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OREGON
SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY, MORNING. APRIL 25. 1820.
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Big Celebration
Monday Evening
Br Alfred D. Crlege
ON' APRIL 2. 1819. American Odd
Fellowship was born ,4n Baltimore,
Md., with five numble men as charter
member. They organised and con
stituted Washington lodge No. 1 which
remains to this day and is In a prosper
- ous condition. Thomas Wilder was the
father and founder of this fraternal or
ganization, whose name and fame la
hold in grateful memory. He was the
flrrt grand master, serving from 1S25
to 1838. It lias successfull grown from
tret five members to 2,250.000 mem
bers. Not only does It exist in. the
United States, but in foreign lands and
in - Canada, Mexico and Ha wait ; The
Manchester. Unity In England and this
country has a membership of 1,509,892.
There . is scarcely a community in this
country of any consequence that does
not have Us Odd Fellow organization.
- Its Invested funds on December II,
1917. were $73,207,651.35. It pays an
Ttn.llv for relief SC.S09.899.i5. It is ZOV-
erned by a supreme body known as the
sovereign grand lodge, which la com
posed of two representatives from the
several grand bodies, and meets every
k year, tn different sections of the coun
try, the meeting place being selected Dy
the sovereign body.
. The last meeting was held in Balti
more and the centenary meeting will be
held In Boston, Mass., In September,
1920. Judge H. V. Borst of New York,
an acknowledged Jurist, is the present
grand sire and head of the, order, and
Joseph Oliver of Toronto, Canada, is
the deputy grand sire.
The cardinal principles of the order
are en -bod led In the following mandatory
requirements: "We command you to
visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury
thedead and educate th orphan,"
There are about 35,000 lodges in the
' order and at each meeting the question
la asked whether there are any sick, or
in distress, and the unfortunate ones
are visited by a committee and sick
benefits paid during the continuance
of his Illness. In cases of death the
deceased member la burled with the
funeral rites of the order. The educa
tion of the orphan is observed with be
coming Interest end attention. The in
digent and decrepit are also dutifully
cared for in the 60 homes, established
throughout the country.
Odd Fellowship In Oregon dates from
August It, 1S52, when five brothers met
with E. M. Barnum In Salem and ac
cepted the charter issued. The lodge
was formally Instituted December 6,
1851 Samaritan lodge No. 2 was in
stituted in Portland. Or.-, April , 1853.
A grand lodge was organized in 1856,
and included Washington as well as
Oregon. The total membership of the
jurisdiction at that time was 180.
There are in the city of Portland II
subordinate lodges, . 14 Rebekah lodges,
two. encampments, two general relief
committees, one canton, and one Patri
archs Militant auxiliary, making a grand
to(al of 38 organizations.
A Joint committee representing all the
different branches In Portland is busy
perfecting arrangements for a free and
open celebration to be held on Monday
evening In The Auditorium, at which a
enolce special program will be observed.
It wUi Include an overture by the I. O,
O. F. band ; flag presentation by Can-
ton Portland," Patriarchs Militant; re
marks by Deputy Grand Master Am
brose IL Johnson, M. D. ; cornet duet by
T. Stebbens and C. G. Rapenny ; drill
by the police degree team of Star lodge ;
address on Odd Fellowship by M. C.
George ; violin solo. Miss Helen Harper ;
lolln solo, Mrs. A. W. Claxon ; fancy
and spectacular drill by ladies of the
Rebekah s.
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Albany tent No. S will be host to
the Willamette valley tents of the Mac
cabees on Saturday evening. May 8,
when Supreme Lieutenant Commander A.
