Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-08-17
NEWPORT

Newport Lodge No. IS, A. F.
and A. M. moved out of their
hall in the Cahill building on
Front Street on Tuesday even
ing to their new quarters in the
Western State Bank Building.
The hall is over the bank and
is very neat, clean place for the
lodge to meet. The old quar-
ters where the Lodge had met
for so many years had many
precious memories and associa-
tions that cluster around 1t.
Some Of the members-yes h
goodly number of them that use
TO meet there have passed to
the Great Beyond and are now
members of the Grand Lodge in
the Celestial City where the sor-
rows and vexations Of life will
come no more. This first meet
ing in the new hall was interest
ing and historic. A good many
visitors were present. Among
them we noticed j. B. Horner,
head of the department of his
tory in the Oregon Agricultural
College: DR.. j. r. N. Bell, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church at Corvallis; c. e. Haw-
kins, President of the Lincoln
County and Western State banks
and several others. After the
meeting closed at the hall the
members with their families and
invited guests repaired to the
Royal theatre where Prof. Horn
er. delivered a very interesting
address, subject, Foot Prints of
Masonry in the World. This
lecture was illustrated by ster-
optician views taken while Mr..
Horner with his party were visit
ing the Orient in 1911 and also
five years previous to that time.
The professor on his two visits
took over 1000 pictures embrac-
ing the most important places
in Palestine and Egypt. He did
not have time to show all the
pictures but those he did show
were remarkably fine and inter
esting, showing that Masonry is
indeed an ancient order ante
dating the Christian era, the
building of Solomons Temple
and pyramids. Among these an.
cient ruins masonry was organ.
lied for the protection of it's
members and the improvement
and building up Of human so.
ciety. The Order has had anC
is now having a wonderful in.
fluence for good in the world
Prof. Horner gave some anus
ing incidents in his travel!
through the Holy Land. Ont
was by meeting in Egypt, {
mason by signs and passwords
This Oriental was so overcom,
with joy at finding one of his or
der from America and from tn,
city of Corvallis in Benton co.
Oregon that he fell upon tn,
professors neck with as mucl
affection and love as mothe
would her child. 1t did not ap
pear that the professor kisset
the brother as a mother woul,
her child. While this was goin,
on Mrs. Horner who was one O
the party looked on with amuse
ment. One other incident wa
the riding of burros through tn
deserts. These little animal
are peculiar. They move alon
slowly with apparently no con
cern but all at once they star
up in a trot then a run and of
sudden they stop short and
the person on the burros bac
is not an expert rider he goe
right on over the animals heat
This was not the case with tn
professor. He Went right O
ever the animal's 5 head standil.
almost perpendicularly on h,
head. This was amusing, to til
rest Of the party if not Nj
Horner. The other members c
the party stayed on the backs c
the animals, DR.. Bell set hi
burro like a cowboy. The pic
lures showed also the ruins {
Solomon's Temple, the blocks {
stone that were carved out {
the solid rock and the ston
walls that had the emblems {
Masonry carved on them. Thes
emblems must have been pr
there thousands of years age