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THE BLOCHMAN FAMILY
The Blochman Banking Company was organized November 27, 1893, by A. Blochman and his son, L. A. Blochman, and they are still its manager and cashier, respectively. A. Blochman first landed in San Diego in 1851, on his way to San Francisco. In that city he was vice-president and manager of the French Savings Bank. He is the French consul for San Diego. L. A. Blochman was connected with the Commercial Bank of San Luis Obispo before coming to San Diego.
GALUSHA B. GROW
Prominent in business, political, and social life and cashier of Merchants National Bank until his death, February 7, 1903
This institution transacts banking in all its branches, and is the only bank in Southern California which draws direct on the City of Mexico, Guadalajara, Guaymas, Mazatlan, Ensenada, and other Lower California points. A number of Los Angeles banks transact their Mexican business through the Blochman Banking Company. They also handle gold and silver bullion from San Diego County and Lower California, and deal in domestic and foreign securities. The company owns a substan- tial building at No. 635 Fifth Street, which they first occupied in October, 1905.
M. T. GILMORE Vice president San Diego Savings Bank
FRED JEWELL President Citizens Savings Bank
A. BLOCHMAN President Blochman Banking Co.
L. A. BLOCHMAN Cashier Blochman Banking Co.
REPRESENTATIVE BANKERS
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JULIUS WANGENHEIM President Commerce Trust Company
W. R. ROGERS Cashier Merchants National Bank
CHARLES L. WILLIAMS Cashier American National Bank
G. AUBREY DAVIDSON President Southern Trust & Savings Bank
REPRESENTATIVE BANKERS
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The Citizens' Savings Bank of San Diego was organized by Dr. C. M. Briggs and others, in the spring of 1904. Dr. Briggs died suddenly before the organization was completed, and his stock was acquired by Louis J. Wilde and Fred Jewell, who placed a portion of it upon the market. The bank was opened August 15, 1904, with Louis J. Wilde as president ; Fred Jewell, vice-president and cashier ; and C. B. Whittlesey, assistant cash- ier. At the end of the first year, Mr. Wilde's holdings of stock
CARL ALEX. JOHNSON
Vice president Sixth Street Bank, and a powerful factor in the reorganization of the Sixth and H Streets business district
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W. H. HUBBARD
The First Cashier of the American National Bank; later, president of the Peoples State Bank, National City
were purchased by Mr. Jewell, who then became president. This bank has had a steady and healthful growth and ranks among the most conservative savings banks of Southern California. On the anniversary of its second year it had opened accounts with over 1,700 depositors and had $300,000 in deposits. The direct- ors are : H. W. Hellman, A. B. Cass, U. S. Grant Jr., Samuel Gor- don Ingle, John H. Gay, Joseph H. O'Brien, Edmond Mayer, C. B. Whittlesey, I. Isaac Irwin, J. F. Jaeger, and Fred Jewell.
The American National Bank was organized September 8, 1904, with the following officers: Louis J. Wilde, president ;
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Charles E. Sumner, vice-president; W. H. Hubbard, cashier; directors, Louis J. Wilde, Fred Jewell, W. H. Hubbard, U. S. Grant, Jr., Henry E. Mills. It opened for business in its present location, No. 1051 Fifth Street, April 6, 1905. Its capital is $100,000, fully paid; it has a surplus and undivided profits of nearly $40,000, and deposits of $325,000. More than a hundred San Diego business men are owners of its stock. The present officers are: L. J. Wilde, president; Henry E. Mills, vice-pres- ident ; C. L. Williams, cashier ; L. J. Rice, assistant cashier.
The Sixth Street Bank was opened for business May 1, 1907, with the following officers: D. H. Steele, president; Carl Alex. Johnson, vice-president; F. H. Oliphant, cashier ; directors, D. H. Steele, Carl Alex. Johnson, F. H. Oliphant, J. A. Green. The bank's paid-up capital is $50,000. Its place of business is No. 540 Sixth Street.