W, Brye of Detroit, Mich., will be in at
tendance. ' County Assessor Van Win
kle. Dr. Robnett and E. C. Smith are
the committee on arrangements and
have, secured the large Knights of Pyth
ias hall, with the club and dining rooms,
for the occasion. Class initiation, with
candidates from Albany, Salem, Corval
lis,, Jefferson. Mill City. Lebanorv-Eugene,
Springfield. Dallas, Monroe and
other points. The supreme lieutenant
commander will address the gathering at
the close of the work, when a buffet
lunch will be served and a musical and
stunt program will follow. State Com
mander Sherwood will present a box of
fine cigars to the tent which has the
largest membership in attendance out
side of Albany, and a beautiful Ameri
can flag will be given the tent having
the largest number of candidates in at
tendance in proportion to membership.
The Maccabees have been engaged in
bard fought contest for membership
during the past six months, and all of
the tents in the vicinity of Albany have
made fine records, and this will be a
Jubilee' in celebration of the success
achieved. A special car win oe at
tached to the Oregon Electric run on the
afternoon of May 8 to carry those de
siring to accompany the degree team
from Portland.,
During 1918 the applicants for the de-
. gre of Entered Apprentice in the dif
ferent lodges or tne Ancient. ree ana
Accepted Masons of Oregon reached
nearly 1200.v It was thought that in 1919
there would not be to exceed that num
ber, but there were over 2000. Indications
are tha 1920 will see over 2500 reported.
As each member puts in a substantial
sum of his fees toward the Masonic and
Eastern Star home, the financial problem
hardly concerns the committee. The
ground will be- broken and the corner
stone , laid durjsg the session of the
grand lodge of the Masons and the grand
chapter of the Order Eastern Star in
June. The new home is situated upon
a 80-acre tract near Cottage Grove, one
of the most sightly locations in the Wll
lamette valley, and It will be reached
by a drive of less than an hour by
auto over one of the best hard surface
roads in the country.
In celebration of the twenty-third an
niversary of the founding of the Neigh
bors of Woodcraft, the headquarters of
which ' organization is in Portland, a
dancing and card party, with refresh
ments, will be given Monday night. The
party will be held at Woodcraft hall,
Tenth and Taylor streets, with a brief
' program, beginning at 8 o'clock. , The
Knight of Pythias orchestra will furnish
the -. music for the occasion. jFour
' pantomimes, representative of the his
tory of the order, will be features
of the program, which will precede the
, card and dancing party. The Neighbors
of Woodcraft was organised at Denver,
with seven men and women in art Ann.
!' ance, -four of whom were residents of
vregon. me organisatloa now has more
than 69,000 members, with property and
bonds worth more than $3,000,000.
The entertainment will I be under the
2 auspices of Service circle No. . 850, of
mis cty one oi tne largest local or
ganisations in the Jurisdiction. The pub
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' Kh-kpatrick council. Security Benefit
association, will have a large attendance
tf members, visitors and pleasure, seek
ABOVE, left to right Judge M.'C Judge, orator at the
I. O. O. F. celebration Monday evening to be held at The
Auditorium; A. W. Frye,-supreme lieutenant commander
of the Maccabees. Below, left to right- Ben Bartcher, com
mander of Albany tent No. Maccabees; E.JC. Smith, record
keeper Albany tent, Maccabees-
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ers Sunday, May 2, at its annual open
ing of Crystal Lake Park. The com
mittee on arrangements is headed by
Fred C. King. Captain H. J. Whipple
will have charge of the athletic events,
of which there will be twenty-two, in
cluding a ball game by ladles' teams, a
ball game by two good local teams, tug
of war, etc., Ed Copple will .have charge
of the dancing pavilion. Mrs. Dora War
ner and Mrs. H. J. Whipple of the re
freshment stands. C. I Goodrich will
guarantee the ice cream to be equal to
any of Its architecture and will help
everybody else to have a good time.
Brotherhood of American Yeomen or
ganizations in Portland are much in
terested in the reception to be given
the honorable grand foreman, George N.
Fink of Des Moines, Iowa, and his
wife Tuesday evening at the T. V. hall,
255 Thirteenth street The largest class
of candidates ever given the beautiful
work of Yeomanry In Oregon will be
received on this occasion, the drill team
of Ivanhoe lodge homestead doing the
floor work. Portland Star nomestead
will have charge of the program, re
ception, entertainment and banquet. All
members are urged to attend, and there
is no charge whatever.
