The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

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year 1899 have been marked with salts
factory results. During that time two
new subordinate and one new Rebekah
lodges We're instituted at Murray, Cas-
tlegate and Lehi, respectively The
new branches are doing good work
along fraternal lines, as are also the
old ones and the membership is stead
lily increasing. The order in Utah is
now represented by thirty-two subord
mate and thirteen Rebekah lodges.
There are now about LOO members of
the subordinate lodges and 500 Rebekah
members in Utah. This is an estimated
gain of 10 per cent, all around in the
state during the year. In Salt Lake
City there are eight subordinate lodges,
three Rebekah lodges one encampment
and one canton, all in a prosperous
condition. The local membership now
aggregates 500, an increase of about
per cent during 1899, All of the lodges
have responded freely in the matter
of contributions toward the Odd Fell
lows Home fund, in addition to car
rying on the other benevolent work, and
the fund now amounts to about 81, 200
On account of changing the time
from November to April no meeting of
the grand encampnent of Utah was
held last year. The officers elected at
the recent meeting of the grand lodge
]. o. o. F., of Utah. We're: L. E. Hub
bard, grand master, Park City; A. 7.
McCune, deputy grand master, Nephi;
S. w. Darke, grand warden, Salt Lake
City; w. ]. Moore, grand secretary,
Salt Lake City; George B. Squires
grand treasurer, Salt Lake City; j. j.
Thomas, t. w. Whitley, grand repre-
sentatives.i
Fraternal Union.
The Fraternal Union of America.
which was instituted four years ago
with 500 members. and which now has
a membership of 1900, has two branch
es in Utah. During the past year
Evergreen lodge No. Isl, of Salt Lake,
has doubled its membership, the pres
ent membership being 26O. On Jan. Is
officers for 1900 will be installed as fol-
lows: A. w. Chiverall. fraternal mast
er; Mrs. Martha Williams. justice; B.
B. Coons, protector; Ed W. Loder, sec
rotary; w. H. Hodges, treasurer; Miss
Jessie n. Null, truth; Mrs Rose L.
Mckay, mercy; Arthur Frees. guide;
r. H. Irvine, James Kelly, stewards;
w. H. Park. guard; Mrs. Hillman S.
La Gale, sentinel.
Royal Arcanum.
Salt Lake council No. 1917, Royal Ar
canum, organized two years ago with
twenty-three charter members, made
considerable progress during the past
year, and has doubled its membership
1t is fraternal beneficiary order with
just enough secret work to make it
interesting. On Jan. II. officers for
1900 will be installed as follows: A F.
Brewer, regent; James Clippinger, vice
regent; DR.. c. i. Douglass, orator; L.
A. Chaplin, secretary; F. N Hess, col
lector; G. X. Smith, chaplain; C. ].
McNitt, treasurer; John Cruickshank,
guide; "A. E. Kimball, warden; E. N
Bottsford, sentry; II. d. Sabine, trus-
tee.
Knights of Pythias.
While there has rot been anything of
an unusual nature manifest among the
Knights of Pythias in Utah during the
year 1899, the year has been creditable
one in every way to the members of
the order No great gains in member
ship were made, although the order
more than held its own. One new lodge
was organized at Tintic, while that at
Lehi was dissolved. The latter, how
ever, was not a loss to the order as the
dissolution was due chiefly to the Lehi
members moving to other places, where
q majority CT them assumed relations
with other lodges of their order At
the present time there are seventeen
subordinate lodges and four companies
of the Uniform Rank in the state, with
a total membership of slightly over
], 200. In addition there are seventeen
sections OF the endowment branch with
about 800 members. who carry an in
surance of over half a million dollars.
In Salt Lake City there are five
subordinate lodges with endowment
branches. and one company of the Uni
ford Rank, having present member
ship of about 500.
The lodge at Castlegate has enlarged
its building and refurnished and beau
titled their lodge room during the year,
while the lodge at Park City, which /
was burned out. has fitted up a hand
some new lodge room At the last
meeting of the grand lodge the follow
ing officers were elected: F. W. Card
iner. grand chancellor, Salt Lake City;