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BRIEF CHAPTERS OF MINNEAPOLIS HISTOR CHURCHES OF T. E. Hughes Gives Some Points of Interest. tors in our midst, doing effective work - churches, and they were considered j maintained by the several lodges, had ley gives a glimnse of thf nrohipm along their lines. quite fruitful in accessions to the *"" -* *"*. ^'--'--' became a Swedish church, and the present Thirteenth Avenue church be came the legitimate successor. "The great influx of Scandinavians in the eighties had a similar effect on other English-speaking congregations. The Vine Street Congregationalfsts moved to Thirteenth avenue and Eighth street, building a commodious house of worship under the pastorate 2 5 YEARS AGO u ROM the beginning of her 5f Rev. E. Sldnev Williams, but be- history," says T. B. Mushes, fore the end of a. decade had to aban- for more than a quarter of don it to the incoming Swedes and a century deputy * post- Norwegians. master of Minneapolis, and "During this period the Reformed during all those years closely Episcopal church had its rise and fall, (identified with the city's re- Rev. E. D. Niell, who was a Presby- lligious life and activity, "Minneapo- terian with Episcopal tendencies, or- lls has been regarded as above the ganized a church of the new order average of western cities in the num- and built a chapel on Hennepin ave- ber and Influence of her churches, nut, near Twelfth street. The new They have been fortunate in strong movement failing to make headway, men for pastors, and active laymen in finally served as the nucleus of the their membership have been among present St. Paul's church, the leading business men of the city. "The Young Men's Christian Asso- "Twenty-ftve years ago there were' ciation. twenty-five years ago, was lo- Jess than sixty churches and religious cated in rooms in the old city mar- societies all told, while at the present ket, on the corner of Bridge squire date there are upwards of one nun-, and First street N. George B. Brad- dred and eighty. (bury was the general secretary. The "Counting church organizations and character of the work done by the not members, the Congregationalists society was not varied as at present, seem to have had the largest rate of While there were reading-rooms for increase in the quarter century. In young men, much attention was giv- 1878 they had four churches, and now en to evangelistic meetings at frequent there are sixteen inside the city limits, intervals. "Next in order come the Presby-1 "The Reform club was at that day lodges. The c&mbined membership of terlans, who have grown from five to a semireligious society which was held all the lodges was about seven hun-' the corner of Fourth avenue S and -'-----h - - - --. Fifth street, and the Curtis Block school, which was located on First avenue S, between Washington avenue and Second street. "The whole number of pupils en rolled .during the was 5,215, and seventeen, not counting their large and in hig esteem by church people for dred. Hennepin and Minneapolis flourishing mission chapels. | its good work in the reformation of "The Roman Catholic, also, which ] drunkards. Among the leading sup- then had five churches, now has flf- i porters of the club I remember ex- teen. | Alderman Calvin W. Clark and Albert "The Lutherans of all branches have Lawrence. Meetings were held in Har- grown from fourteen to thirty^two rison's hall on Sunday afternoon, at- churches, and the Methodists from tended by church people, and, like our twelve to twenty-seven. The Baptists, present downtown missions, the non- in about the same ratio, from seven to church-goers made free to attend the fifteen, and the Episcopalians from six meetings of the club. It is said that to fourteen. "The Adventists, Disciples and Uni-I live issue in the councils of the club \ commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, ent of drawing, and a superintendent more fully recognized, and yet no one instituted here in over ten VMJ-H hut verbalists, which" were then confined and served to end its career of use- to one organization, each now have fulness by dividing its supporters into three, while the Swedenborgian, two hostile camps. or New Jerusalem, had a flourishing "Minneapolis has always been re- congregation then, but is now extinct, garded as conservative in the matter "In the meantime the Christian Scl- of evangelistic movements of the old- \ ter, Rose Croix, conferring up to and cntists have come into existence with fashioned kind and of the emotional: including the eighteenth degree, the agement of the primary work in the four prosperous organizations. The order. There have been