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Show OWLS ME ENROLLING HEiMEMBERS Salt Luke "Nest" Promises to Attain Mighty Growth in Near Future. Organizers for the Order of Owls are now busy in thi i-itv enrolling mem-ben mem-ben for ihe local '"nest1' of the order. They state that their efforts in this line have been successful. The Order of Owls was instituted in South Bend, InL, in November, ami now numbers h total membership of more than 360,000, with branches in every stati- and territory of the Union and mao foreign countries. The largest charter issued to any city was t" Atlanta, GrSU, where- the' order experienced a remarkable growth in numbers Within a or short time The progress m.-iir thus f;,r in organizing the Salt Lake brao-h indicates that another record ma-, be established. The order tri. t.i relieve the dis tressed and poverty-stricken and to .;;r for the fatherless. The Owls lay claim to being tb- only great secret fraternity possessing no religion? features fea-tures of any kind and doe not claim to a miiou- bod;.'. Creed, thor' fore, is not considered in the question of eligibility for memberahip, The ritual of tho order m taid to be ex-tremely ex-tremely impressive. Thr loi-j enrollment baa increased t.. BUCh an extent that the renUl of a larger hall in which to hold mooting was found neceesary. The meet ings during enrollment are held ecn Wednesday, various site- for ilm erection of n clubhouse ars under (on-atderation (on-atderation by tho organize a in additon to if, sorj.ii feat urea, sick, accident, disability ;in.J death' benefltf ar.- provided, as well av free ' liol service for members and' their tatnili-.-. The .-rli.-. of the organization organiza-tion has been established in room tr,l HkOarnt bufloing: |