The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-23
EASTERN MONTANA METROPOLIS
THE CONVENTION CITY.
FOUR IMPORTANT MEETINGS
Eagles, Epwortn Leasuers, Pythian
Bodies and State Convention
All Come Here.

-Four important state conventions
will come to Billings this year. FIRST
will be the convention Of Eagles,
which together with the delegates and
members Of the several lodges Of the.
order throughout the state, viii num-
Der in the neighborhood eli 500 yisi-
tors.
The local lodge of the order, which
is II of the largest in the state, is
already making extensive prepare
tions TO entertain thee brethren
when they visit the city in May. When
it to entertaining in proper
form the Eagles contend that they are
second to none. The Billings mem
bers Of the order intend to be there
with the goods when the date arrives
to receive their brethren in this city
at the annual meeting of the order in
the state. The convention will be
held the first week in May and is
scheduled for three days.
Epwort1, League Convention.
Next in order of conventions for
the city this year is the state meeting
of the EpW64rtFh league. This body OF
religious workers will have over 100
delegates ta4she convention to be held
here in June.soAside from the dele
gates there will probably be twice
that numbestfr f Visitors.
AT the head of the leag'le in this
city is Doctor James Il. Free aad the
chairman of thaEcommittee OF arrange
ments is H. R.Reckard. Both these
gentlemen are taking an active inter
est in the forthcoming convention,
which will meet<in this city for a five
days session.. isanE
Among the prominent men who viii
attend the convention will be Bishops
Fowler, McCabe and Hamilton. Dec
tor Berry, editor of the Epworth Her
aid, the official organ Of the league
throughout the United States, will
also attend the Billings convention.
knights of Pythias and Rathbone
Sisters.
The Knights of Pythias grand lodge
and the Rathbone Sisters grand tenn
pie will meet in the city during the
first week in September. The first or
ganization will send upwards of 100
delegates and the latter about So.
Aside from these there will be a large
number who are members of one or
the other order who will attend the
meeting to be held in the city.
The local order of knights of Ply
thias is among the oldest established
secret societies in the city and num-
bers among it's membership some Of
the most prominent business and pro-
fessional men in the city. Prominent
among the Rathbone Sisters in the
city is Mrs. S. W. Soule, who served
two terms as grand chief of the order.
Mrs. Soule is at present supreme rep
resentative of the order in the state.
State G. O. p. at Billings.
BY the decision reached yesterday
by the republican state central ron-
mittee at a meeting lie'i at Helena,
the convention to nominate a state
and congressional ticket will be held
at Billings next August or Septem-
Der. This latter convention will on
tain over 400 delegates and will no
doubt be attended by several hundred
visitors outside of the list of delegates.
The meeting of the republicans in
state convention at Billings next fall
will be the largest gathering that has
ever been witnessed in the city.
1t is altogether probable that the
time for holding the annual Yellow
stone county fair, which this year
promises to be the most important
in the history of the association, will
be held at the time of the meeting of
the republicans in state convention in
the city.