The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-26
Knights OF Pytbias.


Chevalier Lodge No. 12,-Choteau.
Montana Lodge No. 13,-Anaconda.
Calanthe Lodge No. 4,-Walkerville
TImberline Lodge No. 49, Underline
Evergreen Lodge No. 1G.--Marysville
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge
held at Butte on January II, Is and 16
1885, there were only ten chartered
lodges within the territory, which repre-
sented membership of 545. 1t is est
mated that with six additional upon the
roll, and the large percent of increase OF
the old lodges, the membership will
closely crowd 200, and that before the
present Pythian period, the XXIII, clos,
es, the list will reach l 800. The officers
of the Grand Lodge, most of whom
were present, are as follows:
p G. c. II. H. Kleinschmidt, of Hell
ena.
G. C.-Lee Mantle, of Butte.
G. V. C.-S. d. Beebe, of Dillon.
G. Prelate,-F. J. Grenveld of Deer
Lodge.
G.. M. of Ell. f. Richards, OF Butte.
G. X. of r. and S.-John G. Evans, of
Butte.
G. Nj. at A.-Geo. f. Barnaby of Boze-
man.
CT. G.-L. c. Dear, of Miles City.
60. G--J. Z. Stevens, of Townsend.
Besides the officers and representa-
tives, there was present large number
of Knights in attendance from through
out the territory.
None other than Past Chancellors and
representatives were entitled to attend
the sessions Of the Grand Lodge. Char
ter members who served as the first
officers of subordinate lodges, are con-
sidered as Past Chancellors.
The members of Myrtle Lodge No. 8,
of Helena did all In their power in the
way Of arranging to make everything as
pleasant and convenient for the visiting
brethren as they possibly could, an
amount considerably in excess of 81 900
was subscribed for the purpose of enter
tainment.
Myrtle Lodge called a special meeting
Monday evening for the purpose of
entertaining those of the visiting
Knights that had arrived i'll the city.
The meeting was entirely of a social
character, and after an elegant banquet
all dispersed, the visitors especially ex-
pressing the royal manner in which
they were treated.
The next evening, after the session
Of the Grand Lodge, another banquet
was given for the benefit of those of the
Grand Lodge who were not present to
participate in the first nights festivities
The ball at the rink Wednesday evening
was the social event of the season.
More tickets were sold than for any
previous affair of the same nature that
has ever taken place in Helena.
The election of Offices for the ensuing
your resulted as follows
G. c. CT. A. Walker, of Myrtle
lodge, No. 8, Helena.
G. V.C.-H. G. McIntire, of Crescent
lodge, No, 4. Benton.
G. M. of &c. S. Aspiring, of Montana
lodge, No. Is, Anaconda.
G. K. of R. and S.-John G. Evans. of
Ivanhoe lodge, No. 5 Butte.
G. M. of A.-C. R. Woods, of Yellow
stone lodge, No. 10. Livingston.
G.I. G.-Fred c. Stoddard, of Laurel
lodge, No. IL, Missoula.
G. o. Go. A. Lundwall, of Py-
thagoras lodge, No. 2 Bozsman.
Trustees-W. w. Anderson, E. C.
and Frank Henry, for one,
two and three years respectively.
The next session of the Grand Lodge
will be in Butte.
The time for holding the next annual
session of the Grand Lodge was fixed |
'or the Sd Tuesday in May, 1887. The !
newly elected officers were duly install
ed.
&C. C. Walker made the appoint
nents of the following district deputy |
yIand chancellors-Butte, J. NJ Knight;
3ozeman, Geo. E. Barnaby; Helena, Geo
R. Melton; Fort Benton, Jere Sullivan;
Deer Lodge, J. F. Stranhal; Miles City,
Z. c. Dear; Dillon, John A. Wickam;
Frank Henry; Missoula, ].
!. Sloane; Choteau, DR.. E. Crutcher;
anaconda, H. S. Neal; Walkerville, E. ].
wight; TimberEne, S, NJ. Moore; Marys-
lille, Jos. D. Conrad. The following
standing committees were
nnounced by G. C. c. Walker:
Reurns and Credentials-E. c. Frey
chlag, J. E. Cole, E. B. Lamme.
Finance-W. J. Crowell, w. Pinkham,
!. c. Dear.
Transportation and Per Diem-Frank
Ienry. Jos D. Conard, Jere Sullivan.
Appeals and Grievances-Dr. ]. H
wings, Thomas Mackaness, John S.
Iedlin.
Charters and By-Laws-A. J. Selig-
nan, J. E. Stevens, T. H. Kleinschmidt.
Laws and Supervision W. w. Alder
on G. S. Bartlett, Jocob Loeb.
State of the order-Dr. E. Cruteher,
zee Mantle, j. L. Sloane.
Foreign Correspondence-Iou Gunder-
on, w. B. Wills, B. Nj. Anderson.
Constitutional Amendments-Dr. c.
(. Cole, G. Z. Barneby, J. C. Smith.
Printing and Supplies-H. G. McIntire,
has. Aspling, John G. Evans.
Musty Chestnut.
That was a good one Eli Perking got