The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-10-15

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Thirty-four years ago the seventh
annual session of the Grand Lodge Of
the l. o. o. f. was held here and Mon
day Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from
all parts of Idaho assembled for the
forty-1,rst annual session of the
session Of the Grand Encampment, the
thirty-second annual session of the
Rebekah assembly, and the sixteenth
annual session of the department
council Patriarchs Militant.
More than 600 Odd Fellows and Re
bekahs are the guests of the city and
more are expected within the day.
The Grand Lodge sessions open Tues
day afternoon at 1870 in the Elks
Temple. The Grand Encampment
and department council, Patriarchs
Militant, opened sessions Monday.
The Rebekah assembly also observed
its first meeting Monday. Business
sessions of the Grand Encampment
and the department council Patri-
archs Militant, will probably be con-
cluded Monday.
Provide for Caldwell Home
One of the most important business
matters to come before the Grand
Lodge will be the provision Of a per-
manent endowment fund for the Odd
Fellows home at Caldwell. Ninety
thousand dollars of this fund of $780,
900 has already been raised as a per-
manent fund for the maintenance of
the home at Caldwell. Odd Fellows
have reason to be proud of the home
at Caldwell andthe Grand Lodge plans
to put the home on firm financial
basis at this convention.
D. l.. Bailey of Portland, Ore, is so
far as is known, the only man pres
ent at the forty-first conventio74 of
the Grand Lodge who attended the
seventh annual convention "a years
ago.
Thirty-four years ago the conven-
wall building. One of the
most pleasant features of that con-
vention was the reception given the
delegates by former Governor w. J.
at his home.
-Four Conventions Here
The Rebekah Assembly, the Grand
Lodge, the Grand Encampment, and
he department council of the Patri- |
archs Militant are all separate organ
cations of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. All, however, are in
egral parts of Odd Fellowship. The |
Grand Lodge is the legislative branch |
If Odd Fellowship and the Grand t
lodge session, opening at 1870 Tues
lay afternoon in the Elks' Temple, |
will continue through Thursday.
The meeting of the Patriarchs Mil
tant will be featured Wednesday by |
he comforting of the degree of chiv-
Try, known as the Decoration of
This ceremony will be
leld at the University of Idaho at 4
clock Thursday afternoon and will
e open to the public.
Special Train Arrives
The special train from southern
daho, carrying 202 delegates from
outhern Idaho cities, arrived at the
}. w. R C N. depot on time promp
Iy at 7:45 Sunday night The trip was
lade pleasant for the delegates
trough the best of railroad service
Ioscow The older and more ex-
ifice were taken off regular runs in
rder to provide every comfort and
onvenience for the Odd Fellows and
,ebekahs.
The special train was in charge Of
. J. Nixdorff of Spokane and E. e.
arkin of Boise, travelling passenger
gents of the Union Pacific system.
Committee Meets Trains
Members of the Moscow reception
ommIittee met the delegates coming
rom all sections of the state on
aims coming into Moscow Sunday.
he delegates were taken in autOmo-
lies to the place of registration in
lie Masonic temple building where as
gnments to rooms were made.
Moscow people have opened up
leir homes to the visiting delegates
nd every visitor is now comfortably [
oused in Moscow home. A cord
i invitation has been extended to all {
lie visitors by Moscow people. AL ]
lady, at the insistence of university t
many of the Odd Fellows
nd Rebekahs are planning on stay &
g over Friday in order to see Idaho I
in from Washington State college {
the annual football game. I
Open House at University q
II J.
lugh halls, women's dormitory,
ndley hall, mems dormitory, and all
e fraternity and sorority houses on
e University of Idaho campus will v
!, held during the stay Of the Odd
,lIows and Rebekahs. University t
udents met the southern Idaho spe S