Show I 1 I 1 I 1 1 J I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 9 D I 1 I 1 aa I 1 i 11 I 1 I 1 11 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 iq 1 I 1 4 QA C Z tt 14 ic t 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W I 1 b i the grand lodge of 0 utah A ir F I 1 A L M will convene in annual session at ogden on oil the it is expected that the proceedings will continue tor for three days z 0 0 r P the merchants of at the oil city v have bave been busy the past week footing up their inventories and making comparisons of reports with the old flush times and those 6 the past season in like manner our secret benevolent societies throughout the city have been looking into their affairs and through their financial committees have more closely ce scrutinized utilized the accounts of at secretaries ret aries arles and treasurers treasur ers in this respect among the odd follows fellows this has been a busy ausy week for principal officers reports a of all kinds have been the order ot at the evening sessions and tile the members ot of the lodges in our city have bave manifested an interest in their financial reports that hitherto was not known but much to tile the surprise of 0 the uninitiated the reports ot of the majority of the salt lake bodies show an increase in their reserved funds and a healthy status of business affairs among the people generally also there Is being generally noticed a moi more o frequent inquiry relative to ill the L merits of the society and there thera la Is a 3 steadily increasing application tor for membership the spelling ope op alne elling week of 1535 1895 has been a strictly business one in all senses the io inferring of degrees decrees and admittance of members being beine shelved until after installation of the new officers which win will occur durin durans this thia week nos 9 and 13 15 uniting on wednesday eV evening Elling next and nos 1 2 3 and 17 on the evening of friday Ii it la 13 expected that judge jude C W burris 1 D D G U 1 I will bs be the officiating boffl officer r TIIE THE it was a matter of universal regret that the ladles ladies of miriam no 5 did not feel themselves in a position to unite with their sisters or of naoma no 1 I in a public installation of their officers leers off next saturday any A ny way the matter Is settled and the members of the two lodges will install their officers in secret session on that date the D D G SI sister clara L I 1 moore bloore P 11 G officiating the members of miriam no 5 did a very graceful act on saturday night when in parting with their worthy permanent secretary sister way hay J licary they unanimously voted the thanks to her such courtesies to retiring tiran members are always appreciated and are matters a ot record to active members through a lifetime the utah odd fellows seem to be without a paper it Is many weeks cince i we saw a copy of the odd rellow fellow and matters mailers ol 01 of a good deal dea I 1 of interest are constantly occurring that seem to warrant an organ of the brotherhood an item that now con corns cerns the fraternity Is the election of representatives to the next grand lodge which can convenes venes in salt lake city next nest april since the session of 1892 the representation has been twice reduced until an anxious inquiry Is now being made lunde as to the pro rat rati i we ve have it that it will bs be one for he charter of each subordinate and c tor for each fifty members and one for a possible majority of the remaining of members member this will reduce tile the number of lodge depre n to be elected by about one half and already the members are commencing to speer after the brothers who will best serve the interests of the order many of the brothers are already considering I 1 si whether the legislation to be advanced at the next session of the grand lodge will ria receive the attention of a sufficient representation from I 1 subordinates the item in yesterdays issue of this paper concerning the action of grand sire stebbins relative to the action of the noman homan Cath catholic olio church versus certain secret societies received such attention in our midst and Is worthy of reproduction ODD FELLOWS the odd idd follows fellows organization in tho the united states has already alread 3 entered protest against the apparently sweeping ill culmination mi nation of the holy see sec against secret societies coddles that catholics may not consistently become odd fellows the latter deny claiming that their order Is in no sense bense secret la in the objectionable sense specified by the recent vatican already those protests have had their knect abanks ti fians ans to the energy of nir mr john TA stebbins lna grand sire of the 1 0 0 F and it further appears that the decree is 1 by no means mandatory A high dignitary of the catholic church and one in strong sympathy with archbishop ireland declares now that thai each bishop may determine tor for himself whether or not to approve 1 pr ve the odd fellows organization it 1 1 la known that at the vatican there la Is a party favorable to this order which bas baa never been officially placed under the ban a although alt ithoulia houch the holy see Is unalterably opposed appose to fr freemasonry e ema the outcome of this odd fellowship controversy Is awaited abatte ed with great interest A 0 V U W the past week has been a very busy one for the ledges leases of this order in this ahls city salt lake valley no 12 met thursday ight in the gladstone nall hall where after an interesting business busl nesa ves EC lon ion grand deputy S W it brown performed the installation ceremony with great exactness and ability tor for the new officers of salt lake valley no 12 for the next six months the committees ap appointed pouted to arrange a memorial day pro gramme tor for memorial day of the order reported ns to the bm of january being selected and the place the I 1 0 0 F 1 hall on market street where upon that night the public are assured of a most enter