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CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1905
Our Spiritual Temple (verse)
Golden Gate Commandery’s Home
In the March of Progress
Our Brother John Paul Jones
The Lesser Lights
Pasadena’s New Temple
Collegiate Masons 99
Long Addresses 101
Editors’ Corner 102-105
A Question Answered.
More About Clandestines.
Yellowstone Park.
Anderson’s Manual.
When is a Petition Received.
A Wrong Practice.
Perfect Ashlars of Masonic Thought 106-107
Helen Hunt Jackson’s Last Poem 10 s5
Let Your Light Shine 10S
Committees of Investigation Ill
One Object from Foundation to Pinnacle 112
The Lodge Critic 113
Presentation of Ancient Ballott Boxes.. 115
Eastern Star Points 117-11S
Chips from the Stone Quarries 119-121
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Meetings. MONDAY
ist *Ocddental Lodge, No. 22.
1st *Hermann Lodge, No. 127.
ist Solomon’s Lodge, No. 260.
ist & 3d *San Francisco R. A. Chapter, No. 1.
ist & 3d JGolden Gate Commandery, No. 16.
2d &4th gBeulah Chapter, No. 99, O. E. S.
2d 814th tffOlive Branch Chapter, No. 169 O. E. S.
every ***Oakland Scottish Rite Bodies,
ist & 3d fffSan Francisco Chapter, No. 196, O. E. S.
last ****Fruitvale Lodge, No. 336.
TUESDAY
ist *Golden Gate Lodge, No. 30.
ist *Oriental Lodge, No. 144.
ist **San Francisco Lodge, No. 360.
ist JjBrooklyn Lodge, No. 223.
every ^Mission Commandery, U. D.
ist & 3d ♦California Chapter, No. 5. R. A. M.
ist & 3d **Starr Ring Chapter, O. E. S., No. 204.
ist ffOakland Commandery, No 11.
2d & 4th jlvy Chapter, No 27, O. E. S.
2d &4th Hlf Unity Chapter, No. 65, O. E. S.
ist & 3d Berkeley Chapter, O. E. S., Berkeley.
WEDNESDAY
ist *Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 44.
ist *Crockett Lodge, No. 139.
ist *Excelsior Lodge, No. 166.
ist ^Mission Lodge, No. 169.
ist& 3d ffOakland Chapter, No. 36, R. A. M.
ist *California Council, No. 2, R. & S. M
ad flslam Temple, A. A. O. N. M.S.
2d&4th gfCarita Chapter, No. 115, O. E. S.
ist& 3d fKing Solomon’s Chapter, No. 170, O. E S.
THURSDAY
ist **Starr King Lodge, 344
ist *California Lodge, No. 1.
ist *Fidelity Lodge. No. 120.
ist gSouth San Francisco Lodge, No. 212.
ist *Doric Lodge, No. 216.
ist ^Mission R. A. Chapter, No. 79.
ist (11 Alcatraz Lodge, No. 244.
2d ggOak Grove Lodge, No. 215.
ist *San Francisco Lodge of Perfection, No.i.S.R.
At Call *San Francisco Chapter, Rose Croix, No. 1.
At Call *Godfrey de St. Omar Council, No. 1.
At Call *San Francisco Consistory, No. 1.
5th ffOakland Council, No. 12, R. & * 5 . M.
At Call * Pacific Coast Masonic Veteran Association.
2d & 4th jHarmony Chapter, No. 124, O. E S.
2d & 4th ffOak Leaf Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S.
ist & 3d ftOakland Chapter, No. 140, O. E. S.
ist & 3d ^California Chapter. No. 183. O. E. S.
ist tttPresidio Lodge, No. 354.
FRIDAY
ist *Pacific Lodge. No. 136.
ist *Loge La Parfaite Union, No. 17.
ist ff Live Oak Lodge, No. 61.
ist ^Durant Lodge, No. 268.
every *California Commandery, No. 1.
ist & 3d JGolden Gate Chapter, No. 1, O. E. S.
ist *Loggi Esperanza Italiana, No. 219.
2d & 4th fCrescent Court, No. 3, R. & A. D.
SATURDAY
IfflflAlameda Lodge, No. 167.
ist ttOakland Lodge, No. 188.
ist ^Berkeley Lodge, No. 363.
2d ggAlameda Chapter, No. 70. R. A. M.
every Masonic Board of Relief, Emma Spreckels
Bldg., 927 Market St., Room 604.
last *Past Masters’ Association.
2d & 4th ^Mission Chapter, No. 155. O. E. S.
ist & 3d { Aloha Chapter, O. E. S., No. 206.
* Masonic Temple, Corner Post and Montgomery ft ts
t Franklin Hall, Fillmore, bet. Sutter and Bush Sts.
t Golden Gate Commandery Hall, 629 Sutter St.
\ Masonic Hall, Railroad Ave., South San Francisco,
f Masonic Hall, 2668 Mission St., bet. 22d and 23d Sts.
tt Masonic Temple, 12th & Washington Sts., Oakland.
11 E. 14th St., East Oakland.
f|( Peralta St. near 7th St., West Oakland.
gg Masonic Temple, Park St., Alameda.
Masonic Hall. Berkeley Station.
♦♦♦Scottish Rite Cathedral, 14th & Webster Sts., Oakland
ttf223 Sutter St.
♦♦Devisadero Hall, 317 Devisadero St.
♦♦♦♦East 14th St. and Fruitvale ave., Fruitvale
tttOctavia and Union Street*.
Masonic Hall. Centerville, Cal.
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Vol. XIX SEPTEMBER, 1905 No. 3
OUR SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
BY E. B. EVERITT.
In true Masonic brotherhood, which builds in many lands
The Temple of Humanity; with reverent loving hands,
Here labored they with patient toil, to build, as best they might,
The noble temple of a life; illumined with heavenly light.
Pillars of strength and beauty rose, on either hand, to aid
A symmetry adorned and strong, on sure foundation laid ;
The conduct squared by perfect rule, with right and justice crowned.
Upon a level absolute, with sympathy profound.
Confining every wild desire, restrained on every side,
As with a perfect circle drawn, to govern and to guide ;
True as a plumb line, and exact, each duty gladly done,
Brotherly love, the strong cement, uniting all in one.
The glorious sun that rules the day, the moon that rules the night,
In their unwearied course have looked on no sublimer sight ;
The stars that stud the firmanent have smiled upon no view
More fair than labors such as these, where each to each is true.
This honored craft has everywhere wrought gloriously for man,
Guided by wise and master minds, in following heaven’s plan.
Wherever found, the world around, these faithful, loving Brothers,
Attentive all, to Duty’s call, delight in helping others.
The oldest order on the earth has proved its right to be ;
Her sons have done the noblest work, and they, the best agree ;
Have learned and taught the grandest truths, all radiant with light —
Truths that will make the whole round world with heavenly glory bright.
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FRONT ELEVATION OF PROPOSED GOLDEN GATE TEMPLE.
GOLDEN GATE COMMANDERY’S HOME
KOBABLY much of 'the sig-
nal success which has at-
tended the endeavors of Gol-
den Gate Commandery, No.
16, K. T., of San Francisco,
has been attributable to the
fact that this Templar or-
ganization has for many years occupied
quarters which were its very own, and
which were pre-eminently designed for
Templar purposes. Twelve years ago,
having outgrown inadequate quarters in
the Golden Gate Block, 131 Post street,
the Sir Knights of this Commandery
formed a building association, which con-
structed the edifice for many years famil-
iar to San Franciscans and Knights
Templar as Golden Gate Hall, situate
at 625 Sutter street. For half a score of
years this structure sufficed for the pur-
poses of the Commandery, hut it having
two years ago passed out from under
Templar control by reason of having been
sold at a pecuniary advantage to its own-
ers, the Sir Knights of Golden Gate have
determined to build a new home for their
Commandery, which shall not only be a
joy and a pride, hut shall surpass anything
in its line ever attempted in the great
West, if not in the entire United States.
It is proposed that the new temple shall
be under the complete control and direc-
tion of this. Knight Templar body, and
that no organization other than Masonry
shall find shelter therein — a building
owned entirely by Golden Gate Comman-
dery, an asylum at all times accessible to
every Sir Knight, be he resident or so-
journer.
In furtherance of the project, a site
has been selected on the south side of Sut-
ter street, between Steiner and Pierce, a
fifty- vara lot, situate in the heart of the
Western Addition, in line with the city’s
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INTERIOR OF PUBLIC HALL,
growth ancl expansion, where an elaborate
street car service enables all Sir Knights
and Templar friends to reach it within
the shortest possible time : in fact the site
is within easy walking distance of the
residences of perhaps seventy per cent
of the Commandery ‘s membership.
A building committee was appointed,
consisting of Sir Knights Frank W. Sum-
mer. Robert McMillan, Charles L. Field,
Wm. S. Miller, and Henry C. Bunker,
who have later been elected Directors ol
the Golden Gate Commandery Company,
organized to direct and finance the project.
DESCRIPTION.
The exterior shows a building of the
early English Tudor style, well adapted
for a home of the Knights Templar. The
material will be a deep red brick for the
main body, the cornices, sill courses and
trims being in a light terra cotta, while
the basement will be of light sandstone.
The building will cover .the entire lot.
137 feet 6 inches square, except for pas-
sage ways of five feet on east and west
sides, and will be one and one-half stories
in height, having in the front and center
a tower, the top of which will be sixty -
three feet above the sidewalk. The struc-
ture has been planned to avoid the neces-
sity of an elevator, and there will be ac-
cess to all parts of the building by easy
flights of stairways. All doors, halls and
stairways are wide and commodious, and
large crowds can be entertained without
congestion at any point. Brick walls will
run from north to south through the cen-
ter of the building, partly as a precaution
in case of fire, and especially to divide
the public portion of the building from
that occupied by the Commandery. The
eastern half of the structure will be de-
voted exclusively to Masonry. A com-
plete plenum fan system for heating and
ventilation will be installed through ou I
the building.
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INTERIOR OF COMMANDERY ASYLUM.
When completed the new building of
Golden Gate Commandery will be the
most handsome and conveniently ar-
ranged Templar home in the United
States.
The basement will contain a large drill
hall, 52x134 feet, having an entrance
from Sutter street as well as from the in-
terior of the building. The balance of the
basement is devoted to dressing rooms,
storage, social hall, furnace rooms and
the like.
THE MAIN" EXTRAXCE
Will be in the tower, in the center of the
building, having large doorways opening
into spacious vestibules. These vesti-
bules will be handsomely decorated; the
one leading to the public hall in Italian
renaissance, with walled pilasters and
panels, and a richly ornamented ceiling
in white and gold; the one leading to the
Commandery quarters in Oak wainscot-
ing and heavy hardwood beamed ceiling.
THE FIRST STORY.
The first *story will be used as a source
of revenue by the Commandery and will
contain a large public hall, 50x80 feet,
with its accompanying stage; meWs and
women* s parlors; an auxiliary lodgeroom,
38x48 feet, and a large banquet hall, 3 Ox
60 feet. The public hall will be treated
in the French renaissance style, richly
decorated and finished in white and gold,
with wall and ceiling decorations. The
public hall will have a large stage, with
dressing rooms in the basement.
The auxiliary lodge room will be t fin-
ished on classic lines, rich but dignified,
and have high oak wainscoting and a
richly decorated ceiling. The banquet
hall will be handsomely finished in the
English Renaissance, with a barrel-vault-
ed ceiling, the walls to have fire tile wain-
scoting surmounted by a heavy oak shelf
and cross-ribs in the wall and ceiling,
with a large open fire place at the rear of
the room.
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THE SECOND STORY.
Is devoted exclusively to the use of Golden
Gate Commandery and will contain an
asylum 52x70 feet.
THE ASYLUM.
The asylum is to be finished in the early
English gothic, the walls to be treated in
soft colored stone with intermediate filling
of pressed brick, a wainscoting seven feet
high of baton slash-grained pine. The
trusses shown are to be of pine and stained
dark ; the ceiling space between the trusses
to be treated in ocher plaster, crossed
with dark wood rafters; the windows to
have amber or wine-colored glass to soften
and tone the entire interior. * When fin-
ished this asylum would suggest a note of
reverence and order which should prevail
in an asylum of Knights Templar.
MASONIC HALL
The auxiliary hall will be located in
the northeast corner of the building, and
will be occupied by Blue Lodges, other
Masonic bodies and Eastern Star Chap-
ters.
At one end will be erected a large stage,
on which the ceremonial work of the
Templar degrees will be exemplified.
A beautiful and commodious organ loft
opens into the asylum : a candidates' par-
lor, Sentinel's room and Recorder'- of-
fice will be provided, also committee
rooms and smoking rooms.
Club rooms and portions of the armory
occupy the balance of space on this floor.
This hall will be situated due east and
west and all arrangements will be made
to accommodate Masonic and Eastern Star
organizations. Connected with this hall
are the Tylers and candidate^* rooms, or-
gan loft, etc.
The entire building will be steam-heat-
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SE,C°JN[D FL?°R pla^ ‘ - FIR^ST FIPor
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ed, and will contain every modern con-
venience, including a full system of inter-
communicating telephones.
PEELS JUST PRIDE.
Golden Gate Commandery has every
reason to feel proud of the erection of the
new home and the progress which has
been made. Twenty-two years only can
be counted since the commandery was con-
stituted, and in that time 71G names have
been added to the roll. In thi> brief
period 103 members have moved to other
parts of the country and withdrawn and
103 members have grown weary of the
pilgrimage of life and have laid aAde
their armor for their final rest. Today
the commandery is strong and flourishing
and numbers ~>10 names on its roster.
IN THE MARCH OF PROGRESS
BY J. B. ELLIS, PAST GRAND PATRON, 0. E. S., ARKANSAS.
S THE Order of the Eastern
Star steps from this, the
ending of the century 1900,
into the new twentieth, we
walk through the wide gate-
way into the golden century
of earth’s history and pro-
phecy. Liberty is enlightening the
world; science encircling the earth;
nation talking to nation across wide
seas ; continent whispering to con-
tinent, as lover to sweetheart ; time
is ignored, and space annihilated.
The Peasant of Galilee has taught the
world that all men are kin. His followers
have answered the question, “Who is my
neighbor?†by feeding the starving mil-
lions of India from the bursting granaries
of America. Truly ours is an auspicious
era of a mighty age. The times demand
earnestness of purpose and consecration
to duty. It is a time demanding the best
efforts of the best men and women. It is
a time when the old story of the Nazarene’s
example and teaching, devotion and con-
secration, sympathy, sacrifice and love is
receiving a new impetus and new atten-
tion. And what can I say to the heroic
women who have been instrumental in
bringing this beautiful Order, consecrated
to the upbuilding of womankind, and to
that best of all virtues, “Charity,†so
prominently before the people of this fair
land? I can only tell you of my confi-
dence in you. That confidence is based
upon the records of the past. In that
record I read of your patience in suffer-
ing, your sympathy for the sorrowing,
your zeal for the right, your devotion to
duty, your heroism in danger, your fidel-
ity to friendship, your loyalty to love, your
reverence for God. I read in that record
how you have been abused, mistreated,
disparaged, insulted and imposed upon.
