The weekly tribune., 1891-09-19

Its people are the happiest, it's ladies
the most beautiful, its babies, even, the
prettiest, it's very air the balmiest and
sweetest that is waited heavenward on
the breezes. Here" he said, 1.-The best
OF the states and the best of secret
orders strike hands. Let this state 60
on and no dream can even shadow what
may be it's fruition in this land of the
free and home of the brave. The sky
never arched over land where the sky
yielded less grudgingly or the mines
more freely their golden harvest. Surely
in the future Montana's star shall out
live all the rest and this admirable order
OUTLYING all the rest, it's right hand not
knowing what it's left hand doeth shall
be the most glorious canopy in the gal
axy of the worlds secret orders.
sour Hope and Pride-Great Falls
| Hon. Paris Gibson.
20 fair young city. on thy brow
Shall sit nobler grace than now.
Deep in the brightness of thy skies
The thronging years in glory rise,
Drop strength and riches at thy feet"
Bryant.
He was followed by Hon. Paris Gibson,
who spoke on a subject ever present in
a man "whose active life" as the presi-
dent said, "was crowned with glorious
crown"
1T is hardly proper" he said, that
the father should sound the praise Of his
child, and yet am prouder of his posi-
ton, father of Great Falls, than / should
be to be president of the United States
Romulus and Remus. said friend to
me, founded the city of Rome but you,
old man. have found the city Of Great
Falls. The remark rather paralyzed me,
but no one in this room would dare to
suggest that this city would
not become the peer of Rome. The
city is fortunate in having among its
people somany brave and energetic men
and say it with feelings of pride. The
, city has especially modest men. l have
J heard people say they only desired the
capital and all the various denomina-
tional colleges in the state and that they
{ would even allow Helena the Methodist
{ college. This he would allow Helena, az
], he was too bashful to ask it himself
| The remarks throughout were most elo
!, quent and well received.
"Woman"-Hon.C c. NJ. Webster.
80 Woman, in thine hours of ease,
wy -(Scott)
. "But seen too oft, familiar with her face,
l -Pope)
a In the absence of Brother Webster
J Gen. Geo. o. Eaton was introduced anG
a proved worthy substitute. "Wher
4 Nature made women she took particular
! care not to spoil the jaw. The result
e was miracle of beauty, which has beer
: mans beacon star ever since his birth.
|. Then the general related story sacred
n to such personalities as those present.
e sour Friends" s"-Bro. f. w. Knight.
G "The friends thou hast, and their adoption
Il tried
. steel" Hamlet
- In the burst of laughter which fol
v lowed the previous toast Brother knigh
y arose and among other good things said
o "We are a mutual admiration society
:; The sentiment sour friends" permeates
I our entire social order. Friends are thos'
we love and admire. Iplace the nam'
y on higher plane than all else in life
S Love is seltishness but friendship in
9 cludes the noblest, most beautiful ant
G most unseltish emotions; emotions tina
+ animate the human bosom"
II was Ollc VI tlt uloSt CloiuCIl touot
y of the evening.
d "Other Orders''-Col. Mack j. Leming
e "The good men do lives after them
i "On and on lives he who is a philan
IS thropist after his ashes are cold ant
g dead. Honor and shame from no con
e. dition rise, act well your part there al
l. the honor lies To relieve the worth
Is should be the end and aim of our desire.
If "Hail and God speed was warml
e drank.
u "Old Bachelors" A. j. Shores, Esq.
!. 'Trfes light as air. -Othell'
~ ~ "Neither myself my father or my SO
e are or have been guilty of this charge
SO I am rather untitled to reply. Th
subject is not susceptible of eloquer
treatment. 1t is too dry. too tasteless.
II The speech was interspersed wit
:! many bright joke and story.
go "Old Timers
Rough" -Shakespear
n, II find among this concourse of PEE
~ ~ pie Bros. Myer and Searles, who can
~ ~ over in the Maytiower. Then came Br
!. Gibson, who founded the city, and mar
70 other noble Elks who preserve Il
planets in their course and the earth
of its starry motion" Anecdote after a
10 ecdote followed, rousing many burst
ms laughter.
re Eleven O'clock Toast-"Our Absel
ne Brothers: May their Antlers new
ty cease Branching
d. "---The early village cock
of Hath thrice done salutation To the morn.
, Richard III
The tables were handsomely and tast
us fully decorated. showing abundant goo
as taste. Flowers abOunded and at Il
ur north end of the hall stood a large pa
as of elk antlers, to which deep in the