The evening times., 1911-08-09

TREAT GIVEN \ / 1
ROYAL WELCOME

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Continued from page e.) (.
covbell that caused so much discus
sion and comment in Rochester. =
II 10 said that bells are fastened
i TO- the camels as they make their
! trips over the deserts Of Egypt. The
camel was on the stage all right,
i but the bells were jingled by the faith
full riders of the beast.
\ AS Mr.. Treat came into the hall all
arose to greet him.
4 Not the Welcemer
Ex-Governor sarles In assuming the
ONCE OF toastmaster for the occasion
stated that 1t had been stated that he
mad been assigned the duty of bid
ding welcome to MIR. Treat but that
ne hadn't the eloquence of the great
orators like John Peter Hardy
Chauncey Depew or William Jennings
bryan and he wouldn't attempt it and
he called on Mayor Lowell.
Mr. Lowell said that it gave him
Ipleasure to welcome home this dis
tinguished citizen of Fargo. He was
glad to join with the good people oi
the city in welcoming home the chief
officer of this great order. On diff
ferent occasions he had been called
on to welcome societies of one kind
and another. He said that some have
expressed their disapprobation Of
some OF his acts, but on this occasion
he felt that the entire community
would join him in giving Mr.. Treat d
welcome and congratulating him on
attaining the high Office to which he
had been elected.
He said that 1t not only brought
the city Of Fargo into prominence
but that 1t was an advertisement fol
the state such as It had never had be-
fore.
He believed Mr.. Treat had the abil-
ity to attend to this Office and that II
would not suffer by being in his
hands. He felt like congratulatine
III Zagal Shrine for having this of.
ficer within its borders and that it ID
able to raise one Of it's members to
the highest office on the continent.
This temple has been q greater
medium for advertising Fargo and the
state than anything else" said he
II believe there Is lesson to be
Learned from his elevation to the
highest Office in this order. The
Shriners have always been boosters
never knockers. They have been q
unit for this one thing and they have
accomplished it. The hammer has
never been used by them. I believe
the hammerer is pessimist; that he
cant help but hammer. You have
the hammerer or knocker in a busi-
meas way, you have him In the press
and In other, ways. Some ): people
\ would rather apparently. talk af
though things were not right than tc
say good things.
= II think that the lesson is that Il
members of this organization had
n hammered among themselves or to the
outside world, Mr.. Treat would never
J have reached this goal.
II feel that this Office will be az
successful under his administration
a. It has ever been under; hts prede.
IceSsors aud / join with the people o.
the entire city In welcoming him"
49,, He Drove, Oxen
4 Mr.. Sarles said that one great rea.
son Frank Treat had been successful
was in the fact that he had grown
up with the state, that he had driven
oxen in the very early days and this
and other things had fitted him fol
going after, q thing that he wanted
and going after it right. He then
called on Mr.. Treat who ssid among
other things. the following:
4 Imperial Potentate Speaks
Mobiles and friends: have beer
wondering more or less as sat here
what should say to my own. people
I can only say God bless you all fol
giving me this great welcome home
where have lived over thirty years
Il could hardly wait until 60,
home after the election at Roches.
ter to tell my own folks Of how proud
was over it all. proud for theil
sakes as we'll as my own. Many
times I have been ushered into great
crowded halls, but 1 knew, what
was going to say and how to say It
for was In Shrine temples, but 1t Il
hard work at home when my heart 1,
full"
He spoke Of the work that had beer
done in his behalf by Ell Zagal Shrine
and the patrol and told how the boy,
had been With him, marching In man,
city for the past ten years and hi
i said q great part Of his success wai
owing to the great efforts put fortt
by his brothers from his home town
He had been anxious to know what te
say on his homo coming, but. hi
guessed the most interesting would bt
! to tell where he had been.
"The Shrine" he said. "has no 9th
er object than to spread sunshine
and smiles in its pathway and If
could help In this believe my tern
In ONCE will not prove vain.''
Mr.. Callahan said that during the
tpast ten years, FL ZRzal's only ain
was to secure the election Of Mr.
Treat to the position Of imperial po.
i tentate and the result has beer
reached and everybody is glad. HI
] beloved that every citizen Of the
Iafata AZ! North Dakota was gratif1ed