Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-08-26

DTluBe HIS seventh as SrdHu SeCTeIdTy of Arizona.
 This is the twelfth annual session of the Grand Lodge and the second one held in Prescott.
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 The reception rendered members of the Grand Lodge, at the M. E. church last evening, was not as largely at tended as it might have been, as there was an abundance of room for many more visitors. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Rev. l.. O. Lewis and Mrs. T. w. Otis, the former on behalf of the churches and the latter on behalf of the w. c. T. U. of Pres cott
 Grand Chief Templar O. Gibson and Grand Secretary A. P. Walbridge de- livered the responses in which each of them delivered stirring addresses.
 Mrs. k. A. Talbot presided over the meeting. Mrs. McCash rendered a beautiful vocal solo accompanied on the piano by Mrs. R. M. Ling which was highly appreciated by all present.
 At the conclusion of the music and addresses, a social time was enjoyed by those present for about an hour when the company dispersed.
 Today has been busy one with the Good Templars, as the bulk of the business must be transacted at the three sittings of the day. The reports of the years work as given by the various officers were listened to at tentively by the delegates present, and contained much interesting mat ter. The tresaurer's books showed a very satisfactory condition financially, there being S75 in the sack after pay ing all claims. There was expended during the year in the lecture field over 500; for the Arizona Good Temp lar, which is the official organ of the Grand Lodge, $50; for supplies, s60; paid to the supreme lodge, S70; and for miscellaneous items s200, making a grand total of S5S0 spent.
 From the report of the grand secre- tary it is gleaned that there are twelve active lodges in the territory, with an aggregate membership of 45l. During the year there have been added to the order 354 members and loss from all sources of 331, leaving net gain of 23. During the year three lodges were organized, one by Col. Sobieski and two by A. P. Walbridge.
 The past year has been an active one in Good Templar circles, and more lecture work has been done than in any previous year for some time past.
 Two lecturers, Col Sobieski and J. M. Glass, made thorough canvasses of the territory in the interests of the order, visiting almost every city and town of Arizona.
 From the reports II seems there are now in Arizona five local nIll son dis tricts in Arizona, one ill MaricOpa county, and two each in Pinal and Apache counties.
 The secretary recommends that the Grand Lodge applies a part of its rev enue to the carrying of other districts and the defending of the law in the courts.
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 The twelfth session of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, l. O. G. T., com pleted its labors this morning and ad- journed to meet in Phenix on the third Thursday in October, 1901.
 Business was despatched rapidly at the afternoon and evening sessions yesterday. and the docket so nearly cleared that but little remained to be done this morning.
 The c. l.. per capita tax was fixed at D cents per quarter per member, and the salary of the grand secretary, who is also superintendent of lecture work, was continued at ? per cent of the receipts of his office.
 The publication of the Arizona Good Templar as quarterly was con tinued and G. c. T. Gibson and G. s. Walbridge continued as editor and associate editor.
 Payment of dues in subordinate lodge will constitute paid subscrip- tion to the paper.
 It was voted by the G. l.. to put forth more effort in the juvenile tenn plar work during the coming year, than has been devoted to it in the past. The G. l.. also voted to supply each subordinate lodge with a copy of the book by Woolley and Johnson, Nineteenth Century Temperance Progress, as a text and reference book.
 A petition was presented from one lodge praying for a reduction in per capita tax from D cents per quarter to I2i, cents, but it was denied.
 The secretary and treasurer were thirty days in which. to file their bonds in the sum of $500 each.
 The officers elect for the ensuing year are:
 Grand Chief Templar-O. Gibson, Esq, of Tombstone.
 Grand Counselor. O. Mullen of Tempe.
 Grand Vice Templar-Mrs. Martha Arey of Williams. Grand Supt. Jevenile Temples Mrs. i Maggie Reynolds. Central Lodge.
 Grand Secretary-A. P. Walbridge, of Phenix.
 Grand Treasurer - Mrs. Mattie Banks of Maricopa district lodge.
 Grand Electoral Supt.-S. $. Green of Floral lodge.
 Past Grand c. C.-Hon. J. A. Mar shall of Phenix
 Grand Chaplain-Mrs. \. R. Talbot )f Prescott.
 Grand Messenger - Miss Lorabel Wallace of Flagstaff.
 Grand Marshal-John A. Hedgpath ,f Central Lodge.
 Deputy Grand Marshall-Miss Jayne Iosher of Prescott.
 Assistant Grand Secretary - Miss Henrietta Irwin of Mesa.
 Grand Guard-Miss Nellie Duncan