Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-25
K. P.GRANDL LODGE
NOTABLE MEETING OF THE OR.
DER IN ANACONDA.
PARADE AND DECORATIONS.
Large Membership i'll the state-Cold
Weather, but Enthusiastic
Gathering.

Every incoming train brings a knights
of Pythias delegation from some part of
Montana who are assembling here to at
tend Tia grand lodge and state encamp-
ment II the Uniform Rank which con-
NeneS today. The town is theirs. Mayor
Madden has turned them over the keys
of the city ana Chief of Police White
has instructed the police not to block the
streets. The event of the day was the
street parade at 1:30 p. III.
The parade was formed at A.. O. II.
hall, at the corner of Commercial avenue
and Cedar street. The line of march was
as follows: Formed at A. O.. H. hall:
thence east on Commercial avenue to
Birch street, south on Birch street to
Park avenue, west on Park avenue to
Main, south on Main to the library build
ing, where photographs of the grand
lodge and Uniform Rank Will be taken;
thence west on Fourth street to Cedar,
and north on Cedar TO the A. O.. HI. hall.
After the parade the uniformed COM
panies assembled in the vacant square
south of the library building. 1t was at
first, proposed to conduct the prize drill
at Mountain View park, but owing to. the
threatening weather this plan was
abandoned.
The order of march for the parade was
as follows:
ranky .bek acrs shrd shr shr shrdlalalal
Butte Company. Uniform Rank.
Band.
GREAT rams Company. oIllOIll Ikdtlh.
Anaconda Company, Uniform Rank
Grand Lodge Officers in carriages.
Rathbone Sisters in carriages.
Representatives of the Grand Lodge.
Subordinate Lodges.
Visiting Lodges.
Colonel James Duane will be grand
marshal of the day and William Nc
Eachran will be assistant grand mar
shall.
Only two companies, Butte and Ana
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Colonel c. F. Lloyd and Colonel Byron
H. Cook of Butte and Captain Thomas
Dillon of Anaconda will act as judges.
Upon the occasion of the prize drill in
Anaconda in 1894 the reward was won by
Anaconda.
The Grand Lodge x. of P. of Montana
was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by
Grand Chancellor S. A. Ballet. The
weather is bad. being about the coolest
September weather Anaconda has eVel
seen, but this has not Iessened the mum.
Der of delegates in attendance, there be-
ing 125 either present or knoWn to be or
the way. The decorations of the conven'
ton hall surpasses anything in that linz
ever seen in the city, and are the handi
work of Fire Chief r. S. Mentrum ant
Col. James Duane. Yellow, blue and rec
the colors of the order, predominant. Thu
stage is a marvel of beauty, over which
hangs "welcope' made of yellow, BLU
and red electric lights which will burr
day and night until the Grand Lodge hal
adjourned.
On the back of the stage rests the por
trait of the presiding officer, surrounded
by the same colored lights. To the RICH
and left of the stage are beautifully ar
ranged compartments for the GRAND
Master of Exchequer and Grand Keeper
of Records and Seal respectively.
The main body Of the hall is arrange
similar to a lodge hall and in the lef
center are II committee tables for thu
several standing committees.
STATE. OFFICERS.
S. A. Ballet, Grand Chancellor.
r. d. Steele, Grand Vice Chancellor.
G. S. Lamport, Grand Prelate.
Jacob Loeb, Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal.
Z. H. Talcott, Grand Master of Elk
chequer.
Garlic Galiger, Grand Master at Arms
J. H .Owings, Grand Inner Guard.
John SkiTlin, Grand Outer Guard.
Irwin Shuck, Grand Trustee.
Charles Wegner, Grand Trustee.
Sam r. White, Grand Trustee.
James B. Gallagher, Supreme Repre-
sentative.