The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-10-29
ss ss. oeen operating here sinc<

ever before. The tissnrss 10 ho.a.s ina
,pinched out" nor proven to T !
!alse." Deeper levels have RIM int
Ilcner bodies of silver ana corn.
ana gold bearing rock. Veins bHp, bap"
;ne een tapped and poured forth glitte
iaxn x ~ealCn, lar surprising all that th
t"nag2 g exposed to Aladdin's enral
h;st tuiea gaze: Many of those who the
: quilt ,castles in SPAIN" bat had n
| available means with which to bull
even a shaEty in Butte, are now er
Joying the realities of the competenc
which was then but feebly represente
> oy Their rockets full of punv sneci
mems. The population of the cit
mas steadily increased, and is create
Today than ever before, and at HON
ana abroad the standing of Butte
= mining center is higher and tn
lame OF her mining properties NOR
widespread than at any former timt
The people of Butte have cause to b
prouder to-day than at anv forme
time of their mining properties, thei
population and their standing "A
mining community. And vet thes
are not the universal topics Of prais
to. day. The same Intelligence an,
grit which have developed the quart
leads OF summit valley district, an,
placed Butte among the foremos
mining communities of the globe
have been busy also in other develop
ments. Shanties have given place t,
imposing blocks of stone and brick
Families are no longer simply shell
tered in expectation of an earlv re-
turn to the States, but are placed il
dwellings beautiful to the eve, com.
modious in arrangement and elegant
IN appointments. Flowers bloom on
former beds of decomposed granite
gladdening the eye of the passerby
with their beauty and filing the ali
with delightful fragrance. Wives and
babies have come to Butte to stay
and cultivate here the sweet human.
tiles OF life. Churches and school
houses are here to cOunteract evil
tendencies, to educate the head and
heart, to inform the intellect and en-
tighten the conscience. Here. too,
are public buildings, which, by their
stately proportions, challenge admi-
ration and enlist patriotism. The
city as magnet of surprising power
has attracted and from afar, drawn 10
it the steel rail with all its upbuild-
iCg influences and made it tributary
tc the convenience and growth and
prosperity of the community. These
are some among the properties which
dnriDg the past few years the people
of Butte have been developing, and
of these they are justly proud to- day.
These achievements have been made
possible by the productions of the
mines and have enriched the city
with possessions more precious than
all the wealth taken from or yet con-
timed within the mines. By such a
spirit of progress have the people of
Butte been actuated in the past.
May they be sctuated by the same
spirit in the future. That such
spirit continues 10 move them is evil
denced by the happy occasion which
brings us tOoether to-day.
The building whose corner stone
we now lay with appropriate and SOL
emu ceremonial is to be dedicated to
the uses of a lodge of the world-em-
bracing association known 81 the In
Order of Odd Fellows.
Odd Fellowship is a production of
the nineteenth century and one of
the wonders of this wonder produc-
ing age. 1t is not hoary with the
irosts of many winters nor beI t
under the weight of years. Its his
tory in America dates back cn!y to
the year 1919. It's foundation prln-
ciple is the "Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man." prin-
ciple which Odd Fellowship does not
arrogate to itself the credit of dis
or first enunciating, but a
as cid as the human race
and given by inspiration of God to
the sons of men. This principle
recognizes man as the constituent OF
one universal brotherhood and
teaches him that as he came from a
common parent, he should protect
and cherish his fellow man
Except that it insists upon a recog-
nition of the existence and power of
Almighty God, the ruler and gov
ernor OF all things and inculcates a
for religion, it leaves
each member free to accept or reject
logmas of faith according to the
dictates of his own conscience and
declines to ally itself with any of the
parties into which the religious
world ls unhappily divided. 1t
teaches it's members to be faithful to !
heir country, law abiding citizens,
IN sympathy with and in allegiance
% the forms of government under
which they live, and yet it carefully
refrains from any expression OF
preference for or alliance with any
,0litlcal party. Thus upon the !
oroad platform of faith in God and
allegiance to government, all Odd
Fellows. however diversified may be
heir peculiar religious teneis or
predictions, may, without
Itrife or bitterness, meet about thelr
odge altars and unite their energies
n aileviating the sufferings OF their
elbow creatures and promoting the
Welfare of their race. Odd Fellow
hin ia chiyalrous in its de-
10lion to the welfare and happiness
# woman. Thousands of women
n our land to-day are living in COM
ort and surrounded with happy as
ocia1ions. who, but for the relief
fforded by the Independent Order OF
)dd Fellows, would be enduring the
vonies Of penury and withdrawn
rom all that makes life desirable.
The growth of Odd Fellowship
,as heen almost marvellous. During
he fiftv wears, commencing in 1880
nd ending December 81, 1880, oyer
ne million men were initiated at our
liars. aud thereby enlisted IN the
york of twisting the sick, relieving
he distressed, burying the dead ara
dncatipg the orphans" AS
nnears from the report Of the grand
ecretary of the sovereign g,ano
,dge. @Nearly So. 1000, 900 have been
aid into the treasures OF suoora., 1no
ate lodges and encampments, S4o.uGo
rothers and 127,O ,OCO widowed Tamil
es have been relieved, 81 ,OOo oroth-
rs buried, orphans have oeen
lothed and educated, and in the 1ui-
!lment of thegreat command OF our
NV. "visit the sick. relieve Tue as .
ressed, bury the dead and d., educade GU sde
hc orphans" we record sSl, ,0oo,Wo
xpended, besides the countless thou,
ands of which no just estimate can