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FORRESTERS OF AMERICA.
Court Evening Star, No. 35, was organ- ized in Walla Walla in January, 1896, with twenty-five charter members. Those who served as first officers were: J. W. Cookerly, C. R .; Marvin Evans, S. C. R .: A. Mellin, treasurer; J. E. Thomas, F. S .; Herman Krack, R. S. Though quite young, the lodge is in excellent condition financially, and its membership has grown to about one hundred and forty. The lodge owns property valued at twelve hundred dollars. The officers are : A. K. Durant, C. R .; J. H. McDonnell, S. C. R .; Henry Sampson, treasurer; J. C. Cauvel, F. S .; H. Osgood, R. S. The lodge is honored
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by the position of one of its members. J. W. Cookerly, who is at present grand chief ranger of the order for the state. Regular convoca- tions of the members are held on Friday of each week at Odd Fellows' Temple.
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Walla Walla was the first city north of San Francisco to be favored by the establish- ment of a subordinate lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Of the organization and early his- tory of this lodge, which was known as Ivan- hoe Lodge, No. I. but little can be said. as the same has long since surrendered its char- ter and the records are not accessible to the compiler of this volume. Certain it is that it grew and flourished for many years and did not go out of existence until another lodge had been established to which the interests of Pythian Knighthood in this locality could safely be entrusted. This is known as Colum- bia Lodge, No. 8, and was instituted on the 23d of October, 1882, by authority of a dis- pensation granted by the grand lodge of Ore- gon, the organizer being Past Chancellor Jo- seph Weitz, of Friendship Lodge, No. 9. of The Dalles, who was assisted in the work by members of the old Ivanhoe Lodge. No. I. On the charter are forty-four names. The lodge has continued to prosper ever since its incipieney, and now has more than one hun- dred members in good standing. It is one of the richest K. of P'. lodges in the jurisdiction. The first officers were: Past chancellor. S. . 1. Deckard: chancellor commander. W. M. Geddes: vice commander. II. S. Young ; prel- ate. Robert Gerry; master of finance, P. P. Pearson: master of exchequer. Robert G. Parks: keeper of records and scal. E. P. Ed- sen: master at arms. William Leslie. The present officers are: C. C., Robert G. Parks,
P. S. R .: V. C., Joseph Lenderman : P., Jacob Schubert; M. of W., C. A. Walter. P. C .; M. of Ex., A. P. Pearson, P. C .: M. of F .. Il. E. Johnson, P. C .; K. of R. and S., T. D. S. Hart, P. C .: M. at .A .. W. R. Beattie : inner guard, N. P. Miller ; outer gnard, F. M. Up- dike: trustees, Ilans Romer, P. P. Pearson and T. J. Rose.
R.ATIIBONE SISTERS.
Mistletoe Temple, No. 23, Rathbone Sis- ters, was organized and instituted April 6, 1900. by Mrs. Mary Baker, of Colfax, M. Ex. G. C. of the state of Washington, assisted by members of Waitsburg Temple. The first and present officers are : Most excellent past chief. Sarah Lambert: most excellent chief, Lizzie Cames; most excellent senior. Susan Kees : most excellent junior, AAnnie Clement : M. of T., Gilliam Bartness: MI. of R. and S .. . Agnes Ilalter: M. of F., Bertha Hart; G. of 1. T .. Maggie MeInroe : G. of O. T., Elizabeth Schu- bert. The membership of the order at the time of its inception numbered twenty-five.
LADIES OF THIE MACCABEES.
Garden City Hive. No. 48, was organized February 1, 1899, by Mrs. Catherine Powers, state deputy. The original membership num- bered twenty-eight persons, but the hive has increased numerically until there are now forty-five names on its roll. The officers in charge at present are : Mrs. Lizzie Crowe. lady commander : Mrs. Mary Rogers, past lady com- mander; Mrs. Mary Evans, lientenant com- mander: Mrs. Viola Harding. record keeper ; Mrs. Lida Bentley, finance keeper: Mrs. Sally Smith, chaplain: Mrs. Abbie Caldwell, ser- geant : Mrs. Maden, mistress at arms: Mrs. Martha Ebert, sentinel: Mrs. . Abbie Thomp- son, picket. The hive exercises its authority
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at the present time under charter bearing date November 5, 1900, and granted to the follow- ing officers, namely: Mary M. Woodworth, past commander; Amy A. Rogers, lady com- mander; Ellen M. Augustavo, record keeper ; Lida Bentley, finance keeper; Sallie H. Smith, chaplain; May Evans, sergeant; Evie John- son, mistress at arms; Martha Ebert, senti- nel; Nancy Baker, picket. This sorority is in a prosperous condition financially, and pos- sesses an abundant supply of regalia and equip- ment.
THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.
This largest of all fraternal insurance or- ganizations first established itself in Walla Walla on October 29, 1897, when Mountain View Camp, No. 5,096 was instituted under dispensation of the head camp of the United States, granted to J. I. Brown, one of its dis- trict deputies. Forty-three persons were ini- tiated into the mysteries of woodcraft on the first meeting night, and before all preliminar- ies had been arranged ten more were induced to join the order, so that there are in all fifty- three names on the charter. The camp has grown steadily since its inception, its mem- bership now numbering about one hundred and sixty-five neighbors in good standing. There are also at this writing perhaps twenty persons awaiting initiation and adoption. The personnel of the officers elected for the ensu- ing year as follows: J. Jennings, venerable consul; B. S. Wadsworth, worthy advisor; G. S. Bond, clerk; C. S. Buffum, banker; Charles G. Shumway, escort; Drs. Russell, Owens and Stiles, camp physicians ; A. C. T. Shelden, watchman; John E. Johnson, sentry ; L. L. Reynolds, delegate to head camp. Under the efficient leadership of this able corps of
officers the camp will undoubtedly continue to prosper, and a healthy growth in membership and influence may be confidently predicted.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
This fraternity established itself in Walla Walla on May 18, 1898, when Walla Walla Tribe, No. 23, was instituted and initiated into the mysteries of the order, the organizer being J. L. McMurray, deputy great incohonec. On the charter are sixty-eight names, and the membership has steadily increased until it now exceeds one hundred and forty. The per- sonnel of the first officers was as follows: J. M. Hill, sachem; John R. Stockton, senior sagamore; A. W. Bennett, junior sagamore; Le F. A. Shaw, P. G. S., prophet; J. Carter Smith, chief of records; John Bachtold, keeper of wampum. Those presiding at present are : J. O. Snyder, sachem; J. M. Smith, senior sagamore; E. P. Palmer, junior sagamore; J. J. Schiffner, prophet ; J. Carter Smith, chief of records; John Bachtold, keeper of wampum. The tribe is in a very flourishing condition financially and has regalia and equipment ga- lore. Its membership continues to increase rapidly.
DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS.
Ioka Council, No. 10, D. of P., was insti- tuted on April 14, 1900, by John M. Hill, great sachem of the great reservation of Washing- ton, the charter membership numbering thirty four. The first and present officers are : Emma E. Shaw, prophetess; Elizabeth B. Hill, Poca- hontas; Flora C. Stockwell, Wenonah; Lula M. Schwarz, keeper of records; Fannie Bach- told, keeper of wampum. This council is, not- withstanding its youth, in a very prosperous and flourishing condition.
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THE ROYAL ARCANUM.
Il'alla I'alla Lodge, No. 1594, was insti- tuted on the 4th of May, 1896, and its char- ter was issued on the 26th day of the same month, granting to John N. McGhee, Jr., Allen H. Reynolds, Joseph C. Scott, Albert 1 .. Willis, William R. Criffield, Edwin S. Clark, Oliver T. Cornwell, William H. Kirkman, Ernest R. Stending, Walter M. Ely, John A. Beard, Osias P. Jaycox, William C. Dibblee, Harry O. Kelso, Herbert C. Gregg, Charles E. Burrows, Bazil W. Schell, Amos K. Dice, Thomas L. H. Bowman, Lewis L. Tallman, Arthur C. Cornwell and Charles E. Nye the right to initiate persons who may be accepted for membership by ballot of the fraternity, and to do all other acts and things which a law- fully constituted lodge of the Royal Arcanum may of right do. Under authority of this charter the lodge has been exercising its func- tions ever since, and at present it is in a duly prosperous condition. It meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the S. of V. hall. The officers for the year 1901 are as follows: Regent. Edgar Lemman; vice regent, W. C. Dibblee; orator, W. D. Lyman ; past regents. J. W. McGhee, J. C. Scott and Edgar Lemman; secretary. J. C. Scott: col- lector. J. W. McGhee; treasurer, B. W. Schell; guide, R. L. Brittain ; warden, E. A. Knight; sentry, A. F. Kees.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.
