Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-24
DEGREE Of HONOR
Grand Lodge of That Order
Convened This Morning
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
Consumed the Morning SeSsi0n--Dele-
gates Are at Columbia Gard
ems This Afternoon.

/ VI YIN q ol>H>~
| Miners Union hall at 10 o'clock this
morning by Mrs. Mamie f.. Riley of Mis-
soula. the grand chief of honor. The
| following officers We're present and assist.
ed in the ceremony of opening the lodge;
Clara l.. Lawler. G. c. of NJ; Emma Har-
| nois, G. c. of c.: Jessie c. Gum, Crane
| recorder: Flora McNulty. grand receiver;
Fannie Vrealand, grand usher: Carrie
Smith, grand inside watch; Minnie Dear.
ing. grand outside watch, and *. Q. Hol-
den. grand medical xamine
The following representatives of subor-
dinate lodges were present:
Mount Helena No. MARY Goliath,
Kate Gibson.
IVY Lodge No. 2-Louisa Prentiss.
Columbia Lodge No. 3-Mary l.. Half
ner.
Rose Leaf Lodge No. 4-Sarah Jane
Bond. Clementine Desrosier, Mary Hun
gate.
Ranne Lodge No. 5-Kate Mulcare,
Anne Colligan.
Charity Lodge No. 6-Mattie Dallas,
Bertha Mittamer.
Hone Lodge Nc. ELLEN Mcbride.
Myrtle Lodge No. S-Pr.scilla Whis-
man.
Silver Spray Lodge No. 9-Amella Bish-
op. Susie Sennett.
Free Silver Lodge No. 11.-Lucy Baus-
man. Lydia Furey. Lizzie Morgan, Stella
Newton. Amelia F~retheway.
Purity Lodge No. 12-Cornelia Van
Gundy. Helen Robinson.
Boulder Lodge No. 13-Carrie A. Hal
ford.
Alpha Lodge No. 14-Mary Short.
Capital City Lodge No. BINARY Sale.
Harmony Lodge No. 16-Eliza Reid.
Rose Bud Lodge No. 17-Mary ELS
worth, Mary keast.
Alta Lodge No. 1S-Annie Bowden, Rose
McDermott. Mary Dillon.
Star Lodge No. 19-Mrs. c. W. Cook.
Riverside Lodge No. 2o-Elsie NJ. Tefft.
Sunshine Lodge No. 23-Martha Ridge
way.
Garnet Lodge No. 24-Nettie Carney.
Success Lodge No. 2S-Lilie NJ. Oliver.
Mizpath Lodge No. 29-Mary D. Mann.
Tidal Wave Lodge No. 3o-Sarah J..
Gould.
Ruby Lodge No. 31-Anna NJ. Lowman.
Prosperity Lodge No. 32-Mary Mea-
don.
Upchurch Lodge No. 3s-Christina Dom
nelly. Mile Evans, Laura T. Read.
Olive Branch Lodge No. 34-Ida Mon
cey.
Golden Gate Lodge No. s5-Nellie l..
Davis.
Morning Star Lodge No. 36-Lulu Dow
ming.
Faithful Lodge No. 37-Esther Clymo,
Lea Defresne.
Lily of the Valley Lodge No. 3S-Mary
E. Love.
Snow Flake Lodge No. 39-Lottie E.
league.
Mountain Gem Lodge No. 4O-sallie
Putnam.
Margaret Rheim Lodge No. 41-Nellie
Averlll, Josie Gilmon.
GlenvieW Lodge No. 42-Sarah Platner
Golden Rule Lodge No. 44-Fannie l..
Ennis.
Thelma Lodge No. 45-Esther Bessette.
The report of the grand recorder. Jessie
c. Gum, showed that Zephyr lodge No.
% had surrendered its charter; that the
beneficiary membership numbered 776 on
July 81, 1898, and 81 new members had
been added since, together with IA rein
stated and 16 additions by transfer by
card, making a total of S93, from which
is deducted suspensions, Al; Withdrawn
by card. 20, and deaths, A; making a net
gain of so for the year.
The social membership on July 81, 1898,
numbered 1856, and on August /, 1899,
1,054, showing a loss of POP. All but two
of the lodges have beneficiary members.
Edna lodge No. % was consolidated with
<AIpbd IodSc A<o. 1t dlu I1uEtGI iOUS6 N o.
q surrendered its charter July 10. Sun
shine lodge was organized at Winston
une 20, 1899.
The report continues as follows:
THE efforts of the grand lodge officer!
and deputies a been this year to try
and retain the membership. We find i
hard work with SO many competing or
ders and Indifference of many of oul
members, and even of many of the Off
GERS of the lodges to keep some Of oul
lodges together at all.
1--WE have had u deaths since oul
grand lodge last met, and each of thest
claims being 81, 900, there has had to b.
six beneficiary assessments levied to pay
them, and August 1st the reserve funt
assessment vas levied. and is now being
collected; this last assessment of course
will not show in the tables as the book:
| are closed July 80. / would like to state
here that the female members who were
40 years or over on January / and haC
received their B. C.'s before August /
1894, are the only ones who were exemp'
from the reserve assessment.
1T has been hard to get all these
things thoroughly Strengthened out ant
made plain so that all the recorders un,
derstand them, and then of course there
are some who received their B. C.'s, sa,
August I'd or 5th OF a few days after tn
1st of August, 1894, that think it ism
fair, but some date has to be taken ant
it should be the date the assessment j:
levied, no matter what month was taker
it would shut some member out by a few
days.
THE proof of death Of Brother Samue
Trathen came to this office last month
but as there are some differences in date:
from our books, it was sent back for cor
uont;1- orI admit pot,,rn in tt~oo 10 l.,
acted on, so the grand lodge nance com
mittee and grand recorder thought i
best to bring it before this grand lodg,
in order that the facts of the case Nigh