Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-22

became acquainted. have kept up fra
ternal intercourse ever since.
In connection with this meeting, it
may be stated that the jewels the Of
ficers wore were cut from tin cans, the
square and compasses, as emblems of
the fraternity, were cut from paste
board box, and the Holy Bible which
rested on the altar, was volume of
the -Old and New Testaments, Trans
lated out of the Original Tongues, it
being published in the year 1857. The
volume was presented by Mrs. Jannett
Parkhurst and r. P. Parkhurst to
Edwin Bruce and Edwin Bruce in turn
presented it to Mr.. Brown at Platts-
vile. Wis, August Is, 1858.
The records kept of the meeting,
the officers jewels and the emblems
that were used were wrapped in a
piece of oil cloth and placed in a Gre
vice of the rock, there to remain for
future ages, and about twenty years
afterward man named Gus Lankin
| found them, all of which were in per-
lfectly good order and we'll preserved.
Lankin turned them over to Tom Sun,
whose ranch home was not far dis
| tant from the rock, and Mr.. Sun pre-
sented them to Rawlins Lodge, No. s.,
A.. F. and A. NJ. where they remained
! for a number of years. 1t has been
| said that a provision was in the min
ties to the effect that the Masonic
| lodge nearest to the rock should be
/ the custodian of the records, emblems
and jewels, but whether this is true
cannot be absolutely stated, but wheth
er true or not, they did not remain
| in the custody of RaWlins lodge, for
James Rankin, a member of Rawlins
! lodge, without consent took them to
Cheyenne, where they were kept in
the Masonic Temple, and later con-
sumed by fire when the temple burned.
The Bible evidently was taken by Mr..
Brown to his new home in Washing
| ton, and was later presented by him
to the Masonic grand lodge of Wyom-
| ing as indicated by the writings on
the fly leaf in the book. The Bible was
also in the Temple when the fire oc-
/ cured, but it was among the few ar
ticles that were carried out of the
building, and it was picked up in the
street and returned to- the custodian
of the temple without being damaged
except by the smell of the smoke.
This highly-rrized Holy Book is now
in the possession of Grand Secretary
Joseph NJ. Lowndes at Lander, and no
doubt always will. as it should, remain
the property of the Grand Lodge OF
wyoming.
The beautiful Sweetwater River is
hard by, and it is an ideal spot for
camping and picknicking, and quite a
number of people contemplate going
out the day before to enjoy the outing
as well as to avoid the fatigue of a
! long drive in one day, and it is pro-
posed by this advance guard to take
with them some fireworks and illumi-
nate the rock and the sky in that vicin
ity as it was never Illuminated before.
There are others who will go out on
the morning of the Fourth and remain
over until the next day, and they will
also celebrate the day and the evening
in manner befitting the occasion.
The Masonic meeting will be held
promptly at l o'clock in the afternoon
in the depression on the summit of the
rock, which, of course, will be attend
ed only by those who can prove them
selves as Master Masons. The lodge
will be opened, the dispensation will
be read, the charter of the local lodge
displayed, the master will state the
object of the meeting and an address
will be made by Hon. William A. Rim
er of Cheyenne, but on account Of the
be made, but a bronze tablet, with an
appropriate inscription, will be ce-
mented into the rock near the sta
ton of the worshipful master with i'm
pressive ceremonies.
Not only will prominent men and
Masons from the State of Wyoming be
present on this occasion, but number
from other states will be there. Auto
mobiles will be driven from Laramie
Rawlins, Shoshoni, Lander and Their
mopolis, and at least 100 autos from
Casper will be there, and all the Ma
sonic bretheren who come to this city
desiring to make the trip will be am.
ply provided for.
Just outside the city limits to the
right of the road you pass the Stan
dard and Midwest refineries, where
5000 men are employed and the plants
are i'll operation every twenty-four
hours of the day during the whole
year round Ten millions of dollars
have been expended in the erection
Of these plants, and thousands of gal
Ions of gasoline and other products
are produced every day, and these
products are distributed to nearly
every state in the Union.
/ Less than a mile further on, to the
north. on the bank of the river, was