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Show pi liPLE LAID in History iflfte of Mag nifi cant to Be Cmit by picnic Order 4 Most Impressive jjLjj of People- M"" - w?re tho words w Wry IiwtlS turnout i r the fr.i- Kamc it is 1 saw. . J -1 - organization In .V . ! J.-:, of Visitors. '-pW Bm put Kfcull; that might Bat r-'-'11'''' --1 ' 7 k&Q R Great One. a, -r Xti " "t thnt . M - I fl' r- SSBsm m : .eh-SM .eh-SM near 1 ssgfi fery en Han a Bjnocn. with military Bv&k v.' jPlh-''"'" fr.it -rnlty. "ho '-raj clad In the kl Icplars in Line. .--rcv: Vci ''raw , "esT ' Of r, n In In com- f - - brll- jSJ0-' 1 -gi -omr-d .TBtide 2cvts. M J pirids with the air aJsr ,tsm,:, ' ? l " iiiS''"' Dji. Present j&l th comm EE contdin.i.- gn. Abbot k. Hi Ig,.. V'r" ' bVtr.,Xu Mrs. i Hv m';I " ES- visiting Ma-w Ma-w Pi In iarV:Ili'' U"'" Turned Out fcffr of the Hwurnc,i oul for t,K. i&Sf attendance, of : ,ns ; id '' ' i and fj N'Ukers. :T lEv & .: J 5'-;! tried i;, . ftfer.M nrUmo bivn.1 ,-' - ' splrlnp PtriUns of "Onward. Chrlatlan Bol-I Bol-I ulor." ld tho Masonic orders to thi rtcuno f the day s ccroinonlc. Captuln-Ucnoral i lam Schramm f.miol tho two enmman-d.i-Ks into orIr and Grand Marohid Henry Blmon iiiroioj tho procooainKs There worn at loast one thousand porsons In tho return march, and tho lino was up Twenty-fifth street to Wa-hington thence north to Twenty-third and. coun-tir-mnrchlnp on Washington avenuo to the situ of tho now tempi., tho KulghtR Trrnplara lined up nt naluto, whllo tho gmnd lodfre offlccrs edvancod In their carrlag-eq and entered tho ground for tho ceremonies of the day. At Temple Site, f At the 6lto of the new temple scats for &j peoplo had ue' n provldoJ. tut these Were r.ot ufflclctit for tho crowds in fact, la tho shade- of the Carnegie library, across tho streot. oh many people sat as there were who occupied chairs at tho coromonh-s. whllo ut least 2noo lined tho street' whoro they mljjht get a Kilmps f w hat was doing All Eyes on Corner-Stone. Tho eves o? the curious wore riveted on tho Immense, stone, which bore the Inscription, In-scription, "The- Masonlo T -tuple Association. Associa-tion. A D 190G." Tho stot e Is of White sandstone from Banpeto COUnty, and Is distinctive from tho other utone work In' tho structure. Gmnd Lodge Officers Appear. Tho officers of the grand lodgo then advanced ad-vanced to their places Grand Master Yarlan h.nd Deputy Grand Master Badcon leading, with Grand Secretary Christopher Chris-topher Dlehl and Grand Treasurer Scott following, Then came Past Grand Mae-t Mae-t r Hoywood. leading Mrs. Cutlor, and following the Governor with Mrs Hoy-wood Hoy-wood Tho members of tho staff ttled In, and all took their peats on the stand Worshipful Muster Herbert R. McMillan of Weber lodge No. 6. Grand Marshal Henry Simon of Salt Lako City nnd other officers of the grand and local lodges occupying oc-cupying prominent places. Address to Officers. In behalf of tho association of the various vari-ous Mitsonlc fraternities that are erecting tho now temple. Past Grand Master Hoy-wood Hoy-wood addressed tho prand lodge officers, requesting and Inviting them to conduct tho ceremonies of la lng the cornerstone corner-stone of thl9, the first Masonic temple to bo erected In Utah, Grand Master Varlan responded, and nyke.l that first tho grand chaplain might Invoke tho aid of the Architect of the Universe, and tho Invocation wae rendered. ren-dered. Corner-Stone Laid. Tho ceremonies then went forward the stone being laid after a prayer bv the grand mnster and tho proclamation of tho consummation being delivered by the grand marshal. Henry Simon. Tho 6et-tlnp 6et-tlnp of the ston- was followed bv a boIo by Mrs. Henry Stevens, "Tho Hofv Cltv." which was wonderfully rendered' In the open air. McMillan Grand Orator. Herbert TV