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 Commemorating the Founding of the Order by the 
 
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 September Ninth, Eighteen Hundred 
 
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 PUBLISHED BY 
 
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Golden Jabilee Celebration. 
 
 By H. S. Jones, President 
 
 The Golden Jubilee Celebration has always appealed to the many thousands 
 of Odd Fellows in the State since first proposed. The preliminaries of this, as in 
 all movements of this character, were started by a few with hardly any definite 
 ideas as to what the celebration should consist of or how the Order in general 
 should be interested. 
 
 On July ii, 1898, by a resolution introduced in California Lodge No. 1, the 
 Noble Grand, Brother C. E. Post, appointed a committee to make arrange- 
 ments for the proper observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the instituting of 
 that Lodge — the founding of the Order on this Coast. The committee, consist- 
 ing of Brothers Henry S. Jones, P. G. ; William T. Galloway, P. G. P. ; John G. 
 Wetmore, P. G.; Reinhold L. Anderson, P. G. ; and Charles E. Benedict, P. G., 
 recommended that an invitation be extended to all the Lodges, Encampments, 
 Rebekah Lodges, and Cantons in the Grand Jurisdiction to send a delegate to 
 meet with a committee from California Lodge to .perfect plans for a Golden 
 Jubilee Celebration. 
 
 The recommendation of the committee was unanimously approved. A let- 
 ter was accordingly sent setting forth the object of the call, and inviting dele- 
 gates to meet in San Francisco on October 26, 1898. This letter was enthusi- 
 astically received, delegates named, some Lodges from locations finding it 
 inconvenient to send delegates appointed proxies, with the result that at the 
 calling of the meeting 275 delegates were noted present — Sacramento, San Jose, 
 Willows, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Fresno and many other towns of equal distance 
 having personal representation. 
 
 The convention organized by electing as President, H. S. Jones; Vice- 
 Presidents, Karl C. Brueck, J. W. Harris, Mrs. Dell C. Savage, General C. C. 
 Sherman; Secretary, U. S. G. Clifford; Treasurer, George T. Shaw, to which 
 have since been added as Vice-Presidents W. A. Bonygne and Mrs. Helen M. 
 Carpenter. 
 
 Several meetings of the general convention were held, the days for celebrat- 
 ing were fixed as October 18th, 19th and 20th, the various committees were 
 decided upon, and the Golden Jubilee movement was successfully launched. 
 By a resolution an Executive Committee took charge of the details and direc- 
 tion of the celebration — such Executive Committee consisting of the elective 
 officers and the chairmen of the various committees. 
 
 The Executive Committee went actively to work, the various committees 
 were filled, members became more and more enthusiastic over the project, the 
 Lodges of San Francisco and elsewhere responded most liberally to the appeals 
 for money, and now the largest and most successful celebration of any secret 
 Order ever held on this Coast is upon us. 
 
 All this has not been accomplished without much work and devotion by 
 the members. The Chairman of each committee has given his time to the detail 
 of his committee and reports have been made to the Executive Committee which 
 has met every Saturday. That Committee has carefully weighed each propo- 
 sition, and, when the final report is made to the Lodge, it will be seen the greatest 
 care and economy has been practiced. 
 
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 hardware, Vehicles, 
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 Spoilers, Sngines, 
 
 ICE AND CREAMERY MACHINERY, 
 BICYCLE SUNDRIES AND CUTLERY 
 
 Manufactory: BENICIA AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Benicia, California 
 
 CALIFORNIA UNDERTAKING COMPANY 
 
 The 
 
 Most Convenient, Spacious 
 
 Elegant Funeral Parlors 
 
 in the City. 
 
 and 
 
 The last duty and most important function 
 which we can pay to those dear ones who 
 have gone before is unquestionably the ful- 
 fillment of those last funeral rites which cus- 
 tom and usage from time immemorial have 
 made sacred in the highest degree. It is 
 therefore a most fitting mark of respect for 
 our dead that we should arrange for their 
 obsequies in such a manner that they shall be 
 tender, impressive and inviting. And the 
 California Undertaking Company, which has 
 its parlors at 405 Powell Street, corner of 
 Post, have spared no pains to make this a 
 specialty. Everything connected with this 
 establishment — the elegant caskets, the re- 
 pose and quiet which pervades the apart- 
 ments, are calculated to soothe the spirits of 
 the mourner and rob death of a poignant 
 portion of its sting. This deference to our 
 most revered customs has been instituted 
 and maintained by Mr. A. D. Cheshire, Presi- 
 dent and Manager, and Mr. W. O. Macdou- 
 gall, Secretary of the Company, which guar- 
 antees the most refined and elegant funeral 
 service in the city. There are special facili- 
 ties for embalming, and the parlors are open 
 day and night. 
 
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 OTTO FALCH 
 
 Telephone 
 
 South 234 
 
 PAGE & FALCITS 
 
 Bakery and 
 Restaurant 
 
 COFFEE AND ICE CREAM 
 ...PARLOR... 
 
 N. W. Corner Turk and Mason Streets 
 
 Junction of Market St. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 Dinner and Wedding Parties Supplied at 
 Short Notice 
 
 WEDDING CAKES A SPECIALTY 
 
HENRY SPENCER JONES. 
 
 This brother was born in Clement, 
 Clinton County, Illinois, July 29, 1868. 
 His father, Michael L. Jones, was a 
 member of Erie Lodge No. 33, T. O. O. F., 
 at Carlyle, Illinois. In June, 1891, Brother 
 Jones was initiated in California Lodge 
 No. 1 ; was elected Vice Grand, July, 1892, 
 and Noble Grand in January, 1893. He 
 was an active member of the Relief Com- 
 mittee at the reorganization of that 
 branch of the Order, and rendered valu- 
 able aid in that important undertaking, 
 acting as Chairman of the Committee on 
 Finance. His Lodge has recognized his 
 ability and integrity by repeatedly re- 
 electing him as Trustee of the Lodge and 
 Director of the Hall Association. He 
 has represented his Lodge in the Grand 
 Lodge, and is now on the Committee on 
 Laws of Subordinates. He is President 
 of the Executive Committee of the 
 Golden Jubilee Celebration, entering 
 upon the work of that important com- 
 mittee with superb enthusiasm. The 
 business training of this brother was 
 begun early in life, and was well 
 grounded. No young man in California 
 stands higher as a man of worth; his 
 perceptions are keen, his judgment good, 
 and his word is standard. A gracious 
 wife and loving children make his home 
 an ideal one. 
 
 U. S. G. CLIFFORD, 
 
 Assistant Grand Secretary. 
 
 Brother U. S. G. Clifford was born in 
 Oroville, California, January 5, 1864. He 
 was initiated in Yerba Buena Lodge No. 
 15, September 24, 1885; installed Noble 
 Grand, January 3, 1895; installed Degree 
 Master of Excelsior Degree Lodge No. 
 2, January 5, 1895, and installed as 
 President of General Relief Committee 
 of San Francisco, February 3, 1895, fill- 
 ing the three positions at the same time. 
 He was appointed Assistant Grand Sec- 
 retary January 1, 1897, and is at present 
 ■engaged in that position. He is also 
 Past Chief Patriarch of Golden Gate 
 Encampment No. 1, having presided 
 over that body during the term begin- 
 ning July 1, 1897. 
 
MAGDEBURG 
 
 Fire Ir)suraQce Company 
 
 ORGANIZED ^KjUllwHw CAPITAL 
 
 - 1844 fliHffiHInljEBSi $3,750,000.00 
 
 Of MflGDEBURG, GERMANY 
 
 ASSETS DECEMBER 31, 1898 - $ 8,108,481.48 
 
 Premium Income since Organization, 54 years - 170,325,752.39 
 
 Losses Paid since Organization, 54 years - 1 13,205,839.50 
 
 ASSETS IN UNITED STATES - - 919,089.58 
 
 THE MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 TRANSACTS NO MARINE, LIFE OR ACCIDENT, 
 BUT FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS ONLY. 
 
 MAGDEBURG FIRE INS. CO. 
 
 OF REW YORK 
 ASSETS, - - $287,048.83 
 
 GUTTE & FRANK, Managers Pacific Coast Department 
 
 303 California Street, San Francisco 
 
 LEADING AMERICAN COMPANIES 
 
 KT~ 4-J ~~ ~ t FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 I) INatlOnal of Hartford, Conn* 
 
 Capital, $1,000,000 Assets, $4,642,499.78 
 
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 ^OpringiielCt of Springfield, Mass. 
 
 ■ A g Capital, $1,500,000 Assets, $4,774,658.39 
 
 PACIFIC DEPARTMENT 
 
 409 California Street, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 GEO. D. DORNIN, GEO. W. DORNIN, 
 
 Manager Assistant Manager 
 
Fifly 7e&r5 of Odd Fellowship in (\Iifornk. 
 
 By Charles N. Fox, Past Grand Master. 
 
 N THIS autumn of the closing year of the nineteenth century of the 
 Christian Era — the era of education in the great lessons of Love 
 and Humanity — here, in the land of sunshine and of flowers, on 
 the golden shores of the broad Pacific — the Ocean of Peace — the 
 largest and most peaceful of the oceans or seas of the earth — 
 typical of that peace which must bless all the earth, and dominate all races 
 
 THOMrVS WlT,DEY 
 
 Thomas Wildey, who has been appropriately designated "The Founder of American Odd Fellowship," 
 was born in London, January 15. 1782, and in 1805 united with a Lodge of Odd Fellows in England, and became an 
 active worker therein until his removal to the United States, which was in 1817. Settling in Baltimore and 
 engaging in his trade — blacksmith — he found time hanging heavily on his hands, therefore, aided by four 
 others, who, like him, had been members of the parent organization, he organized, April 26, 1819, Washington 
 Lodge No. 1, and became its first Noble Grand. The names of his confreres were John Welch, John Duncan, 
 John Cheatham and Richard Rusworth. 
 
 On February 5, 1821, the Past Grands of the two Lodges then in existence met for preliminary organiza- 
 tion, and on the 21st of the same month the "Grand Lodge of Maryland and of the United States" (title 
 since changed to the Sovereign Grand Lodge) was organized, and Thomas Wildey was elected Grand Sire, 
 which position he held until the session of 1833. For the next eight years he traveled in the interest of the 
 Order, organizing Grand Lodges in several States and remaining an active, earnest worker, being present at 
 each session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge until his death, which took place October 19, 1861, in his 80th year. 
 On September 20, 1865, there was, by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, dedicated to his memory a stately monu- 
 ment erected by funds given by the various jurisdictions, and to which California contributed $3,000. " He 
 laid the corner stone of that temple on which American Odd Fellowship has, by other hands and hearts, been 
 touilded to such wonderful proportions." 
 
UNITED STATES BRANCH 
 
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 MARINE 
 
 Insurance Compkny 
 
 OF NEW ZEALAND 
 
 CAPITAL, - - $5,000,000 
 
 UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS 
 W. P. THOMAS, Manager 
 
 OFFICE IN COMPANY'S BUILDING, 312 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
 Have been transacting business on the Coast for over 24 years 
 
 HENRY B. SCHINDLER 
 
 Manufacturer of 
 
 Carriages, 
 Wagons and... 
 Trucks 
 
 Telephone Main 295 128-130 SPEAR STREET San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Specialty of High Class Trucks, Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Etc, 
 
 REPAIRING DONE IN FIRST-CL'SS STYLE, AT FAIR PRICES FOR GOOD WORK 
 
 ClHIIUlIS TO FTPS Ladies' and Gents' 
 
 ZT^mm (QoFFEE PARLORS 
 
 428 KEARNY STREET SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 The UJilson House.. 
 
 The best appointed Rooming House on the Pacific Coast. A 
 new fire-proof building. One hundred elegant newly furnished 
 rooms with every modern improvement. Elevator. 
 
 775 MISSION ST., BET. 3D AND 4TH, SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 SINGLE or EN SUITE, 25c. to $1.50 PER DAY, $1.50 to $7.00 PER WEEK 
 MONTHLY, ACCORDING TO ARRANGEMENT. 
 
 ELECTRIC CARS PASS THE HOUSE F^FPD TPftOW^T FF 
 
 DIRECT TO THE FERRIES, PARK OR CLIFF HOUSE 1 \-t W\J % 1 IX L 1 Vu 1 \.\J\-i\-tW, 
 
 CENTRALLY LOCATED. VERY CONVENIENT. PROPRIETOR 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA. 
 
 13 
 
 of men, when our work of instruction is so far completed as that the lessons of 
 our Order are engraven upon the hearts of the masses of the human race, we, 
 the Odd Fellows of California, assemble to celebrate our Golden Jubilee — the 
 fiftieth anniversary of the erection of our Altar under the shadows of " Yerba 
 Buena." 
 
 But the Order we so love was not born on these golden shores. Like the 
 Sons of the Revolution, we are but the children of sires who crossed the more 
 turbulent Ocean of the Atlantic, and erected their Altars on the eastern shores of 
 this great continent, upon which had been founded a Republic, feeble at first, 
 
 John Welch 
 
 but so dominated with the spirit of human freedom that it has since grown to be 
 the mightiest nation of the earth, in all that makes nations great, and upon whose 
 empire the sun now never sets. 
 
 So with our Republic of Fraternity. Our fathers came over the sea, already 
 "" selected out of the general mass, with a desire for true knowledge,"* and eighty 
 years ago, at the city of Baltimore, on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, they 
 erected the first Altar of American Odd Fellowship and founded our Independ- 
 ent Order — a Republican Fraternity — which, like the Republic of Freedom, 
 has spread over the face of the earth, until now the sun never sets upon its ban- 
 ners. 
 
 *Original definition of the term "Odd Fellow." 
 
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 Ice Making and Refrigerating Machinery, linde system 
 
 
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 J30 Ellis Street 
 
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 San Francisco 
 
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 and 
 
 Most Popular Place 
 
 in the City 
 
 \6 and J 8 Eddy Street 
 
 San Francisco 
 
 MRS. KATE S. HART, Manager 
 
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 A quiet, home-like house, with all 
 modern conveniences, and thoroughly- 
 first class in every particular. 
 
 
 REFERENCES 
 
 
 Karl C. Brueck Geo. T. Shaw 
 
 C. G. LARSEN, Proprietor. 
 
 J. H. GlLMORE 
 
 Cressy,Voorhies & Co. 
 
 Commission Merchants 
 
 Telephone Main 5020 
 
 PROVISIONS, BUTTER, EGGS, 
 
 CHEESE, HONEY, POULTRY, 
 
 DRIED FRUITS, POTATOES, ONIONS, 
 
 BEANS, ETC., ETC. 
 
 108 Davis Street, San Francisco 
 
 OTTO SCHULTZ wn 
 
 HOUSE, SIGN 
 and FRESCO... 
 
 Panting 
 
 Paper fringing ana 
 Interior Decorating 
 
 Residence : 
 J 830 FILBERT ST., near Laguna 
 
 ..IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 
 
 15 
 
 ORGANIZATION AND. GROWTH OF AMERICAN ODD FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is peculiarly an American Institu- 
 tion. Its organization and form of government is moulded on the plan of the 
 government of the United States of America, and of the several States and Ter- 
 ritories. Its cradle is very near that of the American Union. It did not, how- 
 ever, grow out of a hostile Revolution against its ancestry, but was organized 
 on American soil by members of the parent stock, and subsequently its sov- 
 ereignty and independence was acknowledged and officially recognized by the 
 Order from whence it sprang. 
 
 James L. Ridgely 
 
 James L. Ridgely was born in Baltimore, the birthplace of American Odd Fellowship, January 27, 1807. 
 Studied law and was admitted to practice in June, 1838. He became one of the prominent citizens of that 
 city, holding many positions in the municipal administration of its affairs. 
 
 He joined Columbia Lodge No. 3, I. O. O. F., May 27, 1829; was a member of the Grand Lodge of Mary- 
 land in 1830, and of the Sovereign Grand Lodge in 1831. He was elected Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge 
 of Maryland in 1830, and Grand Master in the following year. He was twice elected to the office of Grand 
 Sire (1836 and 1840), declining in both instances, and in 1840, after his second declination as Grand Sire, was 
 elected Grand Corresponding and Recording Secretary, which position he held until the date of his death. 
 He was appointed one of the Special Committee to revise the Ritual at the session of 1845, and " to his brain 
 and pen we owe one of the grandest charges in the order, and which will ever stand as a true expression of 
 our fundamental principles." He passed from earth November 16, 1881, mourned by the entire brotherhood, 
 and was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in the city of his birth. A magnificent monument was erected to 
 his memory, but, as has been well said, " The true monument to our dead brother will be the loving remem- 
 brance in which he is held by thousands of his brothers and by countless thousands yet to come. Nor marble 
 nor brass can be so enduring a monument as the memory of his name and deeds." 
 
 Want of space forbids any extended notice of the several efforts which were 
 made by English Odd Fellows, who had come over and settled in this country. 
 
FIRE, MARINE and INLAND INSURANCE 
 
 
 Home Office 
 
 401 California St. 
 San Francisco 
 
 D. S. STAPLES, President. 
 
 W. J. DUTTON, Vice-President. 
 
 BERNARD FAYMONVILLE, 2d V. P. & Sec. 
 
 J. B. LEVISON, Marine Secretary. 
 
 LOUIS W8INMANN, Ass't Secretary. 
 STEPHEN D. IVES, General Agent. 
 
 Vfr 
 
 OYAL HOUSE 
 
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 OPEN 
 
 RLL 
 
 NIGHT 
 
 TL> F. L. TURPIN, Proprietor 
 
 All Market Street Cars pass within 
 One Block of the House. 
 
 ELEVATOR ON OFFICE FLOOR 
 
 ROOMS 
 TO LET 
 
 By the Day, 
 
 Week or 
 
 Month 
 
 NEW fire-proof brick building, metallic fire escapes front and rear; near the 
 Baldwin Hotel. Everything new, and furnished complete with spring beds 
 and hair mattresses. First-class reading-room, all the daily papers. 
 
 Rooms per Night, 35c to $1.50; Week, $2.00 to $9.00; Month, $7.00 to $30.00 
 
 Rooms with Hot and Cold Running Water 
 
 Ladies' Parlor Baths, Electric Lights, Etc. 
 
 Ellis Street Cars Pass the Door 
 
 Telephone Main 1535 
 
 126 ELLIS STREET 
 
 Bet. Powell and Mason, near Y. M. C. A. Building, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 3ohn R. Daly 
 
 Stlerchant bailor 
 
 319 Stockton Street 
 
 Bet. Post and Sutter SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 GEO. R. MEYERDERKS 
 
 W. D. BENT 
 
 Commercial Printing a specialty 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 
 
 17 
 
 to organize Lodges prior to the organization of the one now recognized the 
 world over as the Mother Lodge of the Independent Order, but the fact may 
 be noted that as early as December 23, 1806, a self-constituted Lodge was or- 
 ganized in the City of New York, by Solomon Chambers, John C. Chambers, 
 and others, numbered 1, and called Shakspeare Lodge, after the tavern in which 
 it was instituted, following the English custom in that regard. Soon after it 
 was organized it took in a number of other members, who had formerly be- 
 longed to the Order in the old country, and it continued to meet at the Shaks- 
 peare Tavern until May, 1809, when it had a membership of 36, and moved to a 
 house called " Ring of the Bells," at No. 70 Wall Street. Here and at the Tra- 
 
 Samuel H. Parker, First Grand Master 
 
 Samuel H. Parker was born in New Hampshire, July 23, 1818. Went to Massachusetts, where he was 
 admitted to the bar, and joined New England Lodge No. 4, Cambridge, Mass., on November 4, 1842. Returned 
 to New Hampshire and was elected Grand Master and Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 from that State. Came to California in 1852, commissioned as Deputy Grand Sire, and on May 17, 1853, having 
 called together the Past Grands of the six lodges then in existence, organized the Grand Lodge of California, 
 and was elec ted its first Grand Master . He was elected as Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 in May, 1856, serving two years in that body. He was the first Grand Patriarch of this jurisdiction, having 
 been elected at the organization of the Grand Encampment, January 8, 1855. Ever earnest in the work of the 
 Order, fully imbued with its principles, and realizing in it one of the great educational influences of the age, 
 he gave of his time and money to the building up of the Odd Fellows' Library of San Francisco, which for 
 many years was the leading library of the city. He laid down the burdens of life on March 14, 1866. "His 
 works in behalf of our Order have passed into history, and his memory will be cherished with veneration and 
 gratitude, and long abide in the affections of his brethren." 
 
 ialgar, No. 1 1 Gold Street, it held its meetings until the declaration of the War of 
 1812, when it moved to the private house of Brother William Moore, corner of 
 
15 YEARS- 
 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE 
 
 Room 8 
 40 california street 
 
 San Francisco 
 
 Walter G. Langdon 
 
 Public Accountant 
 
 AND 
 
 Expert Auditor 
 
 MURPHY, GRANT & CO., Wholesale Dry Goods Merchants 
 Refers by permission to A. J. RALSTON, President Selby Smelting and Lead Company 
 
 IRVIN AYRE5, Sscretary-Treasurer Pacific Sheet Metal Works 
 
 Telephone black 201 
 
 1792 
 
 1899 
 
 INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA 
 
 OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. 
 
 Gash Capital, $3,000,000.00 Net Surplus, $2,526,555.98 
 
 Policy Holders' Surplus, $ 5,526,555.98 
 Assets, Jan. I, I899, - 10,206,488.90 
 
 Oldest Fire Insurance Company in the United States 
 
 LOSSES PAID SINCE ORGANIZATION. 
 
 $95,880,780.00 
 
 JAMES D. BAILEY, General Agent 
 
 412 CALIFORNIA STREET 
 
 C. E. BENEDICT J. S. BENEDICT 
 
 Our Most 
 
 Particular 
 
 Business 
 
 is to supply 
 families 
 carefully and 
 promptly with 
 
 PURE, FRESH, COUNTRY 
 MILK a~d CREAM 
 
 JERSEY RANCH DAIRY 
 
 3516 Sixteenth Street 
 
 Telephone Blue 80S 
 
 BENEDICT BROS. 
 
 Pioprietors 
 
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 EL BELMONT 
 
 Clear fiavana 
 
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 RINALD0 BROS. & CO. 
 
 San Francisco 
 Pacific Coast Agents 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 19 
 
 Cedar and Temple streets. The last meeting of the Lodge was held at his 
 house September 20, 1813, when, owing to reduced membership and sparse 
 attendance, its meetings were suspended indefinitely. In 1816 Prince Regents 
 Lodge was self-instituted in the same city, but its existence was very brief, and 
 nothing is now known of its history beyond the fact of its institution. 
 
 December 23, 1818, Skakspeare Lodge was reinstituted by Bros. William 
 Moore, Thomas Hilson, Hopkins Robinson and James Pritchard, of the former 
 membership, and Bros. Robert C. May wood and Geo. Singleton as adjoining 
 members. It was claimed that a charter had been received from Manchester, 
 England, recognizing this Lodge as the supreme head of the Order in the 
 United States, but of this there is now no attainable evidence, and if such a char- 
 ter did exist its validity has never been acknowledged by Lodges subsequently 
 organized. 
 
 T. Rodgers Johnson 
 
 T. Rodgers Johnson was born at Philadelphia, February 13. 1821, and soon after attaining his 
 majority was initiated into Minerva Lodge No. 324, of Philadelphia. Shortly after his arrival in this State 
 he became one of the petitioners for, and a charter member of, San Francisco Lodge No. 3, which was insti- 
 tuted in 1851, retaining his membership therein until death. He was elected Grand Secretary of the Grand 
 Lodge of California at its first session, May, 1833, continuing in that office until May, 1875. Was the first 
 Grand Scribe of the Grand Encampment of this State, being elected in 1855, and held said office continuously 
 until called hence. Was Grand Representative from the Grand Encampment to the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 in 1858. His life's journey closed at Santa Barbara, January 12, 1876, his last words being " Oh, how pleas- 
 ant." Ever faithful to the principles of Odd Fellowship, "his history is written by his own hand in the 
 journals of our Order." " ~\ 
 
 Massachusetts also lays some claim to seniority in Odd Fellowship over 
 our recognized " Mother Lodge." This grows out of the fact that in 181 7, 
 James B. Barnes, the " father " of Odd Fellowship in that jurisdiction, an Eng- 
 lish Odd Fellow, came to Boston and by the autumn of 1818 had found one 
 Wilson, another Englishman, Thomas Kennedy, an Irishman, Jacob Myers, of 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 2r 
 
 Jewish parentage, and H. D. Fregere, a Frenchman, all of whom had been ini- 
 tiated in England, and they five commenced holding Lodge meetings at the 
 " Bell in Hand " — Wilson's ale house, and kept them up with some degree of 
 regularity, but without keeping any records, until March 20, 1820, when they 
 adopted by-laws and ushered into existence Massachusetts Lodge No. 1 of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. They were then in ignorance of the exist- 
 ence of any other Lodge in America. They subsequently, however, on the 9th 
 of June, 1823, received and accepted from " The Grand Lodge of Maryland and 
 of the United States " a formal charter, and recognized that body as the sov- 
 ereign of the Order in this country. Prior to doing that, however, they had se- 
 cured for their purposes the old Masonic Hall of Boston, and on February 22,. 
 1823, they had the honor of dedicating it to the uses and purposes of Odd Fel- 
 lowship — the first hall so dedicated in the United States. 
 
 Our Mother Lodge. — Washington Lodge No. 1, of Baltimore, Md., is now 
 universally recognized as the parent Lodge of our Independent Order, and the 
 City of Baltimore as the cradle of the Order. In 1818 at that city, Thomas Wil- 
 dey and John Welch, both Englishmen, each found that the other was an Odd 
 Fellow, and commenced to search for others, with a view to forming a Lodge. 
 On the 26th of April, 1819, after considerable effort and some advertising, they,. 
 with three others who had also been initiated in England — John Duncan, John 
 Cheatham and Richard Rushworth — assembled at the " Seven Stars," on Second 
 street, at seven o'clock P. M., and constituted themselves " Washington Lodge 
 of Odd Fellows," with Thomas Wildey as Noble Grand. To this Lodge a war- 
 rant or dispensation was granted February 1, 1820, by the Duke of York's 
 Lodge in England, entitling it " No. I, Washington's Lodge, the Grand Lodge 
 of Maryland and of the United States of America," recognizing it as the first 
 established in the United States, and empowering it to issue warrants or dispen- 
 sations to a number of brothers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 
 any State of the Union. From this small germ, with only five lone leaves un- 
 folding to the sun, the mighty oak hath grown until, having reached the age of 
 only eighty years, its branches overshadow not only our own continent, but have 
 also taken root in Cuba, Chili, Denmark, France, the German Empire, Italy, 
 Japan, Netherlands, Peru, the Hawaiian Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, 
 New Zealand and Tasmania, furnishing grateful shade to upwards of sixteen 
 thousand two hundred altars and 2,648 tents of our Order, inculcating the 
 principles of Friendship, Love and Truth, through an active membership of over 
 one million one hundred thousand men and women, and distributing about three 
 million four hundred thousand dollars per annum annually for the relief of dis- 
 tress, the burial of the dead and the education of the orphan. The annual reve- 
 nues for the year 1897 — the last for which we yet have complete returns — 
 amounted to $8,846,259.90, and the Order then held invested funds to the amount 
 of $26,388,695.74, all of which is held in trust for the benevolent purposes indi- 
 cated by the annual expenditures above mentioned. During its early history its 
 membership was ostracised by the great mass of the community, because it was 
 a secret society whose objects and purposes were little known or understood, — 
 its Lodges were scattered, communication between them infrequent and uncer- 
 tain, and no complete record of its growth, numerically or financially, during 
 the first eleven years of its history, has been compiled, but from 1830 to Decem- 
 ber 31, 1897, there were initiated into the subordinate Lodges 2,197,196 mem- 
 
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 bers, and the expenditures for relief made during the same period amounted to 
 $77,480,656.11. 
 
 Washington Lodge No. 1, in its early history, was not free from disturb- 
 ing elements; but these finally withdrew, and formed Franklin Lodge No. 2. The 
 legal existence of the latter, however, was not recognized until chartered by the 
 Grand Lodge, August 22, 182 1. During this year these were the only Lodges 
 in existence in America known to the Order in Maryland. Up to this time 
 matters of importance in the Order were referred to and managed by Commit- 
 tee of Past Grands, who represented in a crude way the ideas later embodied in 
 the organization of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and it ultimately became the 
 proud privilege of such a committee to organize a Grand Lodge of legislative 
 
 John Frederick % Morse, Past Grand Master. 
 
 Born in Essex, Vermont, December 27, 1815. In 1842 received his degree as Doctor of Medicine. Initiated 
 into Atlantic Lodge No. 50 at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1844, passing the Chairs in that Lodge in 1846, and was 
 returned as a representative to the Grand Lodge of New York, taking his seat in that body in August, 1846. 
 Arrived in San Francisco August 30, 1849, settling in Sacramento and resuming the practice of his profession. 
 He was one of the foremost in establishing the " Odd Fellows' Relief Association of Sacramento," that asso- 
 ciation that labored so earnestly during the prevalence of the cholera, by which that place suffered so much. 
 He was the fifth President of the Society of California Pioneers. In 1851 he withdrew from his Eastern Lodge 
 and joined Sacramento Lodge No. 2. He was one of the petitioners for a charter for the Grand Lodge of 
 California, and represented his Lodge at the organization and first session of that body in 1853. Elected 
 Grand Master in 1854. In 1871 he was elected a Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, serving two 
 years. Having visited Europe in 1869, he was commissioned by Grand Sire Farnsworth as Deputy Grand 
 Sire, with authority to institute the Order in Germany and Switzerland. Although taken prisoner in the 
 then existing war between Prussia and France, he accomplished his mission and established the Order in 
 both of these jurisdictions. On his return to this country he received the unanimous thanks of his own Grand 
 Lodge, of the Sovereign Grand Lodge and a magnificent testimonial from the Grand Lodge of Germany, the 
 same being presented to him in open session of our Grand Lodge by A. C. Bradford, then Grand Master, in 
 May, 1873. In 1874 he started for Australia bearing a new commission for work in that country, but failing 
 health necessitated his return after reaching Honolulu, and this was the only commission he ever failed to 
 execute. He died in San Francisco December 30, 1874. Like Parker and Bohen, he rests in the Odd Fellows' 
 Cemetery, " that sacred Mountain of the Dead dedicated by our rites and consecrated to our Order." " Their 
 example is a light to our path and a guide to our feet." 
 
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 capacity — one which has so grown in dignity and strength, in wisdom and in 
 power for good, that it stands to-day without a superior among the deliberative 
 and legislative assemblies of the world, and in which membership is as great an 
 honor to him who holds it as any other position within the gift of a free people, 
 and greater than any that comes by inheritance. Though the founders of the 
 Order were without scholarly attainments, they were guided by sound common 
 sense, and in the spirit of Friendship and Love they were enabled to " lay the 
 solid foundation of eternal Truth." 
 
 On the 2 1 st of February, 182 1, this Committee of Five Past Grands organ- 
 ized " The Grand Lodge of Maryland and of the United States of America, of 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows." Their names should be inscribed 
 high, and in enduring form, upon the scroll of Fame. They were, Thomas 
 Wildey, who was chosen Grand Master, and who faithfully served as such and 
 as Grand Sire, for twelve successive years; John P. Entwistle, Deputy 
 Grand Master; William S. Couth, Grand Warden; John Welch, Grand Sec- 
 retary, and John Boyd, Grand Treasurer and Grand Guardian. To this 
 Grand Lodge, Washington Lodge No. 1 surrendered its English Charter, and 
 accepted one from this Grand Body in lieu thereof, and by it a dispensation 
 was also granted to Franklin Lodge No. 2. The next Lodge established by 
 this Grand Lodge was Columbia Lodge No. 3, of Baltimore, into which 
 the venerable Joshua Vansant, who in later life for many years served the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge as its Grand Treasurer, was one of its first initiates. 
 During the year 1823 Lodges in Pennsylvania, New York and Massa- 
 chusetts were established or reorganized, and recognized the organization in 
 Baltimore as the head of the Order in America. In 1824 measures were taken 
 to separate the Grand Lodge of Maryland and of the United States, and Janu- 
 ary 15, 1825, a meeting was held at Baltimore to organize the Grand Lodge of 
 the United States, as the Supreme Body in America, at which the Grand Lodges 
 of the four States mentioned were represented in person or by duly appointed 
 proxy. The proposed separation was approved, and a constitution was adopted, 
 and father Wildey was elected Grand Master, but in the following year this title 
 was changed to Grand Sire. Subsequently, and on the 15th of May, 1826, the 
 Grand Master and officers of the Movable Committee of the Manchester Unity 
 in England, voluntarily issued and forwarded as a free gift, to the Grand 
 Lodge so organized, a ratification of the charter before granted by the Duke of 
 York Lodge to the brethren in Baltimore, authorizing the Grand Sire and 
 officers of the " Grand Lodge of America to conduct the business of Odd Fellowship 
 without the interference of any other country, so long as the said business of Odd 
 Fellowship is conducted according to the principles of Odd Fellowship." This char- 
 ter was issued in response to a visit of Grand Sire Wildey to the Order in Eng- 
 land, where his reception was one grand ovation throughout, bearing every evi- 
 dence of fraternal love. 
 
 This is, perhaps, enough to show " the beginning of things " in America, 
 with that Grand Order whose independence, as has been seen, was fully recog- 
 nized and acknowledged, and the fiftieth anniversary of whose organization on 
 the shores of the Pacific is now to be celebrated, under the setting sun of the 
 nineteenth century. Before proceeding to a review of its history on these west- 
 ern shores, it is perhaps as well to note the fact, that before the conquest of the 
 land in which we live, the Independent Order had become one not only devoted 
 
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 to " mutual relief," as was the parent Order in the mother country, and had 
 engraven upon its sacred seal the command of our law, " Visit the sick, relieve 
 the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan," but had also become 
 an intellectual association, devoting itself to the improvement and elevation of 
 the character of men, enlightening the minds and improving the morals of man- 
 kind, warring against vice in all its forms. To this end, before the flag of our 
 country floated over California soil, the Order had remodeled its ritual, and so 
 improved its lectures and charges as to make them burn with eloquence, and 
 move the hearts and mould the characters of men whenever listened to, inspir- 
 ing them with a spirit of reverence for their Creator, Fidelity to their Country, 
 and Love for their fellow men. All this had been designed from the begin- 
 ning, but it was finally accomplished under the leadership and guidance of the 
 
 L. L. Alexander, Past Grand Master 
 
 He was the seventh Grand Master of California and is the senior one now living. The following sketcn 
 of his life and work in Odd Fellowship was published in the New Age, and written by the editor, Wm. H. 
 Barnes, in his sketches of Veteran Odd Fellows : 
 
 "It would require more than the entire capacity of the New Age to do justice to the life work and 
 service of this beloved brother; his work is a part of the history of Odd Fellowship on this Coast, and from 
 August 15, 1850, the day upon which he arrived in California, up to this date, he has ever been in the harness 
 and in the van of every good work to advance the interest of the institution which he loves. He was born in 
 Winchester, N. H., October 2, 1828, and twenty-oDe years later, in October, 1849, he was initiated in Hampden 
 Lodge No. 27, of Springfield, Mass. He was a charter member of Sonora Lodge No. 10, of this State, institu- 
 ted June 7, 1853; withdrew by card in September, 1860, and joined Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15, of San Francisco, 
 October 4, 1860. He also assisted in organizing Bald Mountain Encampment No. 4, of Sonora, in which he held 
 at different times all the elective offices except Treasurer, and acted as deputy for both branches of the Order 
 in Tuolumne County for a number of years. He entered the Grand Lodge of California at the Stockton ses- 
 sion of 1855, and has missed but three sessions of the Grand Lodge since that time, and then he was out of 
 the State at the date of the sessions. Earnest, untiring, and a man of undoubted principle, ever on the side 
 of right, ever fearless to rebuke wrong, he has a large place in the hearts of the members of the Order, not only 
 on this Coast but throughout the continent. He was elected Grand Warden in 1857, Deputy Grand Master in 
 1858, Grand Master in 1859, and has several times been sent to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. 
 
 " In 1850 on his journey to California by way of the Isthmus he was detained at Panama from the middle 
 of April to the last of July, and there assisted in organizing the Odd Fellows' Association, which did much 
 good in caring for the sick and burying the dead among the thousands who were waiting there to get passage 
 to California, and this was of great value, as much sickness prevailed. He was, and is, an ardent supporter 
 of the degree of Rebekah; in the early sixties was one of a committee to collect data upon the subject; in 
 1863 he was the moving spirit in having a digest of our Grand Lodge compiled, and was appointed a committee 
 
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 of one by Grand Master Kendall to prepare the work, which he did, and thus gave the Grand Lodge of Cali- 
 fornia its first compiled digest. In 1880 he introduced a resolution whereby an old member desiring to change 
 his membership could petition and be elected in another Lodge before taking his withdrawal card, which was 
 afterwards adopted. In April, 1877, he participated in the organization of the Veteran Odd Fellows' Associ- 
 ation of California and assisted in framing its laws, the introduction to which he wrote. He served as Vice- 
 President of the Veterans in 1878 and as President in 1879. In 1883 he began to urge upon the S. G. L. the 
 advantage of admitting to the order members at the age of 18 years, and the same year as a representative 
 of California at the session held at Providence, R. I., he proposed an amendment upon the subject, and in 1884 
 and 1885 he strenuously urged the adoption of the amendment. A very important part of the ritual of the 
 military branch is from his suggestion. In 1883 he was on a special committee to examine the report upon the 
 advisability of establishing a home for the aged and indigent Odd Fellows in this jurisdiction and reported 
 favorably. While the above is but the briefest outline, yet it suffices to show that this ' Grand Old Man, 1 who 
 is still with us, has been a power for good to the Order and to humanity." 
 
 Through all the years, since his first connection with Odd Fellowship, he "has had the work harness on." 
 His business for many years was superintending mines. His first public address upon Odd Fellowship was 
 at the celebration of the fortieth anniversary by all the bodies of the Order in Tuolumne County, California, 
 at Sonora, April 26, 1859. He was then Deputy Grand Master of this State and officiated on that occasion at 
 the dedication of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery and the I. O. O. F. Hall now owned by the Order in Sonora. 
 While superintending the Father DeSmett Mine in the Black Hills, Dakota, in I860, he was commissioned by 
 the Grand Sire to institute Black Hills Encampment at Deadwood, and assisted at the institution of subor- 
 dinate lodges at Central City and Spear Fish. The following item is from the Free Press, published at Bodie, 
 California, April 23, 1881 : 
 
 "On Tuesday next is the occasion of the celebration by Bodie Lodge No. 279, 1. O. O. F., of the sixty- 
 third anniversary of the introduction of Odd Fellowship into the United States, and Col. L. L. Alexander, 
 superintendent of the May Lundy Mine, in Homer District, has be°n selected to fill the position of orator. 
 The selection is a most excellent one, as all will agree who know Col. Alexander, and an eloquent, instructive 
 and rare literary treat may be expected. Col. Alexander is devotedly attached to the high moral principles 
 of Odd Fellowship; is a gentleman of culture and breadth of mind, and a gifted orator, and, but for his inate 
 modesty and devotion to the business of mining, would long since have become one of the leading and most 
 influential men in the politics of the State." 
 
 He hns delivered many addresses upon Odd Fellowship and takes as much interest in the work of all 
 branches of the Order as ever. Though past three score and ten years of age he is vigorous and active, and 
 ready to respond to any call of duty. 
 
 immortal RIDGELY — a brother who was initiated into Columbia Lodge No. 
 3 of Baltimore, May 23, 1829, and who became the greatest among all the 
 apostles of the Order, bringing it out of darkness into light, making his name a 
 household word among the fraternity the world over, honored and beloved wher- 
 ever our altar has been erected. This glorious work was adopted in 1845, an d 
 went into effect January 1, 1846 — eight months before California became a por- 
 tion of the territory of the United States. 
 
 The first Lodge of our beloved Order permanently organized in California 
 was California Lodge No. 1, located in San Francisco. It was regularly insti- 
 tuted September 9, 1849, J ust one y ear to a day before the State was admitted 
 into the Union. There had been earlier attempts at organization. The first of 
 these was in December, 1847, when a few brothers met at the Portsmouth House, 
 and without authority of law organized themselves as a Lodge of Odd Fellows, 
 and subsequently fitted up a Lodge Room at Clark's Point, supplied themselves 
 with books and regalia, and entered upon the charitable work of the Order, but 
 there is no evidence that they ever attempted to initiate, or confer degrees, al- 
 though they did admit other members holding cards, until they numbered thirty- 
 six. Upon the discovery of gold, however, in 1848, they burned all their books 
 and papers, stored there regalia, broke up the association, and fled to the mines. 
 In the latter part of 1848 another attempt was made to organize a Lodge, but 
 it was never properly instituted. 
 
 California No. i was organized under a dispensation granted by Grand 
 Sire Horn R. Kneass, dated January 12, 1849, issued to Brothers Samuel J. 
 Torbet, Charles Justis, Frank M. Caldwell, George H. Weaver, John Willets, 
 and James Smiley, then of Philadelphia, but about to start for California. Three 
 of these brothers arrived with the books and papers May 26, 1849, but a suffi- 
 cient number possessed of the requisite cards were not assembled until the 9th 
 of September following, although an unsuccessful attempt was made in August, 
 by means of a crier ringing a bell through the streets, and announcing a meet- 
 ing for the purpose of considering the organization of a Lodge. A large num- 
 ber responded to the call, representing every State in the Union, but among all 
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 Bro. James Smiley was the only one of those present whose names appear upon 
 the dispensation. He instituted the Lodge, being thereunto specially authorized. 
 The charter members were R. H. Taylor, N. G. ; H. W. Herley, V. G. ; E. C. 
 Franklin, Sec. ; John M. Coughlin, Treas., and Bros. Julius Rose, William Burl- 
 ing, J. N. Dall, David Jobson and Lewis Tramble. Many others were present, 
 holding visiting cards from the Atlantic States, and these continued to attend the 
 Lodge as regularly as if they were members, contributing dues for its support, 
 and making frequent munificent contribution to aid the Lodge in ministering to 
 the wants of the sick and the destitute. The records of the Lodge were subse- 
 quently destroyed by fire, and it is now impossible to ascertain with any cer- 
 tainty the measure of relief which was furnished by members of the Order 
 
 John Brown Harmon 
 
 Born in Ohio in 1822, he removed to Louisiana, and shortly after reaching his majority united with 
 Templar Lodge No. 17 of that jurisdiction, located at New Orleans. Came to California in 1819 and located at 
 Sacramento, where he joined Capitol Lodge No. 87; passing the Chairs in that Lodge and entering the Grand 
 Lodge of California as one of its Representatives in May, 1862. Elected Grand Master in 1J69. and, besides 
 attending to the usual duties of that office, was the principal Representative in receiving and en tertaining the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge on the occasion of its first visit to this State, in September, 1869. Elected the follow- 
 ing year as Grand Representative, he at once took a prominent part in the deliberations of the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge, and in September, 1876, was elected Deputy Grand Sire. While filling that office he was sent 
 as a Special Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand to adjust differences between those jurisdic- 
 tions and the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and to instruct them in the work and laws of the Order, which duties 
 he performed in a most satisfactory manner. In 1878 he was unanimously elected Grand Sire, the highest 
 office in the gift of the Order, and one which he filled ably, and, as in all other stations, with honor to himself 
 and to the Jurisdiction that numbered him among its members. An attorney of more than ordinary ability 
 and of high standing in the legal fraternity, his love for his fellow-man directed his energies to the fraternal 
 field, and Odd Fellowship was to him a living principle. His life-work was for the Order, and his best 
 thoughts and labors were given to its advancement. A ripe scholar, he devoted his energies to the upbuild- 
 ing of Odd Fellowship and to the elucidation of its sublime teachings. " His memory is dear to us and his 
 example one to be emulated." His death occurred on February 7, 1899, and on February 9th he was laid to 
 rest by loving hands in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, in sight of that Golden Gate so dear to him. So 
 long as Odd Fellowship blesses the world he will live in the hearts of its votaries. 
 
 through this Lodge in the early days of its history, but it is a matter of history 
 that during the exciting period of '49, '50 and '51 thousands of people arrived 
 
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 here destitute and stranded, and many of them sick from the exposures which 
 they had endured in the long and weary journey across the continent, or the 
 longer one by sea around 'the Horn or through the tropics, while others lost 
 everything that they possessed very shortly after their arrival, by reason of 
 the destructive fires which so often devastated the city in those early days; and 
 old Pioneers tell us that during that period the Odd Fellows in this city must 
 have expended fully $100,000 in the relief of distress and the burial of the dead. 
 
 In these early days the appeals to the brethren in Sacramento for that 
 benevolence enjoined by the teachings of our Order were, if possible, even more 
 pressing than in San Francisco. That city of tents was the first resting place 
 of the weary wanderers across the deserts, the mountains and the plains, from 
 the " father of waters " in the East to the waters that washed the golden sands 
 in the West, and, While it suffered greatly from the inundations of '49-50, it was 
 also stricken, for the only time in the history of the State, with the terrible scourge 
 of cholera, and the demand for active work " in visiting the sick, and burying 
 the dead," was of the most pressing character. In August, 1849, the sojourn- 
 ing Odd Fellows, although personally unknown to each other, responded 
 promptly to call, and organized a voluntary association for this practical work 
 of the Order. Among the most active of its workers was a young doctor, Bro. 
 John F. Morse, who early became one of the most zealous and highly esteemed 
 among the membership in the jurisdiction, being chosen second Grand Master, 
 and in 1870, under special commission from the Grand Sire having the distin- 
 guished honor of introducing and instituting the Order in Germany. This 
 association of Odd Fellows, unknown to each other until called together by 
 the pressing necessity for work in which they had been educated at our 
 altars, continued its organization until January 28, 1851, when out of it 
 Sacramento Lodge No. 2 was instituted by Past Grand James Smiley, Special 
 Deputy Grand Sire, under a dispensation which was believed to be regular, with 
 the following charter members : Lucius A. Booth, Wm. Childs, Martin C. Col- 
 lins, N. C. Cunningham, Samuel Deal, M. Kalisher, G. H. Peterson, Horatio 
 E. Roberts, Robert Robinson and George W. Wright. 
 
 After the organization of the Lodge, the good work was carried on in its 
 name and under its direction, but in Sacramento, as in San Francisco, sojourn- 
 ing brethren, holding membership in and visiting cards from Eastern Lodges, 
 and so disqualified from becoming members here, continued to assist the Lodge 
 in all its labors of benevolence and love, as if enrolled among its membership. 
 
 San Francisco No. 3. — Brothers Jesse Boring, Philo White, I. Joseph, Edwin 
 Hudson, R. O. Sturdivant, M. S. Buckelew, T. Rodgers Johnson and J. W. 
 Young, having petitioned for a dispensation for the organization of a second 
 Lodge in San Francisco, they were called together by D. D. Grand Sire Smiley, 
 July 5, 185 1, and San Francisco Lodge No. 3 was instituted and declared to be 
 regularly organized. The whole proceeding was irregular, but the Lodge en- 
 tered at once upon the beneficent work of Odd Fellowship, and still continues in 
 that noble effort. At the time of the institution of tJhe Grand Lodge it had the 
 largest membership in the jurisdiction. 
 
 Eureka No. 4. — Somewhat in the same way a dispensation was irregularly 
 issued to Past Grands W. J. Tilley, W. H. Watson, A. J. Lucas, T. M. Davis, 
 George I. N. Monell, A. P. Andrews, R. Porter and Brothers Thomas Sunder- 
 land, John Turner and David Hall, for the institution of Eureka Lodge No. 4, at 
 
Volunteers Returning from the Philippines 
 
 Fourth of July Procession, 1899 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 
 
 35 
 
 Sacramento, and the Lodge was organized January 7, 1852. It also has sur- 
 mounted all the irregularities of its institution, and bears an honored name among 
 the Lodges of the State. 
 
 Yuba No. 5. — At Marysville the early conditions were somewhat similar to 
 those at Sacramento, although in lesser degree. Out of a preliminary associa- 
 tion of Odd Fellows, formed for the relief of distress, grew up Yuba Lodge No. 
 5, but its organization was so irregular that, notwithstanding it still retains the 
 number and is recognized as one of the pioneer Lodges of the State, it was un- 
 able to secure such recognition until after the institution of our Grand Lodge, 
 and was regularly chartered by it. The following is a list of its petitioners for 
 charter: L. R. Farrish, J. S. Benton, Simuel McHays, I. Totman, J. H. Scates, 
 
 William Howard Watson, Past Grand Master 
 
 William Howard Watson was born in New Jersey, December 30, 1810. He was initiated into Magnolia 
 Lodge No. 12 of New Orleans in 1846, came to the Coast in August, 1850, and after short residence in Nevada 
 and Washington Territories settled in California, joining Sacramento Lodge No. 2. Later he became a 
 charter member of Eureka Lodge No. 4, when he finally located in San Francisco, he became a charter mem- 
 ber of Alta Lodge No. 205, remaining a member of this Lodge up to the date of his death, September 28, 1898- 
 In 1857 he was elected Grand Master from the floor. He was one of the founders of the Veteran Odd Fellows' 
 Association and Treasurer of the San Francisco Library Association at the time of his death. His remains 
 were deposited in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery. His life was quiet, his death peaceful, his disposition kindly,, 
 and his friends and brothers can point to him as one who was true to the obligations of Odd Fellowship and 
 citizenship. 
 
 Thomas A. Stombs, Mark Brumagin, C. N. Gray, DeWitt Rice, Lewis Bodelet,. 
 J. G. B. Knapp, Arthur Polock, R. Rush, R. T. Gilmore, J. Kaplar, J. W. Win- 
 ter, John C. Fall and L. Hite. 
 
 Charity No. 6. — The Angel of Death first called together the Odd Fellows of 
 Stockton, who until so called had been entirely unknown to each other. A dying 
 stranger at the house of a resident asked to see an Odd Fellow. His host knew 
 of none, but after considerable inquiry found a man who answered to the call T 
 
ji j* Jt ALL ABOARD! ODD FELLOWS, AND REMEMBER 
 
 That unless you take a 
 trip over«,» 
 
 The California 
 Northwestern 
 Railway 
 
 Lessee of S. F. & N. P. R'y 
 
 The. . . 
 
 Picturesque c Rpute of 
 
 California 
 
 »-YOU CAN HAVE NO CONCEPTION OF THE»»« 
 
 Fertile Soil, Beautiful Scenery & Delightful 
 Glim ate of California 
 
 ride with us through the lovely 
 marin, sonoma, santa rosa, russian 
 river and ukiah valleys, and view 
 the prettiest country on the con- 
 TINENT J* J* J* J* # J* 
 
 See the orchards, the vineyards, the meadows and fields of grain 
 See the lofty pines, the wide-spreading oak and the towering redwood 
 
 .And, remember, Odd Fellows 
 
 That in this territory, so rich in its products, THERE IS NOT ONE ACRE UNDER 
 IRRIGATION. Man plants and tills— Nature does the rest. 
 
 Ticket Office: 
 
 650 Market Street, Chronicle Building. 
 
 General Office: 
 
 Mutual Life Building, Corner California and Sansome Streets 
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
 
 H. C. WHITING 
 
 General Manager. 
 
 R. X. RYAN 
 
 Gen'l Pass, and Frt. Agent. 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 37 
 
 and cared for the sick brother until he died. Then he advertised to Odd Fellows 
 to assemble and bury the brother. This call to duty rekindled the dormant fires 
 of fraternal love, and a goodly number assembled and made themselves known to 
 each other, and with tender hands bore the body of their stranger brother to its 
 final rest. Out of this assembly Charity Lodge No. 6 was born. It was insti- 
 tuted February 14, 1852, under dispensation issued by Past Grand J. M. Cough- 
 lin, then acting as D. D. Grand Sire. The petitioners for the organization of this 
 Lodge were E. G. Greenfield, P. G. ; H. O. Matthews, P. G. ; C. K. Chamberlain, 
 P. G. ; Samuel M. McLean, W. Garvin and J. I. Bixler. The Lodge has ever 
 since proved itself a true Samaritan, worthy of the noble name it bears, and is 
 to-day one of the best equipped for the dispensation of charity among the 
 subordinate Lodges of the world. 
 
 Auburn No. 7 was instituted by Past Grand George I. N. Monell, under dis- 
 pensation, October 7, 1852. The following were the petitioners for charter: 
 James B. Squire, John F. Scott, James Bowen, James E. Miller and Hensen 
 Hazell. 
 
 El Dorado No. 8. — This Lodge was organized at Sacramento, September 4, 
 1852, by Past Grand John F. Morse, under dispensation dated June 25, 1852. It 
 was reorganized in January, 1853, by D. D. Grand Sire S. H. Parker — the former 
 organization having been informal. The petitioning brothers were: Alex. Arm- 
 strong, Geo. W. Chedie, J. F. Cloutman, L. D. Kelley, John S. Kohn, James T. 
 Scott, Lewis Korn, E. Joseph Levi, Thos. B. Morse, L. J. Polhemus and Walter 
 Prosser. 
 
 These were the Pioneer Lodges of California, having some kind of organiza- 
 tion before the institution of the Grand Lodge of the State ; but they were three 
 thousand miles from the seat of government of the Order — located in a then com- 
 paratively unknown land, with mail facilities which at the shortest took two 
 months for the transmission of a letter and receipt of reply. Very few of the 
 members ever had any direct relations with the governing body of the Order — 
 they were without books or means of ascertaining what was required of them, 
 and it is no wonder that organization was not only irregular but slow. Only one 
 of them had been organized under legal authority of the G. L. U. S., until after 
 the appointment of and report from Brother Samuel Hale Parker, a Past Grand 
 Master and Past Grand Representative from the East, who came out here com- 
 missioned as D. D. Grand Sire for the State, with the necessary authority to 
 correct the errors of the past and put the irregular Lodges in line to secure 
 recognition. He at once entered upon this work with such zeal and intelligence 
 that by the 17th of May, 1853, he had removed the difficulties and secured the 
 recognition of all except No. 5, and on that day, pursuant to call, the following 
 Past Grands assembled in San Francisco for the purpose of organizing a Grand 
 Lodge, to wit: 
 
 From California Lodge No. 1. — James Smiley, L. Ryan, P. B. Dexter, N. W. 
 Moore, Charles Davis, J. M. Coughlin and L. F. Zantzinger. 
 
 From Sacramento Lodge No. 2. — Mathew Purdin, John F. Morse, David 
 Kendall, C. C. Hayden, J. D. Persian, Cyrus Coffin, Newton Booth, Augustus 
 Otto and Robert Robinson. 
 
 From San Francisco Lodge No. 3. — E. W. Graham, Samuel Hale Parker, 
 T. Rodgers Johnson, Daniel Norcross, Noah Sutton, H. M. Heuston, Thomas 
 Eadie, William Robertson and James W. Young. 
 
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 From Eureka Lodge No. 4. — Prescott Robinson, W. H. Watson, Geo. I. N. 
 Monell, A. J. Lucas, S. M. Veach, W. J. Tilley, Thomas Sunderland, James 
 Bowsted and John Turner. 
 
 From Charity Lodge No. 6. — J. M. Woolen, E. W. Colt, I. Zacharia and 
 J. D. Wilkins. 
 
 From Auburn Lodge No. 7. — Hanson Hazen. 
 
 From El Dorado Lodge No. 8. — J. S. Scott. 
 
 It will be noticed that almost every name in this list has since become his- 
 torical among those of the prominent builders of this State, in civil, political and 
 fraternal life. At least six out of that short list have passed the Chair of Grand 
 Master in this jurisdiction, and each one of them in that position added luster to 
 
 James A. J. Bohen, Past Grand Master. 
 
 Born at Baltimore, Md., October 22, 1828. Initiated in Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15, September 22, 1853. 
 Installed Noble Grand of that Lodge January 3, 1856. Admitted into Grand Lodge of California May 12, 1857. 
 Installed as Grand Master, May 9, 1862; elected Representative to Sovereign Grand Lodge, May, 1864, and 
 admitted to that body September 19th of same year. Died in San Francisco, May 25, 1867. On the evening of 
 May 23d, two days before his death, while Yerba Buena Lodge was in session, word came that Brother Bohen 
 was dying. The Lodge immediately closed and the members repaired to his residence, to once more see their 
 beloved Brother. Brother Bohen, hardly able to speak, seeming to gather strength from this evidence of the 
 love and affection of his brethren, had himself propped up in his bed, and, speaking hardly above a whisper, 
 addressed them in words that could not help but sink deep into the hearts of every one present; his closing 
 words seeming as an inspiration were as follows: '"I exhort you, brothers, in your daily works of life to 
 exemplify the beauties of Odd Fellowship— to live moral and religious lives— to be charitable, to be 
 generous, to be just." 
 
 his own name and that of the Order, while none of them ever brought a blemish 
 io the one or the other. Many of the others have also faithfully served the Order 
 in this State in positions of honor and of trust, among them being our first Grand 
 Secretary, Bro. T. Rodgers Johnson, who held the position for nearly a quarter 
 of a century, contributing largely to the growth of the Order and the perfection 
 of its work, and making for himself an honored name throughout the Order in 
 
Proud Aan. 
 
 Tl)e Triple E)in^s 
 
 I have seen the rose in beauty spread 
 
 Its leaves to the morning sun, 
 I returned— behold, the rose was dead; 
 
 The Destroyer's work was done. 
 Its grace and beauty, all were gone: 
 
 Its loveliness had flown, 
 Its leaves were scattered o'er the lawn, 
 
 By angry breezes blown. 
 
 And like that flower, I've seen proud man, 
 
 His cheeks with beauty glows; 
 He walked, he leaped, in joy he ran, 
 
 More beauteous than the rose. 
 Returned again— I there behold ! 
 
 Grim death was standing nigh. 
 That mortal clay was stiff and cold, 
 
 For all that's born must die. 
 
 I have seen the leaves of Autumn fall; 
 
 Thick on the ground they lay, 
 And wintry winds would sadly call 
 
 And sigh o'er their decay. 
 And, yet, Spring came; soft breezes sang 
 
 Among the branches coy. 
 They budded forth again and sprang 
 
 In beauty, life and joy. 
 
 Man in darkness and in chains ! 
 
 Why fleeting phantoms chase? 
 'Tis sad, indeed, if naught remains 
 
 To millions of our race. 
 Proud man, beware ! In vain you toil, 
 
 For earthly wealth and power. 
 For sure decay will come to spoil 
 
 And all your goods devour. 
 
 Be serious, then ; the lesson taught 
 
 Is sad as it is true, 
 For all the worldly pleasures sought 
 
 Will fade and die with you. 
 In view of this, our mortal end, 
 
 Our only work and strife, 
 Should be by noble work to ascend 
 
 The Eternal Throne of Life. 
 
 Worthy subjects of Friendship's realm, 
 
 Faithful Brothers in Fraternal Life, 
 Truth to-day stands at the helm 
 
 To guide our bark through earthly strife ; 
 For truth is mighty and will prevail. 
 
 Imperial virtue shall be our guide, 
 As o'er the sea of life we sail; 
 
 No storm, no cloud, shall us betide. 
 
 As down the dangerous mountain steep, 
 
 On to the sacred stream we pass, 
 Turn not aside from those who weep, 
 
 And cry for help—" Alas ! Alas ! " 
 We clothe the naked, the hungry feed; 
 
 The orphan is our special care; 
 Our Order knows no sect or creed, 
 
 " Have Mercy ! " is our humble prayer. 
 
 The high, the low, the rich, the poor, 
 
 The learned, the unlearned meet within; 
 No false distinctions here endure, 
 
 For all must act like honest men. 
 And, while we celebrate the day 
 
 Our lodge was instituted here, 
 We hope and trust, and humbly pray, 
 
 It will live and thrive for many a year. 
 
 Through endless time, till peace and love 
 
 Shall bless all nations, tongues and creeds: 
 Till man shall learn to look above 
 
 For inspiration to noble deeds ; 
 Till death no terrors can impart; 
 
 Till all shall have eternal youth; 
 Till all the globe be pure of heart, 
 
 And joined in Friendship, Love and Truth. 
 
 Chas. L. Hayes. 
 
 The following was written and read by the 
 author, Brother C. L. Hayes, at the celebration 
 of the Second Anniversary of Bridgeport Lodge 
 No. 386. 
 
 In the sacred chain which bindeth mortal man to God 
 divine, __, . 
 
 In the amulets of honor which around our Order twine, 
 
 There's no emblem more revered and loved by age or 
 nimble youth . 
 
 Than our Triple Links, symbolic of pure Friendship, 
 Love and Truth. 
 
 In our daily life and struggles, in our worldly toils and 
 
 In our journey towards the Jordan, towards our home 
 
 Eternal life, , , 
 
 We know that our actions, as along the road we plod, 
 Are seen, condemned or sanctioned by the all-seeing 
 eye of God. 
 
 Our efforts are but human, our principles divine, 
 
 The golden link of Friendship leads from darkness to 
 
 sunshine. 
 It meets and joins the center link of true Fraternal 
 
 Love, 
 Then welds with Truth the crowning link, the three 
 
 are interwoven. 
 And thus we read the lesson in those Triple Links of 
 
 ours, 
 " Sure decay will come to all our earthly wealth and 
 
 powers." 
 "Clothe the naked'"— "Nurse the sick"— the hungry 
 
 you must feed, 
 " Educate the orphan" and " Relieve all those in need." 
 
 Read the lesson once again— ponder well— believe, 
 'Tis far more noble and sublime to give than to receive, 
 Then make no public mention when we share our hum- 
 ble store, 
 For he that gives most freely from his treasure hath 
 
 the more. 
 Turn not aside from those who weep, assist them if 
 
 you can, 
 And always strive to act the part of the " Good 
 
 Samaritan." 
 And if your fellow traveler falls exhausted by the road, 
 Then help him up, assist him on, to some good safe 
 abode. 
 
 And though the world should never know the aid and 
 
 help you'd given, 
 The record of such noble deeds is surely kept in 
 
 Heaven. 
 And when the final reckoning comes, and life is at an 
 
 end, 
 St. Peter will know you as the man who always helped 
 
 a friend. 
 And ere the scythe of Father Time comes on to lay you 
 
 low, 
 Remember well and bear in mind, we'll reap whate'er 
 
 we sow ; 
 And if we plant the tares of vice, of selfishness— ill 
 
 will, 
 We'll reap the whirlwind, drink the draught of woe 
 
 that's sure to kill. 
 
 Let Faith, Hope and Charity, and Mercy most sublime, 
 Control our actions here on earth, until the end of time : 
 And when you're summoned to appear before that 
 
 Lodge Divine 
 Be sure you have the password, and can give the 
 
 countersign. 
 Impute to us no sacrilege for the simile we make, 
 For all our teachings, all our laws, from Holy Writ we 
 
 take. 
 Though many years have faded since Odd Fellowship 
 
 was born, 
 Our work will not be finished 'till dawns the Eternal 
 
 Morn. 
 
 Then come all nations, tongues and creeds unite with 
 us to-day, 
 
 We'll teach you how to travel in the straight and 
 narrow way, 
 
 And if our teachings you observe and faithfully obey 
 
 You'll surely be a better man, and never go astray. 
 
 Unite with us, adopt our plans, assist in doing good, 
 
 And join all kindreds of the earth in one grand Brother- 
 hood, 
 
 And when you've joined our Fellowship, 'twill not 
 seem so odd, 
 
 For the fellowship of honest men is the fellowship of 
 God. 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 41 
 
 the world at large. Another, Bro. Newton Booth, has added honor to his race 
 by his distinguished services as Governor of the State and as a Senator of the 
 United States, while still others have proved themselves no less faithful to public 
 trust in other stations in life. 
 
 This convention being called to order by the D. D. Grand Sire, by his direc- 
 tion the dispensation for the organization of a Grand Lodge for the jurisdiction 
 of California was read and the organization at once proceeded with, the D. D. 
 Grand Sire presiding. The following were the first elected and appointed officers 
 of that body: 
 
 P. G. M., Samuel H. Parker, of No. 3.— Grand Master. 
 
 John F. Morse, of No. 2. — Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 E. W. Colt, of No. 6.— Grand Warden. 
 
 T. Rodgers Johnson, of No. 3. — Grand Secretary. 
 
 John M. Coughlin, of No. 1. — Grand Treasurer. 
 
 I. Zacharia, of No. 6. — Grand Marshall. 
 
 L. F. Zantzinger, of No. 1. — Grand Conductor. 
 
 A. J. Lucas, of No. 4. — Grand Guardian. 
 
 The Grand Master was installed by P. G. Mathew Purdin, and he, the Grand 
 Master, then proceeded to install the other officers, when the Grand Lodge of 
 California was proclaimed as duly organized and its officers duly installed. The 
 Grand Lodge remained in session for four days, during which time it prepared 
 and adopted a constitution and such legislation as put it in complete working 
 order, and prepared it for pushing the missionary work of the Order without the 
 delays under which the work had been retarded in the past. In his address to 
 the Grand Lodge at the close of this session the Grand Master congratulated the 
 Order on the organization of the Grand Lodge, briefly reviewed the work of the 
 Lodges in the past, stating that from the most reliable data that could then be 
 secured it appeared that these Lodges had already paid out more than a hundred 
 thousand dollars for relief, most of which had been disbursed for the relief of 
 brothers who were not members of the Lodges on this Coast, and predicting that 
 the result of the present organization would be an increase of an hundredfold in 
 a single harvest. The accuracy of this prediction is verified by the showing 
 made at the very next session of the Grand Lodge, held in the following May — 
 less than nine months after its organization. At that session the amount ex- 
 pended for relief was not shown, but at it eighteen Lodges were represented, and 
 the reports for the term ending December 31st — five months prior to the session — 
 show that at that date there were twenty-two Lodges in operation, with a mem- 
 bership of 985, and that its revenues for the term (from May 17 to December 31, 
 1853) amounted to $20,128.99. This, of course, did not include voluntary con- 
 tributions, but simply the regular revenues of the Lodges. And even in making 
 this showing, no reports had been received from three out of the twenty-two 
 Lodges. 
 
 Thus began the work of Odd Fellowship in our Golden State, and the names 
 of the Brothers and Lodges given are those of the Pioneers only. Want of space 
 forbids that we should give the details of the organization of Lodges and of the 
 names of charter members further than this. These can all be found in the 
 printed journals of the forty-three sessions of the Grand Lodge which have 
 already passed into history, but to repeat them here would make, not a volume 
 only, but a library, which few men would ever find the time to read. We must 
 
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FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 
 
 43 
 
 be content with saying that since our Grand Lodge was organized it has granted 
 about four hundred charters and dispensations for new Lodges in this jurisdic- 
 tion, all of which were regularly organized, and, while they lived, did good work, 
 but in the course of time a number of them dropped out and surrendered their 
 charters, their remaining membership uniting with other Lodges, or in some 
 instances two or more Lodges consolidating, so that at the date of our last annual 
 reports we had 351 subordinate Lodges in active operation, three of which, how- 
 ever, failed to give the number of their membership in their reports of that term — 
 the membership in the remaining 348 Lodges being 30,373. The dropping out 
 of these Lodges, however, need not be a surprise, when we remember that up to 
 the present time even our own people, to say nothing of those of other lands, have 
 scarcely begun to realize the measure of the capacities and resources of the State 
 in which we live. For one-half the time that our State has been settled by people 
 
 U. O. Burton. Past Grand Master. 
 
 Past Grand Master C. O. Burton was initiated into the Order July 21, 1852, in Charity Lodge 
 No. 6, at Stockton, California. He passed through the various Chairs of the Lodge, being a Past Grand in 
 ■fifteen months from his initiation. At the third session of the Grand Lodge he was appointed Grand 
 Guardian, and at the session of 1863 was elected Grand Warden. The following year he was made Deputy 
 Grand Master, and in 1865 was elevated to the Chair of Grand Master. In 1874 he was one of the representatives 
 to the Sovereign Grand Lodge held at Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a Past Chief Patriarch of the Encampment 
 Branch and a charter member of Parker Encampment No. 3. of Stockton, California. He still retains his 
 membership in both Lodge and Encampment where he was initiated. He is now one of the three Trustees of 
 the Grand Lodge and is regular in his attendance. Past Grand Master Burton came to California in 1849, 
 arriving at San Francisco September 9th of that year, and is, therefore, emphatically a pioneer in fact. 
 
 who naturally seek affiliation with fraternal organizations the State was supposed 
 to be comparatively worthless for all purposes but those of grazing and mining. 
 Grazing involves sparse population and widely scattered habitations, not conduc- 
 ive to the organization and maintenance of Lodges or other fraternal associa- 
 tions. In our mining regions, wherever gold was found, cities and towns, with 
 
Successor to Atkens Massey 
 
 Established in \ 849 
 
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 Undertaker and 
 
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 THIS ESTABLISHMENT is the oldest, largest 
 * and best equipped on the Coast. It has all the 
 appointments which care and science can devise. The 
 premises now occupied consist of a handsome and 
 commodious two-story building, designed with special 
 reference to the trade. 
 