I read by the dim light of the misty past
how the savages made you bear the bur-
dens, and how the tyrant made you his
slave. I read by the light of Bethlehem's
star of a woman’s travail and anguish,
and the mother’s love, “that love that
guideth earth’s hopes of Heaven through
tender years to manhood’s prime, and,
following it to the Cross, lingered weeping
there.†I read by the light of the twen-
tieth century that the darkness is
passing, the clouds dispersing, and the
morning dawning. And the dawning
morning is resplendent with promise and
the prophetic page aglow with hope for
womankind. The shackles haw fallen.
The erstwhile slave is free. Henceforth
your work shall be cheered by ln»pe. ani-
mated by success, exalted by freedom, en-
couraged by sympathy, fostered by affec-
tion and honored by men, until influenc-
ing the character and destiny of nations,
it shall usher in the millennial morning.
Then shall faithfulness and fidelity, loy-
alty and love, receive their just and full
reward.
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PORTRAIT OP JONES IN UNIFORM OF AN AMERICAN ADMIRAL.
OUR BROTHER JOHN PAUL JONES *
Father of the American Navy
WRITTEN FOR THE TRESTLE BOARD BY BRO. GILBERT PATTEN BROWN.
HE banners of the old world
are stained with blood of in-
nocent people, whose lives
were crushed out at the
hand of the despot. The
new world has taught a les-
son to the race and creed
egoist, which lesson will live until time
will be no more. Among those, the best
of whose manhood went forth to estab-
lish the American nation, no name shines
brighter than that in one of the modest
personality of John Paul Jones, who first
*Made a Freemason in Scotland.
saw the light of day in Kirkbeau, Leith,
Scotland, 'July 6, 1747. His father was
a poor gardener, on the estate of Arbig-
land. The education of the gentleman of
this memoir was not of the best, but we
are pleased to class him among the list
of men whose deeds speak greatness on the
side of human kind. There are two wide-
ly dissimilar views of Jones that have
been held of recent years in the country.
One represents him as a rather common-
place man, made prominent by force of
circumstances ; the other ranks him
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among the few great characters of the
world's history. The writer considers it
safe to say that the latter view is the one
now held by a majority of the serious stu-
dents of his career. He is first brought
to public notice in the slave trade ; of this
occupation he became ashamed, and for
a while quit the sea. The most interest-
ing part of his life to the American peo-
ple of today is his service in the war
against British rule.
St. Bernardos Lodge, Xo. 122 , of the
institution of Masonry in Scotland,
was a body at whose fraternal
shrine there had knelt many of the
most eminent men among her con-
temporaries. On Xovember 27, 1770,
“Capt. John Paul** of the brig John,
there received the mysteries of pre-his-
toric times. The old book of records
speaks of him as having been ‘‘enteredâ€
and “passed.†At the breaking out of the
revolution, we find such men as Washing-
ton. Jefferson, Warren, Franklin, Han-
cock, Livingston, Putnam, Sullivan. War-
ner, Whipple and Montgomery active in
Freemasonry, and John Paul Jones is
no less popular in the craft. The Conti-
nental Congress was composed chiefly of
Free Masons. His offer to Congress to
serve in the Xavy is accepted and his first
commission is that of a first lieutenant
in the Alfred. As the Commander-in-
Chief of the little squadron comes on
board, we see Jones unfurling a flag with
a pine tree and a rattlesnake coiled at its
roots: beneath this we read, “Don't tread
on me !'' This banner Jones proudly sends
to the mizzen-topmast head of the Al-
fred.
While in the Xavy his compeers are
such Free Masons as Commodore Whip-
ple, Tucker. Xicholson, Preble, Barney.
Thuxton and Decatur. In the midst of
that struggle (August 16, 1779) we find
him making application for affiliation
with “Xeuf Socurr†Lodge in Paris.
Here Franklin is a most welcome visitor,
and the proud young American command-
er is received in open arms. In June,
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177 7, he i> given command of the Hanger.
His trusted first lieutenant is Captain
Elijah Hall (made a Mason dune 4,
177 7). On an autumn evening the
Hanger enters the port of Boston and
Jones, with Lieutenant Hall, pays a visit
to St. John's Lodge of the “Hub.†Dur-
ing the entire war there was no man so
feared by the British Commander as
Jones. At the close of that struggle he
returns to Europe to there defend the
rights of mankind.
The death of Paul Jones occurred on
the evening of July 20, 1789, at the age
of 45 years. His funeral attracted a
large concourse of the most distinguished
residents in Paris. The Xational Assem-
bly, then in session, passed the following
resolve :
“The Xational Assembly, desirous of
honoring the memory of Paul Jones. Ad-
miral of the United States of America,
and to preserve by a memorable example,
the equality of religious rights, decrees
that twelve of its members shall assist at
the funeral solemnities of a man who has
so well served the cause of liberty.*'
A funeral sermon was preached hv M.
Marson, a French Protestant clergyman.
In this oration he said :
“We have just returned to the earth
the remains of an illustrious stranger;
one of the first champions of liberty of
America, of that liberty which so glor-
iously ushered in our own. And what
more flattering homage can we offer the
memory of Paul Jones than to swear on
his tomb to live or die free. Let neither
tyrants nor their satellites ever pollute
this sacred earth. May the ashes of the
great man. too soon lost to humanity,
enjoy here undisturbed repose. May his
example teach posterity the efforts which
noble souls are capable of making when
stimulated by hatred to oppression. Iden-
tify yourself with the glory of Paul
Jones. n imitating his contempt of dan-
ger, his devotion to his country, and the
noble heroism which, after having aston-
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ished the present age, will continue to
call forth the veneration of ages yet to.
come/ 7
Such was the career of this remarkable
man; and the record of what he said and
wrote, proves him a noble and worthy
man. He rose to distinction by his own
energies. His achievements gave him
world-wide renown. His character se-
cured for him not only a cordial welcome
in the palaces of kings and nobles, but,
what is far higher praise, won for him
the esteem and love of Washington, Jef-
ferson, Franklin, Morris, Hewes, Lafay-
ette, Ivosciuski, Count Legar, Count
d'Estaing, ana a host of others of the
worthiest spirits in America and France.
The finding of the body of this dis-
tinguished sailor of the old school is just-
ly credited to Maj.-Gen. Horace Porter,
a gentleman whose life is dear to the
thinking American and Free Mason.
The old church yard of St. Louis held
his remains. His body had been immersed
in alcohol, carefully wrapped in a linen
sheet, with a packing of hay and straw
about it. Hpon opening the coffin the
striking likeness to the features on the
medal presented to him by Congress was
at once apparent, and there could be no
doubt that the original of the medal lay
before them, and that their long and la-
borious search was over. Every means
was at once taken to verify this identifi-
cation, and this was accomplished most
completely and satisfactorily.
As it lay there in its mummy like cof-
fin it revealed a body five feet seven inches
in height, the size and the shape of the
head corresponding exactly with several
known peculiarities belonging to the head
of Admiral Jones. The face was clean
shaved, and the hair dark brown, in places
slightly gray, was combed back and gath-
ered in a clasp at the back of the neck,
indicating a person of about forty-five
years of age. The features were so well
preserved that they were recognized at
once by the raised portrait on the medal,
as. well as by busts and other portraits of
the Admiral. The linen was in a good
state of preservation, and one article bore
an initial “J." An autopsy made by phy-
sicians showed the body to be in a re-
markable state of preservation, and
showed indubitable proofs of the disease
from which the Admiral is known to have
died. The identification was therefore
complete in every particular.
Every care was taken to preserve the
present condition of the body, from fur-
ther decay, and it was placed in the re-
ceiving vault of the American Church in
Paris to await the action of our Govern-
ment as to the final disposition to be made
of it. General Porter's dispatch to our
Government announcing the finding of
the body was promptly followed by ar-
rangements for the bringing of the body
here, and its interment in the National
Cemetery at Annapolis, with such services
and demonstrations due to the remains
of the illustrious sailor who fought so
bravely and so well and with such scant
means for that which we now enjoy in
such rich fullness.
His remains are now upon American
soil. The institution of Masonry should
take part in the honors to be paid to his
memory. No more fitting name could
be chosen to be given a newly established
Lodge of Master Masons than that of
John Paul Jones, whose deeds speak for
themselves and whose Masonry was of
the best.
Truth, the rock of strength, the pre-
servation of which is joyous life, the
fruitage of which is happiness, should re-
ceive from us faithful service. Let us be
faithful in all our doings to the upbuild-
ing and perpetuity of good in all the walks
of life, so that when we are gathered to
our fathers we may hear the echo of song
of the heavenly hosts,
“Peace on earth, good will to men."
— David 0. McCollum , Pennsylvania .
More women who marry men to reform
them succeed than the world imagines.
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THE LESSER LIGHTS
VERY well instructed Free-
mason, says Bro. Darrah in
the Freemason , is familiar
with the explanation of the
lesser lights usually given in
the Lodge. They are repre-
. sentative, or symbolic, in
their character, and have a greater sig-
nificance than that given in the ritual.
Some brethren believe that the sun is not
one of the lesser lights of Masonry, but
do not point their reason for thus believ-
ing. In accord with this Brother Albert
Pike says :
“The three lesser, or the sublime lights,
you have heard, are the sun, the moon,
and the master of the Lodge. And you
have heard what our brethren of the York
Rite say in regard to them, and why they
hold them to be lights of the Lodge. But
the sun and the moon do in no sense light
the Lodge, unless it be symbolical, and
then the lights are not they, but those
things of which they are the symbols. Of
what they are the symbols, the Mason in
that Rite is not told.â€
He tells of what they are symbols, and
so does Brother W. M. Cunningham of
Ohio. His explanation is better suited to
the Lodge than Brother Pike's and, there-
fore, is here given:
“As symbols, representatives, or corre-
spondences, however, they may be termed,
are triplicate in their application — or in
their signification of end, cause and effect
— the same symbol or representative may
have a very different signification and
teach another equally, if not more, im-
portant lesson in another grade or in an-
other ceremonial.
“To the initiate representing one just
emerging from the darkness of unregen-
erate life, the reception of light from the
Sun of Righteousness, symbolized by the
sun, faith in Divinity, represented by the
moon, and truth, signified by the Wor-
shipful Master, is significative of one of
the higher lessons of the ‘new birth.'
“That the three ‘burning tapers' are
the lesser lights and represent the sun,
moon, and master of the Lodge, is doubt-
less the intent of the lesson and not that
the latter, instead of the tapers, are lesser
lights.
“That the Master and Wardens, in cer-
tain ceremonies of Freemasonry, symbol-
ize the sun in its course from its rising in
the East, dispelling darkness and gloom —
its beauty and glory at high twelve, with
its setting at close of day, is taught in its
ritual; that the Master and Wardens are
each represented by a burning taper, and
that the symbolic colors of the East are
white, representing divine wisdom; of the
West, red, signifying divine love; and of
the South blue, symbolizing divine truth ;
are but a part of the higher or spiritual
significations sought to be inculcated by
the symbolism of the Master and ’War-
dens.â€
The Master and Wardens symbolize the
Master of Light and Life — the Supreme
Being — the sun and the moon, and thus
they represent all that is signified by the
great equilateral triangle.
A true Mason should regard the physi-
cal laws of our being, and the moral laws
of God with equal reverence, and should
cultivate the physical laws of health and
strength with religious fidelity. Let the
body be perfect in structure, and filled
with the spirit of wisdom and love, and
the union of the physical and spiritual
temple, each unto each perfect, shall fonn
a complete man and Mason, in whom
dwells the light of our profession. — Bro.
C. IF. Leannarda. 1 Yashin gto-n, D. C.
THE TRESTLE BOARD
Ht:
Henry F. Star buck, Architect.
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE AT PASADENA, CAL. — FRONT ELEVATION.
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BLUE LODGE ROOM.
PASADENA'S NEW TEMPLE
X the presence of the largest
body of Free and Accepted
Masons ever assembled in the
city of Pasadena, California,
with the solemn ceremonial
of the Craft, the beautiful
new Masonic Temple in that
city was dedicated on August 1, 1905. The
exercises were conducted in the prescribed
form by the Grand Lodge of California,
Bro. Motley H. Flint, Deputy Grand Mas-
ter, officiating in the Grand East. The
Grand Lodge assembled in the city of
Pasadena, and proceeded, under escort of
Pasadena Commandery Xo. 31, K. T..
and the local Masonic Lodges and other
Masonic bodies, to the new Temple, where
the dedicatory exercises were held. Hon.
Wm. H. Tedder, ex-Mayor of Pasadena,
President of the Masonic Temple Associ-
ation, making the formal tender of the
building for Masonic uses.
After the ceremonies, Acting Grand
Master Flint addressed the assemblage.
Judge C. J. Willett, as Grand Orator,
delivered an earnest and eloquent address,
replete with the spirit of Freemasonry
and true Masonic Brotherhood.
A reception was tendered in the even-
ing at the Temple to all visiting Masons
and their friends, at which the ladies of
the Eastern Star of Pasadena were the
hostesses.
As will be seen by reference to the illus-
tration on the opposite page, the new tem-
ple is one of the most elegant buildings
ever erected in Southern California, and
reflects great credit upon its projectors,
and upon the Masonic Fraternity of Pas-
adena, as well as the entire community in
which it has been erected.
Bro. Henry F. Starbuck. now located at
Xo. *206 Sansome street. San Francisco,
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HALL OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND SCOTTISH RITE BODIES.
is the architect under whose direction the
elegant edifice has been reared.
We are indebted to the Pasadena News
for the appended description, as well as
the interior views here shown, which first
appeared in the very creditable Masonic
edition of that newspaper issued on the
occasion of the dedication of the edifice.
THE TEMPLE AND ITS APPOINTMENTS.
The imposing structure is one of four
full stories of pale pressed brick. The
corner stone, which was laid October 5,
1904, :s of granite, and in the center of
the frontage is a handsome arcade porch
with Corinthian columns. On each side
are niches with the raised inscription “Sit
Lux.â€
F rom the street a wide oak stairway
ascends to the rooms above. On the first
floor of the temple, in front, overlooking
the street, are the fine reception rooms
and parlors, done in pale buff tones, with
hangings of green and dull rose. The fire-
places are made of brick in the old-fash-
ioned style, and with the old furniture
give an air of elegance and coziness. Just
back of this is the banquet room, set with
long tables and having handsome side-
boards built in the wall. Adjoining this
on one side is the kitchen, with modern
fittings and conveniences.