The Southern Trust and Savings Bank commenced business June 28, 1907, with the following officers: G. Aubrey Davidson, president; Philip Morse, vice-president; E. O. Hodge, cashier; directors, Heber Ingle, Ed. Fletcher, Godfrey Holterhoff, Jr., T. L. Duque, John E. Boal, R. C. Allen, Patrick Martin, Edward Chambers, T. A. Riordan, James E. Wadham, Adolph Levi, Robert Hale. The bank has a subscribed capital of $250,000, of which $100,000 has been paid-in. It occupies magnificent quarters in the new U. S. Grant Hotel building. It also maintains a branch establishment at La Jolla, under the management of A. B. Perkins.
The latest development in banking circles, as these pages go to press, is the announced consolidation of the National Bank of Commerce with the Security Savings Bank and Trust Com- pany, under the presidency of Julius Wangenheim. The capital of the re-organized institution is $500,000, which makes it the largest of San Diego banks.
CHAPTER IX
SECRET, FRATERNAL, AND OTHER SOCIETIES
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HE life of San Diego has been peculiarly rich in the activities of all the principal secret, fraternal, and benevolent organizations. To do them justice would require a volume. The most that this History can attempt is to pre- sent a sketch of a few of them, in their his- torical aspects.
The founding of San Diego Lodge No. 35, F. & A. M., is a somewhat celebrated event in Masonic annals of the Pacific Coast. It was the first Masonic lodge established in Southern California and preceded the first lodge in Los Ange- les by a year.
Soon after J. Judson Ames arrived and began to publish the Herald, it was found that there were enough Masons in San Diego to warrant asking for a dispensation for a lodge. There is a tradition that this discovery was made at a picnic attended by most of the inhabitants in a body, as was the custom for many years.
The first mention of anything Masonic was in the Herald of June 19, 1851, and read as follows :
Masonic .- All Master Masons, in good standing with their respective lodges, are requested to assemble at the Exchange Hotel, in the City of San Diego, on Friday evening, the 20th inst., to make arrangements for celebrating the anniversary of our patron saint, John the Baptist.
The plans for this celebration seem to have fallen through, for some reason. A petition for a dispensation was drawn up, signed, sent to San Francisco, and was granted on the 1st day of August. This dispensation ran to Brothers Wm. C. Ferrell, W.M .; John Judson Ames, S.W .; John Cook, J.W .; and the fol- lowing Master Masons : Daniel Barbee, Wm. Heath Davis, James W. Robinson, R. E. Raimond, and others. When the Semi- Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge assembled, on November 4, 1851, it was found that no meeting had been held and no returns received from "San Diego Lodge, U. D." and the dispensation had expired. But Brother Ames, S.W., made application on the following day to the Grand Lodge to have
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the dispensation extended six months, to allow more time for organization, which was granted.
Although no meeting had been held, an attempt had been made to hold one, as the following advertisement, taken from the Herald of October 9th, shows :
There will be a meeting of San Diego Lodge, F. & A. M., at the house of Col. A. Haraszthy (Old Town) on Friday evening next, the 10th inst., at half past six o'clock. A full attend- ance is urged, as business of importance is to be transacted. Oct. 9th. Per order of WORSHIPFUL MASTER.
After this, more vigor was put into the work, and the first meeting assembled on November 20, 1851, and was opened in the Master's degree. The record of this meeting begins thus :
At a meeting of San Diego Lodge U. D. of Free and Ac- cepted Masons held at their lodge room in the City of San Diego, on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1851 A. L. 5851, met upon the call of the W. M.
The brethren present were:
William C. Ferrell, W. M. John Judson Ames, S. W.
A. Haraszthy, Secretary. Wm. H. Moon, Tyler.
Daniel Barbee, J. W. Louis Rose, Visiting Brother.
R. E. Raimond, Treasurer.
Petitions for the degrees of Masonry were received from George F. Hooper, recommended by J. Judson Ames and Wm. Heath Davis, and from Colonel John B. Magruder, of the United States Army. The first named petition was referred to a com- mittee consisting of Brothers Haraszthy, Moon, and Ray, and the latter was ordered on file.
