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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
Interior of Temple
 Place of Beauty

I almost had to pinch myself not to think I had got into different planet.
 The view from the upstairs bal cony of that auditorium was so fan tastically beautiful! If you saw it, you know what 1 mean.
 All below us stretched tier after tief of closely packed seats, facing the great lode-star of interest-the huge stage upon which a throne room scene was spread gut.
 Every color of the rainbow was concentrated in the lighting effect, and E. P. Kirkpatrick said that all the visiting ladies gave the pass word as soon as they saw the mag nificent chandeliers-made up of thousands of crystals and prisms and colored glass-which was "O-ah"
 He said the chandeliers had been admired by the feminine side of the town probably more than anything else at the new temple.
 The ladies and the guests made the entire circuit of the building, viewing the various lodge rooms and the facilities for having the members of the organization take their numerous degrees.
 When the women got their es- corts and husbands to the big kitch- ems and the dining room, the men showed their usual baking to go by. There was just too much hot coffee, sandwiches, steak and appe- tizing food. So the men anchored.
 Accompanied by H. P. Lesher, in charge of the kitchens for all the York rite bodies of the Shrine, I thought I'd take a peep into the big refrigerator rooms-feeling positive I'd find some men parked in there enjoying the foodstuffs.
 We opened the refrigerating apartments.
 You know what?
 o, I'm going to tell on 'em!
 Instead of being jammed with men, the premises were FILLED with women, every one of them with goody sandwiches. There were Mrs. R. C. Shirley, Mrs. J. B.. Brewer, Mrs. J. H. Duke, Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22

the temple, and the several sets of Shrine scenery, were o. F. Brock, director of the degree team, who believes in treating candidates rough; Ben Veil, Dr. Will Ransom, T. R. Mitchell and others. A popu- lar visitor with MT. Lesher was Charles E. Lambdin of Baltimore.
 Chief McDuff is slated soon to go to Mecca, and was advised by everybody that when his initiation comes, he should hold on to the rope. They said that was fine ad- vice I could give to all candidates.
 Dainty Mrs. w. B. Cloe received the homage of many friends as she stood in one reception line, as did Mrs. S. H. Middleton, who has done so much for Henley school. There were delightful Mrs. s. P. McEl- reath and Mrs. Elizabeth Barter.
 The ladies paid honor to their chief-Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Louise Reed, a very handsome woman. These were past grand matrons present.: Mrs. Elizabeth Salter, Mrs. Amy Carle, Mrs. Belle R. Ash, Mrs. Etta B. Smith, Mrs. Mary Echols. Mrs. Carle is also the only officer in Alabama of the general grand chapter.
 Present matrons there were Mrs. Lesher, Mrs. Barter and Mrs. Mollie Dewitt. These were num- bered among the past matrons: Mrs. Laurall, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Rose Dent, Mrs. John R. T. Rives, Mrs. Ellie R. Parker, Mrs. c. A. Hard wick, Mrs. Annie Rowley and Mrs. Loula Sarver.
 Other ladies assisting were: Mrs. Carrie Schoedinger, Mrs. Sallie Erickson, Mrs. Arabella Cox, Mrs. Annie James, Mrs. Louise Schmitt, Mrs. Chloe West, Mrs. Pearl Schwend, Mrs. Fife Moore, Mrs. Maud Ives, Mrs. Hattie Fischer, Mrs. Helen Houlditch, Miss Mae Williams, Mrs. Josephine Hammell, Mrs. Elsie Schoedinger, Mrs. Maud Wise, Mrs. Edith Murphy, Mrs. Stella Weyman, Mrs. Alice Scholze, Mrs. Jessie Dewitt, Mrs. Rose Be wis, Misses Mary and Lydia Wis singer, Mrs. Luther Mccoy, Mrs. George Ash, Mrs. A. D. Andrews, Mrs. Sallie Erickson, Mrs. T. A. Moore, Mrs. Harry Mullins, Mrs. F. c. Wallace, Miss Irene Forten- berry, Mrs. G. o. Daniel, Mrs. John
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
We Vanished by
 Several Upper Stories