The head camp session of the Wood'
men of the World will be held in the
Tosemite valley, California, beginning
June 21. It was found impossible to ob
tain hotel accommodations in Reno, Nev.
where it was originally decided to hold
It Rooms , for delegates and officials
could not be obtained in other cities, so
the offer of the losemlte valley was
accepted. There will be a district con
vention" In this city May 19 to elect ten
delegates to that head camp session.
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Webfoot camp Friday evening will re
quire the entire building at W. O. W.
temple, 128 Eleventh street, to accommo
date its members and friends. Newberg
w. u. w. will visit In a body. There
will be a program under the direction of
E. W. Jorgenson, Dr. A. C. Van Cleave
and D. C. Daniels. Members, their fami
lies and friends, are invited. A hall will
be devoted to the little folks, with a
movie and everything. Bring the children.
H. W. Smith, district deputy of the
Security Benefit association, has a large
class read for the council at Beaver
ton and has called in Kiripatrlck coun
cil, officers and degree team, affd L. M.
Thomas, state manager, to hefp him put
them through next Wednesday evening
at Beaverton. There will be an eve
ning of instruction and of entertainment
Sllverleaf Rebekah lnA. T. o rv
gave a most enjoyable basket social.
prog-rani ana aance at ue nail on
KUlingsworth and Albina avemina Tn.
day evening. The auction of th hairt
brought $90. which will be devoted to
me reiiei lunas ox tne lodge.
M. C Larsen, master of ceremonies of
Abd-TJhl-Atef temple, -D. O. K. 1C,
n.n:gnis or r-ytmas, is in Seattle to ar
range for a ceremonial to be held there
May 19 during the session of the Grand
lodge, K. of P. The temple here will put
oi. tne worit witn its celebrated divan of
oiuciais, nana, brigands and accessories.
The social given by the Grotto Thurs
day in tne rytntan building was attended
by many members of the different Ma
sonic toages in roruana and a most in
teresting program presented.
A formal call for the Grand Lodge of
Masons to meet In this city during the
dates of June 16, 18, 17 and IS Is about
to be issued, with program, by the grand
secretary, James F. Robinson. fh rnmi
chapter. Royal Arch Masons, will meet
on the fourteenth and fifteenth.
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If the consent of the city dads can be
obtained, the degree team of Webfoot
camp will stand sponsor for a street fair
aggregation May 15 to 22. to be located
In all probability on the east aide.
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Hassalo lodge, I. O. O. F., and the cele
brated band of Portland Odd Fellows,
will go to Forest Grove Saturday eve
ning. May 8, to put on the work for that
lodge.-
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Ellison encampment, L O. p. F Tues
day night will confer the "Patriarchal
degree upon large '.class at the L O.
O. F. temple. The class may be as many
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ment "and. Canton Portland, with in
structions . to get v together, formulate
a plan and present It to the organisatlona
The X O. O. F. organisations involved
own a quarter block at Tenth and
Salmon streets and the lot and temple
at First and Alder streets. The assets
and credit of the organisations will en
able them to build anything they decide'
upon without trouble, even if the total
investment ran past six figures.
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The Knights of Columbus have a con
tinuous succession, of classes for the
Instruction of ex-service men at tfielr
free evening school at 290 North Grand
avenue. A new class In special features
of shipping clerk work will be started
shortly, and another class in automobile
construction and mechanics. The In
structions given in any one of many
classes is practical and turns out effi
cient men. Two of Its radio students
have recently 'been certified and have
gone on duty with the Alaska- fishing
fleet
A week from, next Wednesday evening
Prospect camp, W. O. W.t will visit Van
couver and initiate a class of candidates
for the Vancouver neighbors.
Columbia Rebekah lodge, L O. O. F
will celebrate its half century mark next
Saturday evening with a social program
at the L O. O. F. temple, t
Hassalo lodge, L O. O. F., Friday eve
ning at the temple, First and Alder
streets, .will have a program and social.