At the second meeting, held January 8, 1852, the following were present :
Wm. C. Ferrell, W. M. John Judson Ames, S. W. Daniel Barbee, J. W. R. E. Raimond, Treasurer. James W. Robinson, Secretary. Wm. H. Moon, S. D. J. Ankrine, J. D. Louis Rose, Tyler.
At this meeting George F. Hooper was initiated as an entered apprentice, and was the first person to be initiated in this lodge. The second was John C. Cremony, on March 29th ; and the third, George P. Tebbetts, on April 15, 1852.
On May 11th in this year, the Grand Master, B. M. Hyam, visited San Diego and examined the records, but found the lodge not yet ready for a charter. The records state, under date of
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June 7th, that "a communication was received from the Grand Master respecting his examination of the records of this lodge, pointing out the un-Masonic and unconstitutional portions of the work of this Lodge, and granting San Diego Lodge U. D. a dispensation to continue until May, 1853, and requiring a copy of our adopted By-laws without delay." Apparently, the lodge had never adopted any by-laws. At the same meeting, Brother John Judson Ames, as a committee, reported that he had pur- chased a seal for $25 and a Bible for $10, which was approved and payment ordered.
At this time, says Mr. Morse, the Lodge occupied the Court House, a one-story brick building consisting of one room only, without porch or entry, the Tyler with girded sword pacing back and forth in front, on the open street. There was little danger of any "cowans and eavesdroppers," for the Pope had placed his ban upon us and the mass of the population felt safest some distance away from our place of meeting. It was said the priest forbade the women and children from even look- ing from the windows upon our frequent parades.
The brethren in these early days were very fond of dinners and parades. The first celebration was held on June 24, 1852, when the following entries are made :
During the day the nativity of our Patron Saint, John the Baptist, was publicly celebrated in due and ancient form. The procession was formed under the direction of Bro. J. W. Robinson, Marshall of the day, appointed by Bro. G. P. Teb- betts, when the procession moved through the principal streets of the city to the place appointed for that purpose.
When the Throne of Grace was addressed by our Rev. Bro. Reynolds, Chaplain, in an appropriate prayer, and our Bro. J. J. Ames delivered a chaste and beautiful oration suitable to the occasion, when the procession returned to the hall and repaired to the residence of Bro. Robinson and partook of an entertain- ment and the procession then returned to the hall in good order.
On July 15th in this year, Tebbetts was made a Master Mason. On November 4th there is another entry which is worth quoting :
This day Nov. 4, 1852, being the centenary era of the Initia- tion of Our beloved Brother Geo. Washington into the order of Masonry, Therefore it was resolved to celebrate the same in a suitable manner. At 12 o'clock A.M. the procession formed in front of the Masonic Hall under the direction of Companion W. H. Moon and proceeded through the principal streets and around the Plaza to the Hall where the Throne of Grace was addressed by our worthy chaplain Bro. Reynolds in an im- pressive prayer, after which our worthy companion James W. Robinson delivered an able and eloquent oration to the frater- nity and a crowded auditory, which was listened to with deep
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interest by all. The exercises at the Hall closed by prayer by the Chaplain, and the procession again formed and marched to the residence of Phil. Crosthwaite and partook of a sumptu- ous dinner. Col. C. J. Couts and lady were invited guests. The brethren returned to their Hall and the Lodge closed in Pease & Harmony.
On this day, Philip Crosthwaite, P. H. Hoof, and Joseph Reiner were made Master Masons.
Early in April, 1853, "Bro. George H. Derby, Past Master of Sonoma Lodge, Cal.," arrived in San Diego on business con- nected with the turning of the San Diego River, and on the 4th of that month, "being invited by Bro. W. C. Ferrell, W.M., pre- sided at this meeting." On the 13th of this month, it is recorded that "George H. Derby, a Master Mason and formerly Master of Temple Lodge No. 14," petitioned for affiliation. Ten days later, "Bro. Geo. II. Derby was elected a member of this Lodge after a favorable report by the Comte." At this time, on account of certain irregularities, the local lodge was in disfavor with the Grand Lodge; and Brother Derby, who was about to return to San Francisco before beginning his work on the river, was appointed an agent and proxy to represent the W.M. and offi- cers and "to explain fully and frankly all the proceedings of this Lodge to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge and to ask for a Warrant of Charter for this Lodge." His intercession was successful, and on the 7th day of May following the charter was granted and Derby was delegated by the Grand Lodge to install the first officers under the charter. This ceremony occurred on August 14, 1853, after Derby's return from the north, and the officers installed were as follows:
Philip Crosthwaite, S. W. Louis Rose, J. W.
