The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-05
Memorial Services Held BY Wood
men Of the World.
GRAVES WERE DECORATED
TWO MONUMENTS To DECEASED
MEMBERS UNVEILED.
Gave Fine Parade and Attracted
Much Attention-Exercise Held
at Both Eloquent Or
alton Delivered By Head Consul
Falkenburg-order Is Growing.

The Woodmen of the World have en-
| bodied into their order one beautiful
custom, that Of erecting monuments in
memory of all deceased members, and
once a year decorating all the graves of
dead. The day set apart for this cere-
mony is the Sunday nearest the 9Th of
June. Yesterday was the day for this
year, and they celebrated it in most fit
ting style. There are three camps of
the order in Salt Lake City. The Salt
Lake camp, or No. SO, with a present
membership of 425; the Utah camp, or
No. 1888, with membership of $50, and
the Deseret camp, or No. 400, with a
membership of $50. The total member
ship here has doubled in the past year
The total membership in Utah a year
ago was 61S: now it is 1850. The mem
bership in the Pacific Jurisdiction. nine
states, is now $4,000, an increase of {, 200
since the LIST of September last.
The exercises yesterday consumed the
whole day. In the morning the men,
bers of the order assembled at the Odd
Fellows hall on Market street, and, led
by the Knights of Pythias band, re-
paired to the city cemetery. There
camps 1874 and 406 decorated the graves
of the Woodmen buried there. while
Utah camp unveiled monument to the
memory of l.. S. Cantwell. a provision
of the order is that a monument costing
not less than 500 be erected over every
deceased member. The regular ritual
istic service of the order was performed
in each cemetery.
Afternoon Ceremonies.
In the afternoon the programme was
more elaborate. The assembling place
was again odd Fellows hall. There
they formed in line to the number of
400 or more. In front was the K of p.
band in full uniform, followed by the
Woodmen. under W. NJ. Elliott, marshal
of the day, assisted by Ira H. Davisson
and NJ. G. Allen. The route was up
Main to First, on First to West Temple,
on West Temple to Second South and
east on Second South TO State, where
cars, decorated with the symbols of
mourning, were waiting to take them
to Mt. Olivet.
AT the cemetery the beautiful cere-
mony of decorating the graves was per-
formed. and then the monument to the
lamented Lawrence p. Brown was I'M
yelled. This monument, like all others
erected by the Woodmen, was in the
form of a tree trunk, bearing on
tablet an appropriate inscription and
the symbols of the order-the axe, the
F. A. Falkenburg, head consul of the
order for the Pacific jurisdiction, whose
home is in Denver, was in the city and
delivered a beautiful grafton on this
occasion. Music was furnished by a
male quartette, and Harry Don, w.
Angus Mcclellan, jr., H. W. |
Sedheimer and DR.. w. H. Hodges, Of |
fcers in the order, assisted in this inter- |
esting ceremony.
The services at Mt Olivet were under |
the auspices of Salt Lake camp. At the |
close the organization returned to Odd |
Fellows hall and disbanded.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS for |
the day consisted of NJ. G.. Allen, Ira |
H. Davisson, w. NJ. Elliott, Henry ST.
mon, Ralph Guthrie, w. H. Risley,
Harry Beer Ed Sloan and Joseph Sond-
helm. S. ]. Paul acted as marshal in
the morning, assisted by William S.
Hill
The Woodmen were fortunate in hav-
ng the most beautiful day of the year
'or their demonstration; they were for
innate in having with them their chief
officer These influences, added to the
natural enthusiasm of a young, vigor-
Jus and rapidly growing organization,
made the day one to be proud of. The
Noodmen of Salt Lake are certainly a
inc looking body of men and aroused
much comment as they marched
through the streets.
Tonight the order will give a log roll
ng, for men only. at the New Grand
heatre at which time Head Consul F.
\. Falkenburg viii deliver an address
the objects and workings of
he order.