Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-02-04
PULLMAN MAY LAND
BIG PYTH|AN MEET
some Lodge in Whitman County VIII
Re Host to Hundreds of Knights
of Pythias From All Parts
of Inland Empire

Evening Star lodge, No. 26,
Knights of Pythias, will make a
strenuous effort to secure for Pull
man one of the biggest meetings OF
members of the order of Knights OF
Pythias to be held in the state dur
ing the year, a meeting that will be
featured by an initiation that will
add over 100 names to he county
Pythian roll and that will draw
members of the order from all parts
of the Inland Empire, with probable
special trains from Spokane ana
Colfax
The big gathering will be one of
the three Bible Glasses" allotted to
the state of Washington, and the
candidates for initiation, over 100
OF them, will take their obligation
over the same Bible that Justus II.
Rathbone, founder OF the order
used to obligate his first members
ever so years ago. This famous
Bible is never allowed to leave the
possession of Fred e. Wheaton OF
Minneapolis, supreme keeper of rec
ords and seal, and Mr.. Wheaton
himself one of the greatest Pythians
of today, will have charge of the
unusual ceremony.
In the interests of the meeting
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
H. NJ. Love of ColfaX accompanied
by R. G. McCroskey of Garfield, SUI
preme delegate, and A. r. Metz and
Judge Thos. Neill of Colfax, both
officers of the grand lodge, and J.
j. kfmm of ColfaX, visited the local
ledge. Mr.. Love has charge of the
placing of the three state classes
and offered one meeting to Whit
man county in case the various
lodges of the county will pledge 100
candidates, the meeting to go to the
lodge that presents the greatest
number of candidates by April l
about two weeks before the meeting.
Evening Star lodge promised half
that number of aspirants for initia-
ton, and will bend every effort to
bring the big meeting to Pullman.
1t will undoubtedly be one of the
biggest Pythian meetings ever held
IN the state, and should the Pullman
members OF the order realize their
hopes, Pullman will be honored with
one OF the most comprehensive gath
erlngs that ever assembled here.
In connection with the visit oil
the Colfax delegation to Pullman
the Palouser had this to say:
On Monday night Grand Keeper
Oh records and Seals Harry Love
Auditor Metz, Judge Thos. Nein and
). j. Kimm visited the Pullman
lodge. The matter of a Bible class
was suggested to them and discus.
slons OF the proposition invited. And
the Pullman membership present at
that meeting left no doubt in the
MINDS OF any as to what would be
lhe position of their lodge in the
matter. They very readily took W
Win the idea and forthwith in
turned the gentlemen from ColfaN
'nat Pullman expected to be the
scene OF that Bible class" initiation
anu that the Pullman lodge would
oe up and doing from now until the
tlme of the proposed visit of Mr.
wheaton, straining every effort to
outoo the other lodges of the county
III the matter of securing applica-
tons.
Inc Fullman Knights are a live
punch. They are hustlers and usu-
ally get about what they start after
ana the Colfax lodge will have a con.
.est on their hands to bring the class
mutation to the county seat. Every
iieihOer OF the order in Colfax
should get busy and do all he can to
heip the local lodge win the honors
me reward in sight justifies hard
WORK and If the Colfax boys will &c
INTO the matter with determination
~ win they are certain to give a
splendid account of themselves.
but the contest of the honor oil
hoiolng the class initiation is by no
.neahs certain of being confined t.
'ne above two lodges. There are
o'ner live and am bitious lodges in
'ne county that are very apt to make
.neir presence in the race a great
factor. Garfield, Rosalia, Tekoa
bennington and other points are In,
'erested In the proposition already