Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-01-24

.I-u 1.h. 1888
NJ ..:U-r,. .AuiEs, GExFLEyEs aYB 3 or
t- s-u!E"-e this dssrilb.1-r
III: az sppo.tnai'r may be given 90
b. f.-u g. our considerable. some Of she ci-r.i-
nal f,.stur u our order, viz; The Ancient Or
. der OF United Workbench. To many this name Is a
} misnomer. It's birth dating only twenty year,
back, does entitle it 10 the appclative of
Ancient while the remark is current that we
are great body of workmen who were never
known TO do any work. 4 very brief review o!
the history OF the origination may be of service.
Tue inception of the order within the
! biAn Of him VINO for year. has been called, and
fond.y rem inferred Father UpchErch.
Dlrn- The autumn Of 1868, he interested few
Of his companioa, gathered from the railroad
shops at Me;,dyiile, Pa, in his plan for assisting
the families o: any Of their number who might be
| stricken down by the messenger OF death. \
meeting was held on the 22nd of October, 1858 al
which fourteen men were present and took the
oath OF secrecy and formed the first lodge Of tie
Ancient Order of United Workmeu. From this
I small ana crude beginning has been carved out
1 the structure which to-day has planted one Of her
nurseries-the lDdge-in nearly every village
! throughout the states and territories which com
| prise his great domain of ours and has annexed
! through the chain- of fraternity the Dominion OF
Canada. To give you glance at the magnitude
of this organization will state that on Jan. /,
1ssS there were 1856 lodges having membership
of l9s.3O7 During the year of 1857, 1893 Of our
members died and the order paid for death losses
during the year B. i53,as7. We have sustained a
| I,x- -, Ia,
of 10,as9 members and have fulfilled obliga
tons to these brothers by the payment Of ao,33O,
C.7 dollars.
! The order gained foot hold in Kansas in An
! gust, 49,. by the organization Of Parsons Lodge
! No. !, of Parsons. The Grand Lodge was organ,
| lied March 1879 with eleven lodges represented
I and with total membership Of 30: now have
236 lodges with a membership Dec. last, OF Il,
So; we have sustained loss during 1883 OF 81
! members aid have paid in benefits $4,000, or
over $4,000 each month, or an average Of Si00
each day throughout the year. Our last death
occurred bee. ~, and was paid within eight DAYS
| following. We start the year of 1889 with
the announcement: NO assessment for Janu-
ar
Our own members do not especially need in
formation concerning the workings of our system
Of nro,.r,i,, I'm, in accord with ,,, ,r,,,;so ,b,
the nurro.e NJ ,b; r,ee,ip,, i IN furnish ;rto-,,,
,on ,o those ,,h, shor,J he b,, ara ,,o, an-o,,,,
as members of the order deem, IL ,;- IN civ. IL,
hr;f . ,.Sr,,o Of ,,, ,,ne,, ,h;oh ~ i
conducted We ,,e \ secret o,-ariza,io, WIZ.
Tn. lodoe br;n,s IN. r,amber. ,o.,.,ber 81, fra.
amen, iu,arv.Is and m,k.s each ,,.rso, ecr,,,r IL,
t.rasted and r..nops:b,. i, tn. ,o.,,os,,.,, oF
IN. affairs There il inst cpoue,, sccrecv aud
form ahout orr lodge gathering. to rive z-st and
relish. and from these meetipps III. o-ear ,ri,ci-
niles Of fraternity ami bro,bcrbood arr. cnyolvad
IN. sicl and ,,is,-.soa and ,r,,.;,iir,, for
o,v and ornb.n ~. sre mn, sir,r,v -, i,s,,-,,,c.
orrauizs,ion IN, nre.en, this svs,c,n If h.,.e,
~ on. az orr Cardinal ,,inc;,los N.,,bor.bi,;o,
tanned vii, n. u,op the SANG General ,,;,cir,..
maintain other. s,crc, oro,niz,tiors ,,,,ic.Dt-
mus, ,r.s.rt ,.yid..rce of !, GOOD mo-,, cb.r,.,.r
signify their L.ef in the existence of :, .pnr.,,,.
heiry They INNS, h.. recommended nv ,,yo ,-o,b-
crs wh, ,r, in pood STANDING in their I,5.e. INNS,
withstand the scru,;,v of :, committee, If ;nx.s,i
c,,iou ard mass ,b, crucibIa NJ TN, halle, In al
di,;o, m those .,.,.r,, conditions hs r,rs, $50,
himself n Ia. in oooj be,I,b fr.e fran all co,l;-
,;ons either f-,n bred;,,r, ir,,.nc,. - ,,.-.on.r
habits which NAV tend to shorten If. mr. ;mn,ir
his constitution I-pon ,drissio, a h.r.6c;sr,,
certificate i is.ped IN hin, ,ed,;,, tho ma, mon,
of :, o.s, rro, hi; J..,b 70 ,b. ,,or,,r a,,
rvbo ,pu.t he, , l,,ood re,,t;v. nv Soma o.. a.
nending u,on hin, fo- srn,,,-,, ro,, .o,,,,;,;o,,
that II. makes all reou;red r,vm.,,s u;,h;n
s,..;s.d tim, md .,nt,r,,s %, ,.,,s ,o,.,,;,, ,,o
ord.x E.ch s,.,o h,,;,o t,,o ,hrsa5 ,.
or over i So, off ,s sen,r,t. ;,rsdic,;on and ia
,,ivep fu,, cou,ro, NJ the co,,ec.io, and d;h,rsa
men, of nj, h.,esc;,rv fupds ". ,,v ,,.r.so-o
only, far the de,,hs occurr;,, ,mor,s, on- o,.r
stat. members All business Is conducted
tbropob the GRAND r.corJer who /. und.r sniff.
c;.,, ho,d for rho f,;,bfu, r,rr,r,,,rc. of hi, din
,i.s Hos,I.-;.. ar. ,,,;, a,..,., ., ,h, ,,,,,, %
c,-5.r an, tho ,,r.,d -,.c,;,,.- orr ,r..snr.r W
foes ,c,rne +, any other officer excap, tho rosgo
medical ,x,noiner and ,b. medical director who
rac,iv. foe. firm, .,riicarts fo- ,beir saryic.
Whom - d..th occur. ,-o,fs ar. sI5 vii, IN.
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