McMllan. worshipful master of Weber lodjre No. 6. was grand orator of the occasion His oration was one of tho gems of modern expression and 0 Bed with the scriptural admonition that there Is wisdom In a multitude of council. This, ho asserted, was tho elemental ele-mental principle of Masonry. All nature lovel company. The trees grow In groups and the animal world seeks the companionship compan-ionship of Its various fellows. Fraternal-Ism Fraternal-Ism Is tho first result of this natural Instinct In-stinct otid unionism follows. High Tribute to Unionism. At this point Mr. McMllan pnld a great tribute to tho thought and the Instinct which has reeulted In the unionism that now protects tho laborer of the land. Masonry, Ma-sonry, he said, was neither a religious nor a political organization It Is the oldest of all tho fraternal organizations and tho mother of all Yet. whllo Imbued with the religious feeling It ha9 never mixed in religious dictation. Whllo Jealous Of tho political prestige of the nations under un-der which It has flourished. It has never token part In politics. It was the flixt of all fraternal organizations and will be tho last, for tho reason that It has truth for Its foundation and the truth will always al-ways prevail. The ad,dreaa was one of the most poetic In expression and tho Ideals were of tho loftiest. It closed with a ri fw of the various llaps uiid-r which Masonry has flourished. Including tho Oriental countries, and reviewing its history his-tory down to the present, when It becomes be-comes the exemplification of tho correct Ufa, under tho stars arvd stripes. Past Grand Master Heywood Speaks. After a selection by the Twenty-ninth Infantry band, Past Qrand Masker Heywood Hey-wood addressed the rrand master, and In a happy speech, stated that the cornerstone corner-stone now laid, and the building that was to be erected whero they now stood should he regarded as monuments erected to the constituted authority that governs us. Mr. Heywood thon presented Grand Ifaater Vf.rhin in behalf of the (,n Mm onlc fraternity with a gavel and a trowel, the v i bd of tho Implements, which were In-clrsed In-clrsed Jn a neat case, being native moun- i . in in ih-'i, iiiy rin I 1 1 .-II v. r I ! i f th- trowel and trimmings of tho gavel being :. iii sliver from the Mammoth mine at Tlntlo. Tho artlclea were made by tho J. Lewis Jewelry company of Ogdcn. Varir.n Responds. Mr. Yorlnn made a sullablo response, In which ho took occasion to congratulate the SCaaoni Of Oadan. "Yes. and the Masons Ma-sons of the whole of T'lah" on tho Initiatory Ini-tiatory work of erecting the tirst temple in this Jurisdiction. No previous event In tho history of Masonry In Utah has at-ir... at-ir... ted il.' v.. me attention and Interest as this, the ceremony of the laying of the corner-atone of the first temple In tho State. Tho presence of Gov Cutler and staff added brilliancy to the occasion, and the Governor gave them the closing address ad-dress of the ceremonies. Gov. Cutler Speaks. It was regretted, but was still plainly noticeable, that the Governor could not i himself In harmony with the atmosphere atmos-phere of the occasion and which had been plentifully absorbed by tho thousands pri lent. His address was Btlff, ond- carried car-ried platltudea that were Intended to fit the occasion, but which left tho distinct ti-sslon that the Governor of I'tah tlld not know Jiist what ho was talking about. Ho expreaaed the ho;e, owover, that tho good sentiments expressed would become a part of dally practice. Tonight the Bait Lake command- erv No 1 nnd the m'-inbcrs of tho Salt Lake lodges returned 1o Salt Iake; at 7 p. m ih cojnmandery formed In front of the hall on Washington avenue, ai d. headed by the Port Douglas band, marched to the depot and the day was finish. .1. |
