The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-30
The Odd Fellows.

The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Of
Dakota met at Deadwood last week.
70 say that Deadwood royalty enter
tanned the members Of the Grand
Lodge is but a mild phrase to charac.
tcrize the treatment received.
A special train was run by the
Northwestern railroad from Cakes in
North Dakota to Whitewood. The
round trip fare was SIS, and a large
number Of people aside from Odd Eel
lows took advantage of the opportuni-
ty to visit the Hills. The train arrived
at Whitewood at ! o'clock on Sunday,
May 10. Vehicles supplied by the
Deadwood lodge were in waiting, and
the party was conveyed to Deadwood
at once.
Monday, the 10th, was spent in visit
ing the mines and the towns near
Deadwood. The session of the Grand
Lodge opened on Tuesday.
Much important business was trans
acted, among which was the compile
ton of the division Of the Grand Lodge
of Dakota and the establishing of
Grand Lodges for each of the Dakotas.
The following persons We're elected
as officers foy the Grand Lodge Of
South Dakota for the ensuing year:
O. S. Basford, of Rcdicld, &. NJ.
II. A. Piper, Rapid City, d. G NJ.
ID. +. Roger, Alpena, G. S. w.
I. w. Goodner, Pierre, G. S.
George w. Snow, Springfield, G. t.
A. g. Smith, Lead City, G. r.
The officers of the Grand Encamp-
mcnt for South Dakota are as follows:
CIV. Mathews, G. r.. Of Sioux Falls.
G.. ID. Stevens. q. III. p, Watertown.
A.C. Witte, G. S. W., Aberdeen.
II. u. Briggs. Scribe, Sioux Falls.
Il. w. Snow, Treasurer, Springfield.
T.. Flaw, q. j.. W.. Central City.
w. w. Morrison. 4. NJ, st. Lawrence
b. II. Hawley. q. [. s., Ashton.
Walter Crisp, q. O. s.. Dell Rapids.
The Grand Lodge closed its session
on Thursday. On Friday the member.
were taken to Fort Meade, where the,
witnessed the soldiers on parade drill
and on Friday evening they took thu
south bound train.
About fifty came to the Springs Fri
day evening. Our already over-bur
; dencd hotels would have been uncqua
= to the OCCASION had not e. \. Jarvis
who had leased the s%anitarium and ia
ken possession a few days before Eeel
able to have taken care of the guests
+ Saturday morning the citizens and Ho
:, Springs Lodge l. q. O. +. supplied tn
guests with the %conveyanccs and TIL
$ whole party took in the sights. Tn
c Soldiers Home, the College, the va
rious springs, the falls, and other point
$ We're briefly visited. The great major
ity of the guests departed in the after
noon.
: EVERYONE was pleased with what wa
seen. Many were the expressions o
ofsurrrise as different places were sue
cessively visited. Hot Springs exceed
ed the previously formed idea Of al.
Many said it is the best town we hav
seen-has more push and activity
| Quite a number declared they woul
come back again later in the summc
for a few weeks vacation,
;, Among the guests We're: G. M, o. S
Basforl. of Rcdfell: @. Treas. Geo. "
$ Snow, Of Springfield; w. b. Wait, o
Lcnox; Edgar Dean, of Canton; ID. S
: Gunter, of Ncrmillion: Mark Purdy, o
e Faulkton; y. A. Durkee, of Alexandria
j. II. Coulter, of Centreville; Gus. Bac'
of Hurley; DIR. VIM. Bentley, of Bis
+ mark; E. w. Caldwell. editor of til
Sioux Falls Daily Press, also accom
9 panied the delegation.