WOMAN'S EDITION ONTARIO ARGUS, JAN. 2, 1913 i k B I f t ( Fraternal Orders Ontario I in iimpini nt. Ontario Kncnmpment was Instituted In March, 1901 with C. W. Piatt. R 8. Rutherford, (; A. Pogue, J. T. Cle ment ami (1 W. MrnnUin as charter members and now have about thirty members. Patriarch O. A. Pogue Is Grand High Priest of the Grand Knc.impmcnt of Oregon and ii In line to go to the Sovereign Grand I-odge In the near future. The officers for 1913 are: J. II. Seaward. C. P.; It M. Carlilo, 0 W ; W. H. Cecil. H. P; O A. Mlgnrdan, J WVj C. W. Piatt. Scribe: O. A. Pogue O.; C. McOonlgall, 1st V . ; ,T. H. nr ley, 2nd W.; C. A Adams, 3rd W.; T. M Seward, I. 8. Ontario Lodge 0. ttO, I. 0. 0. F. As Is usunl all over the west the Odd Fellows lodge was the first fra ternal organization to be started In Ontario. Ontario Txdge No 90 was Instituted August 26, 1887, with six charter mem bers, two of whom, Ed. Hulery and O. W rirunlon are still members. The lodge has a membership of omethlng over ninety and Is the only , order In town owning their own building, which is valued at 111,090. One of the particularly pleasant ' enclal events of the present year was the conferring twenty-five year Vet eran Jewels upon Dr. O. A. Pogue, O. W Brunlon. Ed. Hulery and R 8. ! Rutherford, the recipients of which must have been members In good , standing for more thnn a quarter of century. The lodge meets each Saturday ev ening In their hall on Oregon street. Itchcknli Lodge. Tleat rice Rebekah Lodge No. 82 T. i O. O. F. of Ontario was instituted November 8th 189" with fourteen charter members Mrs Emily Pogue was the first Noble Grand and Mrs. Kllzabeth Dun bar, the first secretary. Hcntrlce Rebekah lodge now has 107 members Thirty-one of whom are past noble grands. Mesdames Emily Pogue and Hattle Draper are past appointive officers of the Rebekah state assembly of Ore gon Mrs. Pogue has been for the past several years on the board of trustees for the I. O. O. K. home which Is located nt Portland. January 1st. till the lodge will have A banquet, also Install Its Offi cers and rOOOtYl two new members. OB by Initiation and one h card Mrs. L'mlly Pogue. I) I). I', will Install Mrs DolO) Rutherford. N Q Mrs. gadle M.oii. v. 0 . Mrs. Bdna Floyd, noeronnrr; mi-s Nellie Plntt, f secretary: Mrs Kllzabeth Pvrotll, treasurer for the ensulngg term. History repeats Itself that fourteen years ugo this month Mrs Pogue in stalled Mrs. Draper N. ii. and Mis Moore, V. O. Ileatrlce Itehekah lodue meeti tbe BnT nr ' Bi. x Boy ej Brothers & first and third Wednesdays of each month at I O. O E- hall. All visit ing Rebekahs are cordially invited to attend. Friendship, love and truth Is the Inspiration of the order of Odd Follows and liebekahs. I dor Chapter No. 31, Royal Arch Masons. Ontario being a town supporting i a number of indues since its start and ; always being looked gp to from sur rounding towns as to all Idgo work a number or Royal Arch Masons felt It due the town that a Chapter be seated here and after two years hard work on September 2nd. 1909 the following members were able to get a dispensation to organize a Chapter: II B. Oranel. H. A Duffy. Con Ryan, B H. Test. A E. Tonntngson, T. H. Coward. 11. I Mllllgan, O. O. Luehrs. A. Zimmerman. .1 W. McCulloch, B. A. Kraser and H. W. Clement. After passing the first year and making a good showing to the Grand Ixidge they were granted a Charter which was seated with the Oregon rep resentatives being present on the 5th. dny of September 1910. Since which time the Chapter has grown and taken in members from all parts of the Juris diction, fncludlng njl of Malheur, Tlnrnev and parts of Baker Counties. The membership st this time num bers ."" people nnd is acknowledged to be bv far the largest Chapter in the 1'ulied States In as small a town as Ontario. Some two years before this Chapter wns nr.'anl7cd. Mr. llnrrv B. (irauel conceived that an organization of this chnracter could be successfully car ried on here and he gave it his great est stud- and nttentlon. He has. since Its Inception, been the leading factor In the control of the association and has always been the High Priest of the Chapter. This Is one of the lodges that covers a very large territory and If If not unusual for them to have gatherings for secret work with seventy five to one hundred