1 don't know how many stories we passed on our aerial trip, but enough that, it seemed to me, l was getting to be an expert fireman or a human fly. 1 told Chief if l ever had to be rescued from a burning building, they could go on and save the men first. I could get along by myself after this.
 How the chief made it, don't know. I wasn't watching him.
 I made it pretty poly myself, thank you.
 For there was one muscle in the left side of my pulmonary appa- ratus that just would start in shim- mying every time ! got hunch I was going to miss the next step up and I was getting that hunch pretty nearly every second.
 But I didn't-I didn't miss 2 step!
 Wasn't that lovely of me? No tragedy nor anything.
 By prayer or persistence, I fi- nally arrived copy-paper, chief and all.
 It seemed to me we went up all the steps there were-but l was told the Masons had another ladder somewhere, still higher up, which they use to fix the moon, and where they turn the sun off.
 l didn't investigate. Some people c.,:l be too ambitious.
 When we swung ourselves over the final landing, I was surprised. I knew we had started upward in daylight, but where we landed was perfect maze of electric lights, and we were met by men clad in evening suits.
 "Maybe it's night" said to a brave man who had come up behind us. "How many hours did it take us to get up here, anyway? Seems to me Eve covered days jour- ney."
 "Seven minutes," said the cour ageous stranger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
Building Cost Way
 Up in Big FigureSg

Of course, everybody heard and read how many thousands the mag nificent new pure-white marble temple cost, it's conveniences and facilities, but the thing that as tonished the ladies most was a dishwasher. It can steam dishes clean, and dry thousands of them by the time one housewife would have the breakfast things tidy.
 The machine doesn't utter a groan about it's work nor use a dish-rag.
 It's fast age, Mabel.
 Lovely Mrs. Albert Reese as sisted her husband in entertaining in the Scottish Rite room-and throughout the building, the La dies, of the Eastern Star, from those holding the highest offices, past and present, to the newest re- cruits in the ranks, welcomed the guests.
 Among the men with whom Chief McDuff and I went about to view the big electrical apparatus, run by James A. Park, stage manager for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
''Kandy Kfd''
 at That ShaWg

I met delightful asset to the flair" in Mir. R. K. Kay, with the Heber people. He travels for them, and has been so obliging and help ful to the show that it's booth mem- bership dubbed him. one and all, the "Kandy Kid" as a compliment tary title not only to emphasize his kindness but as the sobriquet most suited, as well, to his line of busi- ness.
 It was attractive to see women manufacturers of candy and cakes present, also-among them Mrs. A. Patterson, Mrs. Stovall and Mrs. Mckinney. Mrs. Graham repre- sented home art Mrs. Frank J. White was chairman for this fea- ture.
 The blankets and goods from the Avondale mills attracted throngs of women; and Jack Phillips was right there with his brand of meats made famous by his barbecues each sea son at North Birmingham park.
 I enjoyed new chocolate drink at the show, and some different sorts of bakery cakes. l wonder how people think up so many things newl
 I paused a long tine to look at what seemed to me 10 or 12 diff ferent varieties of macaroni. Looked awful good. And some new blends of coffee that were de- licious.
 Mrs. J. H. Doughty made 8 mag nificent chairman for the League of Women Voters show. She is generally liked, not only by the manufacturers-for she is abso- lutely fair-but by the women of the city as well. She is an example as to what fine service a woman can render her home town if she will make the effort
 or, while Mrs. DouShty mas lived here Il years, it was only about two years ago that she set in to do club work, Since that time, a lot of bridge games have suffered-because she is dcing big ger work-and work for the com- nunity.
 Mrs. J. M. Hanlins. president of the League, gave a great deal of her time to the show, and other hard workers consisted of different squads of League members who made up reception committees every day. A charming woman I ran into one day was Mrs. Irene Hogan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
What Was the Lure
 That Kept You In2

Newspaper work made you KNOWIN'-oh, yeah, we admitted that-it made you knowin', all right. And knowin' was some sat isfaction.
 Again, scribbling gave you the chance to inform and serve the public. That was indisputable. And your effort, every minute, was to PLEASE the public and to DO all it requested you to-or needed done-even up to the point of your getting goggle-eyed and staying overtime nightly. This was soul balm, and you liked it. But no one could accuse you of not being an active cuss.
 Then, seemed like, the best you possibly could do, when you pleased ONE, t'othern was mad, and vica- versa, until, beat out and tuckered, you asked the Lord wouldn't He kindly please take hold of things for awhile so's you could get lit tie sleep.
 Again, you mused-
 It was necessary always to write a bunch of junk you somehow couldn't work up a living, human interest in, and you rarely could write what your soul actually did yearn to inscribe on the pages of literature-and no POETRY what soever.
 That was sad.
 But you were sure you had been a big help one time. Once story you wrote assisted song circle to collect a dollar and six bits for the support of a starving widow and her IS children craving food.
 That was grand.
 Finally, one day, you would be planted at Cedar Bend without knowing whether you ever would come up or not. The six or eight acquaintances who had been las sooed to carry the coffin would never realize they had forgotten their handkerchiefs in the rush, and would hurry to drape the three punches of dog fennel around your home plate so the undertaken could hustle back to business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
Sho' Is Excitement
 i'm Newspaper Game

