Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-17
TaE ODD FELLOW.
ine work Of the Past Ye.r Repsrsea
10 the Grand Lodge o. Washington.

lne reports submitted by the variou
Grand Officers 10 the Grand Lodge O
Dad Fellows of Washington, which re-
Gently convened al Wall. walla. oou,air
many items of interest 10 rnenbtrs q,
the Order.
Ihe report Of the Grand Master. A
H.Tncker, states tat seven lsdees hay,
been Instituted dnrine the year. located
al SprAxur, Pennington. CnehaIis. "a.
i"use City, RentOn, Pullman aud Ana.
tohe. tie total nEnt~r Of petitioner.
Ter the establishment of these Iodg-.
was %. the Largest number being e.,
thst at henton, for which there were i
petitioners. -
Tie loss of two lodges xas suffered
ny Ia. establishment Of the GRAND
LdoRe OF Idaho. be tvo 70 lost W. n.
Mount Idaho No. 7 and Lewiston No. &
As Mount Idaho aud Lewiston respec-
lively. The Grand Secretary, BY direc-
ton OF the Grand Master, expressed re-
gre, At the separation. and from Lewis
Ton Lodge, No. 8, the following reply
was received:
HALL OF LEWISTON LODGE, No. s.
LO-O.F Lewiston. Jan IL, 1884. (
- 10 6rand Secretary, J. T. Bro,oa:
iour comnunic ttiDn announcing that
We hao been severed frofn the iurisd,c-
tion of the Grand Lodge Of ea.hlus.
ton was rec ived, and this lodge tender,
vote OF thanks a. follows:
WHEREAS, This Lodge feels itself
under obligations to the Grand l. ,dee
OF washington for its kizd care aud
protection rendered to US during our or
pnanaQe, and the kind manner In which
We have been treated IN all our CON-
muulcations With tie Grand Lodq OF
"ashingion; tasrefore, be II
heSo,red. That this Lodge extend
vote of th4nks to the Grand Lodge of
Washington.
Resolved. That the Secretary be re-
qursted to transmit copy of the reso-
iutions to the X. w. q. Secretary of
Washington Grand Lodge
Yours, Ia broihHriy love.
g. NJ. PooR, X. s.
A namber of decisions on various
questions were made by the Grand
Master during the year. From only one
OF these was an appeal taken. This
Was tlken by Western Lodge, No. 6,
from a drcision disappearing new by
~ Ds tudt
The Grand Master IN his report also
mentions the death of two prominent
members of tue Order, in the following
language:
Within short time two illustrious
Odd Fellows have passed away. Brother
Joshua Vansant, tie venerable Grand
Treasurer of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge since 1888, died in Baltimore
lx..s s..
the associate of tue fathers of American
Odd Fellowship, and for years was the
able coadjuior of our lamented Rideely.
Brother A. Il. Grosh, of Pennsylvanis,
so well known as the author of the
Manual on Odd Fellowship. has also
gone to Join the grander lodge above"
The report concludes as follows: II
return To you, and To the brothers not
here, who elected me to the exalted po-
silion in which [ have been placed. my
sincere thanks for the honor bestowed.
and to all for the courtesies extended
to Inc. May the blessings of our Great
Father continue to rest upon our Order,
and may each of you fad in our Bro
Iherhood the realization of the lessons
we have been taught"
The rerort of the Grand Secretary, j.
L. Brown. makes most favorable show
ing. The present membership Is reck-
oned at 1870. The number of lodges
under the authority of the Grand Lodge
Of Washington December 81, 1882. was
%. The loss of two lodges by the insti-
tuition of the Grand Lodge of Idaho,
reduced this number to 3 bat the in
of the seven new lodges in
creased it again to 80, which is the ndm-
Der nos in existence. Tue prospects for
further increase are exceedingly fat
tering.
The losses and increases in member
ship RS summarized as follows:
NJ 80 ,,,.,uhars nac Qi 1880 l1l7