Show f ROUND ABOUT UTAH I i McNntts Fine CleanUp in His Sal I mOil River Placers I j The Shipment of Washington Territory I Terri-tory Cattle to Chicago a Paying Experiment Clara Louise Kellogg Warbles to the Convicts in the Montana Penitentiary Fattier TJpcHurcH Oregon Father J J Upchurch founder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen arrived ar-rived in this city at 2 p myesterday and is registered at the Gilman HouseFather House-Father Upchurch states that he is visiting visit-ing this jurisdiction on invitation of the officers for the purpose of arousing enthusiasm enthu-siasm in the order He will remain about two weeks The membership in the United States now numbers 152000 and is increasing rapidly Last year there were 10000 new members and this year there will be double that number if the enthusiasm continues and I see no signs of abatement In California there are 17000 members and Golden Gate Lodge at San Francisco gained fiftytwo in the last two meetings The other lodges are gaining from ten to twenty new members at every meeting Every white male 21 years of age and of good moral character is eligible to join our ranks Every class and trade is represented and among our members are such men as ex President Arthur Governors of States and Territories and judges lawyers blacksmiths etc We have an excellent beneficial feature connected with the order whereby the widows and orphans of members are paid 2000 at his death The first lodge Jefferson Lodge No1 was instituted at Meadville Pa October 27th 1868 I administered the obligations I obliga-tions to thirteen persons besides myself The next day seven withdrew they wishing wish-ing to have the words white male stricken from the clause in the constitution constitu-tion setting forth eligibility of members I persistently refused and with the six remaining members besides myself started anew In the nine months that followed we gained but twenty members The second lodge in the United States I was instituted at Cincinnati Ohio in i 1869 Since then the order has grown steadily in favor On September 7th Father Upchurch will visit Helena M T and will go from there to St Paul without stopping at any point From St Paul he will return home |