Cañon City record., 1911-08-24
X. OFP. GRAND LODGE
HERE NEXT WEEK
Everything Points to the Most Successful
Meeting IN History of State. People
Urged to Decorate Their Homes

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Sisters at the castle hall of Occur
de Leon lodge Wednesday night. The
grand lodge sessions will be held at
Elks' hall and the meetings of the
Pythian grand temple at Pythian hall.
Wednesday evening there will be a
masked parade on Main street of the
Dramatic order OF the knights of
Khorassan. followed by initiatory ex-
ercises at Annex hall Later there will
be banquet
Mrs. Hardy sayre. Mrs. Sam Nc
Donald and Mrs. Sam Taylor. assisted
by Indies from Florence and Coal
Creek. constitute an entertainment
committee for the Pythian Sisters and
they have arranged an Informal recep-
ton for the members of that order
at the Hotel Denton on Monday night.
which will be the first social function
in connection with the grand lodge
meeting Friday afternoon Of this week
Pythian Sisters temple will be or
ganized at a. o. U. W. hall with about
twenty-five members and they will
cooperate with the general committee
IN the entertainment OF the visiting
ladies.
Thursday morning from eight TIL
eleven o'clock the grand lodge on
GERS. representatives and their friends
viii be the guests of Warden lyman
on n trip through tho state peniten-
tisry. which will conclude the pro-
gram 80 far as the general public is
concerned. An information bureau
Ein he opened Monday morning IN
the vacant building adjoining the First
/ National bank on Main street by
committee from coeur de Leon lodge
where visitors will be welcome at
all times. a reception committee will
meet all trains and escort visitors to
their lodgings. Both the Canon City
and Florence bands have been en-
gagged for the grand lodge meetings
and will take part in the parade OF
the Uniform Rank and Boy Scouts
Tuesday morning and will play at the
competitive drill at the high school
athletic field Wednesday afternoon.
1t is desired that the people OF Can
on City decorate their homes and
places OF business as elaborately as
possible with the national colors
and Pythian emblems In honor Of
the grand lodge. In addition to the
stringing of the national flag across
Main street from the Strathmore to
the denton hotels. similar TO the dis
play at the time of the Flower carni-
val last May, there will be mingled
with them at intervals of twenty-five
or thirty feet. rows OF Pythian ban
ners and pennants; giving the street
an exceptionally attractive appear.
ance. Coeur de Leon lodge has pur-
chased large number OF these fiags
and pennants and will sell them a,
absolute cost TO all who desire tc
decorate either their homes or places
Of business.
The Colorado Light q Power COM
pany has very generously offered to
illuminate Main street at night by
means of festoons OF oolored globes
and It is expected that the Pythiar
colors. red, yellow and blue. will be
everywhere In evidence while the
fraters are here, The Baker & Biggs
} Mercantile company has procured q
large stock OF Pythian bunting fol
the occasion. which will be sold &c
the public for decorative purposes al
price that everybody can AFFORD
Nearly all of the business firms of the
city are making preparations to dec
crate their stores and Offices with the
Pythian colors and some very attrac-
tive displays are assured.
Tho Knights OF Pythias grand lodg,
meeting here next week will be the