The room of rooms, however, is the Blue
Room, the name of which is famed in all
records of Masonry. The Blue Room of
the Pasadena Lodge is a ceremonial room
of exceptionally beautiful and striking
appearance. As its name indicates, the
mural covering is entirely of blue. The
soft and yet intense pastel tone of the
walls is magnificently offset by the mas-
sive beams which vault the ceiling. The
immense hall is rectangular and along
each s ; de run overflow galleries, which are
upheld by composite columns. Blue screen
walls close the balconies when not in use.
At the “east†end is the official station of
the Worshipful Master, which has a front-
al ground of heavy oak and huge plain
oak seats. Above, a rose window admits,
by a system of slides, the three emblems
used by the local bodies — the square and
compass of the Blue Lodge; the keystone
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of the Rtoyal Arch Chapter and the vari-
colored star of the Eastern Star. On the
raised dais are the seats for the Past
Masters and at each side the tables of the
Secretary and Treasurer.
At the west end are two brazen pillars
bearing the globes of earth and heaven.
The Senior Warden’s chair of heavy oak
is impressive against the blue. In the
center is the altar, upholstered in blue vel-
vet and around the sides are upholstered
benches.
On the next floor are to be found the
great room of the Commandery and Scot-
tish Rites bodies and the chapel room.
The latter adjoins the larger room and is
a very beautiful and impressive apart-
ment. The walls are pale buff in color
and the altar end has an arrangement of
composite 1 pillars and plaster pediment
simulating a temple front. Around th*»
sides extend oaken benches, and the car-
peting combines tan and blue in an attrac-
tive blending.
The larger room is, like the Blue Room,
heavily vaulted, in a more ornate style,
however, using the fan arrangement of
foliated arches instead of the square
beams. The walls are tan in color, to-
gether with the carpet, and great oaken
folding doors lead to the other rooms be-
yond. The Grand Officer’s seat has a large
balcony overhead and at the four corners
are vaulted alcoves for other official seats.
On the next floor is the great drill room,
which is also to be used for balls and other
social occasions.
COLLEGIATE MASONS
HE Masonic press has recent-
ly contained accounts of a
Masonic college fraternity
inaugurated by a number of
student Masons at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, whose
aim was ultimately to build
up a national college men’s Masonic or-
ganization. On June 27 of this year the
first national conclave of the Acacia Fra-
ternity was convened at the chapter house
of the parent chapter in Ann Arbor, the
delegates from five different chapters, lo-
cated in as many universities, responding
at roll call.
The following, which we take from the
American Tyler , details the organization
and purposes of the new Fraternity, and
gives an account of the conclave recently
held at Ann Arbor: *
During the last year this student Ma-
sonic organization has had flattering
growth. Articles of association of the
parent chapter at Ann Arbor were filed
on May 11 of last year. At the opening
of college last fall this chapter had bought
its own furniture and was installed in
its present chapter house at 1103 E. Hu-
ron street. At this time the fraternity
was merely a local organization, but on
November 12, 1904, the first foreign chap-
ter was organized and installed at Leland
Stanford University. Palo Alto, Califor-
nia, by two of the charter members of the
Ann Arbor chapter, W. S. Wheeler, Presi-
dent of the club which had preceded the
fraternity, and J. W. Hawkins, one of its
most active promoters. Further exten-
sion followed rapidly. On November 24,
1904, the second foreign chapter was in-
stalled at the University of Kansan; on
February 12, 1905, the third at the Uni-
versity of Nebraska, and on April 22,
1905, the fourth at the University of Cal-
ifornia. Delegates from all these chap-
ters were present at the conclave.
During its session the conclave drew up
and adopted a national constitution, re-
vised and improved upon the original
ritual and perfected the organization of a
governing body which is to have supreme
control of the various chapters and will
determine the future policy of the fra-
ternity and carry on its further extension.
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it being the ultimate purpose of the fra-
ternity to have a chapter in every college
and university in the United States in
which there is a body of Master Masons
strong enough, numerically and otherwise,
to support it. The membership of this
controlling body is drawn exclusively
from the alumni membership of the fra-
ternity and is composed of the officers of
the national conclave. At the election
held at the conclave in June, the parent
chapter at Ann Arbor was given two of
the members of this board, H. P. Rowe,
of Bad Axe, Michigan, being elected Pres-
ident, and C. G. Hill, of Ithaca, Michigan,
Secretary. The other positions are dis-
tributed among the different chapters : 0.
Q. Claflin, of Kansas City, University of
Kansas, First Vice-President; John West-
over, of Lincoln, Nebraska, University of
Nebraska, Second Vice-President; Earl E.
Miller, of San Francisco, Leland Stan-
ford University, Treasurer.
The first conclave of the Acacia fra-
ternity marks an epoch in the circles of
Masonry. For the first time probably in
the history of the order a body of young
college men from all parts of this land
assembled in the interests of Masonry and
its teachings. During the conclave which,
because of the great amount of work to be
done, lasted almost a week, these young
men received a new idea of the great Fra-
ternity which must soon look to such as
they for its maintenance.
It has been stated that the purpose of
this ' contemplated organization is to in-
troduce Masonic principles and teachings
into college activities and to furnish a
home for its members while in the uni-
versity. To these may also be added, now
that it has been accomplished, the purpose
of bringing the younger Master Masons in
the different educational institutions in
this country into intimate touch, to give
them an interest which shall form a con-
necting link between their college activi-
ties and Masonry. The chapters in pur-
suance of this policy encourage attendance
at lodge and in all the universities work
in close harmony with the home lodges,,
which look upon the movement with much
favor. Many Masons when first acquainted
with the organization ha v^ the impression
that chapters of the Acacia Fraternity are
organized to do Masonic degree work, but
this is not the case. The fraternity has a
ritual of its own which is separate and
distinct from any Masonic ritual, and
while its members often do work in lodge
it is as individuals, not as a body.
It is the ultimate purpose of each chap-
ter to own its own chapter house. With
this end in view the chapters are forming
alumni associations. During the week of
the conclave the alumni members of the
chapter at Ann Arbor met and formed an
alumni association of which W. S. Wheel-
er, *04, is President and W. L. Miggett,
T8, of Anu Arbor, Secretary and Treas-
urer. It is the purpose of this association
to hold in trust for the local chapter as a
building fund, money pledged by the
alumni and obtained from other sources.
Now that the possibilities of this stu-
dent movement have been shown, its pro-
moters are anxiously awaiting the expres-
sion of Masonry at large regarding it.
They feel that an important field awaits
it and that it can be of incalculable as-
sistance to Masonry.
We Blush
The Trestle Board of California has
entered upon its nineteenth volume. The
Trestle Board is a publication that our
western brethren may well be proud of,
and we sincerely wish it success. — Ma-
sonic Tidings , Milwaukee.
JUST SMILE
That he who laughs the last laughs best,
We’re often told, but I’m
Quite sure it’s best to laugh and jest
First, last and all the time.
— Sclmectady Union.
AIDS TO SUCCESS
There are six things that bring success.
The first is the will to work. The other five
are work . — Chicago Record-Herald.
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LONG ADDRESSES
OME retiring grand officers
feel it incumbent upon them
to cover in their annual mes-
sage or “address†to the
Craft all questions that near-
1}’ or remotely affect its inter-
ests, and even wander off into
the broad field of humanitarianism,
ethics, criminology, sociology and at times
even politics, says the Tidings.
One of the best-known members of the
“guild†of correspondence writers, refer-
ring to such an “address†by a grand offi-
cer, said :
“Eloquent and loving tribute is paid
to the memory and merit of the dead,
coupled with words of sympathy and affec-
tion for the bereaved, all of which is very
proper and right. He made several deci-
sions, but none of outside interest. He
granted several ’permits to ballot on the
jump, which was all right. The address
covers 62 pages and refers to everything
conceivable having any connection with
the Order, local and universal, which re-
minds ns of a speech made at the pre-
sentation of a stand of colors to a regi-
ment of volunteers during the date un-
pleasantness/ The orator commenced with
a reference to the creation, the fall of
Adam and the expulsion of our progen-
itors from the Garden of Eden, touched
lightly on the wickedness of the antedelu-
vian world, Xoah’s celebrated voyage and
the building of the tower of Babel, the con-
fusion of tongues and the attention that
followed that event. From there he
jumped to the administration of Solomon
and the erection of the first temple; re-
ferred in touching terms to the siege of
J erusalem by Titus and the destruction of
the Temple, as well as the sufferings of the
besieged ; paid proper tribute to 'Josephus
as a historian; noted the rise and fall of
the Roman Empire and the causes that
led to the latter ; gave a detailed account
of the War of the Roses in England; the
discovery of America by Columbus: the
war of the Revolution, the adoption of the
Constitution, which he read in full; gave
a history of the birth and growth of the
different political parties that have “held
the boards†since the organization of our
government; read all the platforms of the
different parties, the letters of acceptance
of the different candidates for the presi-
dency, from Washington to Lincoln, read
Washington’s Farewell Address, explained
the forty-seventh problem of Euclid and
how to “Square the Circle.†and wound up
by saying: “To me has been assigned the
pleasing duty of presenting this here flag
to this gallant regiment,†etc. At the con-
clusion of the address starvation had made
such ravages in the regiment that it had
to be sent to the hospital in a body !
SWe never could abide long speeches, long
sermons or long waits between acts, but
as we did not have to hear this one, we are
not complaining of Bro. address/*
Pointed Paragraphs
A woman’s strength lies in her weak-
ness.
An old gossip sweeps up more dirt than
a new broom.
The fewer friends a man has the more
money he saves.
Long skirts never indicate that the
wearers have small feet.
A miser leaves the earth because he
cannot take it with him.
Much of our earthly happiness is due
to our ability to forget things.
A laboring man knows the value of a
dollar and a shopping woman knows the
value of 98 cents.
Some farmers are troubled with in-
flammatory rheumatism, and some others
with flimflamatory Rubenism . — Chicago
News.
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EDITORS’ CORNER
JAMES WRIGHT ANDERSON,
EDMUND MANSFIELD ATKINSON,
Editors.
The following question
A Question p as k een p r0 p 0un( J e d to
Answered
us :
A young man born in Indiana, but liv-
ing in the State of Washington for two
years and who registered and voted in
Washington, sends a petition through the
mail to a lodge in a town in Indiana, in
which town he has never been, and where
he was unknown, except to a brother who
had recently made that town his residence.
The young man was elected and went
from his residence in Washington to the
town in Indiana, received the degrees in
three days, and returned to Washington,
and now resides in Washington. Is he a
clandestine Mason?
The young man registered and voted
in Washington; hence he must be deemed
a citizen and resident in Washington. The
law of Washington relative to parties re-
ceiving the degrees of Masonry in juris-
dictions other than that in which they re-
side is the same as obtains in California.
If this is the case, the young man had
no legal right to apply to a lodge in In-
diana, and, having applied and received
the degrees, he is an irregular Mason, and
occupies the same status as a clandestine
Mason until elected to membership in the
lodge in Washington nearest his residence;
that is, no lodge in Washington can le-
gally hold Masonic intercourse with him
until he is elected a member of the lodge
in Washington nearest his residence. The
mere fact that the party occupies a civil
service position under the U. S. Govern-
ment does not, in our opinion, cut any
figure in the matter. In California such
party would be considered an irregular
Mason, and lodges and Masons would be
forbidden to hold Masonic communication
Avith him until he had been elected to
membership in the lodge nearest his resi-
dence; that is, he would occupy the same
status as a clandestine Mason, although
termed an irregular one, until his disa-
bility is removed by election to member-
ship in the lodge nearest his residence.
More About
Claadestines
Replying to a commun-
ication received from a
young Mason in' the
jurisdiction of Washington, Ave have to
say that we consider himself and some
10,000 Masons of his jurisdiction of whom
he speaks, not as clandestine Masons, but
as regular Masons under certain disa-
bility so far as those Grand Jurisdictions
are concerned that thought proper to with-
draw recognition from the Grand Lodge
of Washington, in consequence of the ac-
tion of the latter Grand Lodge in recog-
nizing a certain class of Masons not rec-
ognized by other Grand Lodges. The ef-
fect of this withdrawal of recognition is
practically to place the Masons of Wash-
ington in the same category, so far as the
lodges of the jurisdiction withdrawing rec-
ognition, as clandestine Masons are until
the disability is removed. When a Grand
Lodge for any reason withdraws recogni-
tion from another Grand Lodge, it thereby
forbids the recognition of all Masons in
the latter by those of the former, and also
forbids all Masons of the jurisdiction from
holding any intercourse with the Masons
of the jurisdiction from which recognition
is withdrawn, either as individuals or in
lodge capacity. If the Grand Lodge of
New Jersey does not recognize the Grand
Lodge of Washington the lodges and Ma-
sons of New Jersey are not at liberty to
recognize or have Masonic intercourse
with those of Washington. If Texas with-
draws recognition from Washington, she
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103
thereby forbids her membership from hav-
ing any Masonic intercourse with the Ma-
sons of Washington and, if Texas Masons
sit in lodges in Washington, they violate
the edict of their own Grand Lodge, and
may be held amenable by the Grand Lodge
of Texas, or by the lodge in Texas of
which they may be members.
“For the benefit and
Yel p W f t0ne enjoyment of the peo-
ple." Such is the in-
scription over the beautiful gateway into
this great wonderland. In our day and
generation we have seen many beautiful
and sublime sights, but never have we
witnessed such a combination of beauty,
grandeur and sublimity as was presented
to our enraptured gaze duripg a six days’
trip through this marvelous region. The
Park proper comprises over 3000 square
miles; it is vast, varied and unique. We
traveled in an elegant Concord coach drawn
by four horses, over roads scarcely -sur-
passed by the roadways in our beautiful
Park by the sea. The usual route for
tourists is over 140 miles, the greatest
daily staging being about 40 miles. The
roads, except over portions of the moun-
tainous parts, are kept free from dust by
means of the great sprinkling wagons em-
ployed by the Government for that pur-
pose. Witnessing the care and superin-
tendence of the Park exercised by the Gov-
ernment we felt rejoiced in knowing that
our own beautiful Yosemite is now under
the same benignant guardianship. Uncle
Sam. judging from what has already been
done in road building and other improve-
ments, seems determined to make this wild
and weird spot one of the most delight-
fully beautiful and interesting in his vast
domain. He is judiciously adding to all
that nature has done for the delectation
of his people. As we stood upon Inspira-
tion Point, looking up and down the vast
and beautiful canyon of the Yellowstone;
as we gazed upon the sublime waterfall
of 360 feet, our eye caught sight of a great
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bald eagle — the bird of freedom — sitting
upon a towering rocky pinnacle, and we
involuntarily exclaimed “How blessed to
live in such a land, environed with such
opportunities for all that makes life en-
joyable!"
