Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-12-01

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pullman claimed a population of
600 when the first lodge in the his
tory of the town was instituted away
hack in 1884, but that count includ-
al every man, woman child, cat, dog
and cow" was the reply Of James S.
Clark. Pullman's pioneer lodgeman.
TO query as to the time of the or
ganization Of the first secret fra
ternity. During the intervening SO
years over a dozen lodges have been
instituted, not to mention the hun
dred or more clubs, societies and
groups other than purely secret fra
ternal organizations. All Of these
lodges have grown to thriving or
carnations, some of them powerful
as insurance institutions, others as
purely social units, but practically
all of them potent factors in the up
building and the deelopment of the
community which they seek to serve.
It was in the early spring of 1894
that five Pullman citizens decided
that the city was large enough to
support a lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Colfax al
ready had a lodge of that order, and
through the sponsorship of the Col
fax group Pullman lodge, No. 90,
7 n n u ,uaC OffioioII,, ;Drti+u+cI
on April 20, 1884. The Original
five" included NJ. w. Drinkwater, j.
NJ Hubbard, Enos Burns, Orville
Stewart and J, II. Robertson, all Of
whom are now dead. At the first
meeting of the pioneer lodge seven
other citizens were taken into mem
bership these being Marcus Nodine
E. E. Ellsworth, A. J. Shanks,
Charles Foster, Silas Prather. A. T.
Fariss and James S. Clark. Of the
Y men on the charter rolls of the
lodge only three are now living: A..
T. Fariss who resides in Seattle, A.
j. Shanks of Portland and J. s.
Clark, who has maintained a con
tinuous residence in Pullman and
continuous membership in the lodge
To Mr.. Clark, then, must go the
title of Pullman's pioneer living
lodgeman, an honor in which he
takes Just pride During his present
tenure as treasurer of his lodge he
has seen infants mature and cast
their ballots, and he has served eff
iiciently and faithfully as city treas
urer for almost as long.
The first officers Of Pullman
lodge, No. %, I. O. o. r, We're: W.
w. Drinkwater, noble grand; Orville
Stewart, vice grand, and James S.
Olark secretary. The lodge was in
Sututed by George b. Young of Col
TAX who at that time was grand
master.
The lodge grew and progressed
with the town itself and in 1892
constructed three-story brick build
ing at Main and High streets at a
cost of $21, 900. Then came the
nara times of 1898 and 1894, and
Tue lodge, with many other property
holders, lost its all to mortgages.
onuaunted, however, the member
snip started anew and the lodge has
Iourlshed ever since. with we'll at
'enued meetings every Saturday
evening and a membership of 10.
Al present O. E. Barbee is serving
as noble grand. with Y. J. Wild as
we grand, II. w. Sampson as secre-
'"'y and James S. Clark in his goth
consecutive year as treasurer.
f. & A. NJ.
Two years after the institution of
humans first fraternal organiza-
s'On' on June 3, 1856, a chapter was
'n'ed to Whitman lodge, No. 40,
nee and Accepted Masons. A. H..
Dupuy was the first master, e. H..
t'erman the first senior warden
u = {. Branham the first junior
'.ueh' These, with A. NJ Rogers,
D. TABOR, d. F. Pankey, Martin
L"uer' Erastus oliver, w. O. Bar
av T. W. Downen and w. B. PEN
sSi ~" comprised the charter member
~ nst Whitman lodge is now in
"'''ihg condition, with 285 mem
d,a. ana contemplates, in the not
MO, s,aht future, the erection of a mag
baaht temple, for which the lots
co.. already been purchased at a
cost of $4,000.
me ne lodge holds we'll attended
Fris 'ings on the second and fourth
may evening of each month. The
NJ oeht officers are as follows: L. B.
Ter master; II. w. Sampson, SEN
don warden; A. z. Heck, junior war
Par, W NJ Porter, secretary; J. o.
ssn' rSon' treasurer; C. G. Johnson,
d. 'Or deacon. \. C. Abel. junior
H' D. II, Douglass, senior stew