NEW TEMPLE
Scottish
inspector ee-ncr2d
PLANS ARE DRAWN
FOR SCOTTISH RITE
! Building Will Be
at Green Avenue
and Ford; Ballroom Will Be
Largest Anywh
ere in State.
The proposed Scottish Rite cathe
dral for Oregon, cjonsistory No. 1 i3
to be located on ajn irregular shaped
plot of ground about 200 feet by
300 feet, lying between Ford street
and Green avenue. Just south of
Washington streeti
The building. 190 feet by 220 feet, as
designed by Suttor, & Whitney, archi
tects, is arranged!
generally in two
stories for the pri!mary functions, the
banquet hall in the
lower story and the
upper. There are.
cathedral in the
however, really five different floor lev-
els, and measuring
frora the lower grade
j on Ford street to tie roof xt the central
! portion, the building: is over 100 feet
high.
BIGGEST TO C1TT
On the ground flpor is the1 banquet or
ball room with a
floor area, of 15,000
square feet, making it by far the largest
room oT its kind jin the city. To the
north of the ball room and opening di
rectly into it is the refreshment room
with an area of $000 square feet. A
1 large kitchen and (serving room' are so
arranged as to eerve both of the main
rooms.
The main entrance to the building is
en the west side Wonting on Green ave
nue, and is on the mezzanine floor. At
either end of a large lobby are the
two main stair halls from which one
enters the billiard! room on the south
side and the library on the north side.
On the first or main floor is a small
: hall of 5000 square feet and the main
, cathedral. , together with the anterooms.
stage and property rooms.
Th cathedral room will seat, lnclud
ing the balconies, about 2500 people .and
will be used solely to house the im
pressive ceremonies of the order. The
central portion ofj the room is square,
ith a flat domed celling 50 feet high.
and is lighted by a larger skylight of
different color toies, and 12 memorial
windows in the blere story, three on
each side. .Around the clere story is a
sculptored frieze (representing different
scenes in Mason Icj tradition.
STYLES BIENDED ,
The proscenium! opening at the east
end of the room Is closed with a steel
sliding curtain designed in conformity
' with the general Character of the cathe
dral hall. A large pipe organ with
; echo organ will b placed on either side
of the stage hidden behind grilles and
bo designed) that! the music will not
seem to come from any apparent direc
tion. '
The exterior of the buildinr will be of
' brick with terra otta trimmings, all of
. a uniform warm gray monotone.
while the building does not follow any
established style.
(neither does it involve
any original or
Individually invented
style forma or details. Rather is it a
. blending of the various ancient style
rorms, such as .Babylonian, Egyptian.
Greek and Roman, just as' the Scottish
' Rite in the order l of Masonry is a study
- of the various religions dating back to
tne tun ol i-Llng boiomon.
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Scottish Rite
Enjoys Notable Career
By Robert E. Smith
Thirty-second Degree Mason
The first Mason in Oregon to re
ceive the Scottish Rite degrees was
Captain John C. Ainsworth, who was
made a thirty-third degree honorary
in 1860, and elected to the sovereign
grand council and made inspector
general for Oregon. Washington and
Idaho'in 1869.
From the early records it is found
that in 1869 there were, within the juris
diction of Oregon, then comprising the
states of Oregon, Washington and Idain
the following members of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite:
Captain John C. Ainsworth, 33d de
gree. Rockey P. Earhart, 32d degree.
Ferdinand X. Shurtleff, 32d degree.
James R. Bay ley, M. D.. 32d degree.
Harry C. Morrice, 14th degree.
Ainsworth called to his assistance E.
H. Shaw, 33d degree, active inspector
general of California, and by- dispensa
tion communicated the degrees from the
4th to 3 2d upon a class,. and in January,
1870, they became charter members of
Oregon Lodge of Perfection No. 1. lo
cated at Portland, filling the various of
fices as follows :
John C Ainsworth. 33d, active in
spector general ; died December 30, 1893.
