The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-14
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Thursday occurred the installation Of
the new officers of the Utah Command
cry who viii serve for the next six
months. Their names are as follows:
S. P. Evans, E. c.; w. B. Holland.
C. E; John II. Woodman, c. c.; j.
F. Jack. P: w. r. Grant, S. w; l..
H Bisby, J. w; Henry \. Gebhardt.
treasurer; L. B. Smith, recorder:
George Cullen, standard bearer; w. H
Cunnington. standard bearer; ". Z.
Andrew, w; J. F. Corker, sentinel.
The ceremony was conducted 10y Past
Commander c. B. Jack, assisted by re-
firing commander oscar Groshen-
On Friday evening Wasatch lodge
elected officers for the coming term
and the installation will take place
next meeting night.
On Saturday evening Mount Moriah
lodge had a special meeting for work
in the Master Mason degree.
Mystic Lodge Nc. p led off on Mon
day with a fine meeting. The attend
ance was all that could be wished The
special order ot business was election,
of officers. which passed off quietly
and gave general satisfaction to the
members. The voting resulted as fol-
lows: Lewis S Besley, noble grand;
William Campbell. vice grand: o. ),
Thomson. recording secretary; F. a.
1lIlDN. tDlltSifDiAQllAtS otNh|Afii ~
Pickering. treasurer; s. Q. x. Mar
shall. trustee
The four candidates received the de-
gree of Truth" The degree work was
done in a most satisfactory manner.
rejecting credit upon those engaged in
the staff.
The officers OF No. % are alive to the
fact that if YOU want members TO
keep uD their interest and attend
lodge regularly you must make the
lodge meetings more attractive than
other places. They do it to perfection,
and the result is known to all.
Ridgeley Lodge No. held their
usual meeting on Wednesday,, with
fair number of members on hand and
with Grand Marshal T. w. Lewis as
a visitor. Their meeting was pleas
ant one for all.
The other city lodges met and trans
acted such business as came before
them. Utah Lodge No. l elected John
Hanes N c.; w. A. Chauvel, V. c.;
J. H. Latey. secretary; L. L. Baum
garten treasurer; L. B. Moore. trustee.
Jordan Lodge No. elected William
Grimsdell, n. c.: John NJ. Hays, v.
c.: W. T. Hopkins, secretary; T. Wat
kins, treasurer; c. Y. Higson. trustee.
On Dec Park City Lodge No. Z
held its semi-annual election of Of
ficers, with the following brothers adj
vanced to positions of honor and trust:
William Neal. n. G.; L. NJ. Smith, v.
G.; H. w. Hannah, secretary; F. \.
McCarty, treasurer; ]. NJ. Lockhart,
trustee.
Reports from all sections of the state
show the lodges to be in good,
healthy condition and ready for more
earnest work after the holidays. Ten
new lodges will he instituted within 60
days. and Utah can make a good
showing of progressive Odd Fellow-
ship. There are no dissensions in the
order in Utah.
1T would be more than step in
the right direction observes the
Triple Link, should the sovereign
grand lodge meet every other year
and have the session last two weeks,
instead of one. 1t would save very
large sum in mileage and afford an
opportunity for making well-digested
laws before putting them on the
statute books of the order
The sovereign grand lodge now re-
quires that the 'Telegraphic Cipher
and Key" adopted at the session of
1895. shall be published in the grand
lodge proceedings of each state and
Jurisdiction.
ereign grand secretary, carries into
life the heartfelt love and affection Of
the entire order. He was ever prompt,
efficient and courteous a model Of
| fcer and honest to cent
The medical fraternity comes in con-
tact with many cases where the good
| deeds of the order are exemDlified
They happily realize that the father
hood of God and the brotherhood OF
| man." is typically illustrated in Odd
Fellowship. and therefore do not hest
tate to join its ranks and wear the
| three-link pin.
Miriam Lodge No. 5 at its last meet
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first half of 1897: Sister Carrie Virden.
Esther lodge No. holds its second
session of the month on tomorrow
night. All members should feel it a
duty and privilege to be present, as it
is the last meeting of the year, and
should also pay up all dues TO Jan
uary l. So the lodge can make q good
showing in its report to the grand
lodge of Utah. On Wednesday night
Esther lodge gives it's first ball of the
! season. The other lodges are cordially
! invited 70 attend, and helm swell the
paraphernala fund. A good time. good
music and good partners await all who
! attend.
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Sometimes we hear Odd Fellows say
that many of the signs and words used
in the secret work are OF no practical
use. This is because they have never
/ had occasion TO use them, and we es-
pecially hope that they may never
have occasion to use the sign of dis
tress.
A number of years ago the city of
Louisville was visited with a disastrous
cyclone MANY buildings were com
/ pletely wrecked and hundreds of peo-
pie were caught in the falling runs.
Of course hundreds of willing hands
at once began working TO rescue the
/ unfortunates. In one place, where there
were manY victims, and the fire had
| begun to add its terrors, The imprisoned
| individuals were all calling for help
| loudly and continually. One man in
| particular, who was pinned down under
beams and debris and seeing the fire
! steadily advancing. and all of his own
efforts TO release himself apparently
! fiuitless, called for help until he was
| almost exhausted.
So many Others were needing assist
ance that no one paid any attention 10
him. Suddenly he changed his words.
and began calling in a different man
ner Immediately half dozen men
We're at his side. and the ranidity with
which he was released and conveyed
TO a place OF safety caused others 10
wonder
1t was soon discovered that the IN
/ fortunsfe man was an Odd Fellow. and
/ that his rescueTs were also Odd Eel
4 lows. II was dark and nc signs could
be used, so il caused considerable COM
ment as 20 bow the rescuers knew
their man.
= To the odd Fellows themselves ii was
plain. Do YOU know how it was done?
| u Sax-ad ono mans life n fafs.itf s.nn,..