Will Purchase Henning Block

The arangements for the purchase of the Henning building, corner of Fourth avenue and Huron street, are nearly completed by the Elks' Building Co., and it is thought that by Jan. 1. everything will be in readiness for the turning over of the property to the new owners.

A number of mis-statements have been made regarding the purchase of the building and there is in consequence a good deal of misapprehension regarding the matter. The property is not to be purchased by the Elks lodge but by a syndicate of gentlemen all of whom are Elks, and the only interest the lodge will have in the matter is the ownership of $1,500 worth of the stock of the company as an investment of a portion of their funds. It is barely possible, however, that at some future time the lodge may consider the matter of purchase and should it do so the gentlemen now going into the venture will undoubtedly be willing to transfer their holdings to the lodge.

It has also been rumored that as soon as the purchase is completed the Odd Fellows, who now have rooms in he block, will move out and the Elks occupy their lodge room. This is not true and the Elks have never had any thought of such a thing. The Odd Fellows still have the rooms leased for three years more and the lease on the present Elks quarters has two years to run, so that there will be no change until the expiration of these leases, unless the two bodies should arrange to exchange lodge rooms.