in the past - Council of Kadosh and consistory, con' Hebrews, also, which had no organiza- twenty-five years but two efforts of i tinuing the degrees to the thirty-sec- tion twenty-five years ago, now have any magnitude in that direction. Rev. j ond, not having at that time been seven meeting places or synagogs. The George F. Pentecost conducted a series i established in Minneapolis. Salvation Army and the Volunteers of meetings in Plymouth church, par- j The Masonic board of relief, corn- have also appeared as religious fac-1 ticipated in by all the Protestant j posed of representatives from and "Duringththe past twenty-fivse many of e larger churche have ganized and widele y advertised - moved from their original locationsj ment of the kind was the B. Fay near the present business center, to the new residential districts. "Plymouth had just previously moved from the corner of Nicollet a disappointment, considering the avenue and Fourth street to its pres ent location, on the same avenue, four blocks away, and Westminster from Fourth street, between Nicollet and churches of twenty-five years ago have Hennepin avenues, to the corner of mostly retireddeceased.activrecall from e services, Nicollet and Seventh street, and later to its present corner of Twelfth and Nicollet. I Rev. C. M. Heard, Rev. "The Free Baptist moved originally I from the corner of Washington ave-1 Revn* nue and First avenue N to the 'corner i ? of Seventh street and First avenue S, Stimpson, Rev. H. C. Woods and Rev. and again to its present locattpji on the corner of Fifteenth and Nicollet. "The First Baptist church, which-in 1878 occupied the corner of Hennepin avenue and Fifth street, now covered "by the Lumber Exchange office build ing, also joined the procession, settling down at Tenth street and Harmon place. : . -. "During this period the Centenary, now Wesley, church was also among the emigrants. The substantial walls of the old church on Seventh street and First avenue remain to shelter the teams and delivery wagons of a large retail establishment. "All of these moving churches great ly profited in a financial way by the sale of their old sites, the sums realized in most cases being sufficient to erect enlarged and the most expensive houses of worship. "Previous to the erection of thefte churches in their new locations, the Centenary M. E. was regarded as hav ing the finest edifice in the city. It was said that in 1868, when the build ing was ready for dedication, Bishop Simpson hesitated to perform the sa cred ceremony because of the extrava gant finish and furnishings it had. "What the good bishop wol-d say now on the question, after the lapse wisdom planned and whose energy laid of a third of a century, in view of the the broad and firm foundation uoon chapter. The several Masonic bodies ,.* -u ....... . .among . evident change of sentiment our Methodist brethren as to the orthodox standard of church architecture, is a matter of conjecture. "The migration of the English speaking churches of this city from old to new locations during the last quarter century is an index of the change of the character of the popula tion ih various sections of the city. Previous to that period all that sec tion south and east of Nicollet ave nue, as far as the old fair grounds, was occupied by the original settlers from the New England states. "The Park Avenue Congregational church, then Vine street, was located in the center of its native American congregation, on the corner of Fourth street S and Fifteenth avenue (Vine street). "Just previous to that period the Seventh Street Methodist church had been established on Seventh street S and Thirteenth avenue, contiguous to which, as far south as Sixteenth ave nue ('Methodist Row'), resided many leading members of that church, many of whom may now be found in Wes ley, Simpson and other 'uptown' churches. "The Seventh Street M. E. church : A s RECEPTION ROOMSTUDtQ OF 0- A, BRUSH, 33-35 SIXTH STJ&EBT S. The excellence of much of the por trait illustration in this anniversary number of The Journal is due to the fact that many of the photographs were made especially for this occa sion by J. A. Brush, whose cordial co operation and artistic wdrk have conr tribute d not a little to the general suc cess of the edition. It is a matter of interest that Mr. Brush is the only photographer in the city who was here when The Journal was founded. He has in fact been engaged in .por trait photography in Minneapolis con- th* question of prohibition became a | 2, Royal and Select Masters, and Zion R6v - Dr - Cobb, Rev. R. F. Sample, Rev - J - H - Tuttle , RevDanielDStewart,, . E. . Neill D - B - Knickerbacker, Rev. Ed- i Sidney Williams, Rev. Henry James McGolrick. "There has always existed a com mendable spirit of fellowship between the several denominations and their pastors. This has been,a marked characteristic of the city which in the last few years has been manifested in such practical ways as the organiza tion of the Union City Mission, a prac tical kind of Christian union that is workable." THE YEAR 78 IN MASONRY It Was an Anniversary Changes in 25 Years. 