Arizona republican., 1913-09-11
MASONS RETURN
 FROM CANYON
Granite Monument to Be
 Erected on Spot Where Third Degree Was Given. Flagstaff Lodge Will Do
 This

That the conclave of the Masons held at the Grand Canyon of Ari- zona Monday and Tuesday of this week was one attended by history making features and epochs is the report of those who returned from that beauty spot yesterday. There were features in the attendance. features in the meetings, features in ] the trip. and features in the enter
 tainments.
 In all there were twenty-four of the forty eight states of the union
 represented at the gathering There
 were brothers present from nearly
 every part of the United States One
 seeing an article in one of the Los
 Angeles papers. came to the meet
 ing from southern California An
 other, Brother F. L. Smith. member
 of Columbia lodge No. 31 of Co
 lumbia Tennessee, came from his home for the sole purpose of at
 tending this conclave. Others were present from Georgia, Louisiana. all
 of them most interesting brothers as well as most interested At these meetings there were four past grand
 masters and one active grand mas
 ter, and there were present also the three highest officials in the Episcopal church in the southwest
 The presence of the Episcopal of ficials, was the occasion for giving the third degree to the last of the three. This makes a record that is hard to beat, since all have received their degrees during the tenure of office of WOrshipful Master A. A. Betts. Venerable Bertrand R Cockes nf hn ,iv1 master Mason degree at this meeting. while Very Reverend William J. Scarlett and Right Reverend J. w. Atwood were the earlier initiates That three dignitaries of such pro- minence and standing should be so ingrOssed in the doctrines of Ma sorry speaks much for popularity of the order.
 Tuesday, after the main program of the day was past the Masons of the Flagstaff lodge. the body under whose official jurisdiction the Grand Canyon comes, held a special meet ing Here there was voted, monu- ment of granite to be erected on the given. On the monument will be placed a tablet of bronze suitably engraved with the dedication of the spot as the Spot of the Third De gree" The monument will stand on ! that point known as Ma aricOpa Point. | q narrow neck of land a hundred l and fifty yards from Hopi Point l Here on this point there was erect !! ed a tent where the service was l held, and when the members came 1 from the tent and from the neck of | land the moving picture man was located to take the scene of happy Masons in their gay garments. The same machine did duty on the trip down the Cork Screw trail, and ar engagements have been made for the pictures at the Empress theater on October 21st
 Record On Trail
 The record for numbers to go broken by the Masons on the first lay of the visit. There were 1OS and 68 on foot who made he trip. making in all about 175. This is by far the greatest days rave1 in the history of the canyon.
 Tuesday evening the Masons as embled at Fl Tovar for the ban Iuet. Festivities started at 7:30 and continued till 1O:30 when the peeches of the occasion were de- ivered. Among the speakers of the vening there were, Past Grand faster Harry A. Drachman of Tue 1 on, George IT. Rhuben of Atlanta, , ieorgia. Judge w l.. Bonner. pr. , Iughes, George U. Young and Cap , ain Parker of Phoenix, Dr. Wander nan of Douglas and Grand Master eroy Middleton of Globe.
 Returning from the scenes of the litiations each member carried T mall piece of stone. keepsake, a iece of the stone from which was lade the altar used al the initia . )ry service. When seen on the rect yesterday Worthy Master etts carried in his hand his treas \ re. a piece of the third degree altar. To Grand Master Leroy Middleton
 due much of the praise for the lccess of the session. His untiring lergy. his congenial presence and S constant endeavors toward mak- g this the best of all Masonic eetings were rewarded to the full t extent and his is the honor as aker of Masonic History.