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Show l I. 0. 0. F. GRAND LODGE. ! Beginning Tuesday next, the Grant! Lodge of the Independent Order of ' Odd Fellows for the jurisdiction of 1 Utah, will hold a two days' session. At this session the offlcer3 elected by the past grands of the Jurisdiction will be Installed. Truth exclusively published pub-lished the names of the successful candidates In Its last Issue, with the exception of Grand Warden, which was In douht. The returns received since show the election of P. M. Till-mer, Till-mer, of Friendship Lodge, No. 27, by a majority of about twenty. Although this is the greatest fraternity in this state in point of membership and standing, none of the city dallies thought the election of sufficient importance im-portance to mention, although nearly 3000 active members would have been pleased to see the announcement of the result as it was definitely determined. deter-mined. At the coming session of the- grand lodge there will be somo slight changes made In the constitutions o subordinates, owing no doubt to the recent decisions of the supreme court in the matter of Sanuy Lodge, No. 11, and in the instance of the Woodmen, recently handed down. The fraternity hts suffered an Irreparable Irre-parable loss in the death of. .T. Frank Grant, secretary of the sovereign grand lodge, which occurred In Baltimore Balti-more on Tuesday last. Mr. Grant had been secretary of the sovereign grand lodge since 1895 and was highly ro spected and universally admired. lie was hero with the grand officers last summer and made a very felicitous address at Barrett hall during the course of the evening's exorcises. In addition to being secretary of the sovereign grand lodgq, ho was ad-utant-general of the Patriarchs Mill-ant, Mill-ant, the uniformed branch of the order. Canton Colfax, No. i, which holds a meeting n this city cn Saturday wnlng, April 22, for the purpose of filing and mustering, will undoubt-. undoubt-. y take appropriate action respect-8 respect-8 the death of the grand officer and Pass suitable resolutions. n Wednesday evening, April 2C, at "8 temple, all the lodges will cole-w cole-w the anniversary of the founding th0 order. which has existed in America for eighty-six years. Appropriate Ap-propriate exorcises, conducted by Grand Master C. A. Walker, assisted by other grand lodge officers, will bo followed by a programme consisting of an address by Genoial nownian, musical selections and iecltatoii3. After the programme, dancing will be Indulged in by the younger members in the hall below, while the staid and elderly will play cards In the hall above. The Canton will Lo present In full uniform and will act as an escort for the speaker. All the lodgos report matters in C. A. WALKER, Grand Master, I. O. O. F. good condition and an over Increasing membership. Tlio encampment branch Is doing well and is taking in now members every week. The sisters of the Rebokah lodge are working hard and the fraternity ns a whole is in promising shape. n didn't liko Swedes a little bit, th I foreman let tho Swede out. H "I'll have no monkey In' on Mi wor-r-r-rk," ho said, as ho gave t o H Scandinavian his time, "and I'll hav - H yo knaw," and here ho glnrcd linn' at H Harney, "that I've some more nv ,.c. , H It would serve tho parson right li H told this to publish his name, but t .1 H second thought ho might not bo a lo H to prove it, so wo, in mercy, lioli' t H "I was officiating at a Gonna 1 H funeral up in Wisconsin ono time ' H ho snid, not Hint I am German by H any means, but becauso the pnstoi of H their church was very 111 and I had H boon called upon. I doubt very muc 1 H If my remnrks were understood I y H nuiiy of tho congregation, hcctnifo H Mils was a colony, right from tuft H Fatherland, and most of them had 1:0 H been hero long enough to acquire oni- H inanil of English. At tho eoncluc'm ;H of my remnrks I started to inform 1 1 1 H assembly that those who wished to H view the remains might pass In font H anil out. Hut to save my life I ccul H not think of the word "remains" 110 H could I recall tho torm "deceased ' H It was a singular lapse of menu r H So I announced that "thoso pro'" ' H won II pass around tho bier." H "Two young men Immediately arc ; H went out and brought In a keg an 1 v H 'ot of glasses and begnu their worK.' H N. H. Tills story mny bo holle.il or not , just as the reader feels ab 1 1 H . Clilcago pliyBlclans declaro that 1 .0 much bathing is Injurious, and I'l-L tho long lived person Is the one dees not wash frequently. Wo 1 -w H understand why so many Chicago ') H plo live lo rlpo old age. H At the risk of being (old to mind Ih I own biiHiness, Truth Is going to taclcM the HhIi question, believing what it H says is pertinent. By a statement in H an evening paper it is learned t a 10,000 trout fry are to lie shipped, an 1 no doubt have by this time bo" 1 H shipped, into Millard county. Ac u H present conducted the fish hatcher, H Is nothing but a concern for ralt'.i' H food for tho largo fish In the slrea.ua H The trout arc liatclied and when the a 10 just largo enough to make gno I food for tlio largor ones they rr turned loose. These little fish, he'n? raised In captivity, havo not tho ! i stlnct of self-preservation that tiou hatched In tho streams have. T! e t do not know enough to tnko care ') themselves. Instead of dumping 1) 000 fry Into a stream, If half won I kept for anothor season at tho ha'.rh ory and then turned loose more wcul 1 I attain their growth by four or fivo times the number. Tho presont p an Is all wrong and should bo changed. |