Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09

~ftaugs j unutrstood 10 lie IN an
exceedingly prosperous and health
ful condition.
II is nov Q little more thaa twelve
years ago, that the first Lodge II Inc
Independent Order Of Good Tenn
plars vas established in OLYMPIA.
On the evening Of September .lst,
lscs, a score and half or 50, Of the
then staij and law-abidins citizens
Of our city, assembled at the Me;ho-
dis: Church for the purpose Of for
Iaally inaugura;ing the first oryan-
lied effort IN this place to stay the
ravaSes Of in,emperanee.
TACOMA LODGE, No. 4. l. O. CT.
now perpetuates that humble effort.
The old, the young, aid the s.iddle-
aged composed that noble company
Of devoted soldiers IN the great war
agains. that grin old monster, King
Alcohol. Whatever may have been
the subsequent falterings or aisgiv-
ings pertaining to any of the MEM
bers of that little hand, il 10 hot fer
us now TO impugn their motives
They sounded the tocsin. they en-
gagged tie enemy and in the thickest
of the conflict, they embalmed their
names in halo Of glory. And now,
while fifth part of their number
are in their graves. lie. us cherish
their memory while i. grows green
in the changing years that are to
come. The names of the charter
members, as they appear on that
honored instrument, are as follows:
c. A. Huntington, A. r. Elder,
Jacob Somers. I. A. Louis, James
Mix, A. J. Littlejohn, H. L. Chap
man, c. H. Hale, Wells Drury, Ed
ward Giddings, w. c. Chattin,
James Holman, j. H. Munson, S.
w. Percival, A. Robb, r. H. Hewitt,
E. w. Chapman, Mrs. A. E. Bigelow,
Mrs. M. A. Holmes, Mrs. Harriet
barrow, Mrs. L. M. Clark, Mrs. S.
w. Percival, Mrs. L. E. Hewitt, Mrs.
NJ. A. Barnes, Mrs. S. L. Chapman,
Miss D. w. Hodgden, Miss NJ. A.
Elder, Miss Emma 1. Clark, Miss
Mamie Hale, Miss Eliza Carter Gid
dings, Mahala Chapman. One of the
first fruits of this organization, was
the founding of the Lodge Organ,
the Echo, the first number of which
paper appeared on the Oath of Sep
TENDER, 1868. To detail the career
of this journal, for nearly decade
of years, would be only to reiterate a
series of brilliant conquests in the
great moral warfare that even now
convulses the world. Up to the end
of the year 1868, the Lodge had been
paying S25 O month for the rent of
what was then "Olympic Hall" On
the following New Years day, Capt.
D. B. Finch made formal presen-
tation of that elegant building, to-
gether with the lot upon which it
stands, and all the appurtenances
thereto appertaining, to Tacoma
Lodge. For this valuable property,
the muuificent donor, paid $4,000
and caused it to be decided directly
from G. e. Williams the former own
er, to the Trustees of the Lodge.
Immediately thereafter. the happy
recipientsof this splendid New Years
gift, set about the organization of
the
TACOMA LODGE LIBRARY AND READING
ROOM.
This institution which still -four
ishes, added new lustre to the al
ready emblazoned name of the gen.
erous giver. But we pass to notice
farther progress in the history of the
Order. For four years after its es-
Enlistment, Tacoma Lodge, with
the other Lodges in the Territory as
we'll as those in British Columbia,
had been working under the jur-
isdiction Of the Grand Lodge of
Oregon. Pursuant TO o proper call,
emanating from the requisite num-
Der Of subordinate lodges, n Grand
Lodge convention convened in Olym-
pia. on the Gath day of March 1870;
and the result of that convention
wss the founding of the
GRAND LODGE OF WASHINGTON AND BRIT
IsH COLUMBIA, 1. o. @. r.