1 H -Tr-HJtiJE E year 1873 marked ...~ . t twenty-flfth anniversary of the formation of the grand lo-He of Minnesota of Ancient, Free MINNEAPOLIS &- three-story brick structure, built and owned by it, the occupancy of which it shared with St. Anthony Falls chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Ma sons Adonlram council, No. 5, Royal and 'Select Masters, and Darius com mandery, No. 7, Knights Templar. All of these bodies of Masonry were vigor ous and prosperous. Among those who were active in that year in the above mentioned lodge, chapter, council and commandftry, besides the brethren noted before, should he named: Judge Wm. Lochren, grand commander of Minnesota, Knights Templar, In the same year W. C. Noble, Fred L. Smith, O. T. Swett, Colonel P. B. Walker, E. B. Clement, W. Costigan, F. C. Barrows, O. C. Merriman, R. W. Cummings, James McMullen, G. A. Morse, T. G. Forster, O. A. Brough ton and G. W. Coburn, well-known names to-day, of whom all but two or three are still alive and interested in the Masonic bodies in which they con tinue to retain their membership. The lodges on the west side of the river were Hennepin lodge, No. 4, the first lodge chartered by the Grand lodge in 1853, in 1878 holding the dis tinction of being the largest lodge in the city Minneapolis lodge, No. 19, an offshoot from Hennepin lodge, and Khurum lodge, No. 112, which was organized by a number of brethren who withdrew from the other three . .. . __. . , _ in the church, which then stood at years' churches. But th most thorolmove- y or Mills meetings in 1893, held in the Exposition building. The results of this meeting were generally regarded magnitude of the plans and the ma chinery put in motion. "The pastors of the prominent an d some are I some 1 and Accepted Masons. The order was closelv allied in the "early foundedt.rHarmonye chapter, No. 8, o- fifties" with the beginnings of our city " and state, and among its members were a majority of the aggressive and chartered by the general grand chap- . _ enterprising men "at the falls," whose whic h ha g bee n bu lodges occupied the same lodgeroom in the building owned by J. H. Thomp son, at Nos. 118 and 120 Hennepin avenue, opposite the old city hail. Their quarters were commodious and comfortable. The higher degrees of Masonry were well cultivated then, as they are to-day. St. John's chapter, No. 9, Royal Arch Masons, Minneapolis council, No, occupied the apartments of Hennepin iff music. The organization of the! can read those old reports without the the prevalent idea has been rather and Minneapolis lodges, as likewise teaching force was practically the same j feeling that the school officials of that to consolidate some of those now ex- did the two bodies .of the Scottish as it is at present, except that the j day saw the light ahead, and that the isting, Nicollet, No. 119 and Ridgely teacher of the beginning room was foundations of our present system were No. 85, having been merged intooth- Rite, namely, Excelsior Lodge of Per fection and St. Vincent de Paul chap- been i n existence seven years Thi s j whic-h were "considere- d of " most'Im board was organized to aid distressed I portance. Considerable space is tak- sojourning brethren, and its work has en to explain why \ the enrollment in been valuable and effective during all the years since its beginning. The bodies on both sides of the riv er were flourishing, and its members enthusiastic and energetic in good works*. Upon their rolls they had the names of many men distinguished in local annals, who were doing then, as to day some of them and their succes sors continue to do, aid fn the work of increasing the fame of our city in every channel of progress, and striv ing to assist in uplifting our commun ity morally, socially and otherwise and demonstrate that humanity is God's greatest creation. Some of the leadr ing brethren in the bodies on the West Side in 1878 were: C. H. Benton, during that year master of Hennepin lodge and afterwards grand master of the state Dr. A. E. Higbee, Judge H. G. Hicks, Dr. D. M. Goodwin, J. H. Thompson, J. G. McFarlane, Judge Grove B. Cooley, George W. Cooiey, F. S. Gilson, J. M. Williams, Dr. H. H. Kimball, Rev. D. B. Knickerback