Morning Star Lodge, No. 236, I. O. G. T., had its inception in the fall of 1899, and for some time thereafter a flourishing lodge was maintained. Latterly, however, no meetings have been held, but a movement is on foot to revive the organization, and it is hoped that before many days have elapsed the lodge will
again be vigorously at work. Its charter, which is dated September 14, 1899. was issued to the following persons, namely: M. E Brewer. Duncan Wallace, Eva Westfall, Nancy Wallace, J. C. Cornwell, Burt Owens, Mrs. A. M. Hannaman, W. J. White, F. Warren Jes- sup. J. L. Bauldwin, Mrs. A. C. Guinn, Victor Wilson, Hattie Chew, Maude Brewer, J. W. Brewer, Jennie M. Brewer, Fannie Gholson, Josephine Parker, George Hausman, Allen L. Winans, E. L. Waldron, Corwin Waldron, J. Kissler, Joseph Wallace and Emma May Bauldwin. The officers who had charge of the organization for the first quarter were: Mer- ton E. Brewer, chief templar: Nancy Wallace, vice templar; Duncan Wallace, chaplain; F. Warren Jessup, secretary; George Hausman, assistant secretary; J. Kissler, treasurer; E. L. Waldron, marshal; Joseph Wallace, deputy marshal ; J. L. Bauldwin, guard ; J. W. White, lodge deputy; Mrs. . \. M. Hannaman, super- intendent juvenile temple; Burt Owens, past chief templar.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
A. Lincoln Post, No. 4, G. A. R., was or- ganized in Walla Walla on the 8th of Febru- ary, 1881, by J. II. Smith, to whom a special dispensation had been granted. The following names appear on the charter : John H. Smith, John F. McLean, Parish B. Johnson, James M. Coolidge, R. P. Reynolds, Abram Ellis, James Howe, John A. Neill, O. F. Wilson, H. O. Simonds, Samuel Nulph. Charles Heim, Isaac Chilberg, .\. D. Rockafellow, William Lesslie, F. F. . Adams, F. B. Morse, R. M. Com- stock and .Ambrose Oldaker, and the officers to whom authority was first entrusted were : J. H. Smith, commander; P. B. Johnson, senior vice commander; J. F. McLean, junior vice commander: O. F. Wilson, quartermaster; H.
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O. Simonds, officer of the day ; Isaac Chilberg, officer of the guard; R. P. Reynolds, adjutant. The post has been in a flourishing condition throughout the entire nineteen years of its his- tory, and is at present well supplied with regalia and equipment. Though the rules for determin- ing eligibility are such as to practically preclude an increase of membership, A. Lincoln Post, No. 4. has held its own well, the names on the muster roll at this date (January, 1901) numbering fifty-six. The officers installed for service during the year just opening are : B. C. Bedell, commander ; S. Baker, senior vice com- mander; Andrew Johnson, junior vice com- mander ; R. P. Reynolds, chaplain ; Robert Jen- kins, surgeon; E. W. Elliott, quartermaster; M. G. Parr, officer of the day; R. G. Coyle, officer of the guard; E. HI. Nixon, adjutant; D. E. Earp, sergeant major.
