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

Mrs. Bawden, noble grand.
Miss Alice Burlington, vice grand.
Mrs. J. H. Cox, recording secretary.
Miss Lizzie Collins, permanent secretary.
Mrs. Richard Johns, treasurer.
Ogden, Queen City Lodge No. 4.-Insti-
tuted November 10, $780,
Miss E. J. Turner, noble grand.
Mrs. D. a. Murray, vice grand.
Mrs. NJ. E. Fluellen, recording secretary.
Mrs. w. r. Williams, permanent secre-
tary.
Mrs. L. Holbrook, treasurer.
Silver Leaf Lodge, No. 3, Park City,
Utah-lnstituted December Il, 1889.
Mrs. Harriet Firmstone, noble grand.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson, vice grand.
Mrs. Isadcra Fox, recording secretary.
Mrs. Lizzie Harris, permanent secretary.
Mrs. Maggie Dunbar, treasurer.
The total membership of the i've lodges
is about four hundred.
They are all in very prosperous condi-
ton, are constantly adding to their mem
bership and are doing excellent service IN
the cause Of Odd Fellow .ip.
Hitherto the order in Salt Lake city has
necessity of renting different halls and
meeting places. Latterly the greater num-
Der of the lodges held their meetings in the
hall of the Union block, on Main street,
which has been looked upon as their head
quarters in the territory. The necessity
for q building which they could call their
own and which would be constructed with
special view to their requirements, was
strongly felt. Utah, Salt Lake, Jordan
and Enterprise lodges laid their heads
together and Obtained the consent of the
grand master to form themselves into
Joint corporation for the purpose Of build
ing an Odd Fellows temple. A corpora
ton was soon formed with capital stock
of $4,000. The stock is owned by the fol-
lowing lodges and encampments: Utah
lodge No. l, Salt Lake lodge No. 2, Jordan,
lodge No. 8, Ridgeley lodge No. 9, Enter
prise lodge No. 10, Fidelity lodge No. II,
Oquirrh encampment No l, Unity encamp-
ment No. 2 Naomi Rebekah lodge No.
and Miriam Rehekah lodge No. 3.
A site was obtained on Market street and
contracts were entered into to erect a mag
niicent temple to be the home of Odd Eel
lowship in this city. The corner stone of
the temple was laid by Grand Master W.
P. Rowe on Oct. %, 1891, with much pomp
and circumstance. Delegates from all over
the territory were present on the occasion,
which was made memorable in the annals
of the order. The enterprise was heartily
responded to by all the lodges of the city,
and large portion of the stock was rap
hcJr for ln1r in oft
taking q share in it. The building is now
almost completed and will be formally
opened early next year. 1t is one of the
handsomest structures in Salt Lake, and
is a credit not only TO the order but to the
city.
Odd Fellowship is one of the greatest
institutions of modern times. 1t is doing a
noble work in this territory. The best cit
liens are proud to belong to its ranks
Ever onward and upward scars its motto,
Friendship, Love and Truth.
KNIGHTS OF PYTH1As.
Just after the close of the great Ameri-
can civil war in 1864, when so many bonds
had been severed, fathers, sons and broth
ers scattered and dead, in mems hearts
arose the craving for brotherly and friend
ly communication. AT this juncture the
idea of an order having for its main object
the inculcation of lessons OF friendship
based ON the old beautiful story of Damon
and Pyuhias, originated with one j. Il.
Rathbone. Mr. Rathbone impaired his
ideas to few friends and they joined with
him and formed the first lodge of Knights
of Pythias at Washington, ID. c., on Feb
ruary 10, 1864 They called it Washington
lodge No. l. In April of the same year a
second lodge, called Franklin lodge, was
instituted also at Washington, and to its
efforts and perseverance is due the contin-
uance of the order. AS the first lodge
seems to have disbanded soon after its
formation, for eight years Franklin lodge
was the only lodge of the order in the
country.
Until 1866 it was a constant struggle tor
existence After that time the order took
new departure and entered on course OF
prosperity which has been kept up ever
since The Supreme lodge of the world
was organized August II, 1865.
Among strictly secret societies the
Knights of Pythias has made perhaps tbs
greatest record of advancement. II is g
young society, only twenty-eight years in
existence, but has membership of nearly
$4,000, divided into ffty-one grand iuris-
dictions, comprising 1900 subordinate
lodges.
The amount of relief paid by the united
lodges for the year preceding the last ses-
sion of the supreme lodge, June, 1890
reached the magnificent total of $3.50, 455
The insurance feature of the order known
as the Endowment rank.n was organized
In 1877. 1t has mem bership of Is, 255, rep
resenting 500, 900 endowment During