The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-09-13
IDLEWILDE LODGE
DELEGATES TODAY
BUILDING FORMALLY ACCEPTED
Hood River Odd Fellows and Its Sister
Lodges Gather for CeremOny-Brief
History of Organization.

ldlewild Lodge, |. q. q. f. No.
| l07, will make an important event in
its history today by dedicating its
fine new $500 building and lodge
hall. The inter or and exterior of
the building is now completed and
the structure is conceded to be one
that Hood River citizens should be
proud of whether they be Odd Eel
lows or not. Built by material, as
far as it was possible, made in Hood
River and designed by Hood River
architect it stands as an object lesson
of what can be done by patronizing
home industry. The building is l00X
80 fset, tlree stories high, the first
two of which are occupied by the
store of the Paris Fair. The lodge
hall is 49x64 feet and is said to be one
of the largest in the state If not the
largest outside of Portland. Besides
the main lodge hall there is smok-
ing room, banquet hail, kitchen,
lockers for lodge regailia, two ante
rooms and everything complete for
lodge work and entertaining, includ-
ing an Apollo piano player.
The dedication ceremony will COM
mence today at O'Clock and will con-
sist of the regular exercises provided
by the Odd Fellows ritual on these
occasions. In addition to the regular
officers of the lodge Grand Warden
II. g. Hostetler of The Dalles and
Grand Treasurer DR.. Doane, of the
same city, will be present and help
conduct the ceremony. Members Of
the lodges of Odell, White Salmon,
| Mosier aud Cascade Locks will be
present, as will also members of the
Daughters of Rebekah, the auxiliary
lodge connected with the Odd Eel
lows The ceIeuOny will be impress
shg and Number of invitations
have Deen issued to those who are
not mem bers of the organization. 1t
Is expected that the dedication ceTe-
mony will be concluded by O'Clock
after which the visiting members will
be entertained at the Mount Hood ho-
tel.
ldlewilde Lodge was instituted Au-
gust 80, 1891, and the original lodge
consisted of but 6 members but it
now has in the neighborhood OF l20,
The charter members we're: A. b.
Jones, M. p. Watson, Geo. A. Her.
bert, Ii. W. Brice, l.. Nef and Ii. j.
Hibbard, the latter being the only
one Of the charter members who is
now living at Hood River. The where
abouts of Geo. A. Herbert and II. W.
Brice is unknown. A. B. Jones when
last heard from was at Nome, Alaska,
NJ. p. Watson is living in California
and l.. NeH at Pendleton. At the
time the lodge was instituted all
members we're taken in, only three
of whom are now living at Hood Riv-
or beside Mr.. Hibbard. They are l..
Il. Morse, j. Hanna and L. Udell.
The organization of ldlewilde lodge
took place in the old building which
was torn down to make way for the
new one and which has been its home
uninterrutedly ever since it was insti-
tuted. Its first officers we're II. j.
Hibbard, noble grand, M. W, Watson,
vice noble grand, A. B. Jones, secre-
tary and l.. Neh, treasurer. At the
time it was organized 1t was the only
fraternal organization at Hood River
with the exception of the knights OF
Pythias, which had instituted lodge
here but short time before the Odd
Fellows,
The Hood River lodge of Odd Eel
lows was the parent lodge of the one
instituted at Odell which took place
in December, 1904, its charter mem.
bers being taken from Idlewildt
lodge. The charter members of the
Odd Fellows lodges instituted at Mo
sier and White Salmon we're also orig
inally members of the Hood River or
ganization whose influence and bene
ticiary effects have been far reaching
in developing the interest of gooC
. fellowship and in fraternity work
The present lodge is one of the mos
: prosperous in the state both numeri
calIy and financially, and its officer
are Ii. G Coe, noble grand, ii, Q
! Smith, vice noble grand, JAS. Reese
! 9 ,cIetary and j. M. Wood treasurer