John Hays, Treasurer. P. H. Hoof, S. D.
George H. Derby, Secretary.
S. Goldman, J. D.
Derby took an active part in the affairs of the lodge during his stay, and was instrumental in putting it in working order. He acted as secretary and was on several occasions acting W.M. Before leaving San Diego, he gave Philip Crosthwaite, then Master of the local lodge, his Past Master's jewel, and the latter afterward gave it to the lodge, which carefully keeps it to this day.
In 1855, at the celebration of St. John's Day on June 25th, the oration was by Brother J. W. Robinson. On July 1st, some indigent Indians were furnished subsistence and arrangements were made to continue the same.
Concerning these charities, Mr. Morse said :
In those early days there were many calls for charity from brethren just arriving from the East who had become sick
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and disabled, while some were strapped and wanted a slight loan, which occasionally was repaid but more often not. Many times help was given to sick and blind Indians and others, for the Lodge believed in charity and practiced it.
The following year, the Feast of St. John was celebrated on June 24th, as the record shows: "Proceeded to march in reg- ular order to the Gila House. Oration by Kurtz, then procession to the dinner hall & partook of a dinner, return to the hall & closed in Pease & harmony." On November 3d of this year,
THOS. R. DARNALL
One of the early leaders of the Masonic order in San Diego
E. W. Morse was initiated, and a month later resolutions of sym- pathy for the death of his wife were adopted.
In 1857, George Lyons was made a Master Mason on March 30th, and E. W. Morse on April 8th. In August, Joseph Smith preferred charges against Morse for "threatening to blow my brains out." A committee recommended that Smith withdraw the charges, but he refused, and after an investigation and lis- tening to Morse's explanation, he was exonerated. Morse's own account of this affair was as follows:
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An officer of the Lodge got into an altercation with another party in my store. I ordered them both out. My Masonic brother, a big six-footer, refused to go and prevented the other party from going. I jumped behind the counter and called out: "Get out of my store, or I'll blow your brains out!" whereupon he went out.
In recalling those old times, I can see where "the even tenor of its way" was often ruffled by family jars and quarrels, charges of brother against brother-the succeeding lodge trials, most of them, it now seems to me, frivolous and childish. I . suppose the same principle applied to our small lodge as to small villages and towns.
In 1858, while Thomas R. Darnall was W.M. of the lodge, he went down into Lower California as manager in charge of a party of miners and prospectors. The party lost a number of their animals, and at last caught the thief in the act of stealing one of them and by accident or otherwise shot him. For this the whole party was arrested and imprisoned, but Darnall found means to bribe an Indian to carry a letter to San Diego, stating that they expected to be summarily shot or sent to the City of Mexico for trial, and asking for help. The Masons at once gath- ered at their hall and began to devise means to rescue Darnall and the other Americans. As it chanced to be steamer day, word was sent to the lodge at Los Angeles that their aid might be needed, and they replied by the first mail: "If you wish help, notify us at once, and we will join you with fifty mounted men." The Mexican population of Old Town, becoming aware that an armed expedition was in preparation, sent a courier to their countrymen, advising them to release the imprisoned Americans at once, or "those terrible Masons" would be upon them. The advice was taken and the whole party released and soon returned safely to San Diego. "This," says Mr. Morse, whose version of this somewhat celebrated incident has been used, "shows that the Masons were held in fear, if not in loving regard, by the mass of the Mexican population."
