Show f IB c t IN SESSIN Mating i of the Grand Lodge Held In Evanston Wyo ELECTION OF OFFICERS l S W DARKE OFSALT LAKE GRAND MASTER WORKMAN + Reports of the Outgoing Officers Show the Condition of the Order to Be Satisfactory and Prosperous i Lades of the Degree of Honor Transact Business I Special to The Herald ISvanston Wyo May 1GThe ladle l of the Degree of Honor held their grand f lodge session today in the K of P hall the Workmens bal being occupied by 1 ho A O U W The ladies had a ery arief session this morning hearing reports 4 re-ports of committees and adopting annual an-nual reports of officers f This afternoon they had a session of about three hours devoted almost ex l clusiveJy to social onjoyment and interchange in-terchange of opinions on various subjects sub-jects of interest to the order Short I talks from the various delegates reciting recit-ing the condition and workings of their J respective local lodges were listened to with Interest At 5 oclock they adjourned ad-journed until 0 l oclock tomorrow morning t morn-ing at which time they will elect grand officers for the ensuing year The last arrivals of delegates to theO A the-O 1 W grand lodge some twenty five In number came in by the 1 1 Oclocs train last night The firstv session ses-sion was held at Workmens hall at 9 oclock this morning There were present pres-ent 125 delegates representing numerous numer-ous local lodges of the entire jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of Utah Idaho and Wyoming Election of Officers The morning session was entirely occupied oc-cupied with preliminary work attending attend-ing organization including the examination examin-ation of credentials referring reports of officers to the proper committees etc At the afternoon session the various reports re-ports were returned from the committees commit-tees and adopted Fortyone candidates were then admitted to the grand lodge degree The afternoon session lasted from 2 oclock until 715 p in during the last few hours of which the following list of officers were elected to serve during the ensuing year I Pat grand master workman J C lm Evanston Wyo grand master workman S W Darke Salt Lake City grand foreman D D Williams Boise l Ida grand overseer H H Rolapp I Ogden grand guide A D McNeill Cheyenne Wyo grand inside watchman watch-man Masiah Evans Lehi Utah grand f outside watchman J B McClelland GlbsonvIIIe Ida grand trustees James Dorr Park City for the long term Alfred I Al-fred Moyes Pocatello Ida for the I short term supreme representatives J 1 C Hamin Evanston S MeLaughlin Park City and N M Kuick of Boise 4 daAfter o After the election the session ad Sourned until 10 oclock tomorrow morn log at which time the question of S classified assessments upon which < there is I diversity of opinion will 4 come up for discussion This evening i all visiting members by invitation are visiting the Evanston local lodge and Ii witnessing a drill team initiation at the conclusion of which there will be a so < ial gathering in which the ladies of the Degree of Honor will participate Reports of Officers Grand Master J C Hamm of Evans I I tn prefaced his report with a expression expres-sion in favor of the classified ot claifet assessment assess-ment plan and a plea for careful earn I ist and dispassionate consideration ot I the same He set forth his various official I offi-cial acts in connection with the workings work-ings of the order during the past two > ear Lodge were instituted as follows fol-lows Union lodge No 16 Mercur Vtah Riehfieid lodge Xo 20 Richfield Utah Central lodge No 21 Robinson Utah Daly lodge Xo 9 Diamondville AVro Charters were given anew to Ontario lodge No1 and Mount Pleasant lodge Xo 22 because ot the destruction of the originals by fIre Owing to the closing of mines and the disastrous lire at Park City Enterprise En-terprise with Ontario lodge Xo Xo 1 27 had consolidated J Several rulings regarding beneficiary rertilicates have been made by the r grand master the most important of t ttjilch perhaps was the one involved in p the certificates of Brothers Creen and Jeanjaquet The certificate of the for i li < > r was made out to St Marys hospital J md the one of the latter to a friend Under the present law requiring the beneficiary to be a blood relative the grand mate instructed the grand ret re-t corder a follows You will therefore at once notify F t Brothers Crcen and Jeanjaquet that I they must change their beneficiaries to comply with the laws of the order and you will also notify the recorders of their seeral lodges that after a rea sonabl time given these brothers in t which to make the make necessary changes I they will refuse to receive their dues t comnlv and assessments in case they fail to r comIISalr For Grand Master F The report recommended that the 1 grand master hereafter receive a sa wry and that an amount be allowed t tor help in the oflice of the grand re ordev The presiding officer reviewed t the question of graded assessments quetion gred asement and f Called attention to the success which g S had attended those jurisdictions where 1 i had been introduced Deputy Grand Master Don of Utah s reported that ho had received 262 applications ap-plications granted 260 and rejected two Alfred Moyes deputy grand master i for Idaho had passed on 262 applications p applica-tions for membership and all but two V were accepted p The report of Grand Recorder David Thorburn was most comprehensive com-prehensive and gave detailed Information i In-formation regarding the various vari-ous phases of the work of the order together with financial statements and idf statistics The report embodied the folio fol-io wlnir n Lodges 3edKCS per last report 5 Since lnvtitut No6 16 21 and J Utah 3 i Extinct No 2 Utah Nos 9 and Ef 16f31 JL Wyoming Xo C Idaho 1 NoV 9 and 27 Ltah consolidated J with Xo 1 Utah 2 6 Present r f Located In Utah 2 Located In Wyoming 12 I Located in Idaho 18 = 53 Membership f Per last report i 3237 M New members 717 I Can members 373 I gst t Reinstated 607 1607 493 Suspended 1331 Withdrawal S 407 ISxpuUions 2 Deaths G2 1S02 Present membership 312 Decrease 105 Membership iu Utah1136 Membership in Wyoming < B1 J Memben > In Idaho 1 3132 3 |