Masons in attendance from numerable points within two hundred miles nround Ontario. read la No. UN A. F. and A. M. Free Masonry In Malheur couuty began with the granting of a dispensa tion for Arcadia Lodge, In Ontario, Man h IT. isns The lodge consisted of thirteen Master Masons, twelve of whom served as the first officers with c ii Brown as w. m. The lodge was chartered June 16, ItM .iii.i duly constituted in Septem ber nf the same yenr. Arcadia's growth has been atoad ami continuous; notwithstanding the fact that Vale Lodge No II.' was constituted In 1910. nnd Golden at Nyssa In 1912, each Of which took a number of members fnnu Arcnlia. leaving their present memhetship at seventy-six. The following offtotn were elected and installed December, lit, mi II M Gr.Miel, V. II : L J. Chapman, S W.: E E. Goudy. J W ; A. Zimmerman, treasurer: !) P. Dear born, secretary : P A Kln.el, W D : BOYER'S DEPARTMENT m ONTARIO kJi We take this means to thank the people of Malheur and Harney counties Oregon and of Canyon and Washington counties Idaho for the largest business in 1912 ever done by this firm. With unimpaired confidence in 1913 and with courage strengthened by the support and patronage received in the past years justifies us more than ever in sending our camels to all parts of the Earth for larger and better stocks of merchandise than ever before and to make this store a credit to this section of the intermountain country. It is our desire and intention always to give a full dollar's worth of goods for every dollar paid to us and to do our work mindful of our obligation to the community of which we are and always want to be a part. . . J. D Donnlson J. D.; P. C. Ream i, S. 8.; R. Odell. J. 8 : G L. King, Chap ; B. A Eraser. Marsh.: B. L King, 1 musician; R 8. Rutherford. Tyler. Star Chapter. Star diopter No. fin. Order of the Bottom Star was organized DM, 17, 1900, with thirty eight charter mem bers. Mrs. William Miller was the first matron and C II. Brown the first patron. At the present time Star Chapter has over one hundred members nnd meets the second and fourth Thurs day evenings of each month at the Masonic hall. Mrs. J Prlnzlng Is the retiring ma tron and C E. Kenyon retiring pa tron. The nnnual party for the mem bers and their families was given Hftturday, November 30th. The even ing was spent in games, music and contests. An excellent supper was served and the inrty was in every j respect a delightful affair. Officers elected for 1913 aro as fol lows: worthy matron, Mrs. A. M Lackey; worthy patron, C. H. Brown; associate matron. Mrs H. W. Cle ment; secretary, P. C. Ream; treas urer, Mrs. C K. Kenyon; conductress, Mrs. H. A. Duffy: A conductress, Mrs. J. W. McCullock; Ada, Margaret Dunbar; Ruth. Mrs P. C. Ream; Ksther. Mrs llarrv Chapman; Mar tha, Mrs Loon Chapman; BlOCtO, Mrs. C. R. Segulne; organist, Mrs. J. Priming; Chaplin, Mrs. OK a Pogni mnrshall. Mrs- D. B. Purcell; warden. Mis. J. A. Lackey; sentinel, A. M Lackey. Armour Lodge Number fi9 Knights, of Pythias, was Instituted September! 25th, 189fi with the following charter j members: W K llowen, Richard I Ault. Geo V Mellinger. Frank J. Stanton, D B. Pun ell. Geo. C. Pope i James B Long. L. Adam. H. T. Hasted. Samuel C Dan, Wm. J. Mink. The first officers were D. B. Purcell. chan cellor commander, II. T. Husted. vice chancellor. W 10. llowen, keeper of records and seal The lodge at the present time has a membership of 80 in good standing and has a treasury account of more than $;,"iMni The meeting nights are the second and fourth Monday in the Masonic hall. 11 L. Poorman, of Ar mour lodge holds the grnud lodge of fice of grnnd prelate and a member of the committee on holding the su preme lodge In Portland. The officers for 1912 are aa follows: C. C, H. II. Williams; V. C, J. M. Conner, prelate, Leslie J Aker, M of !'