The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-16
MASONS OPEN SECOND DAYS SESSION
With ALL BUT 3 LODGES REPRESENTED
Organization Now Has 1929
Members in North Dakota,
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Secretary's Report Shows
Net Gain For Year Was 184
-Officers to BE Elected
Tomorrow Morning

With official representatives regis
tered from all but three of North
DakOta's l27 subordiate lodges. the
Masonic Grand Lodge for this state
entered the second day Of its annual
meeting here this morning. The only
lodges in the state not officially rep
resented today are those at Portland.
Litchvillc and Ray. and members Of
the registration committee are still
hopeful that delegates from these
places will arrive before the meetings
close.
This mornings session was given
over to reports Of various committees.
DR.. J. G. Lamont of the state sana-
torium at Dunseith gave an interest
ing lecture on tuberculosis and the
work being done at the sanatorium.
His talk was illustrated by lantern
slides.
The feature which DR.. Lamont par
ticularly stressed was the need for
patients to reach the institution while
still in the early stages Of the dis
ease. Too much delay was dangerous.
in his opinion.
Rev. W. J. Hutcheson gave a report
on Masonic service and education and
the report on revision of the Grand
LOuyc DN-ldWS WAS TeCclNeu
Dr.. Hutcheson detailed in his report
the erection Of stone community
church at Dunscith. undertaken by the
Dunseith lodge. When completed the
church is expected to cost $4,000.
The work is being paid for as it pro
ceeds and it was estimated that close
| to Sc, 900 has already been paid.
Election Of officers. originally
! scheduled for this afternoons ses-
sion. has been postponed until tomor-
| row morning.
At 4 o'clock today the visiting
delegates will be taken on sight
| seeing tour to points of interest IN
and around Bismarck.
The district deputies met at lunch
con this noon and the Veterans asso-
citation banquet will be held this
evening. At 8 o'clock tonight the
Grand Lodge school Of instruction
will be conducted at the auditorium.
! Tomorrow morning the unfinished
| business of the communication will be
completed and the newly elected Of
/ ficers installed. after which the con
vcntion will adjourn.
State Has 1924 Members
Walter l.. Stockwell. grand secre-
| tary of the North Dakota Masonic
organization, presented his report at
yesterday afternoons session of the
| Grand Lodge. The report showed a
satisfactory increase in membership
The net gain for the year was dis,
closed as 1874. Present membership
! was given as 15,254, distributed
through 1877 lodges in the state.
Mr.. Stockwell's report further
showed that 637 Master Masons were
added to the rolls in the state dur
ing 1926.
The total increase in membership
was 929 The decrease from deaths
and demits was 745.
Finances Are Satisfactory
The revenues of the order were
also satisfactorily increased during
4 the year. another indication" said
Mr.. Stockwell, that North Dakota
is decidedly on the up grade"
| The report of the grand lodge
library was given yesterday after
noon. It showed a tremendous gain
over last year in the number of Dor.
4 rowers and in the number Of book.
T, circulated.
! The North Dakota Grand Lodge
library is said to be one Of the best
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