John McCraken, 32d. venerable mas
ter; died February 15. 1915.
A. B. Richardson, 3 2d, senior warden ;
died February 8, 1899.
Josiah Myrick. 32d, junior warden ;
died December 28, 1906.
LaFever A. Shaw, 3 2d, secretary pro
tem; died January 3, 1871.
Simeon G. Reed, 32d, treasurer ; died
November 7. 1895.
Winiam W. Upton. 32d. orator; died
January 23, 1896.
Theodore Wygant, 32d, almoner; died
February 9, 1905. .
" Richard B. Knapp, 32d, senior expert ;
died February 2, 1907.
William W. Francis, S2d, junior ex
pert; died March 8. 1881.
Harry C. Morrice, 32d, maker of cere
monies ; died February 1, 1905.
James A. Chapman, 32d, captain of
guard ; died December 12. 1885. 1
Albert Zieber. 32d. tyler ; died April
26. 1890. - - j '
John D. Biles, 32d; died September 13.
1890. . 1 !; .
Elwood M. Burton. 32d ; died June 10.
1888. - ' ,
THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,
. ' IMMI B8"i rtftfjryf 1' MASONRY L fAff" ' j
Masonry
Joseph N. Dolph, 32d ; died March 10,
1897.
Joseph Kellogg. 32d ; died November
30, 1903.
OTHER BODIES FORMED
Soon after Lodges of Perfection (four
teenth degree) were organized at Salem
and Corvallis, Or., but apparently there
was not sufficient interest among Ma
sons to keep these lodges alive, and
tney surrendered tneir charters alter a
year or two. j
Ainsworth chapter of Rose Croix No.
1 (eighteenth degree) was instituted at
Portland, November, 1. 1811. and Mult
nomah council of Kadosh No. 1 (thir
tieth degree) on January 8. 1872, the
above mentioned officers holding their
respective offices in chapter and coun
cil, except in a few lower stations.
The first person to receive the de
grees in the Lodge of Perfection was
Charles F. Wiegand, and his also was
the first name on the roll of the dead.
During the years 1870-71 several took
the degrees to the eighteenth, the
fourth, fifth, sixth and fourteenth being
conferred, the other communicated. The
fees for the degrees were: Fourteenth,
J110; seventeenth. 312; eighteenth, $30 ;
thirtieth, $30; thirty-second. $50 total,
$232.
COUNCIL OF KADOSH FN'STITTJTED
When the Council of Kadosh was in
stituted, several new members came in,
all of whom had taken the eighteenth
degree. The first class receiving the
degrees from the nineteenth to the thir
tieth together were as follows:
William A. Atlee, died September 23,
1903.
John W. - Brazee, died January 13,
1887.
James W. Cook, died October 25,1913.
James R. CardwelL
John R Foster, died June 11, 1906.
William H. Harris, died May 22, 1912.
James IL Hatch, demitted March 6.
1876.
ll C. Henrichsen.
Lair Hill, demitted February 6. 1906.
Robert Irving, died January 13. 191L
Kenneth Macleay, died August 22,
1895.
Daniel M. McKercher, died Septem
ber 22, 1904. .
Irving W. Pratt, died July 11, 1908.
Seth L. Pope, died October 27. 1912.
Thomas M. Richardson, died April 20.
1905. I
Andrew Roberts, died August 27 1898,
George L. Story.
" John K. Steffin. died May 29. 1900.
Thomas H. Veasey, died May 26, 190L
HALF CENTURY OF SCOTTISH RITE
Old Masonic H2dkS.EOofiaiid,Buriisidt,i8fc9-i972 V " ' '
Scottish Rite
Inspectors General
Captain John C. Ainsworth,
1869-1874.
Colonel John McCraken. 1874
1878. j
Governor Stephen F. Chad
wick, 1S78.
R. P. Earliart. 1878-1892.
I. W. Pratt. 1892-1908.
P. S. Malcolm, 19 08 .
Charles F. Wiegand, died July 4,1872.