 Mr. Godeau is a Past Grand of Franco-American 
 Lodge No. 207; He is also a prominent member of 
 several other societies here. Among the many persons 
 employed may be mentioned Mr. Godeau's able 
 Manager, M. P. Bigue, a Past Grand of Franco- 
 American Lodge, and Mr. M. E. Diebold, his book- 
 keeper, a Past Grand of Golden Gate Lodge No. 204. 
 
 305 Montgomery Avenue 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 The French ^ 
 English institute 
 
 (a Non-Sectarian School) 
 
 LOCATED at 1321 Powell Street, owes its 
 . prominence and success to its director, 
 Mr. Xavier MeTret. Prof. MeTret was 
 born in France in 1852 and immediately 
 after completing his education in that 
 country was appointed by his government 
 to teach in several institutions. The pro- 
 fessor came to San Francisco in 1876 and at 
 the suggestion of the French Consul founded 
 the well-known Mefret's Institute which 
 has nourished for the last twenty-three 
 years. The French and English Institute 
 has three departments for the practical 
 education of both sexes: Primary, Inter- 
 mediate and Preparatory Academic. By a 
 ministerial decree, issued at Paris, on De- 
 cember 29, 1887, Mr. Xavier Mefret was 
 nominated to and received the palm of 
 "Officer d' Acad^mie," for services rendered 
 to the cause of public instruction. 
 
 Prof. Mefret was a delegate to the 
 Teachers' Congress in Paris at the World's 
 Fair of 1889; while there he was' nomi- 
 nated delegate of 1' Alliance Francaise for 
 San Francisco, and in 1890 received a medal 
 from the Head Committee in Paris for 
 services rendered to the association. 
 
 Mr. Mefret's motto is " PROGREDIENTUR," 
 and he has conducted his school in accord- 
 ance with it since the commencement of 
 his career. 
 
 Major X. MeTret is prominently identified 
 with the I. O. O. F., and has been for many 
 
 Prof. Xavier Mefret, 
 Teacher of French at Heald's Business College. Prepares pupils for 
 
 „,„,. o-- rtll „, B „t r.f th. ro„t«« c„, o—.- . 1KaKUKT OI Jtuhcii at, neaia s Business uonege. rrepares pupils tor 
 of=™ T t p.,li„ £ £ ? i".° ♦ San Fran " tbe Norma l School, the Army and Navy, the Civil Service and the Uni- 
 cisco, No. 5, Patriarchs Militant. verslty. 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 45 
 
 hundreds and even thousands of people sprang up as if by magic, and it was in 
 these and at the centers of traffic which furnished supplies for the miners that the 
 Lodges were organized, but the moment that the mines began to " peter out " in 
 any of these magic cities or towns, or a better " strike " was reported elsewhere, 
 the inhabitants broke camp and the place went down as rapidly as it had grown 
 up, and not only Lodges, but churches, schools, business houses and dwellings 
 were deserted. In this condition the wonder is, not that so many, but that so few, 
 Lodges have surrendered their charters. 
 
 It is a fact generally conceded by those who have had a fair opportunity for 
 observation, that whenever the people who dwell upon the prolific soil and in the 
 " glorious climate " of California undertake to do anything, they do it with a will 
 and a " push " which knows no waiting. So it has been with our Order here. 
 For fully forty years after the organization of our Grand Lodge the Order moved 
 constantly forward, never making a backward step, and is to-day the largest 
 fraternal organization in the State, and best equipped for the great work in which 
 it is engaged. From 1853 to 1894 each succeeding year showed a steady increase 
 in membership. Following the financial crash of 1893, which affected not only 
 our State, but our whole country, there were four years of " hard times," such as 
 we had never experienced before, during each of which there was a small decrease 
 in membership, but the total decrease for the four years was but five hundred and 
 sixty-seven; and in the year 1898 the membership again began to increase, and it 
 is now mounting upward again and promises soon to reach a number higher than 
 ever before, if it has not already done so. During the period since the organiza- 
 tion of our Grand Lodge up to December 31, 1898, there were initiated in this 
 State 68,473, an 'd admitted by card 21,576. Withdrawals, suspensions, expul- 
 sions and deaths during the same period left us at the close of 1898 with a mem- 
 bership of 30,373, out of a voting population of 287,055, or one out of every nine 
 and forty-five one hundredths voters in the State. We doubt if any jurisdiction 
 can show a better pro rata of membership. Our total receipts from all sources 
 during the same period were $15,987,925.69, and at the close of the year 1898 the 
 subordinate Lodges in this State were in possession of accumulated assets to the 
 amount of $2,693,194.57, showing that the total expenditures for all purposes 
 have been $13,294,731.12. We have no complete table showing what amount of 
 this expenditure was for relief and charity, but the current proportion of this class 
 of expenditure is at the rate of $8.63 for relief and charity, to $7.10 for current 
 expenses, as shown by the reports of the year ending December 31, 1898. Dur- 
 ing that year the amount expended for relief and charity was $262,169.40, and for 
 current expenses $215,760.20. Even these figures show nothing of the personal 
 contributions for the relief of distress made by individual members of the Order, 
 which in the early days exceeded any amount the Lodges could pay, and even in 
 these later days, when the calls are not so pressing as in earlier times, amount to 
 no inconsiderable sum. 
 
 A part of the working machinery of every Lodge of the Order is its Visiting 
 Committee — a standing committee whose duty it is, by some one of its members, 
 regularly to make daily call upon every sick member of the Lodge, minister to 
 his necessities, furnish watchers, if necessary, and at every meeting of the Lodge 
 report the condition of each. In the smaller town's and sparsely settled com- 
 munities, this committee in like manner looks after the needs and condition of 
 sojourning brethren, through the Lodge regularly reporting to the Lodge to 
 
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 which a sick brother belongs; but in the larger cities this is better done by an 
 independent committee representing the several local Lodges. These regularly 
 look after and care for sojourning brethren who may need care, communicating 
 with the Lodges to which such brothers belong, wherever situated throughout 
 the world. These are commonly known as General Relief Committees, and 
 almost from the earliest history of the Order in this State these committees have 
 been maintained in the leading cities and have been of immeasurable service in 
 carrying out the leading purpose of the Order — that of Mutual Relief. 
 
 Wherever Odd Fellows are found, the command of our law to " bury the 
 dead " is never forgotten. In this State special attention has always been given 
 
 Elias Driggs Fabnsworth. Past Grand Sire. 
 
 Elias Driggs Farnsworth was born in Hartford, Connecticut, December 16, 1818; died in San Francisco, 
 California, March 29, 1893. In 1842 he married in New Orleans, Louisiana, and on November 10, 1845, was 
 initiated into Trabue Lodge No. 10, of Nashville, Tennessee; became Grand Patriarch of Tennessee in 1859, 
 and Grand Master of the same State in 1860. In 1855 he became a member of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, 
 continuing as a representative to that body until elected Grand Sire in September, 1868. In 1869 he visited, 
 in company with the entire number of representatives, California, and while on this visit laid the corner stone 
 of the Odd Fellows' Temple at Sacramento. Having formed an enthusiastic attachment for this Golden State, 
 at the close of his term as Grand Sire he came here to reside, and for tweuty-thiee years of his life was a 
 laborer in the work of Odd Fellowship in this jurisdiction, and did much to upbuild the Order here. " He was 
 an Odd Fellow, tried and true. In war he triumphantly upheld our white banner of peace at home, and when 
 peace came to us he successfully planted it on lands beyond the seas." 
 
 to preparation for the performance of this duty, and from the early days of our 
 history no Odd Fellow has knowingly been permitted to be buried in an unknown 
 grave. All over the State Odd Fellows' Cemeteries or large Odd Fellows' plats 
 in public cemeteries will be found, where members of the Order who die, having 
 no private burial lot of their own, are committed to their mother earth by tender 
 hands of the brotherhood, and with the same impressive burial service as are the 
 bodies of the most distinguished of its members; and even at this time, in far-off 
 
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 and inhospitable Alaska, the Odd Fellows of California and of sister jurisdictions 
 are giving especial care and attention to this sacred duty. 
 
 The growth of the Lodges in this jurisdiction during the second decade of 
 our history was greatly promoted through the local effort of Past Grand A. A. 
 Sargent, of Grass Valley, who afterwards became Grand Representative, United 
 States Senator and Minister to Germany, and of Bro. Nathan Porter, then a 
 Representative in the Grand Lodge of the United States from Rhode Island, and 
 who subsequently settled in this State and for several years represented our own 
 Grand Lodge in that sovereign body, where he secured a valuable addition to our 
 secret work. At that time there were thousands of non-affiliated Odd Fellows in 
 this State, who by reason of difficulties of communication had lost their member- 
 ship in the East and under the law could not gain membership here. Through 
 the efforts of these two distinguished brothers — one in our own Grand Lodge 
 and the other in the G. L. U. S. — a law was passed which enabled these non- 
 affiliates to become members in this jurisdiction, and this resulted in a large 
 increase in the membership of existing Lodges and the establishment of many 
 new ones. 
 
 This stimulation to the growth of the Order in this jurisdiction was followed 
 by the holding of a session of the Grand Lodge of the United States in San 
 Francisco in September, 1869. This was the first time that Grand Body ever met 
 west of the Missouri River. It came on the invitation of the Order in California, 
 assembling in a body at Omaha, and being then the guest of California Odd 
 Fellows until it reached that city on the return trip. It was the first organized 
 body of representative men coming from every State and Territory in the Union 
 and from the Canadian Provinces that ever assembled on the Pacific Coast, and 
 was on occasion never to be forgotten either by those who came or those who 
 welcomed its members. Its visit not only gave a new impulse to the Order on this 
 Coast, but the character and intelligence of the persons who composed the visit- 
 ing body gave an added luster to the name of Odd Fellowship among those of our 
 fellow citizens who had hitherto remained ignorant of the character of the institu- 
 tion to which we belong. But the visit did more for California as a State than it 
 did for the Order in the State. All that our visiting brethren saw was a new 
 revelation to them and to the millions of people among whom they lived in their 
 far Eastern homes, and those of them who still survive have not yet ceased talking 
 of what they saw, and singing the praises of California. Their reports of the visit 
 and of what they saw and learned on that trip, made in their Eastern Lodges and 
 on public occasions at their respective homes, added many thousands to the 
 population of California and of the great but hitherto unknown West. 
 
 Grand Master John B. Harmon, on behalf of the Order in California, met 
 the Grand Lodge at Omaha, and on a special train chartered for the purpose and 
 over a railroad just opened, escorted its members across mountains and deserts 
 to the shores of the Pacific, pausing at Echo Canon for a service of song and 
 thanksgiving, and at Sacramento to lay the corner stone of the Odd Fellows' 
 Temple in that city, which was done by the Grand Lodge of the United States 
 with all the solemn ceremonies of our Order on the 15th of September, 1869, and 
 on the following day it was met at the ferry landing in San Francisco by waiting 
 but happy thousands of Odd Fellows from every portion of our jurisdiction, in 
 full regalia, and escorted to the California Theater, where the formal ceremonies 
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 forgotten by those who witnessed it. The address of welcome by Grand Master 
 Harmon, and the response by Grand Sire E. D. Farnsworth, seemed to have 
 aroused the vast assemblage to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, but this proved 
 to be as nothing compared to what followed. On that stage sat the venerable 
 James L. Ridgley, recognized at that time throughout the Order as the great 
 apostle of advancement and enlightenment in Odd Fellowship. The shades of 
 night were falling, but not a soul would move until all had had an opportunity to 
 see and hear him. All over the house an irresistible cry for Ridgley came, and 
 suddenly there was a cry for " Light — a thousand dollars for a light." Just then 
 the great sunburst in the center of the ceiling and every other gas jet in the 
 great auditorium burst forth and filled the place with almost a blinding light. 
 
 Rueben H. Lloyd, Past Grand Master. 
 
 Rueben'.H" Lloyd was born in 1835; was initiated into Yerba Buena Lodge, in which he passed all the 
 Chairs; was elected to the Grand Lodge, and has always served on important committees ; was Grand Master 
 in 1889; was one of the committee in the erection of the new Odd Fellows' Building, on the corner of Market 
 and Seventh streets, San Francisco, and attended to all legal matters of building without charge; was Grand 
 Marshal at the laying of the corner stone of this building; has been President of the Board of Relief ; repre- 
 sented the Grand Lodge of California in the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and was active in stemming the tide 
 against the constant change of regalia in the various branches of the Order. An amusing incident occurred 
 in the Sovereign Grand Lodge while he was a member. Brother Lloyd had the floor on the question of chang- 
 ing the Patriarch Militant regalia when a representative took exception to some remarks of Brother Lloyd, 
 saying that the representative from California was incorrect in his statements that changes were sought to 
 be made in the interest of regalia manufacturers. Representative Lloyd asked: "How long since you were 
 employed by a regalia firm?" The reply came promptly: "Not for several months." This incident, it is 
 safe to say, did not weaken Brother Lloyd's argument. While Grand Master he declined to draw one dollar 
 from the appropriation made for the expenses of the office, not only paying his own expenses while traveling 
 through the State, but the expenses of the Grand Officer who accompanied him. Brother Lloyd's idea is 
 that the Order is for the aid of humanity, and those who are able should labor for the cause for humanity's 
 sake, and not gain. He is a strong man, having no sympathy for shams of any kind; is fearless and independ- 
 ent, having the courage of his convictions. He is a student, not only of law and human nature, but of 
 literature, art and antiquity. Even his law office is embellished with rare curios and bits of coloring from 
 the brush of distinguished artists, that serve as an index to the finer nature of the man. Brother Lloyd is a 
 delightful companion, a loyal friend, a safe counsellor, a true Odd Fellow, and every inch a man. 
 
 Brother Ridgley, trembling with emotion, was led to the front and introduced 
 by the Grand Marshal of the occasion. Although at first his voice could scarcely 
 
FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA 53 
 
 be heard, he soon recovered his wonted presence, and delivered an address which 
 moved the whole great audience to tears. But even after that the crowd would 
 not move, but demanded to see, that they might know by sight, the venerable 
 Joshua Vansant, the Grand Treasurer — a man who made no pretense to oratory, 
 but who was known by reputation throughout the Order as a worker, and both in 
 and out of the Order as an unyielding rock of fidelity to every trust reposed in 
 him. He was also presented, and after a few but feeling remarks, and a chance 
 to see him, the audience was content to depart. The ten days which followed 
 this event was given over to the work of the Grand Lodge session during the day, 
 interspersed with every kind of excursion and entertainment which could be 
 devised by the Californians, and the evenings to visitations to subordinate 
 Lodges. It is doubtful if Bro. Ridgley ever spent a night in California when 
 he was not called upon to deliver the Past Grand's Charge, of which he was the 
 author, and in the delivery of which his equal has never been known. 
 
 Another event soon followed, as a result of this visit, which should never be 
 forgotten by the Odd Fellows of California, as it added largely to their honor and 
 to the glory of the Order everywhere. Grand Sire Farnsworth was an enthus- 
 iastic expansionist. He was very anxious to plant our standard in continental 
 Europe, and especially in the Empire of Germany, from whence many of our 
 membership had come, and to which quite a number had returned. The Grand 
 Lodge favored the proposition, but could not bear the expense of the undertak- 
 ing. Neither could he either bear the expense or leave the jurisdiction for a 
 sufficient length of time to do it. In his visitation to subordinates the Grand Sire 
 eloquently alluded to this subject, and expressed the hope that at some no distant 
 day the means would be found, through some visiting brother competent to do 
 the work, of accomplishing the desired result. Templar Lodge No. 17, of this 
 city, after listening to his remarks, promptly voted a donation of $1,200 for this 
 work. This was promptly followed by a donation of $1,000 from Bay City Lodge 
 No. 71, then a smaller Lodge, but composed almost entirely of Germans. No 
 general appeal, here or elsewhere, was ever made to raise funds for this purpose, 
 but enough was almost immediately raised to accomplish the end, and the Grand 
 Sire at once appointed our own Past Grand Master John F. Morse as Special 
 Deputy Grand Sire, and Past Grand Frank B. Austin, also of this jurisdiction, 
 as his assistant, and they at once proceeded to the accomplishment of the work 
 assigned them. The result is a Grand Lodge of the German Empire — sovereign 
 in all things except the secret work of our Order, with six District Grand Lodges 
 working under it, and subordinate Lodges in France and in Italy. 
 
 This visitation was made almost immediately after the golden spike had been 
 driven, marking the completion of the first railroad across the continent. In 
 1888 the Sovereign Grand Lodge again came to California, holding its annual 
 communication at Los Angeles. But the conditions were then changed. The 
 State was then tapped by three trans-continental railroads, and Southern Cali- 
 fornia, which was almost a waste in 1869, had now become a paradise, dotted 
 with orange groves and beautiful cities, with Lodges in each of them with a mem- 
 bership that could again, Without drawing from those of the north, greet the 
 distinguished visitors by thousands. And they did so, introducing our Eastern 
 brethren to a new phase of California life and enterprise. 
 
 In our history of fifty years we have been peculiarly fortunate in the oppor- 
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 Besides what has already been noted and what we have contributed towards the 
 development of the Order in other States and Territories west of the Rocky 
 Mountains, it was the good fortune of our Grand Master, in 1897, to find in the 
 hands of the Grand Secretary a commission issued by the Grand Sire for the 
 appointment of a special deputy to introduce and establish the Order in Australia, 
 with authority to the Grand Master to fill in the name of such deputy and send 
 him on his mission, whenever he could find a worthy and competent brother to 
 undertake the work. The Grand Master inserted the name of Past Grand Rep- 
 resentative A. D. Meacham, who was among the few on this Coast who were 
 then letter perfect in the work, and who went to that distant land and there insti- 
 tuted the Order, and left several Lodges in good working order. It, however, 
 came at once into competition with the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, which 
 
 Morris M. Estee, Past Grand. 
 
 Morris M. Estee was born in November. 1834, in the little township of Freehold, Warren County, Pennsyl- 
 vania, but when a child his parents moved to Concord, Erie County, in the same State, where his early life 
 was that of the farmer boy of that day. He attended the public schools, spent a little time at a so-called 
 select school, and finally went to Waterford Academy. Leaving that academy in 1853 he came to California 
 when he was in his nineteenth year. He arrived in California in the spring of 1853 and commenced mining at 
 Cold Springs, El Dorado County. From there he went to Volcane, Amador County. He was young and too 
 full of ambition to devote his life to mining, and after two and one-half years' efforts in that direction he 
 decided to study law, and in 1855 entered the office of Judge F. M. Paulding, a fellow Pennsylvanian, and there 
 he laid the foundation of his future. It was in the little town of Volcane that Brother Estee first joined the 
 Order of Odd Fellows. This was in 1856, when he became a member of Lodge No. 25. In 1857 he went to Sacra- 
 mento and entered the law office of Clark & Gass, and in 1859 was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. 
 In 1863 he was sent to the Assembly from Sacramento County, and this was the beginning of a long and 
 honorable political career. In 1867 he removed to San Francisco where his reputation had preceded him, and 
 where he met with a warm and hearty reception by his associates at the Bar. He soon built up a large prac- 
 tice and established his reputation as one of the foremost lawyers of the State. Brother Estee has always 
 had a broad and statesmanlike interest in all questions affecting the good of the State and the Nation, and 
 has always contributed both his time and money to promulgating the doctrines of the Republican Party, of 
 which he has always been a member. He has been the nominee of his party on two different occasions for 
 Governor, was one of the Presidential Electors when Rutherford B. Hayes was elected, and was sent as a 
 delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1888, and was elected permanent Chairman of that Con- 
 vention. He at all times occupied a prominent place before the public. As a member of the Pan-American 
 Congress he did good work, and left the impression of his ability on that body. Notwithstanding his interest 
 in both public and political affairs, he found time to prepare and publish three volumes of a work on pleading, 
 practice and forms, which has become a standard authority, and gone into use in all States where there is a 
 
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 Code practice and which is now in its third edition. Brother Estee was married in 1863 to Miss Frances 
 Divine, a daughter of Judge Davis Divine of San Jose. Mr. Estee is a man of comprehensive intellect, broad 
 and liberal in his views, and has always been ready to devote his time and talent to matters which affect the 
 welfare of the general public. He has been a consistent and faithful member of the Order of Odd Fellows 
 since 1856, being now an active member of Apollo Lodge No. 123, of San Francisco. He has tried in all ways 
 possible to advance, so far as lay in his power, the interest of our Order, and his legal knowledge has always 
 been freely given for the benefit of the deliberations of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 had been for several years securely established in that portion of the British 
 dominion, and who had the advantage of being able to admit members at the age 
 of eighteen. So in 1870, the Grand Master of 1867 being then a Grand Repre- 
 sentative, introduced into the Sovereign Grand Lodge an amendment to the 
 constitution, giving to Grand Lodges off the continent of North America the 
 right to prescribe for themselves the qualifications for membership in Lodges 
 under their immediate jurisdiction, which amendment was adopted in the follow- 
 ing year and gave a new impulse to the Order in the jurisdiction of Australia and 
 New Zealand. Then again, in 1876, our own Past Grand Master John B. 
 Harmon, being then Deputy Grand Sire, visited that distant country, the bearer 
 of a new and revised Charter for the " Grand Lodge of Australasia," and spent 
 much time in visiting and instructing subordinate Lodges and infusing new life 
 into the Order in both Australia and New Zealand. 
 
 Nor is this all that has been accomplished by the Order in California in our 
 fifty years of life and work in a land that was almost unknown when we were 
 born. We were not the first to establish an Odd Fellows' Home, but we were 
 by far the youngest jurisdiction which has yet accomplished the work, and when 
 we commenced we did it in the shortest time. What has been accomplished in 
 this direction will be more appropriately discussed in another article and by 
 another writer; but in this general review it seems appropriate to say that in 1893 
 the Grand Lodge undertook the work of establishing a home for aged and 
 indigent Odd Fellows, their wives, widows and orphans. Subsequently the 
 orphans were provided for by our sisters of the Degree of Rebekah, so that the 
 Home, when completed, became one for the aged alone, which was a very wise 
 arrangement. Almost immediately after this work was resolved upon came the 
 financial crash to which allusion has already been made, so that nothing was done 
 definitely during that year, except to find out what we actually needed. But 
 before the end of 1895 the Home was established, paid for, opened and housed 
 fifty of the pioneers of the Order on this Coast, who had blazed their way through 
 the wilderness and erected altars all over the State, where men were taught to 
 love one another and to do unto others as they would that others should do unto 
 them. Such a place is sure to be, like the family home, either a heaven or a hell, 
 as those who dwell therein see fit to make it; but we are proud to know that this 
 is in large degree a heaven on earth, where an hundred of our ancient patriarchs, 
 whose life work is already done, dwell in peace and joy, waiting only for the 
 Master's call, and grateful to their children that such a place is for them provided 
 near their journey's end. 
 
 While we rejoice in our work of fifty years, let us resolve that in the future 
 it shall be even better than in the past, and to do this let us look well to the 
 character of our membership. In this age, when so many seek fraternal affilia- 
 tion for the pecuniary benefits that may be derived from it, let us remember that 
 character is of more importance to us than mere numbers, and " select out from 
 the general mass " only those who come to us " with a desire for true knowledge " 
 and for the good that they may be able to do unto others. " Of such is the 
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 past — of such only let us build in the future. So shall we make the Order that 
 we love a blessing to our race. To this end, work! Work always in the spirit 
 of the first great commandment: "Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heart, 
 with all thy mind, with all thy strength ;" and of the second, which is like unto 
 it: " Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;" and of that new commandment, 
 which constitutes our golden rule: "Whatsoever ye would that others should 
 do unto you, do ye even so unto them." Work in this spirit of LOVE, guided 
 by the light of everlasting TRUTH. 
 
 William W. Morrow, Past Grand Master. 
 
 William W. Morrow was born in Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, July 15, 1843. Removed with his 
 parents to Illinois in 1845. Removed to California in 1859. Admitted to the bar in 1869. Appointed Assistant 
 United States Attorney lor the District of California in 1870; served four years. Chairman of the Republican 
 State Central Committee 1879 to 1882. Attorney for the State Board of Harbor Commissioners 1880 to 1883. 
 Special counsel for the United States before the French and American Claims Commission 1881 to 1883, also 
 special counsel for the United States before the Alabama Claims Commission, 1882 to 1885. Delegate to 
 National Republican Convention in 1884. Chairman of the California delegation in that convention. Elected 
 to 49th Congress for the San Francisco District in 1884. Re-elected in 1886 and 1888. Declined a nomination 
 In 1890. While a member of the House of Representatives, served on the Committees on Commerce, Imigra- 
 tion, Foreign Affairs and Appropriations. Appointed United States District Judge for the Northern District 
 of California by President Harrison, September 18, 1891, aDd United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
 Judicial Circuit by President McKinley, May 20, 1897. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him in 1899 
 by the Wabash College, Indiana. As an Odd Fellow, this is, in part, his record: Initiated in Santa Rosa 
 Lodge No. 53, on April 7, 1867; withdrew and joined Apollo Lodge No. 123, March 21, 1873; was Noble Grand of 
 that Lodge for the term ending June 30, 1875. Admitted as a Representative to the Grand Lodge, May, 1876, 
 and on the following year appointed on the Committee on Appeals, serving on that committee until the session 
 of 1880, when he was elected Grand Representative and served as such in the Sovereign Grand Lodge for two 
 years. In 1882, he was elected Grand Warden, and at the same session was appointed as Chairman of a 
 Special Committee to revise the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge and Subordinates, which duty was so ably 
 performed that the drafts submitted by the committee were adopted with scarcely a change. Elected Grand 
 Master in 1883. Joined Oriental Encampment July 15, 1876. 
 
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 The key to heaven's unbending arch; 
 
 The crowning attribute of God; 
 Be this our guide, through life's long march, 
 
 We never need to know the rod. 
 
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 And finds, at last, unending rest. 
 
 Walter B. Lyon. 
 
 Walter B. Lyon was, at the age of twenty-three years, initiated in Placer Lodge No. 38, on April 6, 1858. 
 He withdrew from that Lodge, January 4, 1866, and joined Auburn Lodge No. 7, on January "26th, of the same 
 year, retaining his membership therein until his death. He was admitted to the Grand Lodge at the session 
 of May I860; in May, 1875, he was elected Grand Secretary, and remained in that office until his death, which 
 took place in Alameda, November 4, 1893. Brother Lyon was an active, untiring worker in Odd Fellowship in 
 all its branches, being a charter member of Oriental Encampment No. 57; a member of Templar Rebekah 
 Lodge No. 19; Canton San Francisco No. 5, and, also, a member of the "Veteran Odd Fellows' Association, of 
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 By George T. Shaw, Grand Secretary. 
 
 While the history of the Order in this State must of necessity embrace much 
 of that of the Grand Lodge, yet perhaps a brief sketch of the rise and progress 
 of this, the governing body, will be appropriate in this connection, and, therefore, 
 this condensation may be of value to the members of the Order both here and 
 elsewhere. 
 
 The preliminary meeting for the institution of the Grand Lodge of California 
 was held in the old hall of the Order on Kearny Street, San Francisco, April 
 
 Karl C. Brueck, Past Grand Master. 
 
 Karl C. Brueck was initiated into Stockton Lodge No. 11, April 27, 1888, at the age of 21 years, installed 
 Noble Grand, January, 1890; appointed District Deputy Grand Master, May, 1894; elected Grand Warden, 
 May, 1896; elected Grand Master, May, 1898; elected Grand Representative, May, 1899. 
 
 ii, 1853, at 11 o'clock A. M., and there were present the following Past Grands: 
 Moore, Coughlin, Dexter, Ryan and Zantzinger, of California Lodge No. 1 ; 
 Johnson, Young, Norcross, Sutton, Robinson, Heuston and Graham, of San 
 Francisco Lodge No. 3; Colt and McLean, of Charity Lodge No. 6; Lucas, of 
 Eureka Lodge No. 4; and more prominent than any other one, by reason of the 
 commission he held, D. D. Grand Sire Samuel H. Parker, of San Francisco 
 Lodge No. 3. 
 
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 65 
 
 This meeting was organized by the election of Past Grand Colt as Chairman 
 and Past Grand Zantzinger as Secretary. 
 
 At this meeting the D. D. Grand Sire submitted the correspondence already 
 had with the officers of the G. L. U. S., and, on motion, his course was fully ap- 
 proved. After the adoption of a set of resolutions recommending that a commit- 
 tee of five be appointed to prepare a petition to be forwarded to the Grand Sire 
 by next mail, the Convention adjourned until August ist, unless sooner called to- 
 gether by the D. D. Grand Sire. 
 
 The D. D. Grand Sire, having issued a call, the Past Grands of the several 
 Lodges and representing California Lodge No. 1 ; Sacramento Lodge No. 2 j 
 
 W. A. Bonynge, Grand Master 
 
 W. A. Bonynge was initiated June 21, 1879, in Mount Davidson Lodge No. 3, which afterwards consoli- 
 dated with Virginia Lodge No. 10, taking the name of Virginia Lodge No. 3, of Virginia City, Nevada. He 
 withdrew March 5, 1881. Brother Bonynge was admitted by card to San Antonio Lodge No. 11, on March 22, 
 1881; appointed and servpd as Conductor to June 30, 1881; elected and served as Recording Secretary to- 
 December 31, 1881; elected and served as Vice Grand to June 30, 1882; as Noble Grand to December 31, 1882; 
 as Alternate Representative in the Grand Lodge at Austin in 1883, and was appointed Chairman of Special 
 Committee to examine and report all unfinished business, resolutions and amendments pertaining to- 
 permanent location of the Grand Lodge. He was elected and served as Representative to the Grand Lodge 
 in 1885; was appointed on Finance Committee by the Grand Master, and also appointed as District Deputy 
 Grand Master in 1885. He received a withdrawal card from San Antonio Lodge No. 11, on February 26, 
 1889. Brother Bonynge was admitted to Good Will Lodge No. 323, by card from San Antonio Lodge No. 11, 
 Texas, March 15, 1889; served as Conductor from July 1, 1890, to January 1, 1891 ; as Permanent Secretary from 
 July 1, 1891, to July 1, 1892; as L. S. N. G. from July 1, 1892, to January 1, 1893, and as R. S. V. G. from July 1, 
 1893, to January 1, 1894. He was elected Representative to the Grand Lodge in 1892, and each succeeding year 
 until elected Grand Warden. He took the lead in organizing the Odd Fellows' Hall Association at Los 
 Angeles, and was elected Secretary, holding the office to date. There are few men so fortunately endowed 
 by nature as Brother Bonynge; always affable and courteous, with the manner of a well-bred gentleman he 
 combines the aggressiveness necessary to wage the battle of life. In the home circle he is all that could be 
 desired. As an Odd Fellow he leads without the friction so often incident to leadership, well versed in the- 
 laws and ritual of the Order, and successful in expanding the growth of our grand fraternity. 
 
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 67 
 
 San Francisco Lodge No. 3; Eureka Lodge No. 4; Charity Lodge No. 6; Au- 
 burn Lodge No. 7, and El Dorado Lodge No. 8, met on May 17, 1853, in the 
 same hall as before and proceeded to organize the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F. of 
 the State of California, electing as its first officers: Samuel H. Parker, Grand 
 Master; John F. Morse, Deputy Grand Master; E. W. Colt, Grand Warden; 
 T. Rodgers Johnson, Grand Secretary, and J. M. Coughlin, Grand Treasurer. 
 At the date of organization the entire membership of the Jurisdiction was but 
 about 300, but by December 31, 1853, it had grown to number 985, and the 
 growth of the Order in the State was continuous until 1894, when, owing to the 
 
 Grand Secretary 
 
 Bom August 24, 1832. Initiated in Bid well Lodge No. 47, at Oroville, Butte County, Cal., April 23, 1883. 
 Withdrew and joined Abou Ben Adhem Lodge No. 112, December 26, 1867, passing the Chairs in said Lodge. 
 Withdrew and joined Myrtle Lodge No. 275 as a charter member, May 3, 1878. Withdrew and joined Spartan 
 Lodge No. 125 as a charter member, October 6, 1894. Entered the Grand Lodge as a representative from 
 Abou Ben Adhem Lodge No. 112, May, 1874, and has attended every session since that time. Was appointed 
 on the Committee on Laws of Subordinates, May, 1880, remaining a member of said committee until May, 
 1894. Was elected by the Standing Committee of the Grand Lodge as Grand Secretary, November 10, 1893, to 
 fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Walter B. Lyon, and has been re-elected each year since that 
 date. Joined Golden Gate Encampment in 1873, but withdrew in 1874 and united with Unity Encampment No. 
 26 the same year. Passed the Chairs in Unity Encampment in 1877, and has attended each session of the 
 Grand Encampment since 1878, being most of the time on the Committee on By-laws. A member of Canton 
 San Francisco No. 5, of Oriental Rebekah Lodge No. 90, and a member and Past President of the Veteran, 
 Odd Fellows' Association of San Francisco. 
 
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 Cash Capital $3,000,000 00 
 
 Reserve Premium Fund 4,103,223 00 
 
 Reserve for Unpaid Losses and Other Claims 549,911 81 
 
 Net Surplus 4,804,793 71 
 
 $12,457,928 52 
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 DANIEL A. HEALD. President 
 
 JOHN H. WASHBURN,! v . pjdt IncnM^M ^^' } Secretaries 
 
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 biscuits, crackers and cakes. We make them ourselves. 
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THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 69 
 
 business depression, a slight diminution in membership followed, but the onward 
 march was again resumed in 1898, and we now number, on June 30, 1899, a 
 total of 30,444, with a representation in the Grand Lodge at the session of May, 
 1899, of 621 Past Grands, in addition to the Grand Officers. 
 
 The first Grand Secretary, T. Rodgers Johnson, held the office until May, 
 1875, when he was succeeded by Walter B. Lyon, who retained said position 
 until the date of his death, November 4, 1893. The vacancy was filled by the 
 election of George T. Shaw, the present incumbent. In the office of Grand Mas- 
 ter, it has had a succession of able, earnest exponents of the principles of the Or- 
 der, and among its Representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge are many 
 
 J. L. ROBIXETTE. 
 
 J. L. Robinette, the late Deputy Grand Master, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 1, 1854. For 
 three generations his ancestors had been natives of that city, and had borne arms in support of the National 
 Government— his great grandfather in the Revolutionary War, his grandfather in the War of 1812, and his 
 father in the War of the Rebellion. At the age of 15 he entered the well-known Collins Printing House, in 
 his native city, as an apprentice, and that business he followed almost without interruption until his death. 
 His fellow-craftsmen many times recognized his ability and worth by electing him to positions of prominence 
 and honor in their organization. Our late brother was initiated into the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 in Morning Star Lodge No. 4, Philadelphia, on December 29, 1875. Later on he turned his steps westward, 
 and deposited his card in State Lodge No. 10, Omaha, Neb. Thence he came to Sacramento and joined 
 Industrial Lodge No. 157, by card, on January 19, 1884, and in January, 1887, was installed as Noble Grand of 
 that Lodge. He was elected a representative to the Grand Lodge in 1889, having declined that honor the 
 previous year, and since then has been re-elected whenever his business engagements would permit him to 
 serve. He was nominated for Grand Warden in 1896, and received a flattering vote ; in 1897 he stood second 
 in the ballot, and the following year he was elected by a handsome majority. In 1899 he was advanced to the 
 position of Deputy Grand Master by acclamation. He served his Lodge as Recording Secretary for nearly 
 ten years, and was President of the General Relief Committee for about five years, terminating his tenure of 
 office in both positions by resignation, in order that he might devote more of his time to his duties as an officer 
 of the Grand Lodge. His bright and useful career was terminated by death on the morning of September 3d, 
 at the age of 45 years, 8 months and 3 days, after an illness extending over a period of about five months. 
 
 whose ability and sincerity have left their impress on the legislation of that body. 
 In advocating higher standards for its members and faithfulness in the discharge 
 of duty, the Grand Lodge of this State has ever taken an advanced position. 
 
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 7i 
 
 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND OFFICERS, 1899 
 
 W. A. BONYNGE, of No. 323 Grand Master Los Angeles 
 
 J. L. ROBINETTE, of No. 157 Deputy Grand Master Died Sept. 3, 1899 
 
 W. W. WATSON, of No. 222 Grand Warden San Francisco 
 
 GEO. T. SHAW, of No. 125 Grand Secretary San Francisco 
 
 JAMES W. HARRIS, of No. 205. . . . Grand Treasurer San Francisco 
 
 A. M. DREW, of No. 186 Grand Representative Fresno 
 
 KARL C. BRUECK, of No. 11 Grand Representative Stockton 
 
 C. O. BURTON, of No. 6 Grand Trustee San Francisco 
 
 JOHN GLASSON, of No. 12 Grand Trustee Grass Valley 
 
 J. F. NICHOLS, of No. 124 ... ... Grand Trustee San Francisco 
 
 REV. E. R. DILLE, of No. 238 ... . Grand Chaplain Oakland 
 
 GEORGE KIRK, of No. 118 Grand Marshal Oakland 
 
 JAMES BOOTH, of No. 35 Grand Conductor Los Angeles 
 
 A. A. FERGUSON, of No. 81 Grand Guardian Dutch Flat 
 
 M. P. FORBES, of No. 112 Grand Herald San Francisco 
 
 W. W. Watson, Grand Warden 
 
 W. W. Watson was born on the seventeenth day of January, 1862, at Gibsonville, Sierra County, California ; 
 was initiated into Fidelity Lodge No. 222, on the seventeenth day of September, 1888; became Past Grand, 
 July 11, 1892, and was President of the General Relief Committee from January to July, 1892. Brother Watson 
 was initiated into Wildey Encampment on October 24, 1891; became a Past Chief Patriarch, July 22, 1893; 
 was admitted a member of the Grand Lodge, May session of 1893, and was placed on the Committee on Appeals 
 at that session. He served continuously on that committee until the session of 1899 when he was elected Grand 
 Warden. He became a member of the Grand Encampment at the 1893 session of that body. Brother Watson 
 is an attorney-at-law; a married man; quiet, dignified and gentlemanly in his bearing. That he is well 
 sired the writer can attest, for years ago he knew his father as an Odd Fellow, in Nevada, as a man of 
 sterling worth, and his mother as a gracious woman, whose home was her delight; such a woman as all good 
 men love to talk about and point to as capable of undergoing untold hardships for principle. 
 
 TRUSTEES OF THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME. 
 
 SAMUEL B. SMITH, Past Grand Representative, of No. 4 Sacramento 
 
 ALBERT F. JONES, Past Grand, of No. 59 Oroville 
 
 J. F. THOMPSON, Past Grand Master, of No. 221 Eureka 
 
 DAVID NEWELL, Past Grand, of No. 179 San Francisco 
 
 DANIEL FLINT, Past Grand, of No. 87 Sacramento 
 
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THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 73 
 
 PHST GRMND MHSTERS 
 
 Date of Service. Residence. 
 
 SAMUEL H. PARKER 1853-54 Deceased 
 
 JOHN F. MORSE 1854-55 Deceased 
 
 E. W. COLT 1855-56 Deceased 
 
 H. M. HEUSTON 1856-57 Deceased 
 
 W. H. WATSON 1857-58 
 
 J. L. VAN BOKKELEN 1858-59 
 
 L. L. ALEXANDER 1859-60 
 
 WM. M. ALLEN 1860-61 
 
 T. R. KIBBE 1861-62 
 
 J. A. J. BOHEN 1862-63 
 
 DAVID KENDALL 
 
 j. a. McClelland 
 
 C. O. BURTON 1865-66 
 
 I. N. RANDOLPH 1866-67 
 
 CHAS. N. FOX 1867-68 
 
 . Deceased 
 . Deceased 
 Omo Ranch 
 . Deceased 
 . Deceased 
 . Deceased 
 
 1863-64 Deceased 
 
 1864-65 Deceased 
 
 San Francisco 
 . . Deceased 
 . . Oakland 
 
 Aaron A. Ferguson, Grand Guardian 
 
 Brother Ferguson was initiated in Placer Lodge No. 38, at Iowa Hill, December 6, 1856, from which 
 Lodge he withdrew to'become a member of Olive Lodge No. 81, at Dutch Flat, by deposit of card, in 1862. He 
 is a Past Grand, and a member of Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge No 68; also, a member of Auburn Encamp- 
 ment. £ He was appointed Grand Guardian of the Grand Lodge at the session of 1899. 
 
 C. S. HASWELL 1868-69 
 
 JOHN B. HARMON 1869-70 
 
 C. W. DANNALS 1870-71 
 
 REV. WM. H. HILL 1871-72 
 
 A. C. BRADFORD 1872-73 
 
 Deceased 
 Deceased 
 Deceased 
 Deceased 
 Deceased 
 
 W. J. GURNETT 1873-74 Oakland 
 
 JACOB F. MILLER 1874-75 Deceased 
 
 D. W. WELTY 1875-76 Deceased 
 
 H. J. TILDEN 1876-77 Niles 
 
 F. P. DANN 1877-78 Deceased 
 
 CHAS. H. RANDALL 1878-79 Deceased 
 
 GEO. A. CASE 1879-80 Deceased 
 
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THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 75 
 
 PAST GRAND MASTERS— Continued. 
 
 Date of Service. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 EZRA PEARSON . . . 
 DAVIS LOUDERBACK 
 LEON D. FREER . . . 
 W. W. MORROW . . . . 
 
 E. P. SMITH 
 
 NATHANIEL COOK . 
 C. T. McEACHRAN . . 
 ELVVOOD BRUNER . . 
 
 R. H. LLOYD 
 
 C. N. JENKINS . . . . 
 JOHN GLASSON . . . . 
 1 N. E. WILSON* . . . 
 GEO. W. STOCKWELL 
 ]. F. THOMPSON. . . 
 
 J. H. SIMPSON 
 
 P. F. GOSBEY 
 
 J. W. WARBOYS . . . . 
 
 A. M. DREW 
 
 KARL C. BRUECK . . . 
 
 1880-81 Penryn 
 
 1881-82 San Francisco 
 
 1882-83 Deceased 
 
 1883-84 San Francisco 
 
 1884-85 Galveston, Texas 
 
 . . . . . 1885-86 Deceased 
 
 1886-87 St. Helena 
 
 1887-88 Sacramento 
 
 1888-89 San Francisco 
 
 1889-90 Marysville 
 
 1890-91 Grass Valley 
 
 1891-92 San Rafael 
 
 1892-93 Los Angeles 
 
 1893-94 Eureka 
 
 1894-95 San Francisco 
 
 1895-96 San Jose 
 
 1896-97 Santa Rosa 
 
 1897-98 Fresno 
 
 1898-99 Stockton 
 
 * Suspended from the Order. 
 
 John Glasson, Past Grand Master 
 
 Brother John Glasson is a native of London, England, from whence he came to California in May, 1864. 
 He was initiated in Grass Valley Lodge No. 12, 1. O. O. F., May 21, 1874, and became Noble Grand of his Lodge 
 in July, 1876. He joined Union Encampment No. 11, at Grass Valley, November 4, 1878. Brother Glasson was 
 sent to the Grand Lodge in 1879, and was elected Grand Warden in May, 1889. Owing to the death of Charles 
 E. Gault, Deputy Grand Master, in March, 1890, he was elected Grand Master at the session in May of the 
 same year, and served the Order with good judgment and fidelity. At the close of his term, in 1891, he was 
 elected Grand Representative and attended the sessions of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, held in St. Louis in 
 1891, and Portland, Or, in 1892. Honors have not changed Brother Glasson's sterling disposition. He remains, 
 as ever, an earnest worker in the Lodge and Camp. 
 
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THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 77 
 
 List of Grand Representatives to Sovereign Grand Lodge, 
 
 With Date of Election, Time of Service, Name and No. of Lodge. 
 
 Name. 
 
 MATHEW PURDIN . 
 
 A. J. LUCAS 
 
 GEO. I. N. MONELL 
 G. H. VAN CLEFT . . 
 SAMUEL H. PARKER 
 MOSES HEYNEMAN 
 WARREN D. HEATON 
 PHILO WHITE . . 
 J. A. BREWSTER . 
 GEO. M. GARWOOD 
 
 D. W. WELTY . 
 W. N. HALL . . 
 A. J. GUNNISON 
 A. D. MEACHEM 
 C. C. HAYDEN 
 J. L. BROWNE . 
 
 E. W. ROBERTS 
 J. A. J. BOHEN 
 GEO. T. BOHEN 
 NATHAN PORTER 
 CHARLES MARSH 
 WM. H. HILL . . 
 WM. M. ALLEN . 
 COLUMBUS BARTLETT 
 C. W. DANNELS . 
 
 j. a. McClelland 
 
 A. J. GUNNISON . 
 H. J. TILDEN . . 
 JOHN B. HARMON 
 JOHN F. MORSE . . 
 JOHN B, HARMON 
 MORRIS M. ESTEE 
 JOHN B. HARMON 
 CHAS. O. BURTON 
 COLIN M. BOYD . . 
 JOHN B HARMON 
 COLIN M. BOYD . . 
 CHAS. N. FOX. , . 
 FRANK G. BEATTY 
 FRANK G. BEATTY 
 T. K. WILSON . . 
 W. W. MORROW . . 
 WALTER B. LYON 
 GROVE L- JOHNSON 
 A. W. SCOTT . . 
 EZRA PEARSON . 
 LEON D. FREER 
 H. T. DORRANCE 
 J. N. E. WILSON , 
 LEON D. FREER 
 WESLEY MINTA 
 WESLEY MINTA 
 LEON D. FREER 
 JAS. G. MAGUIRE 
 JAS. G. MAGUIRE 
 R. H. LLOYD . . 
 C. T. PIDWELL . 
 JAS. G MAGUIRE 
 JOHN GLASSON . 
 JAS. G. MAGUIRE 
 GEO. W. STOCKWELL 
 J. F. THOMPSON 
 JAS. G. MAGUIRE 
 P. F. GOSBEY . . 
 J. W. WARBOYS . 
 A. M. DREW. . . 
 KARL C. BRUECK 
 
 Lodge and No. 
 
 . Sacramento, 
 . Yuba, 
 . Eureka, 
 . El Dorado, 
 . Templar, 
 . Auburn, 
 . Forest City, 
 . San Francisco, 
 . Sonoma, 
 . Templar, 
 . Sacramento, 
 . Minerva, 
 
 Mount Shasta, 
 . Mount Shasta, 
 
 Sacramento, 
 . Auburn, 
 . Grass Valley, 
 . Yerba Buena, 
 . Yerba Buena, 
 . Yuba, 
 . Oustomah, 
 . Capitol, 
 . California, 
 . Yerba Buena, 
 . San Juan, 
 . San Francisco, 
 . Yerba Buena, 
 . Parker, 
 . Apollo, 
 . California, 
 . Fountain, 
 . Apollo, 
 . Fountain, 
 . Charity, 
 . California, 
 . Fountain, 
 . California, 
 . Bay View, 
 . Golden Star, 
 
 Golden Star, 
 . Ophir, 
 . Apollo, 
 . Auburn, 
 . Capitol, 
 . California, 
 . Capitol, 
 . Bidwell, 
 . Charity, 
 . Ophir, 
 . Bidwell, 
 . Stockton, 
 . Stockton, 
 . Bidwell, 
 . San Francisco, 
 . San Francisco, 
 . Yerba Buena, 
 . Templar, 
 . San Francisco, 
 . Grass Valley, 
 
 San Francisco, 
 . East Side, 
 . Fortuna, 
 . San Francisco, 
 . Garden City, 
 . Santa Rosa, 
 . Fresno, 
 
 Elected. 
 
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 4 
 
 8, 
 
 17. 
 
 7 ■ 
 32 
 
 3 
 28, 
 
 17 
 2 , 
 
 55. 
 
 70 
 
 70. 
 
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 12 . 
 
 15. 
 
 15. 
 
 5. 
 
 16. 
 
 87. 
 1 . 
 
 15. 
 
 67. 
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 15. 
 124 . 
 123. 
 
 123 
 
 109. 
 
 165. 
 
 165. 
 
 171 . 
 
 123. 
 
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 87. 
 
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 87. 
 
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 6. 
 
 171 • 
 47- 
 
 47 
 3. 
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 17. 
 3 
 
 12 . 
 
 3. 
 325 
 221 
 
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 142, 
 
 53 
 186 
 
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 May, 
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 May, 
 
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 May, 
 
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 882 
 
 885 
 
 892 
 893 
 894 
 8 9 ,s 
 896 
 897 
 
 Stockton, 11 
 
 GEO. H. MORRISON, Alameda, now a member of the Grand 
 Grand Lodge of Nevada in Sovereign Grand Lodge, in 1878-79 
 
 Term of. 
 
 2 years . 
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 Date of Death. 
 March 27, 1859. 
 
 Withd'w July, '66. 
 " Feb. 15, '56. 
 Died Mar. 14, '66. 
 Wth'w Oct. 13, '58. 
 
 Died Feb. 16, '91. 
 
 Died Mar. 31, '75. 
 Died Mar. 27, '91. 
 Wth'w June 7, '62. 
 
 Died Mar. 20, '81. 
 Died Aug. 3, '98. 
 Wth'w Apr. 28, '98. 
 Died May 25, '67. 
 
 Died Jan. 6, '78. 
 Died Apr. 28, '76. 
 Died Oct. 27, '96. 
 Died Oct. 8, '66. 
 
 Died Aug. 31, '93. 
 Died . 
 
 Died Dec. 30, '74. 
 
 Elected D.G.S. '76. 
 Res'd Sept. 6, '77. 
 
 Died . 
 
 Died Nov. 4, '93. 
 
 Died July 21, '95. 
 Suspended. 
 Died Sept. 19, '88. 
 
 Died Jan. 26, '96. 
 D. bef. S.G.L. Ses. 
 
 Res'd from Order. 
 
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 women, who unselfishly work for the betterment of their kind, has- 
 at least the germ of greatness as a basic principle. 
 
 In 1893 the Grand Lodge made provisions for the establishment 
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 was executed and signed on the 26th day of January, 1895, and, on the Anniver- 
 sary Day of Odd Fellowship, April 26th of the same year, the Home was dedi- 
 
 Charles Nelson Fox, 1st President Odd Fellows Home 
 
 Charles Nelson Fox was born in WayDe County, Michigan, March 9, 1829. Immediately upon reaching- 
 tais majority, in March, 1850, he was initiated into Washtenaw Law Lodge No. 9, 1. O. O. F., and although he 
 never in his life sought office, either civil or fraternal, he was never out of office in the Order from the next 
 meeting after his initiation, when he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of Warden, until he left for 
 California in July, 1857. The terms then were for three months, and having passed the Chairs of Secretary 
 and Vice Grand he was installed Noble Grand before he was twenty-two years of age. Upon completion of 
 his term in that office he of course followed with a term as sitting Past Grand, and after that was constantly 
 kept in the office of Conductor until he left the State, frequently, however, filling the place of Past Grand at 
 initiations. Even in those days, when few men did it, he worked without a book, in whatever place he was 
 called upon to fill. When he left his native State he was also H. P. elect of his Encampment. In California 
 his hands were tied for some time by reason of his romoteness from any Lodge. But he finally became a mem- 
 ber of California Lodge No. 1, from which he withdrew to become a charter member of Bay View Lodge No. 
 109, and upon the institution of that Lodge, October 4, 1862, was installed Noble Grand, and has never been 
 out of office in the Order since. He came into the Grand Lodge in 1863, was elected Grand Warden in 1865, 
 Deputy Grand Master in 1866, and Grand Master in 1867. He was taken from the floor and elected Grand 
 Patriarch in 1868, and presided in both Grand Bodies during the same week. In 1869 he was elected Grand 
 Representative. He was subsequently elected Representative from the Grand Lodge, but was unable to 
 attend on account of sickness in his family. But he has been constantly kept in one office or another in his 
 subordinate Lodge or Encampment, and frequently in both. He passed the Chair of H. P. in Golden Gate 
 Encampment No. 1, and was the first Chief Patriarch of Unity Encampment No. 26. 
 
 cated. Thus, in two years from the passage of the law authorizing the founding 
 of this noble benefaction it was ready to protect the needy ones of the Order, 
 and, on the 15th day of August, 1895, the first resident was admitted. 
 
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 The Home was originally intended for aged and indigent Odd Fellows, their 
 wives, widows and orphans, but in 1896 the Rebekah Assembly of California peti- 
 tioned the Grand Lodge for full power and authority to establish and maintain an 
 Orphans' Home; this power was granted, and these noble women at once put into 
 successful operation their laudable plans, and now conduct a model Orphans' 
 Home at Gilroy. 
 
 In 1897 the Grand Lodge ordered the Trustees of the Odd Fellows' Home to 
 pay to the Orphans' Home the sum of seventeen hundred and sixty-six dollars and 
 ten cents, the proportion due the Orphans' Home from money collected when it 
 was intended that the two Homes should be at the same point and under the same 
 general management. 
 
 Geo. H. Morrison, 2d President Odd Fellows' Home 
 
 George H. Morrison was initiated into Nevada Lodge No. 7, I. O. O. F., of Virginia City, Nev., November 
 15, 1865; appointed Conductor November 22d to fill a vacancy, received the five degrees during December, 
 elected Recording Secretary January, 1866, Vice Grand, July, 1866, Noble Grand, January, 1867, elected 
 Representative to Grand Lodge of Nevada in 1868, was placed on Committee on Finance to fill a vacancy at 
 beginning of Session, elected to represent the Grand Lodge of Nevada in the Grand Lodge of U.S. in 1868, 
 labored with Grand Representatives Daniels, Wolf and Garwood, of California, to bring the Grand Lodge of 
 U. S. to San Francisco in 1869, and succeeded. In 1869, while yet Grand Representative, was elected Deputy 
 Grand Master, and in 1870, was elected Grand Master, admitted to Pioneer Encampment, Virginia City, Nev., 
 in 1866, passed all the Chairs and entered the Grand Encampment of California in 1870, was elected success- 
 ively Grand Junior Warden, Grand Senior Warden, and Grand Patriarch, and became Past Grand Patriarch 
 in 1874. Became a charter member of Farnsworth Lodge No. 95 upon the institution of that Lodge in 1896, 
 was elected the first Representative to Grand Lodge and appointed on Committee on Laws of Subordinates! 
 and is now on same Committee, was Trustee of Odd Fellows' Home in 1897-98, and was President of the Board 
 of Trustees of the Home in 1898, joined Oriental Encampment No. 47 in 1896. Has never sought an office, nor 
 held any position having salary or other financial emoluments. Is the youngest man ever elected to the 
 position of Grand Master. 
 
 The question of climate, cost of management, wisdom of location, soil, and 
 questions of a kindred nature, are all treated in extenso in the Journal of Proceed- 
 ings of the Grand Lodge Session, 1899, hence nothing is said on these subjects in 
 
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 GOLD DREDGING AND 
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 Cor. Ellis and Mason 
 
 Steam Heated 
 
 Yosemife House 
 
 1043-1045 Market St. 
 
 Near I. O. O. F. Hall. 
 
 FURNISHED 
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 this article, but all interested are referred to the Report of the Trustees and the 
 Reports of the special committees for detailed information. 
 
 The Home is located at Thermalito, Butte County, in the Sacramento Valley, 
 three miles from the town of Oroville, and is reached by rail over the Central Pa- 
 cific to Davisville, where a change of cars is made, touching at Marysville and 
 other points. The distance from San Francisco, where the Grand Lodge is per- 
 manently located, is one hundred and fifty miles in a northeasterly direction; the 
 altitude above the sea-level is two hundred and forty feet. It is built on a mesa on 
 the bank of the Feather River, and eighty feet above its level. The donors were 
 the Thermalito Colony Company, and the property consisted of seven and one- 
 half acres of land, and a building originally intended for a hotel, but well adapted 
 
 S. B. Smith, 3d President Odd Fellows' Home 
 
 S. B. Smith was initiated into the Order in 1855 at Beloit, Wisconsin, and in the fall of the same year 
 received the patriarchal degrees. In 1856 he removed to Fond du Lac, in the same State, and here deposited 
 his withdrawal card in the Lodge, retaining his membersnip in the Encampment at Beloit. In 1860 he came 
 to California, withdrawing his card from both Lodge and Encampment. In 1870 he became a member of Eureka 
 Lodge No. 4 of Sacramento. In 1871 he joined Pacific Encampment No. 2 of the same city; in these two 
 branches of the Order he has held membership continuously from that time. He is a charter member of 
 Canton Sacramento, and has filled all the principal offices in both Lodge and Encampment, and all who 
 know the Brother can well understand that he not only filled them with credit to himself and honor to the 
 Order, but that in the discharge of every detail he was sure he was right before proceeding to make any 
 move no matter how trivial it may have seemed to others. He has served the Grand Encampment as Grand 
 Patriarch, and now holds the rank of Past Grand Patriarch. He has served on the Committee on State of 
 the Order in the Grand Lodge for fourteen years continuously, every one of his associates on this Committee 
 being able men of strong individuality. Has represented the Grand Encampment of California in the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge at the St. Louis, Missouri, and Portland, Oregon, Sessions, and was Chairman of the 
 Committee on Unfinished Business. Was elected Trustee of the Odd Fellows' Home, and for several years 
 served on the Finance Committee, and in 1899 was elected President of the Board to succeed George H. Mor- 
 rison. Brother Smith is essentially a fraternal man, a lover of home, a devoted father, a husband in the full 
 and complete sense of the term, a citizen worthy of the fullest trust. 
 
 to the purpose to which it was dedicated; it has been added to until there are now 
 accommodations for one hundred and twenty residents; the building faces east 
 
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 SALT • WATER • BATHS 
 
 Cop. Bush and Liarkin Streets 
 
 Salt Water direct 
 from the Ocean . . 
 Tank emptied 
 every night 
 
 Ladies exclusive- 
 ly Tuesday and 
 Friday, 
 10 A. M. to 12 M. 
 
 ^% %1 WW JF $' 
 
 HOT COLD SALT TRESH 
 
 Tub f also Russian Steam Baths 
 
 BRANCH OCEAN WATER TUB BATHS : S. E. COR. MISSION AND SEVENTH STREETS 
 
 "He Burnett" 
 
 £ FURNISHED ROOMS 
 AND ELEGANT 
 APARTMENTS 
 FOR FAMILIES 
 
 EN SUITE 
 OR SINGLE 
 
 1426 MARKET STREET 
 OLD No. 1364 -^. 
 
 NEAR NEW CITY HALL 
 
 SAN FKANCISCO 
 B. O. HODGE, Prop. 
 
 Long Distance Telephone Red 2J41 
 
 The Leading Apartment House 
 
 Finest Location in the City 
 
 One Block from all the Leading Theaters 
 
 102 Ellis Street 
 
 cor. Powell 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 RATES 
 
 Single Rooms, 50c. to $1.00 
 [En Suite, $1.00 to $2.50 per day 
 
 ALL ROOMS LIGHT AND SUNNY 
 
 ELECTRIC ELEVATOR 
 
 BATHS 
 
 TRANSIENT 
 
 Open All Night 
 
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THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME 
 
 87 
 
 and south, and is eighty by one hundred and thirty feet, with an L twenty-eight 
 by one hundred and ten feet; is two stories high, with large attics, capable, if fully 
 utilized, of providing shelter for many more than the number designated. All 
 the sleeping rooms have outside windows, are well lighted and ventilated, and the 
 drainage is perfect. No essential detail has "been neglected to make the Home 
 comfortable, closets and bath-rooms are on each floor, and the building is lighted 
 throughout with gas made on the premises. 
 
 Stoves furnish the heat during the cold weather. A steam laundry and black- 
 smith shop, barns, hen houses, wood houses and all needed out-buildings for 
 horses, cows, carriages, wagons and farming tools, are in a perfect state of preser- 
 vation, and everything in and about the place presents the appearance of a well 
 ordered and prosperous home. 
 
 Wesley F. Norcross. 
 
 Wesley F. Norcross was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 29. 1833. Received a common school 
 education, and served an apprenticeship at the watch-making trade. Brother Norcross came to California 
 via the Nicaragua route, in 1852, and was among the wrecked passengers on the steamship North America, 
 below Acapulco, February 27, 1852. Arrived in San Francisco Bay April 29, 1852, on the brig John Dunlap, 
 Captain Ellis, Commander, who later was Chief of Police of this city. He went to the mines in Placer County, 
 and located in Auburn, Placer County, in October, 1852. Established the watch and jewelry business, and 
 successfully conducted it in conjunction with the photographic business until in 1862 he removed to San Fran- 
 cisco, where he has ever since resided. In 1862 he was Superintendent and Manager of the California Unfer- 
 mented Bread Co., located at the corner of 2d and Mission Streets, San Francisco, and later he was, for 
 three months, connected with the Coast and Geodetic Survey (Western Coast Division), serving at Cape 
 Argo, Empire City, Coose Bay, Oregon. Returning to San Francisco, was again engaged at his trade, or pro- 
 fession, until in August, 1866, he was induced to associate himself with the New Age, I. O. O. F. official news- 
 paper of California, with which interest he has ever since been identified, having been solicitor, proprietor, 
 publisher, editor, etc., covering a space of over twenty-one years, relinquishing it to Dewey & Co. in 1887, only 
 when force of circumstances compelled; but for the love he bore Odd Fellowship and his energetic and 
 persistent efforts for the cause the New Age, like many other O. F. journals, would have perished in the 
 struggles of its infancy. Brother W. F. Norcross was admitted to membership, by initiation, in Auburn 
 Lodge No. 7, I. O. O. F., March 26, 1859, and commenced active service immediately by appointment to a 
 subordinate office in the Lodge, on the second night of membership, and has been in the working harness 
 ever since. Passed Vice Grand (2d term). January, 1862; elected Noble Grand for term commencing July, 
 1862; removed to San Francisco before completing the term; remained a member of No. 7 until February 10, 
 1866; then took a withdrawal card to assist in the organization and institution of Apollo Lodge No. 123, 
 I. O. O. F., of which he became a charter member February 24, 1866, and was the Permanent Secretary for 
 the first term; Recording Secretary (then the qualifying requirement for advancement), to December, 1866; 
 Vice Grand, 1867, and Noble Grand to fill balance of term, 1867, made vacant by Judge Samuel H. Dwinelle's 
 
FURNITURE, CARPETS ^ 
 ^ BEDDING, STOVES 
 
 LITTLE-AT-A-TIME PAYMENTS 
 
 LINOLEUM 
 OIL CLOTH 
 MATTINGS 
 
 WICKER 
 ROCKERS and 
 CHAIRS 
 
 ENAMEL BED, $3.85 
 
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 OF SAN FRANCISCO 
 
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 Reading Room and Ladies' Parlor First Floor 
 
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 RATES 
 
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 Special Rates to Odd Fellows 
 
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 WITHIN ONE BLOCK 
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THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME 
 
 89 
 
 inability to regularly attend Lodge meetings; passed term of Junior Past Grand December 31, 1867; was then 
 re-elected Permanent Secretary and filled that office for six consecutive years, missing but three meeting 
 nights during the entire time. He was admitted to the State Grand Lodge May, 1868, and has attended every 
 session since, including May, 1899; was elected Representative of Apollo Lodge in 1869, 1870, 1871, 1881, 1883, 
 1884, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898 and 1899; was appointed Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge May, 1885, and was 
 the first to render the new and beautiful ceremony for public dedication, adopted by the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge at its session, September, 1885, in dedicating the new Odd Fellows' Hall in San Jose, California, 
 November 30, 1885; also, in dedicating the new Odd Fellows' Hall in St. Helena, California, January 21, 1886, 
 and the new Odd Fellows' Hall, corner of 7th and Market streets, San Francisco, May 12, 1886. He assisted 
 as Grand Secretary pro tem at the institution of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Phoenix, Arizona, April 26, 
 1884, and delivered the address at the public celebration on that occasion; was mainly instrumental in the 
 procurement of the new and beautiful location of the hall and property of the Odd Fellows, which they now 
 occupy at Vallejo, California. Delivered the dedicatory address at the dedication of the new Odd Fellows' 
 Hall at Blue Lake, Humboldt County, in October, 1891 ; was an attending visitor at the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge session, in Portland, Oregon, September, 1892; was for a number of years Chairman of the Committee 
 on Odd Fellows' Home, and was elected one of the first Board of Directors; was the first initiate member of 
 the Canton branch of the Order in California, Canton Sacramento No. 1, 1. O. O. F., and was Major on General 
 Russell's staff for eight years. He joined the Veteran Odd Fellows' Association of California May 12, 1879, 
 and was its President May, 1885, to May, 1886; was a member of Oriental Encampment No. 57, and pf Oriental 
 Rebekah Lodge No. 90; has made more visitations throughout this jurisdiction than any other member of the 
 Order; was delegate to the Odd Fellows' Library in 1871 and 1872; Chaplain of Apollo Lodge in 1898, and is its 
 present Recording Secretary; a position he occupied in the same Lodge thirty-three years ago, and is still an 
 active, earnest and faithful worker in the Lodge and Order, and promoter of all that pertains to the advance- 
 ment and progress of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 Frederick J. Moll, Sr. 
 
 Frederick J. Moll, Sr., was initiated into Union Lodge No. 179, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, February 12, 1872; 
 he filled all the Chairs, and was, for several years, Representative to the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. Owing to 
 his wife's ill health he removed to Southern California in 1884. In 1891 Brother Moll took an active part in 
 reviving the dormant interest in Orpheus Lodge No. 237, at Anaheim, and was its first Representative to the 
 Grand Lodge of California in 1892. At this session Brother Moll introduced the resolution relative to the 
 founding of an Odd Fellows' Home in California. Believing that something more than visiting the sick and 
 burying the dead was essential to Odd Fellowship. He was appointed Chairman of the Special Committee to 
 ascertain ways and means for the founding of such a home, and to report at the next session of the Grand 
 Lodge. He made a thorough investigation by corresponding with all the Homes then existing in the United 
 States, which report was submitted to the Grand Lodge at its session in 1893, and the founding of a Home for 
 aged and dependent Odd Fellows, their wives, widows, and orphans, was adopted. Five Trustees were elected, 
 and, in 1894, he was elected Trustee for five years. Upon the removal of Superintendent Bartlett Brother Moll 
 was appointed to fill the vacancy in 1897, and this was done at the earnest solicitation of the members of the 
 Order in Southern California. It was Brother Moll's ambition to make the Home what its founders had 
 intended, but, unfortunately, he was only able to retain that important position for eighteen months, having 
 broken down in health he resigned January 15, 1899. A kind heart and sympathetic nature make this brother 
 beloved by all who know him. 
 
 There are now nearly one hundred residents in The Home whose every want 
 is supplied by the Order which cheerfully furnishes the needed funds. During 
 the last year there was expended by the Home management $28,950.50. What a 
 
THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME 
 
 9i 
 
 lesson to those who wonder why secret societies exist! Who seem unable to un- 
 derstand and fathom the heart that throbs for others' woes, nor comprehend an 
 organization that visits the sick, relieves the distressed, buries the dead and cares 
 for the widows and orphans. Yes; goes beyond this, and feeds, clothes, nurses 
 and in every manner ministers to the brother who, having borne the heat and bur- 
 den of the day, is no longer able to care for himself, and would, but for the pro- 
 tecting hand of Odd Fellowship, be dependent upon the charity of the world for 
 the necessaries of life. In this respect our Order attracts the admiration of the 
 world, for it takes the young man by the hand, leading him along through life by 
 paths that are pleasant and peaceful, teaching him that he lives not for himself, but 
 for others, subduing selfishness and imbuing him with high ideals and noble 
 
 James F. Thompson, Past Grand Master 
 
 James F. Thompson was born at Union City, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1844; removed with his. parents to 
 Grant County, Wisconsin, in 1856; was educated in the public schools and at Tafton CoHegiate Seminary, 
 and married, August 15, 1864. Minewa J. Drake. He was initiated into Longworthy Lodge, No. 102, Wis- 
 consin, October 11, 1869. In 1870 he was elected Vice Grand, but removed to Monana, Iowa, while serving 
 in this office, to take charge of the public schools at that place. Here he joined Northern Light Lodge 
 No. 156, and within the next two years passed through the Chairs. In 1872 he removed to Elkader, Iowa, and 
 organized Elkader Lodge No. 304, and was elected the first Noble Grand. District No. 88, composed of ten 
 Lodges, sent him to the Grand Lodge of Iowa in 1878, and retained him in that position most of the time until 
 1888. During a portion of that time he occupied the position of District Deputy Grand Master, and served in 
 the Grand Lodge on the Committee of Appeals. In 1888 he went to California and located in Eureka, where he 
 joined Fortuna Lodge No. 221. In 1889 he entered the Grand Lodge of California, and in 1891 he was elected 
 Grand Warden; in 1892 Deputy Grand Master; in 1893 Grand Master; in 1894 Grand Representative, attending 
 the Sovereign Grand Lodge that year at Chattanooga, and in 1895 at Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1897 he 
 was elected Trustee of the Odd Fellows' Home, and is at present Vice-President of the Board of Trustees. 
 Brother Thompson began life as a teacher in the public schools of Wisconsin; has been principal of Cassiville 
 and Lone Rock, from 1865 to 1870; principal of schools at Monana, Iowa, from 1870 to 1872; at Elkader, Iowa, 
 was County Superintendent, from 1874 to 1878; principal of the Elkader schools, from 1878 to 1881 : resigning, he 
 entered upon editorial work. In 1883 he was elected Clerk of the Courts of Elkader, serving until 1885. In 1886 
 and 1887 he was a Representative in the Iowa State Legislature. Since 1888 he has been editor and proprietor 
 of the Daily Standard, of Eureka, California ; and, since 1894, Receiver of the United States Land Office for the 
 Humboldt Land District. In 1899 he was elected President of the California Press Association. 
 
 aspirations; and, when the battle of life goes against him, and sickness, old age 
 and disappointment overcomes him, provides a home where, in his declining 
 
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 PLANTS, BULBS AND ALL KINDS OF SEED FOR SALE 
 
 CACTUS SEEDS A SPECIALTY 
 
 FLORAL DEPOT 
 
 105 Sixth Street, near Mission 
 
 Telephone South 657 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME 
 
 93 
 
 years, he can, in peace, comfort and happiness, look forward to the gates ajar and 
 catch a glimpse of that better Home where the brother, whose guiding star has 
 been the teachings and practices of Odd Fellowship, will find freedom from the 
 cares of this world. 
 
