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Show MASONS CHOOSE TEMPLE SITE Deal for the Ground 1$ Closed. Building Committee Will Be Chosen and Plans Secured. : Site ' on .First Street, Near Stato, Is One of the Finest in the City for the Purpose. One of the most desirable sites In the city for a fraternal hall Is that the purchase pur-chase of which was consummated yesterday yes-terday by tho Masonic committee for the erection of the splendid now Masonic temple. tem-ple. Tho lot chosen Is oil) First street near A, and directly opposite tho burial phico of lirlgham Young. It Is 5xS rods. Is well above tho grade of tho street, and commands a splendid view of the valley and mountains to tho south and oast. The doal was made through Tuttle Bros., 5S0OO being the prlco nt which the property prop-erty was held. A reasonable discount from this prlco was obtained because tho property Is to bo used by a fraternal order. Tho lot on which tho Masonic temple Is to stand was selected out of more than 200 sites offered, as being In every way the most deslrablo for tho purpose. pur-pose. Thus far a building committee has not been chosen, but this will bo dono Immediately. Im-mediately. Scottish Rite Masons aro taking tak-ing the lend In tho movement to oroct the building, but tho othor branches of , tho order aro taking a deep Interest In tho movemont and will do their shnro toward providing funds for the temple. The building will cost from K0.CO0 to J100.CO0, and will bo an ornament to that portion Of tho city whero It Is to stand. One of the most deslrablo features of tho location, In the minds of tho com-mltteo com-mltteo appointed to select It, Is Its proximity prox-imity to tho business center, with the quiet of the residence portion, and Ito nearness to tho clubhouso district It la a half-block north and a half-block cast of Eagle Gate, thus being convenient to tho Alta and Elks clubhouses, tho new public library and the Emory-Holmes apartment-hoU60. |