time temple lodge lode no ko 13 15 will hold a bublic installation to in their nil hall in the gladstone building and nil all friends of the order are most cordially invite d t to attend A fine ramme has bus been provided and 3 ire a assured i that they will be big highly MY pleased and entertained eacle gate xo no 10 as usual 1 had m a routing rousing meeting they meet in odd fellows hall owing to tile the fact that the A 0 ll 11 AV hall Is on cn for every night in the week I 1 understand taril that their meeting night has been changed chanced from friday to wednesday red thus riving monday wednesday and thursday nights of each week w e over to the A 0 U III lodges in tills this city caty the reports of the financial of ficera cra of all the lodges show them to be in a moat m excellent n condition ondi tion financially and the reports a ot the other oilier off leers also show that the order r Is steadily and surely growing crowing and Is incorporate ln ing more and more of what Is and just within its jurisdiction there Is a very Iv welcome elcome visitor to the home of c every workman degree member ot of the order in this jurisdiction once a month and I 1 know ot of none more wel 1 come than tile the official lelal off organ oraan of the order for utah idaho and Wyon wyoming illig tho the rocky mountain workman ashes little littie but oh all my bristling with humor loaded with knowledge of the order whenever it may exist find and true to its colors it comes as a streak of sunshine to light your path and strengthen e n your falth faith in the order there Is considerable talk now about starting an A 0 V U NV labor bureau where brothers out of work may register themselves and where employers who rho are needing help can call find good men and true because no man but who is a better man tor for being a member ot of this most glorious fraternal insurance society tile the labor bureau Is operated successfully in denver and other large cities ot of the east and people who hire men have always found the help they got there to be superior in intellect and ability to any other class ot of men of equal standing in the community MAC G A it there thera have been vo no meetings ot of the grand army posts ot of this city the past week and nothing of interest his has transpired A week from tonight to night there will be a union installation ot a officers ot of mckean and maxwell posts past find and on the same evening the tha officers ot of the corps will be installed for all ot of which the committees are making active preparations I 1 the department of utah and especially john A dix dl post and the comrades ot a the grand army in ogden have met with a great loss los in the death I 1 ot of past department commander ransford iford smith who died at ills his resI residence denze in ogden saturday january esth at p in the tha grand army 0 of the ne republic public had no abler supporter and the needy comrade co m no warmer friend than captain smith whose heart hand and purse was ever at the tha service ot of those who defended the honor of this country in the dark days ot of the rebellion the of officers ot of john A dix post and john A dix comans womans Won lans roller corps took tak place at the knights of pythias hall in ili ogden on oil last saturday evening which was largely attend tenscil cil the announcement ot of the death of comrade smith saddened saila boned every heart and after a short bort e greeting by comrades members and friendson friend so the assembly was dismissed an excellent pro gramme imme which had been eon prepared for far some future cc occasion llon A CHRISTMAS TREE there was lots of 0 fun full at the G A R hall yesterday aliterno afternoon un the young ladles christian doctrine society ithe the christmas christinas tree to the sunday I 1 school children of OL marys cathedral tills year the sifts gifts bestowed on the dear little ones were unusually rich there were besides the never I 1 fai falln 1 ling dolls candles candies and lic pepe beorn orn statues oleographs oleo graphs prayer books with costly bind bindings etc the children ell cn joyed the new nc w feature introduced of buying the objects with their sunday school cl cia ency they I 1 were quite 0 alte surprised that in these inard hard times their paper scraps could co ild have I 1 such gamt wilne value mr kindly aced as auctioneer and was assisted in ills his pleas plea pait office by miss ar M I 1 harley miss vora nora clealom directed the music and recitations the children s ive igns signs s to contain a great creat deal of dra matle clement tho taft reef recitations of annie mulvey ulvey Nl was v as reordered dered very natural ural and pleasing coffee and calce cake were by the members of the society and ire aeral hilarity and joy prevailed until antl the evenin ing hours when mammas maminas began to be anxious of seeing their little ones safely arely at home hoine the society deserves great credit for the exhibit they h have avo made ot 0 their sunday school yesterday under their care the number ot or pupils is steadily increasing it began with about eighty pupils last tall fall and has since double the number L I 1 0 S B B r 13 P F pel Pol sotto lodge a no hold thel their r regular weekly meeting on an wednesday january 2 1893 1895 at their own hall in the scott auerbach building the attendance was large larga and cheerful the following f offices were installed Int alicd ond and entered upon their respective duties with a great deal of zeal be speakIng well tor for the future of the lodge monitor A L jacobs president ST 3 FrIe dinan vice president albert graupe secretary J Doc mer treasurer 1 I II AL solomon assistant monitor max mas krotil warden jerome hirschman guardian 1 I G weyer trustees dr theo leyer jacob moritz bind and H harris the midwinter ball of this lodo lodge will bo be lehen given on january alth at youngers You hall the popular price of 1 will constitute the rate of adin admission Is and everybody Is a 3 bure 1 a gooc 1 time |