er, afterwards Episcopal bishop of In diana C. F. Haglin, Joseph Dean, Major G'. A. Camp, John H. Noble, master of Minneapolis lodge E. J. Davenport, master of Khurum lodge C. E. Wales, J. O. Weld, O. B. King, E. M. Wilson, E. S. Jones, Loren Fletcher, W. M. Brackett, George A. Brackett, L. D. Day, Christopher Hanke, O. M. Laraway, W. H. Lauder dale, George R. Newell, W. H. Jacoby, George H. Rust, John A. Schlener, the John . l t th e beut superstructure of our city's wealth and tinned there until culture that we behold to-daya. j dedication of the temple a Hennepin-con The lapse of a quarter of a century - avenue anda Sixth street, in April, 1890. had brought about various changes During the twenty-five years just in the personnel and circumstances of passed the fraternity has kept, pace the fraternity, and many of those who i had been active, like Dr. A. E. Ames,! TherRoyael e ar now, ichapters, n 1903, nine lodges, the first grand master of Minnesota j Colonel J. H. Stevens, the founder of manderies of Knightdsf Templar, Minneapolis Franklin Steele and J.' councils, four Scottis,h bodies, and B. Bassett, in its work in pioneer days, 'a had either passed away, or, feeling i Eastern Stalrt has eight the restraining hand of advancing age, MinneapoliB-aBlodge,+ s No. 19, hase cared not to continue with the same grown froeaT m being the third lodgeT1mn1-d zeal, as when young and vigorous, in its affairs, and .the time and treasure necessary to the advancement of Ma- i ^Masonic sonry were being contributed by the'S^ younger brethren. Cataract lodge. No. 2, the "parent' lodge" of Masonry in Minneapolis, and one of the three lodges instrumental in the founding of the grand lodge of our state, was then the center of Ma sonic, influence on the east side of the river, with a membership of more than two hundred. James Lane was master W. E. Johnson, S. W. B. F. Nelson, J. W. Solon Armstrong, sec retary. The lodge in 1878 occupied the same building it does to-day, a tinuously for the pasrt0 years and in that has not only seent wonderful ..__. vances in th.e LwilJ2?i the Orde of the Eastern Star was i e jouENAL-siLVEErANNivERSABYP T.West,- n S as 8 Side m&n, with the .exception of Mr. Young and Mr. Morrison, are still living and have seen the wonderful development of a school system, in the founding of which they took so active and so hon orable a part. The two boards which went out of office when the new board was chosen consisted of the following men and women: "West Division Isaac Atwater, George Huhn, A. T. Ankeny, S. C. Gale. R. E. GrimShaw, W. W. Hunt ington, 'East DivisionDr. A. Ortman, Dr. Charles Simpson, S. H. Chute, E. K. pleasure, they ar made to workwith on'OdDuring d Fellowship has been steadily Smith, Mrs. C. O. Van Cleve, Mrs. C S. Winchell. "It will be noticed that these bdards consisted of six members each, and we may fairly assume that occasional deadlocks led to the change to seven members for the new board. The superintendent of schools elected by the new board was O. V. Tousley, who, for several years preceding had been superintendent of schools of the West Division. The number of school build ings in the city at that time was twelve, viz: Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, Jefferspn, Madison, Franklin, Adams, the judgment of the teacher would en- Sumner, Humboldt, Winthrop, Everett tirejy overturn all attempts at ciassifl- and Marcy.. No high school building cation a deduction which later experi- had been completed at that time, and ence has entirely disproved. The re- the high school pupils are recorded port closes with an elaborate defense l.iathematical abstractions, coaxed, gaining in membership, influence and driven and goaded into investigations as belonging to the Church school, so called because its sessions were held * ^ ,. ^ ,year - ers and 40,000 pupils. Many changes ern Light, No. 121, Twenty-second of these 190 belonged to the high i have been made also in the course of and Central avenues NE, own their school department. The number of! study, both in the grades and in the hall buildings and are fixtures for all teachers employed was 98, and of this high schools. The varying needs of in- time in that part of the city in which number 16 are teaching in the schools dividual pupils receive additional em- j they are located. to-day. There were also a superin- j phasts from year to year, and the the-.