A LINCOLN RELIEF CORPS, NO. 5,
Was instituted in April, 1886, with twenty- five charter members. the officer in charge of the organization and initiatory ceremonies being Mr. H. Carnes, commander of A. Lin- coln Post, No. 4. G. A. R. Some of the prin- cipal officers in charge of the corps during the first year of its existence were: Mrs. Jane Erickson, president; Mrs. Nancy Gregg, secre- tary; Mrs. Lizzie Crowe, treasurer. The lodge has flourished from the date of its incep- tion to the present, though the necessarily lim- ited number of eligibles for membership for- bid a rapid numerical growth. The persons constituting the present corps number about thirty-three, twenty-eight of whom are in good standing, and the officers who have been elected for the ensuing year are : Mrs. Abbie Caldwell, president; Mrs. Mary Baker, senior vice pres- ident; Mrs. Susan Clark, junior vice president; Mrs. Frank Bedell, treasurer; Mrs. Lizzie
Crowe, secretary ; Miss Cora France. chaplain ; Mrs. Edith Birdsill, conductor; and Mrs. Lida Brock, guard.
THE SONS OF HERMAN.
Schiller Lodge, No. 12, O. D. H. S., de- rives its authority to exist and perform its distinctive functions from a charter dated June 5. 1900, issued to thirty-three persons. The organization lias flourished since its inception, and has enjoyed a healthy growth in member- ship.
ORDER OF WASHIINGTON.
Whitman Union, No. 19, O. of II., was in- stituted in Walla Walla in December, 1899, the date of its charter being December 26, of that year. The persons to whom the same was issued are the following, namely: Nancy Koontz, past president ; Walter B. Brook, presi- dent; Daniel Macy, vice-president ; James Z. Smith, secretary; William Koontz, treasurer; William Powell, chaplain; Emma E. Rogers, Mary ; Mrs. Margaret Mullinix, Martha; John H. Wallace, conductor ; Donna L. Thomas, as- sistant conductor; Eva Magumm, assistant guard ; Thomas D. Foster, sentinel ; Dr. Walter M. Ely, medical examiner; John H. Bruer- statte, Matthew Wilkinson and John W. Foster, trustees. The lodge has been in active opera- tion ever since its inception, meeting regularly twice per month. The present membership numbers about fifty.
SPANISII-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.
On Thursday evening, May 24, 1900, the resident members of Company I, N. G. W., met at Armory Ilall and organized General Law- ton Post, S. A. W. V., with the following as officers : Commander, W. B. Buffum; senior vice commander, T. D. S. Hart; junior vice commander, D. HI. Roche; adjutant, L. P. Con-
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way ; quartermaster, Benjamin Goldman ; chap- lain, Kennith McDowell: officer of the day, G. W. O'Neil: officer of the guard, C. S. Pres- ton : trustees, C. F. Buffum and C. S. Timmons. At the present time the order in Walla Walla has sixty-two members.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
The W'alla Walla Aeric, No. 26, was or- ganized June 18, 1899, with a membership of fifty and in less than a year's time it had nearly three hundred members. The rapid growth of the order was due to the popularity of its enthusiastic supporters and the pleasant Sun- day evening convocations. The lodge at the present time has three hundred and forty mem- bers. The officers are: Oscar Cain, W. P. P .; John Smails, W. P .; Adolph Swartz, W. T .: W. G. Campbell. W. S .; HI. S. Blandford, W. C.
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
The Inter-State Building, Loan and Trust AAssociation was formed in Walla Walla, in 1890, the main object being the mutual con- venience of both borrowers and lenders. The present officers of the association are: F. W. Paine, president : William O'Donnell, vice- president : J. M1. Hill, treasurer ; A. K. Dice, secretary; J. L. Sharpstein, attorney.
THE WALLA WALLA GUN CLUB.
The Walla Walla Gun Club was organized in March, 1900, with a large membership. Im- mediately after the organization of the club grounds were procured at Fort Walla Walla and a gun house and targets were erected. The site is a typical one for the work of thec lub and is often frequented by visiting gun teams. The club holds shoots regularly on each Friday afternoon. On February 20, 1901, the annual
election was held and other business done, as indicated in the appended newspaper excerpt.
The Walla Walla Gun Club held its annual election of officers last evening. The meeting was well attended and much interest was taken in the election. The new officers are: Z. K. Straight, president; John Justice, vice president; Will G. Campbell, secretary; Fred Martin, treasurer; John L. Sharpstein, captain. The executive committee is composed of the following members: Z. K. Straight, W. G. Campbell, J. L. Sharpstein, H. S. Balder- sone, and Wellington Clark.
