Show Beloved Masonic Secretary 7 Who Died Here This Morning r 4 v c Li 1 t x 4 w ra 41 1 i i z L q qi i s d 4 7 4 1 r C S SS S 4 l' l I II I 7 4 t 4 44 I i 1 V JP c. c 4 I 3 4 i 4 Tho The above ph photograph tog tog-raph of Mr and Mrs Christopher Diehl DIeM was taken on on- the celebration of their theirS fiftieth w wedding anniversary in 1910 VENERABLE SECRETARY Of MASONS DIES is Relief From Pain Came to Christopher Diehl DieM at 7 30 This Morning Horning HELD HIS POSITION OVER FORTY YEARS Oldest Masonic Secretary P in the World C Came me Here Herein Herein in 1866 I Christopher Christop cr Diehl l Sr for forty r consecutive c years grand secretary of the lost i Worshipful V Grand lodge of Utah Free and Accepted ted I Masons l oldest grand lodge secretary sec in point of years ealS eal'S and ii in L point of service in the world secretary secretary sec see of Mt Alt Moriah lodge No 2 Free and Accepted I f Masons since 3 1869 and and thereby the tho 01 oldest active active ac ac- tive secretary of any Masonic lodge in the tile world world- closed his ey eyes s sin 3 in the final sleep at aV his home 52 East Second South street at 7 73 10 o'clock this morning surrounded I I by the members of or his family H He i was 82 years veal'S old The venerable Mason whoso whose Jon long P vears years of faithful and md in invaluable Il ico had made him one o of tho the most striking p fi figures in ui the thc Masonic fraternity in th tho United States and throughout bout the tho world who been honored by hip hii I in every way that inca can honor their fellow men passed pa into the land of ol shadows peacefully as an a child lulled d to tc I rest n In n its mothers mother's arm arms Though his frail fr frame mo bad beer bean I racked with pain rain for two days weakened weak ened as he he was by h his s roat a age e h ho bo I withstood his hs suffering with fortitude and seemingly r reward w rd peace camo came cameto I Ito to him a few low hours before his hi death and just as the sun was ivas as breaking over oyer the tops of the Wasatch ran range e tinting the tho valley with golden ulden splendor h ho he I closed l his eyes eyes' for the vlast time or on onearth on L earth 4 i 5 v J l. l T liTo tOr of r c PichL was comil completely complete I ea DV Ins his labors Jaborn for foi forthe the thc cause of Masonry and ana by his family Thc These were his grand an 1 1 passions sion nc d I I the these o occupied d his whole thou thought bt I Widow and anti Son Sou Survive Tho The arrangements for the tile funeral I have not been bean completed but the tho ices will bo ho hold bold either in the Masonic Masoni temple or at the home East Second I South street Saturday A A. committo I of ot his Masonic associates is now in con ference ferenee to arrange those these details Th The I body will be he prepared for burial by S S. S D D. D Evans an and Eber W. W Hall Hail Masonic Masoni I brothers of the departed Ol grand r Dd score secre tary and they will confer coder jointly with p. p the committee Mr Diehl Diehi is survived bv by bi his hiB widow o one opo o son Christopher B. B DieM Diebl former r city Jud judge e throe three grandchildren a sister sis sis- ter who ho lives in in New York City and an t another sister liviu living at Ne Now New Haven Savon Conn One dau daughter died in iii this cit city r I in in 1889 I Christopher Diehl was wag born March 22 1831 at Butzbach Grand Duchy or ot H Darmstadt Hesse-Darmstadt Germany His parents parents par par- were Adolph and anti Magdalene S Diem His fath father r die died I when Mr Diehl Dichl was 11 years old an and L the family was left destitute Earning a a. meager livin living in tho the factories of hi his native nathe town outside of school hours he ho gained his Ins early education in th the common and compulsory schools of th the tho district diEtrict between his hiB sixth and four four- years Upon tho the death of his I father his efforts to advance were redoubled re re- doubled because of the added responsibility that thal was thrown upon his tile ders Game Came to America in iu ClAt Cl 51 1 At the tho a age e of 14 years vears ho bo was va con con- fi firmed d in in n t the e Lutheran uth r n c church and was wa at the tee 01 of a class ot of twenty-three twenty pupils in his school He was then apprenticed ap ap- ap prenticed to a barber to learn that trade and for three years served as an apprentice el with mealier meager pay fl Ho He then branched into tho business for himself on a small scale scalo and in 1851 sailed jailed for America in in the sailboat Mechanics Mechanic's Mechanics Mechanic's Me Me- Own Tho The boy had hud shipped in m tho the steerage and the tho forty five days of tempestuous vO voyage e proved a severe trial for him With spirit undaunted ho he struck out to make his way in the new flOw world a astran stran stranger cr and without is any influences What he ho gained ho achieved by his bis own unaided effort and by his indomitable indomitable indomitable able pluck and energy He was then 20 years old As soon after his hii arrival as ho he could ho he made application for citizenship taking out his first papers papers' at once Not finding the field in New Now York as promising as he lie had hoped he then went west and south in search of a better field of opportunity Ho ire spent a few