| The time for making new lodges in tendent of penmanship, a superintend- ory that the schools are for the pupils, this city has passed, none having been called primary principal, and was sup posed to have the direction and man- building. * "The financial statement of the board shows that it set a good example to its successors, as the year closed with a surplus in the treasury of $326.98. "The report of Superintendent Tous- ^ n * M * n g e i lpo ter effec i s J_c No ^ - ? ap " n j e Ws t s , lde - teJ- ha d an ee d n were among the chapters that ted the establishing of the grand V fu l meeting opposite the ol cityt hall the-d^ completion anydti w A t h th e r P i d , sro * flv slz th e temple of thteo MystiRite c Shrine . Th e e or t f i n c e ' Arc h three corn - chapters th C y the s nction , twootw th / e e ^ .'i v,U lodg e ** tn e 7r lL , ^ ains t seve I lodges" o8f7 Minneapolis in 1903 is about fou n r d ftun- ^"^i11 M a 18 ' dre i n THE SCHOOLS OF THE CITY Supt. Jordan Comments Conditions of 1878* T H E following very interesting and instructive statement, showing the condition of the Minneapolis public school sys tem twenty-five years ago, was prepared by Dr. Charles M. Jordan, su perintendent of schools, especially for the silver anniversary edition of The Journal. Those who read it will be amply repaid, for altho in the main treating of conditions now long past, it calls attention to the fact that cer tain "problems" in connection with the schools* of this later time were "prob- lems'- twenty-five years ago. Dr. Jor dan's comments will be especially in teresting. He says: "The public school system of Min neapolis, as It exists to-day, was in augurated in April, 1878. Previous to that time the public schools of the city were conducted under two sep arate and distinct organizations, one known as the East Division, and one as the West Division, each having its own board of education and executive off'cers. Public sentiment had been long demanding that the two divisions be united in one organization, but for various reasons this had not beep easy of accomplishment. However, the leg islature of 1877-78 finally granted a charter, the one under which the board of education works torday, and at an . annual city election held the firs thirty Tuesday of April, 1878, a board of edu time catioeducational n was elected to charge o a3 ~ 'the interesttake s of the entirf e C1XW cvlV4^.. art but has contributed. eVty.""The"membeVs*orthe*ne w board 1 de * r ? o th e P f& ^5^ lX ? stowed upon h*m at exhibitions of na-'bbrilus Morrison, Professor S. Oftedal, itional scope testify. In Minneapolis and S. C. Gale. It is noticeable that land the northwest his ability and en- in the selection of members strict at- Ithusiasm for his work are widely tention was paid to ward boundaries, iknown. Mr. Brush has one of the as each of the above represented a imost beautiful and completely ward, with the exception of Mr. Gale, equipped studios in the country. He who, as there were evidently not ihas long confined himself to the high- 1 enough wards to go around, was elect- est classes of photographic work. - ed a director at large. All of these ..,*.Georg , * ^w*4 * res s t were : Dr . Charle s SimpsononWinthropt , pb r'JJL th ? ma A onor s be " Young, A. C Austin, e Huhn , on Manufacturers of paper peculiarly adapted for the wrapping of . ^.^:\ HISTORY OF THE I. O. O. F. 6 - - P the higher grades is so much smaller than that in the lower grades a prob lem, by the way, with which his suc cessors have struggled with varying degrees of satisfaction. Corporal pun ishment is also referred to with ap proval, and the fact noted that dur ing the year 312 pupils quainted with all the victims were boys, this would May, 29, 1851, a lodge was instituted fv?0"^ rooiei 8 Progress of the Order in the Quarter Century. o DD FELLOWSHIP was estab- ... ... lished in Minnesota Aug. 15, terest The home is presided over by J the "order. 1849, by John G. Potts, D. D. D. H. Stimson, P. G. M., of Austin, as G. S., of Galena, 111., by the in- becamef ac thte rod. Assuming that a t EDITION. - dren of twenty-five years ago were so extremely nimble in arithmetic, a* compared with the children of to-day. But it Is well to remember that the snows were deeper and the skies bluer, the moon brighter and the stars more brilliant in our younger days than they are now. We forget. It would seem that even in those days there since been changed to those which are were men who could see other things now familiar. in education except arithmetic, for the | The session of the Right Worthy report continues: 'When they (the Grand lodge was held in Rochester pUp}}S should be storing facts upon i and was largely attended. which they coulde foreign to their nature and their crav ings!' "Drawing, which had just been in troduced, is highly commended in the membership of 9,204, and 43 encamp report, and vigorous blows are given ments, with 2,170 members. Total re- to the study of technical English ceipts for the year were $224,009.31. grammar, which it is said should give Total amount paid for relief was $29.