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OREO OX. SATTTTTOAY. 'APRTLt27. .1920. TWO I --H '- 1..-J- S1IRS HERE FOR f CONCLAVE ii jpen Ali Nobles to Handle J - Ceremonial Work Hillah J Temple Host to Distin I! guished Guests Ban quets and 'Entertainment " Planned Two Parades i Today. , j Toduy ; Hillah Tomplo oml all i southern Oregon are liosla to vlsit I ing ShrlncrB from all partB of Oro Bon and northern California. Ben All Tomplo of Bacramonto is oom- Ing to this city 260 atroHK In a upo Iclal train, and Aahmca Tcmplo of I Oakland l sending its representa I tlon In a giant Ford all-metal cabin I plane. The ontlro ccromonial work , will be undor the dlrootlon of the 1 Ben All divan and will be held to I day and tonight In the Modford I armory. And IUustrloua Potentate Arthur W. Gluokman'B Ben All noblcB j have a reputation for ccromonial ' work second to none In tho wot. j Edward K. Doll, director, will I have charge of tho socond section !work, which promises to be more elaborate than over boforo pro . sented In thlB part of tho Pacific I coast. Clare D. Horner, potontato I of AahmeB Tomple of Oakland, is bringing practically all of his divan I to Modford for tho ceremonial, i Among tho other distinguished 1 guests of Jlllluh Tomplo are ' CharloB 13. Mlnslngor, potontato of I Al Kader Temple of Portland; llor ! man Wortsch, recorder of Islam i Tomplo of San Francisco, and Past Potontato Harry Tupllng.bf Wn Wa Tomplo, Itoglna. Canada, nop- j resentatlvos of other coast tomplcs I aro arriving In Modford for the greatest ceremonial In Oregon ms lory. Modford and lloguo Rlvor val ley people will bo given an oppor ' tunlty to enjoy tho ooromonlal to day, as Ben All's Temple band, Arab patrol and Egyptian patrol together with other uniformed bodies, will parade on streets of yilB city at 4:30 o'clock this art Uernoon and 7:30 o'clock thin eve vning. Tho Bon All bond Ib con fl sldered one of the west's finest M Shrine bands, and tho patrolB are II models of drill perfection. j Sunday, following tho cere i moniai activities m mo armory, it ti will bo devoted to entertainment J' for tho visiting Shrlnors. A trip I to Prospect has .boon planned nf- ? fording tho nobles a delightful ride i over tho Crator Lalio highway to i Prospect resort, whore "Jim I O rives will be host at a big ban- i quet and Jamboree. For tho wear J era of tho. fez who prefor fishing 1 In Roguo river, a trip will bo i planned for them to Savage fapids ( and other popular lloguo rivor I fishing grounds. For tho golfers f : who visit Modford today and to- j morrow, a fow rounds of gulf on Medford's famous 18-holo course i will await them. Home of tho '. country's best known golfora have , played on this course and have en thusiaallcally endorsed It. . The committee In charge of tho ceremonial have taken ovory pos 1 slble step to assure nn enjoyuhlo f time for, the guests of illllah ' Temple. ; SISKIYOU LODGE OF PERFECTION ORGANIZED 19211 Hillah Temple! 1929 Committees Uy 1). 1. luvIdson, aa Present Venerable Master So Car uh 1h known, tho flint authentic effort1 to Institute the Ancient and Accepted Kite of Freeaiasonry In eouthern Oregon, woh a notlco read at a ceremonial of Hillah Tomple A. A. O. N. M. H. hold lit Ashland in December, 3U21. In answer to thta call, about 20 MaHUtTH of the Royal Kocrot 329 met in tho Masonic temple in Med ford, and dlecued plans to or ganize a county Seottinh Jtlte club. Ah a moans to net ail Scottish Kite Mason t in southern Oregon out, a banquet was held early in January at the fiotel Modford. Brethren were