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


A. L. McCanne, secretary.
w. +. Shriver, ir., treasurer.
A total of seventeen subordinate lodges
IN the Jurisdiction, with membership of
1900, with total amount of funds of over
S5O,OOO, and now distributing at the rate of
$4,000 per annum for relief and charitable
purposes, amongst the poor of the order
and their widows and families.
Beside the seventeen subordinate lodges,
there are seven encampments in the terri
tory and also three cantons The encamp-
ments are the next higher grades in the
order above the subordinate lodges Next
IN order come the cantons, the grand en-
campment the grand lodge aud the SOW
ereign grand lodge. The ranks of these
higher degrees are made up from the sub
ORDINATE lodges. A person who has filed
the office of noble grand (the presiding
officer OF a subordinate lodge) for six
months, Is thereafter styled "past grand
The grand lodge of state is formed of past
grands. Its presiding officer is the grand
master, who is elected annually. The SOW
ereign grand lodge is composed of repre-
sentatives elected biennially by the state
grand lodges. Its presiding officer is the
grand sire
The Grand lodge OF Utah, was instituted
at Salt Lake city, June 90, 1874, byJ.
Hemingway, special deputy grand sire.
The first officers were: F. Auerbacb.
grand master; Sol Levy, D. G. NJ, NJ.
B. Edineer, G. W., A T. Riley, G. Sec, y.
Cram, G. t.
The Grand lodge meets annually in April
at Salt Lake city, for the purpose of tran
sactlng the regulars business of the order
and electing officers
The principal officers of the Grand lodge
Tor the current year are as follows:
Grand master, w. P. Rowe, Salt Lake
city, No. l.
Deputy grand master, f. F. Evans, Salt
Lake city, No. g.
Grand warden, F. A. Parker, Park City,
No. S.
Grand secretary, j. ]. Thomas, Salt Lake
city, No l.
Grand treasurer, W. H Turner, Union,
No. g.
Grand representative for two years, j. j.
Thomas, Salt Lake city, No 1.
Grand representative for one year. E. D,
Hoge, Salt Lake city, No. 2
The Grand encampment was instituted
anu tne present officers are:
Grand patriarch, j. w Greenman, En-
campment No l.
Grand high priest, George E. Lee. En-
campment No. l.
Grand senior warden, D. F. Condor. En-
campment No. 8.
Grand junior warden, W. H. Butcher, En-.
campment No l.
Grand scribe, T. w. Whftelev. Encamn-
ment No. l.
Grand treasurer, w. H. Turner, En-
campment No s.
Grand representative, Alex Rogers, En-
campment No 2
Of Patriarchs Militant, there are three
cantons in the jurisdiction:
Salt Lake City, Canton Colfax, No. 1.
mustered November %, 1856.
Ogden, Canton Ogden, No 2, mustered
Augusta, 1890.
Bingham, Canton Thomas, No. 8, NUS
tered December 20, 1890.
The officers of Canton Colfax are:
DR.. W. H. Butcher, commandant.
Theo w. Whiteley, lieutenant.
L. L. Baumgarten, ensign
j. G. Budds, clerk
j. j. Thomas, accountant.
G. W. a. SchneIl, standard bearer,
The following are the officers of Canton
Thomas:
Geo. e. Lee, commandant.
w. o. Carbis, captain.
D. Clays, lieutenant.
M. M. Beaver, ensign.
j. G. Morrlssey, clerk
w. a. Hicks, accountant.
NJ. Boley, sentinel.
L. G. Jeffrey, guard.
+. Hicks, picket.
a. Holster, S. B.
The territory has seven subordinate en-
campments, two of which are in this city.
Oquirrh No l was instituted July l, 1873
The present officers are:
G. o. Farnsworth, chief patriarch.
Simon P. Smyth, high priest.
W. j. Moore, senior warden.
G. j. Jewett, junior warden.
Theodore w. Whiteley, scribe.
j. j. Thomas, P. G. P, treasurer.
Unity No. Substituted September %
1884
E. P. Newell. chief patriarch.
F, J. Herman, high priest.
Thomas Kane, senior warden.
Louis Kolitz, junior warden.
j. r. Powell, scribe.
S. Ewing, P. v, treasurer
Wasatch No. 8, Park Instituted
June II, 1887.
j. j. Jenkins, chief patriarch.
Henry Waters, high priest.
H. A. Parker, senior warden.
S. L. Radon, junior warden.
H. E. Firmstone, scribe
Wilson 1. Snyder, treasurer.
Excelsior Encampment No. (, Bingham
Instituted September II, 1857.
w. j. CORN, chief patriarch
l.. Schneider, high priest.
j. Ferguson, senior warden.