A vast expense has been incurred by
the Government, but it is money appropri-
ated to a most worthy purpose. In ad-
dition to the outlay by the Government,
an almost equal expenditure has been
made by the Yellowstone Park Associa-
tion. The numerous coaches, the vast
number of horses, the still greater number
of employes, and the magnificent hos-
telries have called, and are calling, for
tremendous outlay. The hotels, all dif-
fering in architectural design, are models
of elegance and comfort. There are five
of these vast structures, each capable of
accommodating from 250 to 300 guests.
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Besides these there are two good lunch
stations. Altogether the comfort of visi-
tors to the Park seems to be as properly
cared for as is possible. To describe some
of these hotels would require genius equal
to that which designed them. To portray
the wonders that on every hand; at almost
every turn of the way, present themselves,
is beyond the power of pen, brush or pho-
tographic art. -Wonderful is Wonderland;
passing wonder is He who made it such.
Anderson's
Manual
9 A new edition of this
little volume has been
emitted by Grand Sec-
retary Johnson. As the compiler of the
work, we have reason to be proud of the re-
ception which has been accorded to it by
the Grand Lodge, and by the brethren gen-
erally throughout the jurisdiction. The
production of the Manual was the result
of our ignorance. We had the dis-
tinguished honor, many years ago, of hav-
ing been appointed chairman of the Com-
mittee on Correspondence in the Grand
Lodge. We entered upon the duties of
that position with much misgiving; we
had done but little in the discharge of
those duties until we were impelled to
the conclusion that, whatever else we
knew, we knew comparatively nothing
about either the general or specific laws
of the Masonic Fraternity. Shame for our
ignorance stimulated us to study these
laws; and we began at the foundation.
After careful investigation we found no
source from which so much valuable in-
formation could be obtained as from the
excellent opinions of the able brethren
who have, in all the years of the Grand
Lodge, presided over its councils and its
destinies. So greatly were we delighted
and benefited by the study, that we felt
that greater pleasure would result if, even
in a feeble way we could make the work
interesting and profitable to our brethren.
In this there has been no disappointment,
and we are greatly gratified in the reflec-
tion that we have in a degree added to the
interests and the advancement of the Fra-
ternity.
We desire now to say to the Masons
throughout the jurisdiction that this work
has been endorsed by the Grand Lodge,
that it belongs to the Grand ‘Lodge, and
that it has been placed at such a nominal
price that no member of a Lodge need
be without it. Send a dollar to the Grand
Secretary, Bro. George Johnson, and he
will mail you a copy. If you don’t get a
dollar’s worth of pleasure and benefit out
of your first reading we shall conclude
that you either don’t know how to read
aright or that you have little interest in a
Fraternity that can aid you more than you
may ever hope to aid it.
We particularly commend the study
of the Manual to our younger brethren.
Upon your shoulders will soon rest the
mantles of the elders, and you ought to
be prepared to wear them with credit to
yourselves and honor to the Fraternity.
The foregoing may seem to savor of
egotism; but that cuts no figure. We
simply want to say that what has helped
us will help you.
When is a Petition
Received ?
We have been asked to
answer the question :
“When is a petition re-
ceived ?†The question is fully and plainly
answered in Section 887 of Anderson’s
Manual. The Grand Master decided that
a petition for degrees is received when a
Lodge decides by its vote to receive it; or
when, as is quite customary, it shall, in
the absence of any objection, be declared
by the Master to be received.
In our opinion the procedure should be
about this : The Secretary should say,
“W. M., I have here the petition of Mr.
.†The Master, before the
petition is read, should respond, “If there
is no objection the petition will be re-
ceived.†This affords opportunity for
any party wishing to object, to do so. No
objection appearing, the Secretary reads
the petition, and it must then be referred
to a committee of investigation. Should
there be objection, the reception of the
petition would have to be determined by
the vote of the Lodge. There is nothing
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CAUTION TO SUBSCRIBERS
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knowledge of the publishers of this
magazine that unauthorized persons
have solicited subscriptions and made
collections on account of same, it be-
comes necessary to warn brethren
and subscribers not to pay any money
to any canvasser not personally
known to them, unless such person
can show a letter of authority, signed
by the Trestle Board Co., Walter N.
Brunt, Manager, dated subsequent to
April 1, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the pub-
lishers of the Trestle Board will not
be responsible for any payments
made in contravention of the above
caution.
Pay no money to any stranger un-
less he can show written authority to
make collections.
in the law that determines what this vote
shall be; and there being nothing to de-
termine this, it is presumable that it
should be a majority vote of the members
present. The same course would obtain
in the case of a petition for affiliation.
In all the years that we have been con-
nected with the Order, we have never
heard of an objection having been made
to the reception of a petition. The deci-
sion of our Grand Lodge, however, im-
plies that objection may be made. We
opine the practice of receiving petitions
for degrees or affiliation either by vote of
the Lodge or by declaration bv the Mas-
ter would be a custom honored in the ob-
servance, and one that would tend to the
benefit of a Lodge as well as that of the
petitioner for in such case if the Lodge
declined to receive the petition the party
applying would be free from the disa-
greeableness of rejection, and the Lodge
from much of that which leads to in-
harmony.
Lt is a generally recog-
A Wrong n i Z(i( ] principle in Ma-
sonic law that a brother
having entered the Lodge of his own free
will and accord, has the right to retire from
membership therein of his own free will.
In other words, every brother has a right
to dimit from his Lodge whenever he
chooses so to do. The question then arises
must the Lodge always grant a dimit to
a brother who wishes to withdraw? If
the brother is in good standing, a dimit,
according to the law tff California, must
be granted to him. The Lodge, however,
is not required to give, along with the
dimit, any recommendation. A dimit
without recommendation, in California,
is a proper dimit, entitling the brother to
join any other Lodge in the State, if the
brethren thereof think proper to elect
him. A brother is always in good stand-
ing in his Lodge until officially declared
otherwise. How, then, can the Lodge
avoid giving a dimit to one known to be
unworthy? We know of but one way in
which the Lodge can rightly act, and that
is to prefer charges against the unworthy
brother and cast him out. Not long ago
a brother in one of our Lodges was placed
under arrest for a felony committed
against the laws of the Government. He
applied to his Lodge for a dimit, and it
was granted. In another case, a party
was arrested for complicity in violating
the laws of the Government, relating to
the exclusion of the Chinese. He applied
for a dimit and it was granted. In both
of these cases charges should have been
preferred, and the offenders dealt with as
our laws provide. Our Masonic laws in
California are excellent; but in too many
instances they are not executed. Our
Lodges should see to it that wrong-doers
are held strictly amenable. The welfare
of the Lodges and of the Fraternity de-
mands the proper execution of our laws.
4 -
Sometimes a man lets his wife make his
opinion to keep peace in the family, and
sometimes because he doesn’t know how to
make any himself.
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Perfect Ashlars of
Masonic Thovight
iSOJSTEY is not only the old-
est, but the most conserva-
tive of institutions in the af-
fairs of men, and we should
endeavor to preserve it as it
has been handed down to us
from time immemorial. Its
dignity should never be lowered by any act
of ours, and we should endeavor so to con-
duct ourselves as to be pointed out for the
peculiarities of our lives and walks.
Proud we should be that we are a part of
an institution that in all ages of the world
has attracted to its membership men pre-
eminent in all the walks of life, and that
has ever exercised an influence toward the
uplifting of human character of which we
can have no conception, but after all is
said and done, what Masonry has been in
times past, what it may be in the future,
is of very little use to us individually, un-
less we at the present time weave its
principles into the warp and woof of our
daily lives. — Chas. W. Nutting , P. G. M .,
California.
The life of a State, the life of a man,
consist of episodes. As we stand near
to the grave and look back along the paths
of our life, we wonder at seeing during
how little of our time we have advanced
on straight lines toward the leading ob-
jects, great or small, for which we
imagined ourselves to live. Continually
we have either wandered from the course
determined on, or been either seduced or
forced to follow by-paths circuitous and
crooked. It never was otherwise with any
man, or with any State. It always seems
to us that we have, for the most part,
occupied ourselves too much with mat-
ters and affairs of small importance; and
yet, by what seems inexplicable chance,
the most trivial circumstances, occurring
solely in consequence of those accidental
aberrations, have often strangely tended
to secure or remove beyond our reach the
chief objects at which we have aimed.
USTo wonder the ancients made Fate su-
preme, even over the gods! — Albert Pilce.
The landmarks of Masonry are
unchangeable, and the spirit of the work
is incorruptible ; it may be developed,
illustrated and applied, but it never can
die, it never can decline. As it moves
onward and upward in the accomplish-
ment of its glorious mission, there rises
into being a living monument, its founda-
tion already resplendent with age, attain-
ing a height and magnitude worthy of
the inditement of the virtues of its fol-
lowers. — David C. Chase J Idaho.
Masonry, resting on the eternal prin-
ciples of truth, has always withstood the
shock of change, and is today, as the
Ancient Fraternity has ever been, the
most perfect embodiment of universal
brotherhood, universal liberty and equal-
ity of all the institutions ever established
among men. A complete acknowledge-
ment of the everlasting fatherhood of God
and brotherhood of man. Undiminished
prosperity prevails throughout the civi-
lized world, and perhaps the most im-
portant duty of the hour is to guard in a
conservative manner her interests, to the
end that true prosperity may continue. —
J. M. Hodson , Oregon.
Masonry teaches the world three great
lessons, which I will denominate as relig-
ious, political and social. It is commonly
supposed that men cannot be brought to
agree on religious matters, that denomi-
nations are necessary with systems of creed
and priesthood; but Masons agree upon
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certain religious facts, so that there are
no religious differences among them, and
it is thus proved that men can live
together religiously as brethren, and that
a universal church is within the bounds
of possibility. Masonry is the only true
republic, where high and low, rich and
poor stand equal . — Charles F. Painter ,
Colorado .
Like the great temples which the peo-
ples of antiquity builded, Masonry has a
place for each class of its votaries, accord-
ing to need, knowledge and receptivity
for instruction. In its outer court he who
is content with formula and words of rote
may be satisfied. The external show and
sight of unexplained symbols may fill him
with awe, and even with some glimmering
of aspiration. He is bettered, uncon-
sciously to himself, by his surroundings.
But only the enlightened ones, prepared
for the higher initiation of understand-
ing, will the genius of Masonry lead into
the adytum of her temple and reveal the
esotery of her pregnant symbolism. — J.
E. Morcombe , Iowa.
Masonry's constant, quiet and steady
labor of love for others is her effective
method of leading us into the habit of
and desire for right doing. I love Masonry,
therefore, because she teaches that a man
to be a good Mason should ever be striving
to do good with Masonry rather than to
reap financial profit from her. Ours is not
a mutual benefit organization necessary
and helpful, as such an institution is in
our modern civilization, to which we pay
a certain amount and then under certain
conditions receive a certain amount. Ours
is a society that trains her members for
acts of charity, for nobler deeds, for purer
thoughts and for higher actions. She
labors to fit her votaries for better work
in the better lodge above, so that when
“the working tools of life shall drop for-
ever from our nerveless grasp†and our
trembling souls “stand naked and alone
before the Great White Throne,†we may
hear from the Judge Supreme the wel-
come words: “'Well done, good and faith-
ful servant; enter thou into the joy of thv
Lord.†— 31. C. S. Noble.
A ritual is a work of art. and like all
works of art is valuable not merely for
what it represents, but mainly for what it
suggests to the mind. This is true,
whether the work be a poem, a painting,
a piece of music or statuary. The material
representation may be good, and the tech-
nique beyond criticism, but if no thought
or feeling is suggested but little value
attaches, and we soon tire of them ; but a
little picture of two poor peasants in a
bowed heads, at the call of the bell in the
little church beyond, tells the whole story
of a life of toil, hardship and devotion.
Men do not tire of such pictures and the
grand lessons taught by them. So of our
ritual. It suggests to our minds great
thoughts, in simple, homely words. To the
humblest mind there is a lesson that it
can understand, and to the noblest of men,
grander truths yet to be learned are
clearly taught. Do not change it by a
word. No matter if some of our phrases
are quaint, and perhaps passing out of
current use, hold to them, fix them in the
memory. Let our Entered Apprentices
and Craftsmen hear them again and
again until they find them fixed indelibly
in the mind, and so ever after to influ-
ence their daily life and conduct . — John
M. Pearson , P. G. M., Illinois.
True Masonry is the upbuilding and up-
lifting of the individual character, and
the welding of those characters into a
compact, harmonious society, having for
its aim and object the advancement of
everything that stands for more intelli-
gent citizenship, more goodly homes and
clearer lives . — Frank E. Bidjard, G. M..
Nebraska.
Freemasonry never occupied a higher
plane of purity and progress than at the
present time.
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HELEN HUNT JACKSON’S LAST POEM
Father, I scarcely dare to pray,
So clear I see, now it is done,
That I have wasted half my day,
And left my work but just begun.
So clear I see that things I thought
Were right or harmless are a sin ;
So clear I see that I have sought,
Unconscious, selfish aims to win.
So clear I see that I have hurt
The souls I might have helped to save;
That I have slothful been, inert,
Deaf to the calls thy leaders gave.
In outskirts of thy kingdom vast,
Father, the humblest spot give me;
Set me the lowliest task thou hast;
Let me, repentant, work for thee.
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
HE highest Order of Knight-
hood was the Knights Temp-
lar, founded early in the
twelfth century and taking
their name from their first
quarters on the site of Solo-
mon’s Temple. In 1138 A.
D., Hugh de Payens of Burgundy, and
eight comrades, solemnly bound them-
selves to guard the roads for pilgrims to
sacred shrines, “to live as canons, and to
fight for the King of Heaven, in charity,
obedience and self-denial.†The Order
spread rapidly, and in A. D. 1150 we find
them in Castile, in Rochelle, in Langue-
doc, in Rome, m Briltany, and in Ger-
many. Alphonso 1 bequeathed them one-
third of his dominions ; Louis VII regu-
lated his army according to the order of
these knights, and granted them land
near Paris which became known as the
“Temple†and was their headquarters.
Their lofty courage was everywhere ac-
knowledged. At Damietta they were
“first to attack and last to retreat.†Gov-
ernments cofifided in them, and both in
London and in Paris royal treasure was
entrusted to their care. The honor of
knighthood was held so high that a cap-
tive knight was ever released on his sim-
ple promise that he would go among his
people and raise the sum required for his
ransom. The captive knight too was con-
sulted as to what sum he could raise with-
out inconvenience, since they were un-
willing to straiten a knight so that he
should 'not live well and keep up his
honor.
We read of three special orders of
knights, the Hospitallers, with black man-
tles and white crosses, whose special care
was the sick and wounded ; the Teutonics,
with their white mantles and black crosses,
confined to the ranks of German noble-
men, and the Templars, with their white
mantles and red crosses, whose functions
I have described. These orders were en-
tirely distinct from the Knights of Ar-
thur’s Round Table, and from the Pal-
adins of Charlemagne, just as these were
distinct from the Equites of Rome.
