The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-05-18
3 CITIES E GU 7
TOWN A.0.U.W ".
1923 MEETING
Great Falls, Montana, and Minot
and Devils Lake, North
Dakota, Compete
CONVENTION UNDER WAY
Organization Work and Me-
mortal Service During
the Morning
CONVENTION UNDER WAY

Three cities entered into an active
campaign for the next convention of
the Ancient Order of United Work
men Of the North Dakota jurisdiction,
as the two-day convention got under
way today. Great Falls, Montana, Dev-
lis Lake, N. d. and MinOt, N. d. sought
the honor. -r
The sharp contest for the next con-
vention, regular business and amlsc-
ments promised lot of work ard
spice in the convention OF the visitors.
Over 25O Workmen are here from the
states OF. North Dakota. Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and California
are here for the convention.
The Degree of Honor, ladies organ
ization allied with but not connected
in an official way with the A. o. u. w.
also is holding convention. 81
Hold Memorial Service
The grand lodge sessions of the
Workmen opened this morning in Pat
terson hall-the headquarters of the
convention being the Mckenzie hotel
and Patterson hal-with an address
of welcome by Mayor A. P. Lenhart
and a response by B. c. Marks.
At II o'clock memorial service
was held, Judge A. NJ. Christianson de-
livering a memorial address in honor
of the memory of the late Judge John
Carmody, of Hillsboro, who was su-
preme counsel of the grand lodge.
The morning was devoted chiefly 10
organization work and presentation of
printed reports of officers, which
showed an exceptionally fine two
years in the insurance field of the
lodge. ..a. .s....
The advisory board has authorized
B. C. Marks and E. y. Moore to present
report during the convention, con-
tanning many important changes IN the
bylaws Of the order. t,
Tells Of National Order.
"The Ancient Order Of United
Workmen is the first order established
in the United States providing fratern-
al insurance" said Supreme Master
Workman w. N. Narvis, of Muscatine,
Ia. who has been head Of the organ
ization since 1904, in an interview to-
day.
Organized October q, 1868. the
Workmen order embraces subordinate
lodges in all parts of the United States
and Canada Since its organization II
has paid out to widows and orphans
over $3OO,OOO,O0O insurance. ,
Naturally the organization was not
founded on scientific basis at the
outset and when the time come to go
on solvency basis some lodges be-
came provoked and left" said Mr.
Narvis. "In 1908 the grand lodge
adopted the scientific basis on which
the organization now is operating, the
grand lodge Of North Dakota adopting
it tn 1904. Most of the lodges have re-
turned
Last year. he said, the order wrote
i over $16,0OO,OOO Of new business and
has at this time close to ten million
dollars reserve assets in the entire or
der. The grand lodge of North Dakota
he said, is one of the leaders, last year
writing the largest business OF any OF
the thirteen grand lodges in the United
States-approximately $6,0oO,O00. The
, North Dakota jurisdiction, he said, now
has more than $2,5OO,00O reserve as
sets.
Mr.. Narvis said he could not say too
much for the personnel of the officers
and members of the North Dakota jur-
isdictiOn. & r2,. XII