Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-20
HONE AND SANITARIUn
uses Much Discussion Among X. of p.
n and Action is Taken.

w K. of P. grand lodge was in
ed most of the day yesterday
nntil noon today with the mat
q x. of P. home at Hot Springs.
M proposition was given birth
ten or twelve years ago, Wher
kovernment gave the K. of P.'s
UT of ground in Hot Springs fol
Ire and sanatarium, provided the
would build to the extent o.
Moo, and this agreement expires
month. The lodge has never
able to live up to the require
y but is now beginning to feel
6tO handle the matter. One fac.
Eclaims that the requirements OF
n for the Arkansas orphans anG
gare too small to warrant such al
Il of money and that the order
III powerful enough to build and
lin such a large institution An.
&SSr faction wants to make it ma
(F2SHal home in which all the states
ISR2SAfhe entire jurisdiction can share
ffssS4efits and expenses alike. IT this
None the state of Arkansas ano
{IIe city of Hot Springs may loos
t6A plum, and this fear prompted a
ffSf discussion. There are other places
where fine logis could be presented
US land the home in northern or west
arn states The fact that Kansas
Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama. Tex
~. Colorado and several other states
have acted upon the matter shows
that the question is not local affair
though all these states so far favo
Hot Springs as proper and flttln!
pl&ee for the home and sanitarium
lAnOther faction fought all objection
and wants it an Arkansas affair. be
cAl1se of the fact that if it be state
Institution, by the constitution all Wis
yfars and patients to the home from
foreign states would have to have
their expenses guaranteed by theil
Ime or local lodges, which would
ing in the required revenues. Their
NJ discussion pro and con, and the
general opinion prevailed that the
revenues would not be enough by thi
plan, and at 7:30 last evening the
grand lodge adjourned without havin:
taken any action in the matter. and
the general opinion last night was
that had the vote been taken there
would have been nothing done at
All.
AT 9 a. M today the grand lodge
again took the question up and
fought it hard, and the result wa
that $4,000 was voted to be put into
the hands of trustees whose duty ii
will be to invest in first mortgag'
loans and other specified investments
and that the grand lodge shall from
year to year add $4,000 to the princi
pal and such other amounts as car
be, afforded as a starter toward the
result of building home and sani
tarium. The trustees are also re-
ouested to make all efforts possible
fckmake a new covenant with the gov
xmment to hold the site which has
Sen ceded to the government at Hot
brings.
IA picked team last night from the
rec lodges of the city worked in the
INKS of page and knight at the Elks
eater, and large crowd was pres
1t to witness the work. Blake Tres
|tt and Major F. G. Furth were the
gndidates. Secretary Bartlett says
lat he doubted if there was a fine1
am in the United States, as the
brk was perfect and handled with
Psons in the most impressive man.
er possible, and that there was not
hitch made and not word OF i'm
ovement to be suggested. The work.
rs largely embelished with electrical!
hting and tableau effects
The gentlemanly K. of P. delegates
becoming quite at home in the
~, and there is large number OF
en- who are investigating the city's
slness facilities thoroughly. Some
them are going aWay with hand