Often, in retrospective mood, I've pondered what it was, anyway, that kept me in the newspaper profes- sion.
 It was a Jonah's whale of a task-tetotally swallowed you, l mean.
 And, heaven knows, it was a thankless job!
 Why hadn't I chosen to sell pickled bananas, sausage-grease or something?
 I might have become an expert hole-stabber in doughnut factory.
 But newspaper life.
 It wore out extra good sole leather; handed you the jerking willies, flattened once perfect arches till they were compelled to yield up the ghost, stamped crows hoofs along the eye-puffs-and set these exquisitely beautiful black edged specs upon the bridge of your nose to transform you into a wondering cherub.
 We argued the thing, pro and con.
 What was the fascination about this newspaper existence anyhow?
 o, if we only knew!
 We wondered if spraying would do our case any good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22

Bethea, Mrs. George Chinery, Mrs. Rose Dent, Misses Jennie and May Williams, Mrs. P. J. Miller, Mrs. Lena Chase, Mrs. Willie Lane, Mrs. Annie Gettys, Mrs. Margaret Smith, Mrs. C. Deacy, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Marx, Mrs. B. L. Clark, Mrs. John Kemp, Mrs. W. L. Jackson, Mrs. John Sarver-and so many others who were moving hither and thither it was impossible to get the names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
John L. West, Mrs. Dick Arthur, and Mrs. Thomas Moore.

John l.. West, Mrs. DICK Arthur, and Mrs. Thomas Moore.
 They vowed that Arthur Green wood, Charles Seaton and Dick Venable had been in just pre- viously, discovered the joy-fest and sighted them to the spot. We told 'em that would do to tell.
 On an average of 2,500 persons passed through the temple per hour, and fingered long time in the Scottish Rite room, where Albert L. Reese told the sightseeing world that their auditorium had every room in the place licked. And after he had had the electrician snap on halfmoon and one sun at the same time, called for the stars to be twinkled and sent for rainbow, we believed him.
 Furthermore he said that when the enormous new pipe organ Is stuffed into the wall, the music will naturally pour out into that Scottish Rite room from a grating descend in vast sheets, like the waters of Niagara, upon the as- sembled graves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
Hair r-RaiSing Job to
 Get Unto That Te1apleg

I went up to the Masonic Temple Tuesday to gather some dope for this Sunday sheet. 1 knew the structure couldn't be dedicated but once on earth, and I wanted to give adequate space to the excitement.
 When I got there, found l should have taken jimmy and bur glar tools.
 There were so many men and women present who were anxious to pet the goat, I saw there was no way for me to get in, even if l had been caterpillar and in the habit of attending Shrine or getting to Mecca.
 Sez I, sort of dismayed at the sight, to a gentleman wearing desert hat:
 q wonder if there's any other way 1 could get in except through this entrance? There seems to be a good many folks on hand don't there-and I haven't got the day to spare, even if l do look strong"
 He said he was afraid not, madam"
 That was my first time ever to be called madam. Usually don't look like that-not when I'm feel ing well.
 It scared me, and took out my looking glass to see if l had aged much in the ten-minute week I had stood there watching the other ladies, and visiting gentlemen, hav- ing to turn sideways and wiggle through the entrance-or slide, or stalk, or struggle, or shove, or jump in-or be mashed through, or pulled in, from the interior.
 The mirror revealed that l had taken on lantern jaw, preparing for my turn, and that I also had the determined look that I was going to get into that temple, too, by goodness, or bust.
 Just about this time, cutest thing happened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
A Helper i'm the Time of Need