All of the foregoing received the
thirty-first and ' thirty-second degrees
from J. C. Ainsworth, April 30, 1872.
In the meantime the following, mem
bers of the Scottish Rite bodies at Sa
lem and Corvallis, having removed to
Portland, affilliated with the bodies
here : j
F. N. Shurtleff, thirty-second degree,
died April 6, 1903.
Benjamin F. Goodwin, thirty-second
degree, died September 21. 1893.
Henry L. Hoyt. thirty-second degree,
died July 27. 1898.
George A. Pease, thirty-second degree,
died 1918.
George McD. Stroud, thirty-second de
gree, died April 16, 1899.
Robert R. Thompson, thirty-second de
gree, died March 10. 1908.
John B. Congle. thirty-second degree,
died April 7, 1888. ?
Rockey P. Earhart. thirty-second de
gree, died May 11. 1892.
James R. Bayley, M. D., thirty-second
degree, died May 24, 1901.
William Underwood, thirty-second de
gree, demitted May 15, 1877.
HIGH HONORS CONFERRED !
These members formed the nucleus of
the Scottish j Rite bodies in Oregon, and
from among! them we find that ! before
and after this date. 1872, the following
have held grand offices in various Ma
sonic bodies : As most worshipful grand
master, ln Grand Lodge of pregon,
Brothers Ainsworth, McCraken, Congle,
Bayley, Earhart. Dolph, Stroud. ;
As grand high priest of the Grand
Royal Arch chapter of Oregon, Brothers
McCraken, Bayley, Ainsworth, Congle.
Shurtleff, Pope, Stroud, Earhart.
As venerable masters. Lodge of Per
fection y Brothers McCraken, Pratt. Pope.
In 1874 Captain Ainsworth moved to
California and was succeeded by Colo
nel John McCraken, who. in 1874, went
to Washington for the purpose i of ( re
ceiving the thirty-third degree and jhis
appointment as active inspector general.
for Oregon. Colonel McCraken took of
fice on May 6. -1874, and served until
My 6, 1878, when he resigned, j j '
The third inspector general waa dor.
(Concluded
Pw Sewn, This Section)
Six Inspectors
. . , . '
Scottish Rite
The membership of the Scottish
Rite bodies in Oregon includes the
names of Oregon's most prominent
citizens. Its destinies have been
presided over by men of the highest
character and moral standing. Since
the order was instituted in Oregon
six men have served as inspector
general. A brief sketch of each fol
lows: John Coramlgers Ainsworth Captain
John C. Ainsworth was born at Spring
boro, Ohio, June 6, 1822. His mother
died when he was a small child and his
father when he was but seven years of
age. 'After his father's death he worked
in a store kept by his uncle and at a
youthful age found employment on the
Mississippi river steamboats, and at the
age of 21 was made a captain. The
famous Mark Twain was a pilot on his
boat. He came to San Francisctif early
in 1850 and in a short time arrived In
Portland, where he engaged in the
steamboat business.
He was president and managing head
of the Oregon Steamship and Naviga
tion company until the time of its sale
to the Villard interests for $5,000,000. He
was largely interested in railroad con
struction, for being prominently con
nected with the building of the Missouri
Pacific and Northern Pacific railways.
In 1881 he built the Ainsworth block and
became heavily interested in real es
tate in Portland and Tacoma.
He established and was president of
two of . the largest banks on the Pa
cific coast, the United States National
bank of Portland, and the Central Na
tional of Oakland. Cal.
"
John MeCrakeB Colonel McCraken
was the son of a London merchant, be
ing born in London, England, on July
11. 1826. When about 6 years of age his
father removed with the family to New
York and the children were placed in a
boarding chooL Here he remained until
11 years of age when he lost both pa
rents and was placed on a farm in care
of a friend of his father at East Had
dam. Conn. Some years later he re
turned to New York city where he
clerked for an older brother. He came
to California in 1849 and to Oregon City
in 1850, which at that time was the
business center of the state. There he
engaged in the commission business and
in 1854 was . appointed United States
marshal and. shortly after as quarter
i
JANUARY j 16, 1921.
