The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-20
THIRD DAY Of THE STATE
CONVENTION ODD FELLOWS

LG3lAlIl1 LtGlIDHr G9l W9IEEY-
constant friend and q member posts
IN the written and uaw-ittan work
The order. He served many years
member OF the board Of instrrct5e
and his work vas never gnesnone
and probably nd member in Iowa VIZ
= better known or better loved tina
2 Patriarch Christ5znsr. Earnast. trntl
FIJI. kind and obziging, he held Ii
affections cf The brotherhood unit
his death
In The rank and file the loss dr
; ing the past year has been 19s The
lived their lives. did their work, fu
filed their Duties and retired 10 Ii
great beyond with the commend;
tons Of the living. Brlosies har
been given and SERMONS delivered 70
and about them, tut no more lorini
words hare been nor can be sal
than those coming from rs who con-
, mend their labors and rnocrn on
loss
Finance Committee.
The committee OF finance pre
scented The following estimate of n,
expenses Of the grand eacarnpnen
Tor rhs ensuing year Mileage and
peg diem. 5000 grand patriarch'i
1 salary $3.50: grand patriarh's er
/ penss. $500: grand scr1bs's salary
s6V8; postage and express, 800:
stenogrspheTs, $500. printing. $50.
miscellaneous, 800. supplies. 5000:
/ printing $3.50; sovereign grand lodge
supplies and tzE, $500: Office rent
$500. Total. s5,5go. Estimated re-
oetpts. s5.795.ys.
There was adopted resolution IN
! Efr1cItng the grand scribe 20 Tx The
prices Of supplies 20 thst sEch prices
VIII conform 10 those Of The grand
lodge.
There was adopted resolution
fixing the per capits tax for the en-
s15ns year Al s. cents, 25 cents pay
able in December and 20 cent? 10 be
Paid IN june.
There was adopted q resolution
proTadias that there be printed 1000
copies of the grand enca-rpuent
Journal, sos IN cloth and 500 in paper.
There was adopted a resolution
uplinenting the grand patriarch
for mis- splendid service and the
equally splendid recors made during
his administration, and. further. ore-
ssntIng the grand patriarch with the
copy Of the code thai he has uzed
Curing the year
There was adopted resolution I
proT'dfng that those entitled TO pay
LOT attending the grand encampaent
snaH be paid - day for three days
and that appointfFs officers present
to De installed, and the stenographer, /.
De allowed pay for two days.
State Of the Order.
Report Of the committee On state I
d the order showed the fact that 4
turing the past year there has been 4;
net gain In membership Of 1.4Ss in 4
he snea rpDeat branch OF the order,
also that there are no delinquent en-
1araprnents, z condition that has not
existed for number of years. The /,
export OF the committee concluded I,
rs follows The following summary,
dsaned from the grand pstriarch's
'Sports conveys its OWE commenda,
ION of the years work, record 10 ]
Which the retiring officers and every 4
member may point with pride: OF {
ne ninetythree districts, composed {
4 III encampInents, sixty-seven OF !
ne districts, or 70 per cent, show a {
ain; twenty-five districts, or % per :
snt. show loss, and four districts +
cid their own OF the 17z encaup- z
GENTS. l1s admitted members, while {
My fifty-tbrse admitted none: LOG
made a net gain, thirty T
Inc sustained loss and twenty.
even neither lost nor gained. There {
re stxty-one encamprnents. or 81 Der
ent, On the roll Of honor. and thirty
18th membership OF 100 or more
4 proposed amendment TO the G
rand encampment constitution. pro-
idtng for the changing Of represen- b
alton in the grand encanpnent, after. d
'scusgion, was lost.
The Afternoon Session. Il
The grand encampment, reconYep- y
g after lunch, continued the bust
ass Of dfsposing of committee re- o
,rrs. o
There was adopted a resolution n
DIVIDING that AN encampment or a
sn1Ser thereof cannot nominate a.
-trtarcb for representative 70 the q
ana encampment who is not =
en1ber on his own encaurpmen1~ h
There war adopted a resolution u
oyding that hereafter the term OF o.
ice IN subordinate enca,np.nenas OF d
g scribe, financial scribe and treas 81
er shall be for one year, their cleo
IN 10 take place IN December.
A committee from the 'Rebehsh
sembly, consisting Of Past Presi- al
mt Fife Graham Of Des Noines. D;
arden Mamie Buckley Of Stuart,
d Margaret Koch Of Mason City. 81
IRE admitted 10 the grand encamp- kt
snt and presented greetings which D.
ire appropriately responded TO by "
and High Priest Koch. "
The committee On courtesies. Past In
and Patriarch z. A. Church. chair IL
An, presented the following report. be
itch was unanimously adopted: &c;
keokUS may well be proud Of the EI
pressions made upon historical G.
ges in the story told Of Iowa's q
rly history, and it may well be said Oh
at the great doings OF the past have "
t their impress upon the present l.,
neration Of Odd Fellows and work "
? in its limits, by the hospitality 81
erred gD frpe1v by the r7ar~ha-e ~ M