The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-17
SILVER TROWEL
At POCATELLO
Prominent Masons From Four
States Take Part in the I'M
preSSive Ceremonies.
VISITORS GIVEN BANQUET
CORNER = STONE OF CARNEGIE
LIBRARY LAID.
Especial to The Herald)

Pocatello, Ida, Oct. 16-In the pres
ence of representative Masons from
four states, the travelling silver trowel
trusted to Portneuf lodge No. Is of this
city by Wasatch lodge No. / of Salt
Lake. The beautiful and impressive
ceremony prepared by Justice Lodge
| for the transfer of the emblem was ad-
mirably performed by the representa-
tives of the two lodges.
Those Who Took Part.
Alfred Moyes, past master of Port
neuf lodge, presided, and the members
of the living trowel were George Ohm
stead, George H. North, w. F. Howard,
w. c. Whitwell, Fred G. Mock, j. H.
Hiler, William Walin, o. l.. Cleveland,
William Kelly, W. H. Cleare, Charles
E. Brooks, j. NJ. Masonheimer, Will
liam n. McCarty, Lyman Fargo. James
H. Brady, o. b. Steely, William F..
Smith, George F. Gagon. William B.
Goodheart, w. j. Harvey, James A.
Weed, H. D. Kinport, ID. W. Church,
Rev. P. Murphy and George F. Gas
ser.
Samuel c. Park, master of the lodge;
Rev. P. A. Simpkin, acting senior war
den; Grand Master w. J. Barrette, act
ing Junior warden, and II. c. Cav, act
ing senior deacon, represented Wasatch
lodge.
The trowel ceremony followed the
raising of Frank w. Joans, at which
William b. Goodheart, grand lecturer
of Idaho, presided, on the request of
/ ]. II. Hitler, master of Portneuf lodge.
The Banquet.
/ Following the ceremony a banquet
was served, at which former Mayor
| Walter H. Cleare was postmaster.
Toasts were given as follows:
Masonic Light" Rev. Frank Z.
Whitman; The Craft in Utah." Chris
topher Diehl, grand secretary of Utah;
Our Lodge and Our Visitors" James
:, H. Brady: Emblem of BrOtherly
| Love-" William c. Smith. past grand
master of Idaho; Masonry in IdahO.P
William c. Whitwell, grand master of
Idaho: The Travelling Trowel and Its
Lesson" Rev. p. Murphy.
About a dozen Salt Lakers accompa-
MED the trowel to Pocatello. At the
head of the party was W. ]. BaTrette,
grand master Among others were
| Christopher Diehl, grand secretary; H.
c. Cav, Rev. p. A. Simpkin, A. E.
! Hutchinson. L. c. Kelsey, r. c. Con-
ners, C. ]. McNitt, T. H. Carr and
James H. Brown.
Day Well Spent.
/ The party was met at the train this
morning by Pocatello Masons with au-
| tomobiles, in which, after breakfast.
the city was seen The entire day was
filled with pleasure provided by capa-
BILE entertainment committee headed
| by the Nasons of Pocatello, and includ-
/ ing as unofficial members all the other
residents of the town.
The grand lodge of Idaho met this
afternoon I'm special communication
and. assisted by visiting craftsmen,
/ laid the cornerstone of the new Car
negie library, for which the Pittsburg
! ironmaster has given S12,0O DIR. VIII
liam c. Whitwell of Salmon city, grand
master. presided: DR.. f. A. Burrell OF
| MONTPELIER lieutenant governor or the
state. served as senior grand warden
and George F. GagOn of Blackfoot as
/ junior grand warden.
James II. erady's Grafton.
In addition to the Masonic ceremo-
MES at the cornerstone laying, there
was music by the Eagle band, and
solos by Mrs. w. H. Cleare and Mrs. j.
C. Weeter. Mrs Weeter, who former
ly lived in Park City, rendered Kip
Hng's "Recessional' with splendid et-
feet. James H. Brady, Republican
state chairman, delivered the oratlon III
which he extolled the iberallty ano
philanthropy of the laird of Sklbo-