present from Ashland, Grants Pass, Central Point, Talent, Jack sonville and! other points, there be ing1 14 Consistories represented. Th nlnh. -wan dulv organize I. with V. I. Davidson, president; "tV. It. Flunugan, vice president; IT. iO. Frobuuh, secretary; Geo. 13, Gat;es, troasuror, and J. B. Klckort.ail- monor. At this meeting llrolher Geffrgo T. Collins presented a petition for signature- by fhoso present who would join in a regular petition to tho sovereign grand Inspector oral in Oregon for letters tempo rary to institute a IodKo of Per fection, fourth to fourteenth un- greos, inclusive. This agreement contained 35 names. Notching more however, was dono towiird estab lishing a body In Med ford, and the club also died through 1 tho indif ference of Its members. Tho first semf-officfcil services of tho rite was tho lioaci Croix obligatory observance of Muundy Thursday in tho bp r lug of 1 0 'J 2 . This meeting was held under tho direction of Broth or .1. T. Rlckert, 32. Rev. W.' JVdftnn Oldfiold. 32 K. C. C. H., vain tho principal speaker, and In clnsiry? his re marks, ho urged tlri brethren pres ent to spood up action on tho or ganization of a Lowlgn of Perfec tion, as did also wrvcral others present. HUH nothing wuh clone. At tho Maundy Thursday observ ance In 1923, tho question of or ganizing a I-iodge of Perfection was again presented, and 19 brethren agrcod to got dlnUts or cortiflcatcs of standing from their- respective bodies, and join in a petition for letters temporary. Theso signers met April 16. and completed the regular petition, and recommended the following appointments: Ven orable master, D. 1. 'Davidson: senior warden, McM. M. Dow ; Junior warden, J. D. Hlokert; sec rotary, Paul I. RynnJng. The letters temporary wero granted April 26, 1023, by P. S. Malcolm, 83, sovereign grand inspector gen eral In Oregon. Tho first meeting under these lettors was held May 4, and the lodgo at onco settled down to work.- Urother Leo M. Kali, formerly with the post off Ico department, presented petition No. 1 for tho in effable degrees. Petitions came in regularly, and on August 27, four months after granting of the let ters temporary, a class of 13 aspir ants was created Perfect Klus. In the meantime, negotiations had been carried on with tho sov ereign . grand Inspector general, looking to a reunion, when all the d eg re es from tho fourth to the thirty-second. Inclusive, could be L. . . . . . . . . Hospitality Committee 4 G. ic. chapman, chairman, Gold Hill. Bum 11. Baker, OranUf Pass. Ij. M. Mitchell, Grants Pass. Hal McNair, Ashland. Dr. Burdlc,Ahlnnd. . II. G. Knders, Ashland. John Knders, Ashland. . It. K. Sweeney, Modford. . O. Alenderfer, Medford. H. 8. Deuol, Medford. ' Itay Compton, Roseburg. John Flury, Kosoburg. H. C. Boone, MarshfioJd. W. C. Van Emon, Klamath Tails. . 4 F. Hill "Hunter, Klamath Falls. Mcmberslilit Ooinniltteo L. P. Older, chairman, 4 Medford. It. 10. Kvveeney, Modford, ' It. K. Detrick, Ashland. Rex Burnett, Grants Pass. ' Sam H. Baker, Grants Pass. f Ray Compton, Roseburg. 4 George Smith, Roseburg. 4i H. C. Boone, Marshfiold. 4- C. V. Drake, Klamath Falls. 4 4 V. C. Van Kmon, Klamath Falls. ' Cominlttco on Programs j for Orcmonfol 4 Carl Y. Tcngwald, chulr- 4 man, Medford. 4 "Win. II. Day, Ashland. 4 I 4 Ootmnltuw im IHIIali Temple 4 SMMlal Tntiii Ut liuimrlal 4 4 Council at Ijos Angclei 4 Ashland R. K. Detrick, 4 4 Hal McNair. . 4 4 Medford J. C. Carle, 4 4 Ralph Woodford. 4 4 Grants Pass Rex Barnett, 4 4 Sum Baker. 4 4 Roscburg Ray Compton, 4 4 George Kmith, 4 4 'Marshfield II. C. Boone, 4 4 Dr. Osborne. 