Justice Charity Brotherly Love and Fidelity They are aro the tho milestones along niong lifes life's tho journey four steps in the ladder Supreme It into practice the principle of writing writing the faults of puts brothers brothen on the sand and engraving their virtues on the tablets of lovo lava and memory of American of order is is composed The membership our inc m tn i t citizens only and nearly one million ill Elks nir are urn pledged to up- up uphold uphold Un- Un hold the Constitution and Government of our Country It proclaims proclaims pro- pro claims and will Always teach that American institutions and American merican law are ro the great eat bulwarks behind which the forces of liberty are entrenched The American Flag is first placed on the altar at t all 11 lodge meetings and other services and patriotic citizenship is The public publio an- an annual annual annual stressed as as a dut duty and not simply a privilege nual observance of Flag Day offers a splendid opportunity to inculcate the spirit of real Americanism into the the hearts And minds of millions million of our citizens young and old An Elk Eik takes an obligation when entering the fraternity that is inspiring ring and impressive and the entire ceremony of initiation is devoid of all horse pIa play The order is political non-political and sectarian non-sectarian and recognizes recognizes recognizes no creed except that of pure Americanism and numbers among its members more clergymen of all denominations than any other fraternity Ogden Lodge is but one unit of the order comprising nearly one million members located in every state of the Union and also its Insular possessions An Elk Elle card is the tho best identification card to one injured or afflicted away Vay from home for it insures immediate attention of an organization es- es established established es established in in practically every city of any importance In tho the countr country The order maintains a National 1 Home for its itt old and indi indi- indigent indigent indigent gent members where they arc not housed as inmates but are taken care of during their declining years in comfort as ex- ex expressed expressed ex expressed pressed repeatedly by members now at this home their exact words being A A kings king's palace has nothing on this place The beautiful tribute of tho the Eleven o'clock toast com com- combines hines bines in a few words how nearly one million Elks are arc banded together in the greatest fraternity on earth carth the principle of Brotherly Love is nowhere better exemplified than in this order where an Elk is never forgotten never forsaken and the helping hand of a brother Elk is always stretched forth to an- an another another an another other who is overtaken by adversity or misfortune It has something to offer to every person It affords club life for those who enjoy the spirit of good fellowship It affords an opportunity for service for those who will assist in taking care of the sick and afflicted brothers It affords an opportunity for service for those who are in- in interested interested in interested in doing charitable work and aiding those more un fortunate unfortunate members of society society It affords an opportunity opportunity for service for those interested in fn developing true Americanism It affords afford an opportunity for those interested in the Big Brother movement to to give guidance and develop the bo boyhood hood of the community derives The wife mother sister or daughter of an Elk also do- do derives de rives benefit benefit from his bis membership for an identification card can be obtained for her when traveling which presented to the Secretary's office of any Lodge procures for her immediate protection on or assistance Ogden Lodge has bas remodeled its home homo on Grant avenue and has made it one of the homiest club houses in the inter inter- mountain mountain intermountain region The new home administers to the comforts and enjoyment of the members of this order as well as their families fifteen Clubs and homes are maintained in practically teen hundred cities throughout the nation as well ell as in an all of the island possessions to these homes or clubs every Elk i is accorded all aU pr privileges the only exception being the power of vote |