A number of quiet years followed, in which the work of the lodge was carried on without a break. In 1870 the place of meeting was removed to Horton's Addition, a change which caused some feeling. In 1880, plans were drawn up for a tem- ple to be erected in co-operation with the I. O. O. F. on a lot which had been purchased on the northwest corner of Sixth and H Streets. The cornerstone was laid on March 7, 1882, with imposing ceremonies. Acting Grand Master W. W. Bowers pre- sided, and the principal address was made by W. J. Hunsaker. The new hall was occupied, for the first time, on July 29, 1882, and has ever since been used as the home of this strong organ- ization. Its subsequent history has been one of uninterrupted prosperity. At present it has about 140 members. Following
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is a list of the Masters of this lodge, with the years in which they served :
William C. Ferrell. .1853
L. H. Plaisted 1881
Philip Crosthwaite. .1854-5
Simon Levi 1882
J. W. Robinson. 1856
Simon Levi 1883
D. B. Kurtz. .1857
Simon Levi. 1884
Thomas R. Darnall 1858
W. A. Begole 1885
D. B. Kurtz .. 1859
D. Cave. 1886
George A. Pendleton .. 1860 Marcus Schiller. 1861
George M. Dannals 1887
D. B. Kurtz. 1862
D. B. Kurtz. 1863
Marcus Schiller 1864
D. B. Kurtz. 1865
D. B. Kurtz 1866
D. B. Kurtz.
1867
D. B. Kurtz. 1868
D. B. Kurtz.
1869
W. H. Cleveland. 1870
W. A. Begole 1871
W. A. Begole 1872
W. A. Begole .1873
W. A. Begole 1874
W. A. Begole.
1875
G. A. Warden .1902
F. N. Pauly.
1876
John B. Osborn
1903
F. N. Pauly 1877
M. A. Graham 1904
J. W. Thompson .1878
A. H. Gilbert 1905
W. W. Bowers. 1879
H. A. Croghan 1906
San Diego Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar, was organ- ized at a meeting held in the Backesto Block on June 22, 1885. Those present were: Garrett G. Bradt, John Peck Burt, Charles Merwin Fenn, Edwin Ben Howell, Edward Wilkerson Bushy- head, Nicholas Ridgley Hooper, Joseph A. Flint, Henry Madi- son Jacoby, Norman Henry Conklin, John S. Harbison, John Arm McRae, and Thomas McCall Gruwell. A petition to the R. E. Grand Commander was drawn up and signed, praying for a dispensation to form and open a commandery, and recom- mended by the lodge at San Bernardino. The dispensation was granted on July 27, 1885, and at the first succeeding meeting of the lodge the following officers were chosen :
N. H. Conklin Eminent Commander.
G. G. Bradt. Generalissimo.
John P. Burt. . Captain General.
C. M. Fen Prelate.
J. A. Flint.
Senior Warden.
H. M. Jacoby Junior Warden.
John S. Harbison . Treasurer.
Edwin B. Howell. Recorder.
John A. McRae. Sword Bearer.
E. W. Bushyhead. Standard Bearer.
George M. Dannals. 1888
A. Morgan
1889
E. T. Blackmer
1890
J. K. Blackmer.
1891
W. J. Mossholder .1892
W. J. Mossholder 1893
G. Forster 1894
G. C. Arnold 1895
W. L. Pierce 1896
E. J. Louis .1897
M. J. Perrin. 1898
Nat R. Titus
1899
W. E. Budlong 1900
Sam Ferry Smith 1901
W. W. Bowers. 1880
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N. R. Hooper. Warden. Thomas A. Bishop. Sentinel.
This lodge is a prosperous one and has at the present time over one hundred members.
Constans Lodge of Perfection, No. 8, A. & A. S. R., is the third oldest Masonic lodge in the city. It was organized May 13, 1887. The first Venerable Master was J. D. Rush. The lodge has 65 members.
The first meeting for the organization of a lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star was held on April 5, 1888, and a charter was granted in the following October, to "Southern Star Chap- ter, No. 96." The first officers were :
Lucy L. Dannals Worthy Matron.
George M. Dannals. Worthy Patron.
Anna E. Kooken. Associate Matron.
Gertrude Brobeck Conductress.
Abbie A. Jenks.
Associate Conductress.
Maria M. Lowell Warder.
James S. Clark.
Sentinel.
The present membership is more than 125.
Silver Gate Lodge No. 296 held its first meeting July 31, 1889, and received its charter October 10th following. Among the first officers were: D. E. Bailey, W.M .; A. E. Dodson, S.W .; James Wells, J.W. It has 150 members.