 The Home, as it stands before the world, represents Friendship, Love, and 
 Truth — Faith, Hope and Charity. It may be that many a brother who has had 
 voice or part in the founding of this charity thinks little of what he has accom- 
 plished, yet in the sight of the God whose power our Order recognizes, the men 
 who give to the helpless wards of the Order a good home in a healthful climate, 
 where peace, happiness and contentment may be theirs, have accomplished more 
 than he who may have stood amid the roar of cannon, and braved the dangers of 
 battle for the cause of right. 
 
 A.. F. Jones, Trustee I. O O. F. Home 
 
 Brother A. F. Jones, P. G., Trustee and Resident Director of the Odd Fellows' Home, is a native of 
 Colusa County, California, and was forty-one years of age on his last birthday, the 14th day of February, 1899. 
 Brother Jones graduated from Yale College in the class of 1879, with a degree of LL. B. He has practiced his 
 profession at Oroville for the past twenty years, being admitted to the Supreme Court of the States of 
 Connecticut and California and the United States Courts. He became an Odd Fellow in December, 1880, as a 
 member of Chico Lodge, and one year later joined the Lodge at Oroville, passed through the Chairs of that 
 Lodge, and also joined Oro Encampment, and became a P. C. P. Brother Jones was a member of the Grand 
 Encampment in 1886, and was a member of the Committee on Appeals of that body. He was also a member 
 of the Grand Lodge of 1887, where he made the address in' presentation of the Past Grand Master's jewel 
 to Past Grand Master Reuben H. Lloyd. In 1891, Brother Jones took an interest in matters connected 
 with the Odd Fellows' Home, and through his efforts obtained the presentation to the Grand Lodge of the 
 present site and building of the Home, as a gift. In the Grand Lodge of 1892 he was elected one of the 
 Trustees of the Odd Fellows' Home, and has served in that capacity, as a Resident Director, ever since; 
 during which time he has obtained many valuable gifts for that institution, and taken a great interest in its 
 welfare in every particular. Brother Jones is a married man with a family of three children, all of whom are 
 natives of Oroville. He has taken some interest in political life, having been District Attorney in his own 
 county and a representative in the Senate in 1886, where he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of that 
 body. He has no ambitions for preferment in connection with the order, and takes no interest in its political 
 affairs except so far as they relate to the interests of the Home. 
 
 To shield the weak, to aid the helpless, to clothe the naked, are acts that win 
 for man the smile of God and stamp him as but little lower than He from whose 
 
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 hand came the germ that has made Odd Fellowship such a potent power for good. 
 * Not marble, nor the gilded monuments of Princes shall outlive this powerful 
 Order," which builds character in the youth, and Homes to shelter its aged and 
 indigent members. 
 
 "Men's monuments, grown old, forget their names 
 
 They should eternize, but the place 
 Where shining souls have passed Imbibes a grace 
 
 Beyond mere earth: some sweetness of their tunics 
 Leaves in the soil its unextinguishable trace, 
 
 Pungent, pathetic, sad with nobler alms. 
 That penetrates our lives and heightens them or shines. — Lowell. 
 
 David Newell, Trustee I. O. O. F. Home 
 
 David Newell was bom in Michigan City, Indiana, in 1848. His parents were in ordinary circumstances, 
 and the lad, being of an independent disposition, left home at fourteen years of age and found employment, 
 driving a four-horse team hauling timber, at $15 per month and board for one year. At the age of fifteen he 
 began to learn the trade of plastering, remaining at this chosen occupation for five years. He came to Cali- 
 fornia in 1869, and, being unsuccessful in rinding work at his trade, he accepted a position as city salesman for 
 a firm engaged in the salt business, remaining in this business until 1872; severing his connection with this 
 firm in company with his brother they established the house of Newell & Brother. In 1875 the New York Soap 
 Company was organized and added to the salt business. By superb management the capacity of this branch 
 has been increased to five hundred thousand pounds monthly. In 1897 another addition was made in the 
 formation of the Golden Gate Sal Soda Works, with a capacity of two hundred and forty thousand pounds 
 monthly. Brother Newell has been noted for his close attention to business details, yet he has found time to 
 interest himself in fraternal work. He was initiated into Occidental Lodge No. 179, 1. O. O. F., in 1880; passed 
 through all the Chairs and entered the Grand Lodge of California as a representative, and was a member of 
 the Finance Committee 1895-96. He was elected one of the trustees of what is known as the Mission Street lot. 
 This piece of property was donated years ago by the late Sam Brannan, and is held in common by all the 
 Lodges in San Francisco, and has grown to be a valuable holding of the Order. Brother Newell was one of 
 the charter members and principal promoters of Amity Rebekah Lodge No. 161, which swarmed from Tem- 
 plar in 1890. He was a member of the General Relief Committee in 1892-93. This period was the hardest on the 
 wage earners that California has, perhaps, ever witnessed, and the suffering among the poor was unusual, and 
 the Relief Committee of the I. O. O. F. was exceedingly active in relieving distress. A ball was given under 
 its supervision for the benefit of what was known as the Friendship Fund. Brother Newell was active in this 
 enterprise, and through his and the efforts of others the sum of $1,071 was cleared. He was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Christmas Cheer Fund, which, during his incumbency, raised $1,000, and expended it, not for 
 Christmas presents, but for the necessities of life during Christmas tide. Brother Newell was treasurer of 
 this fund, and, with the president, personally distributed the money. Brother A. B. Richet was one of the 
 members who, with Brother Newell, was particularly active in this work. Brother Newell's period of service 
 in the Relief Committee covered the time of its reorganization. In 1898 Brother Newell was elected Trustee 
 of the Odd Fellows' Home for five years. The Trustees in their report to the Grand Lodge at its last session 
 credit him with commercial acumen and sagacity, which has been of great benefit in the transaction of Home 
 business. Brother Newell is an ardent Odd Fellow, a wise, discreet business man, a fearless, outspoken, 
 independent citizen, a loyal friend, and devoted husband and father, ready at all times to give of his time and 
 his money to the cause of suffering humanity. He was the first to suggest that the inmates of the Home come 
 to he Jubilee. 
 
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 A MODEL Dry Goods Store. Improved methods have placed retailing here on a scientific 
 basis. There is but one price, and that the lowest. You need ask no questions— look at the 
 price ticket yourself; that tells the story. A child can buy here with confidence. Your money 
 back for any article purchased that does not please you. It is a guarantee of our good faith, and 
 expresses unbounded confidence in our goods and prices. 
 
 The best $10.00 Ladies' Tailor-made Suit we have ever seen. 
 
 Fitted to your figure free. 
 
 The best $5.75 Ladies' Kersey Jacket. Either tan or black. 
 
 The best $7.50 Golf Cape. 
 
 Our $5.00 Trimmed Hats are not equaled anywhere. 
 
 DRESS GOODS J* SILKS J* FLANNELS J* KID GLOVES J* UNDERWEAR 
 BLANKETS ^ COMFORTERS # BED SHEETS 
 LACE CURTAINS # LINENS * * * 
 
 in reliable qualities only at prices to your liking. 
 
 Rebekahs and their friends specially invited 
 
 Make memorandums of your wants before leaving home. We are preparing to save you money. 
 
 
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THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME 
 
 97 
 
 Daniel Flint, Trustee I. O. O. F. Home 
 
 Daniel Flint was born in Swanzey, New Hampshire, May 9, 1832, and came to California in 1853. He 
 resided in San Francisco for five years, and in the spring of 1858 he went to Sacramento where he joined 
 Capitol Lodge, No. 87, on March 23. 1877. He was installed Noble Grand in 1880; joined the Rebekahs in 1898, 
 and in the same year was made Chairman of Special Committee appointed to report on I. O. O. F. Home. 
 Brother Flint was elected Trustee of the Odd Fellows' Home in 1899. 
 
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 Watches, Diamonds, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware and .Spectacles 
 
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 Special attention to Watch Repair ing. All Watch Repairing warranted for two years. 
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Wm. M. Hilton, M. D., 
 was initiated into Apollo 
 Lodge No. 123, San Fran- 
 cisco, in 1873 ; passed all 
 the Chairs, and has repre- 
 sented that L,odge in the 
 Grand L,odge. He was 
 graduated as a Doctor of 
 Medicine from the State 
 University of Iowa, March 
 5, 1873 ; was elected Sup- 
 erintendent of the I. O. O. 
 F. Home, in May, 1899. 
 Brother Hilton served 
 under the grand old banner 
 during the Civil War ; is a 
 man of sterling worth; firm, 
 yet gentle, in his charac- 
 ter, he is beloved by the 
 brothers and sisters of the 
 Home. His administration 
 is business like, economical 
 and in every way satisfac- 
 tory. 
 
 Jennie Hilton, wife of 
 Dr. Hilton, is Matron of 
 the Home. She is a Past 
 Noble Grand of the Re- 
 bekahs ; a gracious woman, 
 who, as Matron, has the 
 full confidence and respect 
 of the residents of the 
 Home. Ever mingling 
 among them she enters 
 heartily into their joys and 
 sorrows; administering to 
 their wants, she has proved 
 herself a friend to those 
 who feel the need of com- 
 fort and sympathy. 
 
 Sister Hilton enjoys the 
 friendship and love of all 
 who know her best, and her 
 noble deeds of charity and 
 sisterly devotion to those 
 in want have endeared her 
 to a host of friends. 
 
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Rebe^af) Odd Fellowship. 
 
 By Helen M. Carpenter, President 
 
 |ERY early in the history of the world, it was found inexpedient for 
 man to be alone, so " an helpmeet " was provided, from his body 
 corporate. This one rib has proven a complex fraction, and very 
 difficult of solution. The more recent deductions are, that woman 
 is naturally kind and sympathetic in all phases of life, exerting- a 
 
 gentle and refined influence over her associates; that she possesses tact, taste 
 
 and skill, and is heroic and stoically self-sacrificing in her devotion to man. 
 
 These virtues are intricately woven into the fundamental principles of Odd 
 
 Fellowship, and yet, woman's adaptability to the work was not recognized for 
 
 several decades after the establishment of the Order. 
 
 Schuyler Colfax, Past Grand Representative 
 
 Whenever the word " Rebekah'' is mentioned to an Odd Fellow, his mind at once associates with that 
 word the name of Schuyler Colfax author and founder of the beautiful degree by which woman was brought 
 into fellowship with the Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Colfax was a native of New York City, born March 23, 
 1823. He was reared and educated by a widowed mother to whose noble, womanly, Christian influence and 
 training he ascribed all the success that attended his many years of useful service to his country and to his 
 fellow man. In 1836 he removed with his family to South Bend, Indiana, which place was his real home for the 
 remainder of his life. He was an ardent lover of his country, and filled many positions of public trust in his 
 own State, representing her in Congress continuously from 1854 to 1869, being selected by that body as its 
 Speaker for three terms, commencing in 1863. He was elected by the Republican Party to the Vice-Presidency 
 of the United States in November, 1868, and served with great distinction from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1873 
 But while all, no doubt, are interested in the life and work of Schuyler Colfax as a statesman and an officer in 
 the service of his country, it is, however, his life and character as an Odd Fellow in which we are here 
 especially interested. Brother Colfax was initiated in South Bend Lodge No. 29, on the 18th day of February, 
 1846, and continued an active member for thirty-nine years, the remainder of his life. He passed rapidly 
 through the offices necessary to qualify him for a seat in the Grand Lodge of his own State, and was elected 
 representative to that body in July, 1849, and the same year was elected by the Grand Encampment of Indiana 
 as a representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States, where he at once took high rank, becoming the 
 associate and friend of Wildey, Ridgely and other distinguished brothers, and during the ten years he remained 
 a representative in this great body he was ever one of its most powerful and influential members, and always 
 doing valuable service on leading committees. In 1850, when Chairman of the Legislative Committee, he had 
 the opportunity offered him by which he became famous as the author and founder of the Rebekah Degree. 
 
To Purchase 
 
 Reliable, Stylish and Elegant GfcOVES, UiVlliREkkAS 
 
 and PARASOkS go to the specialty dealers in these articles, 
 who carry enormous stocks to select from at reasonable prices. 
 
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 THE GLOVE HOUSE, 
 
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 The above places also repair, re-cover and manufacture 
 Umbrellas. 
 
 RED1NGTON 
 
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REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP 103 
 
 At a session of the^Grand Lodge of the United States, held in 1850, Representative Smith of New York pre- 
 sented the following resolution: 
 
 " Resolved, That a special committee of three members be appointed to prepare an appropriate 
 honorary degree, with an accompanying sign or signs and password, to be conferred upon the wives of Scarlet 
 Degree members who are in good standing in the Order, and that said committee report such degree for con- 
 sideration at the next communication of this Grand Lodge." 
 
 The minority report was adopted, September 20, 1850, and Representatives Colfax, of Indiana, Martin, of 
 Mississippi, and Steele, of Tennessee, were appointed the special committee as provided by the resolution. 
 This committee faithfully performed the duty entrusted to them, and at the session of the Grand Lodge, held 
 in the City of Baltimore in September, 1851, presented a report in the form of a complete ritual for the new 
 degree, which was styled the Degree of Rebekah. This report was adopted by the Grand Lodge in secret 
 session, September 20, 1851. While all the special committee favored the new degree and assisted in prepar- 
 ing the same, yet the language of the ritual and its construction was the work of Schuyler Colfax, and thus to 
 him belongs the honor of being the author and founder of the beautiful degree that has proved such an invalu- 
 able acquisition to the great fraternity of Odd Fellowship. For thirty five years thereafter Brother Collax 
 lived, watching with peculiar interest the onward march of the degree he had so auspiciously created, and 
 contributing to its progress by both word and act whenever opportunity offered, or whenever opportunity could 
 be made. He lived to see the Rebekah Degree a firmly established, prosperous and powerful organization, and 
 ever regarded his instrumentality in bringing about a just recognition of woman's adaptability to aid in the 
 amelioration of human suffering, the elevation of human character and the improvement of the conditions of 
 human life, through the instrumentality of the great Order of Odd Fellows, as one of the proudest achieve- 
 ments of his life. Brother Colfax died at Mankato, Minnesota, January 13, 1885, leaving a name honored and 
 beloved by all— a name that will ever adorn one of the brightest pages of our Order's history, " One of the few, 
 the immortal names, that were not born to die " 
 
 Helen M. Carpenter, President 
 
 Helen M. Carpenter was initiated into Cornelia Rebekah Lodge No. 205, on March 30, 1894, as a charter 
 member. She passed through all the Chairs of this Lodge, and was elected as arepresentaiive to the Rebekah 
 Assembly of 1896. In 1897 she was elected Warden; in 1898 Vice-President, and in 1899 President. Sister 
 Carpenter is a woman of cultivation, delicate organism, refined, exceedingly gracious and artistic in tempera- 
 ment, whose home, in all its environments, bespeaks the womanly woman; whose goodness stops not iu the 
 limited sphere, broad though that may be, of her own home, but goes out to reach others. Such women accom- 
 plish more than any words can express. Her administration as President has thus far been a marked success. 
 
 On the 20th of September, 1851, the Rebekah Degree of Odd Fellowship 
 was authorized through the indefatigable efforts of Schuyler Colfax. 
 
 There was perhaps more than the usual opposition which meets change and 
 innovation, for misgivings and doubts of woman's adaptability to the work of the 
 Order, apprehensions that her field of usefulness was not within the mystic cir- 
 cle, and very grave distrust of her capability to keep a secret, were obstacles that 
 were well-nigh insurmountable. 
 
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REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP 
 
 105 
 
 Years of patient labor has overcome opposition and proven that in tender, 
 thoughtful sympathy for the unfortunate, in self-sacrificing desire to contribute 
 to the happiness and welfare of others, and in a faithful continuity of purpose, 
 woman has no equal. 
 
 Rebekah Odd Fellowship in 185 1 was merely a complimentary Degree, 
 and doubtful experiment, to-day it is an unparalleled success and certainty. It's 
 influence is felt in every quarter of the globe ; it comes as a refreshing draught 
 to the " weary and heavy laden ; it brings comfort and happiness where sorrow 
 and desolation reigned; it seeks the " widow and fatherless," and provides homes, 
 where in a balmy atmosphere of charity and kindness they are relieved of the 
 trials and responsibilities of life. 
 
 Mary E. Donoho, Secretary 
 
 Mary E. Donoho was initiated in Marysville Rebekah Lodge No. 80, in 1885. At the first election of 
 officers of this Lodge, after her induction into the Order, she was elected Secretary, serving a term in this 
 office and then passing successively through all the Chairs, becoming a Past Noble Grand, after which she was 
 again elected Secretary, serving in this position several successive terms. In 1891, at the institution of the 
 Rebekah Assembly, she was elected Secretary of that body, and has been annually elected to succeed herself 
 since that time. In 1893 Sister Donoho represented the Rebekah Assembly of California in the National Con- 
 vention of the Rebekahs held in Chicago during the Columbian Exposition. It is worthy of mention that at 
 that representative body of American women, engaged in the great work of fraternal cultivation of the heart 
 in charitable work, the subject of this sketch was elected Vice-President of the Association. When the elec- 
 tion for representative took place in California there were one hundred and seventy-seven votes cast, and 
 Sister Donoho received one hundred and sixty-two. From 1896 to 1897 she was Trustee for the Orphans' Home. 
 This was during the formative period of the Home, when money was being gathered, plans laid, and the 
 members of the Order stimulated to the good work of caring for the orphans. Much work was to be done which 
 cannot be rehearsed here. Sister Donoho, on account of her position as Trustee and Secretary combined, 
 together with her ability and adaptability for the work, was called upon to do it, and the manner in which 
 she performed her task was a justification of the old saying: "If you want anything well done give it to the 
 busy person." Space will not suffice, in an article like this, to make even a comparative ana'ysis. Tne 
 Rebekahs in assembly convened are annually doing this so far as Sister Donoho is concerned. Repeatedly 
 she has been weighed in the balance and attestation made to her work; capable, industrious, intelligent, 
 active, painstaking, and thorough in all she does, she has won her way into the hearts of all who have come 
 in contact with her. 
 
REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP 
 
 107 
 
 In the year 1897 the Rebekahs of the Grand Jurisdiction of America ex- 
 pended $51,000 in relief. This represents only a portion of the work done, as 
 benevolence and human sympathy cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. 
 
 So faithfully and well have the Rebekahs done the work assigned them, 
 that greater privileges and higher honors are received year by year, as the doors 
 of the Order open wider for their full admission. No more gratifying compli- 
 ment is desired than the avowal of the Brothers, " Rebekahs are a necessity." 
 
 California Rebekah Lodge No. 1 was the pioneer of this Coast, and was 
 instituted June 30, 1870. This noble little band encountered many difficulties, 
 and worked under many disadvantages, yet gallantly pressed forward on its fra- 
 ternal mission, gaining in strength and enthusiasm as new Lodges were added to 
 the list 
 
 Mks. Anna Liese, Treasurer 
 
 There are many loyal, energetic Rebekahs in our "Golden State," but none are more appreciated than 
 Anna M. Liese, who is an indefatigable worker in the cause of Odd Fellowship. Since the foundation of the 
 Orphans' Home at Gilroy, she has been among the most practical of the great army of Rebekahs who are en- 
 gaged in carrying out the precepts of the Order— the protection and education of the orphan. Having the 
 principles of Odd Fellowship at heart and the experience of a loving mother, the wants of the little ones in 
 the Home are anticipated by this veteran Rebekah, and her efforts in Rebekah Lodges have been productive of 
 many comforts that would have otherwise of necessity been delayed. Mrs. Liese has been a resident of East 
 Oakland for the past thirty-seven years. On July 21, 1872, she was initiated into Brooklyn Rebekah Lodge No. 
 12, Brother John Holland being Noble Grand and Sister Julia Steere Vice Grand at that time. In 1879 she was 
 elected Noble Grand, and in 1881 was installed as Treasurer, an office which she has held consecutively for 
 eighteen years. Five years ago Mrs. Liese was elected Treasurer of the Rebekah Assembly and still serves 
 in that honorable capacity. Twenty-seven years ago Brooklyn Lodge adopted a set of by-laws, the copy of 
 which Mrs. Liese placed in the hands of that veteran Odd Fellow, Jos. Winterburn. The Rebekahs look upon 
 Sister Liese as the mother of the Rebekahs of Alameda County and feel proud of her achievements for the 
 good of the Order. 
 
 The good seed sown on our prolific soil, nourished and gave the most grati- 
 fying results, and, 21 years later, yielded 147 Lodges and a membership of 10,- 
 404. , ^ 
 
 The increasing membership and zeal manifested in the work created a desire 
 

 REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP 
 
 109 
 
 for interchange of thought and a full discussion of the best plans for accomplish- 
 ing the most good, and in 1891 culminated in the Rebekah State Convention. 
 This marked a new era in Rebekah Odd Fellowship in California, and gave fresh 
 impetus to the work. 
 
 At the second session of the Convention, in 1892, the initiatory movement 
 toward establishing an Orphan's Home was made by the introduction of the fol- 
 lowing resolution, which was unanimously adopted : 
 
 " Resolved, That the Convention of the Daughters of Rebekah, I. O. O. F., 
 of California, start a fund that shall be known as the Odd Fellows' Orphans' 
 Home Fund of California." 
 
 In accordance with the foregoing, sums of money were put aside, from time 
 to time, by the various Lodges, to aid in the erection of the prospective Home; 
 
 Interior of Office of Secretary of the Rebekah Assembly » 
 
 and these little accumulations proved a valuable assistance in furtherance of this 
 very benevolent undertaking. 
 
 In 1895 the Rebekah State Convention resolved itself into the Rebekah As- 
 sembly, and one year later petitioned for and received from the Grand Lodge 
 authority to locate, establish and maintain an Orphans' Home in California. 
 
 In pursuance of these plans, the corner stone of the Home was laid on May 
 8, 1897, at Gilroy, and in a few short months a beautiful and commodious 
 structure, under the entire control and supervision of the Rebekahs, was shelter- 
 ing those who claim the sympathy of all — children bereft of their natural pro- 
 tectors. 
 
 The united efforts of 16,000 zealous workers, in this great fraternal charity, 
 make a pleasure of duty and responsibility, and are yielding most satisfactory 
 results. 
 
 The fountain of human kindness dedicated on that memorable 20th of Sep- 
 
The Best Shorthand School. 
 
 San Francisco, Feb. 9, 1899. 
 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : 
 
 Whereas : The official shorthand reporters in 
 the various courts are frequently requested for in- 
 formation concerning the best method of acquiring 
 proficiency in shorthand writing ; and 
 
 Whereas: Mr. Robert F. Gallagher, for many 
 years an official shorthand reporter of the Superior 
 Court of this City and County, and an expert phon- 
 ographic reporter, conducts a practical shorthand 
 and typewriting school in the Parrott (Emporium) 
 Building, Rooms 425, 426, 427 and 428, in this City 
 and County. 
 
 Now, therefore, We take pleasure in recom- 
 mending Robert F. Gallagher's Practical Shotthand 
 School 10 all persons desirousof learning shorthand, 
 either with a view of filling office positions or of 
 fitting themselves to become court reporters. 
 Ernest A. Girvin, 
 Phonographic Reporter Supreme 
 Court of California. 
 
 Official Reporters 
 of the Twelve 
 ■ Departments of 
 1 the Superior Court 
 of San Francisco 
 
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 JJ3~ All those desiring to study shorthand will 
 make no mistake by following the above recom- 
 mendation, as it is the highest possible testimonial 
 that can be received from any quarter. 
 
 Beware of "Business Colleges "— you cannot 
 learn shorthand in such places, as their teachers can- 
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REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP nt 
 
 tember could not have been consecrated to a more womanly character than 
 Rebekah, and the beautiful precepts of her followers are well worthy this illus- 
 trious personage. 
 
 Sweeping onward with the tide of events, and the progress of civilization, 
 under the banner of Friendship, Love and Truth, 300,000 Rebekahs, with 
 rapidly increasing forces, keep abreast of the legions of the parent organization, 
 seeking no higher honors, and expecting no greater reward than that mercy 
 which is to be the portion of the merciful. 
 
 ^XHE Ladies' Auxiliary to Canton San Francisco No. 5 Patriarchs Militant was 
 ^~ > ^ organized in compliance with a communication from Canton San Francisco 
 No. 5 in June, 1899, San Francisco. This branch of Odd Fellowship is the only 
 one in existence. It is under the supervision of the Canton San Francisco No. 5, 
 and the by-laws, rules, etc., are very similar. The officers are: President, Mary 
 M. Lane; Vice-President, Amy Webb; Secretary, Winnie Dowle; Treasurer, 
 Mattie Perry. 
 
 The meetings of the Auxiliary are held in Odd Fellows' Building the first 
 Tuesday in each month, and the initiation ceremonies promise to be as attractive 
 as any branch of the Order. The Drill Corps, known as San Francisco Rebekah 
 Drill Corps No. 2, is composed of members of the Auxiliary. The ladies in their 
 uniforms of black broadcloth, trimmed with white silk braid, jaunty military 
 caps, white belts and swords, and high top shoes present a very neat and attractive 
 appearance when upon display drill. They are drilled in the military tactics of 
 the Patriarchs Militant, and no doubt make these gentlemen look well to their 
 laurels. The Drill Corps gave their first public exhibition in Assembly Hall, I. O. 
 O. F. Building, on September 1, 1899, and were highly commended upon their 
 personal appearance, as well as their skill in the tactics. The officers are as first 
 appointed with the exception of Lieutenant Josephine Brown, who resigned on 
 account of having sustained the loss of her mother. We can only acknowledge 
 that the affliction is God's will, and be consoled by the sweet consolation that we 
 will meet our loved and lost on the other side where partings are unknown. 
 
 See page 108 for drill corps. 
 
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 By Wm. H. Barnes, Grand Scribe 
 
 N a brief article like this but a mere epitome can be given of the sub- 
 ject alluded to. There is no authentic record of the origin of the 
 first Encampment Degree. A notice of it appears in the records of 
 the Grand Lodge of Maryland, February 21, 1821, where it is stated 
 that an Encampment Degree was conferred upon Past Grand Lark- 
 ham and others, and, as said Brother Larkham had just arrived from England, 
 it is evident that he brought said degree with him. It is also positive that the 
 Golden Rule and Royal Purple Degrees, or at least the former, were largely 
 the work of the talented John P. Entwistle, of Baltimore. 
 
 J. W. Harris, Grand Patriarch 
 
 J. W. Harris was born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, December 29, 1854; left home when he was seven- 
 teen years old. and for three years resided in the States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Illinois. In 
 December, 1874, he visited his old home, and while there was initiated into Scotia Lodge No. 11, at Westville, 
 Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In the spring of 1875 he came to California and for a year resided in San Fran- 
 cisco. In December, 1875. he became a member of Alta Lodge No. 205; in 1876 and 1877 he resided in different 
 counties of the State, and was unable to give the attention to Odd Fellowship that he desired, but, removing 
 to San Francisco in January, 1878. he became an active worker in the Lodge, passing successively through the 
 Chairs of Warden, Secretary, Vice Grand, and Noble Grand, and for over five years, while the Lodge conferred 
 the degrees on its own members, Brother Harris was Degree Master, conferring every degree in the Lodge for 
 that period of time. In 1882, and again in 1887, he served as District Deputy Grand Master. In 1880 he was 
 initiated into Oriental Encampment No. 56, at once taking an active part in Patriarchal Odd Fellowship. In 
 this encampment he has served as Guide, Junior Warden, Senior Warden, High Priest and Chief Patriarch, 
 becoming Past Chief Patriarch in two years after his initiation into the encampment branch of the Order; was 
 elected delegate to the Grand Encampment upon becoming Past Chief Patriarch, and was placed upon the 
 Fmance Committee in that body. He has been successively elected Grand Senior Warden, Grand High Priest 
 and Grand Patriarch. In 1888 he was elected Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge to succeed Moses 
 Greenbaum, Past Grand Treasurer. Brother Harris has been a member of the Patriarchs Militant for several 
 years; was Assistant Adjutant General under General Crosett, and now is Chief of Staff under General 
 

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 Sherman; has been Vice-President of the I. O. O. F. Hall Association, of San Francisco, for years, and is a 
 member of Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 19. Brother Harris has been connected with the California Street 
 Cable Railroad for twenty-one years, and for the last fifteen years has been superintendent of that road. He 
 is a man of strong Individuality, extremely practical, a thorough judge, of width, breadth and thickness; quiet 
 and dignified in his bearing ; an excellent judge of men, Brother Harris has a host of friends. As a speaker he 
 is terse, going directly to the point, expressing himself clearly, logically and with force; thoroughly familiar 
 with the ritualistic and sign language of the Order, and devoted to the teachings of Odd Fellowship, his 
 administration as Grand Patriarch is successful, not only in building the Order up numerically, but in 
 cementing closer the bonds of Faith, Hope and Charity. One of the distinguishing features of Patriarch Harris' 
 administration has been his fraternal visits. During the entire year, whenever it was possible for him to do 
 so, he has invited large numbers of members of the Order to visit Encampments with him, paying all the 
 expenses. In many instances this course has stimulated the Encampments visited to an unusual degree. 
 
 The first Encampment was instituted in Baltimore, Md., May 15, 1827, under 
 the title of Encampment Lodge No. 1. 
 
 The first Grand Encampment was the Grand Encampment of Maryland. It 
 was instituted December 31, 183 1, of which Thos. Wildey was the first Grand 
 Patriarch and of which the revered Jas. L. Ridgely was a charter member. At 
 the present writing there are 54 Grand Encampments, with 130,000 members, 
 among which stands California on the Western slope of the Continent with ninety 
 Encampments and 5,341 Patriarchs. 
 
 Joseph Foster, Grand High Priest 
 
 We present herewith the portrait of Joseph Foster, who was born in Sacramento, California, August 15, 
 1856. After receiving his education there he moved to San Diego, where he has led an active business life. 
 He is now the sole proprietor of the Julian Stage Line from San Diego, carrying passengers, express and mail; 
 his address is No. 1317 E Street, San Diego. Patriarch Foster is a typical gentleman and a man of affairs, 
 possessing, to a large degree, those elements which constitute a successful business man. He joined San 
 Diego Lodge No. 153, on March 24, 1883; Centennial Encampment No. 58, on November 15, 1883; passed the 
 Chairs in both Lodge and Encampment in 1890; in 1891 was elected delegate to the Grand Encampment, held 
 in Sacramento; in 1892 was appointed Grand Sentinel, and reappointed in 1893, 1894 and 1895. At the session 
 of 1896 he was elected Grand Junior Warden ; in 1897, Grand Senior Warden, and in 1898 was elected Grand 
 High Priest. 
 
 Golden Gate Encampment No. 1 was instituted February 1, 1853, in San 
 Francisco. The Grand Encampment was chartered September 7, 1854, and its 
 first session was held at Stockton in May, 1855. Its first Grand Patriarch was 
 Samuel H. Parker. 
 
 T. Rodgers Johnson was the first Grand Scribe, and held that honorable sta- 
 tion until the date of his death, January 11, 1876. Walter B. Lyon was elected 
 to succeed him in 1877, and was in office when death called him home, Novem- 
 ber 4, 1893. William H. Barnes was appointed to the vacancy in 1893, and has 
 since been annually re-elected to said position. 
 
 The progress of the Encampment branch in California, while never extra- 
 ordinary in any particular single year, has been steady and stable. To be abso- 
 
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 lutely perfect in the written and unwritten work in all the branches has been the 
 pride of this jurisdiction. All improvements, " beautified work," striking illus- 
 trations, and whatever could lend attraction and interest, have been immediately 
 adopted here; these, together with original ideas, have caused the Encampment 
 work of California to win commendation from all who have witnessed it. No 
 grand officer has ever assumed his station who was not adept in the same; no 
 subordinate Encampment official but would deem himself unworthy of his office 
 did he not, with his staff of officials, perform the work without the use of books ; 
 and the requirement of the Grand Encampment that no officer shall be installed 
 who is not competent is largely the reason for the eminence of California in this 
 regard. 
 
 Until 1880 the Grand Encampment met on the evenings of the days that 
 the Grand Lodge held sessions. It was believed that this procedure was detri- 
 mental to the interest and careful consideration of patriarchal matters; and, in 
 
 R. D. Gummoe, Grand Senior Warden 
 
 R. D. Gummoe was born in England, October 2, 1845. His father was a mining engineer, and the lad, 
 being not of a robust constitution, was taken by his father on his mining trips to Germany, and other points! 
 finally coming to California, and, being pleased with our climate and the country generally, remained here! 
 In August, 1872, he was initiated into Grass Valley Lodge No. 12, 1. O. O. F., and in due time passed through 
 the Chairs, becoming a Past Grand. In 1874 he joined Union Encampment, passed the Chairs, and entered the 
 Grand Encampment. In 1897 he was elected Grand Junior Warden, and in 1898 was advanced to the position 
 he now holds. Brother Gummoe is a zealous worker in the Order; a citizen of worth, and a good neighbor. 
 
 1880, amid many misgivings, it was determined to try the experiment of holding 
 the session at a different date; the third Tuesday in October was selected, and 
 provision made for paying mileage to one representative from each subordinate. 
 The annual sessions since this change went into effect have demonstrated the 
 wisdom and judgment of this practice. 
 
 The five last sessions have been held as follows: Santa Rosa, 1894; Stock- 
 ton, 1895; Santa Cruz, 1896; Los Angeles, 1897; San Jose, 1898. The magnifi- 
 cent reception of the local brethren, the enthusiasm among the members created 
 by the sessions and public display, the interest evident among the people by the 
 appearance in their midst of the officials and patriarchs, have been beyond all 
 question of inestimable value. 
 
 The outlook at the present time is encouraging. The total recepits for 1898 
 were $52,377.00; total paid for relief and charity, $18,866.05; total assets of the 
 
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 ng 
 
 Encampment, $157,536.28. In conclusion, would remark that as the Encamp- 
 ment branch is to the Order at large what the colleges are to the common 
 schools of our land, the importance of attaining the Encampment degrees should 
 be evident to every member who is desirous of standing upon the highest plane 
 of American Odd Fellowship! 
 
 This brother, probably one of the best known society men in the world, was born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 
 22, 1834. His parents moved to Georgia when he was about 6 years of age. He was initiated in Sylvan Lodge 
 No. 4, of Milledgeville, Ga., on his 21st birthday, entered the Grand Lodge of that State in 1859, appointed D. 
 D. G. M. in 1860; elected D. G. M. in 1861; elected Grand Master in 1862. In the Grand Encampment he was 
 elected Grand Patriarch in 1863 and served in that office until the close of the War in 1865, when he was elected 
 as representative to the S. G. L. for the sessions of 1865 and 1866. He afterwards removed to Boston. Mass., 
 thence to New York City, where he was connected with the American Odd Fellow and also established the 
 weekly journal known as the Heart and Hand, which was published until 1877 when he came to California 
 on a lecturing tour and decided to remain. He became connected here with the New Age. which journal he now 
 owns, and joined Unity Lodge No. 131 and Oriental Encampment No. 57, of San Francisco, by card. He was 
 elected Secretary of the Veteran Odd Fellows in 1879, and has been re-elected every year since. At the death 
 of Grand Scribe Lyon in 1893 he was appointed to fill the vacancy, and has been re-elected every year since. 
 Brother Barnes is also a P. G. M. W. of the A. O. U. W. and a P. G. D. of the Knights of Honor, having served 
 two terms in both positions and has written several rituals for various orders, which are now used by them. 
 It has been his privilege to deliver fraternal addresses in nearly every State of the American Republic and in 
 Canada, and although more than three-score years have passed with him, he is still earnest and zealous in 
 the cause. He was the originator of the Fraternal Society Departments in secular newspapers on this conti- 
 nent, and as a writer in this line for more than forty years is extensively and favorably known. 
 
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 GRHND PHTRIHRCHS 
 
 Date of Service. Residence. 
 
 SAMUEL H. PARKER 1855-56 Deceased 
 
 PRESCOTT ROBINSON 1856-57 Deceased 
 
 DAVID KENDALL 1857-58 Deceased 
 
 A. S. IREDALE 1858-59 Deceased 
 
 M. K. SHEARER 1859-60 Deceased 
 
 A. J. LUCAS 1860-61 Deceased 
 
 W. N. HALL 1861-62 Deceased 
 
 D. McLAREN 1862-63 Deceased 
 
 J. A. J. BOHEN . 1863-64 Deceased 
 
 C. L. THOMAS 1864-65 Deceased 
 
 LEWIS SOHER 1865-66 Deceased 
 
 A. B. ASHER . 1866-67 San Francisco 
 
 B. W. BARNES 1867-68 Deceased 
 
 C. H. Weveb, Grand Junior Warden 
 
 Brother Wever was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, February 27, 1850. He was initiated in Charro Lodge 
 No. 168 at San Luis Obispo, California, in December, 1883; was Noble Grand from January to July, 1886; was 
 reelected to this position, serving from January to July again in 1890. He was one of the chief movers in the 
 organization and institution of Columbia Lodge No. 40, in conjunction with S. W. L. Downes, P. G. P., 
 and J. Henry Applegate, P. G. P., in Alameda, and became one of the charter members and was elected 
 Junior Past Grand for the first term; was instrumental with F. H. Gilbert, P. G. P., in organizing Sunset 
 Encampment No. 25, at Alameda, and served as C. P. from July, 1895. to the end of the term. In 1896 he was 
 chosen as D. D. G. P. and served two years in that position in' charge of District No. 27; in 1897 was Grand 
 Marshal of the Grand Encampment; in 1898 he was elected Grand Warden. Brother Wever is a member of 
 Fair Oaks Rebekah Lodge No. 4. In 1897 he was elected Commandant of Canton Oakland No. 11, of Oakland, 
 and reelected in 1898. Serving in this position two years, he was elected Lieutenant Colonel 2d Regiment 
 Patriarchs Militant, April, 1898, and is now serving in this office. He is one of the most finished workers 
 the Patriarchal branch of the Order has ever had, while D. D. G. P. the manner in which he performed the 
 duties of his office won golden opinion from all who had the pleasure of witnessing the installation of officers 
 and the ceremonies incident thereto. In the discharge of all duties of an Odd Fellow in the Subordinate Lodge, 
 the Rebekah Lodge or the Encampment, he is punctilious, active and energetic, always courteous, is popu- 
 lar among his fraters and business men ; on all questions pertaining to the welfare of the Order he has positive 
 opinions and expresses them without fear, favor or partiality. A safe man, a good adviser and a loyal friend, 
 the affairs of the Encampment branch of the Order will be safe in his hands, when in the course of time he 
 is called to administer the high office of Grand Patriarch. 
 
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 GBAM) PA TR1ARCHS— Continued. 
 
 Date of Service. Residence. 
 
 CHARLES N. FOX 1868-69 San Francisco 
 
 E. W. ROBERTS 1869-70 Deceased 
 
 COLUMBUS BARTLETT . . t 1870-71 ..":,' San Francisco 
 
 LEWIS KORN 1871-72 Deceased 
 
 E. W. BRADFORD 1872-73 . . Deceased 
 
 GEO. H. MORRISON 1873-74 . . . . Berkeley 
 
 SAMUEL ISAACKS 1874-75 Deceased 
 
 ALBERT SHEPARD 1875-76 Deceased 
 
 H. S. WINN 1876-77 San Francisco 
 
 I. W. HAYS, Jr 1877-78 Grass Valley 
 
 JOHN F. BROWN 1878-79 San Francisco 
 
 LEE ELLSWORTH 1879-80 Petaluma 
 
 O. W. Erlewine, Past Grand Patriarch 
 
 O. W. Erlewine was initiated into Elk Grove Lodge No. 274, Sacramento County, in 1880, and has 
 been an active worker in the subordinate Lodge continuously since. In 1884 he withdrew from this Lodge 
 and joined his fortunes, fraternally, with Capitol Lodge No. 87, of the City of Sacramento, and is now a 
 Past Grand of that Lodge. He joined Occidental Encampment No. 42, in 1882, and is now a Past Chief Patriarch 
 of that Encampment. He has been a member of the Patriarchs Militant from the date of the organization of 
 that branch of the Order, and is a Past Captain of Canton, Sacramento No. 1. He served this Canton as 
 Captain for six years continuously, during which time the Canton won at competitive drilling cash prizes to 
 the amount of $1,500. Out of five contests this Canton won three, one of these being won at the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge, held in Portland in 1892. In addition to the prize won by the Canton at the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge Session, Brother Erlewine was awarded the prize of $50 for the best commanding officer. Past 
 Grand Patriarch Erlewine has been successively elected Grand Junior Warden, Grand Senior Warden, 
 Grand High Priest, and, at the session of 1897, was elected Grand Patriarch, conducting the affairs of 
 Patriarchal Odd Fellowship well, and handing over to his successor, Grand Patriarch Harris, the Grand 
 Encampment affairs in splendid condition. For several years he has conducted the public schools at Sacra- 
 mento in a highly satisfactory manner. 
 
 W. T. GALLOWAY 1880-81 San Francisco 
 
 R. S. ROBBINS 1881-82 Deceased 
 
 E. H. BLACK 1882-83 San Francisco 
 
 J. H. APPLEGATE, Jr 1883-84 .' Deceased 
 
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 The stock comprises the latest out in 
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 We buy cloth in large amounts and show 
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 GRAND PA TRIARCHS— Continued. 
 
 Date of Service. Residence. 
 
 W. W. LYMAN" 1884-85 St. Helena 
 
 L. A. SIMON 1885-86 Oroville 
 
 J. F. CROSETT 1886-87 San Francisco 
 
 A. R. LORD 1887-88 Nevada City 
 
 JOHN A. NACE 1888-89 San Francisco 
 
 SAMUEL B. SMITH 1889-90 Sacramento 
 
 ARTHUR P. MORSE 
 JAMES LEONARD . 
 C. W. SAVAGE . . . 
 L. VV. S. DOWNS . . 
 GEO. F. ROESCH . . 
 
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 1891-92 Merced 
 
 1892-93 Santa Rosa 
 
 1893-94 Alameda 
 
 1894-95 Stockton 
 
 GEO. W. REID 1895-96 Santa Cruz 
 
 J. T. DORAN 1896-97 Tulare 
 
 O. W. ERLEWINE 1897-98 Sacramento 
 
 OFFICIAL MEDAL. 
 
 This Souvenir Badge baa been adopted liy 
 the Odd Fellows for the coming Golden 
 Jubilee. It was designed and patented by 
 II. s. Winn, Past Grand Patriarch, and Past 
 President of the Veteran Odd Fellows' Asso- 
 ciation, and represents not only the early 
 history of Odd Fellowship In this Jurisdic- 
 tion, but will recall to the minds of all old 
 pioneers the days when the money known as 
 •50.00 "slugs" was in circulation, being the 
 shape and color of that fascinating coin. 
 The portrait represents Samuel I'arker. tbe 
 first Grand Master and Grand Patriarch of 
 the Order on this Coast. The emblems 
 represent the four branches of the Order. 
 
 
 H. S. Winn, Tast Grand Patriarch 
 
 H. S. Winn was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, May 4, 1824; was initiated into Franklin Lodge No. 
 23, Boston, December 13, 1844, and Trimont Encampment No. 2, Boston, May 10, 1845. On the fourth day of 
 February, 1852. he started for California on the ill-fated steamer Worth America, which was wrecked off the 
 coast of Mexico, and in common with the other passengers Buffered many hardships. After a detention on 
 the beach with eleven hundred other passengers he, with several others, made the journey of ninety miles on 
 muleback to Acapulco, thence by sailing vessel to San Francisco where he arrived July 8, 1852. The following 
 day he proceeded to Sacramento where he opened the pioneer Boston Bakery. Business was good, profits 
 large, and in 1859 he retired from business with a fortune. The great flood of 1861-62 swept away all he had. 
 In 1862 he went to Virginia City, Nevada, and engaged in general merchandising, and also conducted an 
 extensive lumber yard. In 1863 he joined Nevada Lodge No. 7, of Virginia City, Nevada, and also Pioneer 
 Encampment No. 1. He passed the Chairs in this Encampment. Withdrawing from Nevada Lodge he 
 became a charter member of Olive Branch Lodge No. 12, and was the first Noble Grand. He entered the 
 Grand Lodge of Nevada in 1867. In May, 1870, he entered the Grand Encampment of California. In 1875 this 
 body placed him in the position of Grand High Priest from the floor. In 1876 he was elected Grand Patriarch. 
 In 1879 he represented the Grand Encampment in the Sovereign Grand Lodge. He is one of the original 
 members of the Veterans' Association of California; a Past President, and at present is Chairman of the 
 Board of Directors of that body; a member of Canton No. 5, Patriarchs Militant, of San Francisco; holds 
 membership in Oriental Rebekah Lodge No. 90; is a member of the Executive Committee of the Golden 
 Jubilee Celebration, and Chairman of the Committee on Souvenir Badges, and is designer of the same. 
 Brother Winn has been a member of the Order fifty five years; is now hale and hearty, always ready to 
 
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GRAND ENCAMPMENT— PATRIARCHAL ODD FFLLOWSHIP 
 
 127 
 
 labor for the cause of Odd Fellowship, and there are few young men so capable of exertion or more active; a 
 man of character and sterling worth, whose influence is always exerted for the bettering of his fellows. 
 During his whole life he has never tasted alcoholic liquor nor used tobacco in any form. Brother Winn is a 
 friend at all times and under all circumstances, and is ever ready to extend a helping hand to those in need. 
 
 WM. H. BARNES 
 
 OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 
 Georgia . . . 
 
 San Francisco 
 
 OFFICERS 1898-99. 
 
 !, W. HARRIS Grand Patriarch San Francisco 
 OSEPH FOSTER Grand High Priest San Diego 
 L D. GUMMOE Grand Senior Warden Grass Valley 
 
 WM. H. BARNES Grand Scribe I. O. O. F. Hall, San Francisco 
 
 GEO. W. LEMONT Grand Treasurer San Francisco 
 
 J. F. Crosett, Past Grand Patriarch 
 
 J. F. Crosett was born in Boston in 1844 of Puritan stock. At an early age he came to California and 
 located at Grass Valley, where he learned the art of type setting. In 1863 be changed his residence to San 
 Francisco. February 10, 1870, he was initiated in Pacific Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; in 1878 he became Noble Grand of 
 this Lodge; in 1880 was D. D. G. M. In 1875 he joined Golden Gate Encampment No. 1, and in 1879 was Chief 
 Patriarch : 1883 and 1884 was D. D. G. P for District No. 1 ; in 1886 he was elected Grand Patriarch, and under 
 his leadership Patriarchal Odd Fellowship was greatly advanced ; in 1888-89 he represented the Grand Encamp- 
 ment of California in the Sovereign Grand Lodge; in 1888 he held again the ofBoe of D. D. G. P. He became a 
 member of Canton No. 5. Patriarchs Militant, and served on the Staff of General E. H. Black as Assistant 
 Surgeon, with the rank of Captain. In 1887 he was appointed Major and Assistant Adjutant-General to 
 Brigadier-General E. K. Russell : April 26, 1888 was commissioned as Assistant Adjutant-General on Brigadier- 
 General E. H. Black's Staff, which ofnce he held for six years; April 27, 1894, was elected Brigadier-General 
 Patriarchs Militant, for three years; was elected President of Veteran Odd Fellows' Association of California 
 in 1897, for one year. After a continuous membership of twenty-five years with Pacific Lodge, Brother Crosett 
 withdrew in March. 1895, to join Unity Lodge No. 131, of which he is now a member. Out of twenty-nine 
 years' membership in the Order, twenty-seven years have been spent in active official work. 
 
 C. H. WEVER Grand Junior Warden Alameda 
 
 J. T. DO RAN Grand Representative Tulare 
 
 O. W. ERLEWINE Grand Representative Sacramento 
 
 H. S. WINN Grand Trustee San Francisco 
 
 F. S. WECK Grand Trustee San Francisco 
 
 W. S. POTTER Grand Trustee San Francisco 
 
 JAMES ASHMAN Grand Marshal Woodland 
 
 W. N. MASTERS Grand Sentinel Los Angeles 
 
 H. DOW Deputy Grand Sentinel San Francisco 
 
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 Special attention given to 
 
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 ARTISTIC DECORATIONS and 
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 FRESH CUT FLOWERS and 
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GRAND. ENCAMPMENT— PATRIARCHAL ODD FELLOWSHIP. 129 
 
 Representatives to tl)e 3overeto;n Grand L,odge 
 
 The following Patriarchs have represented the Grand Encampment in the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge (the dates attached are the years of their service): T. 
 Rodgers Johnson, 1858; David Kendall, 1859; J. A. Hickok, 1861; A. S. Iredale, 
 i860; T. C. Osborn, 1862; Henry Kimball, 1863; N. W. Sinister, 1864; D. Nor- 
 cross, 1865-1866; W. A. Gilman, D. Meker, 1867; George M. Garwood, D. B. 
 Woolf, 1868; B. W. Barnes, 1869; Chas. N. Fox, 1869-1870; Nathan Porter, 1870- 
 1871- 1872- 1 873- 1 874-1875- 1876- 1877; D. McLaren, 1871-1872; C. H. Randall, 
 1 873- 1874- 1 879-1880- 1 88 1- 1 882- 1883- 1884- 1 885- 1 886- 1 887- 1 888; Jacob F. Miller, 
 1875-1876; F. P. Dann, 1877-1878; George W. Lewis, 1880; Grove L. Johnson, 
 1881; W. T. Galloway, 1882; L. L. Alexander, 1883- 1884- 1885; W. W. Lyman, 
 
 A. It. Lord, Past Grand Patriarch and Past Grand Recorder 
 
 Brother A. R. Lord, P. G. P. and P. G. R.. of Nevada City is a native of Maine and came to California 
 with his father in 1858. He was initiated into Oustomah Lodge No. 16 in 1871. He at once became an active 
 worker, passing the Chairs in 1873 and representing his Lodge in the Grand Lodge in 1874, and has continued 
 one of its representatives to the Grand Lodge most of the time since. He was admitted a member of Union 
 Encampment No. 11 at Grass Valley in 1871 and the same year formed one of the charter members that 
 instituted Mistletoe Lodge No. 47, and since 1875 there has been very few more regular attendants at Grand 
 Encampment sessions than Brother Lord. He was elected Grand Patriarch in 1887; visited nearly every 
 Encampment in the State, adding largely to the membership; in 1888 he was elected Grand Representative 
 and w T as one of the California Representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge at the sessions of 188S) and 189(1; 
 is a member of Neva Rebekah Lodge No. 119; was one of the early members of San Francisco Canton No 5 
 and helped form Neva No. 6; was Aid on the staff of Gen. Russell and of Gen. Black, with the rank of Captain 
 Brother Lord is a member of the Veteran Odd Fellows' Association and still an active worker in the Order. 
 
 1886-1887; J. F. Crosett, 1889; A. R. Lord, 1889-1890; Jno. A. Nace, 1890; S. B. 
 Smith, 1891-1892; A. S. Ward, 1891; A. P. Morse, 1892-1893; Jas. Leonard, 1893- 
 1894; C. W. Savage, 1894-1895; L. W. S. Downs, 1895-1896; Geo. F. Roesch. 
 1896-1897; George W. Reid, 1897-1898; J. T. Doran, 1898-1899; O. W. Erlewine, 
 1899. 
 
Sacramento Relief Association 
 
 No mind can conceive, no words can tell, the work done by this Association 
 among the sick and dying, without asking as to creed or caring to know if 
 they were Odd Fellows, organized in the name of Friendship, Love and Truth, 
 at a time when the minds of men were generally filled with the desire for gain 
 and the gentle voice of woman was heard in but few places in California. Homes 
 were comparatively few, and the ordinary comforts of life to many unknown. 
 We extract from the history of Sacramento written by that gifted scholar, skilled 
 physician and zealous Odd Fellow, Dr. John F. Morse, who says: "The first 
 and most effective relief, the first organized effort to visit the sick, to relieve the 
 distressed and bury the dead were made by the fraternity of Odd Fellows. The 
 first lights of effective charity that gleamed upon the visions of hundreds of the 
 
 sick and dying ascend- 
 ed from the alter fires 
 of this glorious broth- 
 erhood. Although de- 
 nied the privilege of a 
 complete organization, 
 they yet came to- 
 gether, bound them- 
 selves by an informal 
 pledge, and like a band 
 of pure Samaritans de- 
 voted themselves with 
 untiring zeal to the 
 wants and necessities 
 of suffering humanity. 
 General A. M. Winn 
 was elected President 
 of the Association, 
 than whom no man 
 could have been more 
 active in his charity 
 Daniel McLaren, Sec- 
 retary, and Captain E. 
 K. Gallup, Treasurer; 
 every member of this 
 body became one of a 
 visiting committee 
 whose duty it was to 
 keep the society con- 
 stantly advised of every dependent subject of distress coming to their knowledge. 
 From this Association, the history of which would thrill the heart of every lover 
 of humanity, an immense and unmeasurable amount of relief was dispensed. But 
 this was not sufficient to dissipate the increasing calamity. Men still sickened 
 and died without assistance. Men were still buried in the filth of an unattended 
 sickness, and frequently without the benefit of being sewed up in a blanket for 
 interment. Rough pine coffins ranged from $60 to $150, and it was not expected 
 that in the midst of such distress and poverty coffins could be always procured. 
 The Association of Odd Fellows spent thousands of dollars for coffins alone; 
 and, when General Winn became the executive officer of the city government, 
 August 25th, no man was denied a coffin burial." The Association was formed 
 August 20, 1849. General A. M. Winn was born in London County, Va., April 
 27, 1810. Daniel McLaren was born in New York, September 12, 1819. 
 
 
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TI)e General Relief Committee 
 
 O. O. F. 
 
 By W. A. S. Nicholson, Past President 
 
 z^XHE first General Relief Committee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 ^■^^ of the State of California was organized at Sacramento, California, on the 20th 
 day of August, 1849, Brother A. M. Winn being President and Brother Daniel 
 McLaren, Secretary. The Committee then was known as the " Odd Fellows' 
 Association of Sacramento." 
 
 Those were trying times for visiting committees, and Bro. Winn, in reporting 
 to the Grand Lodge of 1857, speaks feelingly of the work done in those early days, 
 as follows: "Their charter to work was the principles of charity implanted 
 within them. Their Lodge room was confined to no definite boundary; the earth 
 was its ground floor, and the canopy of ethereal blue its dome. Nor were the 
 labors confined to Odd Fellows only, but the hundreds that were then suffering 
 here were, all alike, recipients of their bountiful care." He then refers to the 
 ■committee as " Our Heaven-Chartered Association," and now after 50 years the 
 
 W. A. S. Nicholson 
 
 Brother W. A. S. Nicholson, Chairman of the Reception Committee of the Golden Jubilee Celebration, 
 T. O. O. F., was born in New Orleans, La., 50 years ago. He arrived in San Francisco in March, 1861, where he 
 has resided continuously ever since. He received his education at the University (City) College, this city, 
 which school was conducted for a number of years at the southeast corner of Geary and Stockton Streets, 
 where the Spring Valley Water Works Building now stands. He studied law in this city with Honorable 
 Walter Van Dyke, now an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, and was admitted to practice 
 in the Supreme Court of California on October 21, 1872. Brother Nicholson was married in 1877 to Miss Mary 
 E. Clark, a teacher in the Public Schools of this city at the time. They have one child, a young man 18 years 
 of age— Walter E. Nicholson. Brother Nicholson became an Odd Fellow October 5, 1887, having joined Golden 
 West Lodge No. 322, by initiation. He is a Past Grand of that Lodge and served as a delegate to the Grand 
 Lodge of this State two successive terms, being now a member of the Committee on Laws of Subordinates of 
 the Grand Lodge. Brother Nicholson is also a Past President of the Board of Relief, I. O. O. F., of this city. 
 He has also served the city and county as Justice of the Peace, Police Judge, Prosecuting Attorney (two 
 terms). Special Counsel for the city and county (three terms), and has also been a member of the Republican 
 State Central Committee and of the Republican County Committee. Brother Nicholson always takes an 
 interest in Odd Fellowship, and can always be found busily engaged where there is any work to do for the 
 good of the Order. 
 
 Relief Committees of our Order in this State are under the same charter, and 
 under the same banner of " Friendship, Love and Truth " are still marching 
 on to the relief of those who are sick and in distress. The General Relief Com- 
 mittee, I. O. O. F., of San Francisco was instituted December 6, 1852, and was 
 recognized and its legality established at the session of the Grand Lodge in 1854, 
 
Five Years- Record 
 
 — OF THE — 
 
 6reat Rome Building Institution 
 
 AS-ETS - June 30, 1894 
 
 8109,877.90 
 
 Profit and Reserve Fund 
 
 817,739.06 
 
 ASSETS - - June 30, 1895 
 
 8185,400.29 
 
 Profit and Reserve Fund 
 
 826,657.26 
 
 ASSETS - - June 30, 1S9G 
 
 8324,522.07 
 
 Profit and Reserve Fund 
 
 841,231.87 
 
 ASSETS - - - June 30, 1897 
 
 $562,919.34 
 
 Profit and Reserve Fund 
 
 866,157.71 
 
 ASSETS - - - June 30, U 
 
 8986,401.30 
 Profit and Reserve Fund 
 8107,777.45 
 
 ASSETS - - - - June 30, 189!* 
 
 $1,3J 1 ,845.14 
 
 Profit and Reserve Fund 
 
 $169,769.93 
 
 Continental Building and Loan Association 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 222 Sansome St., San Francisco 
 
THE GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, I. O. O. F. 135 
 
 and " given power to grant relief, to demand a return of moneys expended, and 
 to have charge of all things relating to visiting brothers holding good and valid 
 cards, asking for relief." 
 
 At the time of the establishment of the General Relief Committee of San 
 Francisco there were only two Lodges of Odd Fellows in existence there, viz, 
 California Lodge No. 1 and San Francisco Lodge No. 3. The brothers who 
 composed the committee were almost in despair at the magnitude of their work, 
 and were almost disheartened at the appalling number of calls for assistance; and 
 yet they struggled on in the face of adversity. The city being the terminus of all 
 the steamers bearing passengers from the Atlantic States, hundreds of indigent 
 Odd Fellows were attracted here, many of whom left home with barely enough 
 to pay their passage to California. A great many, if not the majority, were newly 
 made Odd Fellows, knowing but little of the principles of the Order. Directly 
 upon their arrival many of them applied for money to go to the mines, which was 
 generously donated with hardly a dissenting voice. Many became ill on the 
 steamers, and were hurried to the various hospitals. They were cared for by the 
 Order, their expenses paid, and at the end were sent away rejoicing. Many were 
 
 Louis Kragen 
 
 Louis Kragen was born in the City of New York, April 17, 1860, and came to California with his parents 
 in 1862, and while not a Californian by birth he comes so near to it that any Parlor of Native Sons of the 
 Golden West might well afford to accept him as a member. He received his education in the public schools of 
 San Francisco, and entered into business in 1880. He was initiated into Golden Gate Lodge No. 204 February 
 13, 1894, becoming at once an active, energetic working: member of the Lodge. He held various offices in the 
 Lodge, always equipping himself creditably and doing energetically whatever there was given him to do. 
 He was elected Noble Grand January 1, 1897, and during the month of August, 1896, while holding office of 
 Vice Grand and by virtue of this office representing his Lodge in the General Relief Committee, he was 
 elected Treasurer, and held the office for two years. During his term of office in the General Relief Commit- 
 tee he was presented with a handsomely engrossed set of resolutions from the Committee, expressive of their 
 appreciation. At the session of the Grand Lodge, 1899. Brother Kragen was appointed District Deputy Grand 
 Master of District No. 68 He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Golden Jubilee, and here, 
 as elsewhere, has shown his activity and good business sense. He is married, has two boys and five girls, his 
 oldest child is a boy of fifteen. 
 
 never heard of afterwards, and many returned, — some in the flush of success, some 
 discouraged and heartbroken, without families to tend them when sick or friends 
 to care for them, other than their brothers of the Relief Committee. 
 
 On July 24, 1853, Harmony Lodge No. 13 sent representatives to the Com- 
 mittee, on October 2d Yerba Buena No. 15 joined, and on December nth Templar 
 No. 17 also sent representatives, making five Lodges in all; and as the Secretary 
 reports to Grand Master S. H. Parker " they made a perfect and complete organ- 
 ization." Twenty-six Lodges at this date, September, 1899, have representatives 
 in the Relief Committee. 
 
 The Committee has the same number of elective officers, with the exception 
 of Vice-President, now, that it had 48 years ago, to wit, President, Secretary and 
 
THE GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, I. O. O. F. 137 
 
 Treasurer, and their duties are the same now as then. Meetings were then held 
 on Sunday as they are now, and the work is about the same, except that at this 
 later day the Vice-President has charge of all appeals for assistance from widows 
 and orphans. 
 
 The amount of relief granted by the Committee from June 30, 1853, to March 
 21, 1854, was $1,023.25. In the same period of time the present Committee would 
 grant relief to the amount of over $12,000. Besides financial assistance these 
 Relief Committees have in the past years found employment for many brothers. 
 Numerous cases could be cited where relatives have been brought together, 
 orphaned children fitted out with all necessary clothing, their fares paid to distant 
 homes in the East. Cases came under the writer's notice in the Relief Committee 
 a couple of years ago, where the Vice-President took an orphan boy to his home 
 and fed and clothed him, and the Relief Committee corresponded with relatives 
 and obtained passes on the railroads, placed the boy in the charge of Odd Fellow 
 conductors and trainmen, and sent him on his way rejoicing. In another case 
 
 Lucien L. Eejiv, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Remy was initiated in Frarco-Americaine Lodge No 207 on the 9th of May, 1895. After serving 
 in subordinate Chairs, he was installed Noble Grand, January 7, 1897. and served the full term, at the end of 
 which time he was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Relief, August 4, 1897, and served therein 
 a term of six months. Besides being prominent among the Odd Fellows of San Francisco, he is an active 
 member and past officer in the Improved Order of Red Men. Brother Remy has been in active business life in 
 San Francisco for the past twelve yeais, during seven of which he has been engaged as salesman of the Del 
 Monte Milling Company. 
 
 the widow of a Past Grand officer of one of the Eastern states was found in 
 absolute want, and was placed in a comfortable home, and her deceased husband's 
 Lodge notified. In another instance an Odd Fellow was found in jail unjustly 
 accused, with no friend to help him or prove his innocence. The Relief Com- 
 mittee took up his case, hired a lawyer for him, had the facts presented to the 
 Court, and the brother was acquitted. He subsequently visited the Committee 
 and paid back every dollar expended on his behalf. These are only a few of the 
 thousands of cases which might be related where the distress call has been 
 promptly answered with substantial assistance. The work of the Relief Com- 
 mittee is one of " Love, Friendship and Truth " as well as duty. It is rare that a 
 fine has to be imposed for neglect of duty, and the Noble Grand and Vice Grand 
 of each Lodge attend cheerfully each Sunday morning, and labor hard while other 
 people are enjoying themselves at the park or at the seaside. Besides the meeting 
 on Sunday there are the visitations during the week, all of which take time, but 
 
... The German General Benevolent Society ... 
 
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 crmari 
 
 j)o8pital 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
 
 GENERAL OFFICE 
 
 360 Geary Street 
 
 Telephone Main 1557 
 
 HOSPITAL 
 Cor. Fourteenth and Noe Sts. 
 
 Telephone West 268 
 
 H. C. JORDAN, General Agent 
 
 F. ROSENBAUM, Superintendent 
 
 DR. F. FEHLEISEN, General Surgery 
 
 DR. R. W. BAUM, Internal Diseases 
 
 VISITING STAFF 
 
 DR. HENRY KREUTZMANN, Gynecologist 
 DR. G. DRESEL, Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose 
 
 DR. B. MaoMONAGLE 
 DR. M. REGENSBURGER 
 DR. W. A. MARTIN 
 
 CONSULTING STAFF 
 
 DR. D. W. MONTGOMERY 
 DR. P. DE VECCHI 
 E. O. JELLINEK 
 
 DR. L. NEWMARK 
 DR. A. WILHELM 
 T. C. RETHERS 
 
 RESIDENT STAFF 
 
 DR. CHAS. H. ROESE, and three Internes 
 
 CITY PHYSICIANS 
 
 DR. MAX SOLOMON DR. CONRAD WEIL 
 
 No hospital on the Pacific Coast can vie with the German in beauty and healthfulness of location and 
 environment. It is situated on sloping ground in the sunny, fog-free part of the city. Stately trees, grassy 
 lawns, and an abundance of flower beds lend the place more the air of a luxurious country home than of a city 
 hospital. The very aspect of the place is soothing and reassuring. 
 
 Notwithstanding the fact that the hospital in its present condition successfully competes with any simi- 
 lar institution on the Coast, the German General Benevolent Society, in its progressive endeavors, has 
 resolved to erect on its present beautiful grounds, a more spacious and absolutely modern hospital, to meet 
 the constantly increasing demands of its numerous patrons. The probable cost of the new building alone has 
 been estimated at $250,000. 
 
 Physicians may attend their own cases without apprehension or interference, as no one entering the hos- 
 pital as the private patient of any physician can become a hospital patient during his or her sojourn there. 
 
 FOR ODD FELLOWS 
 
 Reduced Rates have been Established and Operations are Free of Charge 
 
 The Hospital can easily be reached by the Castro and Haight Street cars 
 and by the Fillmore Street Line 
 
THE GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, I. O. O. F. 
 
 139 
 
 all serve without complaint. This committee is well equipped for the active duties 
 of Odd Fellowship. We present herewith portraits and biographies of brothers 
 who have for years been active in its affairs. It has also numbered among its 
 members many of the men who have made glorious the history of California. 
 Governors, senators, judges and statesmen have taken part in its deliberations, 
 and have subsequently gone out into the world, where their names have become 
 household words on matters of patriotism and humanitv. 
 
 H. F. Schlichting, Past Grand 
 
 The subject 01! this sketch is the only son of H. F. Schlichting, Sr., a well-known, retired and respected 
 German business man of this city, and was born in San Francisco on July 2, 1872, and is, therefore, twenty- 
 seven years of age. He is a Past Grand of Concordia Lodge No. 122, German; has passed through the Chairs 
 twice; has served as Treasurer of the General Relief Committee; is a Past Degree Master; at the last session 
 of the Grand Lodge finished his official term as District Deputy Grand Master of District No. 2, and at the 
 present time holds a position in the Grand Lodge, being on the Committee of the Laws of Subordinates. He 
 enjoys the distinction of being among the first of native Californians to join a German-speaking Lodge, 
 and was initiated by his father, who was the then Noble Grand, and later on was installed as Noble Grand of 
 his Lodge by his father, who was at that time the District Deputy Grand Master. In addition to being promi- 
 nent in the ranks of Odd Fellowship, he has also served time in kindred fraternities, and is Past Trustee of 
 Golden Gate Parlor No. 29, N. S. G. W. Mr Schlichting is a director and secretary of the Wreden, Kohlmoos 
 Company of this city. In addition to his clerical business he is an attorney engaged in the general practice 
 of the law, being associated with J. D. Whaley, with offices in the Parrott Building. He seldom appears in 
 Court, confining himself to the more remunerative branch of counselor. 
 
