The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-03-01
2kE!F Home, Great Bene1fcent Institution Located
In Cdnon City, Must Soon Be Enlarged the Quarters
For the Old Folks fire VoLD CrolOde to Their Capacity

home in this city is an institution of
which the members of the order
thruout the jurisdiction of the grand
lodge have reason to be proud.
Beautifully located on tract of
forty acres of fertile. irrigated land
within mile of the business sec
tion of the town it is one of the
show places of the community and
is carrying on without fuss or
feathers" humanitarian work that
is, probably, unsurpassed in its bene-
ficence by any similar establishment
in the west.
The home was established by order
of the grand lodge in June, 1911, on
broad lines of philanthropy TO care
for the aged and INDECENT members
of the order and to provide a re-
treat where the orphaned and depen-
dent children of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs might be reared in a whole
some physical, moral and social en-,
vironment and where they could be
taught lessons in industry, thrift
economy and right living. The pri-
mary object of the home is to fur
nish a comfortable abiding place for
aged and INDECENT members of the
order in their declining days, a haven
of refuge for the fatherless and
motherless children of the order
who have been left to make their
way in the world without means OF
proper support during the period of
their adolescence. The old are en-
couraged to exemplify in their daily
routine the principles of the Golden
rule and the young instructed in the
virtues of good citizenship. Under
its present very capable and effici-
ent management the home is admir-
ably fulfilling the noble purpose of
its founder and its work is crafty
ing alike to its beneficiaries and its
supporters.
The home is jointly maintained by
the Odd Fellows of Colorado and
the members of their subordinate
lodge, the Daughters of Rebekah, and
both take keen interest in its work.
There are approximately 1900 Odd
Fellows in the state and nearly TO-.
900 Rebekahs. The former were last
year assessed seventy cents per capi.
ia for the support of the home by
a resolution of the grand lodge, which
returned revenue of $500. The
Rebekah assembly at the same time
levied tax of twenty cents on its
membership for the same purpose,
which brot in an income Of some
thing like $4,000; making the entire
amount of the maintenance fund
s11,S00. The government of the home
Is vested in board of trustees elect
ed by the grand lodge and it consists
at present of Adolf Donath of Fort
Collins; A. X. St Clair of Denver:
Charles Mum of Ouray; L. A. Won
Tilborg of Denver. and Judge Joseph
hewitt of Buena Vista. The Rebekah
assembly is represented on the board
of trustees by Mrs. Viola Williams
OF Canon City and Mrs. Tillie Shive-
1y of Salida. One member of the
board is elected each year. Adolf
i)onath has been chairman OF the
board since its organization.
The home with its equipment, and
the property on which it stands. is
valued at about $4,000. The main
building cost s46,50O and the heat
ing plant. barn and other structures
connected with it necessitated an
expenditure of several thousand
more. The sum of $4,000 was in
vested in furniture for the main bull
ding, which is an attractive struc-
ture of seventy rooms. The remain.
der OF its valuation is represented by
us realty holdings. 1t is a tribute to
the business acumen of the trustees
to say that they got full value fol-
every dollar put into the property
The home itself is FIRE proof struc
tuie and is splendidly furnished thru
out; all of the rooms for the use
and occupancy of the residents, !"
as the benefciaries OF the home are
called, are furnished in the same
general style and are practically uni
form in their interior appearance anc
1onveniences. In addition to the fur
riture procured by the trustees man,
of the rooms have been fitted up b,
donations from different Odd Eel
lows and Rebekah lodges in the state
This Is notably the case with the II
brary. parlors. offices and largel
apartments; all Of which are superb
ly furnished. The kitchen has beer
made the especial pet of the Re