I turned, right at the temple en- trance, to find gentleman looking at me with a curious little smile gentleman I like an awful lot and which hundreds of other Bir- mingham persons do, too.
 He was Chief of Police Fred Me Duff. He had, so to speak, Spotted" me.
 ''Do you just HAVE to get into that building, Miss Hall?" he queried.
 said I sho'ly did.
 Then he said he thought he knew plan. He was willing to try to help, anyway.
 We skipped along down the front of the building-but every last door was locked. We tried two or three.
 Hopeless case.
 Igazed at the high window to see if we could drive an automobile up and I could trail grandly into the building from the top of the ma chine.
 Also hopeless.
 But trust chief of police. The happy thought struck me that, by giminy, if Chief couldn't get in, everybody else would sho'ly be powerless to help me.
 Heavens, chief was leading on to the fire-escape!
 I admit I had a sort of inward chill. My teeth begged me to let them clack, and my fees suddenly developed 13O degrees of ground fever in the shade. But I was de- termined not to exhibit the white feather.
 Hadn't I been hauled up on a plank by rope one. time in New Orleans to get an interview with a woman who was painting, Buy Big Jim Jones' Gum Drops!' or something, on a hotel there?
 That was necessary and l did it..
 Then should I weaken in my own home village?
 Not me.
 I didn't like the stout wind nor the way the city below looked like cross-barred apple pie, with little, two-legged ants and four wheeled black bugs and other jiggers crawl ing hither and thither, and circling funny.
 But with the head of the whole police department after me, what was I to do?
 I was like the French song, or a wicked safe-blower.
 It was "March on!" with me.
 I hurried upward like an eaglet late for supper, saying to myself:
 "I'm not interested in how pretty the city looks from here, or whether Capital park stretches out like a | fat acorn or green zebra. She can stretch for all of me. Neither have 1 hankering to observe whether the landscape one sees is as fine as that of Ogosh, Switzer- land. I have only one pressing interest in life: Am I-o- am ]
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
Would They Miss
 Those Touching YarmS2

You wondered if anybody would miss the stories you wrote about how many dandelion pin-feathers it would take to fill the hold of Japanese gentleman's yacht; and tales such as how, when 3,568 bar rels of radishes had arrived at Hin dustan, a native had fallen over one barrel and jumped up and hollered 70, golly," in cuss language-very loudly-just like that.
 A queen lady, having heard him, declared she was overjoyed to find one noble soul able to express himself so clearly and forcefully, without leaving any guesswork as to what he thought and felt. Thus she would like to marry him so he could talk to the servants and her mother-in-law by first husband.
 So the two cut themselves couple of sugar cane stalks for food, and went off and built cas- tie by the sea where they could eat turtle eggs together forever and never do any work.
 Were stories like these the req son I liked to stay in newspaper work?
 An no.
 I can speak authentically at last.
 It's been only this last Masonic week that I've discovered the req son why stay in.
 It's because of the infinite ex- citement of never knowing what new experience you're going to stumble into next-or whether
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not-going to plant my foot firmly on the next step above?"
 Every time I mounted one, l was sure I was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
Population Out For Rest Now, Says ]

you're going to come out alive and still doing well.
 That's it.
 And thereby hangs tale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-22
New Sort of Party
 Is Scheduled

No thrills for Birmingham1
 Here's one.
 Mrs. Frank J. White is to put on a unique party for the benefit of the new auditorium of the Axis Club May s.
 The name of the event is to be the "Feast of the Seven Tables"
 The affair will be staged at Mrs. Whites attractive residence on Highland avenue. with several hun dred women expected to attend.
 There are to be seven tables, each to be arrayed in different color, and with various surprises at each board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-27
APPRECIATION
OF STATE TO
BE F0S!.ERED
Teachers Institutes Through.
out State to Have Note of
Constructive Optimism

State appreciation and the school
as an aid to the home are the out
standing eopics for discussion in the
county Institutes of the state which
open next week, it was sanounced
by State Superintendent Miss Min
ME ]. Nelson today.
Constructive optimism" is to be
the dominant note Of the conven-
tions, conductors who have been in
conference here having been asked
to direct their energies to this end.
Home economics, health, communi-
ty activity, American ideals as en-
phasized in history instruction and
cooperation to aid the schools
through such organizations as Par
ent- Teacher Associations is planned.
Two health workers, Professor
Happy" who tells his message ia
school children in. funny talks and
Miss Grace Schermerhorn have been
loaned to the state fer a month by
the American Child Health Associa-
tion.
School teachers will be asked ia
discuss. and will hear talks, upon
how the school may help the home
by making the school social and
eommunity center, the beauties and
the opportunities of North Dakots
q . great state will be = impressed
and appreciation Of the state urged
upon thsns.
iastitptes win be held IN all parts
sAsA1t ltes With Ne county - :
unit. j 30 a ss.s d s- ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-27
Lutherans Will
Meet in Madison

Madison, Wis, Sept. 27.-All Lu-
theran bodies in the United States,
except the Missouri Synod, will be
represented at the third biennial
convention Of The Lutheran Brother
hood Of America, to be held here
October 3-5, according to announce
ment by the Rev. J. A. Stub. presi-
dent. 8
The principal organizations to send
delegates, which are expected to
number between 800 and 1000 are
the United Lutheran churches, Nor
wegian Synod, Aueustana Synod,
Joint Synod Of Ohio. Iowa Synod and
the Synod Of the Northwest. These
bodies represent total membership
Of approximately 100000. embrace
ing portions Of the territory between
New York and the far Northwest:
The dominant note in the convention
program Is to be The mans piHce ID
the church. t'. +.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-27
NORTH DAKOTA
MARKSMEN WIN
AT CAMP PERRY
Good Records Made by Several
Members of the States
Rifle Team in Ohio

