Show T TWO IWO mm iLLION A MEMBERS remarkable growth of the 1 I 0 Q U F half a million midion 0 of Rs R s spent soda for 1 or relief bhat the great organization of tho independent order of odd Fel lowis is growing both in number and useful ness Is demonstrated by the following figures which were tarnished furnished tat lue by thomas cupit febo was an interested visitor at the he re coat cent session of the sovereign grand bodge odge held la in indianapolis ind indiana iaria from september 1801 to inclusive grand secretary john B goodwin Goodw ln in a his report to the eighty seventh annial session prefaced pret aced his report with the following interesting information the resau shon will 11 tie be gratify ing as much progress has been made and prosperity prevails in all the year 1910 will bo be memy memorable rable in our history as marking an epoch in the reaching and passing of the two niAl lioni membership mark the total at the close ot of the year including only subordinate fate lodge members aad ai off 08 ithe robeka rebekah li branch being tot the subordinate lodge niem biship b ship Is IS and sisters of 0 the rebekah brinch branch the net nef gala gain in lodge memberships ship Is compared with h in a 1909 ahila the set et gain in rebekah membership is aisters com pared with the previous year and brothers compared with for 1909 1903 another important result accod is the marked improvement in the work and progress of the encampment camp ment branch the total membership in which is now and a net gain having been made in 1910 of B compared with 1308 the year before this splendid result in encampment bark arises out of the success achieved in many jurisdictions which more than made up for loses in rr others notwithstanding the improve ament over the prece proceeding eding year and elie che handsome net gain made la this branch br airich it is a regrettable fact that cOnditi conditions oms have been such that 18 19 out cut of the 55 grand encampments Encamp ments or about one third pt of the jurisdictions sustained losses during ibe iba year the total net membership gains in all branches branche during the ye ag agi gregath 85 5 tom compared pared with for for 1909 and to the gain reported should be added from the patriarchs militant ait making the aggregate of gains for the past yeat year the total expenditure for relief in 1910 was compared with for 1909 toe the receipts of subordinates for 1910 amounted to comparda com compared parea with in 1909 the im liri vested funds of grand and subordinate bodies at the losa 1039 of 1910 amounted to HO CO compared with at end of 1909 the total reported relief expenditure of the order since 1830 has bern been |