The San Francisco call., 1898-02-20

California Lodge. Such visits are very pleasant and ought to be more frequent Grand Master Workman Winter will visit Tamalpais Lodge next Monday, and on Tuesday he will be with Mount Ham, ilton Lodge of San Jose, which will hold an open meeting, when new banners will be presented to the drill team of the lodge Grand Receiver Booth will be pres ent.
 There was a large meeting in San Jose last Monday under the auspices of Enter prise Lodge; fine programme of music, song and addresses was presented. Last night Crockett Lodge of Crockett gave party and entertainment. An ad- dress was delivered by Grand Overseer Judge Bahrs.
 DEGREE OF HONOR. An illustration of what can be done by a few energetic members of a subordinate body was furnished recently by Peerless | Lodge of Colusa. On the 24th of last month the lodge met for the purpose of surrendering its charter on account of the lack of interest of the membership gen. orally. This fact becoming known to Mrs. | Kate M. Poland grand recorder, who was in the vicinity instituting a lodge, she at tended that meeting and by her words of encouragement aroused a spirit of in terest in the few who had been faithful attendants and a few more, with the re- suit that they promised to start afresh and at the meeting on the 9th inst. the 1 lodge initiated eleven candidates, rein- stated one member and passed favorably It's per capita tax and ordered a set of new rituals.
 With few exceptions there has been an increase in each lodge since the first of 1 the year. Progress Lodge increased it's membership by sixteen in January. Rose City Lodge of Santa Rosa, started last Oc- tober with thirty-five members, now has seyenty-fiys names on its roll.
 The petiobn for lodge in San Fran cisco now has sixty-six names upon it.
 Mrs Evelyn F. Mayor, G. L. of H.. as- sisted by pr. J. l.. Mayon, G. M. E., instituted Madrone Lodge in Lakeport last Tuesday. The lodge has forty char 1 ter members.
 Through the efforts of Mrs. A. T. Clip pinger, wife of a member of Tulare | Lodge, A. O. .. w., a lodge of the Degree | of Honor was instituted in Wadsworth, | New, on the 12th inst. with thirty-one charter members. It Is known as Alpha, and is the first instituted in the Sage | brush State.
 THE NATIVE SONS.
 Grand Trustee H. R. Noble will visit Rincon Parlor in this city on the 23d and Alcatraz Parlor on the 24th inst. | Last Monday the members of Sea Point Parlor at Sausalito gave ball that was attended by large number of the resi- | dents of that place. The parlor was dur ing the week visited by Grand Marshal | Dunbar.
 Grand Treasurer Henry S.. Martin paid i an official visit last Tuesday to Solano Parlor at Suisun City.
 Charles R. Heverin, D. D., visited Ukiah | last Monday and arranged for the reor- ganization of Ukiah Parlor.
 c. A. Carroll, president of McLane Par Tor of Calistoga. and Past President D.. F. Mahoney of San 4darcos Parlor. San Mi guel were visitors at the office of the grand secretary recently
 Alcalde Parlor celebrated it's eighth an- niversary by grand ball on the evening | of the 18th inst.
 | Grand Trustee Madison visited Napa and Calistoga Parlors last week and | found both in good condition The first named initiated one candidate and the | last named five.
 Grand Trustee Byington Is visiting par lors in the southern part of the State. | Hesperian Parlor gave complimentary entertainment last Wednesday to Alca- traz Parlor at Sixteenth and Valencia streets and the interesting programme was enjoyed by more than two hundred persons. R. F. Doolan gave stereopticon views illustrating California;; there were musical selections by J. H. Norman, c.