The Templars were the noblest of all the
Orders of Knighthood, because it was
theirs to “fight for the King of Heaven,â€
to be aggressive for righteousness, to
resist evil, to protect weakness and
relieve distress. Their high purpose was,
and is, to let their light shine in the dark-
ness of the world, reflecting from their
knightly persons the light that gleams
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from the cross of our Redeemer, so that
all men may see the way that leads to
peace and to glory. That is the use of
light, to illumine the world that men may
find their way through it and not stumble
in the abyss.
Letting our light shine is unselfish. It
is that others may be blessed. Not to
dazzle men by our brightness, nor to lead
them to admire us, but that they may find
the way. “Let your light so shine before
men that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father which art in
Heaven.†To benefit men and so to glor-
ify God, is our great work in the world,
and that is the chief aim of every true
Knight Templar.
While there is to be no display, there is,
at the same time, to be no concealment of
light. While you have secrets in your
Order, your light is no secret and is not
to be hidden under a bushel or under a
bed, but to illumine all around you. Men
are to see your light, and you are to be
careful to let it shine so they will see it,
and be led by it into the ways of righteous-
ness.
Unlike the various orders of nobility,
which are by inheritance, knighthood rests
upon merit. Each man who is enrolled as
a knight is supposed to have a knightly
character. The name is the mark of a
high character. To shine it is necessary
to burn, and so that which shines must be
of right material. Clay does not shine,
nor stone. It is written that John the
Baptist was a ‘Turning and a shining
light,†and burning is ever the price of
shining. To let our light shine we must
have hearts on fire with love to God and
with zeal for the good of mankind. Men
whose souls do not kindle at the thought
of God's love and grace and at the thought
of human suffering and need, are incap-
able of knighthood.
“Let your light so shine.†Allow noth-
ing to interrupt its beams. Michael An-
gelo placed a light on his head that his
own shadow might not fall upon his work.
The greatest care is taken that the glass of
the light-houses be kept clear and clean,
that the light be not dimmed. The Chris-
tian must let nothing interfere with his
shining. Any inconsistency, any wrong
doing on his part, will dim his light and
may be the occasion of disaster to some
soul needing that light. The safety of all
the craft afloat, within range of the light-
house is imperilled if the light be dimmed
or shadowed. Let your light so shinr. It
will shine if you give it a chance.
Then the Christian's light must shine
constantly. No flashing up and burning
brilliantly for a little while, and then dy-
ing out in darkness, but a steady and clear
shining forth. A light-house that some-
times shines and sometimes does not, is
practically useless. And the Christian's
light is to shine brighter and brighter unto
the perfect day. It must be a light that
knows no eclipse, shining afar that those
who sit in darkness may see and live.
Another point to be ever borne in mind
is that ours is a derived light. It did not
spring up spontaneously in our hearts,
but was kindled there by the Holy Spirit.
We do not kindle ourselves, but we are
kindled from Heaven. The electric light
that illumines our cities in the darkness of
night is but a bit of black carbon through
which a current of electricity is sent. It
shines because of its connection with the
Power House. Cut that connection, and
all is dark. Thus our light is because of
our connection by faith with Christ, and
only through faith in Him can we shim*.
He is the light of the world, and He il-
lumines the world through his people.
We are the means for the diffusion of that
light from Heaven, and it is ours to bear
that light to all the dark places of earth,
that no soul shall be left on whom the light
of God has not fallen. “If the light that
is in you be darkness, how great is that
darkness?†sadly asks the Master of the
bewildered disciples, as He impresses on
them the responsibility for illumining the
world.
Mankind are dependent on the light
which Christians let shine. After de-
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daring: “I am the light of the world/’
onr Lord said to his disciples: “Ye are
the light of the world." It is through
them that He shines. iSTot that they are
simply light, bnt they are the light of the
world; and there is no other. It is for
them to carry that light to every creature,
and upon them rests this great responsi-
bility. Unless they shine, the world re-
mains in darkness. This priceless treas-
ure, this noblest service, this highest call-
ing have been given to us, and if we are
faithless, what will become of the world?
Think what light symbolizes in Scrip-
ture. It stands for knowledge, for wis-
dom, for cheer, for joy, for truth and for
righteousness. These, therefore, are to
gleam forth from us. We are to remove
ignorance, to cure folly, to brighten de-
spondency, to comfort sorrow, to eradicate
error and to banish sin. Light reveals, as
well as illumines. “All colors are alike in
the dark." We are to reveal to the world
the knowledge and wisdom of God, His
grace and His promises ; the truth as it is
in Jesus and the righteousness of Christ
by which men alone are justified. We are
to show men their guilt and their peril,
to offer them God's remedy for sin, and to
hold out to them the lamp of life and the
hope of glory. We are to lead unselfish,
beneficent, knightly lives, making each
day radiant with the brightness of Him
who is the Light of the World.
Go forth then, Knights Templar, on
your high mission of duty and of glory.
“Let your light so shine before men that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father who is in Heaven." In the
beginning of your history your home was
the Temple of Jerusalem in its ruins. In
the consummation of your history your
home is the Temple of the skies, “not made
with hands eternal in the heavens," that
Temple whose walls are salvation, whose
gates are praise, and the “Lamb is the
light thereof." Let your light shine forth
clear and strong amid the worlds dark-
ness, until the Sun of Righteousness shall
arise with healing in his wings, flooding
the earth with his glory, and all the foul
spirits which have so long held high car-
nival amid the darkness of the world's
shadows shall be driven into the outer
darkness that knows no morrow. And in
that shadowless world of glory, your light
shall gleam with a radiance unknown to
earth, for “they that be wise shall shine
as the brightness of the firmament, and
they that turn many to righteousness as
the stars forever and ever."
Mixed History
Around the great striking figures of his-
tory the small boy weaves curious an-
swers, says Agnes Dean Cameron, in the
Century . “Moses's mother pitched his lit-
tle cradle within and without with pitch
and left him there in the pool of Siloam.
But when the daughter of Solomon got
the green leaf from the dove she hastened
and brought food convenient for him, and
the babe crowed thrice and grew up in
her court."
Scfu-are and Compasses
It is the custom with many lodges to
leave the square and compasses lying in
the Lodge Bible when it is closed. This
wears out the leaves and breaks the bind-
ing. A very convenient place for the
square and compass, suggested by Bro.
C. M. Gibbens, of Bonner, Montana, is
a leather pocket attached to the front or
back cover of the book and sufficient space
made in binding the book so there would
be no strain on the binding when the
square and compasses were placed in the
pocket and the book closed. Some enter-
prising bookbinder may make his name
and fortune by executing this idea.
There is no room in Masonry for idlers,
and the Mason who is not willing to share
in its labors and burdens should not be
allowed to enjoy its privileges, rights and
rewards . — James DeKalb Gamble , P. G.
M Iowa .
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COMMITTEES OF INVESTIGATION
WRITTEN FOR THE TRESTLE BOARD
DITOES Trestle Board:
Having noted many articles
in The Trestle Board rela-
tive to Committees of Inves-
tigation and also the action
of the Grand Lodge of Cali-
fornia in 1904, I take the
liberty of an outline of the scheme in oper-
ation in at least two of the Lodges in this
State, first saying that our way of working
is simply action by the individual Lodge
and entirely independent of any regula-
tion of Grand Lodge.
On the reading of a petition (either
for the degrees or affiliation) the W. M.
announces that the proper committee will
be appointed, and later gives the Secre-
tary the names of three members of the
Lodge as constituting that particular com-
mittee. 'The Secretary then mails one
of the blank forms — see attached sheet —
properly filled out, to each member of the
committee, who on or before the statutory
time, mails or hands it signed, with such
answers to the interrogatories as he sees fit,
to the Secretary. The three reports are
pinned to the petition, petition on top,
and when the proper time comes, the AY.
M. announces that the report of the com-
mittee is favorable or unfavorable, or that
two report favorable and one unfavorable,
whichever the case may be, and, detach-
ing the reports, slips them into his pocket
to be destroyed at his leisure.
The points in favor of this method are,
first, no one except the W. M. and Secre-
tary know who are on committees of in-
vestigation. There is no record of Com-
mittees of Investigation. When a mem-
ber of a committee is notified of his ap-
pointment, that is all he knows. But the
strongest point in its favor, in my estima-
tion, lies in the fact that wdien a member
is notified of his appointment, he is put
upon his mettle so to speak, knowing that
two others are in the same business as
himself and feeling that, unless lie is thor-
oughly conscientious in his work, possibly
one of the others might learn something
to prove the petitioner unfit to receive the
degrees, and in that event lead the \V. M.
to believe that he slighted his task.
BBOTIIER
You have been appointed a committee
of investigation to inquire into the char-
acter and fitness of
a candidate for in
Lodge.
The good name of the Fraternity in
general, and Lodge in par-
ticular, are involved in the careful investi-
gation of candidates. It is therefore a
Masonic duty you are called upon to per-
form. Your love for Masonry will no
doubt lead you to promptness and faith-
fulness. Please sign and return this re-
port to the Secretary before the next
stated communication.
Master.
QUESTIONS.
Is he married or single? Is he living
with his wife? Is he physically qualified
for admission? Is he addicted to the in-
temperate use of intoxicating liquors? Is
he in any way engaged in the manufac-
ture or sale of same? Does he habitually
use profane or indecent language? Does
he possess education and intelligence so
as to understand and value the principle^
of Freemasonry? Has he a good reputa-
tion among his neighbors? State any
other facts learned which should be con-
sidered by the Lodge.
The answers to the questions on his
petition are as folows :
Where were you born ? When were
you born ? What is your age ?
What is your occupation ? Where
do you reside? How long have you lived
in this State? How long in this city?
Do you believe in the existence of one
ever-living and true God? Do you know
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of any physical, legal or moral reason
which should prevent you from becoming
a Freemason? Have you ever applied for
the Degrees of Masonry and been rejected,
and if so, when and in what lodge ?
P. 0. Address He gives as refer-
ences :
Report of Investigating Committee:
To the M. W., Wardens and Brethren:
Your committee appointed to inquire
into thq character of the above petitioner,
begs leave to report that he has performed
his duty, and recommends that the prayer
of the petitioner be ...... â–º
Committee.
This system has been in operation for
about three years with us, and the Lodge
would not dream of discontinuing it.. Fra-
ternally, W. B. Seymore.
Charleston, ATashington.
Orve Object From Foundation to Pinnacle
EEEMASONEY is, by its
constitution, a progressive
Science upward and always
upward, true to Art and true
to the design of the Pillar of
its Faith from Pedestal to
Capital. The base, therefore,
must needs be square and solid in its
strength, hewed and selected in the quar-
ry of mankind — firm and plumb with the
rectitude of Masonic character; for with-
out such rectitude it could not support
the weight of .the column, or keep it erect.
The strength of the Pedestal is not in the
number of its parts but in the quality and
the unity of its comportents which must
be selected and jointed with scrupulous
care.
The Blue Lodges are the Pedestal of
our Masonic Column — and its exceeding
Beauty and Wisdom rest upon their
strength, not as the heavens upon some
fabled Atlas — but in all verity. /Well
chosen then must the materials be, and
skilfull the quarrying as also the prep-
aration that qualifies for amalgamation
into such a structure; and great the re-
sponsibility of those to whom is intrusted
the duty of opening and shutting the
gates: for Masonry requires that those
Portals be opened not for friendship, nor
for sympathy — nor for any cause on earth
save one, and that is for the cause of Ma-
sonry alone, and then to him only who is
a man and found worthy. So based in the
system of their structure on an imperish-
able basis, the advanced workmen can con-
fidently give exclusive attention to the
perfecting of the column — even to the
fine workmanship of delicate Beauty and
Truth that enrich its minutest adorn-
ments: and these workmen must be
skilled, the elect of the elect, and the pro-
duct of their hands the fruit of their
faith.
Every true Mason knows the founda-
tion of his Order, and of the faith that it
embodies, but only a comparative few self-
selected and proven worthy enter the
higher precincts, where excellence, and
excellence alone, is required to mould into
due form the tapering column, for at the
pinnacle mere size and number would be
superfluous.
To , the higher degrees, therefore, by
natural ascension rise the cream of Free-
masonry the tried, the true and the wor-
thy, there in those select assemblies con-
tinue their researches into the hidden
mysteries of nature and of science, and
to elicit for their less qualified brethren
the inner meaning of the mysteries of cre-
ation, of life, death and immortality.
Into such an order no jealousy can
creep, no discord mar the note of the
chord that binds the rhythmic heart of
Freemasonry and makes harmonious its
universal pulse beat. Ho brother can say
to another, I have no need of thee, for
every true Mason is a living stone filling
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his appointed place in this Temple not
made with hands : and to make that Tem-
ple enduring — to establish it in its
strength — ea <Si one must be true and
trusty in his place, faithful unto death.
To each one is his work, and the fruit
of his work, and his reward in the cham-
ber of the Great King, and what is the
work? The higher morality no doubt —
lofty ethics to ennoble the soul of man —
but these are not all, — lowly service is re-
quired, — to serve, to visit the fatherless
and the widow, to speak the word of sym-
pathy, to extend the kindly hand, and by
the practice of the broadest charity to
help mankind in its upward struggle to
the light.
But there is more yet: — to keep alive
the knowledge of the one God in the Mys-
teries of ancient heathen nations was but
a part of the appointed task of Freema-
sonry. Her modern task is no less ardu-
ous, and fundamentally as important, —
to make Christianity a practical reality
amongst the seething and contentious
masses of mankind : to bind up the wounds
of the sword, — to turn its sharp edge into
a ploughshare, and by moral influence to
compel victor and vanquished to sit in a
peaceful fellowship together under the
dome of her Temple.
To keep the knowledge of tlm Eternal
before the eyes of an heathendom that
worshipped the stock of a tree was a long
and arduous task blessed with a large fru-
ition in the fullness of time. The task
of our latter day ought to be easier, with
the aid of churches and education among
professed Christians: but because every-
one knows, or thinks he knows, the diffi-
culties are enhanced.
But Freemasonry knows that the way is
too narrow, and too strait to admit of di-
versity — and that men can pass upward
only in unity and in order: therefore she
unifies her system broad based on the
foundation of her ancient Lodges, but
reaching in all its sculptured beauty to
higher realms of research until at last
the great secret is revealed and unveiled,
and what is the veiled secret of Masonry
which her elect sons are continually study-
ing for the edification of struggling hu-
manity we know not, unless it be this
which has been revealed : — To do unto
others, as we would they should do unto
us, and to open unwilling eyes that they
may see and know that Light lighteth
every man that cometh into the world —
if he will. — Ex.
The Lodge Critic
I
HERE is as much truth as
humor in Puck's definition
of a critic as “a person who
couldn't have done it him-
self."
Everybody will recognize
the truth of this description
as applied to the lodge critic. The cen-
sorious brother who finds fault with the
work of the lodge, and with the adminis-
tration of its affairs, is very often one
who is unable to perform the smallest
part with credit, and who is distinctly
weak in executive ability.