41 4 Klamath Falls W, C. Van 4 4 Emon, C. V. Drake. 4- -.. 4- 4 4 conferred- In Medford. It finally was decided to hold this reunion November 23, 24, 1923; tho Rose Croix degrees. November 15 to 18: Council of Kudosh, November la to 3l. and Consistory, thirty-first and thirty-second to bo conferred by tho co-ordlnulo bodies from Ku gone. , , . At this meeting there was a class of 17 in 'tho Lodge of Perfection, and 27 finishing in the Consistory, candidates being present from Eu gene, RoscbiivCT. Grunts Pass, Hol land, BrookKims. Central Point, Ashland and Medford. Tho supreme council In session at Washington granted Siskiyou t,odge of Perfection its charier on October 10, 1923. Illustrious Brother Philip Schuy ler Mulcon, 33, grand prior, and sovereign grand Inspector general in Oregon, attended this reunion, presented tho lodge Us charter, In stituted the lodgo and installed its first offlcors: Venerablo mas ter, D. U Davidson, 32; senior warden, McM. M. Dow, 32: junior warden, J. D. Itlckert. 32; al monor, II. C. Smith, 32 orator, F. J. Nowman, 32B; treasurer, M. Bishop, 14 secretary. Paul ' B. Rynnlng, 32; master of corc monles, C. Louis Wolfo, 32; ox pert, Km 11 Brllt, 32; assistant export, B. W. Hoffman, 32'; cap tain of tho host, Alex Sparrow, 32"; tyler, J. K. W. Orogg, 82. Tho second reunion was a lodge nffuir only, hold May 12,124. : A class of seven aspirants were ere nted Perfect Klus. No jnore re unions were held until May, 1925, candidates between theso dates desiring to . complete. tho work Journeying to EugenW. Thla May, 1925, class created 15 Perfect Klus, and the Eugcno bodies fin IkTuhI tho work through the thlrty ueiund degree on a chins of 'about 25, The next reunion Was In May, 1927V, with a small classl, bhly four finishing through the 'thirty-second. Staittlng with 19 namis on the petltiob for letters temporary, Sis kiyou lydge of Perfection now has a mcmtbershlp of .about' 75,, 39 memboiv havintf been crebtcd Per fect Elijs toefore January 1, 192&. HinfO its organization It has lost only 'three' members by death!: II. C. Smith,. 32; W. C. Taylor, 14; R.v R. Johnson, 32".: Slnce Mtsi organization six years i ago,, the following have served as venerable imaster: D. It. David son, 32, April 26, 1923, to Janu ary 5, 192G; 13. M. Wilson, 32, January 5, '1925, to January, 1928: Paul B. Rynnlng, 32, January, 1928, to January, 1929. Tho officers for 1929 oro: Ven erable master, D. I. Davidson, 32; senior warden, J. F, Lawrence, 32; junior warden, Chas. A. Wing. 32; olmonor, H.' A. Hall, 82; orator, Paul B. , Itynning 32; , treasurer, V, H. Vawter, 32; . secretary, 3-, E. Williams, 32; master of ceremonies, S. A. Kroschel, 32; expert, L. X. Ins keep, 14": assistant expert, 8. -W. McQuut, 32; captain of the host, H. F. Nordwick. 32; tiler. Lew R ukes, 32?. . ' . There are in Josephine and Jftckison counties nproximately 150 Scottish Rite Masons, most of whom owe nllcginrico to the su preme council of tho thirty-third dfgiyc, for the Southern Jurisdic tion,' of tho United States, Mother Supfreme Council of the World. Medford Is the county seat and metropolis of the Rogue River vsfjley and gateway to Crater Lake. queen's relative; tired bank clerk L O N D p N.i WH-Queen Mary's nephew, the marquis of Cambridge, has chosen banking t-r a business career. '. , , He has recently .been. appointed; a diroctor of the firm of C'outts Ji; Co., one pfihe oldest of Jyondo-n banks, whose vaults ace said (o hold the financial secrets, of more aristocratic families than .tlose of any other bankvin the world;' Coutts & Co. was founded Jn J692. - Crater Lake la only a three on I a half hours drive from Medford ovr a wonderful MghwAT. GREETINGS, BEN ALI NOBLES And All Visiting Shriners .')'