The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-20
WORKMEN TO ASSEMBLE
Grand Lodge A. o. U. w. and De-
gree of Honor Meet in Butte.
ORDER IS FLOURISHING
Has Larger Membership Than Ever Be.
fore-Friendly Rivalry for High o.
fees Anticipated-Much Bust
ness of Importance.

beIeSdteS " the "A. ~. 4. w. granQ
lodge and the grand lodge of the De-
gree of Honor. WHICH will be held in
Butte next week. beginning on Tues
day, are arriving in the city. J. w.
kinsley. past grand master and one
of the leading members of the society
in Montana, arrived from Helena yes
terday.
The grand lodge of the A. o. U. w.
will meet at the Miners Union hall
on Tuesday and continue in session for
two days. and on Thursday the grand
lodge of the Degree of Honor will meet
at the same place. The former will
have about $50 delegates and the la
dies lodge will have about 100 from all
parts of the state. 1t is expected that
the A. o. L. w. grand lodge will have
an unusually interesting and lively ses-
sion. as several matters of Importance
are to be considered and it is expected
that there will be quite a contest over
the election of officers. One of the
questions to come up will be a propo-
sition to institute system of deputies
or solicitors for members, like other
benevolent orders. The A. o. L. w.
has found so much active competition
from other societies of like character
that it is found necessary to make a
stronger effort to secure members.
1t is expected that there will be
lively contest over the election of Off
GERS, especially for the office of grand
recorder. which has been held for some
years by James Sullivan of Helena. 1t
appears that there is considerable OPP
position to his reelection, and it is
claimed that the Helena delegation,
which has heretofore been united for
him, is divided on his candidacy now,
and some of his friends have advised
him not to be a candidate again. If
he determines to run, however, the
fight promises to be interesting. The
other candidates for the Office are Will
lam Zastrow of Helena. who for sew
eral years has been a member of the
finance committee, and Waldemar
Stein of Great Falls, who is also prom
inent as leader among the Sons of
Hermann of. the state.
s. E. Rhodes of Miles City will prob
ably be elected grand master work
man to succeed r. A. O'Hara of Ham
ilton. J. A. Pace of Whitehall is a
leading candidate for the next highest
office, that of grand foreman, and as he
is in the line Of promotion. he will
likely be elected. The next highest
office is that of grand overseer, an Of
fee that is usually open to sort of
free-for-all race Henry Filing of Vir-
ginia City will be reelected grand re-
ceiver. For the positions of represen-
tatives to the supreme lodge all past
grand masters are eligible, but if
rule that has heretofore prevailed will
be observed, the three juniors will. be
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Hamilton, T. N. Averill of Townsend
and E. NJ. Gardner of Bozeman.
1t is claimed that the A. Q. Z. W.
has never been so strong in this state
as it is at the present time 1t has
a total membership of $500, and 80 su-
coordinate lodges in Montana. The So
cety has members in every county in
the state except Valley and Fergus.
Under the age system of assessments,
which was adopted by the grand lodge
two years ago, by which young men
are required to pay only about a third
as much as old men, the order has
much improved in what is termed the
age distribution, the new members and
the suspensions being about equally
distributed among various ages. The
order is no longer composed largely
of old men and the young men are no
longer frozen out. The death assess
ments last year were less in proportion
than two years ago.
1t is also claimed that the Degree of
Honor in this state is in better condi-
ton than any ladies' society of any
other order in the United States; that
its affairs are conducted more econ
omically, its death losses lighter and
its membership Is the best distributed.
Its reserve fund, which has been run
ming but four years, shows an accumu
lation of about 81 per capita for its
entire membership in the state.
In the United States the A. o. U. w.
has a membership of sS65OO0, or 1000
members for each day in the year. 1t
Is paying out in death losses more than
$1,000 an hour or about $4,000 day.
At the last meeting of the supreme
grand lodge it was decided to organ
lie new grand lodge of jurisdiction
from the state of Arizona and New
Mexico, which are now in the Colorado
jurisdiction, and Mr. Kinsley. as or
ganizer, will go from Butte to Silver
City, N. NJ, where the convention has
been called to be held on Sept. 5.