Arizona republican., 1905-10-04

Three of the most prominent members of the grand commandery died in 1905, among them two members of the grand encampment Grand Prelate Cornelius L. living and Jesse B. An thony. the latter for years chairman of the committee on foreign correspond ence in the grand commandery.
 New York has sixty commentaries and 5.SOS Knights Templar. Amopg the past commanders of the state Is Governor Frank w. Higgins.
 Your correspondent was courteously accorded the privilege of presenting the claims of Arizona to separate state hood twice. once before the. Grand Rep resentatives association at dinner in
 the Grand Union hotel; and again be-
 fore the Grand Commandery itself af- ter the inauguration of the newly elect
 ed officers. He expressed the hope that the stronger communicates would help
 their little sister in her time of real
 distress She has the men, and the
 money the fertile fields. the cattle
 covered plains. the ore-fflled mountains,
 which should entitle her to statehood,
 but if she cannot now be admitted to
 the sisterhood of states, all she asks
 is the liberty to grow. She is threat
 ened with amalgamation, miscegena-
 ton. extinction. She asks for the right
 to exist.
 Grand Commander John Little came
 to this country from England poor
 boy. and when he read one of the clos ing paragra phs of his annual address
 he was almost overcome by his emo-
 tions. He said:
 we are to be congratulated upon
 the great prosperity of our noble order throughout the length and breadth of this glorious land. a land where all men. of whatever station. creed or opinion. may enjoy the precious privi- lege of life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness. a land whose government and institutions permit us to assemble
 as members of the Masonic fraternity, without let or hindrance. and to ex- pound it's influence for good until it has reached that position where all men are compelled to admire our institution. a6 l it goes on. year after year. in its great and glorious mission as an ellghtener | and civilizer of mankind.
 Personally. I have reason to be proud to be a citizen of such a coun . l try. whose institutions have provided the opportunity which has enabled a poor emigrant boy, who landed on these ! shores in 1867, to stand before you, to- | day. in the year 1905. and address you
 as the grand commander of one of the largest Templar jurisdictions in the
 world"
 1 one who heard him could vividly re- call the touching story of past grand commander Knights Templar Of the | territory of Arizona, who coming to 1 Prescott a poor boy, carrying sur veyor's chain, went over some of the same ground a few years later. a ter ] 01 O ernor of the territory to meet President Roosevelt at the Grand Canyon of Ari- zona-
 The Central New York Methodist | Episcopal conference is now in session ] in the Hedding church in this city. The | conference numbers 265 representatives and many hundred members of the l Methodist churches accompany the delegates. The Elmira dailies publish ed a list of the 265 and their enter ! tainers.
 ] The presiding officer of the confer ence is Bishop H. NJ. Spellmeyer, D. ! D. of Cincinnati. Among the promin- i ent members are Rev. Dr. B. l. Ives, about eighty years of age, Rev. Dr. c. NJ Boswell of Philadelphia and Presi- dent Day of the Syracuse University.
 The conference includes z11 churches, with five presiding elders.
 | One of the most eloquent members | of the conference is Rev. Dr. c. M. Boswell of Philadelphia, representative ! of the church extension society. In his thrilling address, ne spoke of the fact that some writers claimed that there was no longer a frontier; but OH his way to the conference he was read ing of great irrigation enterprises in Arizona, by which thousands of acres ! of desert were to be changed into fruit ful fields.
 The Methodist church extension so- ciety. nas expended nearly four million dollars in building new churches In the chart issued by the society the number of churches in Arizona is given as thirty; number of church members, 1236; collections in the Arizona Mis- sion S2,371; donations, $8521.90; loans SIP, 900; churches sided. twenty eight.
 The statistics of the national board of church extension are as follows: Or Ganized 1864; churches aided, 13,526; receipts, $0,051.23150; 75O churches erected by special frontier or memorial gifts Of S25O each.
 The Veteran Soldiers Union includes