Show N SALT LAKE LilE AND STATE NEwS UTAH ELK IS NAMED AS GRAND ESQUI ESQUIRE RE Salt Lake Sept r reached Salt Lal Lake e Saturday evening or of the ap or of A J Davis presIdent of the city council of Salt Lake as grand esquire of oC the grand lodge of the Benevolent and Order of elks The appointment Js one o of great honor and ono one that Is ii eagerly sought after by mcm ers of tIm tho grand lodge In point of and Importance It is 18 second only to that of grand ruler The Tho appointment of Mr Davis Dals as grand esquIre WM was unsolicited antI and came as a complete surprie to the tho recipient There were applicants for the posItion and It was practIcallY conceded that It would go to some eastern man It was probablY given gIen to Mr III Davis as h a reward for or hi act actIve active Ive work In the tho grand lodge at Los Angeles last Jul July The appointment was made mado by J JU JU U Sammis or of La Mar Iowa grand exalted ruler o of the tho ElliS Elks Mr Sam nis was elected grand exalted ruler over August Garr Garry Hem ann of Cin Cincinnati b by majority a or of only sixty three votes otes Mr tr Davis Dals was wan an act lye he Sammis worker and succeeded in securing for or Mr AIr Sammis Sammia eVery Utah vote In the grand lodge two Is Always Active Ever Eer since the organization of Salt e lodge No 85 of oC the Benevolent antI and Protective Order of Elks Mr Davis Dais has taken an active Interest iu itt tile the lodge He has been prominently connected with Its work and with the b bUilding of Its home In Inthe Inthe the spring of Mr Ir Davis was dee elec elected ted exalted ruler o of the local lodge of Elks by a vote that was practically unanimous Ll t spring he was as chosen a member of the grand lodge of Elks EIls without oPPosItion At the Los Angeles meeting of the grand lodge o of Elks Mr Davis had charge of the Utah party and through his careful arrangements the Utah Elks were the tho best treat treated treated ed of the visitors at the convention Mr Davis ability as B a member of the grand lodge was recognized early In inthe the thc proceedings and he was glen given se seV seVeral eral Important committee assign assignments meats ments He was among the floor lead leaders leaders ers for fOl Sammis durinG the exciting grand lodge election HIs as grand esquire Is a greater honor c or of the fact that a member of the grand lodge serving hIs first year ear as a 0 member of that both bod Is i seldom If over ever given 11 in Important t position The Thc fact that In importance the position of grand esquIre is the gift of the grand exalted ruler gives an Idea of ef what thIs recognition means Duties of Grand Esquire As 5 grand esquire Mr Davis has bas en entire entire tire charge of the preliminary ar arrangements for the grand lodge meet meetIng lag Ing at DetroIt ne next t year He will do de dedde clde on headquarters ar arrange arrange range for state and local lodge head headquarters headquarters quarters and plan the program for forthe or orthe the grand lodge sessIons The great Elks parade Is entIrely in the hands of the grand esquire He arranges the tho divisions plana the tho line of march marchan marchand an and assigns ns the lodges to their places In the parade He Is the grand mar marshal marshal of the parade The grand esquire accompanies the thc grand exalted ruler on all o of his oi of official visits to the subordinate lodges Thin year Grand Exalted Ruler J 1 V VI I SammIs to visit oe every ono one oj o othe the eleven hundred subordinate lodges Including Honolulu ond I ly Manila Mr Davis will accompany Mr Sammis on cia all ol 01 these visits In 1905 Parley P wm appointed grand esquire and m as such during the tho Denver er co cn I |