Constans Chapter of Knights Rose Croix, No. 5, A. & A. S. R., was organized December 3, 1900. Wise Master N. H. Conklin and Secretary Harry R. Comly have served in the same capacity from the first. The membership is 63.
San Diego Council Knights Kadosh, No. 6, A. & A. S. R., was organized March 2, 1903. James MacMullen was the first Com- mander, and Harry R. Comly, Recorder. This lodge has a mem- bership of 55.
San Diego Consistory, No. 6, A. &. A. S. R., was constituted April 28, 1904. George M. Dannals has been Master of Kadosh and Harry R. Comly, Registrar, from the beginning. The lodge has 51 members.
San Diego Chapter, No. 61, R. A. M., is a flourishing lodge with 125 members.
The first meeting preliminary to the organization of a lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in San Diego, was held at the house of James Pascoe on December 5, 1868. The formal institution was effected at a meeting held on March 23, 1869, held in the hall over Porter's paint shop, on the corner of Seventh and K Streets. The name adopted was San Diego Lodge, No. 153, and the first officers were:
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John R. Porter .N. G. Alex. M. Young. V. G. F. Marlette. .R. S. S. S. Culverwell. .T.
After several changes, the lodge occupied the Temple at the corner of Sixth and H Streets, owned jointly by the Masons and Odd Fellows, which has since been its home. The lodge is a strong and prosperous one, with more than two hundred mem- bers. Following are lists of charter members :
E. T. BLACKMER
A native of New England and citizen of San Diego, who was equally devoted to the place of his birth and the place of his adoption, and who, until his death in 1907, was closely identified with the executive work of the Masonic Order
John R. Porter P. G. Amos Crane. P. G.
S. S. Culverwell .P. G. John Groesbeck. P. G.
B. F. Nudd
W. C. Rickard
Charles F. Moore
John O. Hatleberg
Alex. M. Young
P. P. Willett
A. C. Tedford
R. D. Case
F. Mullotte.
The following is a list of the lodges of the I. O. O. F. in San Diego :
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Anna Rebekah Lodge No. 127.
Canton San Diego Lodge No. 22. Centennial Encampment No. 58. San Diego Lodge No. 153. Silver Gate Rebekah Lodge No. 14I.
Sunset Lodge No. 328 (Veteran Odd Fellows).
San Diego Lodge, No. 168, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was instituted on June 8, 1890, in Horton's Hall, with 30 charter members. The following were the first officers :
J. M. Dodge Exalted Ruler.
Thomas A. Nerney Esteemed Leading Knight.
B. F. Harville. Esteemed Loyal Knight.
J. S. Callen .
Esteemed Lecturing Knight.
J. McNulty Secretary.
J. W. Sefton . Treasurer.
J. E. Wooley . Tyler.
C. A. Brown
Inside Guard.
S. G. Montijo
J. P. Goodwin Esquire.
Eugene Daney
Trustees.
D. Gochenauer
Credit for organizing the lodge is given to J. M. Dodge, who was then a member of Los Angeles Lodge, No. 99. The follow- ing original charter members are still members of the lodge: T. A. Nerney, B. F. Harville, J. S. Callen, J. W. Sefton, Eugene Daney, John Kastle, D. Gochenauer, H. W. Alden, Walter T. Blake, E. M. Burbeck, W. F. Riley, F. W. Jackson, Robert C. Jones, T. J. Storey, J. E. Fishburn, James Vernon, A. G. Gas- sen, George O. Scribner, and J. M. Dodge. The lodge has had different homes, and its present quarters occupy the entire sec- ond floor of the San Diego Gas & Electric Light Company's building, No. 937 Sixth Street, and are very handsomely fitted up. An Elk's Hall Association was incorporated a few months ago, which acquired the lot on the northwest corner of Second and D Streets, 90x100 feet, and a very beautiful granite and brick building is now being erected which will be ready for occu- pancy early in 1907. The cornerstone was laid with elaborate ceremonies on June 9, 1906. The membership of this lodge num- bers 381.
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