The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-08-15
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An Odd Fellows Hall N
In Process of Erection
on Main Street
AN ORNAMENT TO THE TOWN
Temporary Quarters That Will
Ultimately Be Replaced
With a Brick Block

A new impetus was given to th !,
building boom now on in Orovllte
when the Odd Fellows broke grour:f
at the southeast corner of First "a,
enue and Main street Saturday foI d.
two story hall, which is to be Nl
frame. 2Sx66, lathed and plastere'
and finished in a manner that Will
credit to the lodge and strik
addition to the built up business W
ton. On the second floor will bel
lodge room 2SX50, with necessary =,
terooms, and will be reached from Z =
rear by an outside stairway. stx {,
room 2SX66 will be on the gre
floor, handsomely finished throughs
and with heavy plate glass FRI (
making it second to no store room!n
~te nlace. When finished the buls
ing will add Largely ~ the show
of improvements in Orovine ic- (
year 1913. Furthermore it's constrr
ton represents the expenditure of Sc,
eral thousand dollars, which will
put in circulation among wOrkmen
Some opposition has developed =,
the construction of this frame build
ing, which, it is hoped, may be with
drawn, and the lodge encouraged in
the effort to secure home Of its own.
The lots were purchased over two
years ago, and a portion of the money
contributed by individuals on the un-
derstanding that the Odd Fellows were
to put up brick, or concrete, build
ing. The membership of the order
had no desire to do less than was NOM
mated in the bond, and are perfectly
honest in the expressed determination
to substitute a substantial structure
for the one now in process Of erec=
ton at as early date as possible.
The use of wood instead of some more
substantial material at this time is a
matter of necessity and not of choice.
Every effort had been made to secure
sufficient cash to erect brick, or
concrete, hall. The building commit
tee as unit, and individual members
of the lodge, have left no stone un-
turned in order to raise money for the
cherished purpose. Even those who
are insistant upon the letter and
spirit of the contract being carried
out know that effort has been con-
scientiously and persistently made to
raise funds, and, indeed, those who
now protest have made efforts to aid
the lodge in this object 1t is difficult
to secure large sums to build in a
small place, as the experience of e.
n. Grubb conclusively goes to prove.
He had the cheerful assistance of
men who have a high standing among
loaners, and who used every means
in their power to secure loan, and
failed. Lack of effort cannot be charg-
ed up against the lodge
The two years in which the Odd
Fellows were expected to build under
the contract expired in April. The
lodge members felt that something
should be done to secure permanent
home. They could command the nec-
essary cash to put up a first-class
frame building, and by so doing were
assured of handsome return on the
investment. In the absence of an
| amount sufficient to insure brick, or
| concrete, structure, the members felt
justified in covering the lots with a
frame building, which is indeed in
tended only as temporary quarters.
1t is the aim, and an aim that will as
| Surdly be carried out, to so construct
| the frame building within two or three
years it can be readily removed and a
brick, or concrete, building substitute
ed. AS has been stated the Odd Fell
| lows would much prefer a structure
| Of the better material at the start, but
that seems impossible under existing
| circumstances. They have no desire,
no intention, to ignore the obligation
resting upon the lodge. They look up
on the contract as just as binding now
as when signed, Notwithstanding the
time limit has expired. The lodge is
founded upon the principles of fair
dealings and justice among men, in
dividually and collectively, and while
it is no more than human institution
into which men who have no concep-
ton of the meaning of the principles
ior which membership stands often
find way yet those cases are rare
exception to the rule, and as a body
the order will stand firmly to any
promise made. The public can rest
assured that the Odd Fellows will
carry out to the letter the promise
that eventually building of more
substantial material will replace the
hall now under process of construc-
ton.