Arizona republican., 1898-04-15
The South Side

Tempe, Ariz., April 14.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican-)- A car of cattle went to Prescott today, shipped by Butcher Stevens of that place.
 The M E. church is being painted.
 Mrs. Carl Keller, E. M. Elliott, P. J. Cole are up from Phoenix today.
 A. J. Peters ships a car of hay to- night.
 Miss Randal's recital tomorrow night at the normal should be attended by all who are lovers of the human voice and its power.
 All roads led to Tempe today, and everybody was an Odd Fellow or Daughter of Rebekah. The Odd Eel lows of Mesa and Phoenix were march ing en masse on Tempe's streets to- day. Each delegation was accOmpa- nied by large number of people of their respective cities and almost ev- cry rancher with his family from the whole country side south of Tempe were crowding down Mill avenue listening to the stirring strains of music and the even tread of marching Odd Fellows. It was a gala day, the equal of which has not been, perhaps, since the sham Indian battle fought here some years ago.
 At half past one the train came down from Mesa bringing these who had not come in carriages, and special train of four coaches came up from Phoenix loaded.
 The Tempe and Mesa lodges were at the depot to meet the Phoenix and grand lodges. The several lodges then formed in line and with the Pioneer band at the head marched to Kings bury's hall, where they were received by the Daughters of Rebekah of Tempe An address of welcome was made by Mayor Knight on behalf of the city in which he said such a splen- did demonstration was a most f1atter- ing indication of the stability of Tempe Perry Wildman, who acted as master of ceremonies, then intro duced W. J. Kingsbury, who welcomed the visitors in behalf of the Tempe lodge of Odd Fellows. He told the story of the struggle Of the Tempe lodge, and also of its successes. He spoke of the labors the body had gone through to begin the erection of a building, how the matter was almost given up how encouraged the members felt when their invitation was ac cepted by the grand lodge to be pres ent today and lay the corner stone of the first and only Odd Fellows temple in Arizona
 Then followed very short response from Grand Master Hill. MT. Wild man then adjourned the meeting and again the Odd Fellows formed in line with Dr. SeroggS, ex-Marshal Compton and W. s. Johnson on prancing charg- CTS acting as marshals for the oc- casion. This parade was two blocks long and proceeded through the prin- cipal streets of the city aId ended at the new building. Immediately on reaching their destination the Odd Fellows proceeded to lay the corner stone of their temple. The box con- taining the documents pertaining to the Tempe ledge and the new build ing was placed in a hole in the under side of the stone, which was then set in place and leveled with expressions of appropriate sentiments by Grand Master Hill and a prayer by ED Will Hams of Nogales.
 Mr. Wildman had the honor then to introduce Mrs. Mary Zeigler, the newly elected president of the Re D0kafS- MIS- LelSl0F CeuueI6u AeI ap- preciation of the fact that today for the first time the Rebekahs had the honcr to stand shoulder to shoulder with their brothers in performing the ceremonies of the order. It demon strated, she said, that woman was not taken from the head nor from the foot of man, but from his side, to stand neither above him nor below him, but as his equal.
 The chairman then introduced the orator of the day, ED Williams of No gales. MT. Williams said that if re- ligion was for the betterment of man. kind, so also was Odd Fellowship. The one was founded on the first com mandment, and the other on the sec ond. Seventy-one years ago five men put their surplus capital together to help those in need; today over a mil lion and a half men are putting some Of their surplus capital together to keep shelter over seven million people The Tempe lodge was enc unit in more than eleven thousand units, and it's work would always help to swell the great good that was being ac- complished by this order of earnest workers. AS he ceased talking, Grand