Xevertheless. it should be remembered
that the performance is not a prerequisite
to criticism. l!o*v many people who appli-
cate a good dinner are able to cook one?
How many who enjoy an able sermon, a
sublime poem or a beautiful painting can
produce that which they admire?
Similarly, in the lodge, a brother who i-
capable of appreciating good ritualism,
or an able speech, or the fine points of an
accomplished presiding officer, may he to-
tally incompetent to do more than look
on and applaud and criticise. If his com-
mendation is liberal, his criticism just
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and kindly, and not too obtrusive, his
comments may be helpful. But he should
above all things, avoid captious and fault
finding animadversions, remembering that
perfection is not easy of attainment, and
that it is very easy to sow the seeds of
bitterness and dissention by thoughtless
and uncharitable comment.
It is a safe rule for the lodge critic
to bite his tongue when things go amiss, ^
and reserve his criticism for the private
ear of the offender. — Masonic Standard.
A Mental Stimulus
A well-known Mason who has just been
elected to office in a Masonic Lodge which
promises promotion towards the East and
who has been learning the work, said the
other day, that on that particular morning
he woke up at 4 o’clock. He concluded
that he would pass the time by opening a
lodge. He managed to open it eight times,
no two of which were alike, but strange to
relate he managed to get it open each time.
There are doubtless many new officers who
are in the same boat. But the point which
the writer wishes to make is that Masonry
offers a splendid field for mental culture.
The Brother who starts out to learn the
work is taught the virtue of being accu-
rate, which gives him a mental stimulus
helpful in everyday life. If there were
no other reward from a study of the work,
the mental discipline which the student
receives is sufficient compensation for all
his time *and trouble. The man whose
head is full of Masonry will always find
something at hand with which to pass an
idle moment. — Illinois freemason.
A Mason’s Doty to His Lodge
The most important duty of a Mason
to the fraternity, the doing of which will
induce the performance of all other du-
ties in irresistible sequence, in his faith-
ful and devoted attendance on and parti-
cipation in the regular business and pro-
ceedings of the Lodge of which he is a
member. In his faithfulness to this rela-
tion, by committing the ritual to memory,
by frequent admonition of its sublime lec-
tures, and by constant, close and frater-
nal association with his brethren, there
will be instilled into his m^nd and heart
a full conception and thorough conscious-
ness of the personal and individual appli-
cation of Masonic principles and teach-
ings, to the mode and manner of his daily
life. By such labor and association, may
he attain a knowledge of its higher bless-
ings and partake of its most ennobling
pleasures. And so here, as in every rela-
tion of human existence, duty done is
the never failing harbinger of a just re-
ward. — Perry M. Eoisington, P. G. M
Kansas.
NO K. T. EXCURSION
Sir Knight O. F. Westphal, Eminent Com-
mander of California Commandery No. 1, K.
T., who is chairman of the committee in
charge, states in regard to the Templar Ex-
cursion to the Lewis and Clark Exposition
at Portland, Oregon, which was scheduled for
September, that owing to the fact that many
Sir Knights of San Francisco have visited the
fair as delegates to various professional and
business men’s conventions previously held, or
on their return from the Shriners’ Excursion
to Niagara Falls in June, it has been deemed
wise to abandon the project. One hundred and
ten persons had signed for the journey, but
rather than go to Portland with anything short
of a full representation, the Sir Knights de-
cided to relinquish their plans for a holiday.
MEN
The following is taken from a little girl’s
composition on men : “Men are what women
marry. They drink and smoke and swear and
have ever so many pockets, but they won’t
go to church. Perhaps if they wore bonnets
they would. They are more logical than
women, and always more zoological. Both
men and women have sprung from monkeys,
but the women certainly sprung further than
men.†— Exchange .
Real heroes are the people who go
through life doing their plain duty every
day and endeavoring in all they undertake
to work for the good of their fellows.
The greatest asset which an individual
or a corporation can have is a good repu-
tation.
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PRESENTATION OF ANCIENT BALLOT BOXES
FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASSACII FSETTS.
HE Recording Grand Secre-
tary presented two mahogany
ballot boxes received from
Dr. J. Collins Warren, an
eminent physician and sur-
geon of Boston and the
o
great-grandson of Dr. John
Warren, who was our Grand Master in
1783, 1784 and 1787. These boxes, with
the appropriate furnishings, were found
in a chest belonging to Gen. Joseph War-
ren, after his death in the battle of Bunk-
er Hill, and had remained in the custody
of his family ever since. Eor the last
thirty years they have formed a part of
the interesting collection of relics con-
tributed by the Warren family to the
Museum in the Old South Church. These
boxes and their contents were probably in
the service of the Massachusetts Grand
Lodge while 'Joseph Warren presided.
As Provincial Grand Master, J oseph
Warren organized the Massachusetts
Grand Lodge on the 27th of December,
1769, under authority from the Grand
Lodge of Scotland. This Provincial Grand
Lodge was composed of “Ancient†Ma-
sons, as distinguished from the “Mod-
erns,†known as the St. J ohn’s Grand
Lodge, organied by Henry Price, as Pro-
vincial Grand Master. in 1733, under au-
thority of the Grand Lodge of England.
In March, 1775, Gen. Gage occupied
Boston with the British troops and kept
the town closed under the most stringent
regulations until he was driven out by
threatening fortifications erected by Gen.
Washington on Dorchester Heights. The
evacuation took place on the 17th of
March, 1776. The patriots were then en-
abled to search the field of Bunker Hill
and found the body of Gen. Warren. It
was taken to Boston, where, on the 6th of
April, almost imposing funeral ceremony
was held, an eloquent oration being de-
livered by Perez Morton.
• It is a singular fact, that although tin*
Masonic Eraternity took a most prominent
part in the ceremonies, and although the
oration was printed, no allusion to the af-
fair is made in the Records of the Massa-
chusetts Grand Lodge, over which Gen.
Warren had presided for more than five
years. On the 27th of December in the
same year they celebrated the Feast of St.
John the Evangelist and on the Sth of
March, 1777, chose their own Grand Mas-
ter, thus instituting the first independent
Grand Lodge on this continent.
John Warren, the younger brother of
Joseph, entered the military service at the
same time and acted as surgeon to the end
of the war. He succeeded Joseph Webb,
the.first Grand Master of the independent
Grand Lodge, who had served as Deputy
Grand Master during the whole period of
Gen. Warren’s Grand Mastership. The
younger Warren was largely instrumental
in bringing about the establishment of the
independent Grand Lodge. He stoutly
maintained the right, the expediency and
the wisdom of the proceeding, during the
long period in which its Masonic legality
was vigorously disputed and discussed.
He also rendered important service by in-
ducing Moses Michael Hays to affiliate
with Massachusetts Lodge, to assume the
office of Master and a few years later that
of Grand Master.
Brother Hays came to Boston about
1781, by way of Xew York and Newport,
in each of which towns he had been ac-
tively interested in Masonry. It was un-
derstood that before his arrival in this
country certain new. strange and mys-
terious powers had been conferred upon
him which it was feared might supersede
the authority already existing here. These
unwelcome powers were derived from Scot-
tish Rite connections which had recently
been originated in France. By the wise
and skillful efforts of Dr. Warren the in-
terest of Brother Hays in these new-faD-
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glecl notions was turned upon the ancient
and time-honored branch of the Fratern-
ity. After good service in Massachusetts
Lodge he succeeded Dr. Warren as Grand
Master and during his administration ef-
fected the union of the two Grand Lodges
previously existing and put an end to the
rivalry between “Ancients†and “Mod-
erns†in Massachusetts.
The Recording Grand Secretary ex-
pressed the opinion that the ballot boxes
which were now presented were most in-
teresting souvenirs of the period described
and of the world-renowned actors who
bore so conspicuous a part in its events,
and that a gratifying incident of the gift
was the fact that it came by the hand of
the great-grand-nephew of one Grand Mas-
ter, and great-grandson of another.
It was unanimously voted that these
welcome souvenirs of the early days. of
Masonry in Massachusetts be gratefully
accepted and deposited in our archives
with our most valued relics, and that the
thanks of the Grand Lodge be returned to
Dr. J. Collins Warren for his kindness
in sending home these long-lost instru-
ments of our profession.
An Illustration
Let us look above the inanimate stone
and mortar. Goodly as shall be this
tabernacle, and its gateway pleasant to
our feet : rich and redolent, and vocal
its courts with joy, and its ‘atmosphere
perfumed with the incense of praise; con-
secrated to lofty purposes, sacred to our
ancient and venerable mysteries; the shrine
of our Masonic faith; the sanctuary of
our Masonic hope; the home of our Ma-
sonic love — it must fall at last, and fall
forever. The fingers of decay shall
crumble and scatter these stones; our al-
tars shall be torn down and become deso-
late; there shall be the broken column,
but, alas ! no virgin to weep beneath it.
Time, having blemished the ringlets of
her hair, shall himself have vanished;
the all-devouring scythe shall lay snapt
asunder amid the magnificent ruins, and
the cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous pal-
aces, the solemn temples, the great globe
itself, shall dissolve. Yet rising above
these ashes, and uniting above the debris;
indestructible, immutable and immortal ;
panoplied in perpetual glory; unaged by
years, unmarred by change, unwrinkled
by decrepitude, the principles of Free-
masonry shall yet survive — purer than a
vestal, fairer than a moonbeam, eternal
as the Infinite; for they are based and
built upon truth, and the eternal years of
God are hers. — P. G. M. Wedderburn , New
Brunswick.
Practical Masonry
What we do ourselves as Masons, is
what will be of use to us, but unless we
so conduct ourselves that the places in
which we reside shall be made better from
the fact that we have passed this way,
our membership in the lodge will be of
no avail. Dnless we relieve the distress
o± some needy brother, unless we take by
the hand and support some struggling
member of the Order, unless we take some
weakling among our ranks and place him
upon his feet, and direct him in the right
path, and support him until he is able to
stand alone. Masonry, with all its grand
history will be of no special use to us. In
other words, the practical application of
this frame-work of moral laws to our daily
lives is what is essential to the individual
Mason if he desires to get those benefits
which accrue to every man because of the
fact that he has lived an upright, moral,
genteel' and kindly life. The kind deeds
that we do will, after all, be the only
thing that will be left for us when we come
to make that great change that is decreed
for all men. — Chas. W. Nutting , P. G. A f.,
California.
The true test of a man's love for a wo-
man is not if he is willing to shed blood
for her, but if he is ready to shed his
coat and go to work.
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EASTERN STAR POINTS
The Eastern Star
HE Order of the Eastern Star
had its birth in the great
heart of Masonry, says Past
Grand Matron Rosa L. Har-
ris, of Missouri. We make no
pretense to be a part of that
ancient institution, but it is
with pride and gratitude that we find our-
selves recognized by it as co-laborers in the
service of humanity. We could desire no
higher honor than to be the handmaiden
of Masonry. * * * Masonry, through the
ages of its life, has done much to eradicate
selfishness from the human heart, and we
trust that the golden chains of sisterly af-
fection which binds us as members of this
order will do the same for woman.
I think that Brother Morris hardly real-
ized the possibilities of “Adoptive Bite
Masonry." His prime object was to es-
tablish some method by which those en-
titled to Masonic protection might make
themselves known to a brother. The de-
grees were conferred with but little at-
tempt at beauty; there were no meetings
together in friendly intercourse ; no gentle
word of advice or sympathy; the land of
fraternity was deemed an impossibility
among women. How different now ! Since
the ritual was revised the ceremonies have
been beautiful and imposing. Now we
gather together in social companionship,
and, laying aside all the little devices by
which we measure people in society, make
only one requirement of all alike, and that
is : Are you living up to the obligation of
the order ? The one who does lives a pure
life— an honest life} — and is deserving of
our love and sympathy. Here we bear each
other's burdens. We wipe away the tears
of sorrow and advise the troubled heart in
its hour of need. Here we are taught to
be faithful to all moral obligations. We
are inspired by the life of Persia's noble
queen to be courageous in the execution of
Right. We are urged to emulate the ex-
ample of that elect lady who was pre-emi-
nent in Charity. And here, around the
sacred altar, we are taught to have a trust-
ful faith in the hope of immortal life
through 'Jesus Christ. Oh, may the points
of our Star radiate with a glow imperish-
able, and shine on with undiminished lus-
tre through all our lives.
A Sample Fair
There is one new plan by which the
maximum of money is made with the min-
imum of work — this, according to Har-
pers' Bazaar , is the Sample Fair. * The
manufacturers of everything salable are
solicited for samples of the goods, such
as cereals, soaps, pickles and preserves,
bluings, cocoas and syrups. With what
is sent in response all that is left to be
done is to arrange a room, place the goods
on tables, and sell them at the same prices
charged in the shops. Often some cocoa
manufacturer will be glad to serve hot
chocolate by way of advertisement, and
that with biscuits or small cakes also fur-
nished free of cost, will provide refresh-
ments and the net result will be a sur-
prsing sum.
Woman’s Influence
It has taken centuries for the world to
learn that the woman of today is man’s
equal ; it is her hand that softens the
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pathway of life, while her influence has
widened and strengthened and can not
be limited. — Mary E. Harrington , P. G.
A/h Ohio.
The Order and Women
I should fail in my duty did I not say
that the Order of the Eastern Star is so
closely allied with the Masonic fraternity
that it has almost become part of our
great work ; or if I did not pay a passing
tribute to the noble women of our land
who are so earnest and energetic in ad-
vancing the interests of this institution,
and the principles of this Order. — Bertha
Brown , Indian Territory.
Then and Now
Our dear old mossy fellows cried from
the four quarters of the earth: “Women
Masonry ! dreadful ! 55 Even the Masonic
papers called them “petticoat Masons / 5
But today, thanks to the power of heaven,
there are few who do not realize that
these dear sisters never asked to be Ma-
sons. They wished to be little stars to
guide the Masons through the dreary
desert of life in the dark night time of ad-
versity, as well as to share with him the
sunshine of life.- — Geo. E. Kohler , Ari-
zona.
A Haven of Rest
The Eastern Star and Masonic Home
is a haven of rest to the tired and lonely
widow. It is here that the snowy locks
of the sad and aged are caressed by loving
hands, and it is here that the prayers of
the aged are mingled with their praises of
the Order of Eastern Star and the Ma-
sonic Fraternity. The good we are doing
in this Home can never be estimated.
This Home will stand as a monument as
long as there is any suffering and distress
and as long as human beings live in this
world.— Sadie B. Morrison , P. G. M.,
Illinois.
We heard a man say not long ago that
he paid cash for everything he had except
his wife, whom he got for the asking, and
she was the dearest thing he had.