The club was organized a year ago this month with a healthy membership and during that time has grown rapidly. The names of sixty-seven sportsman are now on the membership roll. The club is considered one of the best in the state and boasts of a number of excellent marksmen.
To-morrow afternoon the rifle and shotgun teams, which will represent Walla Walla in the match shoot with Dayton next Sunday, will hold their last practice, and it is desired that all the members of the two teams be in attendance. The teams are confident of winning both events from Dayton.
TIIE WALLA WALLA CLUB.
On June 25, 1890, fifty of the enterprising citizens of Walla Walla assembled in the coun- cil chamber for the purpose of organizing a club, the object of which should be the promo- tion of sociability and good fellowship among its members. Mr. F. W. Paine was chosen chairman of the meeting and Mr. Henry Kel- ling, secretary. A carefully prepared consti- tution was offered for the consideration of the proposed club. and after due deliberation the same was adopted. In accordance with its provisions the following officers were elected. namely, William Kirkman, president: F. D. Boyer, treasurer: J. L. Sharpstein, vice-presi- dent : Henry Kelling. secretary : Messrs. J. G. Paine, H. H. Turner. C. D. Ballou, J. L. Sharp- stein. T. R. Eastman, R. G. Parks, Frank Foster and Henry Kelling, governing commit- tee. Club rooms were opened on the third floor of the Rees-Winans building, and fitted up with billiard, pool and card tables, reading room,
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etc. These have been maintained continuously since. The rooms are comfortably and taste- fully furnished, and would be a credit to a similar club in a much larger city than Walla Walla. At present the membership numbers about sixty-five gentlemen, and the officers now in charge are : Levi Ankeny, president ; L. S. Wilson, vice-president; W. P. Winans, treasurer: Dr. W. E. Russell, secretary; R. C. Kerr, J. G. Paine, Dr. F. W. Rees, Dr. Y. C. Blalock, F. S. Dement, A. S. LeGrow, J. H. Stockwell, L. S. Wilson and Dr. W. E. Rus- sell, governing committee.
TIIE WALLA WALLA CITY LIBRARY.
There are few institutions which can be more potent for good in any community than a well-chosen public library, the effect of which naturally is to enable one to employ for his own elevation the hour which might otherwise be squandered in frivolities or worse than wasted in the mischief which idle hands will always find to do. The city of Walla Walla is especially fortunate in the possession of a very good library, comprising about three thou- sand five hundred volumes, and covering a wide range of subjects. As indicating the ex- tent to which the library is patronized, we may say that there are at present over nine hundred cards in circulation and that about forty vol- umes per day, on an average, are drawn out by the book-loving people of Walla Walla. One valuable feature of the library is its comforta- ble and commodious reading room, upon the tables of which all the leading magazines and many newspapers and other publications are to be found. For this splendid educational force the city is indebted largely to the Ladies' Reading Club, through whose exertions the major part of the initial thousand dollars' worth of property was secured. The library 15
first opened its doors to the public in November, 1897, offering the free use of its 776 volumes to all residents of the city who would exe- cute an agreement to make good all books bor- rowed and not returned, to pay promptly any fines for over-detention or injuries, and to com- ply with the rules. The library was and still is also available to those residing without the city limits upon payment of a nominal fee. The officers now in charge in the premises are Mrs. Margaret Center, librarian ; A. K. Dice, Dr. E. E. Shaw and J. L. Sharpstein, directors.
THE WOMAN'S READING CLUB.
This prosperous and efficient organization had its inception in 1894, and it has ever since proved a forceful factor in the intellectual life and development of the city. To it more than to all other agencies combined Walla Walla is indebted for its already very respectable and rapidly improving free public library, for, though a start toward the establishment of a library had been before made, it was through the exertions of this club that the thousand dollars' worth of books and equipments was secured, which was required by law as a con- dition precedent to its receiving municipal aid, The club has always fostered among its mem- bers a taste for the best literary productions of the best authors. Its announcement for the year 1901 outlines a thorough course of read -. ing in French history and literature. It shows a membership of twenty-nine, including many of the most intellectual and cultured ladies of the city. The officers now presiding are : Mrs. William E. Ritz, president; Miss Grace Greenwood Isaacs, vice-president; Mrs. Alvah Brown, recording secretary; Miss Mary Gil- liam, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Joseph Moore, treasurer.