- way to language lessons, thus substi- 959.59. The total assets of the order tuting the practical for the theoreti- in the state were $1,059,786.36. cal. Written examinations for promo-1 Minneapolis has more than held her tion, it is claimed, are a necessity, asj own during these twenty-five years, the attempt to promote pupils upon and we find about one-seventh of the membership of the order in the state in this city, in twelve subordinate lodges, eleven Rebekah lodges and five encampments. Subordinate member ship, 2,612 Rebekah membership, 1,269, and encampment membership, 411. Of the twelve subordinate lodges, Hennepin, No. 4, located at 4u-+ Twentieth avenue N St. Anthony, No. 40, corner of Fourth street NE and of the high school and an eloquent tribute to the zeal and devotion of the teachers. "The public schools of Minneapolis have shown a phenomenal growth in the twenty-five years which have passed since Superintendent Tousley's! . Central avenue Anchor, No. 88, 1551 report was Written. To-day we have IE Franklin avenue Flour City, No. fifty-nine school buildings, 935 teach- 118, 2204 E Lake street, and North- 1 Sherwood Hough, R. W. grand sec retary and treasurer, St. Paul. G. S. Ives, grand marshal, St. Peter. W. C. Williston, Red Wing, and W. G. Dye, Winona, R. W. grand repre sentatives. The above titles of officers, "most worthy" and "right worthy," have forever build I the past twenty-five years laid broad and deep by the noble men ers a few years ago. and women "Who had charge of the educational interests of the city twenty-five years ago." 1 stitution of a lodge at Still-1 water whic to-day in a prosperous bly, as matron, and is caring for condition. At St. Anthony Falls, on twelve old brothers, five old ladies, six - boys and four girls. abou 2 Pe r cent o ali i which, afterhaisfew years became de the boys in the schools suffered cor poral punishment during the year. At the present time corporal punishment is forbidden except upon the written permission of the parents of the of fending pupil. "The suggestion is made that some means must be taken to reduce the, On Dec. 81, 1877, we find a member- amount of tardiness, which we are | ship in the state of 3,007 in fifty- informed averages 'one-half to every'seven lodges, four of which were in enrolled pupil. A table of enrollment Minneapolis with a membership of is presented in which it is shown that I in per cent of attendance of pupils on whole number enrolled Minneapolis thony, No. 40, and Fraternity, No. 62, stands seventh in a list of twenty-six are still growing and ClLlcSa 4 "The importance of supplementary reading is referred to and the sugges tion made that many more reading books should be furnished to pupils. In those^days arithmetic was the fetich and received a large amount of the time and strength of both teach er and pupil, yet we read in the re port as follows 'While the instruc tion has been thoro, it must be con fessed that the attainments of the pupilj have by no means been com mensurate with the efforts made by the teachers.' This can. hardly be held to support the assertion that the 'chit- C. McC., Reeve, Emer- ^ B TTi Col e, A- M . Shuey G . H . Sim p son ' B - L - Perr y and E. McDermott. I u June 1878 th e sran d chapte.r of (Eunet, and the oldest lodge in this city to-day is North Star. No. 6, located at i320 Nicollet avenue, which was in stituted Feb. 12, 1S56. From the beginning the growth of the order has kept pace with the growth of the territory, state and city. 368.6 Those four ! No . Rober t Blum . No 21 St An - on account of its strength anc l pliability. (financial 31, 1902, 259 lodges, with a member ship of 16,694 in the subordinate branch 185 Rebekah lodges, with a Star, ^iar carefully made paper to MPANYf^ *~\TH* -**** -AnfS.i - - worth, and we find on Dec. A sketch of this period, in Odd Fel lowship, no matter how brief, would be incomplete without a brief mention of the Odd Fellows' Home and or phan asylum at Northfield, Minn. This home is located on 120 acres of land valued at $1,500, donated by the enterprising citizens of that com munity. It stands to-day as a monu ment to the fidelity, enthusiasm and self-sacrifice of the Odd Fellows and sister Rebekahs of the state of Min-^ nesota, and in the building and main taining of which the members of the order in this cit.y take an active in.