North Dakota National Guard
marksmen at the national rifle
matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, are
making a good showing according ia
word received here.
First Sergeant Don D. Gates OF
Company B., Fargo, stood 72nd in the
national individual rifle match, in
which 1904 marksmen competed
The shooting was 10 shots standing
slow fire at 200 yards, 10 shots
prone position, slow fire, 600 yards; ;
10 shots kneeling from sitting OF
standing rapid fire, 200 yards; IL
shots rapid fire, prone from stand
ing, 200 yards and 20 shotse slow
fire, prone, at 1000 yards.
Sgt. Gates also made score OF
40 and was 96th in q field of 1,O1e
entries in the Members Match. Sgt
Wallace L. Nelson, Company !
Wahpeton, was 18TH with a score OF
as out of 772 entries in the National
Rifle Association 200-yard rapid fire
match.
Capt. L. R. Baird, Dickinson, and
Corporal John A. Aughney were S7th
with scores of 46 each in the Nation.
al Rifle Associations 300-yard rapid
fire match, with 756 entries.
Sgt. Wallace L. Nelson, Wahpeton
was 184th in the Leech cup match
with a score Of SO, and 801 entries
In the Presidents match, Pvt. c. H
Graves, Bismarck, stood 126th with
score Of 1s0. Corporal Edwin c.
Richard, Williston, stood 274th with
score of 175. In the Wimbledon
cup match, Corporal I. H. Person.
Fargo, stood seth with a score Of
96, out Af 191 entries. All Of these
North Dakota marksmen won cash
prizes and Sgt. Gates won a badge
in the national individual match.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-27
RAIL VALUES
IN COUNTY ARE
SET BY BOARD
Total Over $4,OOO,O0O with
Northern Pacific the
Heaviest Taxpayer
UTILITIES ARE VALUED

Assessment of public utilities in
Burleigh county for taxation in 1928
as fixed by the state board of equal
ization, show that railroads are by
far the heaviest taxpayers. The
Northern Pacific is assessed at 3d.
416, ,137, 900 and the 500 line at $685.
900.
The assessments of utilities as re-
ported by the state board to the
county auditor follow:
Telephone companies Greek
Telephone company, $3.50; Highland
Telephone company, Wilton, $420;
Cedar Hill Tel. Co., $l,23O; Ft. Rice
Tel. Co., Bismarck, $44O; Naughton
Tel. Co., Bismarck, $1,O35; Regan
Alta Rural Tel. Co., $1,83S; Wing
Mutual Tel. Co., 1920; Wing Ex-
change, $54O; Sibley Rural Tel. Co..
Mckenzie, $1,000; Sterling Rural Tel.
Co., $1,O35; Farmers Union Tel. Co..
Bismarck, $500; Riverdale Tel Co..
Wilton, $787; Burnt Creek Rural Tel
Co., Bismarck, $3.50; Sterling Mutual
Tel. Co.. Sterling, $1,283; Stewards
dale Rural Tel. Co., Menoken, $3.50;
Sather-Stone Tel. Co., Bismarck,
$225; Driscoll Tel. Co., $2,445; Dris-
coll Exchange, $729; Morton Rural
Tel Co., Brittin. $770; Grass Lake
Rural Tel. Co., Wilton, $l,19O; Per-
sian Lake Tel. Co., Braddock, $40.
Northwestern Bell Tel. Co., Omaha
Neb., toll lines, $9,666; North Dakota
Independent TdI Co.. farm lines
1896; toll lines, $2O,833; Bismarck
Exchange, $S2,OSO, total $102.417.
Telegraph companfes-Soo Line
$8,sS4; Western Union, $29.231.
Express companies-,American Rail
way Express company Chicago, $751;
396. ~
Pullman Car company, Northern
Pacific, $17,0s2.
Railway property-Northern Pa
cific Railroad company, $3,416,l37;
500 Line, $9Ss,990.
Bank stocks in county-$331 ,626 ;
real estate, $426, 1903 81.
Public utilities valued by county
board, as left by state board
Hughes Electric company, Bismarck
$243,525; Bismarck Gas company
$33.413; Hughes Electric company
$243,525.
The county auditor has spread
taxes amounting to about $500, ,o0(
against numerous corporations al
legged to have been escaped taxes, the
taxes being against colpIrate excess