East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-22

Advance No. los OF vale-Erbie
Hayes and l.. j. Hadley.
Goloden No. 50 of Granite-W. G..
Gleason.
1t was ~ o'clock when the work Of
comforting the grand lodge degrees
upon the new representatives had
been completed and an adjournment
was then taken for lunch.
Pythian Sisters.
Simultaneously with the assembly,
ing of the X. of p. grand lodge this
morning the Pythian Sisters met in
the odd Fellows hall. AT the OPEN
ing session so members were in at
tendance from the different temples
of the state, or these 20 were new
representatives and were given the
grand temple degrees.
At the Pythian Sisters convention
Mrs. Margaret Slocum of Union filled
the chair and her report was one of
the features of the forenoon session.
It was very interesting and able re-
port and showed the Pythian Sisters
of this state to be progressing well.
This afternoon the Pythian Sisters
are transacting routine business.
Tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
o'clock, memorial session will be
held, and to this all members of the
Pythian Sisters, whether representa-
tives or not, and also all Knights Of
Pythias, are invited.
The election of officers for the
coming year will not likely be held
until tomorrow.
Reception Last Night.
Last night an informal reception
was given to the visiting Pythians at
a smoker held in the Eagles-Wood-
men hall. During the same the key
to the city, very large wooden af-
fair, was rendered to Grand Chan
cellor Gus c. Moser and was received
with due ceremony. 1t was presented
by j. r. Raley in behalf of Mayor
Murphy, and it was explained that
the magic key would open the city
wide to the visiting Knights of
Pythias.
In replying, Grand Chancellor
Moser accepted the key with appro-
pirate remarks, but declared no key
was needed to open the hearts of the
people of Pendleton.
Indians Were There.
The spectacular feature of the en-
tertainment last night was the ap-
pearance of a band of braves under
the direction of Major Lee Moor
house, Several war dances were
given by the band of bloodthirsty
"redmen," and so realistic was the
stunt that few in the audience knew
that most of the dancers were not
real subjects of Chief No Shirt. Those
in the band were Mark Moorhouse,
little Wesley Fletcher, r. w. Fletch-
er, Berkeley HALEY, Glenn Bushee,
Clark Neelson, Ralph Coon and Guy
Hayes. Miss Cupid Dishon of the
Grand theater also participated in
some of the dancing and rendered
several vocal selections that were
we'll enjoyed.
One of the Indians" who had i'm
bibed too much firewater, arrived
late upon the scene, and when an at
tempt was made to keep him sub
dued, began Shooting up the house"
In this process the other Indians also
Joined, and for a moment terror
reigned supreme 1t is asserted that
during the miX-up several visitors
and one or two local men escaped
from the hall and did not stop run
ming until they had covered several
blocks.
Another stunt pulled off during the
evening was the "Dago and His
Bear" by ]. H. Estes and r. w.
Fletcher. 1t, too, was well appreci-
ated.
Talks by Veterans.
Earlier in the evening Grand Chan
cellor Moser called upon a number
present to respond with short talks
and some very interesting responses
were made. First to be called upon
was Judge w. L. Bradshaw of The
Dalles, supreme representative of the
order He was followed by w. NJ
Cake of Portland, also supreme rep
resentatlve from this state. Others
who talked were Ed D. Curtis of
Portland, the senior past grand
chancellor of the state; Past Grand
Chancellors Hochstedler, Davis, Curl,
Jett, Waldman and others. George
w. Jett, past grand chancellor, was
chosen as grand chancellor when the
grand lodge met in this city 22 years
ago. L. r. Stinson, popular grand
keeper of records and seal was also