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Show j RHY0LITE, NEV. ( j . ( Edward J. Mannix stopped off in Rhyolite to visit his parents while on his way from Vancouver, B. C., to Louvain, Belgium, where he will take a four-year theological course. J. J. Fagan returned Wednesday from Los Angeles. He attended the opening of the new stock exchange while there. Pat McCarvill, formerly superintendent superinten-dent of the Homestake in Bullfrog, returned re-turned to camp the other day from the east. ' Joseph D. O'Brien returned on Friday, Fri-day, one week ago, from Colorado, where he has been looking after some mining property for the last few months. Accompanying Mr. O'Brien to Rhyolite were Mrs. O'Brien and daughter, daugh-ter, Marguerite, who have for the last year and a half been visiting in New-York, New-York, Boston, Bridgeport, Conn., and other Atlantic coast points. The chances are that there will soon be organized in Rhyolite a council of the Knights of Columbus. P. J. Reilly and Dr. Joseph Gunville of Goldfield have been in Bullfrog this week, their mission being tor-obtain applications ap-plications for membership -in the order, 1 for initiation in Goldfield on the 13th of October. On this date the knights from Reno, Tonopah and Goldfield will celebrate Columbus day with one grand initiation and banquet in the latter city. It is expected that eighty-seven candidates will on this occasion be admitted ad-mitted into the Knights of Columbus, distributed as follows: From Reno, fifteen; fif-teen; Tonopah, twenty-five; Goldfield, thirty-five; Rhyolite, twelve. When eMssrs. Reilly and Gunville left on Tuesday they had more applications applica-tions than they expected to obtain here. There must be eleven old members in a town or city before steps can be taken tak-en toward the organization of a council. coun-cil. When the dozen or so Bullfrogs receive the degrees in Goldfield, therefore, there-fore, the formation of a council for Rhyolite will follow naturally, and with ease. i There are at the present time 265 Knights of Columbus in Nevada, divided di-vided among three councils, thus: Reno, 130; Tonopah, fifty-four; Gold-field, Gold-field, eighty-one. Figuring on eighty-seven eighty-seven new ones on the 13th of October, the total membership in the state will be 352. Nevada is now linked with Utah with respect to the state organization. organ-ization. A state must have a membership member-ship of 400 before it shall be entitled to a council of its own, and this is the goal for which the knights of Nevada are now striving, with the chances favoring fa-voring success within a few months. Mr. Reilly thought that by the first of the year the 400 point would be reached. I The head offices of the! Knights of Columbus are located at .Kew Haven, Conn. The . order has had a remarkable remark-able growth and is one bf the most popular social, fraternal and benevolent benevo-lent societies in the United States. It was organized about twenty-five years ago, the anniversary being celebrated at Norfolk, Va., on the 6th of last month. There are now 1,265 councils of the Knights of Columbus scattered all over the United States, Canada, Alaska, Alas-ka, Hawaii, the Philippines and other countries. The membership is approximately approx-imately 190,000. Bullfrog Miner. |