Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26

stitution. 1t is not a business concern.
In dispensing it's bounties it is not
moved by commercial considerations, nor
is it hampered by mercantile methods.
Its illustrations to the wants of the
needy are not conducted upon the basis
Of a qu1d pro quo. One member may CON
tribute to its revenues for many years
and be proud of the fact that he has
never drawn any benefits from it's treas
ury. He hopes that no member of his
family may ever become a charge upon
the order. Another member may, because
of his misfortunes, draw from the funds
OF his lodge much more money than he
has ever contributed thereto and upon
his death his widow or children may need
assistance in large measure from the
lodge treasury. Each member knows
that SO long as he is in good standing he
will nave assistance in misfortune and
that after he shall be laid in his grave,
his family will have friends who will as
sist them in time of need and SO long as
necessity demands.
Since Washington Lodge No. 1 was in
stituted a vast army of men and women
have united with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. A faint idea of the work
it has done may be obtained from the fol-
lowing summary of statistics for sixty
seven years, beginning in 1880 and end
ing December 81. 1897:
Ii1ltlatloilS III > u D . I q n a [ e
Lodges ........ ........ ......2,1 1871, 1876
Members relieved ................2 2, 1856, f0f
Widowed families relieved ....... 234 ,103
Members deceased ............... 2ll ,309
Iotal fellel ...... 1886 IL
Total receipts .............. 201, G67, 1865 81
Our latest official bulletin bears date
December 81, 1897, at which time the con-
dition of the order was as follows:
Sovereign Grand Lodge .......... 1
independent Grand Lodges Ger
man Empire, Australasia, Dem
mark Switzerland and Sweden.
Subordinate Grand Encanlpments "a
Subordinate Grand Lodges ........ IS
Subordinate Encampments -. 1855
Subordinate Lodges ............... II $40
Encanpment Member ...........1 2S, $50
lodge Members S39. sos
Rebekah Lodges ........ ........... 4, SGS
Members of Rebekah Lodges..... 29s ,263
Invested Funds .............. $24, AIS, 800 80
A large number of the subordinate
lodges of our order own the buildings in
Whlcl their meetings are held, and some
of them have erected splendid temples
that are dedicated to the uses of Odd
Fellowship. The Odd Fellows of Ana
conda are to be most heartily congratu-
lated upo the enterprising spirit and de-
Votlon to the interests of our fraternity
that have heretofore characterized their
work and which enables them to unite
today with the great, the ancient and re-
Nei'ed Masonic brotherhood in laying
within the limits OF their beautiful, grow
ing and progressive city, the corner stone
of a building that shall be the home Of
two orders whose energies are eXerted in
promoting the happiness OF mankind.
Brethren. it is expected that you will
so foster the principles of Odd Fellow
ship, SO discharge the sacred trusts that
membership in the order impose, and so
COndu yourselves within and without
the lodge room as that tIn mnap 1c tn
visit the sick. relieve the distressed, bury
the dead and educate the orphan shall
be faithfully executed in this community,
and that the luster of our honored name
shall not be dimmed. In the discharge of
all the higher duties that rest upon you
as Odd Fellows may you ever be
True as the needle to the pole,
Or as the dial to the sum- y
Grand Master, | have mentioned a few,
a very few, of the historical facts and
prominent features of Odd Fellowship,
in whose honor we and hundreds Of
thousands of others who nave surrounds
ed her affairs, participated in dispensing
her benefactions and bounties and profit
ed by the great truths that she inculcates
are assembled this day. Since it's insti-
tuition in our lanl and age Odd Fellow
ship has taken no backward step. 1t has
continued to grow in numbers, in infiu-
ence, in good works. 1t is today the
Il KS DlS III oiciIL SoSlCIS III liz
world. May we who have received SO
rich a heritage from our forefathers in
fraternity maintain the onward move
ment.
March on! Oh, glorious order,
Proud OF thy record in years that are
past.
March on! May thy boundaries grow
loader.
Tntil the whole earth Of thy bounties
shah taste.
March on! Proudly bearing our banner,
]. O. O. F. are the letters it wears;
March on! In thy pathway of grandeur,
Growing in numbers while growing in
years.
Recitation, "Mottoes and Emblens OF
Odd Fellowship William Barrett.
Closing ode, all the members standing.
Mrs. w. A. Elliott, pianist.
ON THE STAGE.
Among the throng of honored gentle
men who occupied positions on the stage
were all the marshals OF the lodges, grand
vice grands, lodge officers and past grand
lodge officers and all the members of the
the general committee from Butte and
Anaconda.
The Butte singers occupied the upper
box on the right of the stage.
The Anaconda singers occupied the
lower box on the left of the stage.
Sisters Of the Rebekah degree occupied
both upper and lower boxes on the left
of the stage.