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Show A. O. U. W. Which la the Largest Lodge in the World? Notes. The Anchor and Shield says: The Gavel, of Portland, Ore., grows enthusiastic over the claim that Seaside, No. 12, of Astoria, Ore., is the banner lodge of the world. It may be all right to claim it as the banner lodge of Oregon, but there is Detroit, No. 6, of Detroit, Mich., with a membership of 1,600, that is the recognized banner lodge of the order. The total disbursements of the beneficiary benefi-ciary fund during the twenty-one years of the order's existence, up to the close of the last fiscal year, amounted to $38,393,816.38. By this amount was paid 14,368 death losses. Some states refuse to admit members by card who have passed the age of 50. Missouri has more lodges of the A. O. U-W. U-W. than any other jurisdiction. The amount of cash belonging to the general fund in the hands of tho grand receiver of Pennsylvania, July 1. 1890, was $77.01. Babv Dakota paid out $6,433.63 during the four months of the year 1889 for which she was responsible as a grand jurisdiction. During that short time the baby brought considerable solace to bereaved families. In the July report of The Grand ReV corder, N. J. Horton, of New York, out of thirty-eight deaths, eight vrere noted as caused by plain consumption. Their ages at death were two at 29, 38,30; two at 4,, and two at 48. Three had been members of tho order only two years, one three years, and two for four years. The other two had been in about fourteen years each. But two of the consumptives belonged to New York city, while the city's entire loss was thirteen out of the twenty-eight reported. From July 12 to Aug. 4 without a death is a pretty good record for a body of 18,500 men. . |