The morning call., 1895-01-01
CALLED TO DUTY.
Native Sons Wanted to
Buy Stock.
Grand President Sproul Appeals to
the ParIor to Take Shares in the
Proposed Lodgehouse.

The Native Sons of the Golden West
have been again called upon TO show their
deep affection for their beloved order.
This time it is not to don their gaudy uni
forms and advance TO San Jose or some
other suburban town, but to subscribe
literally to the stock list which is now in
circulation for the building of the magnii-
cent new home on Mason street, already
planned.
j. d. Sproul, the grand president, has
sounded The bugle call and it is expected
that the parlors will come up with the
DUST" 80 that those out-of-town journeys
may be made thing of the past
The president in his call for financial
help says:
cisco a movement has been iDaugurated, the
results of which are about TO become apparent
in the construction OF a building TO be dedf-
Gated 10 and bear the name of our order. What
eXertons have been put forth by the pioneers
IN this movement, what obstacles overcome and
what preiudlces broken down we can ali appre-
ciate who have undertaken movement hav-
ing the merit OF novelty, and especially so
when the carrying out OF that project is to in
volye the expenditure OF large sums OF money
by others than the subscribers.
This movement has been brought to posi-
tiOn where its success is assured. The person
mel of the committee in charge of the affair has
inspired. nay, commanded the respect, the pat
rOnage and ultimately the earn 81 co-Ope alton
OF every subordinate GarlOr in San Francisco
except one, Mission, which has her own Desuti-
full home, built by the exertions of her cwn
members. And In the case of mission her ex-
ample and the more Than expected beneficial
results achieved by her venture have inspired
confidence in The Hall Association, the crown
ing object of whose labOrs Is TO raise Wi hin
the metropolis monument useful aswell as
pleasing 10 the eye, and aside from any senti-
mental considerations, monument to tile bust
ness sagacity ana intelligent management of
the affairs OF our members.
Moved by sentiment that believe pervades
the order, hope for her present success and
future greatness, inspired by the belief that to
a great extent the future of our State is indis-
solubly allied to our well doing, have under
taken without solicitation from any quarter TO
ADDRESS the subordinate parlors outside OF San
Francisco upon the subject; TO enlist them, II
possible, IN the carrying out OF this, the most
momenJOus undertaking yet eSsayed by the
order, anc to show TO you that the we'll being,
perhaps the very existence of the order, Is con-
tingent upon the success OF this undertaking.
You are to understand at the outset that
nothing in the way OF donations is asked or
expected. The directors, for every dollar re-
ceived, issue To you stock, which believe you
will agree with Inc will be remuneratve prop
erty 10 the paror, giving you the opportunity
10 invest in SOUND securities the constantly in.
creasing surplus of money that accumulates in
many subordinate parlors throughout the State.
There are, l think L am safe In saying, at
least seyenty-fVe parors side of San Fran
else with from $500 to 81 500 in their treas
uries. 1t is your duty to invest these moneys
in come substantial and dividend-payIng Sc
curities, where 1t has net already been done.
AS business proposition the present occasion
presents an opportunity which may not long re-
main open, and every San Francisco
parlor, after careful inquiry into its mer-
its by committees judiciously selected for that
purpose, has given the Hall Associa lon it's
mo raj ana financial aid. When they whose op-
pOrtunities for investigation have been so am
pie, and whose means of knowledge so great
have unquatiedy accepted the proposition as
safe, we should be willing to invest a part at
least OF our accumulations 10 the enterprise
James D. Pnelan has already taken $1,000
worth of the stock and has promised to see
that $1,000 worth more is disposal Of
scriDed quite literally