The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
EXTRA ASSESSMENT LEVIED
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 his annual report and it was in sub
 stance as follows;
 According to the provisions ofour law l herewith offer my report of the busi ness of the association for the year 1901
 being the thirty-fifth report of simi
 lar character.
 It is a matter of much regret to m
 that I am unable to make as satisfac tory showing of the business as l ha' hoped one year ago It had been conf dently expected that the additions O new members to our ranks would show a gratifying increase, and thus prov, that the Odd Fellows of the state wer, willing to step in and help sustain al association of their own that coult show so satisfactory a record for it more than thirty years labor
 To be sure, the falling off in this item is not of large proportions, but be il even any falling off, it shows an unsat- isfactory state of the feeling and inter. est manifested by the members of the order generally.
 Strenuous efforts have been put forth during the year just passed to bring more fully to the attention of the broth erhood at large the fact that such an l association was in existence and to Inn l bue them with a desire to accept its | benefits by becoming members with us | but the effort has not resulted in so 1 good showing as was ardently hoped. Cheap insurance still has it's charms for many, and the inducements held out by such organizations appear of a nature 1 sufficient to render our work well nigh futile .gre
 The membership table shows no start ling changes from that of one year ago. and nothing contained therein need cre- ate any fear of immediate dissolution. but it still shows a shrinkage in the to- tai membership--a fact to be regretted and one that calls for careful consider ation by all its friends and we'll wish CTS. ct
 The business of the year has been marked by no especial feature, matters having proceeded in the even tenor of their way generally. Payment of the regular assessments have been mada with a good degree of promptness, and it appears generally as if the members yet had confidence in the association and it's board of directors. Very few changes are made in, the personnel of said board from year to year by the members having the choice of the same. and a goodly number of said directors have been on the board for many years
 The death rate for the year shows no marked change from that of one year ago, being somewhat high and of an average age of about sixty-fve years. Many of our oldest members are num- bered among those who have passed to the great beyond, there having been be- tween the ages of sixty five and eighty eight years no less than thirty-seven, and of this number there were seven upwards of eighty. Our new members for the year will average 8 trifle less than thirty-one years, forty-nine years being the oldest, and only eleven above forty. If we could largely augment this showing by the increase of new mem ibers it would be to our material advan- tage,
 No appeal from payment of benefit has been had during the year and therefore no action of the court has been required to decide how the pay ment should be made. Everything in this direction has moved without fric- ton or complaint, and nothing in the future, so far as can be seen, points to any trouble of that cnaracter.
 Your attention is called to the table of membership for a detailed statement of the work of the year in that particu- lar, and a comparison with the report of one year ago will show some features of similarity, the one largely to be re- gretted being a falling off in new mem bers accepted of ftwenty-four, as against the showing of one years ago.
 MEMBERSHIP.
 Number reported January 1, 1901 2612 Applications received for the
 year .,..,................. 80
 2692 Dieu '.''''.,..'.s',,,,. .,,bi Dropped for non-payment ...... s4- 151
 Total present membership.. 2541 Loss for the year of.............,71 of
 The financial statement, in substance, follows: Received, $9G, 569.27; expended. $S7, II; funds on hand, $96, 55627. MT. Moses says:
 Payments made for benefits to date now aggregate the sum of $1909, 041. 31. A most prominent feature of our work since the 16th of November, 1867, and one to be proud of This amount has gone to the widows and other benefici- aries of eleven hundred and eighty-four deceased members of our organizat on, and it is to be hoped the good work will still continue for many years"