 Louis P. Schord, Past Grand 
 
 Louis P. Schord was initiated in Apollo Lodge No. 123 on the 15th of May, 1867. He afterwards became 
 a charter member of Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 194, and was elected first Noble Grand of that Lodge December 
 13, 1871. Representing Cosmopolitan Lodge, he served as a delegate to the Relief Committee until July, 1872 
 He was made Patriarch in Unity Encampment No. 28 April 12, 1869, and was a delegate to the Relief Commit- 
 tee from that Encampment from January, 1883 to 1885, and during the two years was twice elected President, 
 a singular distinction that has been conferred, we believe, on no one else by the Committee. His services in 
 the Relief Committee, as President, were from January, 1884, to January, 1885, during which time he was not 
 once absent from any meeting of the Committee. 
 
MAX WOLFEN & CO. 
 
 There are many houses here of the highest standing in the commission 
 
 line, and of the best known is Max Wolfen & Co. , 
 
 421 AND 423 FRONT STREET 
 
 Established in 1872 by Max Wolfen. After his death, two years ago, 
 
 his son, Brother A. Wolfen, who was associated with the firm for the 
 
 past twelve years, assumed control. 
 The firm deals in butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, honey, beans, wool, hides, dried fruits, etc., and 
 
 are agents for the " New Era Flouring Mills," and are prepared to supply the trade 
 
 with a choice family or bakers' flour which merits our guarantee. 
 All consignments are sold to the best advantage, liberal advances, and returns are promptly 
 
 forwarded. 
 Mr. A. Wolfen is a Past Grand of Ophir Lodge No. 171, I. O. O. F. 
 
 WORK ERECTED IN OR SHIPPED 
 
 ESTIMATES AND DESIGNS 
 
 TO ALL PARTS OF THE 
 FURNISHED A. m. • ■ ■• i l IkCWl 1^_/ ■ ■ PACIFIC COAST 
 
 A. H. MacNUTT 
 
 Pacific Granite and Marble Works 
 
 • ANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF 
 
 Granite and Marble Monuments and Headstones, Vaults, Copings, Etc. 
 
 374 BRANNAN STREET, NEAR THIRD, SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 BOX 70 [—^ |_J C" |"^ 1"^ I IV I ^** TELEPHONE 
 
 BUILDERS' EXCHANGE I X- I I L__ I X I X I I >l VJ3 SOUTH 399 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 LODGE, OFFICE AND STORE FITTINGS 
 
 557-559 BRANNAN STREET Hardwood Interiors and General Mill Work 
 
 Between Fourth and Fifth, San Francisco, Cal. 
 C. A. STAHLE WM. E. DUBOIS 
 
 GLOBE OIL CO. 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 Coal Oil, Gasoline, Benzine 
 
 ETC., ETC. 
 
 •ft 
 
 Delivered to any part of San Francisco, or JSM SIXTEENTH STREET 
 
 Shipped to any part of the State. 
 
 Grades and Prices to Suit. TELEPHONE BLUE 805 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 PURE POOD BFFICIENT SERVICE 
 
 st°r n e t et omery Coffee and Lunch House 
 
 H. M. HJUL, PROPRIETOR 
 
 426 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 TELEPHONE MAIN 12B2 NO LIQUORS SOLD HOURS 6 A.M. TO 8 P. M. 
 
 l. c. SResoizicH co! 
 
 IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF 
 
 GREEN HMD DRIED f^ l-V \7 T ^"P QL 
 
 ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF THE ^^ W-^ 
 
 PIONEER BRAND OF SHREDDED 519-521 SHNSOME ST. 
 
 AND DESICCATED COCOANUTS. FACTORY: COR. SANSOME AND VALLEJO STS. 
 
THE GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, I. O. O. F. 
 
 141 
 
 A. G. CLARK, Past Grand 
 
 A. G. Clark, P. G., Past President General Re- 
 lief Committee, I. O. O. F.; Past Grand Cali- 
 fornia Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F. ; joined the Order 
 November 4, 1889. Born in State of Delaware, 
 1862; came to California, 1881. 
 
 NOFFSIXGER 
 
 Grand 
 
 W. A. Noffsinger, Past Grand and Past Pres- 
 ident of the Board of Relief, was born in Leba- 
 non, Russell County, Virginia. February 26. 1866. 
 When two years of age. his parents moved south, 
 stopping four years in Tennessee, and then 
 moved on to Macom, Mississippi. 
 
 The subject of this sketch moved to San 
 Francisco in the fall of 1891. 
 
 In January, 1894, he was initiated in Ophir 
 Lodge No. 171. The following May he was initi- 
 ated into Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 19. In 
 July, 1894, he was installed Secretary of Ophir 
 and in January of 1895, Vice Grand. As Vice 
 Grand he became a delegate to the Board of Re- 
 lief where he was elected Vice-President at the 
 first election after his becoming a delegate. In 
 July, 1895, he was installed Noble Grand of 
 Ophir. and in August of the same year he was 
 elected President of the Board of Relief, where 
 he served with much honor to himself, his ser- 
 vices being so appreciated that the Board pre- 
 sented him with a fine gold watch at the expira- 
 tion of his term. 
 
 At the meeting of the Grand Lodge in May. 
 1895, where he served as a delegate from Ophir 
 
 Lodge, he was appointed Grand Conductor for the 
 Grand Lodge. He was initiated into Unity En- 
 campment in March, 1897. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a constant worker, 
 turning all his energies toward the proper per- 
 formance of any duty the Order has placed upon 
 him, and is noted for his promptness and dis- 
 patch in all matters. 
 
 HOWARD WALLACE NOWELL, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Nowell was born in Iowa, November 8 f 
 1871, and came to California with his parents while 
 yet a child. He was initiated in Western Addition 
 Lodge No. 285, November, 1896; was initiated in 
 Oriental Encampment No. 57, in 1898; was mustered 
 into Canton San Francisco No. 5, Patriarchs Mili- 
 tant, September 20, 1898; joined Templar Rebekah 
 Lodge No. 19, October 8th, of that year; passed the 
 Chairs of Vice Grand and Noble Grand in 1899, and 
 was Deputy Degree Master of Excelsior Degree 
 Lodge No. 2, from January to July, 1899. Brother 
 Nowell was commissioned Ensign in Canton No. 5, 
 May 2, 1899, and served as Chairman of the Finance 
 Committee of the General Relief Committee from 
 February 5, 1899, to August 6th, of the same year. 
 
 JOHN LAWRENCE GEARY, JR., Past Grand 
 
 Brother Geary was born in Contra Costa 
 County. California, September 22, 1868. His par- 
 ents were among the early residents of that 
 county, having settled near their present home 
 in 1853. 
 
 Brother Geary was educated in the public 
 schools of the State, having been graduated from 
 the San Jose State Normal School in June, 1888. 
 Although trained for the profession of teaching, 
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 associations at the Normal School, where he was 
 recognized as the leader in debate among his 
 fellow students, did much to determine his fu- 
 ture course. Being dissatisfied with the limited' 
 field in teaching, he resigned his position a? 
 principal of the Mt. Eden schools in Alameda 
 County in 1891, and entered the Boston Univer- 
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 he completed a three years' course in two years 
 and was graduated with honors in 1893. In Feb- 
 ruary of the same year Brother Geary applied 
 for admission to the bar in the State of Massa- 
 chusetts, and, after a rigid examination before 
 the Board of Examiners, was granted a license to 
 practice by the Supreme Judicial Court of the 
 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the fall of 
 1893 Brother Geary returned to California, and in 
 January, 1894, began the practice of law in San 
 Francisco. His offices are in the Parrott Build- 
 ing, third floor. 
 
 A Republican in politics, Brother Geary has 
 always been an active and enthusiastic worker 
 in convention and on the platform for the Re- 
 publican party. 
 
 His first instruction in Odd Fellowship was re- 
 ceived in Sycamore Lodge, located at Haywards, 
 Alameda County, in 1891. In 1895 he was elected 
 to membership in Parker Lodge No. 124 by trans- 
 fer. Immediately thereafter he was elected Vice 
 Grand, becoming a Past Grand within eight 
 months of his election to membership. In Feb- 
 ruary, 1896, Brother Geary was elected President 
 of the San Francisco Board of Relief and his ad- 
 ministration was one of the most successful in 
 the history of the Board. In 1897-98 he repre- 
 sented his Lodge in the Grand Lodge. 
 
 At present, in addition to his legal practice. 
 Brother Geary is the Supreme Executive of the 
 Sentinels of the Universe, a new fraternal bene- 
 ficiary order, of which he is one of the founders. 
 
 SWEENEY, Past Grand 
 
 J. J. Sweeney, Past Grand, is D. D. G. M. of 
 District 83, a member of Los Banos Lodge No. 82. 
 
 HAMILTON 
 
 DOBBIN, Past Grand 
 
 Hamilton H. Dobbin, P. G. and P. C. P., was 
 born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1856; arrived in San 
 Francisco in 1870; initiated a member of Abou 
 Ben Adhem Lodge No. 112, 1882, Unity Encamp- 
 ment No. 26, 1896, Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 
 19 in 1899 and elected President of the General 
 Relief Committee, August, 1899. 
 
 ALFRED P. BLACK, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Black is a native of Pennsylvani a, whence 
 he came to California in 1875. He has been engaged 
 in the profession of the law in San Francisco for 
 seventeen years, and for several years last past has 
 i>een Assistant District Attorney for the City and 
 County of San Francisco. He is married and has 
 three children living. Brother Black was initiated 
 in San Francisco Lodge No. 3, in 1889. After serv- 
 ing in several subordinate offices he became Noble 
 Grand in July, 1891, and on the twenty-sixth of the 
 same month was elected Vice-President of the Gen- 
 eral Relief Committee of the I. O. O. F. of San 
 Francisco. Brother Black has been a member of 
 the Grand Lodge of California for several years 
 past. 
 
 HERMAN M. D. MEYER, Past Grand. 
 
 Herman M. D. Meyer was born in Hanover, Ger- 
 many, in 1867, and came with his parents to 
 San Francisco in October of the following year. 
 He became a member of Concordia Lodge No. 122, 
 I. O. O. F., about eight years ago and, passing all 
 the Chairs, became Noble Grand of his Lodge, serv- 
 ing in that capacity from July 1, 1895, to January 
 1, 1896; was prominently identified with the Relief 
 Board; was elected Treasurer, August 4, 1895, and 
 served the term ending February 4, 1896; in May, 
 1896, he was elected and served as a member of the 
 Grand Lodge. Brother Meyer is a thorougb-going 
 Odd Fellow, and takes a deep interest in all matters 
 pertaining to the Order. 
 
NATHAN PORTER 
 
 By Mildred Porter Howard Morrison 
 
 " He was a man, take him for all in all, 
 We shall not look upon his like again." 
 
 There have been many men of whom the above has been said, and with vary- 
 ing degrees of truth, but never before has it been more evident than on this occa- 
 sion that here are words appropriate to the character of the man of whom they 
 are quoted, and those who knew the subject of this sketch realize but too sadly 
 and truly that it is indeed true, we shall not look upon his like again. 
 
 It is with a sense of great helplessness and utter incompetency that one under- 
 takes to write of the life of a man who has passed beyond the praises and criti- 
 cisms of this erring and often unjust world, and especially must this be true of 
 
 
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 such a man as Brother Porter; his real greatness seems to^'fay. a seal lipbn our 
 lips, lest in our weakness and ignorance we commit a sacrilege upon his memory. 
 Those who knew him in his lifetime remember him to-day as one of whom praise 
 was superfluous, his deeds and character stood before men, his life spoke for it- 
 self, and, in no uncertain terms, proclaimed him for what he was, a peer among 
 men. 
 
 Nathan Porter was born in Salem, Mass., in 1817, his boyhood and youth 
 were the promise of the noble career of the man to come, and in this case the 
 prophecy was fulfilled. His adaptability for public life in which he was active 
 while still quite young manifested itself early, and at the age of twenty-five he was 
 considered one of the finest public speakers in New England. It is not necessary 
 to say that he gave the best of himself to the interests of his country; he was 
 
I4 6 NATHAN PORTER 
 
 essentially a strong man, and whatever Brother Porter did was done with all the 
 force and fervor of a noble and lofty soul, and every cause to which he gave his 
 time and talent was purified and elevated thereby. 
 
 His connection with Odd Fellowship began in Rhode Island with his 
 initiation into Eagle Lodge No. i in 1843, when he entered at once into the active 
 work of the Order, becoming in 1844 a Past Grand, and soon after entered the 
 Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. In 1865 he was elected to represent Rhode Island 
 in the Sovereign Grand Lodge later coming to California, his ability was recog- 
 nized, and in 1870 he became a Representative of the Grand Encampment of 
 California to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, holding this position for eight years 
 in succession. By his performance of grave and responsible duties in this office 
 he earned the appreciation of the Order and wide-spread recognition of his ex- 
 ceptional strength of character. 
 
 On the Committee on the State of the Order in 1870, Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on Correspondence in 1871, Chairman of Committee on Appeals from 
 1872 to 1877, besides working on various special committees, he made himself 
 of incalculable value to the Order and accomplished a work of lasting benefit to 
 Odd Fellowship. 
 
 He was a lawyer of unusual learning, a natural and brilliant orator, and a 
 man of rare sympathy and discernment. His kind heart tempered every act of 
 justice with mercy, and many a man has found in him a friend in time of need. 
 His left never kept tally of the deeds of his right hand; always willing, nay, glad, 
 to lend his aid for the uplifting of the fallen, always ready with his time, his purse, 
 and his very life for the benefit of the needy, both in soul and body, many a life 
 has had him to thank for its brightness, and the clouds of sorrow, want and 
 despair have been dispersed by the sunshine of his presence. He was the friend 
 of the man who needed him, not, as is too often the case, of the man whom he 
 needed. No one ever asked of him and went away empty; for no man's fall was 
 he ever responsible because he had refused the sympathizing word or the timely 
 aid; but many who had known God only to complain of Him now saw His image 
 for the first time in Nathan Porter and came to love and bless Him at last through 
 the agency of this most faithful servant. 
 
 Although it was only to his nearest friends and those who could best under- 
 stand and appreciate the true greatness of the man, although it was only in the 
 sacred family circle where, as husband and father, the glory of his character was 
 fully revealed, yet, even to those who knew him but slightly it was manifest that 
 here was a man of no common clay. Even the unthinking and the careless real- 
 ized the presence of this spirit of rare purity, strength and ability which com- 
 manded the involuntary respect and reverence of all. Usually a man of such 
 strong character feels his own superiority to such an extent that the othenvise 
 symmetrical whole is marred by the touch of self-conceit, but of Brother Porter 
 this was not so; courageous, honest, wise, patriotic and self-sacrificing to the last 
 degree, the grandeur of his nature was heightened by the humility of a trusting, 
 confiding and noble soul. A man of remarkable evenness of disposition, there 
 were no sharp corners to hurt one, no inconsistent traits to puzzle and alarm, 
 lurking where least suspected, but all was smooth and beautiful in its symmetry. 
 
 Odd Fellowship found in him a pillar indeed; to it he gave his time and 
 talents, and died upon the battlefield, sword in hand, waging his untiring battle 
 against sin and corruption, sorrow and distress. There are manv men who do 
 
NATHAN PORTER 147 
 
 indeed give themselves with earnestness and zeal, in itself most commendable, to 
 noble public causes, but the dignity and beauty of their work is detracted from 
 by the fact that the motive of their labor is selfishness, and the only end for which 
 they strive, their own advancement. Nathan Porter labored with no such pur- 
 pose, the motive of every act was the blessing of his fellows ; it was for their com- 
 fort, and for love of them, not for his own glory, that he spent his life with such 
 force and energy. He never asked himself if men were grateful for his efforts in 
 their behalf, he never measured his aid to institution or individual by the appre- 
 ciation he was likely to receive; above the plaudits of men he unselfishly, and 
 for pure love of humanity, gave himself, heart and soul, to whatever, whoever, 
 had need of him. 
 
 He died in Sacramento, January 6, 1878, and at the time of his death was 
 a Senator representing Alameda County. The news of his decease struck pain 
 and sorrow into the hearts of all who read the sad tidings, for there was not one 
 who did not realize that it was a true and tender friend to all mankind who had 
 gone to his rest and reward. 
 
 It is hard to find expressions even faintly suitable in speaking of such a man 
 as our Brother, but for our praises of him there is no need; in the hearts of those 
 who knew him, in the work he did, which will never die, in the character he has 
 left behind him, is true justice done him, as well as inspiration that will make men 
 more perfectly realize the sacredness and earnestness of life. It is to the influence 
 of such lives that our country owes its greatness, it is to their sweetness that we 
 owe much of the sunshine in this world, and it is in such hearts that all that is 
 good, and true, and noble, finds its birthplace. 
 
 Group of officers of Wiirttemberg Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F. of Stuttgart, 
 Germany, taken December 15, 1870, and presented to California Lodge No. 1, 
 I. O. O. F. Dr. John F. Morse, P. G. M., Special Deputy Grand Sire, who insti- 
 tuted this Lodge under authority of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, is the fourth 
 figure from the left in the standing position. The illustration is reproduced by 
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 Ere I leave you, my brothers, for the opposite shore. 
 
 — Close. 
 
 William Quaylk 
 
 Brother William Quayle was born Saint Patrick's Day, 1814, on Isle of Man; was sailmaker's mate 
 aboard U. S. Frigate Savannah, Commodore Sloat. and was one of the detail that raised the American flag at 
 Monterey, July 10, 1846. He joined Columbia Lodge No. 1, New York, in 1849, and is now a resident of the Odd 
 Fellows' Home at Thermalito. 
 
JAMES D. PHELAN 
 
 Mayor of San Francisco 
 
 The re-election for Chief Executive of this city of Hon. James D. Phelan was only the 
 tribute due him for his splendid administration. Mayor Phelan is deservedly the popu- 
 lar man of San Francisco. He descends from a worthy sire, who came to this country 
 from Ireland when he was but six years old, and arriving in California, as a pioneer, estab- 
 lished one of the largest mercantile houses of the period as early as 1849. When he wound 
 up his commercial career, he entered upon one of finance, establishing the First National 
 Bank of San Francisco, of which he was its first President. His wealth was all honorably 
 acquired without any of the taint which sometimes attaches to its acquisition in these 
 modern days, and the legacy of character which he left his family was not less large than 
 his ample estate. In 1882 Mr. Phelan graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts from 
 St Ignatius College in this city and then turned to the study of law at the University of 
 California. Then he traveled in Europe for a year and a half, writing home letters, 
 which were published in the Examiner, and contributing one or two valuable articles to 
 the Overland Monthly. Returning to San Francisco, Mr. Phelan soon became interested 
 
 James D. Phelan 
 
 in public affairs, and took a prominent part in the movement in California for the estab- 
 lishment of the Australian ballot system, which was adopted. 
 
 Concurrently with all this he was given charge of his father's estate, representing that 
 interest in many commercial enterprises, and finally rounded an active career of finance 
 as President of the Mutual Savings Bank, succeeding to that office on the death of the late 
 James G. Fair. He was an intimate friend of the late Governor Washington Bartlett, and 
 served on his staff. When the Columbian Exposition was projected he was again drawn 
 into public service by being appointed World's Fair Commissioner for California from the 
 Fifth Congressional District, and was elected Vice-President of the body, performing 
 ably its important functions. This commission, it may be remembered, did what is most 
 remarkable in the history of public concerns — it returned $20,000 and more of the appro- 
 priation to the State treasury. During his term as Mayor he assiduously carried out 
 the pledges he made during his canvass, and became at once known throughout the country 
 as an able executive. His unanimous renomination by his party, as well as by the inde- 
 pendent citizens is an endorsement of his record which Mayor Phelan has fully deserved. 
 
The Next Advance Step in Odd Fellowship. 
 
 By L. L. Alexander, Past Grand Master 
 
 It should be the admission of young men into the Order at eighteen years 
 of age. During the last fifty years several notable, radical innovations have been 
 made by the Order in its progress toward its avowed aim to " Fraternize the 
 World," among which have been the creation of the Rebekah and Military 
 Branches, which have proven to be very valuable adjuncts in helping onward and 
 extending the sphere of the great work of Odd Fellowship. 
 
 From ten to sixteen years ago the Sovereign Grand Lodge considered the 
 subject of reducing the age limit for admission of members, and though at one 
 time there was a large majority, composed of many of the oldest and ablest mem- 
 bers of that body in favor of the proposed change (there were 101 votes in favor 
 to 51 opposed, as the journal shows), not quite a necessary three-fourths vote 
 was obtained. 
 
 Shall not the ushering in of the coming century bring renewed prosperity to 
 Odd Fellowship by the opening of a larger field from which to select the ma- 
 terial to build up our Lodges? The field from which several fraternal societies 
 have gathered much and are still reaping great benefits therefrom, that is, from 
 the ranks of the young men of our country between the ages of eighteen and 
 twenty-one years. Space will not permit of giving but a few of the many good 
 reasons why young men at eighteen should be admitted into the Order of Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 Our Sovereign Grand Lodge many years ago gave Lodges chartered by it 
 in foreign jurisdictions the privilege of fixing the minimum age for admission to 
 membership, and they have experienced no evil results, but have derived great 
 benefit by making Odd Fellows of young men at as early an age as eighteen. 
 
 Young women at eighteen years of age can become Daughters of Rebekah. 
 Young men at that age are as intelligent and trustworthy as their sisters. Under 
 our laws, they can make any contract their elders can, except for the sale or 
 encumbrance of real estate. Our Government accepts them at that age in the 
 Army and Navy. 
 
 The testimony of those high in authority in six large fraternal societies, 
 which have for years admitted members at eighteen years of age, is that they 
 as a rule make their most active members, and no trouble has been caused by 
 that class. 
 
 At that age young men are more tractable and susceptible to the high moral 
 teachings of Odd Fellowship than at later years in life. Many young men of our 
 land are joining other Societies at that age. Having formed their associations 
 elsewhere, they are mostly lost to Odd Fellowship, which society many of them 
 would prefer to join could they do so at eighteen. 
 
 It has been said, in substance, that to accomplish any great reform it is best 
 to commence with the young. Fraternity can be better and more effectively 
 taught to youth than to age. 
 
 If Odd Fellows believe what they generally say, that Odd Fellowship is the 
 best secular institution in existence for a young man to join for his own benefit 
 and for the good of society, then they should labor for a change in the law so that 
 the worthy young men of our country may become Odd Fellows ait eighteen 
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 he left home, and for two years was employed in a dry goods store. On March 
 1, 1849, he sailed from London, England, in a vessel to seek his fortune in other 
 lands, and arrived in San Francisco, California, April 4, 1850, a lad of fourteen 
 years. Until he was nineteen, he engaged in such employment as he could pro- 
 cure; he then obtained a situation with Whitton, Towne & Co. to learn printing, 
 remaining with them two years. During the exciting times of the Vigilance Com- 
 mittee, when James King of William was assassinated, he was employed on the 
 Evening Bulletin; afterwards engaged with O'Meara & Painter, Chas. F. Robbins 
 & Co., and Wm. P. Harrison, and finally, in January, 1866, bought the office of 
 Mr. Harrison, and established the firm of Jos. Winterburn & Co., at 417 Clay 
 Street, and has occupied the premises ever since. He was married between the 
 age of twenty-two and three, has raised a family of six children, five of whom 
 are now living. 
 
 He was initiated intoYerba 
 Buena Lodge No. 15, I. O. 
 O. F., August 26, 1858; elect- 
 ed Permanent Secretary July 
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 ber of the Grand Lodge in 
 May, 1863. Was admitted 
 into Golden Gate Encamp- 
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 became Chief Patriarch July 
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 where he now retains mem- 
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 Oriental Rebekah Lodge and 
 the Veteran Odd Fellows' 
 Association. He has clone 
 the printing of the Grand 
 Lodge and Grand Encamp- 
 ment for thirty-six years, and 
 is recognized as the Grand 
 Lodge Printer. He is also 
 connected with the Odd Fel- 
 lows' Cemetery Association as one of its trustees, and has held the position of 
 Treasurer for twenty-six years. He is a member in good standing of Occidental 
 Lodge of Masons, and a charter member of Valley Lodge, A. O. U. W. A 
 man of strong individuality known for his loyalty to friends. 
 
 A noted peculiarity is that while he is genial in make-up he has never during 
 his entire life tasted alcohol in any form. The Grand Encampment in 1897 passed 
 resolutions commendatory of the faithful, correct and painstaking manner in 
 which he has performed the printing for that body. It is safe to say that the sub- 
 ject of this sketch has never failed in the discharge of any obligation, he is 
 essentially a safe companion, a citizen of worth, and an Odd Fellow in spirit and 
 in truth. 
 
 Joseph Winterburn 
 
On a Picture of Hncoln 
 
 Once more look on this plain and patient face, 
 And learn anew that sorrow is the dower 
 Of him that sinks to lift his race 
 Into the place of peace and power. 
 
 How beautiful the homely features grow. 
 How soft the light from out the mild, sad eyes. 
 The gleam from deeps of grief the soul must know 
 To be so great, so kind, so wise! 
 
 Gaze once again upon this plain, worn face, 
 And know for aye that sorrow is the lot 
 Of him decreed to seize eternal grace, 
 That love and justice perish not. 
 
 Ay, mark the heart as rock against the wrong, 
 Bleeding, but bearing on the burden soar; 
 See, hear, the sadness ever round the strong, 
 The look, the moan, of ocean's shore. 
 
 /-*£<. 
 
WILLIAM NICHOLLS, JR. 
 
 " A soul as full of worth as void of pride, 
 Which nothing seeks to show or needs to hide." 
 
 Searching for the good and useful in man is like studying the true and beau- 
 tiful in art. Both are primary factors in education, the one ranking among the 
 utilities, the other being found in the category of the sesthetical. 
 
 The study of humanity begins with a search through history for the world's 
 useful men, those men who have accomplished something in some direction for 
 the betterment of their kind; in our investigation we find two classes, in each of 
 which there are dreamers as well as men of action. Youth is more inclined to 
 
 William Nicholls, Jr. Past Grand 
 
 dream, while age inclines to meditation. Middle age is where we look for the 
 happy combination of the imagination, thought and action that makes the man 
 of finish and completeness, around whom generally cluster important interests, 
 whether in town, city, state or nation. 
 
 Odd Fellowship has little sympathy with that metallic axiom, " the survival 
 of the fittest." Success is not always the distinctive badge of talent, but where 
 the success is large and continuous, leading into varied fields of useful enterprises, 
 there is certain to be corresponding talent, and with it, as a rule, goes the sympa- 
 thy of the people. In the subject of this sketch we find one whose frankness and 
 virility are recognized by all who come in close contact with him. His true value 
 
Pisl) Industry 
 
 There are many who take great delight in fishing. There are many more who would if 
 they had an opportunity. The few who decry fishing have never been beside a mountain 
 brook and plucked from the whirling ripples or shady pool a gamey and vigorous trout. 
 
 In the early days of this country, and up to some years ago, the rivers, lakes and streams 
 teemed with various kinds of hsn. The tremendous increase in population during the 
 present century, with its corresponding demand for the product of the water for food, 
 together with the wasteful and destructive methods of the fishermen for the market, has 
 practically depleted the waters of this country. 
 
 The value of fish as a food product is known to all. Its want began to be felt, and the 
 United States Government, as well as the various State governments, took in hand the 
 propagation of fish for the rehabilitation of the various waters of the country. Following 
 the artificial propagation of fish begun in many places, was a rigid enforcement of the laws 
 for the protection of the fish planted in the various lakes and streams. Results in other 
 States have been phenomenal. The egg of the fish is a toothsome morsel and is eagerly 
 devoured, not only by the fish, but by various other forms of animal life, such as the minx, 
 coon, fox, snake, frog, toad, and the birds along the streams. The parent fish deposits many 
 hundreds or thousands of eggs, according to its variety, yet the percentage developed is 
 excessively small. With this knowledge we can easily understand how our lakes and 
 streams, succumbing to the constant demands of an ever-increasing market, have become 
 nearly depleted. 
 
 It took California some years longer to reach this stage, owing to its later settlement, 
 but even with our present population — less than two million — which is very small for the 
 area, our lakes and streams have suffered a like fate. 
 
 Our State, through its Fish Commission, has been establishing hatcheries within our 
 own borders, and is very efficient in its endeavor to renew the active life of our streams. 
 California, in its topography, is well adapted for fish life, particularly for the most gamey 
 and toothsome of all fish, the trout. The many mountain ranges, high and low, are inter- 
 sected with numerous canyons, through which constantly flow waters from the springs and 
 melting snow, in which cooling waters the trout is at its best. 
 
 Adjacent to San Francisco, perhaps the best watered section on the Pacific Coast is in Marin, 
 Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties. Here there are over 6.000 miles of water length, be- 
 sides a number of lakes. Over three hundred streams rush into the Eel, Russian and other 
 rivers. Through the kind and efficient aid of the California State Fish Commission, the 
 California Northwestern Railway (lessee San Francisco and North Pacific Railway), which 
 traverses this section, has, during the past few years, been stocking these waters. It soon 
 realized that the few hundred thousand fish received from the Commission each year were 
 not sufficient for the capacity of the streams, and therefore established its own hatchery, in 
 order that yearly it may place millions, instead of thousands, in the various streams. Out- 
 side of those who have given the subject thought, the community has not realized the great 
 benefit the rehabilitation of this immense area of water will be to the public at large. 
 Artificial propagation is more efficient than natural propagation. Owing to the destruction 
 by numerous enemies of the eggs deposited in the streams, the percentage of development 
 is exceedingly small. In the case of trout it is estimated that but one-half of one per cent 
 ever come to maturity. With eggs developed in the hatchery there is practically no loss. 
 The young fish are kept in the hatchery until they are two or three months old. and then 
 placed in the streams, when they are strong enough to look out for themselves. The result 
 is, a million eggs placed in the hatchery means practically a million fish placed in the 
 streams, very nearly all of which live and thrive. 
 
 The hatchery of the California Northwestern Railway (lessee of the San Francisco and 
 North Pacific Railway) is located in Gibson Canyon, about one mile from the Court House 
 in Ukuh, the county-seat of Mendocino, and 113 miles from San Francisco. This hatchery, 
 with its weird and romantic surroundings, is a most interesting and instructive exhibit. 
 During the season, to view the eggs in the various stages of development, and see the 
 immense number of little trout filling the troughs, is a surprise and a pleasure. It is seldom 
 that hatcheries are located so convenient to the general public as the one at Ukiah. as the 
 water required for the hatching of trout must never exceed 60 degrees Fahrenheit, which, 
 during our summer months, can seldom be found except in the mountain regions, inacces- 
 sible to other than by long stage travel. In order to furnish eggs for the hatchery, the 
 California Northwestern Railway has opened a spawning station on Eel River, in Mendo- 
 cino county, some thirty miles north of Ukiah. the purpose being to get these eggs from the 
 ear hest spawning portion of the State, so that the fry can be liberated in the streams in the 
 early spring and have a full year's growth before the advent of the fishermen. 
 
 Whilst other railroads in the United States make a specialtv of stocking streams, they 
 are dependent entirely upon the State and United States hatcheries for their supply of small 
 try. The spawning station established bv this company will supply millions of trout for our 
 streams in addition to those furnished by the State Fish Commission.— New Era Edition 
 S. r. Call, December iq. i8q7. 
 
WILLIAM NICHOLLS, JR. 157 
 
 is only known to those who have occasion to dig beneath the bark and into the 
 heart, where all is sound and true. 
 
 Brother Nicholls comes from English stock, being born in the parish of St. 
 Austell, County of Cornwall, England, November 5, 1850. The years up to 
 sixteen were spent in acquiring an education; in 1866 he came to the United 
 States. His father being engaged in the banking business in Dutch Flat, the 
 boy was sent to a business college to be fitted for the active affairs of life; this 
 having been accomplished, in 1869 William entered the employ of W. & P. 
 Nicholls, bankers and gold dust buyers at Dutch Flat. The firm being composed 
 of his father and uncle, here the boy came in daily contact with gold miners, 
 lumbermen, country merchants and the many patrons of the banking house 
 which was a power in this section of the State; he thus acquired a thorough 
 knowledge, nOt only of human nature, but of all branches of business, for a bank 
 is an excellent school, demanding, as it does, strict attention to detail and careful 
 methods. 
 
 In 1886, by the death of his father, he became a partner in the business, which 
 has been conducted ever since under the original firm name. Many a miner has 
 felt the tonic of aid extended by this firm, which would have been refused if 
 none but business considerations entered into the transaction. In addition to 
 his banking business, Brother Nicholls has large mining interests in Placer 
 County, and has put considerable money into circulation by the employment an- 
 nually of some thirty men in working, by hydraulic process, the Polar and South- 
 ern Cross mining property which he owns; employing, as he does, none but white 
 labor, he benefits the community by aiding in the support of homes, the school and 
 ihe church, thus sustaining all the props to American citizenship. The money put 
 into debris dams, water pipes and mining machinery is considerable, to say 
 nothing of the addition to the monetary wealth of the community in which he 
 lives by the output of his mines. 
 
 Shortly after reaching his majority our brother sought admission to Olive 
 Lodge No. 81, I. O. O. F., and was initiated on the 9th of April, 1873, was 
 elected Recording Secretary in January, 1874, Vice Grand in July of the same 
 year, Noble Grand in 1875, and in 1876 was elected Representative to the Grand 
 Lodge, resigning, however, to allow a brother to attend who had an ambition in 
 this direction. In 1878 he was appointed D. D. G. M., serving in this office alto- 
 gether seven years; was in the Grand Lodge as Representative in 1879-80, and 
 was again elected in 1895, and continuously since; is now a member of the Fi- 
 nance Committee. He served as Noble Grand of his Lodge in 1885-88 and '90, 
 was elected Trustee of his Lodge in 1879, anc ^ annually ever since. The Lodge 
 has prospered and now has a membership of one hundred and two as good men 
 as our great State can boast of, owns a fine building, good furniture and a ceme- 
 tery. An atmosphere of true fraternity pervades this Lodge, its sick are ten- 
 derly cared (or, its dead reverently buried, and its widows and orphans protected. 
 
 Brother Nicholls organized and instituted Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge on 
 April 26, 1882, and has been an active member of this branch of the Order ever 
 since. He became a member of Auburn Encampment at Dutch Flat, January 
 3, 1879, has passed through all the offices, been Representative to the Grand 
 Encampment, and is now an active member of the Patriarchal branch. 
 
 While the record of our brother in the Order we love so well is a bright one, 
 and his standing in the commercial world such as to justify the statement that 
 
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 San J rancisco, Gal. 
 
 embossing, Staining, Beveling. 
 
 Ultn. Scbroeder, 
 
 President. 
 
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 Latest Improvements 
 
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 Also Decorations for 
 
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WILLIAM NICHOLLS, JR. 
 
 159 
 
 men are not fragments, but are each a whole, a reality of mixed, various, count- 
 less combinations, yet it is in his home, by his fireside, at his table with his family 
 that we love to contemplate him; whoever has met this brother and his gracious 
 wife and interesting children must have felt that it was such a man at whose home- 
 coming these wondrously beautiful lines were written: 
 
 " Laugh, every dimple in the cheek of home." 
 
 Early in life William Nicholls, Jr., was married to Miss Minerva Van Dolah, 
 whose father was of Dutch descent, and one of the early settlers of Iowa; how 
 much the early influence of the model wife, mother and active daughter of Re- 
 bekah may have had to do with the sterling character that Brother Nicholls is 
 known to possess none can say, but the very atmosphere of a refined woman, 
 falling as it does across the path of man, " Like the rays of light upon the rose," 
 cannot fail to exert, as does the teachings of Odd Fellowship, a beneficent influ- 
 ence. 
 
 Polar Star Hydraulic Mine, Dutch Flat. 
 
 Hydraulic mining in California has in the past been a source of great wealth, 
 but owing to the irrepressible conflict between the farmer and this class of min- 
 ing there is a stagnation of the business, yet "we show an illustration of one of 
 these mines at work. 
 
Goddess of Freedom 
 
ERRATA 
 
 The third line of the second paragraph reading " establishing a Home for the diseased 
 members of the Order " should read: " establishing a Home for orphans of deceased members." 
 
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. 0. 0. F. Orpnans' Home of California. 
 
 By Mary E. Donoho, Secretary of Rebekah Assembly 
 
 7i^HEN Rebekah Odd Fellowship in California was twenty-one years old — 
 ^^ just old enough to vote — she elected to institute a State body of her 
 " Daughters of Rebekah." This institution was effected in the year 1891, and 
 the body for four years was hailed as a Rebekah State Convention, then merged 
 into our regular chartered Rebekah Assembly of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows of the State of California. 
 
 Scarcely had our great sisterhood become an organized whole, than plans — 
 the outgrowth of silent hopes long cherished — began to be formulated for 
 establishing a Home for the diseased members of the Order. And the second 
 session of our State body was made even more than memorable by the inaugura- 
 tion of a substantial movement toward this great achievement. 
 
 Resolutions were introduced, and unanimously adopted, providing for the 
 
 I.OIS T. WYCKOFF 
 
 President 
 
 Olive T. Allen 
 
 Marian Greenwood 
 
 Fannie Benjamin 
 Trustees I. O. O. F. Orphans' Home 
 
 creation of a fund to be known as the " Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home of Cali- 
 fornia." Committees on Ways and Means were appointed, and entered at once 
 upon active service. Circular letters of information and inquiry were issued 
 throughout the jurisdiction. General interest and enthusiasm were at once awak- 
 ened, which, from the beginning, gave promise, rich and abundant, that, ere long, 
 we should see in this our chosen land, a living exemplification of our motto, " We 
 Protect and Educate the Orphan." 
 
 It was originally intended that the Home for orphans should be constructed 
 in connection with the Home for the aged and indigent Odd Fellows, their wives 
 and widows; but later these plans were changed, and, eventually, the Orphans' 
 Home was located, established, and is now being maintained by the Rebekah 
 Assembly, I. O. O. F. of California, under resolution adopted by said Rebekah 
 
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 First and foremost among the many elegant and high class resorts 
 ranks Jack's Rotisserie, occupying three stories of the building at 
 615 Sacramento Street. Jt For capable management, high reputation 
 as a well - conducted house and beauty of appointment, this restaurant 
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I. O. O. F. ORPHANS' HOME OF CALIFORNIA 165 
 
 Assembly, and approved by the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F. of the State of Cali- 
 fornia, at the respective sessions of these grand bodies, held in the City of San 
 Francisco in May, 1896. 
 
 Thus clothed with authority, the Rebekah Assembly at once constituted as 
 its agents for carrying on the great work it had undertaken, the following Board 
 •of Trustees: Mrs. Caroline A. Hoxett, of Gilroy; Mrs. Mary E. Donoho, of San 
 Francisco; Mrs. Sarah M. Wolf, of Sacramento; Mrs. Olive T. Allen, of Santa 
 Rosa, and Mrs. Mary F. Thorndike, of Stockton. Prompt, faithful and unre- 
 mitting service on the part of the Trustees, together with ready, hearty and sub- 
 stantial support from the great brotherhood and sisterhood of the jurisdiction, 
 and in less than two years from the time authority for action was received, an 
 Orphans' Home, I. O. O. F. of California was a grand, existing reality. 
 
 The Home is located at Gilroy, Santa Clara County. The land upon which 
 the building stands, a tract containing five acres, being a free gift from Mrs. 
 Caroline A. Hoxett, Past Noble Grand of Unity Rebekah Lodge No. 24, of 
 Gilroy. Funds for erection of buildings, and furnishing the same, were gratuitous 
 ■contributions from Subordinate and Rebekah Lodges, Encampments, and many 
 interested and generous individuals. The buildings were designed by Mr. 
 William Binder, architect of San Jose, and Mr. William S. Boyles, of the same 
 city, was the sturdy and careful builder. 
 
 The contract for erection of buildings was awarded on March n, 1897, an d 
 active work commenced immediately. The corner stone was planted, with appro- 
 priate ceremonies, on Saturday, May 8, 1897, and was conducted by the officers 
 of the Rebekah Assembly, probably the first and only instance in the history 
 of the Order when such a ceremony was ever conducted by women. 
 
 The builders' work was carried forward as expeditiously as circumstances 
 would permit, and, on the first day of September, the completed building was 
 formally accepted by the Board of Trustees. The I. O. O. F. Orphans' Home, 
 of California, thus completed, and entirely free from debt, was, on October 27, 
 1897, solemnly dedicated to the benign purposes for which it was intended, and 
 on November 21st the first inmates were admitted. There are at this time 
 thirty-eight children in the Home, receiving that kindly care and protection 
 from our great sisterhood, which is our highest pleasure to bestow. 
 
 The Orphans' Home, thus created and established, is under the control and 
 management of a Board of Trustees, known as the Trustees of the I. O. O. F. 
 Orphans' Home. The objects of the Home are to take under its sheltering care 
 homeless and otherwise dependent orphans and half-orphan children of the Order, 
 and to provide them with a home, maintenance and education during the period 
 of their dependence. 
 
 The Home is maintained by an annual assessment levied upon the Rebekah 
 membership of the jurisdiction, together with donations from various sources, 
 and the State Aid allowed, under the law, for maintenance of orphans and half 
 orphans in like institutions. 
 
 Any orphan or half-orphan of deceased Odd Fellows or Rebekahs, who, 
 at time of their decease, were members, in good standing, of some Subordinate 
 or Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. of this jurisdiction, such child being under 
 fourteen years of age, and without other suitable home or means of support, may 
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 or infectious disease shall in any case be admitted or allowed to remain an 
 inmate of the Home. 
 
 Orphans and half-orphans of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Subordinate and 
 Rebekah Lodges of other jurisdictions, whenever, and as long - as there is room 
 and accommodations, therefor, without exclusion of those of our own jurisdic- 
 tion, may be admitted and cared for at the Home upon such terms as may be 
 prescribed by the Trustees, and as shall in all cases, protect the Home fund from 
 expense on account thereof. 
 
 All applications for admission of children must be made upon proper blanks 
 prepared by the Board of Trustees, and to be procured from the Secretary; and, 
 when properly filled out, shall be forwarded to the Secretary who will present the 
 same to the Trustees at their earliest meeting - . The Trustees will carefully con- 
 sider the same, and if it appears that the applicants are proper subjects for admis- 
 sion, and that the rules and regulations and requirements of admission have been 
 complied with, then, if circumstances permit, such applicants shall be admitted. 
 
 The following sisters and Past Noble Grands constitute the present Board 
 of Trustees: Mrs. Lois M. Wyckoff, of Berkeley; Mrs. Olive T. Allen, of Santa 
 Rosa; Mrs. Marian Greenwood, of Stockton; Miss Fannie Benjamin, of Los 
 Angeles, and Mrs. Elizabeth T. Shaw, of San Francisco. 
 
 Address of the Secretary, Mrs. Mary E. Donoho. room 3, Odd Fellows' 
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The Spiritual Side of Odd Fellowship, 
 
 By Rev. E. R. Dille, D. D., Grand Chaplain 
 
 What constitutes the supremacy of the XlXth Century over all former cen- 
 turies? Our journalists, orators and historians call this the crowning century 
 of time. But in what realm lies its supremacy? 
 
 Not in education, for our schools produce no scholars equal to Plato or his 
 great teacher, Socrates; not in oratory, for our orators still ponder as their mas- 
 terpieces and models the periods of the " Oration on the Crown;" not in sculp- 
 ture or architecture, for the broken fragments of a Phidias or an Angelo are still 
 
 Rev. E. R. Dille, D. D., Grand Chaplain 
 
 Rev E R Dille D. D., was born in Watseka, Illinois, April 7, 1848. He was initiated into the Order of 
 Odd Fellows at Zionsville, Indiana, in 1871. Being transferred to a church in San Francisco, in 1873, he 
 hroueht his card and became a charter member of Fidelity Lodge No. 222, in San Francisco, and afterwards a 
 charter member and second Noble Grand, of True Fellowship Lodge No. 238, Santa Clara, where he still 
 helones He was Chaplain of the California Assembly in 1886, and of the Department of California, G. A. R 
 in 1887 ' He has received many honors at the hands of his church— the Methodist Episcopal. He received the 
 dpsree of Doctor of Devinity from the University of the Pacific, in 1886, and has twice represented the Califor- 
 nia Conference in the General Conference, the highest body in the church. He was a Representative to the 
 Prand Lodge I O O. F., of California, a few years ago and is now serving his second term in the Grand Chap- 
 laincy. Brother Dille resides in Oakland, California, where he is the pastor of the largest church of his 
 denomination on the Coast. 
 
 the models of the plastic art, and at once the admiration and the despair of artists; 
 not in literature, for this century has produced no Homer or Shakespeare. 
 
 Humanity, social sympathy, altruism, brotherhood, are the glory of our 
 age. The application of love to the various departments of human life furnishes 
 the historian with the milestones by which to measure human progress. 
 
THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF ODD FELLOWSHIP. 171 
 
 Eighty years ago American Odd Fellowship was born. That sum of 
 years in the individual marks senility and approaching decay, but to an Institu- 
 tion like ours, founded on eternal principles, and destined to be as enduring as 
 the race, those years but mark the period of its infancy, and leave the dew of 
 youth on its brow. 
 
 American Odd Fellowship is an evolution from the old English Unity. In 
 the latter part of the XVIIIth Century Lodges or Guilds of mechanics existed in 
 London calling themselves " Ancient and Honorable Odd Fellows." These 
 Lodges were at first entirely of a beneficial and convivial character. It was 
 customary for each member to pay a penny a week for the relief of the poor 
 among them; and this was the humble origin of our present system of benef- 
 icence and relief which stands unequaled in its perfect adaptation to its purpose. 
 The early Lodges were convivial. In the year 1788 the great poet James Mont- 
 gomery wrote an ode for a Lodge in London, one verse of which I quote: 
 
 "When Friendship Love, and Truth abound, 
 
 Among a band of brothers, 
 The cup of joy goes gaily round, 
 
 Each shares the bliss of others. 
 Sweet roses grace the thorny way, 
 
 Along the vale of sorrow, 
 The flowers that shed their leaves today 
 
 Shall bloom again to-morrow." 
 
 Another verse of a refrain current in those days was still more bacchanalian : 
 
 "Then let us be social, be generous and kind, 
 And each take his glass and be mellow; 
 Then we'll join heart and hand, leave dissensions behind, 
 And we'll each prove a hearty Odd Fellow." 
 
 Gradually this very objectionable feature passed away. In 1813 that element 
 of the Order which favored the abolition of all conviviality in meetings being 
 largely in the majority reorganized the fraternity under the name of " Independ- 
 ent Order of Odd Fellows," now known as the " Manchester Unity." Thus the 
 " I " in the familiar legend " I. O. O. F." is a badge of which we may well be 
 proud; for it commemorates a distinct step in advance on the part of our Order, 
 which has moved ever upward to higher standards and ideals until to-day no 
 saloonkeeper nor vendor of spirituous liquors can enter our Lodges. 
 
 American Odd Fellowship owes its origin to Thomas Wildey, a blacksmith 
 by trade, who, with four other mechanics, instituted at Baltimore, April 26, 
 1819, Washington Lodge No. 1, which soon after procured a charter from the 
 Manchester Unity as the Grand Lodge of Maryland and the United States. 
 Looking back over those four score years we may well say: " What hath God 
 wrought!" 
 
 Young as our Order is it has not always had smooth seas and favoring gales. 
 On the one hand a political demagogism has attacked it; on the other re- 
 ligious intolerance has assailed it. But the arrows of its bigoted opposers fell 
 harmless at its feet. Its enemies could not pluck from its brow the garlands 
 placed there by the men it had made nobler, the widows it had befriended, and 
 the orphans it had relieved. The clamor of their hate did not sound as loud 
 in the ears of God or man as the prayers that rose like incense from the homes 
 of sorrow, and from the couches of pain, for our beloved Brotherhood. When it 
 was reviled it reviled not again. It went meekly about doing good, answering 
 
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 all invective as did one of old: " I have done many good works among you; for 
 which of these do you stone me?" 
 
 Our fraternity has been charged with godlessness. Godlessness? Yes it 
 was, and is, if unselfish devotion to the causes of humanity, if warfare against 
 vice and immorality in all its forms, if profound reverence for the Bible and 
 the God of the Bible, deserve the name. 
 
 Ours is not a religious institution, nor does it claim to be; it is simply an 
 institution founded on true religious principles. It does not invade the sphere 
 of the church, nor claim to meet the religious wants, nor enforce the religious 
 duties of man. None of its secrets, however mysterious, or its obligations, how- 
 ever binding, involve in the remotest degree any interference with the duties we 
 owe to God, our country, our families or ourselves. On the contrary no man can 
 become an Odd Fellow in spirit and in truth who is not grateful to his Creator, 
 faithful to his country, and fraternal to his fellow man. 
 
 We exchange not the greeting of a brother with an atheist; but addressing 
 him by speaking emblems bid him dread the frown of the All-seeing Eye to 
 which the darkness is as the light, and which searcheth the heart and trieth 
 the reins of men. The presence of David's poor lonely fool, who said in his 
 heart, " There is no God," can never pollute the consecrated Retreat of Odd Fel- 
 lows. The name of God is written upon the entablature of our temple; the Bible, 
 the charter of our Order, rests upon its innermost altar. 
 
 But we point to the work of our Order as its most triumphant vindication. 
 By its fruits ye shall know it. The full record of its work appears nowhere upon 
 earth, and never until all the Relief Committees report to the Grand Master 
 above will the full beneficence of our Order be revealed. In that last day he will 
 say to those who have kept their long vigil by the bedside of pain, who have 
 smoothed the pillow and closed the eyes of the dying, " Inasmuch as ye did it to 
 the least of these ye did it unto me." The priest and the Levite who drew their 
 sacerdotal robes about them and passed by on the other side in lofty contempt of 
 the Samaritan and the sufferer will be pilloried for the scorn of the Universe; 
 while the good Samaritan who had not the garb of sanctity, but a good true 
 heart within, will join the shining retinue of Him who was the good Samaritan of 
 the race. 
 
 We are rejoicing to-day that our Nation is welded together in the fires of 
 war; that the prophetic vision of a reunited people which suffused Grant's dying 
 hours with joy, filled his great heart with peace, and glorified his pathway to 
 the grave, is realized at last. 
 
 But do you know that the three links of Odd Fellowship which knows no 
 North or South, did much to cement again the ties of our National brotherhood? 
 Do you remember how the G. L. U. S. in 1865 solved the problem of recon- 
 struction? The Grand Sire at the close of hostilities issued a proclamation de- 
 claring the unbroken unity of our Order, and in the Session of 1865 delegates 
 from Northern and Southern jurisdictions met at Baltimore and took their 
 seats together in the Grand Lodge. Bishop Hopkins of the Protestant Episco- 
 pal Church advised his denomination, rent in twain by the war, " to go to Balti- 
 more and imitate the example of the Odd Fellows." Yes, thank God, the three 
 links never melted in the flames of war nor rusted in time of peace. God bless 
 the staunch old ship, Odd Fellowship! 
 
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 During the early seventies there were several counties in Western Kansas 
 designated as the Texas Cattle Range, commencing near Abaline on the east and 
 extending to Old Fort Hays on the west. Thousands of the long horns, as these 
 Texas cattle were called, were driven in yearly from the Texas ranges to fatten 
 during spring and summer on the nutritious buffalo or bunch grass which fur- 
 nished feed for half a million head for many years. Cattle buyers from Illinois, 
 Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri came to these ranges and purchased for stall 
 feeding, and during the fall months these vast herds of now fat, sleek cattle were 
 shipped by rail to the various slaughter pens of Cincinnati, Chicago and Kansas 
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 Brother Close is a thorough American, three generations having been born on American soil, and all three 
 have served their country in its hour of need. He joined the Odd Fellows when 21 years of age, and is now a 
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 also has charge of the Weather Bureau at the Home. 
 
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 Hall and underneath the Three Links, but our artist brother soon found out he 
 had made a blunder, for ere many weeks the gable end looked like a perforated 
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 And we soon came to the conclusion if we wanted much of an attendance 
 Lodge nights, we must encase the upper story in boiler iron or vacate, one thick- 
 ness of cottonwood boards between ourselves and these frolicsome cowboys was 
 insufficient. On opposite side of the river was a large roomy dugout that had 
 the season before been used as a dance house; we secured that. As some of 
 you may not know how a dugout is made, we will briefly explain. Above the 
 first river bottom was a second some fifteen feet higher on the level with the vast 
 prairie beyond; into this bank an excavation had been made 20 feet wide and 40 
 feet deep, three sides being Kansas soil. The front was boarded up with odds 
 and ends of old lumber and dry goods boxes knocked to pieces, and the door, 
 the most substantial portion of the structure, was made of an old endboard of a 
 government wagon, an opening of three feet square covered with thin muslin 
 varnished formed a window, as a support for the ridge pole three cottonwood 
 posts set in the ground at each end and center, then small cottonwood poles 
 laid close together, one end resting on sod at sides, then about 6 inches depth 
 of prairie grass a few inches of dirt, and sod cut and laid nicely over all. Soon 
 grass commences to grow and a person coming from off the prairie would never 
 surmise there was an abode there. A fireplace of good dimensions was exca- 
 vated in back part and a hole up through the soil for flue, and you have a descrip- 
 tion of a dugout and an Odd Fellows' Hall all combined. The furniture of our 
 old Lodge room was transferred to our new quarters, " composed mostly of 
 benches and candle boxes." A raised platform in front of the chimney had 
 heen made for Noble Grand, and supporters and portieres back of them com- 
 posed of two buffalo robes a kind brother had donated. The other officers 
 were content to remain seated on dirt floor, a box for chair. Our first meeting 
 in new Lodge room was a success, and we congratulated ourselves on not being 
 obliged to dodge stray bullets any more. There being no anteroom we had our 
 outside guardian stationed a few feet from, the entrance armed with a good Win- 
 chester, somewhat military we admit when a brother was hailed and commanded 
 to advance and give the countersign, but it worked all right as the sequel will 
 show. Our second meeting here was a roaring success; we had a candidate for 
 initiation, and our visiting brothers from Texas were there to help us through. 
 Our officers were letter perfect in their charges and everything was going 
 smoothly, our Conductor had just remarked " Behold," when a scene not gen- 
 erally used was presented to every brother's view — a falling of dirt from over- 
 head, a cracking of cottonwood poles, a roar and bellow all in one, and a huge 
 buffalo bull landed on his head where Candidate and Conductor were standing 
 a moment before. Our brothers had made good time getting outside, for by 
 the time Mr. Buffalo gained his feet there was no one inside. It was lucky the 
 front portion was flimsy, for our brothers forgot where the door was in their 
 rush. The bull on recovering his feet gave one snort and he too started for out- 
 side. Whether he was partly blinded with dirt or to avenge himself on us, as he 
 came out he knocked down the ridgepole support and the whole roof caved 
 in, but his career was soon ended. Our Texas brothers' revolvers and our 
 Guardian's repeater soon laid him out, and death was the penalty for his inquis- 
 itiveness. As we stood around his carcass some one remarked, " Wonder where 
 our Noble Grand and Supporters are?" nobody had missed them before. A 
 number started for ruins, thinking they might have been buried beneath the de- 
 bris. Some one called him by name, "Where are you Mac?" and his jolly face 
 soon appeared above the sod emerging from the fireplace followed by his two 
 Supporters, and with all the solemnity of a grave digger he proceeded to close 
 the Lodge in due form. It seems at the first approach of danger himself and 
 Supporters had got behind those buffalo robe portieres in the fireplace with ten 
 feet good solid earth above them. In those days small bands of buffalo still 
 wandered through that section, and on their way to the river for a drink one had 
 inadvertently wandered on top of an Odd Fellows' Lodge room. 
 
German Lodges I. O. O. F. of California 
 
 By Joseph G. Myseli, 
 
 TXARMONY LODGE No. 13, San Francisco, instituted June 21, 1853. Mem- 
 * / bership 160. Assets $25,336.50. 
 
 Franklin Lodge No. 74, Placerville, instituted on 5th of March, 1858. Pres- 
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 Germania Lodge No. 116, San Francisco, instituted July 1, 1863. Present 
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 Joseph G. Mysell 
 
 Joseph G. Mysell was initiated into Washington Lodge No. 6, I. O. O. F., at Washington City, D. C, 
 February 21, 1854, at the age of 22 years. He was initiated into Patriarchal Odd Fellowship at Washington 
 City, D. C, May, 1854. Withdrawing from both these bodies in 1859, he deposited his Lodge card in Harmony 
 Lodge No. 13, and Walhalla Encampment No. 7, in 1859, upon taking up his residence in San Francisco. He 
 is one of the most active workers in the cause of Odd Fellowship— a business man of sound judgment, who by 
 thrifty economy and careful management has cared for and educated his family. His heart is true and 
 steadfast; no man ever accused this Brother of dissimulation; he is absolutely fearless in advocating what 
 he conceives to be right,— honest in his own opinions, he accords others the right of expression. Differ with 
 him as you may, you cannot but admire his frankness in the discussion of all questions pertaining to the 
 Order. A close student, he knows the history of the Order in California, and, if you call upon him for informa- 
 tion on any point, he at once delves down into an inside pocket, and, from a book filled with facts, he is able 
 to answer your question. 
 
 Concordia Lodge No. 122, San Francisco, instituted January 29, 1866. 
 Present membership 155. Assets $18,951.18. 
 
 Herman Lodge No. 145, San Francisco, instituted July 8, 1868. Present 
 membership 94. Assets $5,608.73. 
 
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 THE INTRODUCTION OF THE I. O. O. F. INTO GERMANY. 
 
 On the 1 8th day of May, 1869, Representative F. S. Ostheim, of Minerva 
 Lodge No. 19 (chartered to work in the German language) introduced a reso- 
 lution, which was adopted, instructing our Grand Representatives to endeavor to 
 have the U. S. Grand Lodge introduce Odd Fellowship into Germany. The 
 session of the Grand Lodge at which the resolution was adopted was held at 
 Salem, Oregon. 
 
 In 1869 when the U. S. Grand Lodge in September met in this city the fol- 
 lowing will be found among other proceedings on page 4631. Rep. Bristow, of 
 Oregon, from the special committee to whom the subject had been referred, 
 submitted the following report, which was laid on the table under the rule: 
 To the R. W. Grand Lodge of the United States: 
 
 Your special committee, to whom was referred the resolution, emanating 
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 tries. We therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution: 
 
 Rcsok'cd, That upon proper application from a sufficient number of brethren 
 in Germany, for authority to organize a Lodge or Lodges, that the M. W. Grand 
 Sire be, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to issue a dispensation for such 
 Lodge or Lodges, and to appoint and commission a Special Deputy, if in his 
 opinion the good of the Order requires it, with full power and with such restric- 
 tions thereon as our laws and the necessities of the case may require; and that he 
 may, in like manner establish the same in other civilized countries upon proper 
 application for the same. 
 
 E. L. BRISTOW, 
 C. N. FOX, 
 G. W. RACE, 
 WM. ELLISON. 
 
 The United States Grand Lodge made no provision to pay the ex- 
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 Treasurer for $1,200, and handed it over to the Grand Sire Farnsworth, and the 
 Grand Master J. B. Harmon made the following- report in his annual report to 
 the Grand Lodge of California, page 201 : " I cannot forbear adding that the 
 visit of the Grand Lodge to California has been recently made still more memor- 
 able by a donation from Templar Lodge No. 17 of $1,200, to enable the Grand 
 Sire to establish the Order in Germany as he was authorized at the session of 
 that Grand Lodge. And the Grand Master John B. Harmon could truthfully say 
 in addition to the above statement, that not one dollar of that munificent dona- 
 tion of Templar Lodge was ever placed in the hands of the Special Deputy 
 Grand Sire Dr. John F. Morse for the German Mission of Odd Fellowship. And 
 upon the urgent solicitation of the Past Grand Master Charles N. Fox, and 
 Past Grand Representative Nathan Porter, the German Lodges of the second 
 District were called together in convention to provide ways and means to assist 
 the Special Deputy Grand Sire Dr. John F. Morse to carry out his commission to 
 establish Lodges in Germany, and with the following result at that convention 
 December 20, 1870 : 
 
 DONATIONS MADE. 
 
 Harmony Lodge No. 13 $ 500.00 
 
 Germania Lodge No. 1 16 300.00 
 
 Herman Lodge No. 145 100.00 
 
 Bay City Lodge No. 71 100.00 
 
 Franklin Lodge No. 74 100.00 
 
 Allemania Lodge No. 178 25.00 
 
 Wildy Encampment 50.00 
 
 Balance German Lodges 1 1.70 
 
 Total $1,185.70 
 
 Extract from the Report of S. D. G. Sire Dr. John F. Morse, 1871, to tne 
 G. L. U. S.: (Page 51 16.) 
 
 " When on the 9th of March we opened with our own tremulous hands a 
 letter from ' Old Harmony ' of San Francisco, with a contribution of $500 and 
 an associated gift of $300 from ' Gallant Germania,' an addditional $100 from the 
 ' Youthful Herman ' of the same city, we struck out boldly and came back once 
 more to the old brotherhood shores of our troubled Jordan. Now the first 
 gleaming of Aurora were rapidly followed with full light of an effulgent morn- 
 ing, and success was assured. 
 
 Such are the official records in regard to the introduction of Odd Fellowship 
 into Germany, and to Past Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of Brandenburg, 
 Germany, F. S. Ostheim, belongs the honor of the introduction of Odd Fellow- 
 ship into Germany. 
 
 Yours in F. L. T., 
 
 JOSEPH G. MYSELL, 
 Member of Harmony Lodge No. 13, I. O. O. F. 
 
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Excelsior Degree Lodge No, 2 ) I, 0, 0, F, 
 
 By A. K. Kingsford, Degree Master 
 
 The origin of Excelsior Degree Lodge (of San Francisco) dates back to the 
 early history of Odd Fellowship in California. Preliminary work and organiza- 
 tion was effected by brothers of the Fifth Degree, members of California, San 
 Francisco, Harmony, Yerba Buena and Templar Lodges on September 9 and 
 September 16, 1853. The names proposed for the Lodge were " California," 
 " Covenant," " Parker " and " Excelsior." " Parker " was first decided upon, 
 but P. G. M. Parker with due modesty suggested that some other name should 
 be selected, and, upon reconsideration " Excelsior " was adopted. 
 
 A. K. Kingsford, Degree Master. 
 
 A. K. Kingsford has been an active worker in the Lodge since he was first sent there as a delegate by his 
 Lodge, Bay City No. 71. He served one term as Deputy Degree Master and then was elected Degree Master for 
 the term commencing January, 1876, and has filled the office continuously. His urbane manner, genial dis- 
 position, his solicitude for the careful and correct instruction of candidates and his impartial rulings on all 
 matters acted upon by the Lodge, and his readiness at all times to sacrifice his own pleasure and time for the 
 purpose of assisting in the conferring of degrees in other Lodges, in emergencies, has won for him the gratitude 
 and kind regard of all. Brother Kingsford has made a special study of the work of his office, and his exempli- 
 fication of the degree work is highly commendable. Much of the success and reputation that the Lodge has 
 won during the last four years is due to his ability and efforts. That his labors are appreciated was demon- 
 strated lately when he was presented with the handsomest testimonial ever presented in an Odd Fellows' 
 Lodge in this city— a magnificent gold badge studded with diamonds and other precious stones, manufactured 
 by Shreve & Co. 
 
 The Lodge was instituted on September 21, 1853, on which date the first 
 staff of officers was elected and installed: Bro. H. M. Hewston as Degree 
 Master; Jno. Q. Piper as Dep. D. M.; Jno. Pitcher as Secretary, and W. T. 
 Garratt as Treasurer. It was decided to admit as members all brothers who 
 could prove themselves in the Fifth Degree, upon payment of an initiation fee of 
 one dollar. The same qualification and fee has remained in force till the present 
 
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EXCELSIOR DEGREE LODGE, No. 2, I. O. O. F. 189 
 
 time, excepting that the word " fifth " was changed in due course to read "third." 
 During the interval 4,681 brothers have enrolled themselves as members. 
 
 The first degrees were conferred on October 5, 1853, when P. G. M. Parker 
 •conferred the first degree upon eight candidates and the second degree upon six 
 candidates; Bro. Piper conferred the third degree upon six candidates and Bro. 
 Hewston conferred the fourth and fifth degrees upon four candidates. At first 
 the wherewithal to meet expenses was obtained by an assessment of 50 cents 
 for each degree conferred, payable by the Lodge to which the candidate belonged. 
 We find that on March 15, 1854, a communication was received from Templar 
 Lodge advising that they had conferred 22 degrees, and asking that they be as- 
 sessed with the fees which the Degree Lodge would have been entitled to if the 
 degrees had been conferred by them. Excelsior Degree Lodge magnanimously 
 complied with their request. Later this system was changed to a pro rata assess- 
 ment on all Lodges interested, based upon their membership. On October 19, 
 1853, the Lodge conferred the Rebekah Degree upon ten brothers. It may 
 readily be seen that the work of conferring the five degrees of the subordinate 
 Lodge and the Rebekah Degree, too, gave the small band of brothers consider- 
 able work. Their onerous and monotonous duties and a lack of interest on the 
 part of the brothers generally had a depressing influence upon the ardor with 
 which the work was begun; so much so that on June 2, 1855, a resolution was 
 presented setting forth that it was the sense of the Lodge that the several 
 Lodges should confer their own degrees for the space of three months, and that 
 the Degree Lodge should be suspended during that period. Action was taken on 
 this resolution, and the Lodge adjourned for six months. On December 29, 1855, 
 a meeting was held to " secure " the charter. No other meeting was held till 
 August 19, 1857, when a meeting was called to consider the advisability of re- 
 suming the work of the Lodge, and at an adjourned meeting held September 
 19, 1857, this was decided in the affirmative. The Lodge has held meetings 
 regularly since that date. The active membership of the Lodge is composed 
 principally of the Noble Grands and Vice Grands of the various Lodges sending 
 their candidates to this Lodge for their degrees. The number of Lodges inter- 
 ested at present is twenty-one (21). 
 
 It would seem almost invidious to particularize upon the excellent work 
 and fraternal zeal exhibited by any of the many worthy and able brothers who 
 have filled the principal Chair in the Lodge. Some of them, for instance, T. 
 Rodgers Johnson and Edmund Lane, who filled the office for fourteen terms, 
 have laid aside their work and gone to receive their reward for their labors in 
 behalf of Friendship, Love and Truth. Many others are still in the ranks, doing 
 their part in other directions, but are entitled to our gratitude for services in this 
 Lodge, among whom may be mentioned Joseph Winterburn, D. C. Smith, who 
 served nine terms; J. M. Troutt, M. T. Moses, P. G. M. J. H. Simpson, T. R. 
 Morse, U. S. G. Clifford, and last, but not least, our present Degree Master. 
 
 The Lodge is fortunate, too, in the active zeal of others besides its Degree 
 Masters; at all times they have had the support of able and earnest workers. Of 
 those taking an active part at present may be mentioned A. G. Clark, D. D. M. ; 
 L. C. Mershon, Cond'r, C. F. A. Langerman and T. R. Morse. So long as the 
 present standard of efficiency is maintained we believe that the existence of the 
 Lodge is conducive to the best interests of the Order, in this city at least, and 
 should be sustained by the attendance and co-operation of all brothers who de- 
 sire the prosperity of the Order. 
 
 Meetings are held on the second and fourth Saturday evenings of each 
 month. One degree conferred each meeting night. 
 
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District Deputy Grand Aa^ter^ 
 
 Few members of the Order, perhaps, realize the importance of the office of 
 District Deputy Grand Master. As the official representatives of the Chief Execu- 
 tive they have large responsibility and much work. Called upon as they are fre- 
 quenty to advise and direct, they must use tact and discrimination, as well as 
 firmness; a complete knowledge of the sign language of the entire work of the 
 Order is required by the Grand Lodge; and in order to be able to properly 
 discharge the duties of the office these officers must be familiar with the 
 law of the Order. Situated as some of the deputies are, they are in a sense Grand 
 
 J. E. Streightif, Past Grand 
 
 J. E. Streightif was born at Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1861; was 
 initiated into Ariel Lodge No. 688, at Kittanning, March 5. 1886; withdrew from that Lodge upon coming to 
 California, and deposited his card in Berkeley Lodge No. 270, at Berkeley, August I, 1889; was R. S. V. G. 
 during that term; was installed Vice Grand in January, 1890, and bas served almost continuously in office 
 since. He was District Deputy Grand Master, of District No. 96, in 1898, and is now occupying the same 
 position; bas represented his Lodge in the Grand Lodge of California; is a member of Golden Rule Encamp- 
 ment No. 34, and of Canton No. 11, of Oakland. Brother Streightif is an active, earnest Odd Fellow' pains- 
 taking and careful in everything he undertakes, either in Odd Fellowship or in business. 
 
