The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-10
week. All the lodges report progress and

week. All the lodges report progress and
considerable additions in membership.
The anniversary celebration to take place
on the Goth instant is attracting considera
BILE attention. The arrangements for the
event are progressing satisfactorily. All
the rooms in the |. 0. O. f. temple will be
thrown open during the evening. There
will be a dance in the large hail. and in the
other apartments a variety Of entertain
ments will be given, such as recitatlons,
songs and games Of different kinds. All
Odd Fellows and their wives are invited to
attend and make the affair regular family
reunion. Speeches will be delivered
by some of the more prominent
men in the order, such as
Grand Master w. P. Rowe, Past Grands
j. j. Thomas, Riley, Hoge, Elliott; Deputy
Grand Master H. f. Evans and others. So
there well be no lack of variety on the oc
casion.
A very noticeable feature in the order is
the prosperous condition of the Rebekah
degree lodges of the city, and also all over
the country. There are in existence over
two thousand two hundred and fifty lodges
of this branch of the order, with a mem
bership of over one hundred and forty
thousand, under the sovereign grand juris-
diction. The work of charity which they
DO in quiet, transformations way is simply
StupendouS. Besides nursing the sick, re-
IieVing distress and educating the orphans.
they give freely of their money and pay
out many thousands of dollars for char
liable purposes. They are deserving Of the
hearty support of the brethren OF the
order.
Jordan lodge met on Monday evening
and besides large amount of routine bust
ness conferred the initiatory degree on one
candidate.
Oquirrh encampmenta at its regular meet
! ing on Tuesday initiated four candidates
into the mysteries of the first degree ana
also conferred the second degree on four
applicants
Enterprise aud Ridgley lodges both met
on Wednesday night. The former had no
degree work, and when through with the
regular routine business the lodge made a
fraternal visit to Ridgley and took part in
the ceremony OF comforting the first degree
on number of candidates. After work a
general good time was had. Songs, reci-
| tations and speeches were INDUCED in
and the proceedings were so very enter
tanning that the session was kept up to a
! late hour. Past Grand Elliott made an ex-
cellent speech. Grand Master Rowe and
Grand Secretary Thomas were also pres
ent, and gave very interesting speeches.
| Utah Lodge No. l met on Thursday even
| ing. There was no degree work, but sew
erai applications for membership were re-
ceived and will be acted on at the next
meeting.
Salt Lake No. on Friday conferred the
third degree On one candidate. The meet
ing was well attended and very good
session was reported.
Fidelity also had large and interesting
session on Friday, and did good deal of
routine business.
Naomi Rebekah degree lodge met on Sat.
urday. There was no degree work as that
in this lodge is done on the second meeting
night in the month. There was good at
tendance of the ladies and points of inter.
est to the lodge were discussed.
Canton ColfaX with all it's officers went
to Park City yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of instituting new Canton at the
Park. This branch of the order is increas.
ing and the new Canton begins with very
good number of charter members, and bids
fair to become a strong lodge The
brethren from Salt Lake were very cor
uislly received by the Parkites and right
royalty entertained.