Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-01-03 | Page 81 | Secret Societies of Zion

I j Secret Societies of Zion ! j 1 The various fraternal and secret so- t cieties of tho city have had a very j J prosperous and profitable year. Ever' j ; one of them have had a splendid iu-j iu-j crease in membership and the meetings , S jj of the various organizations havo been ' well attended throughout tho entire ; v year. Each lodge or order .in the city jj ' J is also in a good finaucial condition. , J The Masons havo had a very success-W success-W 7ear and especially the three lodges ; ' ; l of this city; namely, Wasatch -Lodge No. 1, Mount Moriah Lodge No. 2, and I Argenta Lodge No. 3. These throe t lodges have had an increase in member- tship of eighty-seven during "the year. The annual session of tho Grand Lodge of tho Masonic order was held at the templo in this city on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14 and 15 last and tho officers for tho year were olectod. The election resulted in James H. Brown, of this citj, being chosen -grand master. Representatives of all '3 too different lodges from all over tho a J Etato were present at this meeting. It rj closed with an elaborate banquot. I. j Tho twelfth reunion "of the Ancient I jl and Accepted Scottish rite of Free Ma-' Ma-' Eonir was held at the Masonic temple 1 1 I in tais city in November. At this re- union a class of eleven men passed all of tho degrees from tho fourth to the thirty-second inclusive and was composed, com-posed, of tho following: L. C. Kclsoy, and H. R. McMillan, all of Salt Lake City; Fred J. Kiesel, of Ogden; IT. G. Blumenthal, of Provo; J. C. Love, of Milford; and Frank C. Ellis and F. "W. Shaver of Provo. Tho programme in connection with this re'union was an elaborate one. Lodge 85, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has enjoyed tho most prosperous year in its history. Fifty members have been received into the lodge during tho year and the total membership now aggregates some 750 mombe.rs. Tho lodge is in an excellent financial condition. The annual election elec-tion of tho lodge wa3 held "Wednesday, March 25. At this election .A. J. Davis, president of the city council of Salt Lake City was chosen exalted ruler. He succeeded W. P. Cooper. Tho nest election will bo held on tho evening of March 31, 1909 and considerable interest in-terest is being shown in the coming event) already. Tho mombers are talking talk-ing about whom thoy shall elect to the different offices and the campaign promises to be an exciting one. On February 4, 1909. the annual excursion of tho lodge to Los Angeles will tako place. Tho year 190S was also a prosperous one for tho Modern Woodmon and tho Woodmen of the World, in Utah. Bi" gains in membership made and several new camp9 in the state have been organized. or-ganized. The military branch or uniform uni-form rank has prospered throughout the year. At the stato "Log Rolling" contest held in this city May 6 a class of 500 was initiated into membership in the order. This event was characterized character-ized by an imposing street narado and the festivities connected with tho occasion oc-casion wero hold at the Salt palace. Like Woodcraft, Odd Fellowship has had a successful .year. The annual meeting of the Gra'ird Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was hold in this city on Tuesday, November No-vember 21, at which the officers for the year 'were elected and other business busi-ness relative to the order attended to. Stewart McLeese. of Salt Lake City was chosen grand patriarch. Tho twonty-fifth annual convention of tho Knights of Pythias, Grand Domain Do-main of Utah was held in this city in May. Representatives of tho various var-ious lodges throughout tho stato wero present and the officers for the 3'ear wero elected. James A. Harrison, of Helper was olectod grand chancellor. The Knights of Columbus, Independent Independ-ent Order of Foresters, and the Fraternal Fra-ternal Order of Eagles have all had a very prosperous year.