Depew Plays Paris
Ghauncey Depew once dined with three
ladies in a Hew York restaurant. He was
so entertaining that one of the ladies
plucked up courage and during dessert,
leaned over and tapped the diplomat on
the arm and with an affectation of shyness
said: “Mr. Depew, let us pretend that
you are the shepherd Paris, and I am
Minerva, Mrs. Blank is Venus and Miss
Blank is Juno. How, you must give this
golden apple to the fairest / 5 So saying
she handed him an orange. Depew did
not wait an instant, but, turning in his
chair, called the waiter. “Waiter , 55 he
said, “bring me two more oranges/ 5 — Ex-
change.
GRAND CHAPTER IN LOS ANGELES
The Grand Chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star will convene in Los Angeles
October 17th, next. Five or six hundred vis-
iting delegates, many of them the most promi-
nent in the Order, will attend the session.
Headquarters are to be at the Lankershim
hotel. Although it is still some time before
the convention, definite plans are being made
for the entertainment of the guests.
The Los Angeles Chapters are making spe-
cial arrangements for the social features of
the coming convention. The opening event
in this line will be an entertainment and lunch-
eon at the new Masonic home.
Other, events being planned include a recep-
tion in Masonic Temple, exemplification of
work by Grand Officers, and trolley party, ball
and banquet at Del Rey.
STAR NOTES
Mrs. Paulina W. Dohrmann, Grand Matron
O. E. S., visited Chapters in Petaluma, Sebas-
topol, Santa Rosa and Healdsburg during the
month of August.
The officers and a large number of the mem-
bers of Pasadena Chapter, O. E. S., visited
Alhambra Chapter and by request conferred
the degrees upon four candidates. Judge
Willett, Grand Patron, was one of the guests.
The Grand Matron, Mrs. Paulina W.
Dohrmann, visited Beulah Chapter, San
Francisco, early in August. August 21st, an
official visit was paid to Olive Branch Chapter,
in the same city.
The present Grand Matron of California
has visited over 178 Chapters during her term
in office, which has not yet expired.
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ACACIA FRATERNITY HOME
He Chapter, Acacia Fraternity, lately or-
ganized from the faculty, alumni and under-
graduates of the University of California, at
Berkeley, Cal., who are Masons, has estab-
lished a fraternity house near the University
campus, at 2511 Bancroft Way. The Univer-
sity students who are members of this frater-
nity will reside here while pursuing their
courses at the great institution of learning,
and at this fraternity house all members of the
Acacia organization will receive a warm and
hearty welcome. The Acacia Fraternity, as
detailed in previous issues of this magazine,
is a college fraternity organized from among
the Masons of the great universities of Amer-
ica. The nomenclature of this fraternity dif-
fers from that of others of its class in that
the letters of the Hebrew instead of the Greek
alphabet are used in designation. The
Chapter of the University of California is the
fifth in point of organization, Beth Chapter, at
Stanford, being the second.
IN MODOC
The cornerstone of the Surprise Valley .
Union High School building, the first building
of the kind in Modoc County, was laid at
Cedarville by the Grand Lodge of Masons of
California, under the auspices of Worshipful
Master E. C. Bonner of Alturas, Acting Grand
Master. More than 700 persons took part in
the services, including a- trained choir of
twenty-five voices and the Alturas concert
band of twenty pieces. R. IT. Stanley of
Cedarville was Deputy Grand Master, J. C.
Rachford of Alturas, Senior Grand Warden,
and S. T. Ballard of Alturas Junior Grand
Warden.
John Dodd Bonner delivered the Masonic
oration. Addresses were made by other citi-
zens and officials.
Large delegations were present from other
towns in the vicinity.
NOBLE ELLISON OF NEW YORK
Noble Saram R. Ellison, Recorder of Mecca
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., New York City,
announces a change in his address. He will
be found hereafer at 121 West Twenty-second
street, Mecca Temple’s headquarters, from 11
a. m. to 3 p. m. daily. Sundays and holidays
excepted, where all business in connection
with his duties as Recorder will be transacted,
and the “glad hand†will be extended to all
sons of the faithful. Phone 656 Chelsea.
PILGRIMAGE TO SACRAMENTO
“Illustrious Sons of the Prophet ! “Give
“heed ! Give heed ! Sacramento invites you
“to its fertile Oasis. Know yc that your I llus-
“trious Potentate, whom Allah preserve, has
“decreed that the wails and piteous lamenta-
tions proceeding from the Oasis of Sacra-
“mento shall be stilled, and that on Friday,
“September 8, 1905, at 2 :30 p. m. Islam’s
“caravan, headed by our Illustrious Potentate,
“and laden with all necessary implements of
“torture and refreshment, will leave San
“Francisco from the Ferry Building and via
“the Southern Pacific Railroad, arriving at
“Sacramento at 5 :30 p. m.â€
Thus reads the latest bulletin issued by
Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. , all of
which means that the Nobles of Islam are
going to the Capital City to have a character-
istic Sacramento caloric occasion.
A number of unregenerates will be put
through their paces, the Temple having pur-
chased a brand new rope for the event, which
will take place in the “Old Pavilion,†in that
city, Friday night.
Incidentally, it may be mentioned that it
will be State Fair week in Sacramento, and
the great celebration of Admission Day by
the Native Sons of the Golden West occurs
the next day to be followed by a grand electric
carnival in the evening. We’ll all be there.
BUILDING IN PORTLAND
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Oregon has
purchased 100 by 100 feet of ground at the
southwest corner of West Park and Yamhill
streets, Portland, for $25,000, and will erect a
Masonic Temple on the site, says the Oregon
Daily Journal. The old Masonic Temple, at
the corner of Alder and Third streets, will
probably be sold and the proceeds invested in
the new temple.
Construction of the new temple will be com-
menced this year. It is probable that work
will proceed as far as excavating and putting
in a foundation during the winter. Next
soring the building will be put up. It will be
about a four-storv building to begin with, and
the foundation will be made heavy enough to
support four more stories, which will be added
whenever business conditions warrant a large
office building at that location.
Visalia Commandery. No. 26, K. T.. ten-
dered a farewell reception and banquet to
Sir Knight J. H. McKie and Mrs McKie
August 5th, on the occasion of their departure
from Visalia.
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THE CRAFT IN GENERAL
A new Lodge of Masons was recently .or-
ganized at Cle Elum, Wash.
Spokane Masons celebrated the opening of
their new Masonic Temple, August 24th..
Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S., Chicago,
held its 50th anniversary reception recently.
The Nevada Grand Lodge laid the corner-
stone of the new school building at Carson
August 16th.
Boise, Idaho, will have a new Masonic
building five stories high in Grecian-Ionic style
of architecture.
The New Masonic Temple at Aberdeen,
Washington, is rapidly nearing completion.
It will be formally opened October 15th.
A new Masonic lodge will be organized at
North Vancouver, B. C., which will hold its
meetings in a new* Masonic hall to be erected
in that place.
The doors of the new Masonic Home 'at
Macon, Ga., an illustration of which appeared
in a recent number of this magazine, w*ere
thrown open in July. The institution is now
receiving inmates.
Advices from Salt Lake state that over 200
brother Masons of Rev. Dr. T. W. Pinkerton,
of that city, met recently in Masonic Hall to
say good-bye to him, before his departure for
San Francisco in attendance on the annual
convention of the Christian denomination and
his subsequent removal to Ohio to resume a
former pastorate there. The gathering w*as
also made the occasion of the presentation to
Dr. Pinkerton of a fine Scottish Rite and
Knight Templar charm and a pocketbook well
lined with yellow metal.
NEW TEMPLE SITE
The Scottish Rite organizations known as
the “San Francisco Bodies,†have purchased a
lot at the northeast corner of Sutter Street and
Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, and will
erect thereon a handsome Temple to be de-
voted to Scottish Rite Masonry. Nearly one
million dollars, it is stated, will be expended
for site, building and appurtenances. Archi-
tects will shortly be called upon to submit plans
of one of the finest buildings ever erected for
Masonic purposes in this portion of the coun-
try.
The building lot for a number of years held
by the San Francisco Bodies on Post Street
opposite Union Square, will be sold, and the
proceeds applied to the purchase of the new
site and building. One hundred and thirty
thousand dollars is said to have been paid for
the site.. Col. Fred. Crocker is financing the
transaction.
CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR
A new Masonic Hall is in prospect for Whit-
tier, Cal.
The Masons of Fruitvale, Alameda County,,
will build a new hall on East Fourteenth street.
The Masons residing in Laton, Cal., contem-
plate the organization of a Masonic Lodge at
that place.
Senior Grand Warden E. H. Hart visited'
Masonic Lodges in Humboldt County, Cali-
fornia, in July.
The Masonic Lodge recently organized at
Ocean Park, Los Angeles County, Cal., is re-
ported as developing a phenomenal growth.
The Windsor Masonic Hall Association has
been formed for the purpose of building a new
Masonic Hall in Windsor, Cal., to replace the
one recently destroyed by fire.
The social committee of Sacramento Com-
mandery No. 2, K. T., are preparing a series
of card parties and entertainments for the
coming season, for the pleasure of the ladies
of the Sir Knights.
About forty members of the Lodges in Val-
lejo visited Mission Lddge, No. 169, San Fran-
cisco, recently, on the occasion of the confer-
ring of the Master Mason’s degree.
The contract has been awarded for the con-
struction of a new Masonic hall in the town
of Santa Maria, Los Angeles County, to cost
$26,000, and ground has been broken for the
ndw structure.
’ The .Los Angeles members of A1 Malaikah
Temple, Mystic Shrine, have planned a pil-
grimage to the Oasis of Santa Barbara, to
occur September 23d. It is eminently certain
that the enviable reputation of Santa Barbara
for equability of climate is in great danger.
JOHN PAUL JONES
The portrait of Bro. John Paul Jones, the
naval hero of the Revolution, which is shown
on page 92 of this issue, is from a painting by
Chappel, and may be found in the collection
in the Library of the Navy Department, at
Washington. It is sometimes called the
“George Washington Picture,†from its resem-
blance to the “Father of His Country.â€
7000 SHRINERS
Noble B. W. Rowell, Recorder of- the Im-
peril Council, Mystic Shrine, in an estimate
sent out from his office to the various rail-
roads of the country sets the number of Shrin-
ers who will in all probability journey to Cali-
fornia next year to the meeting of the Im-
perial Council at Los Angeles, at 7,000.
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121
YOUR VACATION
Have you had your vacation this season?
If not, you should be reminded that there is
one due you. When you remember that at
a mere trifle of expense and within a few
hours’ travel you can be in the midst of
some of the most delightful resorts in Cali-
fornia, you should square accounts with
yourself. Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino and
Lake counties, which lie directly north of
San Francisco, and which abound in resorts
unsurpassed in California, are accessible
over the various lines of the California
and Northwestern Railway. The environ-
ments of that section are so varied that you
are impressed with the suggestion that na-
ture is surely catering to your fancy. If
you delight in fruits, flowers, beautiful
scenery and the handiwork of the Great
Creator, the “child of nature†propensity,
with which you are endowed, may be sati-
ated. If you are a disciple of Izaak Wal-
ton and a devotee to the rod and the reel,
the “finny family†will test your prowess
in the many streams which “gurgle to the
sea.†The deer season now being open will
afford you an opportunity to distinguish
yourself as a nimrod, and in boating and
bathing, the Russian river, which flows
through the county, offers rare opportuni-
ties. You may enjoy camp life here or,
should you desire, accommodations at ho-
tels may be had at moderate cost.
The Masonic Temple at Houston, Texas,
which is said to be the handsomest structure
of its kind in the Southwest, is nearly com-
pleted. The dedication services will take
place in November.
The cornerstone of the Masonic Temple .to
be constructed at Walla Walla, Wash., was
laid August 15th. The building is to cost
$30,000.
Masonry teaches men to stand erect. And
it teaches Lodge officers to sit erect as well.
— Exchange.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Wo desire to announce to the delegates
and visitors to the Regular Annual Com-
munication of the Grand Lodge, Y. & A.
M., which will convene in San Fran-
cisco, October 10th. that we would be
pleased to supply emblematic cards for
Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery. Scot-
tish Rite, Shrine or Eastern Star, at the
following rates:
50, $1.00; 100, $1.50; 200, $2.00.
If you will forward your order to us, we
can have same completed upon your ar-
rival, or if you will call we can print them
at very short notice.
Walter N. Brunt Co.
102 Second Street
Kodak
Finishing and
Supplies
California Souvenir Cards,
Colored Folders and Photo-
graphs
R. J. Waters & Co.
Commercial
Photographers
110 Sutter Street
Phone John 6S51 3-3
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Hotel Renton
712 Sutter St. San Francisco
Its central location and the ex-
cellence of its service and cuis-
ine make this well known
family hotel an ideal stopping
place for travelers while in San
Francisco
New Terms upon
Management Application
R. L. BISBY, Manager
3-1
HOTEL NETHERLAND
300 ROOMS ON EUROPEAN PLAN.
Market and Turk Streets,
18 Turk Street, Main Entrance.
San Francisco, Cal.
Newest, Most Central and Modern Hotel.
One block from principal theatres. 40 suites with
private baths. Steam heat. Hot and cold water and
electric lights in every room. Long Distance Tele-
P? 1 ?,? 6 ' ^ ates » single rooms, 75c. per day up; suites,
$1.50 per day up. Take any Market St. car to Turk St.
J. S. Young & *Sons - - =» Proprietors
Telephone Private Exchange 614. 3-2
Tue occidental Hotel
The Recognized Headquarters for the
Army, Navy and Tourists
American and European Plans
Convenient to Principal Places of Interest. Ex-
cellent Table . Terms Moderate. Hot and Cold
Baths. Omnibus to Station and Boats.
Specially Recommended by Visitors
from England and America.
GEO. WARREN HOOPER. Lessee.
Special Attention Paid to the Reservation of
Rooms by Mail.
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New Fire-proof Building. New Furniture. Electric
Elevator. Electric Light. Hot and Cold
Water. All Modern Conveniences.
PHONE FOLSOM 1981.
THE EARL WOOD
Eugene Woody, Earl E. Ketchum, Props.
125 Sunny Rooms, Handsomely Furnished
50 cents per Night up. $1.75 per Week up.
3-3 No. 156 Fourth Street, San Francisco.
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FAMOUS COURT CAFE
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Unequaled Service . .
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IN THE
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Between Kearny Street and Grant Avenue
San Francisco, Cal.
Phone Grant 26
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Slightly used machines $10, $15 and $20. Second-hand,
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A Scholarship in the
leading Business Col-
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fUlMltl
Soups.
Cream of Green Corn 10 Pecan Chowder 5
Relishes.
Ripe Olives 5 Lettuce 5 Mock Chicken Salad 10
Radishes 5 Celery 10
Entrees.
Rice or Corn Omelettes 20 Macaroni and Cheese 10
Vegetarian Duck, Apple Sauce 20
Scotch Loaf 10 Chicken Croquettes, Green Peas 20
Vegetarian Pot Roast 15
Address
The Trestle Board Co.
