Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
/. Cantons of Patriarchs Militant.

ne SUBORDINATE iouSe Coiici'
'our degrees-the Initiatory, Friend
ship, Brotherly Love, and Truth.
The business of the lodge is transact
cd in the Degree of Truth. Ono
month after initiation an Odd Fellow
may apply for the Degree of Friend
ship, in two months the Degree of
Love, and in three months
the Degree OF Truth. The main en-
bIem of the three degrees is fully ex-
planned in the following, which | copy
from newspaper:
A father, in answer to the inquiry
from his little son, "What do those
three links mean?" that he wore, re-
piled: "The first link, my child,
means protection and education to
you, should l fall by the wayside;
the second means subsistence and
friendship to your mother should you
become an orphan; the third means
relief in sickness and want, should l
need it. All who wear this little
mark are called Odd Fellows, and |
hope when you are man you will
consider it an honor to wear one."
Should any man obtain this chain
by falsehood, or dishonor it, he must
atone to the offended law.
Odd Fellowship rises above creeds
and teaches the Golden Rule. No
member is allowed to discuss religion
or politics in the lodge room-all are
taught that he who is not loyal to his
Creator, obedient to the laws of his
country, and faithful to his family
and himself, is not true Odd Fellow.
Any applicant for membership by
initiation must believe in the exist
ence of Supreme Being, Creator
Preserver and Ruler of the Universe
He must be free, white male, over
81 years of age, of good moral char
acter, industrious habits, and possessed
of some known, reputable means o
support, and free from all in6rmity o
disease, and must have been a resi-
dent of the jurisdiction of the lodg'
to which he applies at least 81,
months Immediately preceding hi
application. The petition must b
signed by the applicant and a mem
Der of the lodge to which it is pre-
: sented, with the fee required by tn
bylaws of the lodge.
THIS lodge, Pioneer No. l, was tn
: FIRST instituted in Idaho Territor,
1t was organized under the jurisdi'
> ton of Oregon, on March IA, 1856.
AS the organizing officer went out {
his jurisdiction to organize it, it W;
: not a legal lodge until made sue
> several years after by an Act of tt
J Sovereign Grand Lodge. The nun
= Der of lodges in Idaho now is 3
= with membership of over 1000.
The Rebekah Degree, which
: recognized rs the best branch of DC
n Fellowship, was gotten up by cor
,r mittee of the Sovereign Grand Lodg
n consisting of Representatives Schu
j. Ter Colfax, of Indiana; VIM. T. Ma
" tin, of Mississippi; and E. G. Steel
to of Tennessee. The report was a6oE
ID cd in 1851. From that time un
Of within the past three or four yea
n the degree was conferred on me.
/. bers of Subordinate lodges and wiz
it of Odd Fellows, and daughters of t
W age of Is years, by the Subordina
b. lodges. Under the laws of the So
ereign Grand lodge, which must
n obeyed to the letter, the degree C
IS, now only be conferred by regular
j. chartered and working Rebek
n lodge. Degree of Truth membs
of their wives, and single daughters a
al sisters of Odd Fellows over the a
nv of Is years, are eligible for memb,
adj ship, and the failure of husband, fa
ne er or brother to keep up his memb
OF ship in Subordinate lodge does I
CHI invalidate the membership of d,
nd Sister, as it formerly did. She ale
at is responsible for her good standil
The initiation is earnest, grand a
or courteous.
[Mr. Jones then closed his addr
by reading some extracts fir
Grosh's Manual on the Rebekah |
gree.