Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-07
ODD FELLOWS HOME.
The Question Will Come Up
Before the Grand Lodge =
Again.
$4,000 Will Be Available
Little Falls Still Has x
Claims. = r,,

Claims. :,
The Pionee. Press Of Sunday de-
votes considerable space to the pro-
posed State Home for Odd FtilSws.
and the article will be vi interest TO
many people In this community.
especially az Little Falls has been
making an effort to obtain the
home. The article is az follows:
Whether or not there is an Odo
Fellows home in the state within
the next few years depends entirely
on the diepositio Of the Odd Fellow
Of the state toward the movement
for such an institution.
: Some five or ak years ago the
grand lodge Of Minnesota authorized
the beginning of a movement to :his
end, and feature Of the treasurer's
report at each annual meeting Of the
grand lodge has been q report as 10
the money IN this fund. At the last
meeting there was $4,000 on hand.
This has been raised by private and
lo0..~e dol. atoms. entertainments ana
OthenaIlike sources. A year ago the
grand lodge voted small addition
to the per capita tax. to allow Tor
a diversion OF u portion OF the re-
ceipts into this fund. 1t ia th'ugnt
that the next report will show not
less than $4,000 on hand:
This money is in the control OF
board uf trustees, of which Gideon ..
Ives Of st. PeterisMhe chairman ana
Messrs. w. R. Johnson and W. u.
Nye the representatives III st. faui
and Minneapolis. respectively. C.M.
Sprague Of Sank Center ia treasurer
of the board and A. L. Bolton OF st.
Paul. grand secretary OF the grand
lodge. the secretary.
The question OF locating and pro-
ceeding with the erection OF the pro-
Dosed nome is one Of the matters
that will come up at the session VI
the grand lodge in Minneapolis June
l6, In the meantime, in order to DE-
termine the sentiment of the Odd
Fellows of the state in the matter.
Editor Frank L. Powers, OF the Odd
Fellows Review Of this city, has
sent to all the lodges Of the state Tor
their views as to the present need
among the constituency for such a
home AZ Is contemplated: He desires
to learn whether or not there ts IN
mediate demand for the institution.
His advices up to date, he saws are
not sufficient to determine the an
swer. He expects. however, that he
will be sufficiently informed i" the
matter by the time the grand lodge
meets to make a full and Intelligent
statement of the case.
The trustees are somewhat divided
in their opinion as the proper course
to be pursued. Some OF them thlnk
they should proceed at once to solicit
bids for the site and then 60 ahead
with the erection of the building.
But the majority nf them are opposed
to doing anything in the matter at
present, arguing that it Is the wiser
course to allow thefunds TO accumu-
late for Il few years longer. or until
there ia indisputable evidence to
show the immediate need Ut the
home.
The home is designed to be for the
accommodation of INDECENT members
of the order, their widows anu or
phans. In other states, notably
those IN the East, these homes have
long been recognized as quite 1nd's-
pepsa bile to the system the order has
for the
CARE or IT'S DEPENDENTS.
Wisconsin has such a home ana 80
has Illinois. The dependent poor IN
the order in this state are mainly
provided for by the local lodges,
with occasional aid from the grand
lodge. They are either supported In
their own homes or their 90 Is
paid elsewhere. This system has
been found not to work satisfactorily
in all cases, hence the agitation OF q
permanent home. Mr.. Powers Is Ut
the opinion that the grand lodge Will
decide to follow the recommended
lions OF the trustees and walt awhile
before going ahead with the locat'on
of the home, unless advices from the
ladies show a very general desire to
the contrary.
While no requests have been made
for applications for the location of
the institution, several cities have
announced themselves as in the race.
Winona thinks that she can do fully
az well in this connection as any