Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-29
X. P. LODGE WILL
BUILD BIG HOME.
Committee Agrees That Ord
Should Have $200,00O In
stitution; Tulsa Bids.
PROMINENT KNIGHTS HERE
Local Members Enthusiastic
Over Chance to Locate
Home in This City.
PROMINENT KNIGHTS HERE

Whether Tulsa Is to he selected as
the city in which the knights of Pyth-
las will erect Pythian home, TO
host in excess Of 100000 was placed
directly w u the members or the
order Yesterday morning. when Nom
berg OF the bone advisory ana law
committees agreed that the time had
arrived for such 1n institution lo no
erected N this state. and that oflers
would he received from cities wish
ing to secure the home.
The matter Of erecting Pythlan
home in oklahoma has been ,uuler
consideration by the executive ON
GERS o. the *. of l.. lodge of OKLA
homa for several years ana the meet
. ing Yesterday morning brought torth
The announcement that the order was
nov ready 70 erect The homo, TO care
for the orphans, widows aud depend
ent knights.
Tulsa Claim FIRST.
.Ltcal members Of the order were
greatly excited over the decision ot
the committee, andelt once plans were
made by the Tulsa comniahdeiN 10
presert the claim Cf this city firsi
among the score or more that are eN-
pected 10 be presented by other cl'les
i'm the state. The home. winch ,'
contemplated. viii cost approNlmntelS
100000 to begin with, ana VIII pe
situated on a s,itc of not less than LOT
acros a ndominent knight in attend
ancc at the meeting announced yes
terday. ,,, ..
The decisions of The committee IL
favor the erection O: state Pythial
home was but one cf the sensauon.t
developments which occurred Wti
the meeting If high represenia'lNe
of the order in the *. or j. nan yes
terday morning, afternoon anu eve
ming. i,,,
The meeting yesterday morninI
,n,ned with a session of the nom
advisory committee and that appoint
ed On laws Soon after the nlgu
ment had closed on the Pythihn nom
mater. and vote had shown th'
IN, committee faN ore the ercction
such an institution as quickly as puN
sible a luncheon was served 10 IN
di.nitaries Of the order by the mem
noi, cf the local commanGIN'
OFFICERS Tour CITY.
An informal discussion OF mater
pertaining To the order WAS the "' w w
of business during the afternoon an
os,or an early adjourrmcnt, the eN
ccutivc officers were taken for ,ou
Of the city " 900
A lively debate, into which some
tho most prominent members OF Ut
order entered, was the principal iea
r,a Of the evenings session. Iakii
as the subject for debnte, "EesplN. .
that IN the care of dependent knlShr
their widows and orphans IN inc on
miuion Of Oklahoma, the mnthei
horne plan is preferable t. the inuu
tr'al plan" This question III no W.
had tc do with the agreement pr
vjously entered into whereby the oru
was 10 erect n home. but was sore
for the purpose of bringing data up'
the two methods II is eNlecteu 'n
the home committee Will accent u
plau upheld by Knights c. L. keed'
& H. Rogers and Frank T.. Duhca
as members of the Silver Plume lous
AGAINST the Muskogce debating Yea
an which were :. r.. Gidney, Gus She
flebin and f.. A. Randle.
The Tulsa team. taking the neg
tive side of the question. was Judg
tho winner in the debate. ana TO Sh'
the good spirit which prevailed te
dered reception. in when the "
ian sisters served dinner 10 more IN
4 two hundred members OF the TWO
ders. 4,
Among the high officials OF
state lodge wTfb were in attendance
the special meeting were seNera,
the past grand officers, among IN.
beine S. r. Gidney, G. Il. Rogers. W
liam IL. Ryan. II. l.. Saunders marc
{. Brunt, A. y. Johnston. FRANK
pavis. Frank h. Duncan NJ &c
nelius. s. II. Mckenna, IL. j. Bot,
I NJ. Whittager, w. l.. chapman i
seph A. Gill and II. l.. Jordan.