General
Leaders
master for the Oregon Volunteers In the
Indian wars, with rank of colonel. He
moved to Portland: at, the-close Of the
war and reentered the commission busi
ness. He died in Portland in 1915.
Stephen Fowler Chad wick Governor
Chadwick was appointed inspector gen
eral in 1877, but as he was governor of
Oregon at that time, it was impossible
for him to act , and Rockey P. Earhart
was appointed in his place. !
Roekfy Preston Earhart Earhart was
born in Columbia county, Ohio, June 23,
1836. and came to Oregon via the! Isth
mus of Panama in 1855, and during the
Indian war was In government service
at Walla Walla, Wash. Earhart re
mained here until 1861. when the regular
troops were ordered East, when he en
gaged in business in Polk and Yamhill
counties. j
July 2, 1863, he was married to Miss
N. A. Burden, daughter of Job Burden,
a pioneer of 1845. Soon after this he re
ceived the appointment as United States
Indian agent at Warm- Springs, (where
he remained about a year. After this
he served as chief clerk for Superin
tendent . Huntington, and was secretary
of the board appointed to treat with
the Klamath Indians. In 1868 he began
business at Salem, and in 1874, having
removed to Portland, he was appointed
chief clerk In the surveyor general's of
fice; ' - 1
In 1878 he was elected secretary of
state, serving two terms. In 1880 he
waa appointed collector of customs at
Portland, which he retained until his
death, which occurred at his residence
May 11, M92, aged about 56 years. He
left a widow and four daughters. Mrs.
Alice A. Gibson. Mrs. Eva T. Alliston,
Mrs. Clara E. Kochler and Mrs. Agnes
L. Holt.
Irving Washington Pratt Pratt was
born at Waterloo. N. Y.. ini 1838.
where his father wtta manager of the
Erie canal. He received his education
in the public schools, from private tu
tors and graduated from the normal
school at Ypsilantl, Mich- in 1859. He
came to California in 1862 and to Ore
gon in 1869. where he at once entered his
chosen profession of an educator. He
taught In the Portland schools for over
a third of a century and was one of the
best known educators in the West.
He received his Blue Lodge degrees at
Pilot Hill. Cal.. in 1865 and his Chapter
Commander and Scottish Rite degrees
in Portland. - He served as worshipful
MASONRY
Homes of Scottish
Rite Masonry
Old Masonic hall, southeast
corner Front and Burnside, 1869--.1872.
1
Masonic Temple, Third and Al
der. 1872-1893. .
Marquam building, Morrison,
Sixth and Seventh, 1893-1903.
Scottish RJte Temple, Morrison
and Lonsdale, 1903.
Proposed "temple, ' -West ' Park, -Main
and. Madison.
master, high priest, eminent commander
and inspector . general and a secretary
of the grand lodge:
Philip Schuyler Maleolm Malcolm
was born at Oswego, N. Y., on October
30. 1847,-and was-educated for an elec
trical engineer. lie' engaged in the
railroad business in New York ,and on
the Isthmus of Panama, later attending
the exposition at- Melbourne, Australia,
in 1879 where he waa engaged in the Im
port business for- three years. : lie came
to Portland In 1882 to Identify himself
with the'eonstruction of the Villard rail
road lines. He resigned two years later
to accept an American agency in Lon
don but returned . to Portland after an
absence of two years to engage In busi
ness with his father-in-law, the late An
drew Roberts (thirty-third degree hon
or aryy. He served two years as re
corder of -conveyances of Multnomah
county and was later appointed collec
tor of customs. -
Ills Masonic record is extraordinary
and unique. He was initiated in Sodus
lodge No. 392. . Sodus, Wayne county,
N. Y., December -1, 1868 ; exalted 4n
Washington, R. A. chapter at Mel
bourne, -Australia, July 5, 1880 ; knighted
in Pembroke commandery under the
grand priory of England 'in October,
1880, and - was elected eminent com
mander in January, 1882 v received the
degrees, fourth to thirtieth inclusive,
from bodies of the Grand Orient of New
Granada at Panama, 1870-1874, and the
thirty-second at Portland, Or., in 1882.