.. II. T Husted; M t4 E. R O I'm ne. K- of It and S' . Leon J. Chap man: M of V., John Lnudlngham, M nt a, c c. Ooldeborrjr; I. Q., R I Rutherford: U, F. K. Starr; tins . ,. Zimmerman, A. II. MeOregor, Win. J. Mink. The RothbOM Sisters of Ontario were organized In the year I Something over a year after Armor lodge was Instituted, the ladies of t In Knights, feeling the need of an or- iW owe QJJ iffir M W nWi DREAMLAND Ontario's Modern Show House Comfortable Chairs. Steam Heat. Good Music ganlzatlon, began arrangements to that end In March, 1912, Cory M. Davis of t'ulor, Ore., accompanied by Klleti Derr, of Huntington, Ore., came to Ontario and on March fi. 1900, lnstl stuted Mystic Temple No. 22. In consideration of tho active part taken by Mrs. D E Purcell she was given the honor of being tho first past chief, therefore the first representa tive to the Grand Temple. The following is a list of the first officer! Of Mystic Temple: Past chief, Llr.zle Purcell; M. of R nnd C, Lola Pogue: M B C, Carrie Roberts; M. of F, Bell Husted; E. 8. Lulu Mack: P. of T. Irllla Quackln bush; E. J. Zuleina Mink; O. of O T. Eureka Mellnger. Manager, Foybel V'lam; trustees lonn Mellnger, Eliza beth Stewart. Maria McGregor. knights of Colnmhns. Ontario enjoys the distinction of being probably the smallest town with a council of tho Knights of Columbus, who. owing to the fact thnt member ship therein is restricted to members of the Catholic church, are generally found only In larger centers of mp ulntinn. This will evidence the pro gresslveness of those who successfully launched Its organization The loOBl council, known as Snake River Vnl 0) Council. No lift, was instituted oti September 1st, 1912, amidst a nota ble gathering of over 100 Knights of Colnmbm from the neighboring conn ells Of Portland, Bilker, Boise. I.i OmadOi ' The chillier members. about 10 ill llllinl" i are not all residents of On tarlo. about OM half Of them having their homes within n radius of fifteen miles, but by reason of Ontnrlo's ad m ontahio Vanw ( OWCGONj I Photo Plays Vaudeville vantageous geographical situation ns a central iMint, they willingly co operated with our local men In secur ing the location of a council In our progressive city. The local council Is contemplating the building of a home In the near future. It will follow In tho lead of the many branches of this high claused fraternal society whose activities tn social, charitable and pa triotic lines have won for them the esteem nnd respect of the Ameri can people Following are the offi cers of Snake River Valley Council j Qnnd Knight, Frank Rader; Deputy Grand Knight, Patrick Bd. Short; warden, Ed. Murray, financial secre tary, C C. Dofrees; recording secre tary, J. Man. man. treasurer, A. C Maneman; advocate, Jas. Church; chancellor, J. II. Ilnnlgan; Inside guard. Wm. Barron; outside guard. Jos lb iming. trustees, John Sur, Rev. II. A. Campo, Bmile Lanolr. Ontario Aerie n 097, F. 0. K. Ontario' Aerie was organized 1ni I let I and bus a membership number ing over fifty Meetings are held in lib Masonic hall the 1st and 3rd Wed ii' days of each month J W. Hlan ton Is Worthy President nnd J, II. Stover Worthy Secretary. I nihil Vrllslllis. ThO United trttonn assembly la a western organization. Supreme s seinbly located In Portland. Its funds are all Invested on the western coast. Its insurance provides for an old age tension, accident nolle as well as a benefit policy Ontario Assembly No 321 of the Culled Artisans was organized In Nov ember lHO.'i with thirty four charter STORE yCf' Ontario A-i2y iml oweooNj fcc j DHL Vnnnhnnv J 4 7" Company members The AMmM membership or in11-I fill II, m.. . 1 On Hip ioik A. . DfOia the is,h snnlver.? LS 3 led Artisans. KaTKW ii vine lHHiriirtnr ... -" W members from P..!T..pr!rM Vale assemblies. ' '"r X December 1 7h ... .... . cers were electro, TlS term: Master Am... .Hl , superintendent. adl. )g" fj i or, lister Purcell' ..,. ,,'', Scars; treasurer, Jno w Tbo "...,... vuiiiiui inr. k m. rri "" U1 oieiuoniei, Edith p,. jiiumr coninirior, t'tiu. Brto in .1 it ii on r v nit wa .in ... . i otte assembly No. 311 in w.! st all at Ion at Psyetts. On Nov. 14 wo .k.ii....j . --- - "- v..,iriin assembly In a tnembenhlp eotumj by the loosing asiemblr. Wn hare organized a conteit la kew semniy. New memberi tst t .line eoiinllii.- Tin. Im1m . .. quels the w inning, side. Modern Wood are f Aatrln. This camp located In Ootsrto eg nrgnnlsed April 26, 1M7, with chaiter members nnd no bj thirty-three niemliers In gnoOt The camp iik'i'Ih the first aaO t Mobilav eviiilngH of etch matt the I. O. () F hall The following are the offu.-t hrl the year, lit II L. L Merchant, council: J. I rel. adviser: II II Cocrne. A li c.iin. clerk: K H. WImoli cort; Win Saunders, watrhmu, J! MiNulty, sentry x ml ONTARIO IkM WL?J - NAnnnW