, 1907-08-30

chancellor Of the grand lodge of Wyo.
ming, which meets here in September.
will attend the meeting of Damon
lodge, Knights Of ~Pythias. tonight.
There will be work in the rank OF
page, and the grand chancellor will
pay his official visit to the lodge. Al
ter the secret session there will be a
social session and q smoker.
An Important Gatherings.
The meeting of the grand lodge
promises to be an important one. Mr..
Butler will preside. Among the mat
tiers to be disposed of will be the cleo
ton Of a supreme representative. to
succeed Hon. William r. Schnitger of
Cheyenne, a member of Cheyenne
lodge No. q, and it is almost certain
Another matter will be the choice OF
a place for the next meeting of the
grand lodge. There is little doubt of
the reelection of C. S. Greenbaum OF
this city as grand keeper of records
and seal, a position he has held for a
number of years to the entire satisfac-
ton of the members OF the grand lodge.
Many Pythians Coming.
From present indications, the attend
ance OF representatives will be unusual.
lily large, the opening of the railroad
from Lander making it much easier for
the representatives from the Lander
and Thermopolis lodges to reach the
city. Cheyenne will send a drill team
and there will be other visitors from
over the state. The revival OF the uni.
form rank as a feature of the state at
large will be discussed by the mem.
bers of the order attending the grand
lodge meeting. This is the military
branch of the Knights Of Pythias, con
forming to the Knights Templar ano
~canton Of the Odd Fellows.
List Of Representatives.
At the office Of C. S. Greenbaum,
grand keeper Of records and seal. in
this city the credentials of the fol
lowing representatives to the grand
lodge have been filed:
Cheyenne No. 81. A.. Parnell, John
Schag and M. C. Barkwell.
Damon lodge No. 8, Laramie
George w. DeForest and ]. M. Chris.
tensen.
Sweetwater lodge No. 6. Rock
Springs-G. c. Huling and w. ]. Da-
Wis.
Buffalo lodge No. III. S. Oliver.
Sheridan lodge No. 81. Frank
Head and M. B. Camplin.
Lander lodge No. 10--Walter' Oswald
and w. S. Firestone.
Cambria lodge No. 12-Harry Upton,
Alfred Dudley and A. Tavegia.r
Manila lodge No. 10, Diamondville-
Abel Swanson and r. N. Mueller.
Pythagoras lodge No. Is, Newcastle
&c. s. Manahan and e. e. LaFranier.
Platte Valley lodge No. 16. Saratoga
G. Davis.
Rawlins lodge No. III. W. knight.
linger and G.. l.. Hopkins.
Dietz lodge No. 2O-Fred Bell and
Peter Carroll.
Triangle lodge No. 81, Basin City
W. B. Rhoads and Dan Grain.
Moorcroft lodge No. 23-Charles
Kirby.
Cody lodge No. 24-F. W. Chase and
IB. H. Cone.
Casper lodge No. 10 and Hot Springs
lodge No. %, at Thermopolis, did not
report their representatives.
Haskin on the Order.
Frederick j.. Haskin, the syndicate
writer, had an excellent article on the
Knights of Pythias in a recent mum.
Der of the Salt Lake Tribune. the fol.
flowing excerpts being timely now:
mo secret order has a higher ideal
than that which the knights Of Pyth>
las expect each member to realize. 1t
is that of love for ones fellow man so
great that it will transcend all lesser
things and leave selfiove forgotten.
The sentiment is a very old and n very
sweet one. 1t goes back into the
fourth century before Christ and
touches the lives of two students who
were followers Of Pythagoras and who
were members of a secret society that
believed In and taught his doctrines.
Damon and Pythias were their names,
and in the stress Of political strife
that swung about Syracuse, their home
city, they found need Of a close friend
ship. They were men of high ideals
and unblemished honor and the cor
rupt political atmosphere incident to
the rule of Dionysius was not pleasing
to. them.
Pythias Imprisoned.
Damon publicly denounced the tty.
rant and was imprisoned for his temer.
ity and condemned to death. He ask
ed permission to go ihoms aad arrange
his private affairs. Knowing the home
love Of Damon to be strong. Pythias Of.
Tered himself ~ hostage against hi