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THE LADIES RELIEF SOCIETY.
The Ladies' Relief Society was organized in July, 1881, with Mrs. . A. H. Reynolds, presi- dent : Mrs. J. II. Bauer, vice-president : Miss Martina Johnston, secretary : and Mrs. Rose Bingham, treasurer. The membership at the time of organization numbered sixty, and it has neither increased nor diminished since. In 1885. the society was duly incorporated under the laws of the territory of Washington, and it has remained a corporate body ever since. During these long years of work, the society has furnished relief to many persons and fam- ilies, who, from some unfortunate circum- stances have found themselves without the necessities of life and temporarily without the opportunity to obtain the same. The society's finances are maintained by yearly dues in part, though money is also raised in various other ways, the most successful being the annual charity ball.
The officers in charge of the society at pres- ent are: Mrs. Thomas H. Brents, president ; Mrs. E. H. Smith, vice-president ; Mrs. George Thompson, treasurer ; Mrs. Levi Ankeny, Mrs. Thomas Moore, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. W. P. Winans and Mrs. H. Kershaw, trustees.
WALLA WALLA'S PART IN THE PHILIPPINE WAR.
When the call was made in the spring of the year of 1898 by the United States for vol- unteers many young Americans responded to their duty without the least hesitation, thou- sands leaving their homes of comfort and social ties to defend the flag that was more dear to them than a mother's love. This fact was no more thoroughly felt than in Walla Walla when not only Company C, N. G. W., was mustered into service but as many as fifty
young men enlisted in companies of other towns.
Company C. which had been organized a number of years and had its full quota of men, was mustered into the service of the United States at Tacoma, May 7. 1898. The com- pany was officered as follows: Captain, Will- iam B. Buffum ; first lieutenant. M. C. Gustin; second lieutenant, T. D. S. Hart. Prior to April 30, 1898. the date when the company de- parted for Camp Rogers at Tacoma, great preparations were made for the event. In speaking of the occasion the Walla Walla Union in its issue of May 1, 1898, said :
"The boys are off for the war. 'Old Glory' waved in the breezes from every business house in the city and the spirit of patriotism pervaded the heart of every citizen of Walla Walla when the people turned out en masse to bid the vol- unteers God speed. Either side of Main street was a mass of people and cheer after cheer went up as the soldiers proceeded. At the Washington & Columbia River Railway depot the regulars from Fort Walla Walla came to a present arms and the volunteers passed up the line to the platform. There was hardly a dry eye in the multitude of people when the train pulled away. Women sobbed at the de- parture of a son or brother and gray haired men buried their faces and wept."
After the company had arrived at Tacoma its name was changed from C to I and was known as Company I throughout the service.
THE WELCOME HOME.
On the morning of November S. 1899, the city was wild with enthusiasm and anxious to welcome home the brave heroes. In reference to the day the Morning Union said: "Five thousand people assembled at the W. & C. R. depot to greet the volunteers and welcome them
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to the home which eighteen months ago they left at their country's call, during which time they had served so nobly and gallantly. In recognition of their herioc services the citizens of Walla Walla prepared for them a reception on a gigantic scale never before attempted in this city, and every detail of the demonstration passed off successfully. The special train of six coaches pulled into the city promptly at eight o'clock and as the volunteers set foot on Walla Walla soil they received loud hurrahs from thousands of voices which echoed far and wide. After the hearty greetings had been exchanged a parade was formed and followed the course mapped out by the reception committee. Cap- tain Cheever, of the Sixth Cavalry, was grand marshal of the procession, assisted by Ralph Guichard, W. A. Bratton, W. A. Ritz, J. W. Langdon, Zeno Straight, John Alheit, Jr., and A. B. Hughes, as aides. The Walla Walla band came next in order, playing appropriate
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