months in In Cincinnati and afterward afterward after after- ward a short time in Now New Orleans and then aroused by the tales of ol fortunes fortunes for tunes being made mado in a R season in Cali Call fornia forni where t the tho o gold Jold stampede was reaching its Its' height set sail for that land of ot promise Sailed by Nicaragua The y youn barber sailed in j the steamship Moses Taylor by way of the isthmus of NJ Nicaragua arriving Juno 17 1854 Worked and iid Studied He prospered in San Franci Francisco co for fora a time and began bc an the accumulation of ofa a tine fino standard library of German and En English liEh works After his days day's work as a barber was finished ho would read road these standard works in both languages far into th tho Di night ht thus rounding out out his education and broadening his point of or view I Th The Tho accumulation of 01 good books in both lan languages continued to bo be an absorbing ab ab- passion with him hint until the ond Continued on p page e 10 10 I 1 VENERABLE SECRETARY Continued from page O 1 and his bis library of ot German books booles is iR considered con con- today as ono one of tho finest t in that language in tho the mountain Intel country at ry Schiller nail and Goethe wore Ins his favorito favorito favor favor- ito ite authors and n nit ll t late Jato ns as Jn last t. t Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day afternoon he ho read with bi laiR his customary cus eus- ternary tomary deli delight ht from his favorite copy of S Schiller Mr Diehl was granted hi his final citi- citi unship papers September 21 1856 1816 and in that j year car voted for fOl John C. C Fremont Fre mont for the presidency fl C of the tho United States He Hi was wan all active in in politics s in San Han Fran Francisco and andras was ras secretary of the John C. C Fremont club o of San Francisco during lurin that campaign During tho the ro ro- of or his lifo life he WAS s 's an active and arll ardent Republican In 1857 Mr Mi- 11 DIehl Dichl ln having pro prospered p red re returned returned returned re- re turned to Europe and spent nearly a n year ar traveling In Germany France and Italy Ho lie revisited his Ins birthplace spending sayera say say- Meral ov- ov overal era eral weeks with will tho the n associate of his youth At that timo he renewed hN his troth and then returned to San Han Francisco Kian- Kian cIsco I to re resume lUme hi his business years lat later r on May In 13 1 60 he hewis was wis Joined in San co by tho the sweetheart of his childhood Miss Anna and th they y were ere married d on that da day The They traveled up the slope and down toward toT the tho shadows hand hond In hand until toda today when she sho was t left to tl mourn and complete th the journey atone alone save SIlVO for her son and who ate aio with her Daughter Died Here Two children were horn born of th the union a aboy boy boy and and It u girl 1011 The daughter died In this city in 1589 but the son pon Chris B. B Dichl Diehl and his fatally family makes mikes his bits home In the old homestead 1 Mr Ir Diehl Dichl lost his hh savings saIns In mining speculations In Son San Francisco but bul tho the pluck and courage courne that had sent him 0 overseas In the search for hotter bettor opportunity opportunity opportunity sent Bent him again galal In search of ot a a. now new field He lie arrived In Salt Lake City April 1 1866 and had bad made his home hero here continuously continuously contin contin- since elne that time the He Mc engaged In business here and nd In a few years ears had retrieved his fallen fortunes and built a finn fino and comfortable home borne Active In politics politic with a happy genius for or making and retaining his friends he Was appointed In 1590 assessor and collector eel col lector of ot water waler rates in iii Salt Lako Lake City I and served nerved two t years Ho was reappoint reappoint- I cd ed In for 01 the following two years I and In 1891 1391 refused th the appointment for fora a a. third term tenn Mr r. r DIehl Distil was us elected to tho the cit city council coun coun- cil cn In 18 1805 1833 receiving the tho largest majority of or any Rny man on his Ills ticket Ho won was reelected reelected re- re elected In November 1897 1597 and ad refused a a nomination for a a third t term rm In March 1899 Since that tha tm time while active acho In his party politics ho lie had not accepted in- in other nomination his time b being so o fully uly taken fn by his Ils Masonic duties dute Grand Grad Lodge Loge Secretary Secreta Tho The history of Mr Ir life me Is 1 closely I the Masonic Masonic Masonic Ma Ma- Interwoven with the history of sonic fraternity In Utah Neither could be told without the tho other Mr Mt DIehl Diebl was WIS Initiated into the time order S September 20 0 1 8 and was passed No No- No November November vember 9 9 th the same jear yar and was wae raised mined December 9 9 1868 In iii Mount lodge No o 70 Kansas Ransal registry He lie was nas Installed secretary of that lodge December 21 1869 1819 holding the tho office for live U consecutive e yea CarK rs He was installed a 8 as senior warden wren December Do- Do cember 21 n. n 1874 and on December 19 1875 was wn elevated to the office of or maRteT maR mae ter teT In which he served sered for OT two years ears On Dec