 Masters. The writer of this has in mind one brother who has held the office for 
 several terms, and annually, as the Grand Master makes his visits in this brother's 
 district, the District Deputy bears him company for a week. This is only one 
 case of many such. 
 
 Unlike the Grand Master, who bears with him into retirement the title of 
 Past Grand Master, these faithful officers have no permanent recognition by the 
 
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 
 
 193 
 
 Order, and rank no higher at the conclusion of years of service as District Depu- 
 ty Grand Master than they did before assuming the office, to wit, a Past Grand. 
 
 There is no jurisdiction under the Sovereign Grand Lodge where the secret 
 work, and the beautiful ritual of Odd Fellowship is so perfectly and impressively 
 rendered as in California, and to the District Deputy Grand Masters must be given 
 a share of the credit. With this article appear the portraits and short biographies 
 of a few of these faithful and efficient officers. 
 
 ROBERT H. EVANS, Past Grand 
 
 Robert H. Evans, P. G., member of Kernville 
 Lodge No. 251. Born in Berkley, Mass., 1820; 
 joined King Philip Lodge No. 44 in Taunton, 
 Mass., in 1847; came to California in 1849; mined 
 ten years in Yuba County later in State of Ne- 
 vada and Mexico, and the last thirty years his 
 home has been in Kern County, where he has 
 been engaged in mining and milling. He was 
 District D. G. M. for six years for District No. 
 52, I. O. O. P. 
 
 JULIUS S. SHEEL, Past GraDd 
 
 Julius S. Sheel was born August 5, 1859, in 
 Denmark. He came to California in 1888, and 
 was initiated into Western Addition Lodge No. 
 285 April 4, 1891. He was elected and installed 
 as Vice Grand on January 4, 1898, and as Noble 
 Grand from July, 1898, to January, 1899, and 
 served as Deputy Degree Master of Excelsior 
 Degree Lodge No. 2 from July, 1898, to January, 
 1899. 
 
 MITCHELL, Past Grand 
 
 J. W. Mitchell, P. G., was born in Dover, Dela- 
 ware, June 1, 1844, joined Consumnes Lodge No. 
 63, I. O. O. P., January 2, 1892; has passed 
 through the Noble Grand's Chair twice, and is 
 now serving his third term as Secretary of the 
 Lodge. He was commissioned D. D. G. M. May, 
 1899. 
 
 THEOPHILE TREYER, Past Grand 
 
 Theophile Treyer was born at Huningue, 
 France, October 14, 1845. He arrived in America 
 in September, 1869, and joined the I. O. O. P. on 
 the 24th of May, 1877. He was elected District 
 Deputy Grand Master in 1894 and still holds the 
 Chair. He is by profession a wigmaker and ar- 
 tist in hair. 
 
194 
 
 DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 
 
 J. A. HOLT, Past Grand. 
 
 J. A. Holt, D. D. G. M. of District No. 13 
 was initiated in Mountain Lodge No. 14 at Michi- 
 gan Bluff, April 4, 1896. He was appointed 
 Right Supporter to Vice Grand for ensuing term, 
 and elected successively Vice Grand and Noble 
 Grand. He held various offices since occupying 
 Noble Grand's Chair. In 1899 Mr. Holt was ap- 
 pointed District Deputy Grand Master, and elect- 
 ed as representative to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 A. H. NOWELL, Past Grand. 
 
 A. H. Nowell was born in Lowell, Mass., May 31 
 1852, came to San Francisco September 4, 1874 joined 
 Western Addition Lodge No. 285 November 11, 1885 
 filling various subordinate Chairs, and installed 
 into the office of Noble Grand January, 1897 Ap- 
 pointed District Deputy Grand Master May 1898 
 and reappointed in May. 1899, also a member of 
 Golden Gate Encampment No. 1, and Templar 
 Rebekah Lodge No. 19. 
 
 A. J. Chittenden, Past Grand 
 
 resentative to the Grand Lodge three annual sessions Wa'« nT^t n ? ^°£ le G I^ a three terms - and Re- 
 serving in that position. BjSther^hi^im^Tz^S^S^r ^ fhPn^ 1 ^ aSter in - m t'^ a ls n ™ 
 and contributing his time to its growth and development. member of tne ° rder > al ways using his influence 
 
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 
 
 195 
 
 C. A. IRVINE. Pa&t Giand 
 
 C. A. Irvine, Deputy Grand Master for District 
 No. 60 was born at Cochecton. New York, in 
 1834. He was educated in the schools of Sullivan 
 and Orange counties, New York, and Wayne 
 County, Pennsylvania. His early life was passed 
 upon a farm and as raftsman upon the Dela- 
 ware. He came to California in 1859 and en- 
 gaged in and still follows the business of mer- 
 chandising He joined Chato .Lodge No. 906, 
 I. O. O. F., at Cahto in 1872, and San Hedrin 
 Encampment No. 49 at Ukiah in 1874. He be- 
 came a P. D. D. G. P. and P. D. D. G. M. in 
 1879. He served as Chairman of the Committee 
 on Petitions in the Grand Lodge session of 1879. 
 Bro. Irvine is well versed in the ritual of the 
 Order. Hd never uses a book or notes in installa- 
 tion, dedication or any part of the degree work. 
 
 R. L. ANDERSON. Past GraDd 
 
 Brother R. L. Anderson was initiated in Cali- 
 fornia Lodge No. 1, on November 15, 1886. After 
 good service in subordinate positions, he was elec- 
 ted Noble Grand for the term beginning January 1, 
 1889. May 18, 1895, he was appointed District Deputy 
 Grand Master for District No. 1, which office he 
 filled with credit to himself and benefit to the 
 Lodges under his charge. At the session of the 
 Grand Lodge of 1896 he was appointed Chairman of 
 the Grand Lodge Committee on Correspondence, 
 and reappointed in 1897. He resigned in 1898. He 
 has always been an earnest worker in the Order. 
 
 N. HARVIE, Past Grand 
 
 Mr. Harvie is a prominent contractor and 
 builder of Sacramento, where he has resided 
 since 1878. During that time he has built most 
 of the prominent buildings in Sacramento, among 
 them the California Winery, covering about half 
 a block of land, the Buffalo Brewery, which has 
 become so noted throughout the country for its 
 superior quality of new brew, and the U. S. 
 Government Building of Sacramento, and many 
 others, but space at this time will not permit 
 mention. He became a member of Capitol Lodge 
 No. 87, I. O. O. F., on May 9, 1890, passed 
 through the Chairs, and has been a representa- 
 tive to the Grand Lodge seven years in succes- 
 sion, and at the session in May, 1899, was recom- 
 mended for D. D. G. M. of District No. 3, as 
 being qualified for that office, which he is now 
 filling to the entire satisfaction of his district. 
 
 GEORGE A. CASH Past Grand 
 
 Brother Geo. A. Casn was born In Nantucket, 
 Mass., April 12, 1853. He came to California in 
 1872, and joined Mission Peak Lodge No. 114, 1. O. 
 O. F., September 1, 1890. At the beginning of the 
 following term he was appointed Conductor, and 
 was installed Noble Grand July 1, 1891. He has 
 always been a good worker in the Lodge, and the 
 Grand Lodge has kept him in office continuously. 
 He is now serving his fourth term as District Deputy 
 Grand Master, and is also Recording Secretary of 
 Mission Peak. Always ready and willing, his 
 example is one to be followed by his brothers, who 
 esteem him highly. 
 
196 
 
 DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 
 
 E. D. SCOTT, Past Grand 
 
 E. D. Scott, Past Grand, was initiated into 
 Newville Lodge No. 321, at Newville, Colusa 
 County, California, December 17, 1886. He took 
 all the degrees during the month of December 
 of that year, and on January 7th was appointed 
 L. S. S. He held this office two terms, and on 
 January 6, 1888, he was installed Vice Grand. 
 On July 20th of the same year he was installed 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 Upon retiring from the position of Noble 
 Grand, he served one term as Past Grand, at the 
 conclusion of which he again accepted an ap- 
 pointed office in which he served until January, 
 1890, and for the second time he was installed 
 Noble Grand, serving until 1891. At the con- 
 clusion of this term as Noble Grand he was 
 elected Secretary and held the office until 1898, 
 when he was elected Noble Grand again for the 
 third term. In January, 1899, he was installed 
 Treasurer; in April of this ..year he was ap- 
 pointed D. D. G. M. for District No. 71, and is 
 now serving in that position. 
 
 He is an active, energetic Odd Fellow, never 
 losing an opportunity to work for the good of 
 the cause. 
 
 HENRY T. BARNES, Past Grand 
 
 Henry T. Barnes, P. G., was born in Toronto, 
 Canada, April 14, 1857. He was initiated in 
 Woodland Lodge No. Ill on July 15, 1882, and in- 
 stalled as Noble Grand on July 1, 1884, sent as 
 delegate to the Grand Lodge in 1885 and was ap- 
 pointed as D. D. G. M. by C. N. Jenkins in 18«9. 
 
 He was appointed to the same office by Karl C. 
 Brueck in 1898 and by W. A. Bonynge in 1899. 
 In 1S87 A. R. Lord appointed him D. D. G. P.. 
 and a second time sent as delegate to the Grand 
 Lodge. He is a charter member of Woodland 
 Encampment No. 71, which was organized on 
 May 20, 1884. 
 
 Mr. Barnes was sent to the Grand Encampment 
 as delegate twice and served as D. D. G. P. once. 
 He is also a charter member of Sylvan Rebekah 
 Degree Lodge No. 108, which was organized on 
 December 22. 1886, when he was elected Past No- 
 ble Grand and served two terms. Mr. Barnes is 
 a stone mason and contractor, and has be> n in 
 the business in Woodland for eighteen years. 
 
 A. J. MOORE. District Deputy Grand Master 
 
 Brother Moore was born in Keokuk County. 
 Iowa, October 19, 1858. He was initiated into 
 Odd Fellowship March 4, 1894, in Morilla Lodge 
 No. 241, located at Fort Bidwell, California. At 
 present he holds the ofllce of District Deputy 
 Grand Master for District No. 85. 
 
 BROTHER S. OBEUDEENER, Past Grand 
 
 Mr. Oberdeener was born in San Francisco 
 September 14, 1859, and went to Santa Clara in 
 1871. He entered the Santa Clara High School, 
 graduating therefrom in 1874. He then entered 
 his father's drug store, and in 1879 left to enter 
 the Department of Pharmacy, University of Cali- 
 fornia, graduating in 1880 with the highest hon- 
 ors. Returning to Santa Clara in 1882, he be- 
 came proprietor of the Santa Clara Drug Store 
 where he has since resided. In 1897. he was ap- 
 pointed by Governor Budd a member of the Cal- 
 ifornia State Board of Pharmacy. 
 
 For ten years Mr. Oberdeener was a member 
 of the Board of Education, and is now a member 
 of the Board of Town Trustees of Santa Clara, 
 being Chairman of the Finance Committee. In 
 1884 he joined Santa Clara Lodge No. 52, I. O. 
 O. P., is a Past Grand and was D. D. G. M. of 
 District No. 20. He is a P C. P. of Santa Clara 
 Encampment No. 32, I. O. O. F., and was D. D. 
 G. P. of District No. 13 for two terms. He is also 
 
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 a member of Clara Rebekah Lodge No. 34, and is 
 at present a member of the Committee on Mile- 
 age in the Grand Lodge and of the Committee on 
 State of the Order in the Grand Encampment. 
 
 Mr. Oberdeener is a prominent member of sev- 
 eral other fraternal orders, having been Supreme 
 Representative of the American Foresters at thy 
 session held in Denver in 1897. 
 
 SAUL ROBERT JACOBS, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Jacobs is a native of San Francisco. 
 He graduated from the public schools of this city 
 in 1884, and afterwards attended the University 
 of California, graduating in 1890, receiving the 
 degree of Doctor of Dental Science. He 
 joined San Francisco Lodge No. 3 in Novem- 
 ber, 1891, and ever since has been an active and 
 enthusiastic worker. He was elected Noble 
 Grand in July, 1894, after passing through the 
 necessary subordinate Chairs, and was elected 
 representative of the Grand Lodge in 1895. In 
 May, 1899, he was appointed by Grand Master 
 Bonynge District Deputy Grand Master for Dis- 
 trict No. 1, filling that position now, to the satis- 
 faction and benefit of the Lodges of the District. 
 He is a charter member of Loyal Rebekah Lodg' 
 No. 215. 
 
 P. G. HUGHES, Past Grand 
 
 P. C. Hughes, the present D. D. G. M. of Dis- 
 trict No. 90, Mono County, California, was born 
 in Ireland in 1841, and came to New York City 
 at a tender age. He remained in New York but 
 
 a few years, when he was induced by the goli 
 excitement to come to San Francisco in 1860, 
 and thence on to Aurora, at that time a part of 
 Mono County, California. In 1863 he joined Es- 
 meralda Lodge No. 6, I. O. O. F., of Aurora, 
 and remained an earnest worker until 1896, when 
 he withdrew to assist in organizing Bridgeport 
 Lodge No. 386 as a charter member. At the 
 hands of this Lodge he received all of its official 
 honors. Mr. Hughes (like the revered founder 
 of Odd Fellowship in America) is a blacksmith by 
 trade, and the grand lesson of the Three Links 
 has a more than ordinary significance to him. 
 A pioneer of Mono County, he has resided with 
 his family at Bridgeport, the county-seat, where 
 he has followed his calling as " The Village 
 Blacksmith," for the past" thirty-five years. He 
 has three sons and a son-in-law, all members of 
 Bridgeport Lodge No. 386, I. O. O. F., each of 
 whom will find that the grandest aDd noblest ob- 
 jects of Odd Fellowship will be fully subserved 
 by emulating the subject of this sketch in his 
 daily practice of Friendship, Love and Truth. 
 
 TILLIE GETCHELL, District Deputy President 
 
 Sister Getchell is a member of Sequoia Rebekah 
 Lodge No. 129, San Andreas. She isDistrict Deputy 
 President of District No. 38: an amiable woman 
 who has endeared herself to all who have met 
 her in the atmosphere of Friendship, Love and 
 Truth. 
 
 LOTTIE GALE, District Deputy President 
 
 Sister Gale is a member of Naomi Rebekah 
 Lodge of Truckee; District Deputy President for 
 District No. 33. She is an untiring worker for the 
 cause of Rebekah Odd Fellowship. 
 
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 MRS. HATTIE DULEY 
 District Deputy President 
 
 Mrs. Hattie Duley, Deputy Grand President. 
 District No. 5, comprising California Rebekah 
 Lodge No. 1, Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 19, 
 Oriental Rebekah Lodge No. 90, Amity Rebekah 
 Lodge No. 161, Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. 215, and 
 Mission Rebekah Lodge No. 225. She is a mem- 
 ber of Amity Rebekah Lodge No. 161. 
 
 Sister Duley is a tireless worker in the cause of 
 Rebekah Odd Fellowship, and by her well-directed 
 efforts new life and energy has been given to the 
 Lodges under her jurisdiction. 
 
 ELIZABETH HARVEY 
 District Deputy President 
 
 Elizabeth Harvey was born in Canton Mis- 
 souri, was educated in that State and taught in 
 the public schools. She was married to Dr J 
 W. Harvey September 15, 1867. She came to 
 California in 1884 and joined the Rebekah Lodge 
 m 1889, and has been an active member ever since 
 and is now D. D. P. of Rebekah District No 45 
 She was appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand 
 Assembly at its last regular meeting in May, 
 
 There are few more ardent advocates of the spirit 
 of the Order than Sister Harvey. She has always 
 taken a deep interest in quest ons affecting the 
 advancement of the Rebekah Degree, and she is 
 very popular with all wh j know her. 
 
 MELISSA A. SESSIONS, Charter Member 
 
 Melissa A. Sessions is a charter member oftheMt. 
 Bidwell Rebekah Lodge No. 28. She was the fiftb 
 Noble Grand of the Lodge of which she is a member 
 and has, since the institution of that Lodge in February,. 
 1895, been o"e of its most interested and active mem- 
 bers. She was the first delegate from this Lodge to the- 
 Rebekah Assembly and the second District Deputy- 
 President arpointed from the Mt. Bidwell Lodge for 
 Rebekah District No. 52. 
 
 JOHN SCHUYLES, Past Grand 
 
 John Schuyles was initiated December, 1880, at 
 Edgar, Nebraska. In 1888 he withdrew from this 
 Lodge and was one of the charter members of 
 Oceanside Lodge No. 346, which was instituted 
 at Oceanside, California, July 20, 1888, and was 
 elected the first Noble Grand; he was also one 
 of the charter members of Oceanside Rebekah, 
 Lodge No. 146, which was instituted January 21, 
 1889, and was the first Noble Grand of this Lodge. 
 In May, 1889, he became a member of the Grand 
 Lodge of California as a Representative, and has 
 attended every session of that Grand Body, witht 
 two exceptions, since first becoming a Repre- 
 sentative. 
 
 He now holds membership in the Subordinate- 
 Lodge and the Rebekah Lodge. He is act ve, 
 energetic, full of spirit and of vim, always alive- 
 to the best interests of the Order he so loves. 
 
Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F. 
 
 By Col. O. H. Brower 
 
 y£XHE Degree of Patriarchs Militant is founded upon the principles of Uni- 
 ^^^ versal Justice (Justitia Universalis). The doctrines of rights are advocated 
 by peaceful methods, but if necessary will be defended by the exercise of force — 
 ideas, enlarged and beautiful. 1885 Journal 10,114-10,111. 
 
 The charge to the candidate prior to enrollment must embrace the above 
 ideas, enlarged and beautified. 1885, Journal 10,114-10,111. 
 
 This Degree is purely military and for display purposes, and all civic matters 
 pertaining to its membership must and can only be arranged through the En- 
 campment Branch of the Order. 
 
 General Edwin Hazen Black, Past Grand Patriarch 
 
 Edwin Hazen Black, Past Grand Patriarch, was born in Embden, Maine, July 1, 1847; enlisted in the 
 Fifth Rhode Island Artillery in 1863, and came across the plains to California in 1868. Brother Black was 
 initiated into Unity Lodge No. 131. 1. O. O. F., in 1869, and elected Noble Grand in 1874; passed through the 
 Chairs of Oriental Encampment No. 57, and served two years as D. D. G. M. and one year as D. D. G. P.; was 
 a. Delegate in the Grand Encampment, and served as Chairman of Committee on Appeals, and elected Grand 
 Patriarch in 1882; was the first commander of Uniform Degree Camp No. 5, and was in command of Canton 
 San Francisco No. 5, Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F., and gave five competitive drills; was the first Colonel 
 •of 2d Regiment, Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F., and served two years as Brigadier-General, commanding the 
 Department of California, and was in command of the Odd Fellows' Parade at the Midwinter Fair, 1894, on Odd 
 Fellows' Day. There are few men so devoted to Odd Fellowship as Brother Black; of an exceedingly original 
 turn of mind it is interesting to hear him discuss men and philosophize on the varied phases of life. A 
 worthy citizen, a man of strong character, who has the happy faculty of making many friends and few 
 enemies. 
 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 The unit of organization of the Degree is a " Canton " to consist of at least 
 fifteen (15) members who are designated " Chevaliers." The Degree of the 
 Patriarchs Militant was adopted September 24, 1885, at the session of the Sov- 
 ereign Grand Lodge at Baltimore, Md., without a dissenting vote. 
 
PATRIARCHS MILITANT, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 The 
 
 MILITARY SUBDIVISIONS. 
 Cantons " throughout the world are organized into Battalions, Regi- 
 
 ments, Brigades, Divisions, Army Corps and an Army. 
 
 EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS. 
 
 The Grand Sire of the Sovereign Grand Lodge is the Commander-in-Chief. 
 All Cantons and Patriarch Militant forces are under the immediate super- 
 vision and control of the various Department Commanders within the jurisdic- 
 
 Henry Orson Brower, Colonel Commanding 2d Regt., Dept. of California, P. M., I. O. O. F. 
 
 Henry Orson Brower, Past Chief Patriarch, was born in Lexington, Indiana, September 7, 1840; enlisted 
 August 27, 1862, and served in the 100th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry and went to Danville, Illinois, in 
 the year 1866. He was initiated into Danville Lodge No. 69, 1. O. O. F., in 1868, and subsequently served as 
 Noble Grand; joined Marsh Encampment No. 46, in 1869, and served as Chief Patriarch; was elected Captain 
 of Company A, 3d Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and served as such for five years; was elected as Com- 
 mander of Uniform Degree, Camp No. 14, in the Department of Illinois, and served for four years as Captain 
 of Canton Danville No. 11, Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F., and served as Lieutenant-Colonel and in command 
 of the 3d Regiment, Patriarchs Militant, in the Division of the Lakes, in 1887. Mr. Brower came to California 
 June 30, 1891, and joined Canton San Francisco No. 5, Patriarchs Militant, in 1892, and was elected Captain in 
 1895, serving one year; was then elected Colonel of the 2d Regiment, Patriarchs Militant, Department of Cali- 
 fornia, in 1896, and re-elected in 1898; joined Unity Lodge No. 131 by card in 1896, and was elected Delegate to 
 the Grand Lodge of California in 1899. 
 
 tion, wherever located, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 
 by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and orders issued by the Grand Sire, ex-officio 
 commander-in-chief of the Patriarchs Militant. 
 
 ORIGIN OF THE DEGREE. 
 
 The origin of the Degree, the incidents and continuous legislation thereto 
 dates as far back as 1841, and continued up to the time the degree was adopted 
 by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, September 24. 1885. 
 
2 o2 PATRIARCHS MILITANT, I. O. O. F. 
 
 THE FIRST UNIFORM. 
 
 The first favorable legislation toward establishing a military branch of Odd* 
 Fellowship was enacted at the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge in the year 
 1872 by the adoption of the following resolution. 
 
 " Resolved, That Encampments be permitted to wear such a style of street 
 uniform, on parade, as may be sanctioned by the Grand Encampments of their 
 respective jurisdiction." 
 
 Thus a uniform was adopted consisting of Chapeau, Baldric, Sword, Belt 
 and Gauntlets, to be worn only by the Royal Purple Degree Members of En- 
 campment. 
 
 At the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Baltimore, September 24, 
 1885, a new uniform was adopted and the present Patriarch Militant Degree thus 
 organized. 
 
 The following year of 1886, during the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge- 
 at Boston, Mass., a parade took place on September 22, 1886, consisting of the 
 Order in Massachusetts, the New England States, and visiting brothers from a 
 distance. Here the Patriarchs Militant made their first appearance in a general 
 parade. The number in parade was estimated at 15,000, and 6,000 of which were 
 Patriarchs Militant in full uniform. So rapid was the growth and increase in 
 membership that in the year of 1893, only five years then in existence, numbered 
 twenty-three thousand, four hundred and twenty-six members, with one million, 
 one hundred and sixty-one thousand, nine hundred and seventy ($1,161,970) dol- 
 lars in uniforms, equipments, etc. 
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE MILITARY BRANCH OF ODD FELLOW- 
 SHIP IN CALIFORNIA. 
 Agreeable to and in conformity with the legislation of the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge, enacted in the year 1872, the Patriarchs of California was organized 
 from the various Encampments, and adopted the uniform prescribed by the Sov- 
 ereign Grand Lodge, and approved by the Grand Encampment of California. A 
 Battalion was then formed called the Golden Gate Battalion, and commanded by 
 Capt. Geo. T. Bowen. The company gave a ball at Piatt's Hall, San Francisco, 
 Thanksgiving night, November, 1873, and their first appearance of note was in 
 parade during the session of the Grand Lodge of California, I. O. O. F., held in 
 Vallejo, California, in May, 1874. They thereafter kept up their organization, 
 frequently appearing on proper occasions until they were merged into " Uniform 
 Degree Camps." There were several similar organizations throughout Califor- 
 nia as well as of the Order at large, which led up to further action of the Sov- 
 ereign Grand Lodge at the annual session held in Providence, R. I., in the year 
 of 1883, authorizing each Grand Encampment to issue charters for " Uniform 
 Degree Camps." The Military Branch of the Order thus organized created new 
 desires and requirements and during the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 in the City of Baltimore the " Degree " of Patriarchs Militant was created and 
 placed upon a strict military basis September 24, 1885 (the work having been 
 exemplified by Canton Excelsior No. 1, of Louisville, Ky.), and the first record 
 of the Patriarchs Militant organization made known in California, was by the 
 appointment of Chas. Wesley Breyfogle, of San Jose, as Brigadier General, when 
 placed in command of the Department of California, he issued his first General 
 Order No. 1, dated San Jose, Cal., January 22, 1886, appointing his Brigade Staff. 
 On the 1 2th day of April, 1886, General Breyfogle issued General Order No. 2,. 
 organizing the following Battalion and Regiments: 
 
PATRIARCHS MILITANT, I. O. O. F. 203 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT. 
 Chas. A. Garter, Col. Com'dg. 
 
 First Battalion: Cantons, Sacramento Nos. 1 and 18; Nevada No. 6, and Porter No. 10. 
 Second " Canton, Chico No. 3; Red Bluff No. 12, and Golden State No. 14. 
 
 Third " Canton, Ridgley No. 15; Escohl No. 13. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT. 
 E. H. Black. Col. Com'dg. 
 
 First Battalion: San Francisco No. 5 and 19; Eschol No. 13, and Vallejo No. 16. 
 Second " San Jose No. 9; Pacific No. 10, and Oakland No. 11. 
 
 Third " Orion No. 12, and San Bernardino No. 17. 
 
 PAST COMMANDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. 
 
 Brigadier General C. W. Breyfogle, San Jose; Brigadier General E. K. Russell, Oakland; Brigadier 
 General E. H. Black, San Francisco; Brigadier General J. H. Crosett, San Francisco. 
 
 Past Commander 1st Regiment. Colonel C. A. Garter, Sacramento; Past Commander 2d Regiment, 
 Colonel E. H. Black, San Francisco; Past Commander 3d Regiment, J. H. Applegate, Alameda. 
 Headquarters Department of California, Santa Ana, Cal., 
 
 C. C. Sherman, Brig. Genl. Com'dg. 
 
 Brigade Staff. 
 
 Chief of Staff, Lieut. Col. J. W. Harris; Assistant Adjutant General, Major E. H. Grewell; Assistant 
 Inspector General, Major W. J. Schlosser: Quartermaster General, Major Frank Lee; Commissary General. 
 Major John Gray; Banneretti, Capt. T. Carrif; Assistant Surgeon General, Major D. E. Nash; Brigade 
 Chaplain, Major Xavier Mefret. 
 
 FIRST REGIMENT. 
 W. H. Sherburn, Col. Com'dg. 
 
 First Battalion: Canton, Sacramento No. 1; Canton, Red Bluff No. 3; Canton, Placerville No. 4. 
 Second " Canton, Neva No. 6; Canton, Portel No. 7; Canton, Chico No. 2. 
 
 Third " Canton, Ridgley No. 15; Canton, Eschol No. 13. 
 
 SECOND REGIMENT. 
 H. O. Brower, Col. Com'dg. 
 
 First Battalion : Canton, San Francisco No. 5; Canton, Oakland No. 11. 
 
 Second " Canton, San Jose No. 9; Canton, Veritas No. 21. 
 
 Third " Canton, Santa Rosa No. 23; Canton, Tulare No. 26; Canton, Selma No. 24. 
 
 THIRD REGIMENT. 
 Samuel F. Smith, Col. Com'dg. 
 
 First Battalion: Canton, Orion No. 12; Canton, Los Angeles No. 27. 
 
 Second " Canton, Riverside No. 25; Canton, San Bernardino No. 17. 
 
 Third " Canton, San Diego No. 22; Canton, Lyon No. 23; Canton, Ventura No. 29. 
 
 ARMY OF PATRIARCHS MILITANT. 
 
 Reports of the various department councils and Cantons on April 26, 1897, 
 presents the following exhibit: 476 Cantons, 128 Battalions, 43 Regiments and 
 13 Brigades, with a total membership of 16,064; property on hand, $273,967.16; 
 cash on hand, $43,360.96. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. 
 
 In the Department of California the report of the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 at the close of 1897 shows that we then had 19 Cantons, 9 Battalions, 3 Regi- 
 ments, 1 Brigade, with a membership of 661. 
 
 Throughout the year of 1898 much activity and increased interest has been 
 shown, and more especially on the event of our Golden Jubilee Celebration, 
 which has had the desired effect to increase our membership by many accessions 
 to our ranks. 
 
 On July 27, 1899, a new Canton was organized at Ventura, and named Can- 
 ton Ventura No. 29, with 36 active charter members. 
 
 Much enthusiasm exists at this present time in the rank and file of the 
 Patriarchs Militant throughout this entire jurisdiction. 
 
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 The Executive Committee consists of the following Officers and Chairmen 
 
 of Committees: 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 H. S. Jones, President Mrs. Helen M. Carpenter, Vice-President 
 
 \Y. A. Bonynge, Vice-President Mrs. Dell C. Savage, Vice-President 
 
 Karl C. Brueck, Vice-President U. S. G. Clifford, Secretary 
 
 James W. Harris, Vice-President George T. Shaw, Treasurer 
 General C. C. Sherman, Vice-President 
 
 CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 E. W. Schrader — Carriages William H. Barnes — Press 
 Louis G. Schord — Decorations John Morton — Printing 
 M. T. Moses — Exercises H. L. Curtis — Prizes 
 
 F. A. Week — Excursion W. A. S. Nicholson — Reception 
 W. T. Galloway — Finance H. S. Winn — Souvenir Badge 
 
 J. H. Gilmore — Halls George H. Morrison — Souvenir Book. 
 
 L. L. Remy — Hotels John A. Foster — Subscriptions 
 
 Louis Kragen — Information William H. Barnes — Transportation 
 
 H. F. Schlichting, Jr. — Music H. O. Brower— Military Display 
 Frank D. Worth — Parade 
 
 COMMITTEES : 
 
 EXERCISES. 
 M. T. Moses, Chairman E. L. Head 
 
 Fred. Fillmore Eugene Brackett 
 
 Charles Stallman 
 
 PARADE. 
 Frank D. Worth, Chairman ,F. W. Thompson 
 
 Charles A. Wisewell, Secretary W. W. Watson 
 
 Louis B. Hetty A. J. Duncan 
 
 George Wimmer 
 
 FIFTY YEARS OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN CALIFORNIA. 
 SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 George H. Morrison, Chairman J- J- Loggie 
 
 John G. Wetmore W. E. Lutz 
 
 Joseph Winterburn Mrs. Anna M. Liese 
 
 David Newell 
 
 SOUVENIR BADGE. 
 
 H. S. Winn, Chairman 
 
 SUBSCRIPTIONS. 
 
 John A. Foster, Chairman H. C. Wyckoff 
 
 J. H. Simpson John Feis 
 
 J. G. Mysell Henry C. George 
 
 B. F. Wellington John R- Daly 
 
 C. F. O'Neil S - G - Whitney 
 Samuel Polack A - J- Cleary 
 Jacob Greenebaum L - c - Mershon 
 F. A. Taylor C. W. Derby 
 H. H. Dobbin E. A. Hermann 
 Emil Niemeier Caleb Brind 
 
 D. Becker William F. Lee 
 J. J. Applegate J- N. Nisbet 
 
 A. B. Richet F. R. Parker 
 
 W. J. B. Warner C. M. Symonds 
 
 J. W. Allan Guy Lathrop 
 
20 6 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 W. T. Galloway, Chairman 
 John Thompson 
 Mrs. Mary E. Don oho 
 
 W. A. S. Nicholson, Chairman 
 
 A. W. Williams 
 
 George Walcom 
 
 F. Hock 
 
 D. A. Ha gens 
 
 A. D. Cheshire 
 
 H. W. Quitzow 
 
 William D. Williams 
 
 J. W. Church 
 
 S. Regensberger 
 
 F. Toklas 
 
 George H. Wilson 
 
 Thomas K. Kase 
 
 George Obram 
 
 F. D. Morrell 
 
 A. H. Wehser 
 
 A. Wegner 
 
 H. M. D. Meyer 
 
 C. F. Oner 
 
 A. J. Doyle 
 
 J. A. Wells 
 
 George C. Crowell 
 
 A. Hovey 
 
 J. Conklin 
 
 W. H. Wessling 
 
 W. J. Black 
 
 Frank Fierce 
 
 J. H. Foster 
 
 M. Neuman, M. D. 
 
 Martin Coleman 
 
 George R. Meyer darks 
 
 Miss Sarah Harris 
 
 Miss Pauline Harris 
 
 Miss Bessie McDonald 
 
 Mrs. J. n. Wehser 
 
 Mrs. M. Homeyer 
 
 Mrs. C. Anderson 
 
 Mrs. C. Petersen 
 
 Mrs. L. Steele 
 
 Mrs. M. McLane 
 
 Mrs. H. C. Edwards 
 
 Miss Adelaide Brown 
 
 Miss Minnie M. Howie 
 
 Mrs. Hattie I)uley 
 
 Mrs. Lela M. Ziegler 
 
 Miss Lucy M. Quinton 
 
 Miss Gertrude Wimmer 
 
 Miss Minnie Van Doren 
 
 Mrs. F. M. Cyrus 
 
 Miss Florence Walcom 
 
 F. E. Whitney 
 George A. Cash 
 
 RECEPTION. 
 
 J. J. Applegate, Secretary 
 
 A. Jacobi 
 
 F. Hufschmidt 
 
 E. C. Hare 
 W. T. Sevier 
 
 C. H. Desrosier 
 H. O. Brower 
 
 F. P. Duley 
 
 J. F. Breckwoldt 
 James D. Davies 
 Ralph J. Schirman 
 W. A. Noffsinger 
 T. N. Clough 
 W. G. McKibben 
 A. H. Cousins 
 
 E. Drvselins 
 
 N. R. Doolittle 
 Joseph Schmidt 
 
 F. B. Voorhies 
 W. B. Hibbett 
 Henry S. Martin 
 E. Daucher 
 
 J. Brun 
 
 James Lawrence 
 
 John Greenlees 
 
 D. V. Deuel 
 Clarkson Dye 
 L. Canepa 
 
 G. W. Montieth 
 A. H. Nowell 
 
 H. F. Schlichting, Sr. 
 William T. Beck 
 Mrs. Sophie H. Forbes 
 Mrs. Sarah Kleiss 
 Mrs. Allie Parker 
 Miss Gussie Hooper 
 Miss Amy Webb 
 Mrs. Lillie Meredith 
 Miss Georgina Hencken 
 Miss Bertha Specht 
 Miss Lottie Barthold 
 Miss Bertha Schultze 
 Miss Emma Ramm 
 Miss F. L. Sinclair 
 Mrs. Laura M. Lowrie 
 Miss P. C. Burkhardt 
 Miss Rena J. Crawford 
 Miss Lulu B. Holcomb 
 Mrs. A. W. Turpin 
 Mrs. M. E. McCollister 
 
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 F. A. Week, Chairman 
 J. .1. Loggie 
 
 C. O. Burton 
 Roy Daniels 
 
 D. C. Malcom 
 Miss Alice Hall 
 Miss Clothilde Stohr 
 Miss Abbie A. Ewing 
 Miss Bettie Joost 
 Mrs. Antoinette Shaw 
 Mrs. Mollie E. McCollister 
 
 EXCURSION. 
 
 
 
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 Mrs. 
 
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 Miss 
 
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 Mrs. 
 
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 F. Dobbin 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Myra J. 
 
 Simpson 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Amanda 
 
 J. Willist 
 
 Louis G. Schord, Chairman 
 Louis Hammersmith 
 James E. Miln 
 
 DECORATIONS 
 
 Max Stein 
 W. A. Smith 
 H. D. Seville 
 
 HALLS. 
 
 J. II. Gilmore, Chairman 
 F. L. Turpin 
 
 H. F. Schlichting, Jr. 
 F. H. Siebe 
 
 Dr. H. L. Curtis, Chairman 
 George Strong 
 
 Louis Kragen, Chairman 
 
 F. A. Jennings 
 
 J. M. McQueen 
 
 M. Celler 
 
 W. J. Plunkett 
 
 C. S. Meyer 
 
 William Mund 
 
 W. J. French 
 
 J Stevenson 
 
 T. N. Clough 
 
 Mr. Diebold 
 
 E. Lemoine 
 
 J. M. Wilson 
 
 J. P. Whitney 
 
 J. Ferretti 
 
 J. G. Mysell 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. Owen 
 
 Miss M. Ewing 
 
 INliss Maggie Bell 
 
 C. A. Stahle 
 
 J. M. Willi ston 
 
 William E. Dubois 
 
 L. L. Remy, Chairman 
 
 M. S. Jeffers, Jr., Secretary 
 
 J. C. Skinner 
 
 W. E. Lntz 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 H. L. Todd 
 
 PRIZES. 
 
 William M. McCollister 
 
 INFORMATION. 
 
 A. G. Clark 
 F. J. Smithson 
 J. Deas 
 N. E. Flint 
 J. R. Haake 
 
 D. A. Hodghead 
 S. McDonald 
 
 A. H. Breckwoldt 
 J. A. Morrison 
 W. L. Meuser 
 W. W. Beckle 
 II. Jacks 
 H. W. Nowell 
 F. A. Smith 
 
 E. H. Norman 
 Mrs. Julia Gibbs 
 Mrs. A. J. Williston 
 Mrs. Mack 
 
 C. L. Ziegler 
 C. Roeber 
 T. R. Morse 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 H. W. Lake 
 F. L. Turpin 
 Frederick Berg 
 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION 
 
 PRINTING. 
 
 209 
 
 John Morton, Chairman 
 Hamitlon IT. Dobbin 
 
 "William II. Barnes, Chairman 
 George T. Shaw 
 
 William II. Barnes, Chairman 
 
 H. O. Brower, Chairman 
 James W. Harris 
 15, H. Black 
 It. C. Black 
 
 F,. Schrader, Chairman 
 
 M. Neuman, Chairman 
 D. V. Deuel, Secretary 
 Mrs. Bessie McDonald 
 Miss Florence Walcom 
 Miss Rena J. Crawford 
 
 U. S. G. Clifford 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw 
 
 TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 F. S. Poland 
 
 PRESS. 
 
 MILITARY DISPLAY. 
 
 W. S. Potter 
 J. F. Crosett 
 George K. Wilson 
 C. H. Kornbeck 
 
 CARRIAGES. 
 
 BALL COMMITTEE 
 
 H. M. D. Meyer 
 Mrs. H. C. Edwards 
 Miss Lucy M. Qninton 
 Mrs. Mary McLean 
 E. Dryselins 
 
 A RIVAL TO YOSEMITE. 
 
 CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH ANOTHER PARK. 
 
 Congressman Needham, who has just returned from a trip through the 
 mountain ranges capped by Mount Whitney, will ask the next Congress to es- 
 tablish a second National Park in this State having similar regulations to 
 Yosemite. Needham was twenty-one days in the saddle and says he spent some 
 time exploring a valley lying within the confines of Tulare which to his mind 
 rivals the Yosemite in the splendor of nature's handiwork. 
 
 It is higher in altitude, more diverse in grandeur and fully as striking in 
 beauty. The place is rarely visited by tourists, as its attractions are not generally 
 known. What is needed principally is a road. One which was built some years 
 ago leading to a socialist colony will answer for part of the way, but others are 
 needed to make the gorges accessible to tourists. Needham conferred with 
 Congressman De Vries with a view of securing his aid, the latter having had some 
 experience in such matters, as Yosemite lies mostly in his district. — San Francisco 
 Call. 
 
H. E. SNOOK, 
 Apollo Lodge, No. 123 
 
 G. W. KEELER, 
 Excelsior Lodge, No. 310 
 
 G. P. PRECHTEL 
 Unity Lodge, No. 131 
 
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 olden Gate Undertaking Company 
 
 FUNERAL DIRECTORS 
 
 -AND- 
 
 PRACTICAL EMBALMERS 
 
 Special Attention Given to Shipping Bodies. 
 
 Every Requisite for First-class Funerals. 
 
 Lady Attendants at all hours. 
 
 2425=2429 Mission Street 
 
 NORTH OF TWENTY- FIRST 
 g^* ^5* t&* 
 
 The Finest Private Parlors in the Citt 
 
 open day and night" 
 
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 Telephone Mission 102 
 
PROCiRA/n^E 
 
 The Celebration of the GOLDEN JUBILEE of ODD FELLOWSHIP in 
 CALIFORNIA will extend over the three days of Wednesday, Thursday and 
 Friday, October 18th, 19th and 20th, 1899. 
 
 The MECHANICS' PAVILION has been engaged for the entire period of 
 the Celebration, and, besides being appropriately decorated, will be fitted up with 
 booths, under the charge of the different districts of San Francisco and Odd Fel- 
 lows of other sections of the State, for the reception, accommodation and head- 
 quarters of members of the Order and their friends. 
 
 The main public hall of the ODD FELLOWS' TEMPLE has also been 
 secured for the two days (Monday and Tuesday) preceding the Celebration, as a 
 rendezvous and reception place for visitors who may reach the city prior to the 
 18th. 
 
 There will be a grand ELECTRICAL ILLUMINATION of the Odd Fel- 
 lows' Temple on the evening of each of the three days of the Celebration. 
 
 The Mechanics' Pavilion, and the booths therein, will be open at noon of 
 Wednesday, October 18th, and during the remainder of that day and evening, as 
 well as during the day and evening of Thursday and Friday, for the accommoda- 
 tion of Odd Fellows and their friends. 
 
 -♦**#© €*€*««• 
 
 Wednesday lEyVening, October 1 5ff) 
 
 Golden Gate Park Band, under the leadership of Prof. I. C. Coggin, will be in 
 attendance at the Mechanics' Pavilion from 7 p. m. till midnight, and prior 
 to the formal exercises will render the following musical selections: 
 
 1 . " Castaldo March " Novaeck 
 
 2. "La Vennoise" Karl 
 
 3. "The Iron King" St. Clair 
 
 4. " Grand March to the Sunset- Land " Albert I. Sumner 
 
 of Templar Lodge No. 17 
 
 5. "Margery" Daniels 
 
 6. " On the Day when Dewey Comes Home " Lee Johnson 
 
 (Commencing at 8 O'clock) 
 
 i. Overture— " Orpheus" Offenbach 
 
 Golden Gate Park Band 
 
 2. Opening Remarks ... By Chairman of Exercises Committee, M. T. Moses 
 
 3. Invocation . By Rev. E. R. Dille, Grand Chaplain 
 
 4. Part Song — " 'Tis Thy Wedding Morning" Cowen 
 
 Sopranos : Miss Mattie D. Whittington 
 Miss Mabel C. Perkins 
 Mrs. Anson Hilton 
 
 Contraltos : Miss Pearl Whittington 
 Miss Ethel Perkins 
 Mrs. Addie S. McClunie 
 
 Tenors : Mr. H. Williams Bassos : Mr. D. B. Crane 
 
 Mr. C. M. Elliot Mr. L. A. Larsen 
 
 Dr. H. D. Noble Mr. Anson Hilton 
 
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 225 SUTTER STREET 220 GRANT AVENUE 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
 
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 OF 
 
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 NAVY 
 
 AND 
 
 SOCIETY 
 GOODS 
 
 FLAGS, BANNERS 
 AND BADGES 
 
 I.O.O.F. PARAPHERNALIA 
 
 A SPECIALTY 
 
 Telephone Main 5968 
 
 Winfielo s. Davis 
 Burt L. Dav>s 
 Carl A. Henry 
 
 •» UARL A. HENRY 
 
 S\\tv insurance office 
 
 OF LONDON ^-^ * 
 
 THE OLDEST AND WEALTHIEST FIRE INSURANCE CO. IN THE WORLD 
 
 FOUNDED A. D. ITIO 
 
 J. B. F. DAVIS S SON, general agents 
 
 LESLIL A. WPIGHT, Asst. Gen'l Agt. 
 
 215 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Old Poodle Dog Restaurant 
 
 Telephone Main 5785 
 
 A. GAUDARD 
 
 Proprietor 
 
 PRIVATE DINING AND BANQUET ROOM 
 
 Lunch, 50 Cts. - Dinner, 75 Cts. 
 ALSO A LA CARTE 
 
 445 BUSH STREET, Cor. Grant Ave. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
 
 133 Ellis St. 
 
 The PdmERLEE* 
 
 San Francisco 
 
 ELEGANTLY FIRM SHED ROOMS 
 
 Bathroom Suites or Single ^^^ 
 
 Elevator Service, Radiators, and ™ • 
 Electric Lights Throughout 
 
 Telephone . . . 
 
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PROGRAMME— WEDNESDAY EVENING- Continued. 213 
 
 5. Address — " Odd Fellowship — Its Aims and Attainments " 
 
 By W. A. Bonynge, Grand Master I. O. O. F. of California 
 
 6. Address — " San Francisco's Greeting " 
 
 By Hon. James D. Pbelan, Mayor of San Francisco 
 
 7. Soprano Solo — " Invano " Tosti 
 
 Miss Millie Flynn 
 
 8. Reading of an Original Poem by the Author, Robert H. Taylor, Esq., First 
 
 Noble Grand of California Lodge No. 1 
 
 9. ' ' Robin Hood " De Koven 
 
 Golden Gate Park Band 
 
 10. Address — " Odd Fellowship in California — Its Institution and Development" 
 By Hon. Morris M. Estee, Past Grand Representative 
 
 ir. Soprano Solo — "A Dream" Bartlett 
 
 Miss Millie Flynn 
 
 12. Address — " California Odd Fellowship — Now and Henceforth " 
 
 By Karl C Brueck, Past Grand Master and Grand Representative 
 
 13. Part Song — "49" . . . Words by Joaquin Miller. Music by Eeila France 
 
 Sopranos: Miss Mattie D. Whittington 
 Miss Mabel C. Perkins 
 Mrs. Anson Hilton 
 
 Contraltos: Miss Pearl Whittington 
 Miss Ethel Perkins 
 Mrs. Addie S. McClunie 
 
 Tenors: Mr. H. Williams Bassos: Mr. D. B. Crane 
 
 Mr. C. M. Elliot Mr. L- A. Earsen 
 
 Dr. H. D. Noble Mr. Anson Hilton 
 
 14. Benediction By Rev. E. R. Dille, Grand Chaplain 
 
 Musical Director: Prof. Martin Schultz 
 
 From the conclusion of the exercises till midnight there will be a 
 
 Cirartd Instramental Concert 
 
 during which the Golden Gate Park Band will render: 
 
 Overture, "Zampa" Herold 
 
 Waltz, " Wizard of the Nile " Herbert 
 
 Selection, " II Trovatore " Verdi 
 
 " Patrol— The Blue and Gray " Dalbey 
 
 Menuet Padercwski 
 
 Medley of Eate Popular Songs with Xylophone Solo ....... Braham 
 
 "Tannhauser" Grand March Wagner 
 
 Paraphrase " Home, Sweet Home'' Nehl 
 
 Tne Concert Grand Sohmer Piano usfd on this occasicn was kindly loaned by Mr. Bjron Mauzy. 
 
W. Westerfeld's 
 
 German 
 SSakery and Slestaurant 
 
 Sstablished for nearly 30 years as a place appreciated 
 by ladies and gentlemen for its tasty furnishings, appe- 
 tizing cookery and polite and prompt service. 
 
 31 3-avorite 3)ining Mall with Odd Selloios 
 
 fOSS Market Street 
 
 between 6th and 7th Streets 
 
 Caterers for Balls, Parties and Banquets San Sraneiseo, Cal. 
 
 Jtll kinds of Bread and Confectionery on hand and made to order 
 
 Wedding Cakes a Specialty 
 
 31. C. Siauer & Co. 
 
 GET YOUR SUITS 
 
 MADE AT... 
 
 Jacobi Bros. 
 
 bailors 
 
 335 BUSH STREET 
 
 You will always 
 
 Get what you want, 
 Get it right 
 
 AND AT A 
 
 Price to suit your 
 pocketbook 
 
 Come and See Us 
 
 •UNSET 
 
 REBEKAH LODGE No. J09 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 Instituted Jan. 7th, 1887, with a membership 
 of 45. Membership at present 64. 
 
 Meets every Friday evening with a large at- 
 tendance. Visitors always welcome. 
 
 KATE TALBOTT, Noble Grand 
 NELLIE AMMERMAN, Vice Grand 
 LILLIE THOMAS, Recording Secretary 
 KATE VOIGHT, Financial Secretary 
 CATHR1NE THOMAS, Treasurer 
 
 Bartlett Hall, Seventh and Pine streets, 
 West Oakland, Cal. 
 
 OROOKLYN 
 
 ^ REBEKAH LODGE No. 12 
 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 Meets every Monday evening at I. O. O. F. 
 Hall, corner Eleventh avenue and Twelfth 
 street East Oakland. 
 
 MARY L. CURTIS, Noble Grand 
 NELLIE SEIP, Vice Grand 
 ADA DOMES, Recording Secretary 
 LOUISE HOLMES, Financial Secretary 
 ANNA M. LIESE, Treasurer 
 NELLIE WOOD, Past Noble Grand 
 MARY BULL, Chaplain 
 
PROGRAMME— Continued. 215 
 
 T^ar^da^ AYorning, October lQtl) 
 Grand Parade 
 
 Hon. M. M. Estee . . . Grand Marshal. 
 J. Harry Scott .... Chief of Staff. 
 
 LINE OF MARCH : From Odd Fellows' Hall, 7th and Market streets ; down 
 Market , to Montgomery, to Bush, to Kearny, to Market, to Van 
 Ness Avenue, to Ellis, countermarching on Van Ness Avenue, 
 to Market, to 7th Street, passing the reviewing officer, and then 
 dismiss. 
 
 TIME OF PARADE : The Column will move promptly at 11 A. m. 
 
 THE PROCESSION will consist of an Escort and Ten Divisions, composed of 
 
 the following: 
 
 Platoon of Police. 
 Grand Marshal and Chief of Staff. 
 Aids to the Grand Marshal. 
 Gen. C. C. Sherman and Staff. 
 Cantons of Patriarchs Militant. 
 Rebekah Drill Corps of California. 
 Rebekah Aids (24) in Elegant Riding Costumes. 
 Rebekah Assembly Officers. 
 Rebekah Lodges of California. 
 Grand Encampment Officers. 
 Grand Encampment of California. 
 Subordinate Encampments of California. 
 Governor of California and Staff. 
 Other State Officers. 
 Grand Officers of Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., of California. 
 Past Grand Masters, I. O. O. F., of California. 
 Veteran Odd Fellows. 
 Veteran Rebekah Association. 
 Mayor of San Francisco. 
 Other Municipal Officers of San Francisco. 
 Aged Odd Fellows from I. O. O. F. Home, Thermalito, Cal. 
 Trustees of I. O. O. F. Home. 
 Orphans from I. O. O. F. Orphans' Home, Gilroy, Cal. 
 Trustees of I. O. O. F. Orphans' Home. 
 Relief Committees, I. O. O. F. 
 Employment Bureau, I. O. O. F. 
 Subordinate Lodges, I. O. O. F., of California. 
 
 floats. 
 
 "Orphans' Home." 
 
 " Relief Committee." " Rebekah at the Well." 
 
 " The Covenant Between Jonathan and David." 
 
 " The Trial of Abraham's Faith." 
 "San Francisco's Welcome to the Odd Fellows." 
 
 Floats of Rebekah Lodges, Encampments and Subordinate Lodges, and 
 other special features. 
 
 NOTE.— The complete formation of the Divisions of the Procession, and Rules governing tha Parade, 
 etc., will be announced in proper form before the day of the Parade. 
 
2l6 PROGRAMME— Continued. 
 
 TWs da Y, Evening, October l^)ft) 
 
 MECHANICS' PAVILION, 8 O'clock. 
 
 i. Military Dress Parade by Cantons of Patriarchs Militant. 
 
 2. Competitive Prize Drill by Cantons of Patriarchs Militant. 
 
 First Prize, Trophy valued at $400, and $100 in cash. 
 Second Prize, $150 in cash. 
 
 3. Exhibition and Display Drill by Cantons of Patriarchs Militant. 
 
 4. Prize Exhibition and Display Drill by Rebekah Drill Corps. 
 
 Fifty dollars to each Drill Corps making a creditable exhibition. 
 
 ©GOO©©©© 
 
 Prida\$ horning, October ^Otl) 
 
 A Grand Excursion and Picnic at El Campo. The steamer Ukiah will leave the 
 Ferry, at the foot of Market Street, at 9.30 A. m., 11.30 a. m. and 1.30 p. m., and 
 returning, will leave El Campo at 3 p. m. and 5 p. m. Fare and admission: 
 For adults and children 12 years of age and over, 25 cents; for children 
 under 12 years of age, 15 cents. 
 
 For those desiring to make the trip to the top of Mt. Tamalpais over the cele- 
 brated Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, the unprecedented and low rate of 
 one dollar for the round trip has been obtained for Friday, October 20th and 
 Saturday, October 21st. For this trip take the boat of the Sausalito Route, 
 leaving the Ferry, at the foot of Market Street. 
 
 OOOOOOOO 
 
 Friday f^vening, October 20tl) 
 
 MECHANICS' PAVILION, 8 O'clock. 
 
 (irand gall 
 
 Floor Manager: O. W. Erlewine, P. G. P. and G. R. 
 
 Assistants: John Thompson, D. V. Deuel, E. Dryselius, H. M. D. Meyer. 
 
 Floor Committee: J. D. Davis, W. J. Black, B. W. Fabian, O. M. Colburn, 
 Fred H. Siebe, Fred D. Ashworth, Frank E. Smith, J. Coplin Stinson, M. 
 W. Brower, G. Jarvis, J. J. Applegate, Daniel Burns, H. D. Nienhaus, A. 
 Jacobi, G. B. Crawford, James A. Earkin, W. W. Watson, John W. Perry, 
 W. O. Parker, Ernest Rohde. 
 
 Concert by the band at 8 o'clock. 
 
 Military Dress Parade and Review, and Awarding Prizes to Patriarchs Militant 
 
 for Competitive Drill, 8:15 to 8:45. 
 
 Concert by the band at 8:45 p. m. Dancing from 9 p. m. to 2 a. m. 
 
 " Home, Sweet Home, 2 a. m. 
 
Tlje Veterai) Odd Fellows' Association of California, 
 
 By L. L Alexander, Past President. 
 
 This Association is the fourth one of the kind organized in the United States, 
 and to Past Grand Sire E. D. Farnsworth belongs the credit of its inception and 
 preliminary organization. The following is copied from the New Age of April 
 
 14, 1877: 
 
 "All Odd Fellows in good standing, belonging to Lodges in San Francisco 
 
 and vicinity, who have been Odd Fellows twenty years or more, are requested to 
 
 meet on Tuesday evening, April 17, 1877, at 7:30 o'clock, at the office of W. B. 
 
 Lyon, Grand Secretary, Odd Fellows' Building, to take into consideration the 
 
 subject of forming a Veteran Odd Fellows' Association." 
 
 Robert Burns, Past President 
 
 Brother Robert Burns is a prominent Odd Fellow and successful business man, one who by his habits of 
 living, industry and frugality has set an example young men may follow with profit. He early made the 
 Bible his study and its precepts his guide. Having musical talent he improved and used it in God's praise. 
 He was born in Manchester, England, January 16, 1833, and is by trade a tinner and coppersmith. Brother 
 Burns came to Fall River, Massachusetts, July 10, 1849, and removed to San Francisco, California, August 38, 
 
 1858, and worked at his trade. His good voice and musical talent was sought, which rendered him financial 
 and moral profit. In April, 1859, he went to Areata, Humboldt County, followed his trade, and September 7, 
 
 1859, was initiated in Anniversary Lodge No. 85, 1. O. O. F. He returned to San Francisco in October, 1859, 
 and worked at his trade until February, 1861. He then returned to Areata, Humboldt County, and engaged in 
 the stove and hardware business, and by his fine business ability acquired a competence. In 1885 he retired 
 from business, and during his twenty-five years' residence in Areata he was a regular attendant at his Lodge, 
 which he ably assisted in making almost the largest numerically and best financially in the State according 
 to the population of the town, which is about 1,000. The Lodge numbers 170 members, its assets being $13,000. 
 Anniversary Lodge owns its own building, which is one of the best in the State. Brother Burns was elected 
 and served three terms as Recording Secretary of the Lodge, and was elected Noble Grand January 7, 1863, 
 and served the full term. He was a representative to the Grand Lodge May 1, 1866, and with a few exceptions 
 has been elected and represented Anniversary Lodge annually in the Grand Lodge, and is at present a member 
 of the same. In November, 1894, he moved with his family to San Francisco, where he now resides. Brother 
 Burns takes great pleasure in recommending all young men of good character to apply for initiation, as it will 
 aid them physically, morally and financially. Take the advice of a forty years' active member and become 
 an Odd Fellow. 
 
2 i8 THE VETERAN ODD FELLOWS' ASSSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 About one hundred and twenty-five brothers responded to the call. At an 
 adjourned meeting held April 24, 1877, in the office of Nathan Porter, northeast 
 corner of California and Kearny streets, a constitution for the Association was 
 adopted, and Nathan Porter, G. R., was elected President and F. B. Austin 
 Secretary. 
 
 Article 2 of the Constitution reads as follows: 
 
 " OBJECT. 
 
 " The object of this Association shall be the promotion of Odd Fellowship by 
 the dissemination of its principles, to enlist the older members more fully in the 
 good work, and revive the interest heretofore taken by them in their early days 
 in the Order, and to preserve a record of their connection therewith." 
 
 George Adam Rapp, Past Grand. 
 
 George Adam Rapp was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1851, of German parents. His 
 mother died early in 1862, and soon after the lad left home and went to Leavenworth, Kansas. He inherited 
 a fondness for animals, especially horses, and, being thrown in the company of teamsters, made several trips 
 across the plains while yet a youth. In August, 1863, he enlisted in the 6th Kansas Cavalry, serving until 
 1865, his services terminating with the War. He saw service with Custer in 1867 and with Miles in 1869, fight- 
 ing Indians. He was initiated into Germania Lodge No. 9, Leavenworth, Kansas, May 23, 1873. Soon after 
 his initiation, and receiving all the Degrees, he left Kansas for San Francisco, where he arrived January 2, 
 1874, and engaged in the occupation of teaming, which he followed for five years, at the expiration of which 
 time he went to Arizona and Mexico, and became actively interested in teaming, mining and smelting. 
 Returning to San Francisco he was initiated into Unity Encampment No. 26, June 18, 1878, and in 1888 he 
 deposited his withdrawal card in Abou Ben Adhem Lodge. He passed the Chairs in this Lodge, becoming a 
 Past Grand in 1894. He remained a member of this Lodge until September, 1895, when he withdrew to become 
 a charter member of Farnsworth Lodge No. 95, of which Lodge he is still a member. He passed the Chairs 
 in Unity Encampment, and subsequently withdrew and became a member of Oriental Encampment 
 in 1895. He is a member of Oriental Rebekah Lodge N<r 90, and became a member of the Veterau Odd 
 Fellows' Association in May of 18*3, under the twenty-year limit (sin^e changed to twenty-one years). 
 Brother Rapp has been, since 1888, in the service of W. W. Montague & Co. There are, perhaps, few, if 
 any, whose record is so remarkable as Brother Rapp's, in that, while yet a youth, he served his country 
 in the Civil War. His service under Custer and Miles was that of a teamster for the United States, but 
 nevertheless, the danger was as great from the hostile Comanches, Cheyennes and Apaches as if he had been 
 bearinsr arms. Brother Rapp's father is now living, at the age of seventy-six, hale and hearty, he was an 
 Odd Fellow long before the subject of this sketch was born. A kind-hearted, earnest, conscientious, highly 
 individualized man, with strong convictions, Brother Rapp makes true friends, who are loyal to him because 
 of his devotion to them, as well as because of his own sterling worth. He takes great interest in all that 
 pertains to the Order, and is proud of his membership in the Veterans' Association. 
 
THE VETERAN ODD FELLOWS' ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA 219 
 
 From Article V the following is quoted : 
 
 "An Annual Entertainment Meeting shall be held during the week of the 
 Grand Lodge, at which time all members of the Association are expected to 
 be present. These meetings shall be of a social nature, for the purpose of cement- 
 ing and reviving old friendships, spending a pleasant evening and encouraging 
 each other to ' go on ' in the good work." 
 
 Article XL — Qualifications for Membership: 
 
 " No person shall be eligible to membership in this Association until twenty- 
 one years after the date of his initiation into the Order, nor unless he be an active 
 member in good standing in some subordinate Lodge and shall reside west of the 
 Rocky Mountains." 
 
 Article XVII reads as follows: 
 
 " No intoxicating liquors of any kind shall be furnished or allowed at any of 
 the meetings or entertainments of this Association." 
 
 From the last Annual Report of the Secretary, Wm. H. Barnes, the following 
 extract is taken: 
 
 " For the 20th time I am privileged to make an Annual Report to this 
 Association. 
 
 Total number of names on roll 105° 
 
 Number at last report 1024 
 
 200 deaths have been reported since the organization of the society. There 
 are 530 names on the new (or revised) list. 
 
 The names of the Board of Officers for 1899-1900 are as follows: 
 
 Geo. H. Morrison — President. 
 
 F. A. Week — Vice-President. 
 
 Wm. H. Barnes — Secretary. 
 
 D. Sewell — Treasurer. 
 
 W. T. Galloway — Marshal. 
 
 Directors— H. S. Winn, E. B. Cooper, C. O. Burton, Geo. W. Dixon, W. F. 
 
 Norcross. 
 
 Names of the Past Presidents of the Association, with date of service: 
 
 •NATHAN TORTEU Elected Apr., 1877 
 
 CHAS. N. FOX " Nov., 1877 
 
 CIIAS. N. FOX " Nov., 1878 
 
 L. L. ALEXANDER " Nov., 187v> 
 
 *E. D. FAENSWORTH " Apr., 1880 
 
 *C. W. DANIELS " Apr., 1881 
 
 C. O. BURTON " Apr., 1882 
 
 *E. F. WHITE "' May, 1883 
 
 *FRED KRAUTH li May, 1884 
 
 W. F. NORCROSS " May, 1885 
 
 DANL. SEWELL " May, 1886 
 
 H. S. WINN " May, 1887 
 
 L. W. S. DOWNS " May, 1888 
 
 E. B. COOPER " May, 1889 
 
 W. S. GIBBS " May, 1890 
 
 GEO. W. DIXON " May, 1891 
 
 *JAMES LINFORTH " May, 1892 
 
 MOSES GREENEBAUM " May, 1893 
 
 GEO. T. SHAW " May, 1894 
 
 EDWIN H. BLACR " May, 1895 
 
 W. S. DRYDEN " May, 189ft 
 
 J. F. CROSSETT " May, 1897 
 
 ROBERT BURNS " May, 1898 
 
 * Deceased 
 
22Q THE ODD FELLOWS' CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 
 
 This Association has very clearly shown the great value of Fraternity to the 
 individual and the lasting effect of its teachings as exemplified in the pride mani- 
 fested for past labors and interest still taken by the Veterans in the continued 
 work for their beloved Order, and is of value to the community, State and coun- 
 try for strengthening the bond of union and keeping in touch with each other 
 men who have been taught and trained in the unexcelled school of Odd Fellow- 
 ship for the high duties of citizenship in all its relations or phases. 
 
 The Odd Feffows' Cemetery Association 
 
 The Odd Fellows' Cemetery Association is one of the important features of 
 the Order; to bury the dead being one of the cardinal principles of Odd Fel- 
 lowship. George T. Bohen, Past Grand Representative, has been President of 
 this Association since its organization. At the present time the Columbarium is 
 the largest and finest in the world. The crematory should be seen to be appre- 
 ciated, as no description can give one an adequate idea of the manner in which 
 everything about it is handled. 
 
 George T. Bohen 
 
 George T. Bohen was initiated in Harmony Lodge No. 6, Baltimore, Md., in May, 1845. He arrived in 
 San Francisco November, 1850, and deposited his card in Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15 in 1853, remaining in that 
 Lodge until March 25, 1869, when he withdrew and became a charter member and was one of the prominent 
 factors in instituting Pacific Lodge No. 155, and still retains membership there. He is a member of Golden 
 Gate Encampment No. 1, and in 1864 represented the Grand Lodge of California in the Grand Lodge of the 
 United States in the City of Boston. Brother Bohen was one of the organizers and Commander of Golden 
 Gate Battalion, Uniformed Patriarchs. He was elected President of the Cemetery Association when it was 
 first organized, and has constantly labored to make the Columbarium and Crematory, and everything in con- 
 nection therewith, the largest and most complete of its kind in the world. Prior to the removal of the Odd 
 Fellows from their Montgomery Street property he was active in all branches of the Order, and it was a great 
 dissapointment to him that the financiers of the Order disposed of this property and moved to Seventh and 
 Market streets. To relate here the offices held and the work performed by Brother Bohen for the government 
 of California would take more space than we have at our command in a work of this character, but all who 
 know the Brother will realize that we do not overdraw the picture when we say he is a man of virility, 
 unusual activity, kind of heart, as a friend loyal and true as the needle to the pole, genial, looking on the 
 bright side of every question, doing what he can to correct what he thinks needs mending, but not worrying 
 over his inability to make everything go as he thinks it ought to. 
 
THE ODD FELLOWS' CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 221 
 
 We present herewith illustrations of the main lower entrance to the cemetery, 
 which has more the appearance of an entrance to a family residence than to a 
 burial place; also a bird's-eye view, showing the Columbarium in front, the Crem- 
 atory off to the right, and to the left the last resting places of Parker, Bohen, 
 Porter, Morse, Farnsworth, and many other of the distinguished Odd Fellows, 
 who helped to lay the foundation and erect upon it the great superstructure of Odd 
 Fellowship in California during the last fifty years. Just over the dome of the 
 Columbarium is seen the dome of the sarcophagus of Brother Piper, ex-Con- 
 gressman, recently deceased. A short distance from the Columbarium, and along 
 the first avenue leading up to the crematory, is the neat, well-kept resting place 
 of Sister Rosa L. Winn and Charles Clarence Winn, wife and son of Past Grand 
 Patriarch H. S. Winn. Sister Winn was a woman of strong individuality, kind 
 and gentle in her nature, whose deeds of charity have gladdened many a heart, 
 and who, in the early history of California, in the City of Sacramento, as well 
 as in the State of Nevada, performed little acts of kindness that will be remem- 
 bered to her credit before the great white Throne of He who trieth the hearts 
 of the children of men. 
 
 The Chapel is here shown looking toward the front entrance. Standing 
 within this room, dedicated to religious services, one feels the same atmosphere 
 that pervades the usual place of worship. Here religious services may be held 
 by any denomination, free of charge, or restrictions of any character whatever. 
 
 The illustration showing the rotunda of the Columbarium has much the 
 appearance of an ordinary living room. In this room the urns are deposited; a 
 delicate and refined atmosphere prevails here, divesting the mind of the unpleas- 
 ant feeling that often goes hand in hand with anything associated with the burial 
 of the dead. Odd Fellows generally do not feel the repugnance to death which 
 is too often met with, the thought coming to us through our ritual that those 
 who have passed on are not dead, but simply sleep, to awake again in a better 
 and purer environment. In this room where the friends of the departed visit 
 them in spirit one feels the truth of the words of Holy Writ, " Oh grave where is 
 thy victory! Oh Death where is thy sting!" 
 
 GEORGE R. FLETCHER 
 
 Superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, San Francisco. 
 
 George R. Fletcher, Past Grand, was born December 25, 1849, an d can 
 therefore celebrate with us the Golden Jubilee of his birth. He was initiated in 
 Alta Lodge No. 205 in 1880, passed the Chair of the Noble Grand in 1881, and 
 is still a member of that Lodge. He was initiated in Oriental Encampment No. 
 57, in 1883, and has retained membership to the present day. He was Secretary 
 of the Odd Fellows' Literary and Social Club for four years. 
 
 In July, 1885, he was elected Superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, 
 and has held that position continuously since. A skilled mechanic, thoroughly 
 familiar with all that pertains to mechanics, of an original mind, he has been of 
 great service to the Association. He superintended the building of the Crema- 
 torium and Columbarium; and to visit with him, listening to the explanations of 
 how this is done, and why that was done, noting the evolution of this institution, 
 
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 THE ODD FELLOWS' CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 
 
 realizing that this man has made so careful a study of the entire subject-matter 
 that from the time you enter the Crematorium with a body, until the entire work 
 of incineration has been performed, not a word is spoken, but everything is done 
 automatically by the touch of a bell, you cannot fail to admire the genius of the 
 man. His work is done in the presence of those who would be quick to note the 
 least jar or friction, hence it is exceedingly important that just such a man should 
 be in this position. His heart is in his work, it is an important work, and we can 
 only say, long may he remain in charge of it. 
 
 George R. Fletcher, Superintendent Odd Fellows' Cemetery 
 
 Kern Lodge No. 202, I. O. O. F., Bakersfield. 
 
