The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-05-15

the grand domain, the lodges generally
are picking up, while in some of them
splendid increase in membership is re-
ported. 1t is quite safe to say, that
almost the total loss experienced in
1907 has been overcome since the first
of the year. Harmony and good feel
ing prevails to a marked degree, and
if the lodges and members generally
will appreciate the Importance and
necessity that each do well his part
the present year ought easily overcome
out net losses during the past two
years, and leave "a handsome gain be-
Sides"
Figures From Grand Lodge.
The number of lodges in the state
is 100, and the membership Dec. 81
S,565.
The amount expended for relief by
the subordinate lodges during the year
was $5,52632. Subordinate lodge as
sets were $lO5,945.l3.
The greatest increase of membership
in any lodge was Al in North Star
No. 30, of Duluth-the grand chancel-
lor's own lodge.
Aurora Lodge No. lS5 came second
with 10 members; Okoda No. 8, ST.
Paul, was close third with II, and
Montevideo No. lis, fourth, lG Lu-
Verne No. lib, and Bovey No. 1874
each gained .l3; Winnebago No. III
and Blackduck No. 1872 each gained
II; Garden City No. 1853 and Chris
holm No. l79 each gained IL, and
Howard No. 1876 and Ely No. l73
each gained ten. OF these thirteen
lodges, seven were lodges that were
instituted during the terms of the
previous grand chancellor.
Turning to the reverse side of the
picture, the report gave a list of the
lodges in which losses had been great
est. Minneapolis Lodge No. | headed
the list, with loss of G2 members,
and seventeen other lodges showed a
loss of 10 or more members each.
These seventeen are: Central No. So
>(Willmar); Kenyon No. So (St. Paul
Park; Bemidji No. l6s, GAINESVILLE
No. 10, Harbor No. SO 1.-TWO Har
bors); st. Paul No 2, Breckenridge
No. 1875, Herman No. 81, Pokegama
No. II pine City); Hobah No. 10
tie Sueur); Hermion No. Is (Minne-
apolis); Unity No. 1 (Minneapolis);
Fidelity No. l2O (Sauk CENTER; Yer
non No. l34 vernon Centerj; Ada
No. "a tSt. James,; No l07 and
Tenney No. l62. -
Falling Off of Receipts.
The report called attention to the
falling off of receipts by the grand
lodge, amounting to over $1,000, as
compared with the previous year, and
the, suggestion was made that there
should be reduction in appropria
tion at the present convention. In
this direction, attention was called to
the expense of an annual convention.
This reference, taken in connection
with the resolution presented by the
G. X. r. s., instructing the supreme
to endeavor to secure
a change in supreme. lodge law, SO
that biennial conventions may be held
by any Domain that so elects, in
dicates that the G. X. r. S. is in favor
of holding grand lodge conventions but
once in two years.
During the past year but two calls
were made for relief from the gen
eral relief fund, the total aggregating
but $50
Receipts of subordinate lodges were
nearly $1,000 less than during the
year.
During the year there were eighty
eight deaths of which sixteen were
past chancelors.
The report of the grand master of
exchequer showed receipts during the
fiscal year of $7,G4Gl7, and expendi-
lures of $S,4S7.55. The cash balance
is $2.lS5.O7, as against $3,O25.i5 one
year ago.
In the report of the board of grand
the field work done by Pliny
W. McAllister of Minneapolis, in res
lodges which '''were in a;
partially moribund condition." was
The board 'looks with anxiety" on
the decreasing income of the grand
lodge, and the decrease in cash sur
plus, which would have been still
further decreased had the appropria-
tions made at the last convention
been fully used. 1t is advised, in,
view of this condition, that "a deter
mined effort be made to keep the APP
this year within the pros
pectime income" The board suggcts
two ways in which saving may be