Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-20
0DO FELLOWS TO
ESTABLISH HOME
Grand Lodge Takes Action to
Provide for Needy
Members.
BIG PARADE HELD YESTERDAY
-. Two Thousand Members Repre-
.entine Fifty Lodges Make Bril-
liant Street Display.

rbe Grand lodge OF Odd Fellows de-
.i3sd at Tuesday afternoons session to
...bush an odd Fellows home where
..i8,Ws. orphans. Daughters Of Rebe-
~ and incapacitated members Of the
- NAV be cared for. The committee
mich had the matter in charge, con-
.,.,,rg Of p. p. Christensen. n. C.
,-ico and r. n. Race. reported, in part,
rs follows:
we are pleased to report that all Of
,be lodges that have reported 20 your
,ommittee concur in our recommended
lions. except three lodges that favor a
,srger par capita tax, and one that IA
,-ors 20 cents per term. Favorable ac-
lion will therefore, no doubt be taken
b.. This honorable body. and your com
,Tittee accordingly submits the follow
ing resolution:
sResolvod. by this grand body, that
--, favor the creation Of a home board;
tba formulation OF a home fund; and
~, esta blishment OF an odd Fellows
Nome as soon as, 20 this grand body,
ala home may seem necessary and
practicable"
The matter is being considered fur
tber today. At Tuesday afternoon
eesson Grand Master W; j. Moore
congratulated the order on the growth
~ ne mast wear. when a membership
m a07O had been reached; while be
to.en Jan. 1 and April 1 Of this year.
En- Iodees had initiated 1853 members.
Grand Secy. F. A Simpkin reported
NAT "a new lodge had been organized
during the year at Green River, Utah.
.rbe gains by initiation during the year
we're $50. and from other sources 100. a
gain of 500. The losses were 1893 from
various sources. leaving net gain OF
ig3 Salt Lake lodge, No. 2, won first
Mace in point OF membership In the
gboie Jurisdiction There Is no lodge
in me state not I'm a healthy condition.
rbs invested funds Of the lodge now
o,uut To UPWARDS OF $4,000. The
--.1 receipts Of the order from al
sources for the year 1909 was $40 80.
sr5 tho total relief paid out Sli.S56.43.
Th. report OF Grand Treasurer W. NJ.
-ott showed a balance on hand April
IsiU. of S2u9.05. The grand represen-
ttieas made an extended report Of SOW
.ieu grand lodge meeting at seattle,
H.l sept 1924 1903.
REBEKAH AFFAIRS.
r.a Daughters of Rebekah in their
ninth annual assembly, are i'm charge
.. these officers: Emma j. Meid, Og-
ION president: sara Brown, stockton.
president. Jennie Binkard, Park
rtv warden. Mary G.. Nickerson. salt
.as. city. secretary, Florence J. Cot
- Tahi treasurer; Eliza HaybalL Lo-
am marshall Sarah Allen, Corinne.
.luotor Oueenie NJ. Wheat. Moab.
.rlslu. neUr Edwards, ophir inside
narian. I.ottie =. Ray, Provo. outside
lar'i3n.
n. Nickorson. the secretary. made
.t-.-e plea for the proposed odd Eel
home
hu r1ir- to the secretary. for the
1lng Dec 81 1909, there were
luraoe reporting. The membership
DE-. date named was: Sisters. So,
mthays. 1875; total. 1890. The total re-
.aDts for the year were 1854 Sc. and
he cash on hand April l. 1910. was
f23S Tho invested funds of the Re
hekah lodges amount 10 Sl3.2334l.
A report Is also made by the repre-
1tatives to the sovereign grand lodge.
ld at Seattle Sept. 2O-2i. 1909.
PARADE YESTERDAY.
The parade late in the afternoon
proved a brilliant display, headed by
Montgomery's band and "a platoon OF
ponce with EtNNO tiuu ftllOMa III NV
Maj Letter grand marshal, the para
ders attired IN military and other uni
forms and with visiting members from
many other states who CHANGED 10 no
IN this city Each of the 80 lodges In
the state was represented In the pro-
cession. officers Of the grand lodge and
OF the Rebekah assembly riding In car
rages az the head OF the parade The
line of march was from odd Fellows
ham ON Market street, up Main to the
Pioneer monument. countermarching
south % the hall again.
Mayor John $. BransfOrd, CHER ). NJ
Barlow and Councilman A. J. Davis
from the reviewing stand at the Ken
yon hotel awarded the first prize for
appearance 10 Jordan lodge No B. and
the second prize. for percentage, to Su-
gar House lodge No. q.
The grand lodge committee on parade
was; l. A. Strayer. r. II. Smith, J. l.
Nudge, w. s. Foster and William
B0ardman
AZ Tuesday evenings meeting de-
grees were exemplifed by the Patri-
archs Militant and the Rebekahs.
Jordan lodge No Of salt Lake City
was awarded the prize. a silver cup, fol
The best appearing lodge I'm neatnes'
ana trlmness in the parade, and Friend
ship lodge No "a. salt Lake city, was
given the prize for the largest percent
age OF membership present, only two
members being absent