Company G Has
High Aim For
Guard Honors
COMPANY G of the Third Oregon is
one of the new organizations that Is
coming up, and every man and officer is
on his tiptoes to make it the crack com
pany of the entire regiment It was
organised June SO, 1919. and has 72
members on its active list The com
manding officer, Captain Albert Breed
love, was a sergeant in the First Mon
tana Volunteer Infantry in the Philip
pines, and served several years In Com
pany H, Montana National Guard as a
lieutenant First Lieutenant S. M. Wil
liams has had experience of four years
in the United States navy and in the
national guard of Tennessee. He was
10 years, in the latter service,' and was
tn the famous Tennessee Zuaves, and
first sergeant in Company B, Wesley
Rifles. He was several years in the old
Third Oregon. Company H, and was a
lieutenant in the Fourth infantry, Wash
ington National Guard.
The non-commissioned officers are as
follows: G. W. Fowler, first sergeant;
R. C. Hurst, supply sergeant; W. F.
Waters, mess sergeant; E. D. Carter,
D. L. Emerson, K. L. Geer, G. & Wood
ford. E. Wright duty sergeants ; A. F.
Burgy, H. H. Bennett W. L. McMullen.
B, W. Mott E. Schallmger, L. Skarr,
F. F. Emerson, corporals.
The engineers expect each day to be
officially notified that they have been
accepted as a part of the National
Guard forces of Oregon. Captain Wil
liam H. Em rick, comrnandlng the engi
neers, has had assurances that with 114
men and officers enrolled the conapany
will be accepted beyond all doubt. The
engineers have been doing some valu
able work in drawing plans for the pro
posed new armory. . Many of Its mem
bers are architects, civil engineers, elec
tricians and professional men of experi
ence and education.
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Captain L. "A. Milner, the new adju
tant of the regiment is one of the char
ter members of Company H, Third Ore
gon, that was formed shortly after the
Spanish-American war. .. That company
furnished more commissioned ' officers
than any other command tn the regi
ment Captain Milner declares, and other
officers aver that he has the figures
and documents to prpve It
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Keen Interest Is
Manifested in
Great Armory
By Alfred X. Crldge . ,
TN THE matter, of preliminary work
for the proposed' new Armory 1 the
officers of the Third Oregon and Na
tional Guard organisations are receiv
ing much encouragement It is Intended
to make the building4 more than lad
armory, and to give It the character of I
a community center, a university for
veterans and guardsmen and' a home
for all patriotic organisatlona The
many Interviews Colonel C. E. Dentler,
United States army, has had since The
Journal published the engineers' draw
ing of the propoeed building April 18,
has shown that there is a wide interest
being taken In it The colonel la an
enthusiastic booster for the- enterprise,
and he is securing data from the war
department at Washington .military
organisations In the principal cities and
.of assistance from leading cltl
sens of Portland. . ' J ; ,
The proposed building would Wat 43,
000 people, tf needed, and put Portland
in the big convention class of cl ties of
the countsry. It would offer facilities for
the acquiring of trades, evening school
work, patriotic Instruction of pupils and
civilians, sporting events and vartour
public activities. The old Armory It'
long ago outgrown. It can be sold for
a , garage to good advantage. With
full regiment of infantry and with s
field artillery, cavalry troop, battailoi.
of engineers and other military organi
sations such as have been or will bt
authorised for Oregon by the federa
government a new armory Is one of tlx
things that t forward-looking cHUen
must consider now.
The idea is to make the Armor ar
attractive place for young men. The
will .be Instructed, uplifted, encouraged
led, not driven. They will be paid for
going to a higher school ; for learning
trades; for acquiring self-reliance am
proficiency In useful arts, science ant
social conduct
Several sites have been offered. Onr
Is at" the , Intersection of Salmon aru
Fourteenth streets on the west side. An
other site sought by some east alders li
Holladay park .near the Benson Poly
technic school. A third is near thi
Broadway bridge. It has not yet gottei.
