The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03
Salt Lake Council, Knights of
Columbus, Arrange Big Ban
quet at Utah Hotel.
NOTABLES WILL BE PRESENT
Movement for New Clubhouse in
City Will Be Given Strong
and Direct Impetus.

The tenth anniversary OF the instltu-
tlop of Salt Lake council, knights or
Columbus. will be celebrated by an elab-
orate banquet at the Hotel Utah on the
evening of September {. Since this Will
be the first OF a series of large affaiis
to be held in the new hostelry during
the coming season, both the management
and the 300 local knights are planning an
elaborate programme.
The guests Will be seated promptly at
$50 in the banquet hall, which immedi-
ately adJoins the ballroom William u.
Leary. the present grand knight OF Salt
Lake council. Will act as toastmaster
and the following members comprise the
speakers list: The R,. Rev Laurence
Scanlan. bishop OF the Salt. Lake dio-
cese; T. j. O'Brien, master OF the fourth
dogree. George j. Gibson, past state dep
uty; John j. Harvey state lecturer; Rev.
P; NJ Cushnahan from Ogden: S. Abbott
Maglnnls, state deputy. and DR. M. A
Hughes. past grand knight and the first
grand knight of the Salt Lake council.
The splendor Of the setting will ne
augmented by the presence OF the faira
vided, whose excellence Is vouched ful
by the committee In charge. but who
absolutely refuse to divulge the names of
the artists before the evening in ques
tlon,
Many Guests Expected.
Approximately 100 knights from the
other councils in the state and neigh
cnt.
Besides celebrating the events of the
past ten years. the banquet Will serve 70
initiate movement for q, beautiful new
clubhouse TO be erected in one OF the
most desirable localities in the city In
following along these lines. the Salt Lake
knights are but initiating the work al
ready accomplished in practically all the
large eastern centers. 1t is a part Of
tho policy Of the order to secure
permanent home for its members the
local council was the first TO be estab-
lished in this intermountain region. Al
the time OF its institution II was rather
hard 10 convince All eastern delegation
that anything which had even the re-
motest connection with a religious move
menL could thrive and prosper in what
was even such a short time ago called
the Wild and woolly west" With Salt
Lake as starting point. however. the
order was soon pushed throughout this
state and spread to Idaho Wyoming, Ne
vada and eastern Oregon. Today the In
termountan councils exhibit a unity Of
purpose and a virility which adds mate
rally TO the strength OF the national
organization. To dwell upon that par
ticular feature, the present grand knight
says:
Real Western Spirit.
THE spirit OF the new west plainly
seen and felt today in all American ac-
tivities, including politics, science. art,
literature and every branch OF industry.
Is as potent in the work of the knights of
columbus as elsewhere. For years the
arlstocratio pedants OF the east with cold
blooded calculation have resisted every
effort OF the western man for better
things but n light begins 10 break and
our day Is ut hand. The knights OF CO.
lumbus. individually and as an institu-
ton, propose 10 be second TO none in this
new citizenship. We local men feel that
there Is something in the magnitude of
these hills and in the sweep OF our val
leys which develops right thinking, clear
Judgment and true manhood, II our own
council doesn't help to make Salt Lake
CITY bigger and better place then IT
VIII have been established In vain"
As soon as the now clubhouse Is com
pletod. the local knights are planning an
ardent effort to secure the national con-
vontion. which convenss annually, for Salt
Lake, Last years statistics showed an
insured membership in the organization of
IS.lO0. with an associate membership of
,52S. or n total active working body OF
2io.62S. There are forty-ninc state coun-
ellis with $50 sub-councils. The order Is
largely confined In its membership To the
United States and Canada. but, has Il
small percentage in the Philippine islands
and Mexico