Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-20
TO DEDICATE ALGERIA TEMPLE
AT HELENA ON FRIDAY, APRIL 8
BY Noble r. c. Hussnln.

Did you ever stand on the roof OF q
skyscraper and look down.. Probably
you have. And you saw the ants,
! which were pepole. in the street below,
and the apparently toy automobiles.
But did you ever stand on a skyscraper
that was built on an elevation of 1900
feet above sea level, where you could
see on one hand the backbone OF the
Rocky mountains on whose crest runs
the line of the Great Divide, and on
the other the impounded waters OF q
river which travel farther to reach
the sea than any waters in the world.
No? Then take a trip to the top OF
the nainaret of Algeria's New Tempe
at Helena. \,
1t is ia feet and six inches high. Al
lowing IA feet for the first story and
10 feet for 16 other stories History
building would be the height OF thcc
minaret When you reach the top OF
the ampitheater seating of the audi,
forum yeu are % feet above ground
and there are only 40 steps from there
to the top balcony. OF course the
steps are rather high but that keeps
down the number Of them. Can you
see Big Lehman, Bill Porter or
Judge Day acting as the 'Muezzln
and going up to that balcony every
morning to call Ye Faithful to prayer !?
Yes, you can not.
Faces on Park.
But let us approach the new build
ing before we start to the clouds.
The city of Helena very generously
built park for the temple to face on.
Coming across the park from the soutn|
you see the massive structure lou feet|
wide BY 245 feet long with height OF
the main front equalling a SIX ssory|
building. The minaret crowned w!1n|
bIue-green terra Gotta tile above whichl
shines the golden star and crescent at
tracts the eve first The wide expanseI
of the white barrel-domed roof comesl
to your gaze. And as you draw closer
to the big entrance arch, 30 feet WldcI
and so feet high. with it's 10 doors.
its oriental splendor of black and whlte|
stone and mosaic painting is the magne1l
that draws your footsteps.
Enter the spacious vestibule and
passing through the wide foyer you
have vista the entire width OF the
building, with a lounging room at one
end and Shoemakers' sanctume at the
other. From the foyer five inclined
passages take you to as many peck
ets'' entering the ampitheater Of the
auditorium, and another takes the nov
ice to his large assembly room below,
where he will find room for 800 of bis
fellow Sons of the Desert. and his pri-
vate cloak room, showers and lavatory.
At the ends of the foyer are spacious
cloak rooms each provided with lava
tories.
What a Room!
Now we enter the auditorium. Gasp!
1t is alright. They all do. What
room! One hundred twenty-five feet
wide and 12S feet long and not post
or pillar. If the freedom of the plains
is in your blood and the ruggedness OF
the Rockies in your soul your first
expression will be What place to
hold prize fight" But if you want
your ranch in new country and poll
ties is your forte you will say THE
best place in the west to hold con-
vention" The arena is 45 by Is feet
las big as the gymnasium where we
used to hold the ceremonial And ev-
cry seat in the amphitheater affords
an unobstructed view Of the floor:
The maximum seating capacity is ZOOS
not including the stage. The pro-