10 the point of selecting a site. Th
next legislature will be called on to an'.
Jn the matter. I
HighMaccabee
To Be in This
City on May 6
A W. FRYE of Detroit .Mich., who
XXa occupies the position : of supreme
lieutenant commander of the Maccabees,
will be In Portland May 6, and will meet
the members of the order at a district
convention of the counties of Multno
mah, Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook.
Columbia, Clackamas and Clatsop.
A degree team ce-m posed of the vari
ous tents of Portland will exemplify
the work at 8 p. m. sharp In Pacific
States hall, comer Alder and Eleventh
streets, candidates bSing furnished by
all of the tents in the section repre
sented. Supreme Lieutenant Commander Frye
Is visiting . the various states on the
coast and in the middle west following
the close of what is known as the
"Forward All" contest which closed on
March 31, and resulted in a tremendous
success and large additions to the
organization. Oregon shone with great
luster, having been asked for 240 new
members; more than 480, or over 200
per -cent were' reported.
A new drive, known as the "pro
ducers' " drive, was set on foot April
1, and is now in full blast in every
part of the state and promises even
greater success than the one lust closed.
Supreme Lieutenant Commander Frye
will be with La Grande on May 7, and
will teremtnate his visit at a huge
meeting of the Willamette valley tents
at Albany on Saturday evening. May
8, in the K. of P. hall, where a class
of candidates will be initiated by the
degree team from Portland. From Al
bany he goes directly to San Fran
cisco for a visit to the membership of
the Golden State. -
Mount Hood council. Security Benefit
association, of Gresham has taken a de
cided leap forward in the last few weeks
under the hustling capabilities of William
Hopfer, deputy district manager. It
has recently acquired 38 new members
and has nearly as many more in the list
of accepted applicants. The council has
rented Metzker's hall and will have an
active part in the social life of Gresham
from now on. Its regular meetings are
Tuesday evening of each week. Council
is officered as follows: Henry B. Hem
men, president ; A. E. K easier, first vice
president ; C. Jackson, second vice presi
dent; William Newland. prelate : Bert
S. Cline, secretary ; Mrs. Berthtna Kess
ler, financier ; Mrs. Lula Arthur, con
ductor ; Peter Phelps, guard ; Elmer
Bosarth, sentry.
Friday evening is -the date for the
regular social open entertainment of
Multnomah camp. Woodmen of the
World. This time it will be In the
form of a ceremonial retirement of the
service flag, that has 322 stars ' on it
An entertainment is being platmed that
will include patriotic addresses, music
and solos. Rev. W. S. Gilbert major
and chaplain of the Third Oregon, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of As
toria and one of the best beloved "sky
pilots" In the A. E. F.. will deliver the
principal address. Professor G. D. In
gram and Captain W. B. Jett have
charge of arrangements. Any member
of the Woodmen of the World and ladies
will be welcome.
On the evening of Thursday, April
29, Orphla temple, Pythian Sisters, will
have a class Initiation of 40 or more
at the Pythian buildincr! M rwa nr
Davis, past supreme Chief of the order.
win nave cnarge or the work. There
will be a social after the. ceremonial
The D. O. K. K. band will give a musical
program, and other features will be
presented. A larger number of members
of the Knights of Pythias win participate
in the social in hopes of being Invited
to the supper. - - -
It is reported that concerted action of
the L O. O. F. organisations on the west
side is to be again attempted with a
view, of constrncantT a modern office
building and temple combined in the
downtown districts. " Committees have
been appointed by Samaritan, Hassalo
and Minerva lodges ; Columbia and Acms
lodges of (ha Rehekshs, Ellison encamp-
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ERE are fine pianos; of HeligKtful beauty, witK rare mellow-1 one. DossesseH of
enduring charm. They are the product of master piano-makers, happy and con
tent at their chosen work; the product of men who give the music of their souls and
the harmony of their hearts to their Packard Pianos.
You will be glad to have such a piano occupying groud position m your home. Take
this opportunity to hear it played at our store.
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