. . . ; : ,' . Welcome to "A Great Country" ... . , ' ir MODEL CLOTHING COMPANY V Medford's Correct Clothiers lbiifciwiiililiilii McPHERSON'S Medford'fl Popular Men's Apparel Store Extends a Hearty Welcome . f To visiting-Shriners j1 ; We' hope, that we may be of ser-. vice to you while you are in v . f-- . Medford! - '.?',v- t Sixth and Central - The Center of Town GREETINGS, SHRINERS While you are in Modford wo hope you have a mighty pleasant time. If we may serve you, please do not hesitate to call upon us. ; .. , f , SANDERSON MOTOR CO. , OAKLAND PONTIAC llllllllllllfllllllflllllllllllii1iMillHllllIllilM 001 HELLO, NOBLES! , i --'.-- ' ., ;. ;' v '-. ' ' f.- H- r We are glad to have you with us. We hope that you will en . joy your visit in Medford and the Rogue River Valley. 3EEBE& KINDLE SERVICE STATIONS Medford ' . L?; -i iv ; Central Point ODOl E OF VOLSTEAD LAWS I WEARIES OF TASKS FALL lUVRh. Mfum. (H Ynarn beforo tho United Klaton mlnptod prohlhlt Uui, Iwiao H. Macontbor enforced h private prohibition low on such portions of tho country nn he controlled. Now ho hnfl rioctdrrt to lot tho govern m on t do nil tho wnrh. Mueomlior, who IIvph at Pnrtn mouth. It. 1., fnrmi'rly ownrd land At Oroan Oiovo. .Swansea. A hmiii mer rriint. An hn ttfild thtH linU, lot by lot, IiIh drcdn cnnlahifd a provltio that no Intoxicating liquors bo wold on tho premises under penalty of forfcltnro. Upward of 100 pcrtMMtfi houht property In thin way, WoKt of tho purchaHorti, nn well as the banks and coopnratlvo fi nancial Institutions tn teres t o d, olthor overlooked or (Knorod the liquor clause until a short time ago. Then Ronjttniln llorvltg, a Kail Itlver attorney, discovered It while looking tip a. t toll rofnne while looking up a tIMo for one of his clients. The attention of several rooper tlv banka was railed to the clause and they thornupon refused to make loans on the property tin lew ft quit c.lulm on tho llquor clauae watt signed. - Hnrvtlx then laid tho matter be foro Maoonihor, who signed the .quit claims. "Uncle Ham will havo to onforre tho liquor clause, now," remarked Macomber. At tho aamo time he s pressed the opinion that the ffOvernmetit was capable nf doing just that. Maoomber, an inventor wltb sev eral patents to his credit, says that since Ills youth be has been In fftYW Pi lrlct prohibition, illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllU Extends Cordial GREETINGS To Visiting SHRINERS The Rogue River Valley Home of Famous Pears and: Apples Welcomes All Visiting SHRINERS SGOBEL & DAY C.C. LEMMON Manager - Hubbard Brothers Welcome you, SHRINERS, to "Th6 Pear City" "This Is a Great Country" Always a S percent Discount ' for Cash 'ru'i s GREETINGS SHRINERS It is a pleasure to welcome you to. the beautiful Rogue River Valley . . . We hope your visit will 'toe , most enjoyable. DR. JUD RICKERT 222 E. Main St. Welcome Stirinersi AMERICAN LAUNDRY JAMES SL0RAH, Proprietor , 138 South Central Phone 873 TRY THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY FIRST i :. It is a genuine pleasure to welcome visiting Shriners to Medford and the Rogue Riv er Valley P Bates Barber Shop , 128 West Main HELLO, NOBLES ' - i Ben Ali's representatives and all. visiting S h r i n e r s. are cdTdially welcome. :': - Wo hope that your brief visit will be a pleasant one! 9 e . . s The REXALL-STORE; J. R. Woodford PI SI ft ji