Bisbee daily review., 1905-04-19
INDEPENDENT ORDER ODD FELLOWS.

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 Secret and benevolent organizations have enjoyed an amazing growth in the United States during recent years. To no other organization hes accese- ions in membership and general pros perity como in greater measure than so- the independent order of Odd Eel lows. the representatives of whom for this territory we have Tn our midst today. It may not be generally known that the. Odd Fellows whose watch word and shiboleth is friendship. love and truth. are the strongest order of its character in the United States and probably the richest. Their member ship in subordinate lodges exceed l, 200. OC0. their invested wealth sp proxmiates S35, ,OO0 and they annually expeDd in the aid of their own mem bership and charity more than $5, GOO. 900. The organization ramifies into every village in the land and it's influence for the accomplish ment of good is limitless. Figures gre cold facts with which to deal. They do not tell half of the story of the growth. development and benevolen.e of this mighty army of men who are banded together for the betterment of their own conditions and the uplifting of all with whom they come in con taot. The organization of Odd Eel lows is DO new institution. The order on American soil will soon pass it's century mark. Its growth has not been of the mushroom order. but slow, quietly and steadily for hundred years. The organization has never capabilities fer doiDg good but has gone on from year to year and decade to decade in its uuiet and unsssuming way. building up the waste places, planting lodges in the outk sirts of civ ilization. relieving the sick. burying the dead. aiding the widow and eeu- eating the orphan. The monument it has erected to its good deeds is not of stone. but built in the hearts of men who know that ;ts charities have reached into all places and its bene- factions have relieved the distress of millions of men and women. Odd Fellowship has ever taught the univeT- sal brotherhood of man and seems to age better citizen. husband and father. of each individual. It reccg- nizes the fact that there is evil in the world, broken homes, ruined and wasted lives and it seeks to help those whocannot help themselves. In broth erhood and social intercourse it seeks to bring out the better part of mans nature That it has accomplished uD- told good in the days that lay behind it is self evident fact. Today in the plentitude of its power and wealth 1t is a potent factor in the moderation of the race. Iss Last year the order en- joyed increase ID membership ID tue United States of more than 100. GOO memb bers, 8 growth phenomenal and unequalled by any other benevolent organization iu the world. Its wealth and benefactions and charities are in- crossing and keeping pace with its i increase in men 6e1ship. There IS hardly a village in the entire length and breadth of she land that you will not find an Odd Fellows lodge. The three links are everywhere. The mem- bership as @ rule is of the best citi- zens of a community. the best of American manhood and womanhood. In the Rebekah lodge, which is the department devoted to the wives and daughters of Odd Fellows. and which is more recent growth, there are 500, ,0OO members. More than half of these are women. IL is the represeu- tatives of this grand army of men and women. Odd Fellows. bound together by the three golden links of friendship, lose and truth. whom we have with us today. Douglas welcomes them and throws open her doors to them. May they live long to accomplish their grand work and may their good deeds live sfts- them
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