The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25

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block on Washington avenue
Fidelity Lodge No. 8, was instituted in
June. 1882 and now has III members. The
officers are: DANES A. Calvert, past
master workman; John F. Collins, master
workman; Robert Lancaster, foreman;
Frank b. Williams, overseer; Wallace
Foulger, recorder; R. Mann, financier; w.
w. Crossman. receiver; Il. w. Eldredge, |
inside watchman; t. j. Farrell, outside
Waterman; Doctors j. NJ. Armstrong and
John j. Driver, medical examiners.
Ogden lodge No. I6, A. o. U. W., was
organized in December, 1890, the member
ship now being sixty. The officers elected |
at the last regular election are: John M.
Boyle, past master workman; w. J. Scott,
master workman; Ben E. Rich, foreman;
w. P. Dwyer, overseer; j. L. Wallace, re-
corder; g. K. OFT, fnancier; T. G. Thomas,
receiver; James Allen, guide; j. Kelly, in
side Waterman, G. Wanders, outside
Waterman; Doctors G. E. Coulter and j.
M Armstrong, medical examiners.
FoREsTERs.
The Ancient Order of Foresters Of
America has one lodge ia this city, the
only one in the territory. The meetings
are held on the first and third Wednesdays
of each month in the A. o. U. w. hall.
The lodge was instituted August 5, 1885,
and as there was no supreme court of the
order N the United States until August,
1889, it was under the Jurisdiction of the
English supreme court until that date,
when it was placed directly under the
grand court of Colorado There are about
fifty members in the Salt Lake lodge, called
the Court Pride Of Utah. The officers are
David Higgins, junior past chief ranger; ].
A. Clark, chief ranger; w. Il. Wood, sub
chief ranger; John Waterfall, treasurer;
G. W. Arhmor, financial secretary; g. H.
Carter, recording secretary; Joseph Bal
zerette, osenior woodward; w. H. Evans,
junior woodward; E. Bowman, senior
beadle; Carl Geckwertz, junior beadle
physician and surgeon, ]. H. Hanchett.
The lodge is in good financial sanding
and its membership is increasing. 1t pays
sick benefits to its members, and has a life
insurance system by which members so de-
string are enabled to carry from $500 to
$1,000 insurance at very low rates.
: There is movement on foot for estab-
fishing lodge at Ogden which will doubt
less De successful.
The Ancient Order of Foresters was
founded at Knaresborough castle, England,
in 1745, under the title OF Royal Forest
ers," by which name it continued to be
known until, at grand convention of dele
gates, held at Rochdale in August, 1884, it
, was changed and is now known as the
Ancient Order Of F'oresters of America
: 1t was introduced to this country about the
year 1860, and from very small beginnings
has grown TO be a powerful and influential
order, numbering over sixty thousand
= members.
ORDER OF THE SONS OF ST. GEORGE.
The origin of this order is unique, and
commands the sympathy of all liberty-lov-
E ing people. In 1871 band of murderers,
under the name of "Molly Maguires,'
, chiefly composed of Irishmen, committed
/ numerous outrages on Englishmen. having
= no excuse but anlmosity against the Eng
lish as a nation. The operations of the
''Molly Maguires' became so extensive
that the lives of Englishmen were con-
stantly in danger and the officers of the law
:. seemed either powerless or unwilling to
bring the perpetrators of the outrages to
f justice; consequently few Englishmen
met and formed a temporary organization
for mutual protection and were so success
full as to bring some of the assassins to
justice and ultimately the "Molly Ma
guires' were disoanded. But the organ
4 ization of the Englishmen was continued,
q its character being changed to that of
D a sick and mutual benefit So
ciety exclusively for those of
b English birth and near descent.
e The first lodge was called st. George
i lodge No. /. Other lodges were formed in
t, various parts of the state of Pennsylvania.
r The order soon spread all over the eastern
8 states and later to California, Colorado and
e the west, until at the present time ii
e numbers upwards of forty-five Thousand
# members and is rapidly increasing
= Supreme lodges and grand lodges exist
IS throughout the continent.
q In its constitution the order is similar
If to most other fraternal and beneficial or.
e CARNATIONS, assisting during sickness and
Y in death. A member must be either an
! Englishman, son or grandson of an Eng
e lishman, either on the paternal or ma
ternal side. Religion or politics are not
It permitted to be discussed in the lodges
ie nor does either be any bar to member
d ship It is for the benefit and enjoyment
1, of those of English descent, and there is
,r no body or society more loyal to the land
is of their adoption than the Sons of St
st George. No man who might be suspected
% of disloyalty to American institutions
le could possibly be admitted to membership
IF There are three lodges in this territory
is one at Salt Lake, one at Ogden and one a
ct Park City.
The order in Salt Lake city was insti
s. tuted by the organization of Trafalgar
q, lodge No $50, on the 22nd day of August
$780, the charter members numbering
" twenty-five. MIR. H. E. Clark was thu
q frst-elected worthy master; MILFORD G