He was elected thirty-third honorary
by the supreme council, southern juris
diction, October. 1890, and voted the
grand cross of honor for extraordinary
services by that body October 26, 1895
He was crowned active member of the
supreme council October 21, 1911. He
passed the chairs of senior grand dea
con,' Junior and senior grand wardens
of the Provincial grand . lodge at Vic
toria, Irish constitution. 1880-1881 ' and
1882. was - elected W. M. of Portland
lodge No. 55. December, 1886 ; grand
master of Oregon, .July 11, 1894, and
grand commander, .Knights Templar of
Oregon, October 8, 1894. -
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IN OR
Scottish. Mxcc
I tts p cclois 6c n cr 3J:
EARLIEST YEARS
Its Philosophic Teachings Date
; Back to Antiquity and Are Far-
Reaching.
By Robert II Smith
The Masonic fraternity is a secret
oi'der which teaches a system of
morality, veiled In lallegory and il
lustrated by symbols. No one can
speak with assurance regarding its
origin, ' " '
Tradition tells ut that it Originated al
the building of King i Solomon's temple,
and its origin also has been traced ty"
China. Europe and Arabia many centu
ries before Christ. I
ThoBe who. believe that symbolic Ma
sonry is a direct descendant of the
early , Jewish crafts trace . its history
through the Essenes, a secret semi-religious
Jewish sect I which flourished
snortly before and after the time of
Christ, and the secret organizations of
the Roman empire, i
AH of the organizations, orders and
sects which are. supposed to be the an
tecedents of present-day Masonry are
semi-religious, thejr Initiations were fu
nereal in" character;1 they believed in
but one God and in the Immortality of
the soul, moral Jiving, equality, broth
erhood, toleration and charity. All were
philosophical in character and had se
cret methods of recognition and obli
gations with severe penalties for lion-,
observance. .
TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS '
In speaking of Masonry, two iermt
ar used Operative Masonry and specu
lative Masonry. Operative Masonry re
fers . to the ancient organizations of
craftsmen who were Identified with the
erection of stone buildings, while specu
lative Masonry- refers to symbolic or
philosophical Masonry as we know it
today. One was an organization of ar--tisans,
the other a semi-religious sect.
The first specific record of specu
lative Masons that is to say, persons
not actively engaged in operative Ms
sonry is to be found in the minutes of
the Edinburgh lodge In 1099.
" The lodges of England go still farther
back to an assemblage of M axons held
by King Athelstand at York In i26, while
those of Scotland probably date from
thei visit of foreign . Masons to build the
abbeys of Holy rood. Kilwinning and
Melrose in the twelfth century.
In 1717 a grand lodge was formed in
London, with power! to grant charters
to other lodges. Under Its sanction the
first edition of the constitutions of ths
fraternity was published.
Modern Freemasonry " spread from
Britain to the continent of Europe, to
our own country and to . India. It was
Introduced into France in 1723, into
America in 1730, Russia in 1731, and
Germany In 1740. Grand lodges now
exist In all parts of the world. There
are 48 grand lodges exercising control
over 10,000 lodges in the United States,
and nowhere is Masonry In greater
honor or Importance. The earliest
"regular'' lodge waa opened at Boston,
Mass., in 1733.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONRY
" Lodges multiplied i rapidly In every
county during the eighteenth century
and numberless new degrees arose, one
of wilch, the Scottish Rite (Scottish,
only in name), extended particularly in
ths Latin country and among ourselves.