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.
terize the treatment receivcd.
a special train was run hy the
Northwestern railroad from Oakes in
North Dakota to Whitewood. The
round trip fare was sl5, 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 Wlitewood at ! O'Clock on Sunday,
May Is. Vehicles supplied by the
Dcadwood lodge We're in waiting, and
the party was conveyed TO Dcadwood
at once.
Monday, the 10th, was spent in visit
ing the mines and the towns mean
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 TO. the Grand Lodge OF
South Dakota for the ensuing year:
, @. S. Basford. of ncdield. q. NJ.
/. II. A. Piper. Rapid City, ID. NJ.
ID. +. Roger, All ena. q. S. w.
/. w. Goodner, Pierre, G. $.
George w. Snow, Springfield. q. L.
; a. q. Smith, Lead City, Il. II.
! The officers Of the Grand Encamp-
mcMt for South Dakota arc as follows:
CIV. Mathews. q. T., of Sioux Falls.
q. ID. Stevens. q. III. r. Matertown,
A. C. Mite. Ii. S. W.. Aberdeen.
II. Y. Briggs. Scribe. Sioux Falls.
:, G. w. Snow. Treasurer. Springfield
T.. Flaw, q. J. w. Central City.
w. w. Morrison. +. NJ, st. Lawrence
B. II. Hawlcy. q. 1. s., Ashton.
Walter Crisp, q. o. s.. Dell Rapids.
The Grand Lodge closed its session
on Thursday. On Friday the member
IL were taken to Fort Meade. where the,
~ witnessed the soldiers on parade drill
and on Friday evening they took TIL
~ south bound train.
~ About fifty came TO the Springs Fri
i day evening. Our already over-bnr
" dencd hotels would have been uncqua
&c to the occasion had not e. y. Jarvi;
y who had leased the sanitarium and ia
ken possession a few days before lee
able to have taken care of the guest
of Saturday morning the citizens and Ilc
II, Springs Lodge l. q. q. +. supplied til
ly guests with the c%onvevanccs and TIL
whole party took in the sights. III
he Soldiers Home. the College. the V;
n rious springs. the falls. and other poinr
is we've briefly visited. The great maio
NJ ity of the guests departed in the afte.
ID. noon.
s Evervonc was pleased with what ";
!: seen. Many were the expressions
o%fsurrriSe a. different %l:iarrs We're ~
cessiycly visited. Hot Springs cScce'
ed the previously formed idea OF al
Many said it is the best Town we ha,
seen has more push and %activlt.
I'd Quite a number declared they Won
al como back again later in tile samm'
q: for ii few weeks vacation,
o., Among the guests were: q. Mo.
o.. Bisforl. of Rcdiiel'l: q. Treas. Geo. y
lis Snow, of Springfield; w. u. Wait.
we Lcnox: Edgar Dean. of Canton: ID.
NJ Gunter, of Ncrmillion: Mark Purdy,
zee Faulkton: y "a. Durkce, of Alexandri
j. III. Coulter, of Ccntreville; Gus. Ba'
of Hurley: DIR. VIM. Bentley, of Bi
off mark: L. w. Caldwell. editor of IL
in Sioux Falls Daily Press. also accol
* panied the delegation.