The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-06
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The local l. O. Q. F. lodges of this city
have had fairly busy times the pass
week. The attendance has been above
the average. ana all are we'd pleased
with the wesR's results. The ODD Eel
lows Of this citv are confident of ma
teTially increasing the mem bersnip in
the several lodges the coming fail uEd
Winter The bes,- of feeling prevails
between tlle grand ledge ari the slt5c1,-
d5nates. Grand Rerres5er stal,-iyel5 Thorn
as, Butcher aL1 Wnneloy leave Withtl
the next few days for Springfield. les,
TO attend the annual session of the Gov
e.aign grand lodge, Inr cTtant leg.sla-
ION will come before tleTn fer action
That cannot be neglected.. Some OF the
nsos't vital measures will include sub
Ordinate branch of Dad FelsoWgGlp; an
ODD F'All3W5' C{auauaua; OPENING
wider Lale door of admission 10 Re1ekah
lodges; restoring fae f1Gfrsr ritual Of
the Rcbetclfl degree in place of the
present un94aHInatical and ulsa.lsfac-
tc1'y eulticn, complied by an erratic
Individual of Buffalo, n. Y.
The representatives are sure of
warm reception IRON the representative
CGa Fellows Of the great STATE Of Illi-
nois,- who have left no stOne uEIturned
in making elaEc3late preparations 30 en-
terrain their holDped guess. May
Itah's designation do justice to '..la ju
riedHctiC1l they represent. May coed fer
tune attend them en- tneir Journey.
One candidate was given the pages
rank at tbs olr1verlt1cn of Zion lodge
Nc Il, knights Of Pythiag last Friday
evening. and considering that come Of
the officers did the work for the first
time, it was decidedly good. The hall
was nCcE comfortably flied with men,
bees and yisaspIs, who enjoyed the work
very much There was a committee of
one appointed to act in conjunction
With. Lac other lodges for the DurposIe
of entertaining the daughters of Tenn
pie Justus R., Rathbone Sisters. who
wdh vfsft Salt Lake CITY this month.
Remarks ware made by Past Ghancel-
lorS RYAN and Evans, and Chancellor
Commander Ward of Monitor lcdge No.
IL Next Friday evening the rank of
espui1e VIII be conferred. All KNIGHTS
invited.
For soma Sirrle owing to the heated
season, there have been no meetings
of EAGLE Gate conclave No 1914, a. o.
u w. Tie conclave, like all either
lodges, Ga5 suffered during the summer
by nEG- attendance of It's members, but
w.'-h TIRE coming of fall and cooler
Weather it is the Intention of this or
gandzaiion to push forward and make
Itself ONE of the most popular orders
Of Workmen in the city.
The initial meeting of the fall and
winter szaEOn wiz be held on next
Wednesday, evening at the lodge room
ON Market street, at which 9, goodly
number of Mogullians will be in at
tendance, M drcut3t
AIT the last meeting Of the order. be-
fore the VACATION Grand Master
Workman Hamm of this jurisdiction
was initiated into the order, and to say
t3lai, he was interested and amused goes
without saying.
Camp So, WcCInlen OF the World. had
an extra large meeting last Tu< O ny
evening. There WaS grand tur--CqI-
of the Woodgnen, and the meeting was
one of great interest The usual order
of business was carried QUO. after which
a few interesting remarks were made
by Neighbcr Decker of Murray camp,
and Noighbor Blakmar and Camp
Physician DR.. Douglas of 90. DR.. Doug
las made a very excellent and eloquent
speech, bringing forth the beauties and
the glories of YoodcTaft in all its spien-
dor He considered it the grandest of
all fraternal organizations and one that
was spreading it's branches over a great
forest and shelterdTg thousands of fam
lies under its beautiful foliage
He also spoke of the duties of the
HisggglboTS to others, of the love and
friendship that should exist between
all, as a band of brethren. He spoke of
the noble qualities, the protection, the
social ana benaiciarieS Of 471is grand
ordtF and made a beautiful conclusion
in speaking of the dead members. How
brethren march to their graves each
year, and after imposing eerelnondes
decorate the graves With beautiful
flowers The hearts of the widows and
the fatlleTless children are g1addened
and instead of the home being dark
ara dreary, it is frightened and filed
with sunshine through the benef1ciaries
which their GeEau.ed husbands and
fathers have prepared for them, and
many prayers in Thanksgiving and
praise for the good on woodcraft tle
speech was indeed oUe of great interest
as well as beneficial
One more application foG member
ship was presented and acted on The
recent excursion to the Lagoon was re
ported as being one of great success,
/ both financially and socially.
We deeply regret to announce the
DEATH of Mrs. Sylvia Dresser wife of
Nejgihbor r. S. Dresser of the camp,
| and add extend sympathy to the be
feAyep, Ala nope mai IN t1aS hour OF
trial and sorrow the home may be
frightened and the hearts of all De
eomfor.ed.
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The visitation of the local organiza-
tions of the Knights of the Maccabees
order within the state of Utah by the
general deputy supreme commander,
Mr.. Wright of this city, has been COM
pleted, and it is hoped that the same
has resulted in what may prove greatly
to the advantage of the order in this
state. namely. an association of Mac
cabees tents whose province will be to
unity the work of the order here and to
cultivate q more intimate acquaintance
among the tents and the members with
! in the state and within the intermoun-
tain states. To that end each tent in
/ the state is appointing a committee to
report 10 its tent at an early date plan
of action and it is the intention for
each tent to pass upon the report of its
committee, and when adopted the re-
port from each tent viii be sent to L.
j. Keys, the record keeper of Salt Lake
tent. The reports so sent in viii form
the basis Of a plan of action to be
| adopted by a delegate assembly of
tents in this city in the near future
where it is expected that every tent in
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