 T7ERN LODGE No. 202 I. O. O. F. was instituted April 26, 1872, at Bakers- 
 ^\ field, Kern County, California. Her charter members, though but few in 
 number, were strong in character and influence. She has steadily grown in 
 numbers and in favor with the community. Her personnel is first class. She is 
 naturally proud of her fine Odd Fellows' Hall (nearly paid for). And keeping in 
 view the great principle of " The Brotherhood of Man " — remembering also the 
 50 years of Odd Fellowship in California, her more than four score trained voices 
 join most heartily in swelling the grand jubilee chorus. 
 
 The names of present officers are : T. P. Pinnell, N. G. ; W. W. Hitchcock, 
 V. G.; W. C. Moss, Rec. Sec; J. B. Batz, Fin. Sec; O. O. Mattson, Treas. 
 
Rotunda, Columbarium 
 
JAMES MORRIS TROUTT 
 
 Past Grand of Ophir Lodge No. 171 
 
 Brother James Morris Troutt was born in Massachusetts, and in 1853, when 
 five years of age, he came to San Francisco with his parents, and ever since has 
 been a resident of the Pacific Coast. In 1871 he graduated at Harvard College, 
 and then read law. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Califor- 
 nia in 1874. 
 
 He was initiated in Ophir Lodge No. 171, I. O. C). F., in 1879, and soon 
 became Noble Grand. He also passed the Chairs of Oriental Encampment, and 
 then joined the Patriarchs Militant. He was degree master of Excelsior Degree 
 Lodge No. 2 for several terms, resigning on account of illness. He was chosen 
 by the delegates of the General Relief Committee as President of that admirable 
 body. He assisted in the organization of " The Odd Fellows' Literary and Social 
 
 James Morris Troutt, Past Grand 
 
 Club," and was its third President, the late Walter B. Lyon having been its first 
 President. He and his wife are members of Templar Rebekah Lodge. 
 
 He accepted the appointment of first Assistant District Attorney for the City 
 and County of San Francisco, and acted in that capacity from 1885 to 1887. He 
 was elected Judge of the Superior Court in 1890 for the unexpired term of Judge 
 T. K. Wilson, and was selected by his associates to serve as Presiding Judge for 
 the year 1892. In this year he was re-elected to the Superior Bench for a six-year 
 term, and in 1898 he was again elected for another six-year term. 
 
 In 1896 he became associated with the Masonic Fraternity on the recom- 
 mendation of Reuben H. Lloyd, and in December, 1898, he was elected Worship- 
 ful Master of Oriental Lodge No. 144, F. A. M. He holds the office of " King " 
 of San Francisco Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and is a Knight Templar of 
 California Commandery, and a Mystic Shriner of Islam Temple, and also a Scot- 
 tish Rite Mason, having received thirtv degrees. He has passed the Chairs of 
 Fidelity Lodge A. O. U. W. 
 
TI)e Fraternal Press 
 
 By W. F. Norcross, Past Grand 
 
 To the fraternal press of California are the various benevolent organizations 
 largely indebted for their advancement and progress, for the elevation of their 
 votaries, in giving to them a clean and wholesome literature, alike interesting 
 to the families of the members, in promulgating the pure principles underlying 
 the fraternities, and to the members in expounding their tenets, and disabusing 
 the minds of the masses of ignorance and intolerance, which hitherto have been 
 largely detrimental to the growth and prosperity of the so-called secret socie- 
 ties, now, however, being happily dispelled, as the mist before the morning sun, 
 by an intelligent administration of the power of a discriminating and efficient 
 fraternal and public press. Among these will be found journals, devoted exclu- 
 sively to the interests of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Druids, Red Men, Pythians, 
 
 Ernest C. Stock 
 
 ErnestC. Stock, the fraternal editor of the (Jail, is a native of Paris, Prance, having first seen the light 
 •of day in the metropolis of that country on the 8th day of June, 1845. In 1850 he was brought to the United 
 States, and in the latter part of the year, with his parents, crossed the Isthmus of Panama for the Golden 
 West, reaching San Francisco on the 8th of January, 1851. He has resided in this city ever since, and received 
 his education in the early public and private schools. On the 8th of September, 1866, he became connected 
 with the Call in the capacity of reporter, at that time there being only one reporter on the paper. He has 
 been continuously with that journal and has filled every position from general reporter to managing editor. 
 Three years ago he was assigned to the Fraternal Department of the paper and since then he has done a great 
 deal to advance the several organizations which have for their purpose the protection of their members and 
 those who are left behind when summoned by Him who allots the time that all shall remain on earth. In the 
 discharge of his duties he has devoted considerable attention to the several branches of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, and on several occasions has expressed in public that the Order is one of the grandest 
 in the State of California. 
 
 Knights of the Golden Eagle, and other fraternal and benevolent organizations, 
 and to the secular press, too, of recent years, as for instance the Call, Bulletin, 
 Chronicle, Examiner and others, have, and do, devote valuable space to the 
 promulgation of fraternal news; notably may we with just pride and thanks men- 
 tion the continuous and diligent efforts of Mr. Ernest C. Stock, in the fraternal 
 department of the Sunday San Francisco Call, where will be found a compila- 
 tion of the latest items, in brief, relative to many societies, of which this persever- 
 ing inquirer gains knowledge. 
 
THE FRATERNAL PRESS 229 
 
 This article however is designed more particularly to acknowledge the value 
 of the Odd Fellows' Press of California, or rather the journal devoted exclu- 
 sively to the interest of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, upon the Pacific 
 Coast, whose devotion to the cause during the past half century has contributed 
 much to the upbuilding, growth and permanency of our Order, and the dissem- 
 ination of its principles and purposes. 
 
 As early as January, 1865, the New Age was established under the auspicies 
 of the Order, as its advocate, and, through its able and judicious management, 
 was soon recognized as the official organ of Odd Fellowship on the Pacific Coast. 
 To its able exposition of the doctrines of fraternity, and the liberal promulga- 
 tion of the laws and enactments of the Order, can be attributed, in great measure, 
 its rapid spread, and the establishment of Lodges in every considerable town and 
 hamlet in the State, as well, to its promotion throughout the Coast, and its in- 
 troduction into foreign realms, and though the vicissitudes of business materi- 
 ally affected its fortune, as a financial success, it still lives, under able and intel- 
 ligent management, as it has ever in the past, and the I. O. O. F. New Age is 
 now the oldest continuous fraternal publication extant throughout the civilized 
 world. Those who are familiar with it (and all Odd Fellows ought to be) 
 know to whom they are indebted for its life and continuous existence, and, there- 
 fore, we need not eulogize individuals, nor occupy space with names, for its his- 
 tory would furnish many. But of the " fraternal press " what shall we say? Per- 
 haps nothing better than quote from the very first issue of the New Age, as to its 
 name, purpose and the press : " Will any true Odd Fellow be in doubt as to its 
 significance? An age of almost universal enlightenment, of astounding progress 
 in scientific knowledge, but most of all the age of Christian principles, and im- 
 mense benevolent associations. It is emphatically a revolutionary age. How 
 many ideas for which men would once have suffered martyrdom have been ex- 
 ploded in this the nineteenth century? How many truths, the propagation of 
 which in the last century would have doomed the men to prison, to death, or to 
 everlasting contumely, are now recognized as the highest principles of an en- 
 lightened Christianity? What does all this advancement point to? The brother- 
 hood of man!" and to the press must we credit the promulgation of these truths. 
 " Societies have life from the vital energies of the members which compose them, 
 and just in proportion to their activity will their efforts he crowned with suc- 
 cess. As the lungs disseminate the health-giving properties of the surrounding 
 atmosphere in the human frame, and thus purify the life-giving currents of its 
 existence, so may the public and fraternal press be considered as the lungs of 
 societies, assimilating and disseminating their principles, and purifying the sur- 
 rounding intellectual and moral atmosphere. 
 
 " No society can hope for even a moderate degree of prosperity, without the 
 aid of this most powerful engine, the press, and it is the duty of our Order, 
 and of the active, living, breathing, working members of the Order, to avail them- 
 selves of this agent to illustrate their principles and sentiments, as well as to 
 record their struggles and successes in the great war of benevolence against the 
 power of selfishness and ignorance." 
 
 While we have interpolated to some extent, we can add nothing further of 
 value to the foregoing. May we not hope for still grander achievements for our 
 beloved Order in the coming half century, which, concluding this celebration, 
 we are about to enter, and a more manifest interest in the well-being of our. 
 Fraternal Press, whose co-operation is so eminently worthy our considera- 
 tion and fostering: care. 
 
GEORGE C. PERKINS 
 
 United States Senator for California. 
 
 George C. Perkins was initiated in Oroville Lodge No. 59, Oroville, Decem- 
 ber, 4, 1865. He passed through all the offices of the Lodge, becoming a Past 
 Grand in a comparatively short time. He was initiated into Patriarchal Odd 
 Fellowship, passed through all the offices, and became a Past Chief Patriarch, 
 and for many years was an active worker in the Order. He came to the Coast 
 a sailor boy from his native State, Maine, was an early miner and merchant, was 
 elected to the State Senate, and served eight years continuously, being on im- 
 portant committees. He was Governor of the State, and has been President of 
 the Chamber of Commerce, and President of the Board of Trade for several years. 
 
 George C. Perkins, Past Grand 
 
 He has done much to develop the mining interests of the State, and has for years 
 been closely identified with the agricultural, lumber and stock-raising interests 
 of California. He has been largely engaged in shipping, and has contributed 
 to all the varied interests of the State of his adoption. He is now a Senator of 
 the LTnited States from California, and his business and legislative experience has 
 well equipped him for intelligent discharge of duty. A clear-headed, practical, 
 common-sense man of affairs. Knowing the needs of the State, and energetic 
 in the discharge of the details of his position, he is a safe and reliable official. 
 
JAMES G. MAGUIRE, 
 
 Past Grand Representative, of San Francisco Lodge No. 3. 
 
 James G. Maguire was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 22, 
 1853. Coming - to California in April, 1854, his parents settled in Santa Cruz 
 County, where he was educated and resided until 1872, when he came to reside 
 permanently in San Francisco. Soon after reaching his majority he entered upon 
 the study of law, and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Califor- 
 nia on January 14, 1878. He has since practiced his profession with most uncom- 
 mon success, except when called to serve the public in official capacities. He 
 was elected a member of the lower House of the California Legislature in Sep- 
 tember, 1875, serving in the Session of 1875-76. In November, 1882, he was 
 elected Judge of the Superior Court of San Francisco, serving in that office, with 
 considerable distinction, for six years. He afterwards represented the Fourth 
 District of California in Congress for three terms, commencing March 4, 1893, 
 and ending March 4, 1899. He was the Democratic candidate for Governor of 
 California in 1898, but was defeated by Mr. Henry T. Gage, the present Gov- 
 ernor. 
 
 James G. Maguire, Past Grand 
 
 On August 21, 1877, he joined San Francisco Lodge No. 3, I. O. O. F., of 
 which he has ever since been an horored member. A few months later he joined 
 Oriental Encampment No. 57, to which he still belongs. While passing through 
 the Chairs in his Lodge, he served one year as a member of the Odd Fellows' 
 General Relief Committee of San Francisco, being president of the committee 
 during the last six months of his service. Fie was a representative to the Grand 
 Lodge of California, almost continuously for twenty years, with the exception 
 of one year, was a Grand Representative of the jurisdiction of California in the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge from 1888 to 1898, serving with credit and distinction. 
 
 Since his retirement from public life in March last he has resumed the active 
 practice of his profession, with offices in the Parrott Building in this city. 
 
California Lodge No. i, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 ON the 9th day of September, 1849, by virtue of a dispensation granted by Horn 
 R. Kneass, Grand Sire of the United States, to Deputy Grand Sire James 
 Smiley, California Lodge was instituted. Its first quarters were of a very humble 
 character, being in a two-story frame building near the corner of Jackson and 
 Kearny streets. There were present upon this occasion about twenty-five mem- 
 bers of the Order representing nearly every State in the Union. The following 
 were elected its first officers: R. H. Taylor, Noble Grand; J. M. Coughlan, Vice 
 Grand and Treasurer; E. C. Franklin, Secretary; having no books the minutes 
 were kept on sheets of paper, and the first written records in existence are 
 dated March 18, 1850. The furniture consisted of nail kegs, carpenters' tres- 
 
 ■L 
 
 John G. Wetmorb, Past Grand 
 
 John G. Wetmore became a member of California Lodge No. 1, 1. O. O. F., March, 1885, held several 
 offices during following years, and was elected Noble Grand in 1889, during which year California Lodge cel- 
 ebrated its fortieth anniversary. Brother Wetmore was appointed on the Souvenir Book Committee at the 
 beginning, and has served continuously. When Brother Morrison became Chairman of this Committee he 
 made this brother one of the Finance Committee, and his business ability was of service in passing upon all 
 business contracts. A thorough man of business, bringing sound, practical ideas to bear on all questions, he 
 is an important and valued member of the Order in any capacity. 
 
 ties and empty boxes, or any old thing that could be begged or borrowed 
 from the neighbors. The room was lighted with candles purchased at $14.85 
 per box. 
 
 After the discovery of gold, and prior to the establishment of any regular 
 chartered Lodge in San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton and many places in the 
 
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 mines, Odd Fellows assembled in mass meetings and organized themselves to take 
 care of the sick and help the distressed. Many of these organizations became the 
 foundation of regular Lodges now in successful operation. It is said that in 
 1849 more than $200,000 was spent by Odd Fellows in the State of California in 
 charitable deeds, besides the time, which was money in those days. These things 
 resulted in the establishment of California Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F. At this date 
 and for a long time afterwards there was no regular system of dues and benefits. 
 It was not unusual for it to cost a member $5 or $10 to attend a Lodge meeting, 
 the calls, principally from strangers, were so numerous and constant, the Lodge 
 having no funds on which to draw. The meeting of September 9, 1849, was 
 an inaugural meeting. The next meeting was held September 23, 1849, when 
 several brothers presented visiting cards. These were Brothers Adams, Casiari, 
 Stowell, Gerry, Heller, Patten and Cousins. The Lodge had no books at this 
 time, but Brother Smiley procured the needed ones from Brother Pardin, lately 
 arrived from South America, who had been authorized by the Grand Lodge of the 
 United States to institute a Lodge at Caracas, but having failed to do so, and on 
 arriving in San Francisco, he turned the books over to P. G. Smiley. The regalia 
 with which the Lodge worked was procured through Col. Folsom from an officer 
 at the Presidio. It was not ascertained how the regalia, which was complete, 
 came into the officer's possession. 
 
 On October 1, 1849, the Secretary was instructed to communicate with the 
 Odd Fellows' Association of Sacramento, and inform them of the existence of a 
 regular organized Lodge of Odd Fellows at San Francisco. Three meetings were 
 held in this room which was occupied about a month, the rental being $250 per 
 month. 
 
 On November 12, 1849, a removal was made to a frame building owned by 
 Levi Stowell on Montgomery Street, on the east side between Jackson and Wash- 
 ington, where it occupied the garret in conjunction with California Lodge of Free 
 and Accepted Masons. And on the 19th day of the same month held its meeting, 
 at which Brother David Jobson was elected Noble Grand; G. B. Harmon, Vice 
 Grand; James Smiley, Treasurer, and Brother Wellman, Secretary. These officers 
 did not hold their positions very long, for on the 31st of December, the last reg- 
 ular meeting of the year, the following brothers were elected and installed the 
 same evening: Brother Coughlin, Noble Grand; Brother Franklin, Vice Grand; 
 Brother Lent, Secretary, and Brother Smiley, Teasurer. This completed the 
 records for the year 1849. 
 
 No regular meeting was held from January 14 to March 18, 1850, when 
 on that date Brother Bella Wellman acted as Noble Grand and Brother William 
 M. Lent as Secretary. May 18, 1850, Brother Wellman resigned and Brother 
 Coughlin was again elected to fill the vacancy. In June of the same year, 1850, 
 Col. J. D. Stevenson, well known to old Californians, built a three-story building 
 on the east side of Kearny Street, between Pine and California streets. The 
 ground floor being occupied as stores, the next floor by a Jewish society as a 
 place of worship, the third floor by California Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F., and 
 California Lodge Free and Accepted Masons, jointly. 
 
 This was their abiding place until burnt out by the great fire of 1850, when 
 they were forced to move to the brick building known as the Gianella Building 
 on the east side of Montgomery Street, between Washington and Jackson, where 
 they remained until April 26, 1859, the anniversary of the Order. When the 
 Lodge removed to the more commodious quarters on the northeast corner of 
 
234 
 
 CALIFORNIA LODGE NO. i, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Bush and Kearny streets. Subsequently moving into Odd Fellows' Hall Decem- 
 ber i, 1865, situated on the west side of Montgomery, between Pine and California 
 streets, and from thence to Odd Fellows' Building, corner of Market and Seventh 
 streets, on the 1st day of December, 1884. 
 
 At the earliest history of California Lodge it had no funds or property, but 
 had accumulated a little money in 1853. The first by-laws of the Lodge were 
 adopted November 25, 1850, in which it is stated that the initiation fee was $50; 
 dues $10 per quarter in advance, and no benefits were to be paid to a brother who 
 was able to pay his own expenses. On March 18, 1850, the Secretary was in- 
 structed to notify the Deputy Grand Sire of the surrender of the dispensation 
 under which the Lodge was working petition for a charter, and at the same meet- 
 ing D. D. G. S. Smiley informed the Lodge that he had a complete set of regalia 
 for a working Lodge he was willing to dispose of for cost and freight, which was 
 thankfully accepted. 
 
 At this meeting a committee was appointed to wait upon the Common 
 Council for the purpose of selecting a suitable place for a cemetery, but not until 
 the year 1851, did the Lodge procure a piece of ground for that purpose. At a 
 regular meeting held July 2T, 1851, Samuel Brannan, Noble Grand of the Lodge, 
 offered to donate a plot of ground for that purpose, which was accepted with 
 thanks. This plot of land which has never been used for burial purpose is situated 
 on the south side of Mission street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, and is 
 a source of revenue to all the Odd Fellow Lodges of San Francisco. 
 
 On June 3, 1850, a communication was received from Hospitalla Lodge No. 
 295, of the City of New York, accompanied by a seal which was presented to the 
 Lodge by them, and to which a letter of thanks was returned. Up to this time 
 the Lodge owned no property, and had but one initiation. Their meetings were 
 chiefly directed to the cause of charity, passing around the hat and arranging for 
 the relief or burial of the sick brothers who had come under their care. 
 
 On August 9, 1852, the Lodge opened in the Degree of Rebekah. Again on 
 the 1 8th of the same month another Rebekah meeting was held, and the fee 
 charged for the degree was fixed at $1. This comprises the earliest history of 
 California No. 1, I. O. O. F., the mother of Odd Fellowship on the Pacific Coast. 
 The charter was granted January 12, 1849, to tne following persons: Samuel 
 Torbert, Chs. Justis, F. M. Caldwell, G. H. Weaver, J. Willits and James Smiley. 
 In the last fifty years, or at least in that portion of time of which we have any 
 correct record from March 18, 1850, to June 30, 1899, the Lodge has admitted 
 1101 members, of whom many have passed away and joined their kindred dust; 
 171 remaining on the 30th day of June, 1899, to continue on the good work of 
 the Lodge. The sum of $143,600.82 has been paid for relief and charity. 
 
 NAMES OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Aaron, Joseph 
 Anderson, R. L., p. G. 
 Alley, W. H. 
 Aldrlch, J. L. 
 Benedict, C. E., p. g. 
 Benedict, J. S.. P. g. 
 Benedict, A. W., p. G. 
 Botsford, H. C, p. G. 
 Boyd, C. M., p. g. 
 Bulflnch, Henry, p. g. 
 Byington, H. W., p. g. 
 Bachelder, F. J. 
 Barrington, G. J. 
 Benson, George 
 Butler, J. W. 
 Bishop, J. H. 
 Burr M. G. 
 
 Barrett, Charles 
 Bash, John 
 Cove, Robt., p. g. 
 Cranford, F. H., p. g. 
 Currie, Robt., P. G. 
 Cain. R. K. 
 Cheslev, C. P. 
 Conn, S. S. 
 Casperson, A. P. 
 Cohen, Aaron 
 Coburn, J. W. 
 Clark, A. G.,p.g. 
 Casperson, O. S. 
 Davis, James, p. g. 
 Dugan, C E., p.g. 
 Daywalt, G. W., p.g. 
 Davis, J. A. J. 
 
 Dreypolcher, Frederick 
 Dallas, J. B. 
 Dahlson, O. W. 
 Elwert, Henry 
 Forrest, James, p.g. 
 Fulton. J. B. 
 Flanders, Thomas 
 Freudenthal, J. H. 
 Ferns, William 
 Frasier. J. D. 
 Frisk, K. A. 
 Galloway, W. T., p.g. 
 Gates, Horace 
 Grayson, A. H., p.g. 
 Guinee, Cornelius 
 Gunnison, R. C. 
 Goodfriend, Isidor 
 
 Hanson, A. G. 
 Hartman, Henry 
 Hanson, J. P., p.g. 
 Heckman, Herman 
 He.nriksen, B. E., P.G. 
 Holmes, M. P., p.g. 
 Houghton. A. C. 
 Higham John 
 Hanekamp, G. F. 
 Hanson, J. H. 
 Itjen, Richard 
 Irvine, Nathaniel 
 Jackson, A. W. 
 Johnson, O. H. 
 Jones, H. S., p.g. 
 Kilby, H. M. 
 Leek, Cnristopher 
 
CAPITOL LODGE NO. 87, I. O. O. F. 
 
 235 
 
 Lennox, Jarvis 
 Liddle, Robert 
 Little, W. T. 
 Lane, W. E., p.g. 
 Lieb, A. H. 
 Leach, John 
 Luke, Henry, p. g. 
 Lossman, Lobb 
 Libby, W. T. 
 Laherty, T. F. 
 McLean, R. A. 
 McNeill, John, Jr., 
 McNeill, Henry 
 McNeill, James 
 McHenry, J. A. 
 Mann, T. R., p.g. 
 Marcuci, Domingo 
 Martenstein, John 
 Mead, B. F. 
 Myers, J. G. 
 Markell, R. C. 
 Morss, G. A. 
 Moorman, J. C. 
 Millett, P. J..G.P. 
 Moren, G. G., p.g. 
 Morris, W. H. 
 
 Newman, J. T., p. G. 
 Nicolaysen, F. N. 
 Nygard, A. G. 
 Nichols, F. H. 
 Nogren, George 
 O'Neill, M. W. 
 Overton, C. P. 
 Parent, C. L , p.g. 
 Peterson, Peter 
 Pyser, Henry 
 Phillips, George 
 Peterson, A. T. 
 Pritchard, T. J. 
 Pearce, J. H. 
 Peterson, L. N. 
 Pagel, William 
 Price, James 
 Post, C. E., P.G. 
 Pages, Jose 
 Quigley, G. F., p.g. 
 Ristow, John 
 Robinson, William, p.g. 
 Roberts, J. W. 
 Raisch, Godfried 
 Ross, D. A. 
 Ross, David 
 
 Ratto, Charles 
 Ralston, J. A. 
 Rechenmacher, Fred. 
 Raymond, E. E. 
 Riley, W. C, p.g. 
 Schuldt, Herman 
 Schuman. Fred. 
 Scott, A. W., P.O. 
 Spencer, J. D., p.g. 
 Sweeney, T. U., p.g. 
 Schoning, Otto 
 Stott, John, p.g. 
 Schmaltz, P. A. F. 
 Seaberg, E. A. 
 Sommer, J. H. 
 Sroufe, John 
 Stromberg, A. E. 
 Sanford, W. L., P.G. 
 Steele, D. L., p.g. 
 Sims, Stephen 
 Scott, A. W., Jr., p.g. 
 Stefflns, J. G. 
 Smith, C. E. 
 Schumaker, A. P. 
 Taylor, Truman 
 Turk, Henry 
 
 True, A. T., p.g. 
 Tikjob, Peter 
 Todd, H. L. 
 Trotter, William 
 Van Orden, D. T., p. g. 
 Watt, Alexander 
 Wentworth, J. J. 
 Wigmore, James 
 Winter, J. W., p. g. 
 Wood, Harris 
 Winfrey, I. H. 
 Whyte, M. C, p.g. 
 Woods, Thomas 
 Wetmore, J. G., p.g. 
 Wren, V. E. A. 
 Weimore, R. H., p.g. 
 Watson, W. D. 
 Winther, A. M. 
 Woodley, William 
 Williams, A. W., p.g. 
 Worden, W. H. 
 Young, J. H. 
 Zerr, Jaques 
 
 Capitol Lodge No. 87, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 •p? APITOL LODGE No. 87, I. O. O. F., Sacramento, presents an interesting 
 ^-^ record during the forty years of its existence. It was instituted in 1859. It 
 has proven to be one of the most successful working Lodges in the jurisdiction. 
 It has furnished five Grand Masters and a Grand Sire for the Order, as, also, other 
 grand officers. Its history, membership and statistics herewith presented, exhibit 
 facts and figures which proclaim for this Lodge a prominent place in the rank of 
 subordinates of this grand jurisdiction. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS : 
 
 *Basler, George A . 
 ♦Bowstead, James, p. G. 
 *Byrne, Thomas B., p. g. 
 Estee, Morris M. 
 
 *Hueston, Hamilton M. 
 
 p. g. m. 
 *Krauth, Frederick K. 
 Mason, Charles M. 
 
 *McClintock, John W. 
 *Shuck, J. Lewis 
 Steane, Charles B. 
 ♦White, Edward F. 
 
 ♦Woods, Amos 
 
 (♦Deceased.) 
 
 Of the several Past Grand Masters from Capitol Lodge No. 87, Brother Ezra 
 Pearson is the only surviving member. The deceased brothers are: Hamilton 
 M. Hueston, William H. Hill, Charles S. Haswell and John B. Harmon. The 
 latter brother was Past Grand Sire in 1878. 
 
 The Grand Officers who instituted Capitol Lodge, on June 10, 1859, were: 
 Grand Master. Lewis L. Alexander; R. W. D. G. Master, John F. Morse; R. W. 
 G. Warden, Walton C. Felch; R. W. G. Secretary, Prescott Robinson; R. W. G. 
 Treasurer, George I. N. Monell; W. G. Chaplain, David Meeker; W. G. Marshal, 
 Charles C. Hayden; W. G. Conductor, David Kendall; W. G. Guardian, George 
 H. Mixer; W. G. Herald, George Nelson; D. D. G. Master, Samuel Cross; Seated 
 at L. of G. M., Wm. H. Watson; Past Grand's Chair, Robert Robinson. 
 
 FIRST OFFICERS : 
 
 Hueston, Hamilton M., P. G. M. 
 Bowstead, James, P. G. 
 Byrne, Thomas B., P. G. 
 White, Edward F., N. G. 
 Mason, Charles M., V. G. 
 
 McClintock, John, Rec. Sec. 
 Woods, Amos, Treas. 
 Hueston, Hamilton M., R. S. N. G. 
 Krauth, Frederick K., L. S. N. G. 
 Byrne, Thomas B., R. S. V. G. 
 
 Estee, Morris M., Warden 
 Steane, Charles B., Conductor 
 McGinnis, Christopher, O. G. 
 Basler, George A., I. G. 
 Shuck, J. Lewis, Chaplain 
 
 Statistics taken September, 1899, show the total membership admitted since 
 organization, 927; withdrawn, suspended, etc., 620; amount of' money received 
 since organization, $215,557.90; amount of money paid for relied and charity since 
 organization, $119,230.95. 
 
B. E. HENRIKSEN 
 
 B. E. Henriksen, the subject of this sketch, 
 ■was born in San Francisco April 19, 1851. He 
 joined California Lodge No. 1 on June 22, 1872, 
 shortly after attaining his majority, and after 
 filling the various appointed offices, passed 
 through the Chairs, attaining the position of Past 
 Grand. Besides being one of the first persons 
 born in San Francisco of white parents, he 
 claims the unique and distinguished honor of 
 being the first native born citizen of California 
 to join the Order and pass through the Chairs. 
 
 As Brother Henriksen has continued his mem- 
 bership and is still in good standing in Cali- 
 fornia Lodge, he may justly claim the further 
 honor of being the oldest native born Veteran 
 Odd Fellow after a continued membership of 
 twenty-seven years. 
 
 J. H. SIMPSON, Past Grand Master 
 
 Brother Simpson is a native of San Francisco, 
 •where he was born January 23, 1856. His educa- 
 tion was received in the public schools, and he 
 graduated from the old Spring Valley Grammar 
 School in 1871. For upwards of twenty years he 
 was connected with the San Francisco Evening 
 Bulletin In various capacities. It was in that 
 office he learned the printing trade. He was 
 initiated into Odd Fellowship in San Francisco 
 Lodge No. 3 April 18, 1884. After serving as 
 Conductor, Recording Secretary and Vice Grand. 
 he was elected Noble Grand for the term be- 
 ginning January 1, 1886. He held the office of 
 Degree Master of Excelsior Degree Lodge No. 2 
 from July 1st to December 31st, 1886, after serv- 
 ing two terms as Conductor. In 1887 he was 
 sent by his Lodge as a representative to the 
 Grand Lodge, and has been an active member 
 ever sine** He served two terms as Chairman of 
 
 the Committee of Correspondence. In 1889 he 
 was appointed by Grand Master Jenkins as Dis- 
 trict Deputy Grand Master of District No. 1. He 
 was elected Grand Warden in 1892, Deputy Grand 
 Master in 1893, and Grand Master in 1894, serv- 
 ing in that office until May, 1895. Before the 
 close of his term he had the honor of instituting 
 the Rebekah Assembly of California. In 1894 
 he was Treasurer of Odd Fellows' Midwinter Fair 
 Celebration Committee. He also served several 
 terms as President of the Odd Fellows' Literary 
 and Social Club of San Francisco. He became a 
 member of Oriental Rebekah Lodge No. 90 early 
 in its history. In 1896 he and his wife helped to 
 organize Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. 215, which 
 was instituted May 11th of that year. He repre- 
 sented San Francisco Lodge No. 3 in the Board 
 of Directors of the Odd Fellows' Hall Association 
 for two years. Was a member of the convention 
 which reorganized the General Relief Committee 
 of San Francisco, and was President of the first 
 Odd Fellows' Christmas Cheer Committee. 
 
 WILLIAM A. DEANE 
 
 William A. Deane was born in San Francisco, 
 California, in 1861, and now occupies the posi- 
 tion of President of Stanford Parlor, N. S. G. W., 
 and is County Clerk of the City and County 
 of San Francisco. There are few young men of 
 California who combine all the elements of busi- 
 ness ability and popularity found in the subject 
 of this sketch. As a presiding officer his asso- 
 ciates credit him with unusual quickness of per- 
 ception and absolute fairness. The office of 
 Clerk now occupied by him calls for first-class 
 ability, and he has thus far filled it with credit 
 to himself and to the complete satisfaction of 
 all doing business with him. 
 
 P. L. VUCANOVICH 
 
 Brother P. L. Vucanovich was initiated into Mt. 
 Davidson Lodge No. 8 at Virginia, Nev. In 1886 
 he took a withdrawal card from this Lodge and 
 deposited the same with Parker Lodge No. 124 
 of San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Business engagements prevent Bro. Vucanovich 
 from regularly attending his Lodge, but he never 
 fails to uphold the banner of our Order, and, as 
 opportunity offers, he tries to impress upon its 
 members the sublime lessons of its ritual. 
 
San Francisco Lodge No. 3, I. O. O. F. 
 
 ON the 5th day of July, 185 1, the following named brothers, Jesse Boring, Philo 
 White, J. Joseph, E. Hudson, R. O. Studevant, M. S. Buckelew and G. E. 
 Hunt petitioned the then acting D. D. Grand Sire, James Smiley, for a dis- 
 pensation to establish a Lodge of the I. O. O. F. in the City of San Francisco, 
 to be known as San Francisco Lodge No. 3. 
 
 Alexander Jacobi, 
 Junior Past Grand. 
 
 Samuel B. Huffman, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 J. J. Regan, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 E. Edwards, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Sylvester Saywell, 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 Fred W. Warren, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 The petitioners were called together on the above date, and the Lodge 
 instituted, making it the third Lodge instituted in the State of California. Seven 
 brothers being present, who, although not properly, duly declared it a regu- 
 larly organized Lodge. Although without a dispensation, or documents of any 
 kind, they were set to work to carry out the principles of the Order, and welt 
 •"hey have fulfilled their task. At the first regular meeting the following named 
 brothers were elected to fill the various offices for the first term: Jesse Boring, 
 N. G. ; Philo White, V. G. ; J. Joseph, Secretary; E. Hudson, Treasurer; R. CX 
 Studevant, Recording Secretary; S. H. Parker, P. G. With this staff of officers, 
 San Francisco Lodge No. 3, started on its career in the noble work of Odd Fel- 
 lowship, and to the present day is successfully demonstrating the grand principles 
 of our Order, caring for the sick and distressed, the widows and the orphans, and 
 extending the hand of fraternity to needy brothers. 
 
 In exemplifying these principles it has expended, in its 48 years of existence, 
 the sum of $135,392.87, and stands to-day prepared to fulfill all obligations to 
 its members. It fell to the lot of San Francisco Lodge No. 3 to have the honor 
 
238 
 
 GRASS VALLEY LODGE NO. 12, I. O. O. F. 
 
 of having one of its members, Samuel H. Parker, elected as the first Grand Mas- 
 ter of California, as was likewise the first Grand Secretary, T. Rodgers Johnson, 
 a member of this Lodge. 
 
 Of the other members of San Francisco Lodge who filled the honorable 
 station of Grand Master of the State of California, J. A. McClelland, served in 
 1864-65 and J. H. Simpson in 1894-95. Brother James G. Maguire, P. G. R., 
 served as Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge for ten years. 
 
 The charter members were the following named brothers: Rev. Jesse Boring, 
 Philo White, J. Joseph, E. Hudson, R. O. Studevant, M. S. Buckelew and G. E. 
 Hunt 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS : 
 
 PAST GRANDS. 
 
 Barker, Timothy L., P. G. 
 Black, Alfred P , p. g. 
 Chase, James Brown, p. g. 
 Carusi, Samuel P., p. g. 
 Casto, William S , p. g. 
 Davis, William, p. g 
 Hutchinson, David, p. G. 
 Heenan, Edward J., p. g. 
 Hetty, Louis B., p. g. 
 
 Jacobi, Alexander, p. g. 
 Jacobs, Saul Robert, p. g. 
 Joyce, Willis B., p. g. 
 Jennings, F. A., p. g. 
 Kammerer, Chas. G , p. G. 
 Lilienthal, Herman, p. g. 
 Lafaix, Felix, p. G. 
 Maguire, James G., P.G.B. 
 Maguire, Edward H , p. g. 
 
 McDougall, Barnett, p. g. 
 McDonald, Albert R., p. g. 
 Maack, Henry Jacob, p. g. 
 Meyers, Robert C, p. g. 
 Pennell, Charles C, p. g 
 Petersen, Siebert, p. g. 
 Peterson, Ewald, p. g. 
 Platner, Charles, p. G. 
 Simpson, JohnH., p. g. m. 
 
 Stevens, Martin, p. g. 
 Terkelson, John N., p. G. 
 Turkington, William, P.G 
 Thy arks, George, p. G. 
 Van Praag, Samuel, p. g. 
 Warren, F. W., p. g. 
 Wilson, Henry Adam, p.g. 
 Walcom, George, p. g. 
 Wedemeyer, B. H., p. G. 
 
 THIRD DEGREE MEMBERS. 
 
 Allen, John Wm Everett 
 
 Apted, Walter 
 
 Bruce, James Henderson 
 
 Bosworth, Henry Martin 
 
 Bird, Harry 
 
 Brophy, John Henry 
 
 Buchanan, Robert John 
 
 Connor, John Irvine 
 
 Cohrn. Edward 
 
 Cook, William 
 
 Case, George Albert 
 
 Coggin, Issac Clinton 
 
 Cardoza, John 
 
 Correy, Andrew 
 
 Dye, William McLean 
 
 Dieterich, Christian 
 
 Dusenbery, Hiram Eugene 
 
 Edwards, Edward 
 
 Enos, John 
 
 Evans, Thomas Francis 
 
 Folly, James 
 
 Freitas, John Antoine 
 
 Fimbreath, Arthur F. 
 
 Fisher, Soren Petersen 
 
 Fehyl, John 
 
 Green, Arthur Frederick 
 Gardiner, J. W. 
 Hoffacker, Bernard J. 
 Hamilton, John 
 Hull, Benjamin J. 
 Harvey, Miles M. 
 Haskins, Charles A. 
 Hodgkins, John Henry 
 Heywoods, Henry M. 
 Hollman, Frederick Wm. 
 Hegeman, Fred Melme 
 Hansen, Christian 
 Holtz, Augustus Herman 
 Huffman, Samuel B. 
 Hagan, William 
 Harris, Robert J. 
 Ing, Andrew D. 
 Jensen, Pedar 
 Jackson. John Farren 
 Johnson, Frank 
 Kelsey, James T, 
 Kempton, Melborn P. 
 Knudsen, Julius Albert 
 Lando, Joseph 
 Lee, Frank 
 
 Lustig, Daniel David 
 Locks, Joseph Samuel 
 Lacaze, Louis 
 McKenna, Patrick Henry 
 Morganstern, Samuel 
 Miller, George W. 
 Martell, John 
 Montedonico, Antonio 
 May, John 
 Merritt, Ambrose 
 Mills, Luther 
 McAdam, Edward 
 Meyers, Henry Lewis 
 Morgan, William John 
 Neisser, Edward 
 Pearson, John Kimball 
 Pages, Jules Francis 
 Parker, Edward Fulton 
 Reagan, John 
 Rochebrune, Alfred 
 Regan, John Joseph 
 Rosenblum, Joseph 
 Roberts, Alfred Edward 
 Richit, Victor Henry 
 Randolph, Frank Warren 
 
 Smith, Fred Shipley 
 Smith, Thomas Henry 
 Schwartz, Michael 
 Shafer, Deville M. 
 Saywell, Sylvester 
 Steinmetz, August 
 Swenson, John August 
 Severance, Asa Albion 
 Spateholtz, Lester Bates 
 Schnipper, Hans Harrold 
 Tdomasen, Edwin R. 
 Thomas, Charles Erastus 
 Tourney, Jules 
 Tippetts, George Fred 
 Triguero, Filmero P. 
 Ulberg, Henry Ott 
 Valerga, Dominic 
 Williams, Durham K 
 Wilson, William More 
 Wright, George W. 
 Wackford, Thomas 
 Wilson, Frederic 
 Walker, George C. 
 Wilcox, William Darmes 
 Yoblonsky, John 
 
 Grass Valley Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F. 
 
 /^RASS VALLEY LODGE No. 12, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Grass Valley, 
 ^-* Nevada County, on the 23d day of July, 1853, by T. Rodgers Johnson, the 
 R. W. Grand Secretary, with ten charter members: John S. Lambert, C. R. Ed- 
 wards, B. H. Farrell, L. B. Austin, Wm. Bennett, E. McLaughlin, Thomas 
 Beatty, Jonas Winchester, C. C. Cook, John Tangue. 
 
 Of these ten pioneer members none retained membership longer than Oc- 
 tober, i860, when C. R. Edwards withdrew. E. M. McLaughlin is the only 
 one whose whereabouts is now known ; he is a banker in San Jose. 
 
 This was the fourth Lodge instituted in the mining regions of our State, 
 and being located in the city and county that has produced, and is still produc- 
 ing, more gold than any other county of our State, has been universally prosper- 
 ous. The membership has been from its institution largely composed of the 
 sturdy miners that have made Nevada County famous. Since the institution of 
 
GRASS VALLEY LODGE NO. 12, I. O. O. F. 
 
 239 
 
 the Lodge to June 30, 1899, 3°9 members were initiated; 163 joined by deposit 
 of card, making a total of 472; of these there have been suspended, 101; ex- 
 pelled, 3; withdrew, 154; deceased, 44. The present membership is 170. 
 
 The largest number initiated in one year was in 1872 when fifteen joined 
 the Lodge. The largest number in one term joined in the term ending June 30, 
 1870, when twelve were initiated. During the term ending December 31, 1869, 
 twenty-three members withdrew and formed Golden Star Lodge No. 165. In the 
 year 1896 the Lodge reached high water mark in its membership, there being 
 one hundred and eighty-eight members on its roll. In the forty-six years of its 
 existence Grass Valley Lodge has paid out for sick and funeral benefits, dona- 
 tions and nurse fees the sum of $64,483; in Lodge expenses $52,907. Total 
 $117,390. The largest amount paid to one brother being over $4,600; five 
 other brothers received between $2,000 and $3,000 each. 
 
 <*k 
 
 Geo. h. Williams 
 Vice Grand 
 
 ^^MttKttBBS 
 
 Wm. George 
 Treasurer 
 
 J. T. L,EATHAM 
 
 Noble Grand 
 
 Jap. M. Sampson 
 Recording Secretary 
 
 Richard Williams 
 Financial Secretary 
 
 It has in property a half interest in one of the handsomest Lodge rooms in 
 the State, with two stores beneath located in the heart of the business portion of 
 the City of Grass Valley, which with other real estate and building, securities and 
 money on hand have a total cash valuation of over $14,000. 
 
 From among the brothers who at one time held membership or now do so in 
 this Lodge, who have held exalted positions in the Grand Lodge and Grand 
 Encampment of this State we note the names of T. R. Kibbe, Grand Master in 
 1861-62; E. W. Roberts, Grand Patriarch in 1869-70; I. W. Hays, Grand Pa- 
 triarch in 1877-78; John Glasson, Grand Master in 1890-91 ; R. D. Gummoe, now 
 Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Encampment. The two first-mentioned have 
 passed away. I. W. Hays is now a member of Golden Star Lodge No. 165 in the- 
 same city. The last two are still active in Lodge work. 
 
 The present officers of the Lodge are: 
 
240 
 
 VERBA BUENA LODGE NO. 15, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Leatham, J. T., N.G. 
 Williams, Geo. L., V. G. 
 Sampson, Jas. M., R. Sec. 
 George, Wm., Treas. 
 Williams, Richard, Fin. Sec. 
 
 Abraham, A. E., Cond. 
 Prisk, James, Warden. 
 Sampson, Martin, R. S. N. G. 
 Brockington, Thos , L. S. N. G. 
 Pascoe, John, R. S. V. G. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Provis, Wm., L. S. V. G. 
 Ingram, Richard, I. G. 
 Frank, Robert, O. G. 
 Hosking, John J., R. S. S. 
 Rowe, E., L- 3. S. 
 
 Aver, John 
 Andrews, Thos. 
 Angore, Richard 
 Abraham, Edwin R., p. G. 
 Abraham, Albert E. 
 Bawdeu, Wm. Henry, p. g. 
 Bawden, Joseph 
 Bawden, Nicholas 
 Berriman, Henry, p. g. 
 Berriman, Wm. H. 
 Best, Samuel 
 Best, John 
 Best, Wm. 
 Berg, Fred 
 Bishop, Thomas 
 Bray, Wm. H. 
 Brockington, Thos. H.,p.g. 
 Brockington, Charles A. 
 Buckett, Wm. H. 
 Buckett, Thomas 
 Bunney, John A. 
 Oirter, John E. 
 Carter, Francis 
 Constantine, Joseph 
 •Constantine, Wm. H. 
 Christopher, Samuel 
 Clemo, John 
 Collicott, Richard J. 
 Cornish, John 
 Champion, Joel 
 Clymo, Wm. 
 Crase, Joe 
 Douglas, Wm., P.G. 
 Edwards, Thomas R. 
 Edwards, Wm. 
 Eddy, Richard 
 Faull, Joseph 
 Fairbanks, Henry A., p.g. 
 Frank, Robert 
 Garland, Wm. 
 Geach, Thomas R. 
 •George, Wm., p.g. 
 •Gill, Wm. 
 
 Glasson, John, p.g. 
 Gribble, John B. 
 Granholm, Victor 
 Gummoe, Richard, P. G. 
 Hammill, James 
 Hales, Joseph M. 
 Hattam, Joseph, p. G. 
 Harry, Robert J. 
 Harris, Wm. D., p. g. 
 Harris, Adrian N., p. g. 
 Haddy, George 
 Haas, Isidor 
 Henwood, Charles 
 Henwood, James, p.g. 
 Henwood, Josiah 
 Henwood, Samuel, p.g. 
 Hicks, Richard 
 Hicks, Henry 
 Hill, Charles 
 Hooper, John M. 
 Hooper, Thomas H. 
 Hooper, Wm., p. g. 
 Hooper, Wm. E , p. g. 
 Hooper, Edward 
 Hooper, James 
 Hooper, Frank W. 
 Hosking, James 
 Hosking, John J , p.g. 
 Hosking, Wm. H., P. G. 
 Hore, James 
 Hodge, John 
 Ingram, Richard J. 
 Jones, Samuel T. 
 Jones, John C. 
 Jamieson, Ebenezer 
 James, James G. 
 Johns, James T. 
 Jeffrey, Richard E. 
 Jackson, Josiah J. 
 King, George E. 
 Lewis, John 
 Leatham, John T. 
 Luke, Josiah 
 
 Lakenan. James M , p.g. 
 Martin, Wm. J. 
 Maynatd, Stephen 
 Morrish, Wm. B. 
 Michell, Wm. J., p.g. 
 Mitchell, Alex. 
 Mutton, Wm. H. 
 Martin, John 
 Nathan, Charles 
 Nettle, Wm. J. 
 Oliver, John P. 
 Oliver, James H. 
 Oliver, James 
 Oliver, Thomas, p.g. 
 Penhall, Bennett A. 
 Penhall, John 
 Prisk, Wm., p.g. 
 Prisk, James H., p. G. 
 Polkinghorn, John, Sr. 
 Pollard, Wm. Henry 
 Pascoe, John, p. g. 
 Provis, Wm. 
 Perkins, George, p.g. 
 Plummer Thomas 
 Provines, Matthew, p. G. 
 Plummer, Wm. L- 
 Quick, Henry D. 
 Quick, Richard 
 Richards, Francis, p. g. 
 Richards, Wm. H. 
 Richards, Edward I. 
 Rule, Thomas J. 
 Rowe, Wm. H. 
 Rowe, John 
 Rowe, Enoch 
 Roberts, Robert G. 
 Roberts, Richard 
 Rogers, Thomas F. 
 Rogers, Wm. P. 
 Reed, Wm. E., p.g. 
 Rodda, Thomas 
 Richards, John A. 
 Relley, John Wl, p.g. 
 
 Shackleton, Charles R. 
 Sims, Alex, p. G. 
 Sims, Arthur A. 
 Steele, Richard 
 Stile, Thomas 
 Sampson, Martin, p.g. 
 Sampson, James M. 
 Sparmon, Richard 
 Stokes, Frederick C. 
 Thomas, Frederick J. 
 Thomas, Henry L. 
 Thomas, John R., p.g. 
 Thomas, Henry 
 Thomas, Joseph H. 
 Thomas, Wm. R., p.g. 
 Treloar, Wm. M. 
 Treloar, Daniel 
 Trewren, George C. 
 Trengove, Eddie 
 Trebilcox, John F., p. g. 
 Trathen, Richard 
 Trezise, Philip 
 Thomasson, Wm. J. 
 Temby, Wm. 
 Terry, Manuel 
 Uren, Stephen 
 Vincent, George, p. g. 
 Williams, John R. 
 Williams, Richard R. 
 Williams, James 
 Williams, Richard, p. g 
 Williams, John H. 
 Williams, John 
 Williams, George L. 
 Williams, Zachariah 
 Wasley, John T. 
 Wasley, Walter 
 Whitburn, Edwin 
 White, Frank 
 Wood, Ben 
 Werry, John, p. G. 
 Yeo, Samuel 
 
 Yerba Buena Lodge No. ij, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 T TPON the hills along the Coast and in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay is to 
 ^^ be found a small trailing vine. It is aromatic and pleasant to the taste. The 
 early Spaniards called it Yerba Buena (good or sweet herb). From this vine the 
 historic little cove, which lay under the lee of Telegraph Hill, received its name. 
 In the waters of Yerba Buena Cove ships found safe anchorage. The town which 
 .grew up along the shore and on the hillside was called Yerba Buena until the 
 official ordinance of January 30, 1847, issued by the first American Alcalde Wash- 
 ington Bartlett (afterwards a member of Yerba Buena Lodge) changed the name 
 to San Francisco. 
 
 On July 7, 1853, Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15 was instituted by Grand Master 
 S. H. Parker, who in his report to the Grand Lodge, the following year said, " this 
 Lodge has made rapid progress and now numbers nearly one hundred members." 
 On December 31, 1861, it had 206 members, and was the largest Lodge in the 
 State; which position it has never lost notwithstanding the swarming in 1869 to 
 form Pacific Lodge No. 155. 
 
 During its life of 46 years, 1,486 Odd Fellows have enrolled themselves as 
 members, 1,066 being admitted by initiation. From this splendid gathering have 
 
VERBA BUENA LODGE NO. 15, I. O. O. F. 
 
 241 
 
 come some of the best workers Odd Fellowship has ever seen. Among them are 
 to be found the names of six Past Grand Masters, viz: H. M. Heuston, L. L. 
 Alexander, J. A. J. Bowen, F. P. Dann, Davis Louderback and R. H. Lloyd. 
 
 H. M. Heuston was a charter member of Yerba Buena. He went to the 
 mines in 1854. Was elected Grand Master from Yerba Buena Lodge No. 5 in 
 1856. Rejoined Yerba Buena permanently November 6, 1862. Died May 26, 1892. 
 
 L. L. Alexander was a charter member of Sonora Lodge No. 10, from which 
 Lodge he was elected Grand Master in 1859. He joined Yerba Buena October 4, 
 i860, since which time he has represented Yerba Buena almost continuously in 
 the Grand Lodge. 
 
 J. D. SCHLOAN, 
 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 ; :<.,, 
 
 W. I. Crosett, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Chas. Wilson, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
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 W. W. Brott, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 C F. Wellington, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 J. A. J. Bohen was admitted by initiation September 22, 1853. Installed 
 Noble Grand January, 1856. Elected Grand Master May, 1862. Died May 25, 
 1867; aged 38 years. 
 
 F. P. Dann admitted by card June 20, 1861. Installed Noble Grand July, 
 1868. Elected Grand Master 1877. Died September 27, 1884. 
 
 Davis Louderback admitted by initiation September 12, 1861. Installed 
 Noble Grand January, 1864. Elected Grand Master 1881. 
 
 R. H. Lloyd admitted by initiation April 16, 1874. Installed Noble Grand 
 July, 1876. Elected Grand Master 1888. 
 
 Messrs. Alexander, Louderback and Lloyd form a continuous delegation to 
 the Grand Lodge of which Yerba Buena is justly proud. 
 
 Among those who in the first years of the Lodge's existence assisted in build- 
 ing it up, giving direction to its forces and establishing its character, but who have 
 since passed over with the great majority, we wish to mention Daniel Norcross, 
 
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 P. G. R.; Nathan Porter, P. G. R.; Jno. W. Dwindle, P. G. R.; A. S. Iredale, the 
 first Noble Grand and P. G. T.; H. C. Squire, P. G.; Washington Bartlett, P. G.; 
 Franklin Williams, P. G.; C. J. Collins, P. G.; Ezra St. John, P. G.; Jno. M. Hep- 
 worth, P. G. 
 
 We wish at this time to record our remembrance and appreciation of Bro. 
 Jno. Davidson, who died April 11, 1862, bequeathing $1,000 to the Lodge and 
 $500 to the library. 
 
 We also desire to mention the name of Jno. S. Reed, P. G., who for 43 years 
 has been a constant Lodge attendant; has filled some office continuously since the 
 very night of his admission, and for 36 years has been and still is one of the 
 Lodge's representatives in the Hall Association. 
 
 With the growth in members came also a constantly increasing treasury and 
 the spirit to assist with a liberal hand. Among the first things noticed is a thought- 
 ful consideration of other Lodges; with donations and subscriptions to stock of 
 various Hall Associations. On January 1, 1859, $50 was subscribed to the New 
 Orleans Odd Fellows' Hall. We still have the stock although everything it repre- 
 sented was destroyed during the Civil war. Investment in half a dozen other 
 Hall Associations, however, turned out more favorably. On September 4, 1862, a 
 donation of $30 was made to Washington Lodge, No. 40, whose all had been 
 destroyed by fire. This was the beginning of a list of donations made necessary 
 by the same cause, not the least of which being the destruction of Virginia City, 
 Nevada, in 1875. 
 
 Upon the institution of the Lodge, regalia and hall fixtures were needed. To 
 meet the necessity a subscription list was passed around and $245 raised. With 
 this experience in mind Apollo, Parker and other Lodges were remembered at 
 the time of their institution. 
 
 After the Civil War Odd Fellows throughout the entire North reached out a 
 sympathetic and helping hand to their Southern brethren. In 1867 the Grand 
 Master of California issued a circular letter, in part as follows: " Our brethren 
 at the South, not by their voices or with tones of lamentation, but by their silent 
 sufferings appeal to us for assistance. Their altars have been broken down, their 
 Lodge rooms have been made desolate, * * * while the widow and the orphan 
 cry to them for bread. * * * Let us join with our brethren at the North in 
 showing mercy." In response to this appeal Yerba Buena gave $250, beside 
 individual donations to Lodges in South Carolina and Georgia. 
 
 For an interesting sketch showing the feelings of friendliness and gratitude 
 of Southern brethren towards their Northern brethren see report of P. G. R. 
 Columbus Bartlett (of Yerba Buena) in Grand Lodge Journal 1867. 
 
 The united action of the Lodges, with division of expenses, has been a beauti- 
 ful feature in the past. The memorial services held after the death of Thomas 
 Wildey, the founder of Odd Fellowship in America, in 1861, was a union affair. 
 Yerba Buena's share of the expense being $172.80. 
 
 Its portion of the expense of the funeral of Past Grand Master Parker in 
 1866 was $171.84, while its donation to the Parker monument was $700; being 
 $500 from the Lodge funds and $200 from the members. 
 
 Upon the death of its own favorite son Past Grand Master J. A. J. Bohen, 
 who now lies by the side of Parker beneath that beautiful monument in Odd Fel- 
 lows' Cemetery, May 25, 1867, it expended $1,150 besides the $250 donated by 
 Golden Gate Encampment No. 1 of which Bohen was a member. And also paid 
 $150 for a bust of Bohen to be set in the Lodge room. 
 
244 VERBA BUENA LODGE NO. 15, I. O. O. F. 
 
 In 1869-70 we find donations to help defray the expenses of the convention, 
 having under consideration the founding of a college and home. The college 
 project was abandoned, but discussion upon the subject of a home never ceased, 
 and has at last fruited in the beautiful Home at Thermalito and the Orphanage 
 at Gilroy. To both of which Yerba Buena has had the pleasure of contributing 
 its share. Wishing to have a distinctive Odd Fellows' Cemetery, on August 23, 
 1865, Yerba Buena purchased a piece of land (quoting from the report of the 
 committee) " on the western slope of Lone Mountain, on the south side of Point 
 Lobos road, and known upon the official map as the Williams' tract, containing 
 25 86-100 acres, for $300 per acre or a total of $7,758. Being purchased for a 
 cemetery and not for speculation, and being too large for one Lodge, it was soon 
 divided among other Lodges. Subsequently it was incorporated under the State 
 law and opened to the public, but it will always be known as the Odd Fellows' 
 Cemetery. 
 
 The minutes of July 6, 1865, disclose the following interesting bit of Lodge 
 history: Hon. Schuyler Colfax, P. G. R., accompanied by S. H. Parker. P. G. M.; 
 J. F. Morse, P. G. M.; J. W. Dwindle, P. G. R.; Geo. T. Bohen, P. G. R., and 
 others were announced in waiting in the anteroom. After entering, Colfax was 
 seated on the right and Dwindle on the left of the Noble Grand. Abou Ben 
 Adhem Lodge No. 112 was announced in waiting, and entered in a body. We 
 quote the minutes: " P. G. M. Parker in a few pithy and eloquent remarks intro- 
 duced our distinguished brother, P. G. R. Schuyler Colfax. He was received by 
 the brothers with great enthusiasm. He entertained the Lodge with a speech 
 which for pathos, beauty and eloquence it has rarely if ever been the privilege of 
 those present to hear." 
 
 Expenditures for celebrations have at times been almost prodigal. At the 
 celebration of the 50th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America on April 26, 
 1869, Yerba Buena renewed its regalia at a cost of $600, besides paying its share 
 of the celebration expenses. The Lodge's 18th anniversary was celebrated July 
 7, 1871, at an expense of $300. In celebrating its 25th anniversary on July 7, 
 1878, over $900 was raised by subscription. It must have been a magnificent 
 affair, for it is still green in the memory of its participants. 
 
 The laying of the corner stone of the Odd Fellows' Hall in San Francisco 
 on May 14, 1884, was an event long to be remembered. Yerba Buena's share of 
 the expense was $514, besides $200 for renewing and brightening up the regalia. 
 
 At the celebration of its 40th anniversary July 7, 1893, °ver $600 was raised 
 by subscription, and the record maintained. What will be done at the 50th anni- 
 versary in 1903 remains to be seen, but it is safe to predict the date will not be 
 overlooked. 
 
 In anticipation of the completion of the Trans-Continental Railway, Cali- 
 fornia invited the Sovereign Grand Lodge to hold its annual meeting in 1869 in 
 San Francisco, agreeing to pay all mileage west of Omaha. For complete history 
 of this transaction see report of P. G. R. A. J. Gunnison, of Yerba Buena, in 
 Journal Grand Lodge 1869. Delegates with families and friends came from all 
 parts of the United States and Canada. Yerba Buena gave $3,000, but owing to 
 the liberality of the railway and the citizens of San Francisco only one-half that 
 amount was used, the balance being returned. 
 
 The question of jurisdiction, between the Sovereign Grand Lodge and the 
 Grand Lodges in Australia, having reached a crisis in 1877-78, D. D. Grand Sire 
 
VERBA BUENA LODGE NO. 15, I. O. O. F. 245 
 
 J. B. Harmon was instructed to proceed from San Francisco to Australia to 
 establish a better understanding. The money appropriated for the purpose was 
 found to be insufficient; delay was dangerous; $750 more was needed. In the 
 emergency on April 11, 1878, Yerba Buena advanced one-half the amount, other 
 Lodges supplying the balance. This money was eventually returned by the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge. 
 
 Yerba Buena has responded with a liberal hand in times of public calamity. 
 On October 10, 1871, the Grand Master issued a circular letter to all Lodges say- 
 ing in part: " When one member of the family suffers, all suffer, and the strong 
 should always help the weak. You have read and heard the sickening details of 
 
 Frank D. Worth, Chairman of the Parade Committee 
 
 Past Grand Frank D. Worth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1856; came to California, via Panama 
 with his parents, arriving at San Francisco, California, in April, 1859, and has resided here ever since. In 1870 he began 
 an apprenticeship and learned the upholstering and decorating trade, and for 15 years he was established in that busi- 
 ness in the vicinity of Polk and Sutter streets. Past Grand Worth was initiated into Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15, 
 on March 22, 1888. He at once became actively and prominently identified with the Older, passing through all the 
 Chairs of the Lodge of which he was a member, served for one year with Relief Committee, was elected a representative 
 to the Grand Lodge in 1890, and has been annually elected to the same position ever since that time. As a member of 
 the Grand Lodge he has served on the Committee on Laws of the Subordinate and Mileage Committees. Since passing 
 through the Chairs of his Lodge he has served as Treasurer, and for a number of years he served as Trustee of the 
 Lodge. As soon as he became eligible, which was in 1893, he was appointed District Deputy of District No. 1, 
 of San Francisco. During his term as District Deputy he conducted a series of District Meetings in District No. 1, 
 which accomplished so much good that Grand Master Thompson in his report to the Grand Lodge in 1894 mentioned 
 in commendable words the result of these meetings. During the Jubilee Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary 
 of Odd Fellowship, held during the week of April 23d to April 28, 1894, at the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco, he 
 served as a member of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Decoration Committee, Chairman of the Special 
 Committee on Concessions, and through his untiring efforts as a member of the last-named committee a reduction in 
 the price of admission was obtained for Odd Fellows on that memorable occasion. Past Grand Worth is at present 
 a member of the Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Parade Committee of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of 
 the I. O. 0. F., to be held in San Francisco October 18, 19, 20, 1899. 
 
 the recent terrible fires in the City of Chicago. * * * If you cannot give 
 hundreds, nor even tens of dollars, give one, give your dimes if you have no more. 
 What you do do quickly." On October 12, 1871, Yerba Buena forwarded $1000 
 
246 
 
 VERBA BUENA LODGE NO. 15, I. O. O. F. 
 
 by telegraph. On April 22, 1875, we find a donation made in response to the 
 appeal of the Grand Master of Kansas on behalf of that unfortunate grasshopper 
 ridden State. Again on September 5, 1878, when the yellow fever was raging 
 through the South, one hundred dollars was sent to each of the cities of Nashville, 
 Memphis and Yicksburg. Again on June 6, 1889, a donation to the relief fund 
 of those whose homes had been destroyed by the bursting of the reservoir at 
 Johnstown, Pa. But all of these expenditures are insignificant when compared 
 with the internal work between the members, the details of which can never be 
 uncovered to public gaze. One brother having received over $10,000, being in 
 the hands of the visiting committee since January, 1874. 
 
 It has paid for sick benefits $202,048.00 
 
 To the relief of needy brothers, widows, orphans 
 
 and general charity 32,920.00 
 
 For burying the dead 24,729 . 00 
 
 To the Odd Fellows' Library 12,264.00 
 
 Total $271,961.00 
 
 Its present membership is 365. Its assets are valued at about $47,000. Its 
 one great financial loss was when the people of San Francisco repudiated their 
 obligation to pay for the construction of Montgomery Avenue. Yerba Buena 
 lost $12,000 which had been invested in the bonds. 
 
 The community at large has no adequate appreciation of the mighty influ- 
 ence of Odd Fellowship in its midst, or what would have been the condition of 
 affairs had these Lodges never existed. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Russell, A. C 
 Norcross, Dan'l, p. g. 
 Sennacal, A. S. 
 Collins, C J. 
 Heuston, H. M., p. g. 
 Berresford, James 
 Swain, J. H. 
 
 Langley, W. A. 
 Webb, Sam'l, p. G. 
 McComb, J. J. 
 Millington, James 
 Veirs, J. E. 
 Eadie, T. R , P G. 
 Johnson, Peter 
 
 Wentworth, J. 
 
 Bushee, S. H. 
 Hoag, Geo. C. 
 Gotham, Jas. S. 
 St. John, Ezra 
 Wenbaum, J. A. 
 Burt, Sam'l C 
 Strathren, John 
 H. (the only one left). 
 
 Eldridge, W. 
 Dowd, Philo 
 Cook, W. 
 Iredale, A. S. 
 Mowry, Albert 
 Hvde, E. 
 Holland, J. C 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Akers, Harry. 
 Alexander, Louis Leander, 
 
 p. G. M. 
 
 Anderson, Abraham 
 Anderson, A. Severin 
 Anderson, Chas.Andreas 
 Anderson, Chas. E. 
 Angonnet, Bernard 
 Ayer, Joseph Young 
 Ayres, Willis Henry 
 Anderson, Victor J. 
 Bailey, Alex. Howard 
 Bantel, Chas. Albert 
 Barbieri, Paul 
 Barnard, Isaac D., p. G. 
 Barrett, George Thomas 
 Bazbuke, George Nichols 
 Beadle, Donald. 
 Beal, John Fred. Robert 
 Beard, George 
 Becher, Henry 
 Beresford, John 
 Berglund, Hans 
 Bernhard, Bernard 
 Berry, John 
 Bedwell, Jackson L. 
 Birce, Frank Albert 
 Black, John 
 Boardman, John Hene 
 Bock, William Peter 
 Bond, Frederick Taylor 
 Bonness, Skeffington T. 
 Boyd, David Wilson 
 Boyes, James 
 Boysen, Edward C. 
 Boysen, Earsten Martin 
 
 Bouterious, A. A. 
 Bollo, Frank G. 
 Brooks, David 
 Brooks, James 
 Brorsen, Ole 
 Brott, Wm. Henry 
 Brown, Edmund John 
 Brown, Fred'k Wm. 
 Brown, William Charles 
 Bunting, William Robert 
 Burdick, Joseph Dyer, P.G. 
 Burnell, Wm. Ansel 
 Burroughs, A. L. 
 Burns, Daniel, p. o. 
 Burrell, Walter Scott 
 Bush, Charles Peter 
 Bush, Thos. A. 
 Butler, John 
 Cameron, Angus 
 Carter, Daniel P. 
 Charles, Andrew 
 Chase, George Meader 
 Chase, Thomas W. 
 Chatham, Francis M. 
 Chester, Henry 
 Cheshire, Alfred Dudley, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Chipperfield, A. E. 
 Christian, Caesar 
 Christie, George 
 Church, Thomas Ro- 
 
 dolphus 
 Clifford, U. S. Grant, p. g. 
 Clough, Frank Warren 
 Clougb, John Franklin 
 Clark, Archibald 
 
 Coad, Alfred 
 
 Cogswell, James La Fay- 
 ette 
 
 Coleman, William James 
 
 Coleman, Louis 
 
 Colier, John Monroe 
 
 Collins, Chas. lames, p. G. 
 
 Colter, Edward James 
 
 Conant, George Bancroft 
 
 Conway, Edward Fred'k 
 
 Corbett, Thomas 
 
 Cook, John 
 
 Cook, Napoleon Bona- 
 parte 
 
 Cook, Benj. 
 
 Corner, Charles Wilson, 
 p. G. 
 
 Crane, Douglass B. 
 
 Cross, W. W. 
 
 Crossett, Wm. Irving, p. g. 
 
 Cunard, James 
 
 Cunningham, Samuel St. 
 Clair 
 
 Dale, Martin 
 
 Daly, John Donald 
 
 Davidson, Alonzo 
 
 DeRome, Louis 
 
 DeYoung, Michael Henry 
 
 Dilling, Henry 
 
 Doerr, Phillip 
 
 Dorn , Marcellus Americus 
 
 Dorr, Levi Lewis, p. g. 
 
 Dorsaz, Frederick H. 
 
 Dodge, R. F. 
 
 Drury, William 
 
 Duck, Edward Bates 
 
 Duncan, Benjamin Beatt . 
 Dull, Chas. O. 
 Eary, William Bradford 
 Elmquist, John M. 
 Elliot, Chas. M. 
 Emery, Henry Tilton 
 Evans, George Augustus 
 Ewing, Luther Louis 
 Ferguson, James Piper 
 Fielitz, William 
 Fick, John Frederick 
 Firth, Joseph Bellamy 
 Firth, Joseph Kirk 
 Fisher, David 
 Flitner, Frank W. 
 Foster, Frederick Watson, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Foster, John Albert, p. g. 
 Frank, Anton Henry 
 Fraser, John Peter 
 Frichette, Athenase 
 Frichette, Louis Docitte 
 Fuller, Josiah Parker 
 Gabbe, Albert Stevens 
 
 Isiah 
 Gabbs, Ezekiel Sylvester 
 Gay, Theodore 
 Geddes, Thomas 
 Gilbert, Frederick 
 Gilmore, David 
 Giselman, William 
 Grady, James John 
 Grant, Alfred Nelson 
 Greene, Corydon Bruce 
 Gronberg, Daniel Alarick 
 Gross, John 
 
CHARLES LEWIS PATTON 
 
 Past Grand ok Fahnswokth Lodge No. 95, I. O. O. F. 
 
 We are unable to furnish any personal data about Brother Patton, as he 
 declined to give any. He is so well known, however, we let his letter speak for 
 him. 
 
 CHAS. L. PATTON 
 
 Altorney-at- Law 
 1011-1012 CLA US SPRECKELS BUILDING 
 Market and Third S's. Telephone Ma in 5^08 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 October 6, 1899. 
 George H. Morrison,.P. G. M., I. O. O. F., 
 
 Odd Fellows' Building, City. 
 
 Dear Sir and Brother: Sometime since I received your letter which brought to my 
 mind the general subject-matter of the Golden Jubilee the Odd Fellows are now preparing for 
 and commemorative of the planting of the fraternal seed from an Odd Fellow's point of view 
 in California fifty years ago. 
 
 I am interested in the subject, and now remember that some gentleman called on me 
 several months ago and tried to interest me, but the manner in which he presented the subject 
 had no charms for me, and I therefore declined to have anything to do with it. Your letter 
 runs on different lines ; and it gives me pleasure to show my appreciation of Odd Fellowship 
 during the last fifty years, and, while there is nothing that your Committee can do for me, yet I 
 take pleasure in asking that you accept my check, which is herewith inclosed, for $25. 
 
