Mesa free press., 1898-04-15
Yesterday was memorable day in

| Yesterday was a memorable day in
the history Of our thriving next-door
neighbor Tempe. The occasion was the
laying of the corner stone of the Odd
Fellows temple to be constructed by
Tempe lodge. The ceremonies yester-
day were the 6rst of the kind that has
taken place in the Order in the Ter
ritory and therefore marked a new
area in Odd Fellowship in Arizona.
The exercises were under the auspices
of the Grand Lodge assisted by the
iGrand Encarpment and the Rebekah
Grand Assembly and various local
lodges OF the valley. .Ihe Grand
Lodge and Phoenix and Glendale
tmembers arrived on l p. IA special
land wss met at .he gdepot ~ Tempe
Lodge and escorted to Kipgsbnry hall
which had been beautifully decorated
by the Tempe Rebekahs Here ad-
dresses Of welcome were delivered by
Mayor John Knight on behalf of the
City and by Judge Kiugsbury on he-
half of Tempe lodge. The response
was made hy Grand Master ]. J. Hill
Of Tuson. After this 4 procession WAS
formed and pargded the principal
streets arriving At the new binding
where corner stone Was laid hy Grand
Master. Hias, An oration by Gen. Eb
Williams of Noga.es was delivered
and it is needless to SAY that bis
speech vas onc of the best Of lis many
able efforts.
The fact that the warc!oud over-
hangs our country, should not prevent
the governments from pushing inter
nal improvements, especially such as
would aid empires of domain to the
productive area of the country The
appropria ion for the Buttes reservoir
should be ma le not with standing he
wa, talk which takes up SO much time
Of our Law makers,
Yertesday was red letter day in
=
Tempe. The Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fe,lows was there 70 lay the cornet
stones Of the Odd Fellows Temple.
Large delegations we're present fron,
the lodges in Mesa, Phoenix and
Glendale. Gen. Eb. Williams Of
Norales, was the orator Of tho occa-
sion, and his effort was pronounced
one Of the best that the talanted
gentleman has delivered.
we have heen favored with a copy
Of aThe Coming Light" q monthly
magazine devoted to "Higher Think
ing, Higher Living and Higher So
cial Ord.r," published in San Francis
co by our old time friend Will O. Bailey
It possesses much literary merit and
doubtless will meet with success.
Tempe Camp Woodmen of the
World last Sunday unveiled the mon-
ument Of J. T. Richards a member of
the lamp who died last fall. There
was q large attendance and the cere-
monies were solemn and impressive.
Attorney HI. O. Zuck delivered a
short address upon the occasion.
son of the farmers on land far
dowp south Of Mesa inform us that
their crops will be very short aud
scma instanoes an entire failure. This
| is, pasticnlarly unfortunate for the
oualook for good prices for both grain
aid hay is more than usually bright
,
this season.
The trees in the Trippel almond
grove are for the most part loaded
/ With aim onds. Parties from Califor-
lnia have heen trying to contract for
the crop, hut no contract has been
closed. 1t is thought the price will he
we'll up
A party going to Texas overland is
willing to take two passengers at a
very low rate. Gall at this Office not
later than Wednesday April goth
This will be good opportunity for
some one wishing to so TO Texas very
cheap.
We have received pamphlet con
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