The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-14

j sign it will be unique among the
| temples of the order in the country
James Stuart of the Mckee, for ovel
quarter of a century a resident OF
that district and who in the early
days of the order here was the Gus.
| todian of its local charter, held the
handles of the pillow which cut the
furrow and the three teams were
| driven by Henry Goldberg, worship
full master. and J. w. Sindall and j
e. Smith, past masters of Yakima
Lodge No. "a respectively. When
the furrow had been laid some halt
hundred members of the order from
the $50 present took shovels and as
sisted in filling wagon with soil
from the excavation.
Faith in the Valley.
Thus was formally inaugurated a
movement which is to make history
for the city of North Yakima ana
for Free and Accepted Masonry in
this county and state and in fact
for the entire Northwest. The pro-
posed temple will be the finst build
Ing in this city, on it's completion
1t will be an ornament to the city,
an education to all visitors and a
testimony to the work of local build
ers, as Messrs. Corbett and Ray
mond of North Yakima are the con-
tractors. 1t will indicate, moreover
the faith of the mem bers of the Ma
sonic order in the future OF this
valley and of the state of which, it
Is part. Embracing as it does the
leading business men of the COM
munity the order by the erection of
such a structure sets the seal of it's
approval on the undertaking.
Speakers of the Day.
James Stuart, Fred Parker and
l.. o. Meigs were the orators of the
day, Z. j. Wyman being chairman
of the day. The prayer was by DR..
Morton l.. Rose, pastor of the Chris
tan church, and following it Mr..
Wyman paid a high tribute to the
personal character and fraternal
qualities of Mr. Stuart who. ny
crossing the Yakima river on a cable
had saved the charter
Mr. Stuart spoke briefly of the in
cidents of the early days of the order
in this valley and expressed his ap-
permitting him a place in the cere-
monies in connection with the new
temple. The ceremonies, he said,
are fraught with Importance for the
entire Northwest.
Principles of Masonry.
Fred Parker, introduced as one
who perhaps more than any other
had made the proposed new struc-
ture feasible, dilated to some extent
on the principles of Masonry, men
tioning faith in a living God, hope
in Immortality and an all pervading
love for humanity. He dealt some
what with the history of the order
and then called attention to the fact
that Masonry here had it's origin in
Yakima City in 1874 in little wood
en- building now doing duty on Sec
ond street in this city as a meat mar
ket. In September, 1911, Mr.. Par
ker said, it is the hope of the men,
bers of the order to welcome their
brethren in a fine new, six-story
structure erected on the site of the
ceremonies of the day.
Progress of the Worlu.
Progress of the world. said Hon.
l.. o. Megs, is in moral. intellectual
and spiritual development and not In
the material things. Hence the pleas
ure of the gathering in the midst of
such thoughts as are uppermost
in the general mind just at this
time. The art, literature and phil
osophy of Greece are studied by the
world of today and not her proves
in war. In Rome the development
OF her jurisprudence and art, which
are her modern greatness, were Sub
sequent to her pre-eminence on the
battlefield. 1t is the Elizabethian
age OF England. when her men OF
letters We're the men of power, which
is today the delight of the student
and not the period of her CONNER
cial greatness. Hence the lessor
that it is not gold but ideas and prin-
ciples which, when sown broadcast
multiply, is the lesson which must
| be learned and the ideal to be sought
is the enduring ideal of the unity Of
God, the brotherhood of man, the
evolution of life.
In addition to those already men
toned there were on the platform
| the 1OllOWlnS members OF the DOarC
of trustees of the Masonic Temple
association: w. L. Steinweg, presi
dent; w. l.. Lemon, vice-president
J. L. Hughes, secretary; E. J. Wy
man. W. p. Sawyer w. M. Watt
b. f. McCurdy George Listmann
who was prominent in negotiation
leading to the inception of the con
tract work, and j. NJ. Brown were
also honored guests.