 Hoping that this may be of service in aiding the good work, and with compliments to each 
 member engaged in preparing for the Jubilee, and with great personal respect, I have the honor 
 to remain, Fraternally yours, 
 
 ^^C^L^/ X /^^/A-t^ 
 
248 
 
 LIVERMORE LODGE NO. 219, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Gresler, Ernest 
 
 Greig, David 
 
 Gunnison, Andrew Jo- 
 seph, p. G. R. 
 
 Hall, Lewis 
 
 Halsted, John Bernard 
 
 Hamilton, Bernard J. 
 
 Hart in a 11, Henry L- 
 
 Harrison, E. G., P. G. 
 
 Harriman, L. E. 
 
 Hastings, William 
 
 Hawthorne, Charles Ralph 
 
 Hayes, Henry Sweet 
 
 Haas, Joseph 
 
 Hayward, Arza Herbert 
 
 Heck, Steven 
 
 Heckel, George 
 
 Hermansen, Herman 
 
 Hey wood, Silas Johnson, 
 p. G. 
 
 Hildebrand, Jacob 
 
 Hill, Jr., John 
 
 Hills, Reuben Wilmarth 
 
 Hines, J. P. 
 
 Hird, Christopher Johnson 
 
 Hobro, William Dobey 
 
 Hobro, Jr., W. D. 
 
 Howe, Charles Albert 
 
 Howe, John Colby 
 
 Hopkins, W. R. 
 
 Hughson, Birney E. 
 
 Hurst, James 
 
 Husteden, William 
 
 Hutton, John 
 
 Ingwersen, Henry 
 
 Ireland, Elvie L. 
 
 Jacobs, Albert 
 
 Jakobs, Frank Christian 
 
 James, Lester Everett, p.g. 
 
 Jamison, Wm. R. 
 
 Jamieson, Jas. A. 
 
 Jansen.P. 
 
 Jeffers, Milo Sydney 
 
 Jeffers, Jr., M. S., p. G. 
 
 Jellison, Benjamin Frank- 
 lin, p. G. 
 
 Jesse, George Robert 
 
 Johnson, Lewis William 
 
 Jones, Pierce 
 
 Jones, John T. 
 
 Jorgensen, Hans Christian 
 
 Kampe , Frederick William 
 
 Kennard, Thomas Wesley 
 
 Keyser, Paul 
 
 Keyston, William Donald 
 
 Kiernan, Phillip 
 
 Kimball, Proctor William 
 
 Knibbs, J. D. 
 
 Knop, Elfert 
 
 Lacey, Robert James 
 
 Larsen, Henry B. 
 
 Lawrence, Daniel M. 
 
 Leibert, John Grant 
 
 Levitsky, David 
 
 Libbing, Henry Herman 
 
 Lile, Francis M. 
 
 Linstrom, John F. 
 
 Liichfield, Joseph Miller 
 
 Lloyd, Reuben Hedley, 
 p. G. M. 
 
 Longley, George Wash- 
 ington, p. G. 
 
 Louderback, Davis, p.g. m. 
 
 Louderback, Lewis Cass, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Lyman, Charles 
 Martin, T. C. 
 Matherson, W. A. 
 Martin, Christian Soberg 
 Martin, James Ross 
 McCall, William 
 McClure, Peter Laughlin 
 McCormick, James 
 McCord, Mark L. 
 McKee, Chas. H. 
 McKeoion, John 
 McMurray, James Dowey 
 McPhun, William, p. G. 
 Mecredy, Thomas Henry 
 Mefret, Xavier, p. g. 
 Melendy, Hiram Bugby 
 Menzel, Alexander Eugene 
 Meredith, James Wash- 
 ington, p. G. 
 Michaelis, Henry Fredrich 
 Mickelson, Benjamin 
 Milestone, William Heb- 
 
 don 
 Miller, Francis Asbury 
 Millington, James 
 Mills, David Josiah 
 Mitchell, John Renton 
 Monrad, Henry 
 Monteverde, Florence E. 
 Moon , Alfred B. 
 Mooney. Frank Alfred 
 Moore, John Henry 
 Moron, Benjamin 
 Morrison, Wm. ff. 
 Mosher, Gilbert Miller 
 Murdock, George Leonard 
 Nash, William Joseph 
 NeedhamJamesBenjamin 
 Nelson, Rasmus 
 Nelson, Sven Peter 
 Nelson, P. Frederick 
 Neunaber, Henry F., p. g. 
 Newell, C. L. 
 
 Nichols, Frederick Charles 
 Northrup, Henry Christian 
 Ohlsen, John A. 
 Ott, John William 
 Otto, Antone Frederick 
 Paton, Charles James 
 Paulsen, Rasmus 
 
 Pendleton, Edwin Street 
 
 Perham, Geo. L., p. g. 
 
 Philbrick, Josiah Bailey 
 
 Pitcher, J. C. 
 
 Poole, Chas. Oscar 
 
 Porcher, John 
 
 Porter, Herbert C. 
 
 Porteus, James 
 
 Pratt, Jesse 
 
 Purdy, Frederic 
 
 Quick, John William 
 
 Quinlin, William Giles 
 
 Randall, Charles 
 
 Raphael, Isaac 
 
 Reed, John S., p.g. 
 
 Reynolds, Abel L. 
 
 Reynolds, Lewis Desolas 
 
 Rich, Obadiah 
 
 Rixon, A. W. 
 
 Roberts, John M. 
 
 Rock, Charles 
 
 Rockwell, Frank 
 
 Root, John William 
 
 Rosewell, Walter Stephen 
 
 Ross, James 
 
 Ross, Thomas Alexander 
 
 Rothganger, F. J. 
 
 Rosland, Oscar 
 
 Russell, George Washing- 
 ton,?. G. 
 
 Russell, Francis R. 
 
 Sampson, Harvey Wash- 
 burn 
 
 Schley, Daniel 
 
 Schloen, John D. 
 
 Schwerin, Jr., Edward, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Secor, Herbert Frank 
 Seitz, Chas. Augustus 
 Short, George Richmond 
 Simpson, William 
 Skerrett, Ebenezer 
 Smith, Robert Miller 
 Smith, George Frederick 
 Smithson, Frederick 
 
 James, p. g. 
 Snivley , David Stotler , p.g. 
 Sparrow, Albert Ravey 
 Spaulding, Andrew 
 Spaulding, Fred. De For- 
 rest 
 Spears, Elbert 
 Spooner, Alden 
 Sproul, Andrew 
 Sresovich, Luke George 
 Stable, Charles August, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Stearns, Victor Joseph 
 Steffens, Diedrich 
 Stein, Max 
 Steller, Louis 
 Stephens, Richard J. 
 Stevens, Calvin Cowan 
 
 Stilley, Henry Gunn 
 Stratton, Schuyler 
 Studley, George Willard 
 Swan, Jabez Smith 
 Swan, Frederic 
 Taber, Charles Wesley, 
 
 P.O. 
 
 Tank, Gustave Adolph 
 Techau, Rudolph Jacob, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Thomas, Frank Edward 
 Thomsen, Henry Amos 
 Thompson, Ira Dent, p.g. 
 Thornburg, F. J. 
 Tietjen, Bernard Henry 
 Tiedemann, Claus 
 Tonningsen, John 
 Totheroh, A. R. 
 Treadwell, John 
 Turn Suden, John H. N 
 Turville, Eli 
 Twing, Frank Sumner 
 Twing, Daniel Harrington 
 Upton, Thomas Bennett, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Venne, Joseph 
 Vickery, Nathan Crosby 
 Vorrath, Carl Christian 
 Wakeman, Earnest H. 
 Walton, Albert G. 
 Walcom, William 
 Watkins, John 
 Wattson, John Armor 
 Wegner, F. W. 
 Welch, Charles Warren 
 Wellington, Benj. Frank- 
 lin, p. G. 
 Wenzelberger, C. W. A., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Wheeland, Samuel 
 
 White, Henry 
 
 White, Peter 
 
 White Robert 
 
 Wiget, Chas. E. 
 
 Williams, A. G. 
 
 Williams, Richard 
 
 Williams, Rowln'd Salis- 
 bury 
 
 Williamson, John Mar- 
 shall 
 
 Wilson, Frederick Green 
 
 Wilson, Chas. 
 
 Wisewell, Charles Arthur, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Woodman, Peter Randall, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Worth, Frank David, p. g. 
 Yanke, Richard Louis 
 Young, John 
 Zollner, Wm. A. 
 Ziutiamon, Abraham 
 
 Livermore Lodge No. 219, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 UVERMORE. 
 
 JjIVERMORE LODGE No. 219, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 23, 1873, 
 by the Grand officers with the following charter members: James Beazell,' 
 P. G.; Peter Hinkley, P. G.; William Gibbons, P. G.; A. A. Overacker, Wm. h! 
 Wright, John T. Campbell, J. H. Myers, R. W. Graham, Arthur St. Clair, Philip 
 Waltenbaugh, Robert McGlashen, of which William Gibbons is the only one that 
 remains in the Lodge, four having gone to the Grand Lodge above and the rest 
 have dropped out. There has been during that time to the present, one hundred 
 and seventy-five members initiated and taken in by card, of which we have at 
 present 80 members, 31 being Past Grands. The total assets are $11,380.02. The 
 present officers are, Geo. E. Furbush, N. G.; Ed. Howard, V. G.; A. G. Beazel, 
 Sec; Geo. Beck, F. Sec; Israel Horton, Treas. 
 
Templar Lodge No. 17, I. O. O. F., San Francisco. 
 
 ^ EMPLAR LODGE was instituted Wednesday, October 22, 1853, at Odd 
 Fellows' Hall. Pursuant to call, the following- petitioners were found 
 present: John Anderson, Samuel Brannan, John M. Coughlin, J. F. Curtis, D. 
 K. Darbyshire, P. B. Dexter, Wm. M. Eddy, Chas. Eigenbrodt, S. R. Gerry, 
 John H. Gihon, George Melius, Julius K. Rose, Solomon A. Sharp and John 
 M. Woollen. After the usual preliminaries, Grand Master Samuel H. Parker 
 installed the following officers: Noble Grand, C. S. Eigenbrodt; Vice Grand, S. A. 
 Sharp; Recording Secretary, John Anderson; Treasurer, Samuel Brannan. 
 
 The early history of Templar Lodge is so closely identified with that of the 
 Order in California, that to recite it here would be but a repetition. The mem- 
 bership, comprising many of the best citizens of San Francisco, men prominent 
 
 T. B. W. I,eland. R. S. N. G. J. M. McQueen, Noble Gaand J. M. Macdermott, h. S. N. G. 
 
 D. A. Hagens, Treasurer C F. O'Neil, Secretary 
 
 in political, commercial and social life, was renowned for its wealth and liberality. 
 These men gave generously for the advancement of the Order, and it is undoubt- 
 edly due to them, and others like them in the old Lodges, that Odd Fellowship 
 in California has such a glorious past. 
 
 During the 46 years of its existence 1,034 men have been admitted to mem- 
 bership, a few of the most prominent being, Samuel Ff. Parker, J. L. Van 
 Bokkelen and Jacob F. Miller, Past Grand Masters of California; E. D. Farns- 
 worth, Past Grand Sire; A. B. Asher, Past Grand Patriarch. Other names not 
 already mentioned are: Isaac Bluxome, W. C. Ralston, Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, 
 Hon. Chas. A. Sumner, George J. Hobe, James D. Bailey, D. J. Staples, J. B. 
 Hammond, Sheldon G. Kellogg, Loring Pickering, Chas. L. Taylor, 50 years 
 a member of the Order; Chas. M. Mason and A. C. Hiester. 
 
 The sum of $184,904 has been expended for relief and charity. This does 
 not include the five years to 1858. The part taken by Templar Lodge in the 
 
250 HANFORD LODGE NO. 264, 1. O. O. F. 
 
 institution of the Order in Germany is so well known that a few items of interest 
 will suffice for this sketch. On the minutes under date of April 20, 1870, is a 
 letter from Grand Sire E. D. Farnsworth thanking the Lodge for a draft of 
 $1,200, to be devoted to the above-mentioned purpose. The Lodge also at other 
 times presented to Wurttemberg Lodge No. 1 and to Templar Lodge No. 4 of 
 Berlin various tokens of remembrance, receiving in return testimonials of their 
 regard for this Lodge and its members. To a member of the Lodge, Frank B. 
 Austin, is due a portion of the credit for the establishment of our Order in Ger- 
 many. While not officially delegated, he yet at his own expense spent several 
 years in the good work, and there is now in the possession of the Lodge letters 
 and resolutions from German brethren, expressive of their great appreciation 
 of his labors. He was also honored by the German Government with the Iron 
 Cross, given only for special merit. 
 
 In 1869 when the representatives from this Coast were trying to induce the 
 Grand Lodge of the United States to meet in San Francisco, one of the main 
 objections offered was the great expense. This fact being telegraphed to Cali- 
 fornia, the Grand Patriarch, in the absence of the Grand Master, at once replied 
 guaranteeing free transportation from Omaha, and that same evening, the matter 
 being brought to the attention of Templar Lodge, a resolution was at once 
 passed agreeing to insure the expenses of the representatives in case they came 
 to San Francisco, to the extent of $10,000. 
 
 In the following September, when the Grand Lodge had assembled at 
 Omaha, ready to take the train, the Union Pacific Railway Company insisted 
 upon payment in advance. The difficulty was telegraphed to San Francisco, and 
 the facts made known to Brother William C. Ralston, of the Bank of California, 
 who was a member of Templar Lodge. After an explanation of the difficulty, 
 and being told that the Odd Fellows of California had guaranteed the expenses, 
 and his own Lodge had pledged $10,000, he at once telegraphed Bro. Harmon 
 authorizing him to draw upon the Bank of California for $10,000, and that after- 
 noon the special train left Omaha. 
 
 The present officers of the Lodge are: H. W. Quitzow, A. P. G. ; John M. 
 McQueen, Noble Grand; J. H. McKnight, Vice Grand; C. F. O'Neil, Secretary; 
 D. A. Hagens, Treasurer; Chas. A. Sumner, Benonia Sarle and Chas. M. Mason, 
 Trustees; B. Sarle, Warden; Wm. Rotrosky, Conductor; George Paton, Inside 
 Guardian; Dr. Thos. B. Leland, R. S. N. G.; J. M. Macdermott, L. S. N. G.; J. J. 
 Young, R. S. V. G.; W. G. Benn, L. S. V. *G.; Guy Shoup, R. S. S.; Chas. A. 
 Anderson, L. S. S.; C. F. A. Langermann, Drill Master. 
 
 Hanford Lodge No. 264, I. O. 0. F. 
 
 Fx ANFORD LODGE No. 264, I. O. O. F., was instituted on August 3, 1877. 
 / The charter members were the following named ten brothers : Jas. C. Goar, 
 Solomon Shoenfeld, Frank E. Belden, B. B. Tinker, John Bruner, Jacob Manasse, 
 A. B. Crowell, Otto Brandt, P. A. Kanawyer and Jas. M. Camp. Of the ten char- 
 ter members, two retain their membership, Jas. M. Camp and P. A. Kanawyer. 
 On July 12, 1887, the Lodge lost all of its records and furniture of Lodge room 
 by fire, hence is unable to give any correct history of the Lodge. The Lodge 
 meets on Saturday evening, except the first. 
 
Magnolia Lodge No. 29, I. O. 0. F. 
 
 (Tj AGNOLIA LODGE No. 29, I.O. O. F., was instituted on Wednesday even- 
 ^^ ing, July 12, 1854, by Bro. Franklin Williams, P. G., officiating as Grand 
 Warden, Philo White as G. S., John Q. Piper as G. T.' H. M. Houston as G. M., 
 and A. S. Iredale as G. G., with the following charter members: Martin White, 
 F. A. Bonnard, Geo. C. Hickox, J. M. Merrill, A. W. Vigoureu, B. C. Austin, 
 Chas. S. Biden, Geo. A. Warren, J. W. Van Zandt, Simon Davis, Jas. Pollock and 
 
 John Deas, 
 Junior Past Grand. 
 
 C J. Rehn, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 John Erickson, 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 Hermann Stern, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 A. G. Forsberg, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Samuel Polack, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 J. K. Phillips, 
 Trustee. 
 
 F- O. Flanders, 
 Trustee. 
 
 Neils Iverson, 
 Trustee. 
 
 John P. Atkinson. None of" the above are at present members of the Lodge, 
 having either changed their residence to other parts, or passed on to join the 
 silent majority. 
 
 Bro. James K. Phillips, P. G., who is at present the oldest in membership 
 in the Lodge, was initiated at its fourth meeting on August 9, 1854, and is still 
 a regular attendant at Lodge meetings, taking an active interest in the work of 
 
252 
 
 MAGNOLIA LODGE NO. 29, I. O. O. F. 
 
 the Lodge and of the Order, as he has been doing " all these years," and hopes 
 to continue for many years to come. 
 
 The membership of the Lodge has fluctuated, gradually increasing to over 
 three hundred, but decreasing during the late years of hard times, and now again 
 on the up grade with a membership of two hundred and thirty-six. During its 
 forty-five years of existence the Lodge has paid out for sick benefits, $57,729; for 
 funeral benefits, $13,847; for relief of widows and orphans, $13,067; for donations, 
 $5,928, making a total of $92,147, not including miscellaneous appropriations of 
 many thousand of dollars for the benevolent work of the Order. 
 
 The membership of the Lodge can look back with satisfaction upon its 
 record in carrying on the beneficent work of the Order, and with congratulation 
 that its present condition augurs well for greater success in the future. To assist in 
 carrying out its laudable work, it invites the co-operation of all who wish to im- 
 
 O. Gustafson, Past Grand 
 
 prove and elevate the character of man. The Lodge has assets, $1,500. The 
 Financial Secretary has occupied his present position for twenty consecutive 
 years. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Adams, Herman 
 Anderson, Andrew 
 Abraham, Gabriel 
 Anderson, Wm. H. 
 Anderson, John 
 Anderson, Charles 
 Andrews, J. R. 
 Auerbach, Alfred 
 Aronson, A. 
 Adler, Wm. 
 Ahlgren, F. 
 Anderson, Aron 
 Anderson, John A. 
 Arimondo, Lorenzo 
 Brotherton, Robert 
 Burt, Samuel, p.g. 
 Blackman, Wm. H. 
 Birkholm, H. H. 
 Bacigalupi, A. L. 
 Bird, Ed.. 
 
 Burness, John, p. g. 
 Burness, Robert D., p. G. 
 Backman, Chas. E. 
 Blandeno, Prank 
 Bielich, Elia 
 Beeler, Chas. R. 
 Cranz, Theo. D. 
 Clark, Jos. E. 
 Cohen, L. 
 Cleary, Robert, p. g. 
 
 Catania, Jos., h. g. 
 Cohen, Sol. 
 Carroll, Jas. 
 Cohen, Wm. 
 Cohen, Jos. 
 Cressorglia, M. 
 Cohen, Phil., p. g. 
 Claussen, J. P. 
 Cohen, Jacob 
 Cohen, Sol. 
 Caro, Simon, p. g. 
 Cohen, S. J. 
 Callendar, H. A. 
 Chandler, R. O., p.g. 
 Cohen, Marks 
 Costich, N. 
 Carroll, M. 
 Canepa, L. A. 
 Christensen, Herman 
 Cohen, David 
 Cuneo, Tomaso 
 Carkon, Oscar 
 Church, J. W. 
 Coleman, Alex. 
 Christensen, P. 
 Cook, George W. 
 Duncan, J. W. 
 Delano, R. T. 
 Dobner, M. 
 Danielson, J. F. 
 
 Dizney, Wm., p.g. 
 Dunlap, Wm., p.g. 
 Deas, John, p.g. 
 Dunn, John S. 
 Duffy, John 
 Dedomenico, D. 
 Delucca, John 
 Danilovich, L. B. 
 Dabovich, G. V. 
 Eiselen, Alfred 
 Erickson, John 
 Evans, Jas. 
 Engelbrekt, Louis 
 Erickson, Chas. E. 
 Ellingson, M. 
 Franklin, Jos. 
 Fishbeck, J. R., p. g. 
 Fishbeck, H. 
 Feig, Benj. 
 Flanders, E. O., p. g. 
 Farrell, J. T. 
 Fledejke, C. A. 
 Ferrari, John 
 Figoni, Luigi 
 Fristrom, Carl 
 Forsberg, A. G. 
 Gyselaar, J. H. 
 Gerity, Andrew 
 Gustafson, O., p.g. 
 George, Walter, p.g. 
 
 Gudelj, George 
 Gustafson, Carl H. 
 Gribble, Wm. A. 
 Holzheiser, P. 
 Hill, C. C. 
 Helms von, J. 
 Hinrichs, Aug. 
 Hart, Phil., p.g. 
 Harris, Herman 
 Holm, A. L. 
 Hallin, C. P. 
 Hansen, J. Emil 
 Hughes, John P. 
 Hedrick, Harvey F., p.g. 
 Hill. Charles 
 Holen, Iver 
 Isaacs, Morris, p.g. 
 Isaacs, Harris 
 Iverson, Neils, p.g. 
 Isberg, M. P. 
 Jacoby, .lacob 
 Jensen, Jacob 
 Jacoby, Julius H. 
 Jacobs, Hyman S. 
 Johnson, J. H. 
 Jones, J. T. 
 Joyce, F. B., p.g. 
 Johanson, Johan P. 
 Jordan, Alfred V. 
 Johnson, Chas. G. 
 
EAST SIDE LODGE NO. 325, I. O. O. F. 
 
 253 
 
 Johnson, Peter 
 Kohn, Henry 
 Kimball, T. D. 
 Kalisky, S. 
 Kronqulst, M. 
 Konzelmann, A. 
 Kaskel, Jacob 
 Kukaviza, John, p. g. 
 Kidston, Wm. 
 Lipman, Henry, p. G. 
 Larson, Lars 
 Little, Wm. H. 
 Larson, Lauretz 
 Lorentzen, A. P. 
 Levy, Jacob 
 Lewis, Herman 
 Levy, Isaac 
 Lowrie, John 
 Leipsic, Jos. 
 Lipp, C. E. 
 Lospada, Gio. 
 Luck, Stephen T. 
 Larsen, Alfred T. M. 
 Lichtenberg, John 
 Larsen, John 
 Lindstrom, Wm. 
 Meyer, Louis 
 Marks, Isaac 
 Menke. August 
 
 McCluer, Wm., p. g. 
 Madison, B. H. 
 Moller, Jacob J. 
 Micheal, Sal. 
 Meyer, Benj. 
 Micheal, Gus. 
 Mendel, Louis 
 Murrmann, P. C. 
 McCord, E. B. 
 Moller, P. J. 
 Mish, S. G., P.G. 
 Madsen, Mads. J. 
 Mitchell, Jos. H. 
 Mitchell, Sam. J., P.G. 
 Mellin, Chas. 
 Mosher, Ferdinand 
 Miller, Hans M. 
 Mandish, Christ 
 Moss, E. R. 
 
 Mather, Squire R., p. g. 
 Neilsen, Peter 
 Neilsen, Peter 
 Nylander, G. A. 
 Oliva, Jos. 
 Olsen, O. P. 
 Phillips, J. K., p.g. 
 Perata, Bernard 
 Putzman, H. A. 
 Peck, Louis 
 
 D. A. HAGENS, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Hagens was born and educated in Bremen, 
 Germany. He came to California in 1893. He was 
 initiated in Templar Lodge No. 17, December, 1897; 
 in 1898 he succeeded his father-in-law, C. F. A. 
 Langermann, as Noble Grand, who had served 
 three terms in that office. In April, 1899. he was 
 elected Treasurer of Templar Lodge, which office 
 he now holds; is at present a Grand Lodge repre- 
 sentative. He is an active and enthusiastic mem- 
 ber of the Order. Brother Hagens is the cashier of 
 the well-known insurance firm of Gutte & Frank, 
 Pacific Coast managers of the Magdeburg Fire In- 
 surance Co. of Magdeburg, Germany, and Magde- 
 burg Fire Insurance Co. of New York. 
 
 Polack, Samuel, p. G 
 Peterson, Thomas 
 Pearce, J. F., p. g. 
 Phoedorius, Wm 
 Podesta, G. 
 Perata, Frank 
 Pitto, G. L. 
 Palmgren, P. 
 Pingitore, Fillipo 
 Rapheal, Morris 
 Reinstein, Oscar 
 Rademaker, J. M. 
 Rosenthal, M., p.g. 
 Roth, Bernhard 
 Raggio, David 
 Radulovich, M. 
 Rasmussen, Chas. 
 Radonich, Gligo 
 Radonich, Spiro 
 Radanovich, John 
 Rehn, Carl Johan 
 Radonich, Milan 
 Strasser, Leo, p. g. 
 Stern, Hermann, p.g. 
 Shilling, Jos. 
 Stalder, Jos., Jr., p.g 
 Salomon, Mor. 
 Schuler, J. F. A. 
 Sheyer, S. 
 
 Schou, P. J. 
 Stoltenberg, Wm. 
 Smith, H. J., p.g. 
 G. Smith, George W. 
 
 Sterling, Jos., p.g. 
 Schoenfeld, Adolph 
 Samboseto, Antonio 
 Sutherland, Robt. L., P 
 Terkelson, L. 
 Thompson, H. A. 
 Thompson, Thos. 
 Tershuren, G. F. 
 Thompson, Jorgen 
 Thompson, David, p. g. 
 Terzovich, S. M. 
 Troibert, August 
 Versalovich, A. 
 Varnhagen, S. 
 Vukasinovich, B. 
 Weintraub, Sam., p. G. 
 Wilhelms, John 
 Waters, H. B., p.g. 
 Wiegand, Louis 
 Welham, George 
 Westphal, L. 
 Wonne, Emil 
 Williams, Wm., p.g. 
 Zissig, Chas. 
 Zobel, Jacob, p. g. 
 
 Photo By Boy.' & Habernicht. 
 
 CYRUS F. O'NEIL 
 
 Cyrus F. O'Neil, a native of Marysvllle, Cali- 
 fornia, joined Templar Lodge No. 17, Sept. 4, 
 1889; Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. 215, May 11, 1896; 
 Oriental Encampment No. 57, May 6, 1899. 
 
 He was Noble Grand of Templar Lodge in 1891, 
 and Secretary from January 1, 1894, to the pres- 
 ent time; Secretary of the Odd Fellows' Hall As- 
 sociation of San Francisco since March, 1895; 
 Representative to the Grand Lodge for the first 
 time in 1892, and an attendant at every session 
 since, either as a Representative or Past Grand. 
 
 East Side Lodge No. 325, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 CAST SIDE LODGE No. 325, I. O. O. F., was instituted by Chas. E. Sault, 
 D. D. G. M., on January 30, 1896, with 13 charter members, four of whom 
 still remain, G. W. Stockwell, P. G. M. ; D. D. Morton, Chas. Wickman and S. D. 
 Speai\ The number of membership July 1, 1899, was 80. The Lodge is in good 
 financial condition, and looks after the sick visiting brothers who are taken sick 
 east of the river. The Lodge has been honored by furnishing one Grand Master, 
 G. W. Stockwell. The Lodge has paid for relief to its members since organiza- 
 tion $5,694.49. The officers for this term are: Dr. F. W. Steddom, N. G.; Dr. 
 R. C. Dunday, V. G.; D. D. Morton, R. S.; G. W. Stockwell, F. S.; O. L. Rob- 
 ertson, Treas. 
 
Petaluma Lodge No. 30, I. O. O. F., Petaluma. 
 
 "Tr)ECOGNIZING the grand principles upon which the Independent Order 
 ^ \ of Odd Fellows was founded, appreciating its beneficent effect upon its great 
 and growing membership, and the moral and social influence it wielded in all 
 communities where the seeds of Friendship, Love and Truth had been planted 
 by this Order, these sturdy pioneers on September 30, A. D. 1854, presented 
 themselves as petitioners for the institution of Petaluma Lodge No. 30, I. O. 
 O. F., and whose personnel immediately stamped it with the seal of stability, 
 and indicated a pure and lofty purpose such as always characterized our Order, 
 and the good and useful lives they lived: S. A. Haydon, Daniel McLaren, Wm. 
 Ayers, T. McMurray, Stephen Payran, E. S. McMurray, A. Purvine and Silas 
 M. Martin. 
 
 F. H. Myers, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 Charles H. Wilson, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 Bro. P. R. Dexter officiated as the Grand instituting officer, whose duty 
 having been performed, the embryo Lodge proceeded to set in motion the wheels 
 of a Lodge whose history shows a record excelled by few, by electing the follow- 
 ing officers, the luster of which honor thus bestowed upon them — though they 
 have all since passed away — grows prouder as the years roll on: Daniel Mc- 
 Laren, Noble Grand; S. A. Haydon, Vice Grand; Silas M. Martin, Recording 
 Secretary, and Wm. Ayers, Treasurer. Clothed with the authority now thus 
 vested in him, N. G. Bro. Daniel McLaren appointed the following auxiliary 
 officers, which formed the nucleus that gathered so much and dispensed much 
 more: T. McMurray, Warden; Stepen Payran, Conductor: A. S. Purvine, R. S. 
 N. G., and E. S. McMurray, O. S. G. 
 
 At the first regular meeting thereafter to present themselves for admission 
 
PETALUMA LODGE NO. 30, I. O. O. F. 255 
 
 into the new Lodge we find the names of such men as P. H. Newbill, Smith D. 
 Towne, H. Bassett, R. A. Tyler, Archibald Goodwin and I. G. Wickersham, 
 all of whom were elected, and whose names are inseparably connected with the 
 early history of Sonoma County, and whose memory will always be kept green 
 by this lasting monument builded by the energy of their younger years in early 
 days. Since then Petaluma Lodge has known but one motto, and that is " For- 
 ward;" yet never failing in this onward march to minister tenderly to the wants 
 of her distressed brethren by the wayside. 
 
 Fraternity and mutual relief were first practiced by this Lodge in the old 
 historic " Phcenix Block" on Main Street, Petaluma; then, as matters seemed 
 going well, new and better quarters were found in the Whitney Building on the 
 corner of Main Street and Western Avenue, where also a public library and read- 
 ing rooms were conducted by the Lodge, which afterwards passed to the city, and 
 developed the present splendid Free Public Library. 
 
 In the year 1869 the tide of thrift within the Lodge seeming to know no 
 ebb, the idea of directing an effort towards the erection of an Odd Fellows' 
 Building was conceived, and the site on which it is at present domiciled was 
 purchased from Hon. A. P. Overton at a cost of $4,500. The Lodge then pro- 
 ceeded to plan the erection of the three-story building it now occupies, the corner 
 stone of which was laid on July 18, 1871, with impressive ceremony. Bro. A. N. 
 Fox, of San Francisco, officiating, and the building finally dedicated on Novem- 
 ber 14, 1877. The total cost of building and site being about $22,000 for which a 
 debt of some $10,000 was contracted. All of which has at this time been fully 
 liquidated, and a cash balance is on hand. 
 
 In these years the Lodge has also purchased a plot of ample proportions in 
 " Cypress Hill " Cemetery, where the remains of our departed brothers, J. S. 
 Cutter, S. Bills, A. Evans, D. Sullivan, L. Widdoes, A. Hitchcock, J. Blume, W. 
 Leffenwell, J. W. Kamuffmann, J. Nay lor, D. G. Lonergan and E. Rowlson, now 
 rest, at a cost of $1,500, and thus it now appraises its assets at over $30,000. 
 
 The financial operations of the Lodge at the present time are not uninter- 
 esting. Having a membership of 240, and drawing a good revenue regularly from 
 its investments. It has a yearly income of about $4,500, and distributes an- 
 nually some $3,000 among its members for sick benefits alone. The regular dues 
 from members being $12 per year, it will be seen that every dollar at present con- 
 tributed by the members, finds its way back to them in the time of need, in the 
 form of sick benefits. A condition that must certainly be far beyond the hopes 
 of our early builders, among whom yet living, it is a pleasure to mention, Bros. 
 Abraham W r ard, who became a member on September 8, 1855; Wm. Zastman, 
 who dates his membership December 29, 1855, and LeGrand Ellsworth, who has 
 held the purse-strings of the Lodge for thirty consecutive years. 
 
 In this Golden Jubilee year, marking the fiftieth anniversary of our Order's 
 existence in California, the officers of this Lodge entrusted with the duty of bear- 
 ing the banner of Odd Fellowship where it has always been, and where we trust 
 it will ever remain — at the head of all fraternal societies in our city — are: R. H. 
 Campbell, N. G.; M. L. Freeman, V. G.; Chas. H. Wilson, R. S.; F. H. Myers, 
 F. S.; LeGrand Ellsworth, Treas.; W. H. Darden, Warden; Geo. P. Lovejoy, 
 Conductor; E. E. Drees, R. S. N. G.; D. G. Neil, L. S. N. G.; Carl Plow, R. S. 
 V. G.; A. Sherman, L. S. V. G.; J. F. Walsh, R. S. S.; A. Sherman, Jr., L. S. S.; 
 B. Clark, O. G. ; Jas. McFadden, I. G., and Wm. F. Farrell, Chaplain. 
 
Columbia Lodge No. 40, I. O. O. F., Alameda. 
 
 TN pursuance of a call in the Argus and Encinal, daily papers of the City of Ala- 
 meda, a number of Odd Fellows and others interested, residing in Alameda, 
 met in Odd Fellows' Hall on the evening of December 3, 1892. The meeting 
 was called to order at 8:15 p. m. when Bro. F. K. Krauth, P. G. of Encinal 
 Lodge No. 164 was elected President and J. H. Applegate, P. G. of San Fran- 
 cisco Lodge No. 3, Secretary. A brief statement of the objects of the meeting 
 was made by the President, after which the petition for a charter was placed on 
 the Secretary's desk for the signature of those desirous of becoming members. 
 Thus the first preliminary steps were taken towards the organizing and perfect- 
 ing of a full-fledged Lodge of Odd Fellows. This was continued from time to 
 
 L. E. Fleischman, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 Geo. T. Morris, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 time by adjourned meetings up to the 17th day of February, 1893. After due 
 consideration " Columbia " No. 40 was unanimously adopted as the name and 
 number for the new Lodge. 
 
 The institution of a Lodge in any of the fraternal orders is always an event 
 of much importance. In the society of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 an exception is not made. This was evident on Saturday evening, February 18, 
 1893, in Odd Fellows' Hall, when Columbia Lodge No. 40 was instituted in 
 ample form. And the new bark of Odd Fellowship thus launched was sent on 
 to its future destiny. It was an occasion of remarkable impressiveness and 
 the glamour of it all will probably never be forgotten. The hall was crowded to 
 its fullest capacity. The occasion was as impressive to those who had already 
 been made acquainted with the mysteries of the Order as to those who were for 
 the first time within a Lodge of Odd Fellows. Grand Master Geo. W. Stockwell 
 
COLUMBIA LODGE NO. 40, I. O. O. F. 
 
 257 
 
 came all the way from Los Angeles to institute the new Lodge, and was ably 
 assisted by the grand officers of the Grand Lodge of California. This impressive 
 ceremony was followed by the nomination, election and installation of the first 
 officers of Columbia Lodge No. 40. 
 
 Those chosen for the honor were: Past Grand, C. H. Wever; Noble Grand, 
 L. W. S. Downs; Vice Grand, F. H. Gilbert; Secretary, J. H. Applegate; Treas- 
 urer, P. A. Dean; Supporters to the Noble Grand, F. P. Sumner and H. K. 
 Field; Supporters to the Vice Grand E. B. Renshaw and T. W. Leydecker; 
 Scene supporters, F. J. Fackrell and C. W. Coffin; Conductor, L. H. Werson; 
 Warden, W. D. Ayers; Chaplain, F. R. Morton; Inside Guard, S. B. Pierce; 
 Outside Guard, Geo. W. Caswell. The installing ceremony being performed by 
 District Deputy Grand Master Bull. 
 
 The charter list of the new Lodge closed with the following, consisting of 
 members of the Order who had belonged to various Lodges throughout the 
 country, but who having their homes in Alameda desired to have a Lodge of 
 their own : J. Henry Applegate, W. D. Ayers, G. A. Blank, Jas. Bowcher, C. W. 
 Coffin, G. W. Caswell, A. F. A. Classen, L. W. S. Downs, P. A. Dean, F. J. 
 Fackrell, H. K. Field, F. H. Gilbert, J. M. Gillmore, W. J. Hinds, A. Koerber, 
 T. W. Leydecker, F. R. Morton, E. R. Miles, C. S. Nathan, S. B. Pierce, E. B. 
 Renshaw, F. P. Sumner, D. J. Sullivan, Geo. J. Stoll, C. H. Wever, L. H. Wer- 
 son and H. P. Wichman. 
 
 Columbia Lodge launched out with bright prospects before it. Twenty- 
 seven candidates were elected and taken through the initiatory degree on the 
 evening of its institution. The honors being conferred by Encinal Lodge No. 
 164 of this city. It has made steady progress up to this time, its present mem- 
 bership numbering 74. Of this number there are 18 Past Grands. 
 
 The following constitutes the officers and members of Columbia Lodge: 
 
 Munro, J. A., P. G. 
 Caswell, G. W, N.G. 
 Goldstone, Jno., V. G. 
 Fleischman, L. E., R. Sec. 
 Morris, Geo. T., Fin. Sec. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Mehrtens, H. G., Treas. 
 Downs, L. W. S., Warden 
 Burns, A. G., Conductor 
 Jenkin, W. R., Inside G. 
 Runge, O., Outside G. 
 
 Torson, J. A., R. S. to N.G. 
 Young, E., L. S. to N.G. 
 Fischer, A. V., R.S.toV.G. 
 White, A. D., L.S.to V. G. 
 Pearce, W. D., R.S. S. 
 
 Coffin, C W., L. S.S. 
 Harry, J. R., Chaplain 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Anderson, T. 
 Boweher, Jas. 
 Bolton, J. T. 
 Bigler, J. R. 
 Baird, J. V. 
 Classen, A. F. A. 
 Caswell, G. W. 
 Dorman, W. 
 Dean, P. A. 
 Daniells, T. G. 
 Danheim, W. 
 Davis, E. C. 
 Daniel, J. 
 Emmons, G. W. 
 
 Field, H. K. 
 Fischer, A. V. 
 Fackrell, F. J. 
 Frost, T. P. 
 Fischer, L. F. 
 Swithinbank, Chas. 
 Goldstone, Jno. 
 Huyck, Chas. 
 Hoeck, Jacob 
 Jenkin, W. R. 
 Koerber, A. 
 Krickaw, A. T. 
 Leydecker, T. W. 
 Messick, S. P. 
 
 Miller, C. L. 
 Mandler, F. 
 Martinoni, P. Jr. 
 Nathan, C. S. 
 Runge, O. 
 Schneider, Geo. 
 Stoll, G. E. 
 Stoll, G. J. 
 Victors, A. 
 Wirbser, F. 
 Wichman, H. P. 
 Ullmar, G. F. 
 Young, E. 
 Morris, G. T. 
 
 Riley, J. A. 
 James, W. 
 White, A. D. 
 Hughes, W. R. 
 Haynes, W. K. 
 Wittich.J. H. 
 Ansell, F. R. 
 Koerber, A. H. W. 
 Bussenius, A. G. 
 Burns, A. G. 
 Hinds, H. H. 
 Hendry, J. D. 
 Cone, F. C. 
 
 PAST GRANDS. 
 
 Brow, F. E. 
 Coffin, C. W. 
 Downs, L. W. S. 
 Fischer, F. P. 
 Fleischman, I,. E. 
 
 Gilbert, F. H. 
 Hinds, W. J. 
 Keys, E. M. 
 Mehrtens, H. G. 
 Marshall, E. L. 
 
 Morton, F. R. 
 Sullivan, D. J. 
 Wever, C. H. 
 Werson, L. H. 
 Harry, J. R. 
 
 Torson, J. A. 
 Young, J. W. 
 Munro, J. A. 
 Pearce, W. D. 
 
 Applegate, T- H. 
 
 THOSE DECEASED SINCE INSTITUTION. 
 Hutton, E. L. Renshaw, E. B. Pierce, S. B. 
 
Cosumnes Lodge No. 63, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 (JXOSUMNES LODGE No. 63, I. O. O. F. ( was instituted on the 4th day of 
 ^^ December, A. D. 1856, and the 37th year of the Order in North America, 
 by D. D. G. M. David Kendall, assisted by P. G. Edward E. Hunter, of 
 Eureka Lodge No. 4 of Sacramento, acting as Grand Warden; P. G. Daniel Mc- 
 Laren, of Sacramento Lodge No. 2, as Grand Secretary; Bro. B. Kizmusky, of 
 Granite Lodge No. 62, as Grand Treasurer; P. G. C. C. Hayden, of Sacramento 
 Lodge No. 2, as Grand Marshal, and Bro. James E. Clark, of Granite Lodge No. 
 62, acting as Grand Guardian. The charter members were the following named 
 brothers, residing at Michigan Bar, Sacramento County, California: Peter J. 
 Wethers, E. S. Potter, Thomas J. Barns, William Gilland and John I. Hanks. 
 None of the charter members retain their membership in the Lodge, and as far 
 as can be ascertained, they — with thousands of the grand old pioneer Odd Fel- 
 lows of California — having borne well their part in the stormy scenes of life, have 
 passed to their silent rest in the gave, and to their reward. 
 
 On the 28th day of January, A. D. 1865, in compliance with a petition signed 
 by the members of the Lodge, which at that time numbered sixteen members, J. J. 
 A. McClelland, Grand Master of the jurisdiction of California and Nevada, 
 granted by dispensation unto the officers and members of said Lodge the priv- 
 ilege of removing the charter, books and all the paraphernalia of the Lodge from 
 the Town of Michigan Bar to the Town of Latrobe, in El Dorado County, where 
 the members still continue to meet in regular session once a week. The Lodge 
 has forty-six members in good standing, and $600 in the treasury. 
 
 Encinal Lodge No. 164, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 ^NCINAL LODGE No. 164, I. O. O. F., was instituted on Monday evening, 
 August 14, 1869, with the following fourteen charter members: Nathan 
 Porter, Eustace Trenor, James McGowan, Jabish Clement, Jacob A. Hall, Joel 
 Kay, Henry Schlotterbeck, J. J. Markham, Chas. Wood, Wm. K. Jaquith, N. H. 
 Wunnenbery, Henry H. Haight, Fritz Boehmer and John Durein. Of these 
 fourteen charter member, two, Fritz Boehmer and Jacob A. Hall, still retain their 
 membership. 
 
 By an early and wise investment in real estate, the Lodge has secured a 
 home free of all incumbrance, and worth nearly twenty-five thousand dollars. 
 For sick benefits, funeral benefits and relief, the Lodge has spent during its ex- 
 istence nearly twenty-five thousand dollars. 
 
 Its present list of members, ninety-five, is as follows: 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Allen, Jerome Augustus 
 Anderson, Peter 
 Beckmann, J. N. 
 Bensemar, Geo. A. 
 Bevan, E. J. 
 Biss, C. W. 
 Boehmer, Fritz 
 Bryan, E. H. 
 Clement, W. B. 
 Chris tensen, P. 
 Combs, B. E. 
 Combs, Geo. W. 
 Dambacher, A. E. 
 Damon, Chas. W. 
 Eickhoff, J. H. 
 Ellsworth, Jno. 
 Esterby. R. G. 
 Ferris, J. R. 
 Finely, C.J. S. 
 Firchammer, J. H. 
 Fischer, C. F. 
 Fisher, W. J. 
 F'isher, B. L. 
 Fletcher, I. D. 
 
 Fletcher, W. O. 
 Fletcher, T. W. 
 Fowler, Jas. 
 Fox, P. R. 
 Frodden.V. M. 
 Gott, R. N. 
 Graham, F. E. 
 Griffiths, L. B. 
 Hall, Jacob A. 
 Ham, C. H. 
 Hammond, C. J. 
 Hammond, C. J., Jr. 
 Hammond, H. M. 
 Hauch, H. C. 
 Hickman, Geo. 
 Higby, Wm. 
 Hille, Wm. 
 Hundrup, J. P. 
 Hutchison, J. W. 
 Ives, J . F. 
 Jensen, Geo. C. 
 Johnson, C. O. 
 Kneppler, G. G. 
 Knowles, Wm. 
 
 Kress, S. B. 
 Lamborn, B. F. 
 Lange, W. A. C. 
 Lanktree, J. B. 
 Lassen, H. C. 
 Larkin, Jno. 
 Lewis, G. L. 
 Linton, Thos. 
 Lindon, O. S. 
 Logan, W. E. 
 Lubbock, C. H. 
 Martin, D. W. 
 Maybee, H. N. 
 Metzger, C. L. 
 Moflatt. Joseph 
 McGowan, J. A. 
 Nelson, Jas. 
 Nelson, Peter 
 Newell, Geo. F. 
 Nicolson, Wm. 
 Paysen, F. W. 
 Peck, M. W. 
 Priestley, F. H. 
 Randlett, E. A. 
 
 Redding, Geo. S. 
 Robinson, L. S. 
 Russell, Harley 
 Sath, J. F. 
 Schmidt, Henry 
 Sherman, S. 
 Simon, Ernest G. 
 Simon, Edward J. 
 Simon, Lucien 
 Stidham, L. W. 
 Stratford, H. J. 
 Stratton, W. C. 
 Strauss, N. 
 Sturtevant, Geo. 
 Sutherland, G. M. 
 True, C. F. 
 Vollmar, A. G. 
 Vollmar, W. G. 
 Wendeland, A. G. 
 Westphal, O. F. 
 Wharton, Arthur 
 Whiting, F. J. 
 
Bay City Lodge No. 71, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 B 
 
 AY CITY LODGE No. 71, I. O. O. F., was insti- 
 tued September 4, 1857, by H. L. Van Bokkelen, 
 D. D. G. M., officiating- as Grand Master. The officers 
 elected upon the night of institution were : Noble Grand, 
 N. Myer, the only living charter member; Vice Grand, 
 M. Sporborg; Secretary, D. Samuels; Treasurer, D. 
 Lindaner. The present officers are: Noble Grand, 
 Samuel Meyer; Vice Grand, Louis Jonas; Recording 
 Secretary, Theodore Steiner; Financial Secretary, Jonas 
 Elsasser; Treasurer, Albert Steiner. 
 Theodore Steiner has occupied the position of Recording Secretary continu- 
 ously since July 1, 1892; Brother Elsasser has been Financial Secretary since July 
 1, 1883, and Albert Steiner has been Treasurer since July 1, 1886. The Trustees 
 
 N. Meyer, 
 The only living Charter Member 
 
 A. Steiner, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 S. Meyer, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 T. Steiner, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 J. Elsasser, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 are: M. Goldman, T. Ellam and I. Wehle. The present membership of the Lodge 
 is 231, and on its roll are st)me of the oldest merchants and professional men in 
 the city. Within the last few months this Lodge has added to its membership a 
 large number of unusually bright young men. The Lodge was never in a more 
 prosperous condition than' at the present time. This Lodge owns considerable 
 San Francisco Odd Fellows' Hall stock and real estate which brings in quite a 
 revenue. 
 
 The presiding officers of this Lodge, under a law of the Lodge, are changed 
 semi-annually, the other officers have been for years reelected. Bay City Lodge 
 
BAY CITY LODGE NO. 71, I. O. O. F. 
 
 261 
 
 was one of the Lodges that aided materially in carrying- the banner of Odd Fel- 
 lowship to Germany, donating a sum of money for that purpose. There is a 
 peculiar atmosphere existing in this Lodge, in that they do not confine themselves 
 simply to the giving of weekly benefits, but when a brother is in distress they 
 relieve his condition by voting a sum of money necessary for that purpose, and 
 the Lodge has at times gone so far as to advance money to help a brother to start 
 in business, taking the ground that to help one to help himself is the best rule. 
 They do their own financial thinking in this respect, even though it differs 
 from the beaten path. Moses Greenebaum, Past Grand, who occupied for a num- 
 ber of years the position of Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of California, 
 is a member of this Lodge, and his portrait is herewith presented. Brother Jacob 
 
 MosES Gkeenebaum. 
 
 Brother Greenebaum is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1833. He came to the United States 
 in 1847 and to California five years afterwards. In 1856 he was initiated in Eureka Lodge No. 4, Sacramento, 
 and not long afterwards became a member of Pacific Encampment No. 2. He occupied the principal Chair 
 in Eureka Lodge in 1861, and during the same year was made High Priest in Pacific Encampment. Two years 
 later he moved to San Francisco and joined Bay City Lodge and Wildey Encampment. Brother Greenebaum 
 served as District Deputy Grand Patriarch under Grand Patriarch Ascher in 1866-67. He was a member of 
 the first Board of Directors of the Veteran Odd Fellows of San Francisco and President of the Association in 
 1895. For fifteen years he served as Director in the Odd Fellows' Hall Association, most of the time as its 
 Treasurer. He was elected Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of California in 1895 in which office he served 
 till 1898, when he declined further services in that office. Brother Greenebaum has always been an active 
 and earnest worker in both Lodge and Encampment, where he has done a great deal to place the Order in its 
 present enviable position. 
 
 Greenebaum is also a member of this Lodge, and we present an illustration of 
 this brother, also in connection with the Lodge. 
 
 This Lodge is entitled to the disinction of having fed more soldiers 
 than any other Lodge in California, and it is safe to say that it has filled 
 the hearts of more soldier Odd Fellows with joy and good cheer than 
 
BAY CITY LODGE NO. 71, I. O. O. F. 263 
 
 all the Lodges in the State combined. When the President of the United 
 States first called for volunteers, and while responses were coming from all 
 over our great country, Idaho, in common with all the other States, was 
 doing her share towards answering the call. Brother D. L. Badley, a Past Grand 
 Master and Past Grand Representative, was one of the Odd Fellows who re- 
 sponded to the call, and with other Odd Fellows who had enlisted reached San 
 Francisco May 22, 1898, en route to Manila. Some of the Bay City brothers 
 were on the lookout for the soldiers as they came in to the Bay of San Francisco, 
 and it so happened that Brother Jacob Greenebaum, Past Grand, was on the 
 wharf when the Idaho brothers disembarked, and Brother Greenebaum, grasping 
 the hand of Brother Badley, who, aside from the signs peculiar to Odd Fellow- 
 ship, was a stranger to him, said : " My brother, as an Odd Fellow, I welcome 
 you to the City of San Francisco. My Lodge, Bay City No. 71, meets Tuesday 
 
 Jacob Greenebaum, Past Grand. 
 
 Jacob Greenebaum, Past (Jrand, Bay City Lodge, was born in Germany May 28, 1831. He was initiated 
 into El Dorado Lodge No. 8, 1. O. O. F. , Sacramento in 1852. Joined Bay City Lodge by card in 1 862, and has been a 
 member of the Order forty-seven years and of Bay City Lodge thirty-seven years. He arrived in the United 
 States in 1847. He is a genial, whole-hearted Odd Fellow, and a prominent citizen. 
 
 Brother Greenebaum is Vice-President of Temple Emanu-El and trustee for thirty-six years. He was 
 the first Grand President of the I. O. B. B., and a member of the Court of Appeals of this Order. As one of 
 the founders of the free religious school, this brother has performed a service both to Judaism and charity. 
 
 night, come up and see us." Brother Badley responded, " I will." He did. 
 Others went with him. Speeches were made, the warm grasp of the hand was 
 interchanged, and these Idaho brothers, with their homes and loved ones behind 
 them, found homes and friends in the City of San Francisco, and Bay City Lodge 
 was the channel of intercommunication. 
 
 Brother A. Steiner, the wit and humorist of Bay City, seriously set himself 
 to work in getting up an entertainment for all soldier Odd Fellows that might 
 be in San Francisco, and the Idaho boys in particular. It was generally whis- 
 pered about that there would be a Godspeed meeting on May 31, 1898, in the 
 Lodge room of Bay City, for the purpose of wishing the boys good luck as they 
 passed out of the Golden Gate. The large and elegant Lodge room and banquet 
 room were filled with hundreds of Odd Fellows, eloquent and patriotic speeches 
 were made, good fellowship reigned, heart mingled with heart amid the pleasant 
 
264 
 
 BAY CITY LODGE NO. 71, I. O. O. F. 
 
 surroundings, and the illustration herewith presented shows a flash-light picture 
 while the brothers were around the banquet board. Later on when the war had 
 closed and the boys were returning to their homes they stopped in San Francisco, 
 and Bay City extended to them such a welcome as perhaps was never before 
 extended to either soldiers or civilians September 12, 1899, in the fair and hos- 
 pitable City of San Francisco. Speeches were again made by distinguished mem- 
 bers of the Order. Brother Badley gave reminiscences and told about Odd Fel- 
 lowship in the army. A banquet was spread, and along in the small hours of the 
 morning the brothers dispersed to think over the pleasant hours spent with the 
 brothers of this good old Lodge. 
 
 Albert Steineb. 
 
 A gavel was presented to the Lodge by Chaplain Stephenson of the Idaho 
 Regiment, made from wood of a Spanish garrote, the terrible weapon of death and 
 destruction used for decapitating offenders. Brother Badley presented the Lodge 
 with a handsome medal, the official badge of the Odd Fellows' Association of 
 Manila, made of pure silver, especially for Bay City Lodge. Brother Steiner, 
 the master of ceremonies, received these gifts, and, in behalf of the Lodge, ten- 
 dered thanks. The illustration herewith published shows the soldier members 
 of the Order of the Idaho Regiment, being received on their return from Manila 
 by Bay City Lodge. A most eloquent reception speech was made by Brother 
 Wise of Bay City Lodge. 
 
Olive Lodge No. 81, I. O. O. F., Dutch Flat. 
 
 OLIVE LODGE No. 81, I. O. O. F., of Dutch Flat, County of Placer, State 
 ^-^ of California, was instituted December 8, 1858. The charter members were: 
 H. S. Wooster, S. G. Steele, Solomon Williams, N. W. Blanchard, P. C. Craig, 
 L. Gross and B. F. Moore. Only one living, Bro. N. W. Blanchard, who is a 
 member of the Lodge at Santa Paula, California. The Lodge was instituted by 
 D. D. Grand Master N. R. D. Traphagen, J. L. Van Bokkelen, Grand Master. 
 Several brothers being present from Brooklyn No. 46 of You Bet. The first 
 Noble Grand being Bro. N. W. Blanchard, who is now a member of the Lodge 
 at Santa Paula, California. Bros. Williams and Moore retained their member- 
 ship until their decease; the others withdrew. Bro. H. H. Hudepohl was ad- 
 mitted at its first meeting, and was Treasurer from i860 until his death in 1896, 
 about 35 years, and probably one of the longest terms in the State in that office. 
 Bro. Allen Towle was also admitted at the first meeting, and retained member- 
 ship until his death in 1897. Both of them being A. O. F. ; also the charter mem- 
 bers. 
 
 The financial success in its early years was due in a great measure \p Bro. 
 Blanchard. Since he withdrew, then Bros. J. H. Boke and Allen Towle managed 
 its finances, until Bro. Boke removed to Napa, California, now a member of 
 Napa Lodge, and Bro. Towle removed to Towles, and for about 20 years the 
 finances have been ably managed by Bro. William Nicholls, Jr., and the other 
 members of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 Only one loss of about $900 through the failure of the Odd Fellows' Savings 
 Bank of Sacramento, California. None through the fault or carelessness of 
 any of its officers. The Lodge showed a steady increase in members and 
 finances until June 30, 1880, number being 117, and on account of the suspension 
 of hydraulic mining, decreased to 86 June 30, 1890. From that date it once 
 more started forward, and now numbers 102; as good an average as can be found 
 in any Lodge in the State. 
 
 In the year 1873, the Lodge having 90 members and cash assets of $8,000, 
 decided to own its own hall, and built the second story of its present hall at a 
 cost of $6,000, which was dedicated on the 27th day of November, 1873, by 
 Grand Master Burnett and the late Grand Sire Bro. Harmon acted as orator. 
 They also own a very nice cemetery in which are deposited the remains of our 
 deceased brothers, costing in all about $2,000. 
 
 Probably one of the noblest works of Olive Lodge, has been the consolida- 
 tion of Gold Run Lodge No. 139 and its members of 10, average age over 55, 
 and placing the brothers in good standing, entitled to all of its privileges in July, 
 1896. To the Lodge it is not a financial success, but as a brotherly act, one that 
 must be commended, and the Lodge is entitled to the praise of Odd Fellows. 
 There are other acts, brotherly care and attention, such as assistance to widows 
 and members, but space will not permit. Also the names of many brothers not 
 mentioned, who have nobly performed their part in the workings of the Lodge. 
 Bro. James Jameson was Recording Secretary for many years, and on his death, 
 his son, Bro. James W. Jameson, has ably filled the place. 
 
266 
 
 OLIVE LODGE NO. 8r, I. O. O. F. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 PAST GRANDS. 
 
 Anderson, Charles A. 
 Anderson, Wm. W. 
 Brady, James Joseph 
 Coffin, Isaac Tibbitts 
 Cox, Hugh Paden 
 Fergusen, Aaron A. 
 
 Aplin, William D. 
 Anderson, Carl 
 Anderson, John 
 Blessing, John A. 
 Bailey, Thomas 
 Bush, Edward 
 Bellows, William H. 
 Brandy, Loren C. 
 Barber, Charles Edwin 
 Bechtel, Charles 
 Bostrom, Charles 
 Cooper, John 
 Clarke, Owen 
 Curtis, Solon McKee 
 Cooke, William R. 
 Dorer, Leopold R. 
 Eckert, Peter 
 Easton, Charles D. 
 Erskine, Alexander E. 
 
 Goding, Thomas F. 
 Hillhouse, William 
 Hill, William J. 
 Hoos, John Franz 
 Harrison, John A. 
 Jameson, James Wm. 
 
 Linn, William Eureka 
 Nichols, Thomas J. 
 Nicholls, William. Jr. 
 Perry, Albert Edward 
 Runckel, Christian 
 Ruppricht, John G. 
 
 THIRD DEGREE MEMBERS. 
 
 French, Elias Smith 
 Gould, James Lewis 
 Grohs, Frederick 
 Gray, Williams 
 Hemphill, Alexander 
 Hutchinson, Robert S. 
 Hayes, John N. 
 Higgins, Charles C. 
 Hoos, John Charles 
 Hudepohl, Herman H. 
 Jacobs, Lorenzo 
 Johnson, James A. 
 Ketcham, Frank 
 Lane, Andrew 
 Lane, William Willis 
 Lane, Ernest Andrew 
 Lepper, Oliver 
 Lundgren, Adolph F. 
 Morshead, David 
 
 Moulter, Philip 
 Mendes, Manuel 
 McMaster, James C. 
 McCormack, Malcom M. 
 Mottram. John 
 Mendes, John P. 
 Nicolls, Philip 
 O'Connor, James 
 Peterman, Daniel 
 Patterson, Peter 
 Regan, James 
 Rickenback, John W. 
 Rule, William 
 Smith, Gregor 
 Self, Lucian Bonaparte 
 Stewart, James 
 Shaffer, Silas 
 Schow, Hans Johnson 
 Seadler, Louie 
 
 Rickard, Henry L. 
 Shaffer, John Wesley 
 Squier, James E. 
 Trathen, William 
 Wise, Philip 
 Wedgwood, John 
 
 Towle, George W. 
 Turner, Andrew B. 
 Towle, Arthur W. 
 Thomas, John 
 Walter, Rudolph W. 
 Walter, Henry Penrow 
 Walker, Benjamin F. 
 Waters, John, Jr. 
 West, Thomas Edward 
 Wood, Richard 
 Wood, Frederick 
 Wanacheck, Claud 
 Warmington, Joseph 
 Whistler, William G. 
 Williamson, George W. 
 Whitten, Fred. W. 
 Wilson, Robert Alfred 
 Waldau, Ottoman C. 
 White, William H. 
 
 Second Degree Member: Hudson, Leroy Curtis First Decree Meeber: Buckman, Benjamin F. 
 
 The total membership of this Lodge July I, 1899, was 102. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT, June 30, 1899. 
 
 21 14 shares of the People's Savings Bank, Sacra- 
 mento, valued at $ 1,200.00 
 
 20 shares of the Spring Valley Water Stock, cost. . 2,137.50 
 
 100 shares of I. O. O. F. Hall, San Francisco, cost.. 510.00 
 
 $4,600 in United States 4 per cent bonds, cost 4,600.00 
 
 Deposit with the S. F. Savings Union, S. F 3,066.90 
 
 Deposit with the Hibernia S. & L. Society, S. F. . . . 1,329. 18 
 
 Cash in the hands of the Treasurer 1 13 .62 
 
 Less, due the Trustees. 
 
 $12,957.20 
 200 . 00 
 
 Net cash assets $12,757.20 
 
 Hall, valued at $4,500.00 
 
 Furniture, valued at 300.00 
 
 Regalia, valued at 1 50 . 00 
 
 Cemetery, valued at 883 .88 
 
 Library, valued at 200.00 $ 6,033.88 
 
 Total assets $18,791 .08 
 
 The cash assets are worth face value. The hall of course would not sell for 
 the value placed on it. 
 
 We have this month purchased from Brother Hudepohl the lower story for 
 $1,500, giving the Lodge the full control and ownership of the building. 
 
 We think that we have one of the best halls in the country. 
 
OLIVE LODGE NO. 81, I. O. O. F. 267 
 
 STATISTICAL REPORT. 
 
 Initiated 233 
 
 By Deposit of Card 51 
 
 By Ancient Odd Fellows 16 
 
 By Non- Affiliated Odd Fellows 17 
 
 Reinstated 15 
 
 Total admitted 332 
 
 By Consolidation of Gold Run Lodge 10 
 
 In all 342 
 
 Withdrawn 109 
 
 Expelled 7 
 
 Deceased 46 
 
 Ceased Membership, N. P. D 78 240 
 
 Members, June 30, 1899 102 
 
 Number of degrees conferred 1041 
 
 Number of brothers relieved 443 
 
 Number of brothers buried 46 
 
 Number of widows relieved 80 
 
 Number of weeks sickness 2604 
 
 CONDENSED FINANCIAL REPORT, 
 
 From December 8, 1858, to June 30, 1899. 
 
 receipts. 
 
 Dues and fines $41,606.90 
 
 Donations 809 . 35 
 
 Dividends and interest 14,030.34 
 
 Cemetery Lots 325 . 00 
 
 Initiations 4,849.00 
 
 Degrees 5,200.00 
 
 Deposit of Card, N. A. of A. O. F 983.25 
 
 Cards Issued 238 . 80 
 
 Reinstatements 256 . 00 
 
 Profit on Sale of Bonds 268.41 
 
 Rents of New Hall 6,482 . 50 
 
 Profit on Ball and Small Errors . 33 . 28 
 
 Other Lodges 4,479 • 45 
 
 $75,082.83 
 
 Total $79,609. 78 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS 
 
 Lodge Expenses $16,653 • J 5 
 
 Cemetery Expenses 1,994.73 
 
 New Hall, Cost 5.966 . 45 
 
 New Hall, Repairs and Janitors' Fees 7,532. 14 
 
 Nurse Hire 2,455 • 8 5 
 
 Sick Benefits 14,485 • 50 
 
 Donations to Members 2,133.90 
 
 Donations to Lodges and Brothers 2,035.44 
 
 Donations to Widows 5,765 . 00 
 
268 CHINO VALLEY LODGE NO. 220, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Funeral Expenses 2,339. l 3 
 
 Loss, Odd Fellows' Savings Bank, Sacramento. . . . 914 .34 
 Loss on Loans 50 . 00 
 
 $62,325.63 
 Other Lodges 4479 • 45 
 
 $66,805.08 
 Investments, as Per List 12,757.20 
 
 Total $79,609.78 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 From the Members $53>943-3° 
 
 From Investments 21,139.53 
 
 $75,082.83 
 
 DISBURSED AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 Members $21,414.38 
 
 Widows 5,765.00 
 
 Brothers and Lodges 2,035.44 $29,214.82 
 
 Lodge Expenses $16,653.15 
 
 Hall Expenses 7>53 2 • T 4 
 
 Cemetery Expenses 1,994.73 $26,180.02 
 
 New Hall 5.966.45 
 
 Bonds, Etc 12,757 • 2 ° $i&,723 • 65 
 
 Losses 964 . 34 964 . 34 
 
 $75,082.83 
 
 Chino Valley Lodge No. 220, I. O. O. F. 
 
 ^HINO VALLEY LODGE No. 220 was instituted March 9, 1897, with eight 
 charter members. At that date 40 new members were admitted by initia- 
 tion, making a total membership of 48. 
 
 Since that time the Lodge has made a steady, gradual growth. At the pres- 
 ent time, September 4, 1899, we have a membership of 84. 
 
 April 19, 1897, Chino Subordinate Lodge No. 373 presented Chino Valley 
 Lodge No. 220 with a handsome set of regalia. 
 
Woodland Lodge No. Ill, I. O. O. F. 
 
 7iVOODLAND LODGE No. m, I. O. O. F., was instituted January 17, 
 vA^ 1863, the Grand Lodge being in attendance with the following officers: 
 D. Kendell, acting M. W. Grand Master; J. B. Harmon, M. W. Dep. Grand Mas- 
 ter; J. B. Toles, M. W. Grand Warden; B. Kozmisky, M. W. Grand Secretary; 
 A. P. Andrews, M. W. Grand Treasurer; C. Nixor, M. W. Grand Marshal; 
 Charles Bird, M. W. Grand Guardian. The Lodge was organized with five char- 
 ter members, viz: J. G. Overshiner, Elias Peterson, M. Barber, J. W. Wiley and 
 A. S. Armstrong, the latter being the only one left of the founders of the Order 
 in Woodland. The Lodge immediately began to " work," and by the time its 
 first anniversary had been reached had a membership of twenty-seven. Since 
 that time Woodland Lodge has been found " a friend in need, a friend indeed," in 
 no small number of instances. During the thirty-six years of its existence 377 
 
 R. Lee 
 Recording Secretary 
 
 W. N. Masters, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 members have signed their names to the roll, of whom 150 are still bound to- 
 gether by the three links of " Faith, Love and Truth." Many of the members 
 have drifted to strange cities and distant lands, but they have always been met 
 with a welcome hand — because they were Odd Fellows. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Armstrong, A. S., P. G. 
 Adams, William 
 Altpeter, Edw. A. 
 Ascher, Fred 
 Abbott, Joseph 
 Burns, Daniel M., P. g. 
 Bowman, J. J., p. g. 
 Beamer, R. H., P. G 
 Barnes, Henry T., p. g. 
 Barr, Corbly, P. G. 
 Blddall, John, P. G. 
 
 Bean, D. 0.,P. G. 
 Barker, R. B., p. G. 
 Burger, Edw. G. 
 Boots, W. A. 
 Bailey, Chas. H. 
 Bemis, Hosea R. 
 Baham, Geo. E. 
 Brunett, Mose 
 Balzari, Julius T. 
 Beckley, Lee 
 Bottsford, Geo. W. 
 
 Ball, Geo. A. 
 Burroughs, John 
 Barr, Harrison 
 Bender, Frank J. 
 Clauton, Drury R., P. G. 
 Clauton, Ethelbert J., p.g. 
 Crane, Donald, p. g. 
 Campbell, J. F., p. g. 
 Cassel, Robert E., p. g. 
 Chalmers, J. O. 
 Chalmers, T. G. 
 
 Cruig. Joseph 
 Colburn, David S. 
 Colburn, Orville M. 
 Charmak, Louis 
 Corscadden, W. J. 
 Cassel, W. Frost 
 Cassel, Leonard J. 
 Campbell, John 
 Clover, Edw. 
 Day, Russell, p. g. 
 Dinsdale, Thos. R., p. g. 
 
270 
 
 WOODLAND LODGE NO. in, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Dubois, C. P. 
 Dennis. Jackson L. 
 Don, Joseph R. 
 Davis, Wm. R. 
 Douglas, James N. 
 Ervin, Harrison, P. G. 
 Ervin, George, p. g. 
 Ervin, Charles H., p. G. 
 Ervin, Wm. G. 
 Eires, W. H. 
 Edwards, D. McC. 
 Eakle, H. P., Jr. 
 Evans, Thos. J. 
 Ferguson, George, p. g. 
 Ferguson, Frank B., p. (;. 
 Ferguson, John D. 
 Furry, Henry 
 Fitz, Frank 
 French, Charles E. 
 Garoutte, Charles H., p. g. 
 Griffees, Geo. O. 
 Grose, Peter 
 Grossman, W. F. 
 Gwinn, Wm. M. 
 Howard, Henry C, p. g. 
 Hawkins, N. A., P. G. 
 
