Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-07
At CLINTON NEXT Y[AR
Masonic Grand Lodge Session
Will Be Held In the River
City In 1907
CEDAR RAPIDS WANTED IT
The Vote Wa. Close, But the River
City Finally Won out-w. F. clevc-
land, of Harlan, Elected Grand Mas
ter-other officer. Are Chosen
General News Of tho State.
Special to Times IRE publican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines June Z. The grand
lodge of Masons today chose Clinton as
the place for the next annual session.
The vote was close, Cedar Rapids and
Clinton both being candidates for the
honor. In the voting yesterday the
cities tied. but this morning the ball
citing resulted in favor of Clinton.
The election of grand lodge officers.
which took place yesterday afternoon,
went off with few contests. w. f.
Cleveland of Harlan was elected grand
master and Newton r. Parvin of Ce-
dar Rapids, upon whose shoulders fell
the mantle o. his father, for almost
lifetime grand lodge secretary. was
again unanimously chosen secretary.
The other officers chosen were: Grand
senior warden, D. w. Clements, West
Union; grand junior warden, F. S.
Moses, Clinton; grand treasurer, w. H.
Young, Hedrick; grand custodian, o.
N. Wagley, Newton.
r. NJ. Hunter of Sibley received a
considerable vote for grand master on
the first ballot. For grand custodian
there was friendly contest with F. b.
Whitaker, of Hillsboro, DR.. T. A. Hal
lett Of Des Moines and O. N. Wagley as
nominees.
Masons Spend Busy Day.
The election and the naming of the
next meeting place were the principal
matters of general interest before the
big body yesterday. 1t was busy day
for the Masons however, and there were
many reports submitted and up for
consideration. There were no vital
changes in the reports as submitted by
the committees and nearly all of them
were adopted without much debate.
The report on the grand lodge Ii
brary, submitted by Prof. T. H. Mac
bride of Iowa City. professor in botany
at the State university, was listened
to with much interest, inasmuch as
the library is one Of the chief prides
of the MasCIns of the state. 1t Is the
only Masonic library in the world Of
any consequence and has not alone
Masonic history in it's thousands of
volumes, but the history of Iowa as
well, for the first Masonic lodge was
organized in 1910 and the lodge and
the state grew UP together.
In his report Professor Macbri6e
made many recommendations in behalf
of the committee principal among
which was the erection of a library
building. This will doubtless be the
next building erected by the grand
lodge. Its location was recommended
In Cedar Rapids, where the present liz
brary is maintained.
'.The contents of the library are in
good order continued the report.
steps should be taken to the ultimate
separation Of the library and the mu-
scum.
r., Support Library.
Your committee finds in your Ii
brary a large amount of material il
Illustrating the history and progress of
Iowa Notwithstanding the fact that
there are now other organizations in
the state attempting this work, never
theless your committee believes that
inasmuch us your collections are earl
Test in the. field, they should not be
allowed t. deteriorate. Your commit
tee commeads the library to the mem
bers Of the craft every where as the
proper depository for historic volumes.
manuscripts and memorials of every
sort, especially of such as illustrate the
story Of our commonwealth"
Other committees which reported
yesterday and the chairman reporting
follow: Credentials, c. w. Walton,
Dubuque; lodges under dispensation, +.
II. Loring Oskaloosa: chartered lodges,
y. 8. Moses, Clinton; grandmaster's
address, w. F. Cleveland, Harlan; APP
peals and grievances, D. w. Clements,
West Union; Masonic Jurisprudence,
&C. T. Granger, Waukon; fraternal cor
respondence, j. f. Morcombe, Cedar
Rapids; fraternal dead, ]. E. Howe,
Greenfield.
Last evening the Masons attended
the theatei. at the Empire where the
body of the house had been reserved
for them. Many Of them took street
car rides over the city and out to the
parks.
The session will close today. 1t is
expected the principal business will be
over. by neon today and the representa-
tives will begin leaving for their homes
this afternoon and this evening.