Fergus County Democrat., 1905-10-31

work of the Grand Lodge of Masons,
the corner stone of the new Lewistown
Carnegie library building was laid
this afternoon at o'clock in the pres
ence of a large crowd who were at
tracted to the scene by the impress
sive ceremonies and the beautiful day.
The Masonic Grand Lodge, under
the escort Of a delegation from the
Grand Commandary, commandes by
Eminent Commander Elmer j. Carter
of Missoula, and the subordinate Ma
sonic orders left the hall for the Ii
brary site at 2:45 and at 3 o'clock the
solemn ceremonies were begun, being
in charge Of Acting Grand Master
Frank E. Smith. The other acting
Grand Lodge officers were:
w. S. Smith, deputy grand master;
]. M. Blackford, Sr. warden: G. J.
Wiedeman. Jr. warden; G. w. Cook,
grand marshall; G. P. Newell, Sr.
grand deacon; j. M. Croft, Jr. grand
deacon; w. N. Everett, grand secre-
tary: Charles Denyes, grand treasur-
er; Rev. w. A. Winters, grand chap
lain; John P. Barnes, supporting b.
BILE; Frank Day, grand standard bear
er; Alt J. Stephens, grand sword
bearer; Otto Wasmansdorff, N. j. Lit
tlejohn, H. A. Moulton and Charles
Allen, grand stewards; J. w. Luton,
grand tyler and J. w. Dougherty. rep
resentative of oldest lodge.
After the usual ceremonies Acting
Grand Master Frank e. Smith deliv-
cred the grafton, which is given below.
Following the Grafton the Rev. w. A.
Winters pronounced the benediction
and the Masons marched back to their
lodge room.
This evening, following the regular
lodge session, a social program will
be carried out as follows:
Toastmaster, Judge E. X. Cheadle,
who will also make an address on the
subject, "Toastmasters and Toasts. .
OlHcI SpSCSlCo " 49, w.
Corner Stones" A. Pfaus; Masonic
Cooks" G. w. Cook; May we live to
learn we'll and may We learn to live
WE'LL" Wm M. Blackboard; "The Ma
sonic Missions H. A. Moulton; "Tem-
pies of Masonry" John D. Waite;
"Toasts and Toastmasters," Frank E.
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Day and Louis Lehman. Interspers-
ed among the speeches will be a reel
tation by c. P. Newell and several
musical selections.
MIR. SMITHS SPEECH.
The word community is sometimes
defined as a body of people having
common rights, privileges, or inter-
ests, or living in the same place un-
der the same laws and regulations
The model community is a cohesive.
active. interested and public spirited
one. The character of the communt::
is a composite of the characters OF the
individuals who make it UP. The ex-
perience of ages is enunciated in the
divine word and truth by thell
fruit shall ye know them" By the
works that we are now accomplishing
we are not only exhibiting to the
world the character of our community
but we are bequeathing to posterity
the fruits of our high minded action
One of the things upon which we are
at liberty to f1atter ourselves is thai
this has always been a progressive
intelligent and law abiding communi
ty. Our schools would be a matter o.
pride to any community of equal sizt
in the world. The splendid bushes:
blocks all around US speak volume!
for our twenty-four years OF existence
The lofty spires piercing the Heavens
on every side bespeak the earnes
Christian character of our people,
The splendid conditions apparent II
our civic life are largely due to tn
class of citizens who first settled here
An earnest, moral, progressive, cul
tured and practical people, In al
things involving the public veal the
builded more wisely than they knew
and have bequeathed to those who wi
come after, a standard of public actio
which they will do we'll to emulate.
Few of those who were the earl
comers to Lewistown were blesse
with plethora of worldly treasures
We were all young people dependln
upon the vigor of youth to develop tn
splendid but virgin resources OF tn
new country.
Every public enterprise had to !
fostered by subscription, and the dral
was often felt by the struggling sui
scriber, but the community was a
ways liberal as well as progressive.
Among the most laudable of o.
public undertakings was the esta
fishing of library.
A word concerning it's history ca
not be out of place at this time and
will give it briefly.
The first impetus given the proje