White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-20
Knights of Pythias Gather in
Ely for Grand Lodge Session
One Hundred Members of Knights of Pyhas and Pyhan Sis
ters Are Entertained in Cordial Manner by Members :
of White Pine and Cyprus Lodges

different stunts were dramatic
and incisive Things never dragged
IL had many bright lights that caus-
| ed laughter. Ludicrour songs,
amusing and catchy got the big
crowd. and the last act sent them
home satisfied
There were artists galore. and none
of them ever ceased to please
through more than two hours of
various forms of amusement that
was conceived by Manager E. c.
Leake. The seating capacity of the
building was crowded to the limit,
and 536 persons passed through the
turnstiles. Frank McDonough. Will
lard Scott, Ike Morgan. Jay Sulli-
van. Ray Cookston. William Pat
erson, George Wilkinson, Frank
Bauer, Kelly and Douglas and
Manager Leake seemed to be inspir-
ed by the mammoth crowd. Every
thing that was pulled had spicy
tinge to 1t. Hamilton's orchestra fur
nished music of an enticing nature
while the program was in progress.
Upon their arrival the delegates
found the city in festive garb and
imbued with the Importance of the
occasion They realized that the Ely
district possessed an ambitious pre-
tense en- every hand. and was but
representation of real progress. The
city was decorated with flags, bunt-
ing embodying the three colors of the
order and pennants symbolic OF the
principles of Pythianism. The prin
oipal streets were gay with streams
of electric lights. Transforming night
into day
Previous to the eonvening of the
grand lodge on Thursday morning
the delegates were taken to Copper
Flat in automobiles and witnessed
seam shovel operations in the big
pits. and the day following they were
escorted through the big smelling
plant at McGill. two of the things
that tell the story of prosperous
community
A handsome and permanent sou-
yenir of the lodge session was de-
signed by J. d. Watson of Cyprus
lodge The badge consisted of a
copper clasp. bearing the Pythian
helmet and the letters X. p" from
which Is suspended by a ribbon in
the colors of the order on which the,
word Delicate" Is written. snd<G1ls
in turn carries a copper al5fe a the
form OF map representing the state
of Nevada. II bears the words "Ses-
sion Forty-two. Grand Lodge. Do
main of Nevada. September 1913,
1914"
Eighteen out of twenty-five lodges
in Nevada were represented at the
session. The list of grand officers
and delegates is as follows: W d.
Hatton. grand chacellor; C. A. Gard
ner, grand yice-chancellor; T. L.
Bellam, grand prelate; 5. II. Rosen-
thai. grand keeper of records and
seal: George w Perkins, grand mas
ter at arms; John d. Kenny, grand
cutter guard; n. Z. Wilson and W r.
Shaber. grand representatives F. ?.
Damn and W u. Maekay, past grand
chancellors; George A Fisher. John
In inn n
Engelke. Alfred Doull. Zeno Barnes,
A B. Addleman. Fred Escher. A. NJ.
Clark. A. 5. Phipps. S. L. Horner.
George I. Willis, n. H. Chaplin, Z.
w. Hulse. W. C. Gallagher, William
Mcknight. H. w Edwards. A. J.
Cartwright. ]. w Gum. J. E. Shields,
r. /. Johnson. J. H. Bowen, J. c.
Cowden. j. P. Schneider. A. w.
Goble, F. Jeanney, B. C. Maris, ]. F.
George, j d. McFarlane. II. E.
Deathrage. George W Perkins, J. C.
Jones. w. S. Dodd, C. H. Knox, A.
Hintze. Spencer Reynolds. C. L.
Deadly and C. H. Ashbury
The Ely district was highly hon.
ored in the selection OF the grand
lodge officers Friday morning, when
Zeno Barnes of McGill was elected
grand master at arms. The other of
ficers were chosen as follows: c. A.
Gardner of Elko, grand chancellor,
Clark Guild of Yerington, grand vice
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grand keeper of records and seal: T.