December 1 10 19 1881 he was elected treasurer nd served five 5 years rears ears He wan waa wu elected on December 21 21 21 1886 an as se secretary secretary secre secre- re- re tary of ot that lo lodo o which had been trans to the time jurisdiction of the grand nd lod lodge e of or Utah formed fonne after the organization ration of or the lo lodge and thereafter 1 known I as Mount lodge loge No 2 Ho lIe served sered continuously as secretary of ot that lodge to tote the end of ot his long and Ind useful career te At tho the organization of the grand lodge logo of ot Utah January Jan an 20 20 1872 in which ho he was largely largel Instrumental he lie 11 was S appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed assistant grand secretary and at the fir first l annual communication October October October Octo Octo- ber 7 I and nd 8 5 1872 he was waN elect elected grand rand secretary At the Mme aarne time ho he wc wl ap appointed appointed CP- CP ap- ap pointed chairman of the tho committee on correspondence correspondence and continued lo to discharge discharge dis dis- dis charge those duties with Ith marvelous ef efficiency ef ef- dutes until unU his death Secretary and first report on 01 correspondence was was made In iii 1871 ISil und he lie has published hed such a report annually since Ince that tha year As arm au an authority on Masonic laws laws' and customs custom Mr DIehl hind had no peer peeT In In the country country- Hl Ills knowledge of or the t laws and practices was considered as a authoritative by by- the highest Masons Mason and sni hi his hi opinions I wen considered aa ss final fua In the th highest circles of or the order i Mr Mi- Ir DIehl Dick wax was a member of or tho the committee com corn which prepared preparo the second draft of the tho code of or laws lawa of tho the grand rand lodge lode of Utah coe performing the great reater r part purt of or I this painstaking task This arduous and ad I Icod code cod was i adopted November 11 Ii 1 1872 i At time s second annual Inual communication November tle 11 1 cont 1873 Mr DIehl Diehi was Instructed in- in to r revise and compile compie the the code cde This task was wal completed d March 11 1 1879 1819 with historical I and w was wa published wit an sketch of or the MasonIc order In lii 11 Utah from 1859 to 1878 which he had lla written I The third revision of the code was Wa compiled com corn pH piled d and presented to the tho grand gand lo lodge o of Utah at tho the twenty fifth annual communication com coin but bt was not nt adopted d until the next communication ton January 19 2 20 and 21 1 1837 1891 The lbs work wOrl was waa wa completed In November 1898 arid and nd with wit Its Ita lu elaborately complete Index Inde its historical sketch kech of ot tho the Masonic codes code of or the grand gad lodge o o of Utah Uth compiled and ad written by him Is La 1 considered as a a. a magnificent monument to his learning and his hla marvelous knowledge knowl know edge ege of ot Masonry as aR well wel as a a monument to hIs hla patience and thoroughness ne Ma onlo Ceremonials of ot the Grand Lodge of or Utah was waa revised by him hint on March 22 22 1898 when hen that tat work was waa w completed corn com cm- cm lodge by the order of the grand He Ile i also wrote oror an ln historical sketch of ot the mother toc lodge e. e Mt Morla No 2 from Its Inception November 11 1 1866 1886 to Ian 1973 As s grand lodge lole librarian Mr DIehl Diehi laid the tho foundation for tor the first t free fro public pub pub- lic lc library In Utah He lK T HS made mad grand lodge loge librarian In 1873 and through his Influence nc the of or the library was gradually extended e by by the th addition of works not r rotated related lal to Masonry and was waa WB opened September 1 1877 ao as a n freo free public public pub pub- lic lc l library rr with w books on Masonic and other on lt its It shelves The Influence that radiated from fm that humble humble hum hum- ble library brought light and mental freedom free free- re- re dom dorn to toman man many homes homen that had Iere heretofore totor been without mental stimulus This was the first library that tu was W opened to the people of Salt Lake Ct City During During the tho n next neat t thirteen years yean the library grew crew rapidly I the tho number nuber ol or books on n lt its I being increased constantly through the well wel directed efforts of Mr Distil In I 1890 the library and reading re room hail had ha outgrown outgrow books on Its Is shelves R being beng Increased con- con the tho quarters It I had hec occupied by reason of ot tho the Increased number of o books on Us its Is shelves and the thA greatly Increased patronage patron patron- patron age If and In tn that year enT ho he was an nn active Influence nc In the time organization oi of the Pioneer Plo Pio Po- Po neer Library association Tho association In 1891 opened tho the public library in the board bard of building Mr DIehl Diehi Dehl In addition to his duties dute as a secretary of ot Mt lo lodge e No No 2 and grand Jand secretary of ot the grand lodge of ot Utah was war secretary and librarian Ibra libra libra- nan rian of the Pioneer Library ao association aton until January Januar 18 1898 when the association association ascia- ascia tion ton donated its Is books and all an of |