10 2 Second St., S. F.
3-tf
Vegetables.
Baked Potatoes 5 Corn on Cob 5 Kidney Beans 5
Lima Beans 5 Spinach 5 Hubbard Squash 5
Green Peas 10 Succotash 5
Fruits and Desserts
Strawberry Shortcake 10 Apple Pie 5
Rice Pudding 5 Fresh Figs, Cream 15
Sliced Pineapple 5 Stewed Prunes 5
Specials.
Vegetarian Hot Cakes, Pure Maple Syrup 10
Eggs — Poached, Boiled, Scrambled 15
Graham Mush with Dates 10 .
Barley with Raisins 5
Bill Changes Daily. Closed Saturdays.
VEGETARIAN CAFE
Between 3d and 4th Sts. 755 Market St.
3-1
When you come to San Francisco, stop at the
HOTEL GRAYSTONE
In business center— 66 GEARY ST.— Block and a half
from Masonic Temple
EUROPEAN PLAN
All Modern Conveniences. Newly and Elegantly
Furnished. Rates, 75 Cents Per Day and
up. Special Rates by Week or Month.
Take street car to Market and Geary Streets.
3-3 James G. Chown, Proprietor.
ST. ANDRE pPMTjOEITS
New and up-to-date fire-proof build-
ing, with all modern conveniences.
Phone in all apartments. Under
new management. Has been thor-
oughly renovated and newly fur-
nished. Ideal location and con-
venient to all theaters. Special
attention given to tourists. Rooms
en suite or single, with and with-
out baths.
1230 PIKE STREET, TELEPHONE ERST 1444
3-2
3-1 yr
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//A DJI^r C^FE
M JL V OTfUEJSlT
371 Geary St., few doors from St. Francis Hotel.
Fitted up in unique Oriental style. Choicest
Viands and best service. Large parties desiring
full Oriental dinner will notify manager one hour
in advance. The attention of Tourists is particu-
larly called to this treat, which will live in mem-
ory as a souvenir of their visit to San Francisco.
The Hotel Netherland, of 300 rooms, con-
ducted upon the European plan, is one of the
most centrally located hostelries in San Fran-
cisco. This hotel is fitted with all the mod-
ern conveniences and the service is strictly
first-class. Take any Market St. car to 18
Turk St. 3-1
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Phone Main 94G
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Lodge Directory
CORINTHIAN LODGE NO. 9.
Marysville, Cal.
Stated Meetings, third Tuesday In each month.
Frederick Henry Day. William Battles Davenport.
Secretary. Master.
CHICO LODGE NO. 111.
Chico, Cal.
Stated Meetings, Saturday of or next preceding
Full Moon.
Harry Saunders Moir, William Robbie.
Secretary. Master.
MARIN LODGE NO. 191.
San Rafael. Cal.
Stated Meetings, second Wednesday In each month.
George Gore Vanderlip, Richard Clarence Jones,
Secretary. Master.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 210.
San Jose, Cal.
Stated Meetings, first Thursday of each month.
Perley Francis Gosbey, Henry Davenport Mathexcs,
Secretary. Master.
KILAUEA LODGE, NO. 330.
Hilo. Hawaii.
Regular meetings, Saturday nearest full moon.
T. C. R IDG WAY.
G. H. VICARO. Master.
Secretary.
MANILA LODGE NO. 342.
Manila, P. I.
Regular meetings, first Tuesday each month.
N. G. SQUIRE.
MANUEL CAMUS ROXAS, Master.
Secretary.
PASADENA LODGE NO. 272.
Pasadena, Cal.
Stated Meetings, first Monday In each month.
Henry Ramel. Orren Henry Hayes ,
Secretary. Master.
SAN JOAQUIN LODGE NO. 19.
Stockton, Cal.
Stated Meetings, Monday of or next preceding Full
Moon.
Isaac Henry Robinson, Frank Wilson Goodrum,
Secretary. Master.
SANTA ROSA LODGE NO. 57,
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Stated Meetings, first Thursday of each month.
William Henry Pool, William Piper Sheaver,
Secretary. Master.
VALLEE DE FRANCE NO. 329.
Los Angeles. Cal.
Stated Meetings, first Friday of each month.
Armand Cazeaux , Adrien Falx,
Secretary. Master.
SAN BERNARDINO LODGE NO. 34S.
San Bernardino. Cal
Stated Meetings, first Thursday of each month.
John Flagg. Walter D. Wagner,
Secretary. Master.
PACIFIC GROVE LODGE NO. 331.
Pacific Grove. Cal.
Stated Meetings, first Thursday of each month.
Chas. K. Tuttle. R. M. Fitzsimmons,
Secretary. Master.
SANTA PAULA LOD^-E NO 291. F. & A. M.
Santa Paula. Cal.
Stated Meetings, Thursday on or before F:»ll Moon.
Edxcin Yirden, J. H. Sl'xin,
Secretary. Master.
WASHINGTON LODGE NO. 20.
Sacramento. Cal.
Stated Meetings, first Thursday of each month.
John S^ott. John Henry Dolan,
Secretary. Master.
126
THE TRESTLE BOARD
BOOK SHELF.
The Trestle Board acknowledges the re-
ceipt, since the last issue of this magazine, of
the following Masonic publications :
From Sir Henry H. Ross, Grand Recorder,
proceedings of the Grand Commandery, K. T.,
of Vermont, for 1905.
From Comp. J. Gilman Waite, Grand Re-
corder, proceedings of the Grand Council, R.
and S. M., of Massachusets, for 1904.
From Sir J. C. Kidd, Grand Recorder, pro-
ceedings of the Grand Commandery, K. T., of
Texas, for 1905.
From Sir Wm. W. Allen, Grand Recorder,
proceedings of the Grand Commandery, K. T.,
of Pennsylvania, for 1905.
HOTEL
Wfl
JON
452
ELL S ST.
Gentrallu
Located
New Fireproof Build-
ing, elegantly fur-
nished Rooms 75c a
day up. Suites and
rooms $5,011 a week up.
Front suites with pri-
vate bath $7.00 a week
up. Special monthly
rate. Free bath.
J. Vf\YSSIE>, Prop.
Phone
EAST 1394
2-6
From Bro. Thos. H. R. Redway, Grand Sec-
retary, proceedings of the Grand Lodge, F. and
A. M., of New Jersey for 1905.
From Noble Benjamin W. Rowell, Grand
Recorder, proceedings of the Imperial Council,
A. A. O. N. M. S., for North America, for
1905.
The Lyceum
! 'Phelan "Bldg., San Francijco
An excellent preparatory school for the University,
Law and Medical Colleges, etc. Begins its 13th
year on July 24, 1905. Come and be with us, we
prepare you well.
References : David Starr Jordan or any Stanford
Professor. PROF. L. H. GRAU, PH., D.,
Principal.
This sounds like a lie and .*eems impossible but it is God's truth. There are some honest people in the world
so believe us till you see us. Write us or s^nd us the name of your friend who needs our help. You need to
stay with us at our Sanitarium for only 24 hours. We also keep our mouth shut.
Liquor Habit CURED in 24 HOURS — No More
The DR. CARSON ONE DAY LIQUOR CURE CO , 604 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal., Room 211 and
212. Corner of Clay Street.
• We Want Agents in Every Town, County and State. 2-3
Re J.|l.Gray Gampany
.... Manufacturers of. . . .
Presses. Dies and Special Machinery
Power Punching and
Shearing Machinery
OF EVEPY DESCRIPTION
) 209-211 Mission St. San Francisco
Telephone Main 5745
S. W. Collins & Co., Inc., City and Country Real Estate, 708 Market St., San Francisco
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THE TRESTLE BOARD
THE PENDLETON
900
SUTTER ST.
has been re-opened
and enlarged half its
original size Newly
furnished throughout
with every modern ap-
pliance and comfort,
including private ex-
change telephone in
every room. Every
room an outside one
with private bath.
The cuisine which
has made this house
famous is still unex-
celled. American and
European plan during
tourist season An
ideal family hotel.
n rs. n. e.
Pendleton
Manager
1-3
THE VANCE SAN
= FRANCISCO
The riount floriah
of the fraternity in
San Francisco.
NEW CLEAN
SUNNY CENTRAL
Private Baths
in All Rooms
Special Rates to Tourists
432 Taylor St.
W. K. PORTER Mgr.
1-6
A. Zellerbach (£L Sons
HOTEL ARGYLE
THE,'
TATE'R HOJJSE #
Telephone Main 1133
41G.426 Sansome Street
San Francisco
-- branch at Los ^/Ingele j===
RIO VISTA HOTEL
253 THIRD ST.
nr. Howard, S.F.,CaI.
Telephone Main 1261
200 Rooms En Suite
and Single. Rates per
day, 35c. and up: per
week, §2.00 and up.
This hotel is con-
venient, respectable
and up-to-date in
every respect. Steam
heat, hot and cold run-
ning water. Electric
lights and return call
bells in every room.
Inside and ou tside fire
escapes. Electric ele-
vator running all
night. Ladies’ parlor.
Reading room with all
daily papers. Baths
free to guests. Take
Howard Street car to Third from ferries or Third street car
from Townsend street depot to the house.
MRS. EMMA OLAFSEN, Proprietor
12-7
DR. G. S. MOORE’S SCIENTIFIC
HAIR RESTORER
Guaranteed to stop hair from falling
and to show a new growth of healthy
hair all over the scalp in Irom one
month to three. Dr. Moore will chal-
lenge the world to produce an equal to
this preparation- It should be used on
children’s heads when scalp is diseased.
Hair will never fall out if the scalp is
healthy. Send for circular- Prepara-
tions sent to all parts of the world.
Address,
DR. G. S. MOORE.
EUROPEAN
232-234 McAllister street
Opposite City Hall PHONE SOUTH 809
New Modern Brick Building. Grill. 130
Sunny Rooms with Baths. Elegantly
Furnished. All Comforts of Family
Hotel. Special Rates to Tourists.
MRS. E. M. SKAGGS ^ ^ Prop.
1-6
A Quiet Home American and
Centrally Located European Plan
SauiT Maurco
Geo. I. Casanova, Manager
536 Taylor Street
A New Modern
Fire Proof Hotel • Bet. Post and Geary
1-3
PHONE MINT 3481
THE FREMONT
new house — 1864 MARKET ST.
MRS. A. A. HUTCHINS, Prop.
Sunny Rooms, En Suite orSingle; Fully Equipped with
all Modern Improvements; Summer Rates.
12-12
HOTEL ST. NICHOLAS
JUNCTION OF
MARKET, LARKIN AND HAYES STREETS
400 ROOMS MODERN QUIET
12-12
332 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
American and European Plan
12-4
Rates Reasonable
S. W. Collins & Co., Inc., City and Country Real Estate, 708 Market St., San Francisco
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FOR.
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica-
tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive
special notice, without c harg e, in the
Scientific American.
A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir-
culation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a
year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers.
MUNN & Co. 36,Broadwa >’ New York
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Wedding
Invitations and
Announcements
CALL ON
102-4 Second Street
TLEPHONE MAIN 199
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Phone Private Exchange 330
BLAKE, IDOFFITT & TOWflE
DEALERS IN
S. S. QUACKENBUSH
NOTARY PUBLIC REAL
ESTATE INSURANCE
....PAPER...
55, 57, 59, 61 First Street
Between Harket and Mission Sts.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
BLAKE, MOFFITT & TOWNE, Los Angeles
BLAKE, McFALL CO., Portland, Ore.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
319-321 CR6SSLEY BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1-12
San Mateo
San Francisco’s nearest and
most beautiful suburb. H.
N. ROYDEN, 248 Main St.,
San Mateo.
Real Estate
BYRON MIIIZY PIINOS
308-310-312
POST STREET
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Undertakers and Embalmers
946 Mission Street
SAN FRANCISCO
Telephone South J63 3-lyr
Henry F. Starbuck
ARCHITECT
206 Sansome Street Room 35
SAN FRANCISCO
Designer of Masocic.Temples at
Long Beach Lompoc
Pasadena Santa Rosa PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Palo Alto Reno, Nev. A SPECIALTY
And many others.
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ENGRAVING
Wedding Invitations and Announcements
Visiting Cards, Monograsm, Crests
Engraved Commercial Stationery
aod Cards
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246 SUTTER STREET
Room 24
Tel. Black 4092 San Francisco
‘ 3-12
LOCKE ADDER
The
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The famous Calculating Machine. Enthusiastically endorsed the
world over. Rapid, accurate, simple, durable. Two models: ox-
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THE TRESTLE BOARD
VACATION 1905
IS NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
“VACATION†is issued annually by the
California Northwestern R*y
THE PICTURESQUE ROUTE OF CALIFORNIA
and is the Standard Publication on the
Pacific Coast for Information regarding
MINERAL SPRING RESORTS, COUNTRY HOMES AND FARMS
WHERE SUMMER BOARDERS ARE TAKEN, AND SELECT CAMP-
ING SPOTS.
This year’s edition of “VACATION 1905â€
contains 200 pages, beautifully illustrated, and
is complete in its detailed information as to
location, accommodations, attractions, etc.,
with terms from $7.00 per week up.
To be had at Ticket Offices, 650 Market Street (Chronicle Building), and
Tiburon Ferry, foot of Market Street; General Office, Mutual
Life Building, corner of Sansome and California
Streets, San Francisco.
Applications by Mail will Receive Immediate Response
JAS. L. FRAZIER, Gen’l Manager R. X. RYAN, Gen’l Pass’r Agent
Masonic Cards
Ball Programs
Menus, Etc.
SEND JOR SAMPLES
AGENTS WANTED
Badges from lc to $5.00 each
555
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...T'RIJtTE'R...
— and Manufacturer of —
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EMBLEMATIC CARDS
and BADGES V V V v» V
...Is no bu located at...
102-104 Second Street
Corner of Mission, San Francisco, Cal.
Di«k.gorreLlly opposite Wells Fe^xtfo <3L Co. Express
555
The Largest and Most Modern Offices on the Pacific Coast
The Big Trees
of Cala.ver&s
A grove of 100 magnificent redwood giants" up to 325 feet in height.
Six miles south is the South Park Grove, containing 1,380 trees, sev-
eral over 100 feet in circumference at the base.
Mere words cannot describe the grandeur of these forests — you must
see them; your education is not complete until you do.
$15 for FLovmd Trip
A splendid opportunity to see these natural wonders and the country
made famous by Bret Harters stories at a slight cost.
Leave here today and arrive there at 10:30 tomorrow. The^rmite is via
Oakdale, Jamestown, Angels and Murphy’s. Only 22 miles stage ride. An
interesting trip all the way. Fine hotel and many good fishing streams.
For illustrated folders and particulars see agent.
Southern Pacific
San Francisco Office Oakland Office
613 Ma.rket St.
12 San Pablo Ave.
3 -*