Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-19
ODD FELLOWS ARE IN SESSION AT
 PRESCOTT
Grand Lodge Is Well Attended
 By Delegates From All Parts
 of Teritoy-First Lodge Organized in Arizona in '68

PRESCOTT, April 1S.-The grand lodge I. O. O. F. is in session at Pres cott this week the first days session being held Tuesday.
 Prescott has made elaborate prepa- rations for the entertainment of the visiting delegates and the grand lodge is well attended by delegates from all parts of the territory and by grand lodge officers and past grand masters.
 Among the grand officers present are: Alfred Godfrey, grand master; Henry Suder, deputy grand master; ]. A. Macleay, grand warden: George A. Mintz, grand secretary; Alfred Nielsen, grand treasurer; Charles F. Avery and J. E. Perry, grand repre- sentatives: N. A. Morford, BenJamIn Robinson and I. V. Stewart. grand trustees; w. K. James, grand mar shal; P. M. Shafer, grand conductor; J. E. Jones, grand guardian: F. c. Felderson, grand herald, and P. Oates, grand chaplain.
 The delegates in attendance from Cochise county are Ray |. swain and R. V. S. Saunders, of Tombstone; H. Humphrey, P. J. Mccullough, Wm. Hughes and J. H. James of Bisbee.
 History of Lodge.
 Founded on the princlpies uI Friendship, Love and Truth, the order of odd Fellows was established in the United States by Thomas Wildey and three of his associate members of the Manchester Unity, an old Eng fish order, and from which it derives 1t origin, April 26, 1919, the first lodge being organized in Baltimore, Md. Since then 1t has gl'own in membership until today it numbers 1.600.712 members in good standing, being the largest secret society in point Of membership and financiaI standing in the known world. The invested fund of its subordinate lodges in the United States aggregate i $40,11S,646.17, and in Canada, AUS tralia, Japan and other countries wher- ever it has a foothold, its subordinate | lodges are known for their beautiful l temples and other institutions, rep resenting outlays which compare fay. orably with its investments in this country
 Leaving out of consideration the amount spent by the order for the re- ] lief of the sufferers of the San Fran cisco earthquake, which ran into the millions, the order during the year l 1906 expended s4,6S0, ,34S74 for the re | lief of it's indigent members and its | charities, the work of relief and ex l penditure for charity not being entire | ly confined within the portals of its membership.
 Prescott lodge. No. 1, was founded l July 13, 1868, by E. J. Cook, after wards county treasurer, but now, like all the other charter members of tho lodge, long since passed to the grea Beyond. This lodge enjoys the uis tinction of being the banner lodge O the Territory, in point of membership and financial standing, as well a: being the pioneer one of Arizona. l also owns the largest and finest Odt Fellows temple in the Territory, anC from the outlook this morning, it vii in all probability, be further honoreC at the election of grand lodge of ficers at 10 o'clock, when Henry Su der, one of the ablest and best work CTS, will be elected as grand masUe for the ensuing year. The election of d grand master is seldom mad' from the membership of the subordi nate lodge of the city or town where the session of the grand lodge is held but in conversation with the repre- sentatives from other lodges Ill thu jurisdiction, it was learned that all without exception, were in favor o throwing precedent aside and giyin; the honor to Suder, who has show special ability as an organizer ant deep attachment to the priciples O Odd Fellowship since his first con nection with it. The lodge now ha a membership of 206, with a nunlbe of applications under consideration.
 With only six subordinate lodge in the Territory the grand lodge O Arizona was organized April 26, 1884 at Phoenix. It has grown continuall since, until now it's membership nun bers about l. 800, in twenty-four suboi
 dinate lodges, while its beautiful
 three-link emblem decorates ten pie in almost every city, town an
 hamlet of any pretensions in the Tel ritory.