Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-20

upper Main street. 1t was only q half-
story, with no ceiling and only 'snakes'
for q covering and q saw-duSt carpet. We
had four petitions the first meeting and
only conferred the first and second de-
grees on two candidates during the six
weeks We had the dispensation. We were
urged by the officers of the Virginia City
lodges to return'our dispensation and ask
for a charter which we did about the
first of October.
Meanwhile the second lodge had been
organized at Virginia City with Bros, H,
l.. Hosmer, l.. w. Frary and William
Gray as principal officers, under a dis
pensation also from Colorado, issued by
the Dept. CIR. Master of the Jurisdiction
as early as April 4, 1865, three months be-
fore that of Helena lodge.
The cost for dispensation in each case
was $500 and $50 additional subsequently
for charters.
AT the annual communication of the
CIR. Lodge Of Colorado, o. Z, 1866, on
motion of Brother Henry NJ. Teller, chair
man of the committee on the returns of
lodges U. ID. charters We're granted to
Montana lodge No. 8, and Helena lodge
No. 10. Colorado register.
In the case of Helena lodge the COM
mittee found that for want of time only
TWO degrees had been conferred. and 1t
was necessary to suspend article IA of
the bylaws to allow the grant Of a char
ter.
In the returns made to the Grand
lodge of Colorado from Montana, we
find besides the names of the three prin-
c1pal officers before named, those of N.
I. Butler, treasurer; j. r. Gilbert, secre-
tary; j. Dimsdale, S. D.: j. w. Todd,
j. D.; r. f. Cook, tyler. There were
nine members besides including ]. r,
Boyce, Hugh Duncan, Luther c. Lee
and j. S. Pendarvis. Thomas L. erosion
was returned as a fellow craft and Sam
uel WORD as an entered apprentice. In
Helena lodge the first returns show the
following officers and members: Corne-
Illus Hedges, W. NJ; Joel Wilson. s.. W.;
Louis Benin, J. W.; Charles c. Farmer,
secretary; J. G. Hutchinson, treasurer;
Hugh McFee, S. D.; R.. p. Sealy, j. D.;
Robert Hereford, tyler. Brothers M. A.
Moore, g. M. Payne, John Moffat, Rob
ert Lawrence, O. B. Howe, S. j. Perkins
and o. 7. Hare were additional men,
bers with ]. G. Sanders and Adoniram
Fall as fellow craft and Zerah French
an entered apprentice.
IN december a new election occurred
IN each of the three lodges. In Virginia
City lodge John J. Hull was elected w.
NJ. w. +. Sanders. S. W., and Lewis
Trap, J. w. In Montana lodge L. W.
Frary was elected w. NJ, L. c. Lee, s.
W., and Hugh Duncan, j. w. In Helena
lodge only the wardens were changed.
X. +. Sealy became S. w. and Carlton
w. Mather became ]. w.
The three principal officers Of each
lodge met at Virginia City January "a.
1866. and organized the Grand lodge of
Montana, adopted a constitution and by
laws. using those Of Colorado as a model.
n j. Hull was chosen grand master.
L. W. Frary deputy grand master and
Cornelius Hedges senior grand warden,
r. =. Sealy, j. G. warden; L. G. Lee.
grand treasurer, and w. F. Sanders
grand secretary.
The membership Of the three lodges
at that time was only one hundred and
TWO. In No. l ffty-four, in No. 2 sixteen,
in No. 3 thirty-two.
Thu endeth the first chapter.