- superintendent,ofande past president th RebekahStimson, assem - In the examination of the report of the secretary, A. L. Bolton of St.!? Paul, for the year, we find placed to^ the credit of that institution, over and* above all liabilities and including the? value of the property, the sum of $62,- . 383.72, accumulated in the brief period , of twelve years. And when we take into consideration the fact that these funds were secured thru the voluntary contributions of members of the order in the state, we feel a pride in the statement that "nothing like this can be found in the history of Odd Fel lowship within the jurisdiction of the sovereign grand lodge." The order at the present time is in a thrifty, growing condition and is officered as follows: - Grand Lodge. S. A. Farnsworth, grand master, St. Paul. B. G. Covell, deputy grand master, Kirkhoven. E. M. Clay, grand warden, Ren ville. A. L. Bolton, grand secretary, S t Paul elected in 1887 at Wabasha, and re-elected at each session since that time. C. M. Sprague, grand treasurer, Sauk Center. Rebekah Assembly. Bertha Leber, president, Minneapo lis. Martha Collins, vice president, Pine Island. Mary Jenkins, warden, Ada. Eunice Melville, secretary, Minne apolis elected In 1892 at Duluth, and re-elected at each session since that time. Margaret Schuetz, grand treasurer, Red Wing. C. D. Thompson* grand patriarch, Redwood Falls. August Hohenstein, grand senior warden, St. Paul. R. E. McFarlane, grand high priest, Duluth. C. R. Wilkinson, grand scribe, St. Paul. W. W. Churchill, grand treasurer, Rochester. Among those who have served as representatives of Minnesota Odd Fel lowship in the sovereign grand lodge we find many names familiar in busi ness and political circles in the state, a few of which are G. S. Ives, S t Peter T. W. Hugo, Duluth C. M. Sprague, Sauk Center Dr. Howard Lankester, W. R. Johnson and Frank L. Powers* St. Paul Dr. A. K. Norton, John D. Two and Wallace G. Nye, Minneapo lis, the latter having served a number of terms and has become an acknowl edge_ d leader among the legislators of 0 Michigan. . _ Stella TV Encampment. The representatives at the Baltimore session of 1903 were William Mc Gregor of Minneapolis, C. A. Fosnos of Montevideo, M. F. Henion of Min neapolis and J. F. Creamer of Crook ston. WHITE & LEONARD, The Firm Which Furnished the Paper for The Journal's versary Edition. A description of the making of this magnificent edition ofTheJournal would be incomplete without some reference being made to the paper on which it is printed." It requires a lodges., North. are still growing and prosperous lodges, Fraternity, No. 62, being at} that time the youngest lodge in the state. The encampment branch Of the or the der numbered but 511 members in 1878, the Rebekah branch making no report, but supposed to have about seventy-five members in the state. The officers of the R. W. grand lodge at that time were: D. A. Morrison, M. W. grand mas ter, Rochester. Jacob Newsalt, R. W. Dep. grand master, Owatonna. Allen Hill, R. W. grand warden, Minneapolis. aaP*{afal"*'"and PaP,e' r required was more than six car oads *? wa ! necessary to th ls9u e with i*h" per to the Patten Paper company of Appleton, Wis., and that for the beau tiful cover paper to the Neenah Paper company of Neenah, Wis. It is with pleasure that we note that each and every ca* load of this order was shipped from the mill exact ly on the days specified and delivered to us by Messrs. White & Leonard ex actly on the days agreed upon and that the quality of the paper was eminently satisfactory, as our readers can see for themselves. Incidentally in this connection, we point to the fact that Minneapolis is well equipped to execute orders of the largest- magni- tude in all lines of business. As it is right to give credit where it is due, we are pleased to make this statement, and to say that by their efficient handling of this order, with out a hitch from start to finish, with out one occasion for fault-finding or adverse criticism, Messrs. White & Leonard have helped some in the pro duction of this mammoth publication. T ~ * - ~ * ~"*"f satisfactorily print half-tones on a fast perfecting press. As the quantity of a few days afterprint the ree ceipt of the paper, it will be seen that it was a' very important point that the paper should be entirely satisfac tory, as there would not be time to get another lot in case the first lot received would not do the work. After due and careful consideration, the contract for this large amount of paper was entrusted to the wholesale paper dealers, Messrs. White & Leon ard, who are the resident agents for a large number of the best paper mills in the country. They sent the order for the stock for the body of the pa- V ^ 4 \S 'J ! 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