Gilpin observer., 1902-08-14
ODD FELLOWS MEET
ANNUAL STATE eNcAMPmENr.
Forty-four Lodges Represented-Tota
Membership 2,214-Grand Encamp-
ment Degree conferred-Eiection
of Officers.

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Denver, Aug. 1.-THE Odd Fellows
of Colorado met in annual state en-
campment in Odd Fellows hall, 1543
Champa street yesterday, and the
grand lodge of that order will meet ut
the same place to-day.
Over 100 delegates were present at
yesterdays session, fourty-four subor-
dinate lodges being represented. Grand
Patriarch John =. Wiedman of Fort
Collins presided and called the dele
gates to order shortly after 10 o'clock.
The whole day was devoted to bust.
ness, there being no program Of enter
tainment, as the amount of work on
hand made it neseccary to spend all the
time in session.
The chief feature Of the encampment
was the exemplifcation of the unwrit-
ten work to thirty candidates for the
grand encampment degree. Grand rep
resentatives Adam Walk of Pueblo and
G. e. Waldo of Denver exemplified this
work, which was most Impressive.
Those who took the degree were:
George H. Reed and William Douglas.
Arapahoe Encampment No. 2; Wallace
r. Filler, Park No. a; Gust johnson,
Lake No. z; John s. Benson, Z. H.
Norton and r. l.. Ray, Greeley No. ~;
L. b. Stalker, Unity No. 13; w. G.
Weaver, Rico No. 10; Z. E. Smith,
George w. Smith, d. r. Smith and Z.
G. Flint, Weld No. 20; NJ. d. Spencer
and Joseph Myers, Fort Collins No. %;
A. Unger, Antlers No. 81; John Cross
and John Almquist, Fort Collins No.
%; David L. Edwards, Fremont No. 80;
Joe A. /. ClaudOn, Glenwood No. 80;
w. F. Stevison, Ell Paso No. 80; w. 8.
Diddle, j. T. Speer and II. A. Gray, Sill
yer State No. "a; J. L. Rollins, West
ern Slope No. 80; B. III. Sexton, Hope
No. Al; E. l. Raymond, Royal No. 43;
q. ID. Cummings, Florence No. 45;
James b. Sanford, Castle Rock No.
Al; E. NJ. Huxstable, Boulder No. AZ.
The routine business of the day in
cluded the passage Of an amendment
to the constitution governing subordin-
ate lodges and the adoption of reports.
The annual election of officers was
held in the afternoon and resulted as
follows: Grand patriarch, John f. Lat
inner of Fort Collins; grand high priest,
f. Il. Butler of Denver; grand senior
grand scribe, DIR. ]. NJ. Norman Of Den
yer; grand treasurer, Conrad Schaefer
of Deuel.; grand Junior warden, Har-
vey Lewis of Ouray; grand represent
ative to the supreme grand lodge, John
p. Wiedman of Fort Collins.
The annual report of the retiring
grand patriarch, John P. Wiedman of
Fort Collins, showed that the order
was in splendid condition. Two new
encampments were instituted during
the year that has just closed. one at
Castle Rock and one at Lamar The
total number of encampments now in
the state is forty-four. The member
ship of the encampment in the state is
2,214, which is an increase of 348 over
the membership at the time of the last
annual report.
The report Of Grand Treasurer Con
rad Schaefer showed that the encsmp-
ment has 81 ,24354 in the treasury.
While the Odd Fellows were in ses-
sion the Rebekah state assembly con-
vened in Electric hall, 1879 Champa
street, and listened to reports.
Miss Nellie Sherman of Trinidad, the
state president, called the meeting to
order at 10 o'clock. The presidents
report was optimistic. and showed that
the assembly had reason to rejoice
over the years work. Eight new
lodges have been instituted since the
last assembly. They are located Mt
Castle Rock, Paonia, Elbert. Kiowa.
Fort Lupton, Black Hawk, Meeker and
Platteville. At the end Of her report
Miss Sherman recommended consOlida-
ton of lodges in cities. She feels that
one or two big lodges in city are
much better than four or five small
ones.