Arizona republican., 1914-04-26
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
Loyal Order of Moose

Loyal OrueT or mOoSS
 If you cannot keep a promise, do not make one. Just one week ago today l gave you my word that 1 would tell you what the Loyal Order of Moose had done in the intervening period Of time between that and this. First of all the Home committee has made good and that with q vengeance. The future prospects of the Loyal order of Moose, locally. are very bright indeed. This very day our board of trustees have completed arrangements for the lease of the entire second floor of the Mason
 ic building that formerly occupied by the Arizona club" is to be entirely remodeled to suit our own individual tastes. And one week from the com
 ing Tuesday night We will meet in our very own home and club rooms. I am going to try and tell you something of the arrangements made for your plea
 sure and comfort just d little to whet your appetite for the real conditions you will find there on your first visit Surest thing you know we ar going to have q lodge room that is essential' IT IS gong tp De dl1plt III size TOT oui regular business meetings and if we so desire We can while away q few hours around the banquet board, or trip the light fantastic to the tune Of any old thing Brother Ben may see fit to hand us one room Of ample size. perfectly lighted and ventilated will be set aside for the ladies. our wives. |, fri here I might say We are open to sug
 gestions as to the proper kind of rouge powder. etc. we are supposed to keep in stock. There will be q gener- al parior and reception room. billiard parlors. reading and writing room, buf- fet. offices and locker rooms, and last but not least a gymnasium. this will be absolutely up-to-date and will in clude the shower as well as the bath. There may be some in this grand little city of ours that will have cost a few more SimoleonS that will be q little richer in their decoration but there will he none that will carry a truer spirit of fraternalsm. brotherhood. and all that goes to make life worth the living than this self same little club and home of ours. None can deny us the privilege of being proud of that which We have accomplished in the few short years We have locally" been in eXistance Some little time ago we formulated a motto one of one thouS- and" and l want tO assure you one and I'll that Phoenix Lodge No. 70S win soon have attained that honour. Cn- der the special dispensation We are weekly taking in classes of from five to fifteen, the coming week we are go- ing to surprise even ourselves for we already have better than fifty to take the work Like all other fraternal or ganiZations We have members who are considerable in arrears but 1 am proud to say that they are daily sending in their checks until at the present time you can count those in arrears on the fingers of one hand. Of those few who are left 1 have received to date. letters explaining the cause of delay, with the assurance that they too will soon be within the fold. My brothers I want to tell you that this is indeed a record to be proud of and speaks volumes for the organization to which you and l have pledged our allegiance to. Week in and week out for some little time past have preached Moosedom not only to you but to any who may have chanced to read what We term Lodge Lore in this az well as our other daily paper. l have tried in my own humble way to tell you what Moosedom really is, what it means, and what it stands for. I thave told you something concerning Mooseheart, the tuDercuar sanitorium. the great philanthropic principles for which our order stands, its aims and