 Henry, Alex. C. 
 Hershey, David N. 
 Huber, Daniel 
 Higgins, Edgar E. 
 Holmes, Victor 
 Holloway, Thos. B. 
 Heidtmann, F. H. 
 Hunt, David L. 
 Jacobs, Andrew 
 Joslyn, Henry S. 
 Jackson, Andrew 
 Johnston, John B. 
 Knauer, W. O. 
 Lee, Robert, p. g. 
 LaBrie, N. B., P. G. 
 Ludden, A. L., P. G. 
 Laugenour, Chas. T. 
 Lacy, Daniel Boone 
 Masters, W. N., P. G. 
 Martin, Hugh, P. G. 
 Martin, George, p. G. 
 McNair, William, p. g. 
 Martin, Henry P. 
 Martinelli, Fred 
 Megonigle, Eli 
 McGrifl, F. P. 
 
 Montgomery, S. M. 
 Martin, James T. 
 Malcolm, George 
 Merritt, Eugene J. 
 Martin, Robert 
 May, W. G. C. 
 Murray, Joseph A. 
 Montgomery, Frank V. 
 Newton, Zurah 
 Odium, H. R., p. g. 
 Ogden, Geo. A. 
 Porter, Thomas R., p. <;. 
 Petch, Thomas D., p. (;. 
 Patterson, Joseph L., p. g. 
 Provost, Louis 
 Phillips. W. H. 
 Piper, Charles A. 
 Riley, Ely Davis 
 Reindollar, J. J. 
 Rogers, J. B. 
 Ridgeway, Sam O. 
 Rasmussen, H. J. N. 
 Reibel, Ernest 
 Ready, Edward F. 
 Steiner. Adam, p. g. 
 Scott, C. C.,p. g. 
 
 Scott, J. Smith, p. G. 
 Schluer, Otto 
 Spires, Reuben E. 
 Smith, J. K. 
 Snavely, Elias R. 
 Snavely. John 
 Schmechel, Fred'k W. 
 Suee, Larry 
 Stockton. W. F. 
 Sloman, Charles H. 
 Sovereign, Seth 
 Stolle, Alex. 
 Tilley, J. W., p. g. 
 Torrance, M. H. 
 Toothaker, E. C. 
 Tuck, Chas. E. 
 Thompson, Thomas 
 Turner, J. A. 
 Tisdel, Claude A. 
 Vosburg, Chas. H. 
 Weaver, J. W., p. g. 
 Webster, Olliver 
 Williams, Elijah 
 Windsor, S. S. 
 Wolfe. M. M. 
 Walker, William A. 
 Wyckoff, David H. 
 
 I-jOTEL VENDOME 
 
 SfiN Jose, Cal. 
 
 Headquarters for Visitors and 
 route to Lick. Observatory. 
 
 Travelers, also for Tourists en 
 GEO. P. SNELL, Mgr. 
 
 "PAIR OAKS 
 
 REBEKAH LODGE No. 4 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 Meets every Saturday night, at I. O. O. F. 
 Hall, Park street and Santa Clara avenue. 
 
 Elective Officers : 
 
 MARY A. EVANS, Noble Grand. 
 LIZZIE G. VOLLMAR, Vice-Grand. 
 MARY A. RANDLETT, Recording 
 
 Secretary. 
 EVA M. HAGY, Financial Secretary. 
 ELLA LARKIN, Treasurer. 
 
 Present membership 84. 
 
 A BSIT INVIDIA 
 
 ** REBEKAH LODGE No. H 
 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 Meets every Tuesday evening at Enterprise 
 Hall, corner of 22d and Grove streets, Oakland. 
 
 The officers for term from July 1, 1899, to 
 January 1, 1900, are as follows : 
 
 ANNIE M. BAKER, Noble Grand. 
 
 MARGARET A. EMBURY, Vice-G'd. 
 
 F. ALBERTA LITTLEFIELD, Record- 
 ing Secretary. 
 
 MARY F. LITTLEFIFLD, Financial 
 Secretary. 
 
 KATE RENSHA W, Treasurer. 
 
Abou Ben Adhem Lodge No. 112, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 pTBOU BEN ADHEM LODGE No. 112, I. O. O. F., was instituted at San 
 J * Francisco on Thursday evening, April 3, A. D. 1863, by J. A. J. Bohen, 
 M. W. G. Master, assisted by Grand Lodge officers, with the following named 
 thirteen brothers as charter members: 
 
 Austin, B. C.,P. G. 
 Wade.C. H., p. g. 
 Phillips, John, p. g. 
 Benjamin, W. K. 
 Higgins, Wm. M. 
 Folsom, Albert 
 Morrell, Frank D., p 
 
 Stevens, G. W., p. 
 Little, E. J., p. g. 
 Ballard, J., p. g. 
 Lundy, Wm. 
 Van Riper, Jas. 
 Cashman, Wm. 
 
 M. P. Forbes, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Wm. H. Blunden, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 The first officers elected for the term ending June 30, 1863, were: N. G., John 
 Phillips; V. G., W. K. Benjamin; Rec. Sec, Jas. Ballard; Per. Sec, Frank D. 
 Morrell; Treas., Geo. W. Stevens. Night of meeting Thursday. 
 
 The nucleus of formation of this Lodge was from a resolution offered in 
 Magnolia Lodge No. 29 by P. G. F. D. Morrell early in March, 1863, and on 
 the 31st of the same month the resolution was adopted, donating $1,250 to those 
 of its members who desired to withdraw for the purpose of forming a new Lodge. 
 Thirteen members asked for and received their withdrawal cards on same date, 
 which composed the charter members as referred to above. And of the original 
 thirteen one still holds the fort, P. G. Frank D. Morrell, the present Chaplain of 
 the Lodge, and whose half-tone appears here, by vote of the Lodge. 
 
272 
 
 ABOU BEN ADHEM LODGE NO. 112, I. O. O. F. 
 
 The name of the Lodge was suggested by Bro. Wm. M. Higgins, taken 
 from the beautiful poem of " Leigh Hunt," which appropriately expresses one of 
 the leading principles upon which Odd Fellowship is founded, and is worthy of 
 a place in our history. 
 
 ABOU BEN ADHEM. 
 
 Abou Ben Adhem (may this tribe increase! ) 
 Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, 
 And saw within the moonlight in his room, 
 Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, 
 An angel writing in a book of gold. 
 Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, 
 And to the presence in the room he said, 
 •' What writest thou? " The vision rais'd its head, 
 And with a look made of all sweet accord. 
 Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." 
 "And is mine one? " said Abou. " Nay, not so," 
 Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, 
 But cheerly still, and said, "I pray thee, then, 
 Write me as one that loves his fellow men." 
 The angel wrote, and vanish'd. The next night 
 It came again with a great wakening light, 
 And show'd the names whom love of God had bless'd 
 And lol Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. 
 
 Write me as one that loves his fellow men. 
 
 The significance of name fitted so nicely with the emblem which we had 
 already adopted as the insignia of our Lodge; the Maltise Cross, backed with a 
 four-pointed star and suspended from the Crescent, supporting the " Star of the 
 East," which the wise men of Egypt foretold would be the dawn of a new Era 
 
 in the world's history, and, foremost 
 among the means to that end, the in- 
 fluence of our beloved Order takes no 
 second place. 
 
 The harmony of both name and em- 
 blem signified so much that their adop- 
 tion was unanimous. The present of- 
 ficers are: N. G., W. J. Plunkett; V. 
 G., T. G. Obram; Rec. Sec, Chas. J. 
 Spear; Fin. Sec, W. H. Blunden; 
 Treas., M. P. Forbes. 
 
 We are a flourishing Lodge of near- 
 ly two hundred members. Our aim is 
 to live up to, and carry out the prin- 
 ciples of " Odd Fellowship " so far as 
 we know them. The string is always 
 on the outside of the door to all visit- 
 ing brothers, with the right hand ot 
 Fellowship and a Fraternal welcome. 
 We feel that a short biography of the 
 emblem ok lodge. founder of Abou Ben Adhem Lodge 
 
 will not be out of place here. Bro. F. D. Morrell, P. G., arrived in San Francisco 
 by way of the Isthmus (Nicaragua route) December 28, 1852. Early in the fol- 
 lowing year he went to the mines near Jamestown, California, and was fairly suc- 
 cessful. In March, 1854, he went to Oregon with a company called the Pike 
 Water Co. to raise water from Rogue River, near its mouth, to supply miners 
 
ABOU BEN ADHEM LODGE NO. 112, I. O. O. F. 
 
 273 
 
 along the beach working the black sand deposits, which in many places, was very 
 remunerative. After completing the flumes, and things looking very bright, the 
 Indian War broke out called the " Rogue River War of 1855." His camp was 
 the first descent they made, driving them into a stockade, destroying everything 
 in sight. After 30 days was relieved by Col. Buchannan, U. S. A. from Crescent 
 City, 30 miles below on the Coast. Once more back in California he went to 
 mining again in Placer County. When news came of the assassination of James 
 King of William, immediately returned to San Francisco, and joined the 
 " Vigilance Committee " of 1856, Capt. Hossefros' Company, and was one of a 
 detachment who stood guard on top of Vigilant rooms the last night before dis- 
 banding. He joined Magnolia Lodge, No. 29, December 19, 1856; passed the 
 chairs in that Lodge, and continued a member until the formation of Abou Ben 
 Adhem as charter member, 36 years ago, the 3d day of April, last. Since that time 
 he has filled various responsible positions in his Lodge and the Grand Lodge. 
 A member of the Veterans' Odd Fellows' Association almost from its inception; 
 Master Mechanic in the Federal service at U. S. Mint, San Francisco, eight years. 
 At the present time he is a Trustee and Chaplain of his own Lodge. During his 
 long membership in the Order (43 years) he has received but two weeks' benefits, 
 a very good record for an Odd Fellow and for his Lodge. 
 
 Photo by Mrs. Ada E. Merguire, Grand Chief " Rathbone Sisters.'' 
 
 Shingle Springs White Pine Region, Shasta County, California 
 Five thousand feet above sea level 
 
Germania Lodge No. 116, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 GERMANIA LODGE No. 116, I. O. O. F., San Francisco, was instituted by 
 D. D. G. M. James A. McClelland on the ist day of July, 1863. Bro. Wm. 
 Viereck being the first Noble Grand and Bro. Chas. Rademacher the first Vice 
 Grand, they now sleep, never to awake. 
 
 The charter members were: Wm. Viereck, Siegfried Saalburg, C. Mengels, 
 G. T. Shek, Nathan Levy, C. Rademacher. J. Breiling, Wm. Saalburg and Frank 
 Bieler, only the last named is still a member of our Lodge. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS 
 
 Emil Niemeter, 
 Recording Secretary 
 
 Edward Rotger." 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 Germania Lodge has prospered many years, up to the year of 1894 the mem- 
 bership never being less than 250 members, but the last six years have broken our 
 ranks, and on July 1, 1899, only 130 members are on our roll. And what has been 
 the cause of our decrease in membership? Death took away many of our active 
 and beloved brothers, they found their well-earned rest, eternal sleep! Depressed 
 business brought suspensions, and last but not least, laws were passed, which took 
 away good material, from which we might have drawn new members to our 
 Lodge; laws which are antagonistic to the principles and the customs of the 
 Germans. We still show courage and hope to redeem our losses in the near 
 future, and pray earnestly that those barriers spoken of may be removed. 
 
 In 1890 our total assets were $20,111.32, 259 members. In 1899 our total 
 assets are $14,273.76, 130 members. 
 
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 275 
 
 PAST GRANDS: 
 
 Baethje, Peter 
 Becker, Wm. 
 Egeberg, Henry 
 Fabry, Leopold M. 
 Factor, V. B. 
 Fett, Chas. 
 Franck, George C. 
 Heim, Franz 
 
 Adams, Jacob 
 Adler, Leopold 
 Arendt, Edward 
 Aman, Engelhard 
 Anderson, Axel R. 
 Angelius, John D. 
 Atzeroth, Fred. 
 Balke, Wm. 
 Belau, Michael 
 Beran, Emanuel 
 Bendewald, L. 
 Bieler, Frank 
 Blanken, Jacob 
 Both, Curt 
 Carsten Fred 
 Ehret, Joseph 
 Ehrlich, Hermann 
 Eibach.Chas. 
 Frank, Henry 
 Fischer, Peter 
 Gambs, Friederich 
 Geffke, Henry 
 Gimbel, Frank 
 Goldzieher, Steffen 
 Gollner, Wm. 
 
 Hoffmann, Wm. F. 
 Holling, Chas. H. 
 Joost, Hermann 
 Lewis, Abraham 
 Maass, Henry F. 
 Marks, Friederich 
 Meussdorffer, Conrad 
 Niemeier, Emil 
 
 Niewerth, Aug. 
 Otto, Ernst A. 
 Pacissman, Heinrich 
 Rohlffs, C. H. E. 
 Rotger, Edward 
 Schleicher, Jacob 
 Schultz, Otto 
 Stappenbeck, Wm. 
 
 THIRD DEGREE MEMBERS: 
 
 Gudehus, Christian 
 Gudehus, Fred 
 Haacke, John R. 
 Hahn, John W. 
 Hasselbach, Geo. 
 Hastedt, Carl 
 Hecker, Adolph 
 Helliesen, Chas. F. A. 
 Hempel, Hermann 
 Hertel, Geo. 
 Heyer, Aug. 
 Hubert, Hmrich 
 Israel, Julius 
 Junz, Henry K. P. 
 Kaechele, Michael 
 Kern, Wm. 
 Klein, Ernst 
 Koeboorn, John H. 
 Koening, Max 
 Koenig, Frank 
 Krahner, Ernst 
 Krayer, John M. 
 Kuhlmann, Diedrich 
 Kune, Chas. 
 Landschneider, Henry 
 
 Levy, Julius 
 Levy, Salomon 
 Lindtke, Hermann C. 
 Lueders, Gustav 
 Lutz, Ludwig 
 Maas, Henry 
 Mangels, Henry M. C. 
 Marks, Aug. M. 
 Matfeldt, H. F. 
 Matzen, Lorenz 
 Medau, Peter H. 
 Meinert, John F. 
 Meinke, John 
 Merzbach, Julius 
 Metzler, Chas. J. B. 
 Morloch, Fritz 
 Otten, Claus 
 Otten, John 
 Peck, Philip 
 Petersen, Wilhelm N. 
 Raubinger, Wilhelm 
 Renner, Wm. 
 Rodefeld, Fritz 
 Schmauss, Franz 
 Schmidt, Geo. 
 
 Waller, Chris. 
 Walther, Philip H. 
 Wehser, Henry 
 Weichardt, John C. 
 Weiss, Wm. 
 Zulk, John C. 
 
 Shortemeier, H H. 
 Schroder, John A. 
 Schroder, John H., 
 Schroder, John H. C. 
 Schulz, John D. 
 Schulz, Ludwig 
 Schuneman, Edward 
 Schwendel, Joseph 
 Sichel, Max 
 Stamm, Julius C. 
 Steffens, Henry 
 Storz, Oscar F. 
 Tiedeman, Martin 
 Trust, Jacob 
 Utz, Adam 
 Vock, Simon 
 Vogt, F. 
 Wagner, Adam 
 Wagner, Philip 
 Waller, Claus 
 Werner, Cristopher J. 
 Winter, Louis 
 Wittenberg, Herman H. 
 Zoller, Carl 
 Zoller, John 
 
 mnm 
 
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 A. A. HOOPER 
 
 Successors to Thomas Jennings 
 
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 Dealers in 
 
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 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
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Apollo Lodge No. 123, 1. O. O. F., San Francisco. 
 
 GARLY in 1848, Daniel Norcross, then a resident of Philadelphia, who was a 
 member of a musical club in that city and- an active Odd Fellow, conceived 
 the plan of starting a new Lodge, which should be largely composed of the 
 members of the Music Club, and which should make music one of its attractive 
 features. Its name was to be " Apollo," after the god of music and poetry. A 
 choir was to be formed and several selections of music were to be rendered during 
 the evenings when meetings were to be held. The proposition met with great 
 favor, and on February 19, 1848, Apollo Lodge No. 296, was added to the juris- 
 diction of Pennsylvania. 
 
 J. J. Applegate, 
 Junior Past Grand. 
 
 David A. Hodghead, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 Wm. A. Ltmbadgh 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 W. F. Norcross, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 Frank Van Ness Cox, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Victor C Post, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 Henry Q. Curtis, 
 Trustee. 
 
 W. C Johnson, 
 Trustee. 
 
 Jacob Glassman, 
 Trustee. 
 
 In 1849 Brother Norcross came to San Francisco, and assisted in instituting 
 California Lodge Nch, 1, I. O. O. F., on September 9, 1849. 
 
 Being elected in 1865 a representative to the Grand Lodge of the United 
 
APOLLO LODGE NO. 123, I. O. O. F. 277 
 
 States, .meeting in Baltimore, Brother Norcross, after attending the session, vis- 
 ited his former home and Lodge in Philadelphia. It then occurred to him to 
 organize, on his return to San Francisco, another Apollo Lodge, fully believing 
 that such a Lodge would be as successful in San Francisco as Apollo No. 296 
 had been in Philadelphia. 
 
 Canvassing for members, especially among those of his acquaintances who 
 were teachers of music or amateurs, he found there was at that time a society 
 called " The Twelve," all good vocalists and intimate friends of his, two of them 
 
 Daniel Norcross 
 
 Brother Daniel Norcross was initiated in Philanthropic Lodge No. 15, 1. O. O. F., Philadelphia, March 
 15, 1845. Received the Degrees of the Order and was appointed Conductor, which position he filled until the 
 institution of Enterprise Dodge No. 201, September, 1846, of which Lodge he was a charter member and first 
 Noble Grand. Was admitted to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on December 21, 1846. He was one of the 
 originators of Apollo Lodge No. 296, Philadelphia, instituted February 19, 1848; was elected Treasurer, which 
 position he filled to January 1, 1849. when he had made arrangements to leave for California. After his arrival 
 in San Francisco, July 6, 1849, he was requested by Brother James Smiley who had a commission from Horn 
 R. Kneass. Grand Sire, to institute California Lodge No. 1, to act as his assistant in the institution, which he 
 did on the evening of September 9th. He retained his membership in Apollo Lodge, Philadelphia, till after 
 he returned to bring his family to California in 1852. The first of January, 1852, was when the Degree of 
 Rebekah went into effect, and a special meeting of the Ledge was called on the 3d to confer the Degree on him- 
 self and wife previous to their departure for San Francisco, and it is believed they were the first to have had 
 the Degree conferred upon them. Brother Norcross had the Encampment Degrees conferred on him in Phila- 
 delphia in 1846; was a charter member of Palestine Encampment, and elected the first High Priest; was 
 admitted to the Grand Encampment in 1847. On his arrival in San Francisco with his family he deposited 
 his card with San Francisco Lodge No. 3; was a charter member of Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15, up to the time 
 of the institution of Apollo Lodge No. 123, of which Lodge he is a member at this time. He was active in the 
 institution of the Grand Lodge of California, May 17, 1853, and also the Grand Encampment, January 8, 1855. 
 Brother Norcross was also a charter member of Golden Gate Encampment No 1, instituted February 1, 1853, 
 and elected its first Treasurer. He was elected Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United 
 States, from the Grand Encampment, to serve the years 1865-6(>, which sessions he attended. Was present and 
 participated in the ceremonies of the Wildey Monument Dedication on September 20, 1865. 
 
 being Odd Fellows. One of these was James F. Swift, who readily consented to 
 become a Charter Member; the other was J. Stadfeldt, who did not wish to leave 
 his Lodge, but who most heartily joined Brother Norcross in his undertaking. 
 
278 
 
 APOLLO LODGE NO. 123, I. O. O. F. 
 
 After two or three preliminary meetings, and after he had visited the Lodges 
 of the city to obtain their consent to the establishment of a new Lodge, not only 
 was permission cheerfully given by all, but Yerba Buena and Templar Lodges, 
 Nos. 15 and 17 respectively, made handsome donations to the new organization. 
 
 Everything having been arranged, Apollo Lodge No. 123, I. O. O. F., was 
 instituted in Covenant Hall, San Francisco, on the afternoon of February 24, 
 1866, by Grand Master C. O. Burton, assisted by Grand Warden C. N. Fox, 
 Grand Secretary T. Rodgers Johnson, Grand Treasurer M. Heller, and others. 
 P. G. William Hays was elected First Noble Grand, and A. D. Grimwood, Vice 
 Grand. P. G. John B. Harmon, by general consent, took the position of Junior 
 P. G. for the term. On the evening of February 24, 1866, the Lodge held its 
 first regular meeting. About forty applications were acted upon and thirty 
 
 John R. Aitken, Past Grand 
 
 John R. Aitken, now a member of Apollo Lodge No. 123, was initiated an Odd Fellow in Fidelity Lodge 
 No. 222, in 1874. Subsequently, on removing to San Diego, of which county he afterwards became Superior 
 Judge, he withdrew from Fidelity Lodge and Joined San Diego Lodge No. 153, where he passed the Chairs. 
 On again taking up his residence in San Francisco in 1894, he became a member of Apollo Lodge No. 123, in 
 which he has ever since retained his membership, and is now an honored brother. Past Grand Aitken is one 
 of those Odd Fellows whose legal knowledge and experience has brought to him a large and valuable clientage. 
 He maintains offices in the Mills Euilding, in this oity, where he is usually to be found. 
 
 candidates were initiated, probably the largest number ever admitted into a Lodge 
 at one time. The hall was filled with brothers, there being about 300 in attend- 
 ance, among whom was Samuel H. Parker, Past Grand Master. The prospects 
 of the Lodge could not have been brighter. When hardly a month old, it had a 
 membership of seventy-five and a full treasury. 
 
 The meetings were fixed for Saturday night, that being the most acceptable 
 to the majority of the members. When the change was made to Friday, it caused 
 
APOLLO LODGE NO. 123, I. O. O. F. 
 
 279 
 
 not only a loss of members, but many who would have been zealous workers in 
 the Order could no longer take an active interest in the Lodge. 
 
 Being organized under unusually auspicious conditions, Apollo No. 123, 
 I. O. O. F., has made indeed a record showing remarkable and wonderful results 
 attained in 33 years, of which it justly feels proud. 
 
 From February 24, 1866, to June 30, 1899, it has expended: 
 
 For relief and charity $ 89,501.21 
 
 For burying the dead 11,396.26 
 
 For the relief of widows and educating the orphans 6,014.50 
 
 Total $106,911.97 
 
 Its total available assets at this date are $ 37,579.26 
 
 Its present membership is 233. 
 
 It has lived up to the beautiful principles of the Order. Whenever the 
 storm was beating on an unprotected head, whenever father, mother or little 
 ones were hungry, thirsty or naked, it has extended a helping hand. Wherever 
 
 a Brother was lying dead, there it stood to perform the last rites of love. By 
 Friendship, Love and Truth, it has spread religious, moral and intellectual ideas 
 for the benefit of mankind and the glory of God. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS : 
 
 Avery, D. R. Fredman, Theo. latide, Ed., P. G. Rudy, B. M. 
 
 Applegate, J. J. FitzGerald, J. J., p. g. Lister, Thos. Rabjohn, Charles A. 
 
 Abrams, Wm. Flick, Theophilus Larsen, Louis A. Rickard, Richard 
 
 Adams, Edward F. Fuller, G. E. Limbaugh, Wm. A. Rolph, Joseph W. 
 
 Anderson, John Jas. Field, Franklin Fremont Lang, Geo. F. Robinson, John Lee 
 
 Aitken, John R., p. g. *Grimwood, A. D., p. g. Lange, Rudolph F. Smith, Holland, p. G. 
 
 Adams, Chas.F. Galehouse, F. McAllister, W. B. Sherman, F. 
 
 ♦Burnett, G. G., p. g. Glassman, Jacob, p. g. Morgan, E. H., p. g. Schuck, Herman, p. g. 
 
 Browell, Jere. Gillon, Jas., p. g. Morrow, W. W., p. g. m. Spaulding, C. H. 
 
 Bullivant, H. E., p. g. Gullixson, Hans Mayer, Henry Schmieder, E. J., p. G. 
 
 Breslauer, S. Gopchevitch, Bozeo M. Madsen. O. Sargent, G. W., p. g. 
 
 Berk, M. G. Gorham, W. T., p. g. McMillan, Jas. Swanson, John O. 
 
 Bacon, J. B. Guilbert, August McCormick, F. H., p. g. Smith, Alfred 
 
 Blackburn, A. H. Gilfillan, J. C, P. G. McCluskey, Geo., P. G. Saville, Harry D, P. G. 
 
 Bradshaw, Ira H. Grady, Wm. Maguussen, P. Shafer, Wm. S. 
 
 Bachelder, E. M. Glendye, Wm. Marcy, Z. C. Snell, Ralph L. 
 
 Brown, F. W. C. A. Grow, Harry L- Mangeot, C, P. G. Skidmore, Geo. G. 
 
 Blair, Joseph Gunderson, S. T. Martin, C. Spencer, Thos. J. 
 
 Borghn, C J. Grau, Ludwig H. Mathison, M. Sloss, Jno. R. 
 
 Bullivant, Thomas E. Hall, E- L. Martin, J. H. Scrivener, Henry J. 
 
 Baker, W. S. Homer, J. L. Moore, E. A., p. g. Sickels, Nelson D. 
 
 Carswell, G. W. Herbert, Wm. Moore, H. A. Turrell O. B. 
 
 Cecil, Jno. Hayes. Jas. Mass, Peter Hy Taggard, E. W., p. g. 
 
 Chapman, L. Humphrey, O. J. Macbeth, John Tilton, C S. 
 
 Colby, Z. F. Hamilton, H. M., p. g. McCollister, W. M., P. G. Taylor, D. W., P. G. 
 
 Carmany, J. W. Hackett, F. M., P. g. Moss, A. J. Taylor, J. W. 
 
 Cutten, E. L., p. G. Hazard, A. R., p. g. Malmberg, Alex. A. Thulin, A. 
 
 Cockrill, R. L., P. G. Harvey, Wm. *Norcross, D., p. G. R. Tregenza, T. 
 
 Cook, Ira Hartley, J. D., p. g. *Norcross, W. F.. p. g. Thomas, C E., p. g. 
 
 Crawley, Jno. M. Hamerton, W. C. Nelson, Olof, p. g. Thies, Hermann 
 
 Caler, F. E., p. G. Hills, E. H., p. g. Nute, Jno. Tyler, Francis Wm. 
 
 Curtis, H. L., p. g. Hammersmith, L., p. g. Newbert, Alphonso P. Tyler, Harvey L. 
 
 Chamberlain, W. B. Hoin, T. S., p. g. Nagel, Chas. A. Toler, Jasper N., p. g. 
 
 Cilley, Miner H. Hutton, Franklin R. Nygren, John E. Thomas, Wm. E. 
 
 Carlson, Nils A. Headrick, Andrew J. Nelson, Gustave Oscar Thursbacher, Bruno Ernest 
 
 Calden.GuyC. Hohenschild, W. F. H Nelson, Gustof Alfred Tooker, John Charles 
 
 Clark, Jno. F. Hilton, Wm. M., p. g. Oliva, G. Upton, Vernon 
 
 Copsey, A. N., p. G. Hutcheson, David Olsson, Jno. Upphoff Jno. E. 
 
 Clarke, Thomas Albert Hook, Henry P. Obradovich, Peter Van Reynegom.F.W.p.G. 
 
 Cochran, Hugh M. Hodghead, David A. Ottenberg, Aleck Van Duzer, A. P. 
 
 Cox, Frank V. N. Higgins, Sol. E. Olinger, Chas. Hy Vivian, C. 
 
 Clark, Chas. L. Hagstrom, Carl A., p. g. Prior, J. L. Von Werthern, Jos. 
 
 *Densmore, G. B. Horn, Harry Lincoln. Poole, M. M. Wilke, J. O. F. 
 
 Danskin, G. D., p. g. Hastings, Fred'k Hamilton Paine, Jas. Welp, G. H. 
 
 Daneri, S. Jury, L. Perry, J- W., p. g. Whitney, H. K. 
 
 Durgin, F. W., p. g. Johnson, W. C, p. G. Perry, H. O. Wallace, D. 
 
 Doyle, Aug. J., p. g. Johnston, R. A. Post, V. C, p. G. Waite, Josiah, P. G. 
 
 Daniels, Roy A. Johnson, L. F. Post, Chester C, p. g. Williams, J. 
 
 Daniels, George E. Jones. John H. Patrick, Harry W., P. G. Whitmarsh, C. S. 
 
 Dorsey, Gilbert M. Knight, Jno. Price, Edward Wilson, A. W. 
 
 Davies, Alfred Kessler, Henry Pritchard, Owen R. Wick, Peter 
 
 Estee, M. M., p. g. r. Kelly, Jno. Perry, Chas. E. Wernli, Jacob 
 
 Elvidge, F. H. King, C. H. Person, John Waggoner, Samuel C. 
 
 Easson, Wm. L. Kydd, I. F. Perkins, Thomas Allen Young, Herman H. 
 
 Erickson Alex Kernell, Andrew J. Perry, Samuel A. Zcechi. D. 
 
 Estes, Harry W. Kollmer, Jacob Richards, F. Zobel, Handel Hart 
 
 Estes, Elisha B. Kinser, Joshua R. Rossi, Ed. 
 
 Fletcher, E. T. Loane, J. M. Ratih, G. 
 
 Firmano, Santo Loane, Abe Rasmussen, G. J. 
 
 * Charter Members. 
 
Parker Lodge No. 124, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 TT)ARKER LODGE No. 124, I. O. O. F„ was instituted July 16, 1866, by Most 
 ^ Worthy Grand Master I. N. Randolph, assisted by P. D. D. G. S. James 
 Smiley, P. G. M. Jas. A. J. Bohen, R. W. D. G. M. Chas. N. Fox, R. W. G. Sec. 
 T. Rodgers Johnson, R. W. G. Treas. M. Heller and other grand officers in the 
 presence of a large number of visitors. The following is a list of the charter 
 
 members : „ „ 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Allen, William M. 
 Bartlett, Washington 
 Bartnett, Joseph 
 Blum, Edward 
 Casey, Edward W. 
 Crowell, George C. 
 Eckstein, Alfred B. 
 
 Freud, Moritz 
 Himerau, Louis A. 
 Howes, Samuel P. 
 Hunter, Edward 
 Hyland, Henry J. 
 Levy, Marquis 
 Levy, Henry 
 
 Levin, Jacob 
 Marcus, Isaiah 
 Marks, Jacob C. 
 Monell, Geo. I. N. 
 Moneypenny, Charles 
 Passmore, E. J. 
 Raymond, John A. 
 
 Robinson, Prescott 
 Root, Nathan T. 
 Starkweather, James M. 
 Von Rhein, Otto F. 
 Tilley, William J. 
 
 J. A. Wells, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 George C Crowell, 
 
 C Steinfels, 
 L. S. S. 
 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 The elective officers installed were as follows: N. G., Geo. C. Crowell; V. G., 
 Washington Bartlett; R. S., Marquis Levy; F. S., Henry J. Hyland; T., Otto F. 
 Von Rhein. After the installation of officers, and other business was concluded, 
 the grand officers and visiting brothers were invited to partake of a supper, which 
 was given at the Old Commercial Restaurant on Sacramento Street. After many 
 speeches, in which the success of the new-born Lodge was predicted, the assem- 
 bly adjourned. The Lodge started out well, and wound up the term with a total 
 of 66 members, and at the end of two years the Lodge had taken in 193 members, 
 a growth of unequaled proportions up to that time. The Lodge kept steadily 
 on its upward course until a maximum of 340 active members was reached. Like 
 most other of San Francisco Lodges, Parker Lodge suffered from the general 
 depression caused by the institution in our midst of various fraternal and insur- 
 ance institutions which offered greater inducements to the younger element, 
 and for a time stood still or dropped down the line. This Lodge at one time was 
 
BLOOMFIELD LODGE NO. 191, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 in the list of wealthy Lodges, and had a big bank, but bank failures and sickness 
 made heavy inroads upon its finances. Parker Lodge has expended close upon 
 $100,000 in benefits, and very large sums in ministering to the wants of needy 
 brothers and sisters, aiding the " Home " and Orphan Asylum, and other kindred 
 institutions. 
 
 Death has taken from the list of charter members 11, one of whom, Wash- 
 ington Bartlett, held the high and responsible position of Governor at the time 
 of his death, 7 suspended, 5 withdrawn, and two still retain their membership, 
 N. T. Root and Geo. C. Crowell. The Lodge now has 120 members, having 
 initiated three so far this term. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS: 
 
 Wells, J. A., N. G. 
 Crowell, Geo. C, V. G. 
 Nubots, J. T., R. S. 
 Murphy, J. M., T. S. 
 
 Anderson Nels 
 Bassett, C. F. 
 Baccus, C. J. 
 Balch, Geo. L. 
 Bond, A. 
 
 Borland, J. H., p. G. 
 Brenhardt, E. 
 Bowes, W. E. 
 Bryan, J., p. g. 
 Brownlee, S. 
 Capelli, M. 
 Capelll, A. 
 Compini, E. 
 Christensen, M. A., ] 
 Collins, B. 
 Cope, J. H., p.g. 
 Coon, J. R. 
 Davis, George E. 
 Crown, D. S.. p.g. 
 Crowell, G. C, p.g. 
 Dean, J. B. 
 Delmont, F. 
 Dibbern, F. C. 
 Dondero, C. 
 Dorey, A. O., P.G. 
 Dozier, C. A. 
 Drane, Geo. 
 Drummond, E. E. 
 Ephriam, F. 
 Fiske, H. G. 
 
 Davis, Geo. E., Treas. 
 Jonas, N., Warden 
 Lyle, A. J., Conductor. 
 Mund, Wm, R. S. N. G. 
 
 Drummond, E. E., 
 
 L. S. N. G. 
 Parmer, L. W., R. S. V. G. 
 Hall, Hy. L. S.V. G. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Fortro, J. J. 
 Forsman, W. T. 
 Funke, A., p.g. 
 Gesry, J. L., p.g. 
 Gill, C. M. 
 Gorman, W. J., p. g. 
 Gray, J. M. 
 Green, F. B. 
 Hall, A. 
 Hall, H. 
 Halsted, W. A. 
 Hammond, W. B. 
 Harris, C. 
 Harrison, R. F. 
 Hedley, I. 
 Hinkley, O. 
 Hofmann. C. S. 
 Hofmann, J. 
 Houston, T. T. 
 Jeffries, M. S. 
 Johns, J. F. 
 Josephson, W. 
 Kaucher, F. 
 Kattuchorn, p.g. 
 Kemp, W. A. 
 Kercheral, H. H. 
 Kercheral, J. L., p.g. 
 Kinsman, N. W. 
 Krumbeck, O, p. g. 
 Lake, E. J. 
 
 Lambert, C. 
 Lathrope, N. E. 
 Lawyer, W. 
 Levy, J. 
 
 Lyle, A. G., p.g. 
 Makins, J. N., p.g. 
 Martinucca, S. 
 Moore, J 
 Mund, W., p.g. 
 Munter, J. 
 Murphy, J. M., P. G. 
 McCrum, H. 
 McDonogh, J. 
 McGahey, R., P.G. 
 McGilvary, J. B. 
 McMurray, J. P., p. g. 
 Neimann, H. 
 Nesmith, J. F., p.g. 
 Nichols, J. F., P.G. 
 Ogilvie, R C. 
 Palmer, L. W. 
 Petty, D. 
 Peterson, J. 
 Peterson, C. 
 Prochaska, F. 
 Ratto, B., P.G. 
 Rehwald, C. F. 
 Richet, A. B., p.g. 
 Root, N. T.. P.G. 
 Ray, C. V. 
 
 Richet A. B.,R.S.S. 
 Steinfels, C, L. S.S. 
 Harris, C, I. G. 
 Whan, W. W., Chaplain 
 
 Schlessinger, Bert 
 Siebecker, L. 
 Semens, F. 
 Skinner, F. G. 
 Smith, H. M. 
 Smith, J. P. 
 Smith, A. T., P. G. 
 Starr, G. R., P.G. 
 Steindler, J. 
 Steinfels, C, P.G. 
 Sydurk, S. 
 Taylor, R. 
 Telfer, W. 
 Tilden. H. J., p.g. 
 Ursenbock, L. F. 
 Varnellas, P. 
 Vucanovich, P. L. 
 Ward, A. 
 Ward, G. B. 
 Warshawski, J., p.g. 
 Wells, J. A., p.g. 
 Whan, W. W., p.g. 
 Wickersham, W. H. 
 White, A. W., p.g. 
 Whipple, L. 
 Winthers, J. J. 
 Wolflnger, W. P. 
 Williams, H. 
 Young, A. A., P.G. 
 
 Bloomfield Lodge No. 191, I. O. O. F. 
 
 OLOOMFIELD LODGE No. 191 was instituted at Valley Ford September 7, 
 *-* A. D. 1871, by M. W. G. Master W. H. Hill, with the following charter 
 members: William Hamilton, A. F. Penim, A. C. Woods, S. N. Hudson, Ed. 
 Hare and William Withrow. In 1875 ** was removed from Valley Ford to 
 Bloomfield. During 28 years Bloomfield Lodge has paid out for sick benefits, 
 funeral donations, etc., $3,736.50. Total assets $5,096.90 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Bonaiti, A. J., p. g. 
 Baswell, J. H. 
 Brown, F. M. 
 Boysen, C C 
 Bianchini, Gus 
 Colburn, B., p. G. 
 Colburn, R. P., p.g. 
 Cockrill, B. T., p. G. 
 Cannon, L- L., p. g. 
 Cannon, J. P., P.G. 
 Colburn.O. P. 
 Davison, H. W. 
 Dellamaria, G. J. 
 
 Davison, H. W..N.G. 
 
 Hoag, O. H., P. G. 
 Hatton, W. H., p. G. 
 Holl, W. P. 
 Huntley, J. 
 Hoag, C. 
 Emenegger, F. 
 Lunbaugh, R. A., p.g. 
 Le Febvre, O. M., p. G. 
 Le Febvre, L. A., p. g. 
 Mitchell, M., p.g. • 
 Jenkins, J. H. 
 Johnson, L. 
 Johnson, H. 
 
 Marshall, J. H. 
 Martinelli, O. 
 McAllister, J. A. 
 Nile, N P., p.g. 
 Jones, Walter, p. g. 
 Petersen, C., p.g. 
 Oliver, J. S. 
 Peerman, M. 
 Peoples, J. S. 
 Roe, W. F. 
 Shiell, F. R., P.G. 
 Stanley, J. P., p.g. 
 Stanley, J. D., p. G. 
 
 ELECTIVE OFFICERS FOR THIS TERM 
 Overlin, C, V. G. Woodson, W. H., Sec. 
 
 Stump, J. C, p.G. 
 Stine, C. E. 
 Scott, J. A. 
 Todd, S. J., p.g. 
 Turner, J. A. p.g. 
 Woodson, W. H., P. G. 
 Warden, C. C, p.g. 
 Henderson, H. E. 
 Pressley, J. F. 
 Dillman, C. V. 
 Overlin, C. 
 
 Peterson, C., Treas. 
 
Spartan Lodge No. 12^, I. 0. F., San Francisco. 
 
 SPARTAN LODGE No. 125, I. O. O. F., was instituted on Wednesday even- 
 ing, October 6, A. D. 1894, by J. H. Simpson, G. M., assisted by the follow- 
 ing named Grand Lodge officers: J. F. Crossett, D. G. M. pro tern; C. W. Weston, 
 G. W. pro tern; F. G. Baird, G. S. pro tern; G. W. Lemont, G. T.; J. W. Adams, 
 Grand Marshal pro tern; C. E. Benedict, Grand Guardian pro tern; F. W. Hen- 
 derson, Grand Conductor pro tern, and M. P. Forbs, Grand Herald. 
 
 S. G. McDonald, 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 H. F. Rahlmann, 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Bayle, Johu, p. g. 
 Baraille, John 
 Bordenave, Jos., p. g. 
 Bell, W. T. 
 Bailey, J. S., p.'g. 
 
 Artigues, C. A. 
 Anderson, C. E. 
 Anderson, Carl 
 Bailey, J. S , p. g. 
 Bayle, John, p. g. 
 Bavaille, John, p. g. 
 Bordenave, Joseph, P. g. 
 Bareilles, Emile, p. g. 
 Bareilles, Thomas 
 Bareilles, Felix 
 Bellegarde, J. B. 
 Bas, Prosper 
 Carrere, J. B. 
 Caubu, Peter, p. g. 
 Crockard, R. F. 
 Crosby, F. L., p. G. 
 
 Bareilles, Emile 
 Bellegarde, J. B. 
 Carrere. J. B. 
 Flood, Chas, P. G. 
 Godfrey, G. B., p. a. 
 
 Kelly, J. P. 
 Leary, T. O, p. a. 
 Latapie, Peter 
 McConnell, Andrew, p. g. 
 Maholy, John, p. G. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Cannon, R. F. 
 Desrosier, C. H., p. G, 
 De Wall, B. J. 
 Davis, J. L. 
 Duocurno, Filbert 
 Flood, Charles, P. G. 
 Godfrey, G. B.. p. g. 
 Guerin, Ernst 
 Hare, E. C, p. G. 
 Hubacher, John 
 Holzinger, William 
 Hillou, L J. 
 Kispert, C. F. 
 Kottinger, C. M. 
 Leary, T. C, p. g. 
 Latapie, Peter 
 
 Laborie, Alfred 
 Legallet, Arthur 
 Ludwig, William 
 McConnell, Andrew, P. g. 
 McDonald, William 
 McEvoy, J. J. 
 Milly, Jerome 
 McDonald, S. G. 
 Meinhold, Frederick 
 Olofsson, C. F. 
 Olympie, Benjamin 
 Peterkin, J. A. 
 Peterson, J. P. 
 Perkins, T. J. 
 Petrone, Burt 
 Rahlmann, H. F., p. g. 
 
 Peterkin, J. A. 
 Rahlmann, H. F., P. G. 
 Shaw, Geo. T., P. G. 
 Todd, D. B. 
 
 Rasmussen. E. H. 
 Rose, J. W. 
 Rose, John 
 Rose, Alexander 
 Shaw, Geo. T., p. G. 
 Seiver, W. T., p. g. 
 Salles, Bertrand 
 Salomon, I. L. 
 Steiner, P. F. E. 
 St. Germes, Jacques 
 Todd, D. B., p. g. 
 Tietjen, Henry 
 Warner, W. J. B., p, G. 
 
 Spartan Lodge, which is located in the southern section of the city has a 
 small membership owing to the many other orders which have branches there 
 with which it must compete, but it endeavors to uphold the teachings of our 
 benevolent Order, and hopes to always be a vigilant outpost of Odd Fellowship. 
 During the five years of its existence Spartan Lodge has paid out about as much 
 money for donations as for sick benefits, which may be considered as showing the 
 liberality of its membership. 
 
Unity Lodge No. 131, I. O. O. F., San Francisco. 
 
 J [NITY LODGE N0.131J.O.O.F., was instituted Tuesday evening, April 16, 
 ^^^ 1867, with seven charter members, whose names are as follows: R. W. Coffin, 
 P. G.; S. D. Ingram, P. G. ; James Laws, P. G. ; G. Tinker, P. G. ; J. Bernard, S. 
 Cohen and Morris Colman. Two of the charter members still retain their mem- 
 bership, viz, R. W. Coffin, P. G., and S. D. Ingram, P. G. 
 
 The first officers of Unity Lodge elected were: N. G., James Laws; V. G., 
 G. Tinker; Rec. Sec, R. W. Coffin; Treasurer, J. Bernard. 
 
 This Lodge during the thirty-two years, which have elapsed since its organ- 
 ization, has admitted to membership 513 members. The present membership is 
 174. Unity Lodge has paid out for relief and charity $52,882. The sum of $6,854 
 has been paid to one invalid brother, for the benefit of his family. 
 
 R. L. Simpson, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 Geo. W. Lemont, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 S. G. Cheever, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 George W. Lemont, P. G., has been Treasurer of Unity Lodge for 16 years, 
 consecutively, and S. G. Cheever has held the office of Financial Secretary for 17 
 years. Of the members of Unity Lodge there is one Past Grand Master, viz, Wm. 
 H. Barnes, P. G. M., of the State of Georgia. C. W. Dannals (now deceased) who 
 was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California in 1870-71, was also a mem- 
 ber of this Lodge. Also three Past Grand Patriarchs, viz, E. H. Black, P. G. P. 
 for the year 1883, J. F. Crosett, P. G. P. for 1887, and W. H. Barnes. Brothers 
 Black and Crosett are also Past Brigadier Generals of the Patriarchs Militant of 
 California, and Past Presidents of the Veteran Odd Fellows. Brother W. H. 
 Barnes is Past Grand Patriarch and Past Grand Representative; he has been 
 Grand Scribe for six years. Brother Barnes is the oldest Fraternal Society 
 journalist in the world. 
 
2S4 
 
 GARDEN CITY LODGE NO. 142, I. O. O. F. 
 
 Since its organization the Lodge has met Tuesday evening of each week at 
 the hall on Sixteenth and Valencia streets. The officers of Unity Lodge for the 
 term ending December 30, 1899, are as follows: 
 
 Thatcher, C. R., J. P. G. 
 French, W. J., N. G. 
 Prechtel, Geo. P., V. G. 
 Simpson, R. L., Rec. Sec'y. 
 Cheever, S. G., Fin. Sec'y. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS: 
 
 Lemont, Geo. W., Treas. 
 Larimer, A. W., Warden 
 Robinson, T- M., Con. 
 Cosbie, H. S. C, O. G. 
 Doherty, Daniel, I. G. 
 
 Mohr, H. A., R. S. N. G. 
 Archer, Edw'd, L. S. N. G. 
 Davis, E. J..R. S. V. G. 
 McDonald, J. W., L. S. V. G. 
 Smith, I. M., R. S. S. 
 
 Thompson, S. F., L. S. S. 
 Crosett, J. F., Chaplain 
 Fabian, B. W., Organist 
 
 IJST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Allan, J. W., p. g. 
 Barnes, Wm. H., p. g. m. 
 Black, Ed. H., P. g. 
 Bicknell, J. W., p. G. 
 Brower, Henry O., p. g. 
 Cambridge, A., p. g. 
 Campbell, James, p. g. 
 Cheever, S. G., p. g. 
 Coffin, R. W., p. G. 
 Corbett, J. C F., p. u. 
 Cox, John H.,p. G. 
 Crosett, Jas. F., p. g. 
 Davis, Edgar J., p. G. 
 Davis, Geo. M., p. G. 
 Davis, Jos. A., p. G. 
 Dross, C. R. T., p. G. 
 Dubois, Wm. E., p. g. 
 Duley, F. P., p. g. 
 Edwards, John, p. g. 
 Edwards, Wm., p. g. 
 Farnham, Jas. G., p. g. 
 Fillmore, Fred, p. G. 
 Gibbons, Chas. P., p. g. 
 Henderson, Duncan, p. G. 
 Henermann, G. E., p. g. 
 Holcomb, Geo. W., p. g. 
 Howe, Robert, p. g. 
 Howell, Thomas, p. G. 
 Ingram, S. D., p. g. 
 Larimer, A. W., p. g. 
 Lemont, Geo. W., p. g. 
 Lyons, J. M. J., p. g. 
 Martin, Willard P., p. G. 
 Mohr, Henry A., p. G. 
 Osborn, Geo. W,, p. g. 
 Robertson, Jas. H., P. G. 
 Robinson, J. M., p. G. 
 Seagrave, Ed. F., p. g. 
 Skelly, John F., p, g. 
 Spinney, S. C, P. g. 
 Shufelt, Wm. J., p. g. 
 Thomas, Wm. A., p. g 
 Torry, James, p. g. 
 Thomson, Thomas, p. G. 
 
 Thatcher, C. R , p. g. 
 Watson, Dudley L., p. g. 
 Whims, Hiram, p. g. 
 Williams, Wm. H., p. g. 
 Anderson, Jerome A., M.D. 
 Anderson, Chas. R. 
 Arnold, Herbert E. 
 Archer, Edward 
 Bacmeister, F. C. 
 Bailey, John 
 Barnes, W. W. 
 Brace, Nathan 
 Brace, Wm. A. 
 Bradley, Chas. J. 
 Braley, Chas. F. 
 Broderick, J. T. 
 Brown, Geo. L. 
 Bryant, Geo. 
 Canfill, Elmer O. 
 Chapman, Frank F. 
 Cooley, Arthur S. 
 Cosbie, H. S. C. 
 Costamagna, Peter 
 Davis, David A. 
 Dawes, W. A. 
 Desimone, S. 
 Doherty, Daniel 
 Drysdale, M. W. 
 Eiben, J. H. E. 
 Evans, Aaron 
 Evans, J. M. 
 Fabian, Benj. W. 
 Faithful, E. 
 Fisher, Rev. Philip A. 
 Fifield, D. B. 
 Fielder, J. A. 
 Fowler, John 
 French, Will J., N. G. 
 Gardner, Casper J. 
 Gitsham, Charles 
 Goodwin, Geo. W. 
 Goss, Alfred F. 
 Grant, R. P. 
 Gray, Ed. w. 
 
 Hagan, James 
 Hale, Fred M. 
 Hanna, Adam 
 Hastings, Frank W. 
 Hays, Wm. C. 
 Heiman, Christ 
 Henermann, Geo. A. 
 Hiiickley, Wm. C. 
 Hotte, Geo. 
 Hudson, John H. 
 Igo, James 
 Irwin, W. F. 
 Jacobson, Dr. Iver 
 Johnson, Andrew 
 Johnson, Charles 
 Jones, Herbert 
 Kennett, Luther W. 
 Kinney, Arthur E. 
 Kirsch, Emil 
 Klinkenborge, Henrv 
 Landon, F. P. 
 Lapierre, John M. 
 Larimer, James L. 
 Larsen, Hans 
 Larsen, M P. 
 Larsen, Ole 
 Lawless, John M. 
 Lenhart, O. E. 
 Lenterdt, C. T. 
 Lemraer, Edwin F. 
 Lindemann, J. H. 
 Lindsay, Wm. R 
 Loderhose, Henry C. 
 Long, Robt. S. 
 Lucas, Fred A. 
 Luther, Geo. E. 
 Luttringer, R. J. 
 Mariani, Stephen 
 Marks, W. W. 
 Marshall, Robt. L. H. 
 Murray, John 
 McDonald, Jno. W. 
 Mcintosh, Robert 
 McKinney, B. H. 
 
 Moote, Sam'l 
 Mordhorst, John C. 
 Mudgett, W. N. 
 Newell, Thos. P. 
 Neilson, Christ N. 
 Noble, Wm. 
 Norris, H. J. 
 Parsson, Peter 
 Pepin, James 
 Porter, W. F. 
 Prechtel, Geo. P., v. g. 
 Price, Wm. 
 Potter, Chas. A. 
 Reynolds, C. 
 Rothweiler, Chas. 
 Rogers, Francis E. 
 Sage, Harvey E. 
 Sankey, Jeremiah 
 Sandberg, John 
 Simpson, Robt. L., R. s. 
 Schubert, Aug. 
 Schutte, D. 
 Schweitzer, Jacob 
 Sephton, Hugh 
 Smith, Ivy M 
 Spaulding, N. H. 
 Spence, Wm. E. 
 Southgate, Geo. E. 
 Spott, L. H. 
 Stewart, J. W. 
 Stone, W. H. 
 Strock, Henry J. 
 Thompson, John 
 Thompson, S. F. 
 Timbrell, J. B. 
 Tonjes, Martin 
 Vizard, Henry H 
 Von Harten, L. 
 Wagner, John, M. D. 
 Wallin, J. A L. 
 Workman, Chas. H. 
 Young, John C. 
 
 Garden City Lodge No. 142, I. 0. 0. F., San Jose. 
 
 /^JARDEN CITY LODGE No. 142, I. O. O. F., was instituted on March 20, 
 ^-^ 1868, by the following grand officers, viz: Charles N. Fox, Grand Master; 
 J. A. McClean, Grand Warden; J. Rodgers Johnson, Grand Secretary; Louis 
 Sohr, Grand Treasurer; J. H. Gregory, Grand Guardian; D. B. Woolf, Grand 
 Marshal. The following were the charter members, viz: R. S. Carter, J. P. 
 Backesto, F. T. Risdon, A. P. Hulse, G. W. Kneedler; C. C. Cook, H. E. Hills, 
 R. Scott, C. W. Pomeroy, D. J. Porter, C. G. Button and John H. Gordon. Of 
 the twelve charter members, four are now active members of the Lodge. 
 
 Much interest has been taken by the Lodge in degree work, the efficiency 
 of which has been recognized by the Grand Lodge before whom the degree 
 staff of the Lodge has exemplified the degrees on more than one occasion, re- 
 ceiving as a tribute of their work engrossed resolutions under the seal of the 
 
GARDEN CITY LODGE NO. 142, I. O. O. F. 
 
 285 
 
 Grand Lodge. P. F. Gosbey, one of its members, has been honored by being 
 elected Grand Master of the jurisdiction for the year 1895-96, and who was 
 subsequently sent as Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. 
 
 Since its institution 516 names appear upon its record of membership, and 
 at present there are 276 active members. The Lodge is not only proud of its 
 record for degree work, but is gratified to know that it has been instrumental in 
 carrying out the teachings and precepts of the Order, by caring for the sick and 
 distressed, and dispensing charity in the channels of Odd Fellowship. 
 
 During its existence the following amounts have been expended: Sick 
 benefits, $38,991.66; funeral expenses, $7,792.51; charity, $3,134.13; widows and 
 
 P. F. Gosbey, Past Grand Master 
 
 orphans, $3,204.42; nurse hire, $1,133.75; current expenses, $33,824.89; regalia, 
 $1,183.90, making a total expenditure to June 30, 1899, $89,265.31. The assets 
 of the Lodge consist of 1,415 shares of the capital stock of the Odd Fellows' Hall 
 Association of San Jose, furniture and paraphernalia, making a total valuation 
 of $15,708. 
 
 The following are the present officers of the Lodge, viz: W. E. Coombs, 
 A. P. G.; W. N. Plummer, N. G.; C. H. Ward, V. G.; A. C. Bates, Rec. Sec; 
 J. R. Bailey, Fin. Sec; J. J. Cherrie, Treas.; H. B. Fisher, Warden; F. A. Tanner, 
 Cond.; W. C. Hardy, O. G.; J. B. Wyatt, I. G.; C. M. Barker, R. S. N. G.; R. A. 
 Anderson, L. S. N. G.; A. C. Shoup, R. S. V. G.; S. C. Maynard, L. S. V. G.; 
 R. C. Andrus, R. S. S.; L. A. Lombard, L. S. S. ; J. L. Vanderwerker, Chap.; 
 S. E. Moreland, P. F. Gosbey and F. E. Smith, Trustees. 
 
R L. TURPIN, 
 
 Noble Grand of Pacific Lodge No. 155 
 Brother Turpin was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1847. At the 
 early age of seventeen he enlisted in the Union Army. After serving for the time 
 of his enlistment in the Infantry, he reenlisted in the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
 where he served until the end of the Civil War. At the close of the War he learned 
 the trade of miller. He was initiated as an Odd Fellow in Valley Lodge No. 
 636 in his native place, January 12, 1871. Following the course of empire in 
 its westward way, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in May, 1871, where he was 
 engaged in the Iron and Bessemer Steel Works for three years. 
 
 F. L. Turpin, Noble Grand Pacific Lodge 
 
 In 1874 he arrived in Nevada and engaged in mining. The same year he 
 came to San Francisco and entered the hotel business. He was one of the or- 
 ganizers and is a director of the Columbian Banking Company. He joined 
 California Lodge No. 1, and in 1897 he joined Pacific Lodge No. 155. To this 
 Lodge he has proposed thirty-one candidates. He is a member of Golden Gate 
 Encampment, a Patriarch Militant and a member of Loyal Rebekah Lodge, 
 Vice-President of the Relief Committee, and is a quiet, dignified, broad-minded 
 man, and an active Odd Fellow. 
 
Pacific Lodge No. ijj, I. O. O. F. 
 
 T^)ACIFIC LODGE, No. 155, I. O. O. F., was instituted on Thursday evening, March 
 ^-» 25th, A. D. 1869, by C. S. Haswell, M. \V. G. M., assisted by the following 
 named Grand Lodge officers: Charles N. Fox, P. G. M., acting as R. W. D. G. M., 
 pro tern.; John B. Harmon, R. W. G. W. ; T. Rodgers Johnson, R. W. G. S., and 
 Henry B. Brooks, R. W. G. T. The charter members were the following named 
 fifty-four brothers : 
 
 Argall, John 
 
 
 Dexter, G.M. 
 
 
 Litton, Wm. H. 
 
 
 Sutherland, Robert 
 
 Bohen, Geo. T. 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Dyson, Geo. A. 
 
 
 Morrill, O. C, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Scott, Wm. G. 
 
 Benson. James 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Eaton, Alex., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Mann, Chas. H. 
 
 
 Storrs, C. H., 
 
 Bartlett, Columbus, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Gilmore, John H., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 McLaren, Daniel, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Thomas, S. A 
 
 Bestor, Henry T. 
 
 
 George, Henry C. 
 
 
 Nolte, Louis H., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Taylor, Wm. H. 
 
 Beckman, Chas. H. 
 
 
 Hicks, Daniel, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Park, F. A., 
 
 PG. 
 
 Winterburn, Joseph, P.G 
 
 Bogle, Joseph H. 
 
 
 Hunter, David 
 
 
 Pierce, James M. 
 
 
 Wyman, John A. 
 
 Birch, Wm. H. 
 
 
 Henderson, John, Jr. 
 
 
 Plummer, John A., J 
 
 r. 
 
 Weston, Chas. W. 
 
 Brodie, James 
 
 
 Henderson, James 
 
 
 Kollmyer, Wm. A., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Wright, Alfred 
 
 Conrad, Wm. A. 
 
 
 Henderson, Wm. 
 
 
 Ross, Thomas 
 
 
 Weston, S. W. 
 
 Castle, Charles 
 
 
 Iredale, A. S., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Richardson, Wm. L. 
 
 
 Ward, Edward 
 
 Carter, Henry 
 
 
 Johnson, Peter 
 
 
 Spooner, John P. 
 
 
 Woodson, Joseph A. 
 
 Cooper, Eben B. 
 
 
 Langley, Wm. A., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Shanabrook, I. L. 
 
 
 Ziegler, J. L-, P.G. 
 
 Dick, Robert 
 
 
 Langley, Charles, 
 
 P.G. 
 
 
 
 
 O. C. Morrii.l, Treasurer. 
 
 E. B. Cooper, Fin. Sec. 
 
 Of the fifty-four charter members, fifteen retain their membership, a majority of 
 whom are regular attendants at Lodge meetings. The Lodge motto being " Quality in 
 preference to quantity," progress in membership was not as rapid as it otherwise might 
 have been, but a gradual growth was made, which insured a maximum of respectability 
 and usefulness. At no time exceeding two hundred and four in membership, from that 
 point decreasing (owing to a few years of distress and suffering from business depression) 
 until, in July, 1898, the total membership was one hundred and thirty-nine; since then, 
 by the energetic work of the officers, the membership has again taken an upward turn, 
 now numbering one hundred and seventy, showing a gain of thirty-one within the twelve 
 months ending June 30th, 1899. 
 
288 
 
 PACIFIC LODGE No. 155. I- O. O. F. 
 
 During the thirty years of its existence, Pacific Lodge has paid out : for sick benefits, 
 $50,146; for funeral benefits, $7,860, and donations, for the relief of others than our own 
 members, $4,470, and also contributed $4,034 toward the support of the Odd Fellows' 
 Library, making a total of $62,470; and has cash assets on hand ot $6,600. 
 
 It must be a source of gratification to the members to look back upon such a record. 
 In consideration of these facts, and remembering also that Pacific is but a small Lodge, 
 the average membership for the thirty years being about one hundred and sixty, who can 
 deny the beneficent working of our beloved Order, which, with open hand, is constantly 
 bringing help to the needy, and comfort to the suffering and distressed. 
 
 To the Odd Fellow who is conversant with the history of Odd Fellowship in San 
 Francisco, nothing further need be said. To him who has not yet entered within its 
 hallowed portals, and is still lingering upon its threshhold, or who may be inquiring 
 "Whether any good thing can come out of Nazareth ? " we would say, " Come and see." 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Achilles, Thomas 
 
 
 Davies, Stephen T. 
 
 
 Jacobs, Leon 
 
 
 Rednall, W. W., 
 
 P.G. 
 
 Argall, John 
 
 
 Donaldson, Adam 
 
 
 Kelly, Lewis 
 
 
 Roberts, John 
 
 
 Anker, Gutenberg H, 
 
 
 Dyer, Richard W. 
 
 
 Keyes, Arthur T. 
 
 
 Roberts, R. H. 
 
 
 Anderson, James H. 
 
 
 Edmonds, William 
 
 
 King, Charles J. 
 
 
 Russell, John S. 
 
 
 Anderson, Christen 
 
 
 Ernst, Henry 
 
 
 Kinne, C. Mason 
 
 
 Rein, John W. 
 
 
 Ashworth, Freder'k D. 
 
 Evans, Chester H., 
 
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 Kress, A. H. 
 
 
 Scott, William G. 
 
 
 Ashworth, Frank P. 
 
 
 Emerson, David 
 
 
 Kurlbaum, William H. 
 
 Sellers, James C, 
 
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 Baird, Robert H., 
 
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 Eastwood, Joseph 
 
 
 Knoche, William D. 
 
 
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 Benson, James, 
 
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 Elsassar, Charles C. 
 
 
 Kahn, Julius 
 
 
 Smith, Clement, 
 
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 Bevilokway, L- M. 
 
 
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 Steiger, Alexander 
 
 
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 Furhman. W. F. 
 
 
 Leale, John 
 
 
 Stewart, James F. 
 
 
 Bohen, George T., 
 
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 Sutherland. A. J., 
 
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 Brackett, Eugene, 
 
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 Story, James F. 
 
 
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 George, Henry C, 
 
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 McKenzie, J. H., 
 
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 Gilmore, John H., 
 
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 McKenzie, Elmer E. 
 
 
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 Bruns, Henry H. 
 
 
 Glidden, J. C. 
 
 
 McLean, Alexander D. 
 
 Stevenson, John, 
 
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 Braese, Adolph A. L. 
 
 
 Gordon, Henry G., 
 
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 Malcomson, Thos., 
 
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 Smith, Edward W. 
 
 
 Burns, James S. 
 
 
 Graham, Joseph 
 
 
 Mark, Cecil W. 
 
 
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 Burke, James C 
 
 
 Gre#n, Edward, 
 
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 Mever, Frederich H. 
 
 
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 Hansen, Matthias 
 
 
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 Thompson, John, 
 
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 Crawford, Orlin W., 
 
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 Harris, John F., 
 
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 Matthews, Samuel B. 
 
 
 Thompson, C. A. 
 
 
 Cooper, Eben B., 
 
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 Harris, Matthew 
 
 
 Magoon, Oscar S. 
 
 
 Turpin, Frederick L. 
 
 
 Clausen, Wm. H, 
 
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 Harris. Solomon 
 
 
 Meyer, P. H., 
 
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 Thelen, Charles J. 
 
 
 Cleary, August L. 
 
 
 Haughwout, T., 
 
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 Macdonald, T. H. 
 
 
 Turpin, A. W., 
 
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 Cone, James E. 
 
 
 Harkness, Edward 
 
 
 Matson, Nels M. 
 
 
 Versolovich, Vincent 
 
 
 Curran, Daniel J. 
 
 
 Henderson, Wm. 
 
 
 Noble, John 
 
 
 Vance, Samuel H. 
 
 
 Cedarbloom, A. R., 
 
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 Wagner, Anton P. 
 
 
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Ophir Lodge No. 171, I. O. O. F., San Francisco. 
 
 /~\PHIR LODGE No. 171, I. O. O. F., was instituted on June 17, 1870, with 
 ^ > ^ the following - named 16 charter members: R. M. Black, Z. Birdsall, L 
 Eppinger, W. F. Foster, J. Hanson, M. M. Baldwin, H. J. Hartnagel, C. S. 
 Healy, L. Soher, G. E. Sloss, T. Stevenson, J. C. Sargent, J. W. Burnham, T. K. 
 Wilson, J. W. Winters and D. B. Woolf. Of the charter members five are living, 
 
 S. MORRIS, 
 
 Trustee. 
 
 and still hold their membership. During the period of its existence, a little less 
 
 than 30 years, Ophir Lodge has paid out for 
 
 Sick Benefits $35,703 . 76 
 
 Funeral Benefits and Expenses 5,399.40 
 
 General Relief Committee 791 . 54 
 
 Odd Fellows' Library 3,960.00 
 
 Donations 3,096 . 55 
 
 Our Present Assets are 6,630 . 38 
 
 With a membership of 107 at the present time, the record of Ophir Lodge 
 
 is one of which we are justly proud, and inspires us with complete confidence for 
 
 the future. The good we have accomplished in visiting and helping those of our 
 
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 Order, who, through no fault of theirs, have required assistance, has served to 
 show us more plainly the path of duty and the lines along which we can accom- 
 plish the most good. In our intercourse with the world at large we have en- 
 deavored to keep before us the emblazoned motto on our banner of Friendship, 
 Love and Truth, and to our friends wishing to unite with us, we would gladly 
 extend the hand of Friendship. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Ashim, J. B. 
 Black, R. M., p. G. 
 Birdsall, Z. 
 Baum, G. 
 Berry, E. 
 Brown, J. O. 
 Brown, J. B. 
 Balzarini, C. 
 Burgess, J. E., p. g. 
 Bohm, H. R., p. G. 
 Boyle, G. E. 
 Currie, F. P. 
 Crane, C. H. 
 Collier, G. W. 
 Clark, G. W. 
 Drew. H. M 
 Daly, J. R., P. G. 
 Dowle. W. G., P. G. 
 Epinger, L. 
 Ferrini, J. 
 Froment, M. A. 
 Froment, M. A., Jr. 
 Ford, W. O. 
 Geist, W. 
 Gianini, J. 
 Griflths, D. R. 
 German, A. H. 
 
 Goldsack, A. A. 
 Hanson, S., P. G. 
 Heineberg, L. G. M. 
 Henderson, W. E. 
 Howlett, J. C, P. G. 
 Hovey, A., P. G. 
 Hall, G. W. 
 Hottel, J. W. 
 Hughes, D. G. 
 Harris, L A. 
 Irvine, W.B. 
 Iverson, P. A. 
 Jacobson, M. 
 Johnson, F. 
 Johnson, C. A. 
 Johnson, N. P. 
 Johnson, G. A. 
 Johnston, J. 
 Jones, E I., P. G. 
 Jaeger, F. W., p. g. 
 Knell, R. 
 Kerr, T. 
 Kerr, D., p. g. 
 King, G. J., P. G. 
 Lillystrand, A. 
 Leonard, J. W. 
 Lucas, I. S. 
 
 Low, G B. 
 Low, T. G. 
 Low, J. C. 
 Leek, G. W., P. G. 
 Lincoln, A. L. 
 Mathers, W. H. 
 Martinoni, E. 
 Matson, W. 
 Meese, C, p. G. 
 McMahon, J. 
 McDonald, H. F., P. G. 
 Morris, A. T., P. G. 
 Morrow, T. 
 Morrison, A. F. 
 Morrison, J. R., P. G. 
 Nelson, T. 
 Nielsen, J. C, p. g. 
 Noffsinger, W. A., p. g. 
 Peterson, J. 
 Plath, A., p. g. 
 Peabodv, D., p. g. 
 Perry, A. E. 
 Roy. J. A. 
 Reid, J. 
 Rae, J. 
 
 Russell, J. B., p. g. 
 Reese. J. W. 
 
 Roebuck, T. G. 
 Sartori, A. P. 
 Stevenson, T., p. g. 
 Sundberg, P. G. 
 Spooner, J. F. 
 Smith, H. 
 Swanson, A. 
 Schock, G. R. 
 Tilden, C L., p. g. 
 Troutt, J. M , P. g. 
 Thompson, F. W. 
 Tompkins, M. J. 
 Vickerson. J. M. 
 Vibert, P. 
 Warfield, R. H. 
 Woolf, D. B., P. G. 
 Wally, C. C, p. G. 
 Wetmore, W. N. 
 Whiteley. J. W. 
 Watson, O, p. G. 
 Wilson, H. 
 Westerberg. A. E. 
 Warren, T. H., p. G 
 Waldron, J., p. G. 
 Wolfln, A., p G. 
 Walker, F. A. 
 
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Occidental Lodge No. 179, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 ACCIDENTAL LODGE No. 179 I. O. O. F. was instituted in Covenant Hall, 
 ^^ Odd Fellows' Building, San Francisco, on Friday evening, September 16, 
 1870, by C. W. Darinals, M. W. Grand Master, assisted by H. S. Hyland, District 
 Deputy Grand Master; H. B. Brooks, Grand Treasurer; Lewis Soher, Past 
 Grand, Acting Grand Secretary; A. J. Gunnison, Past Grand Representative, 
 Acting Grand Warden; F. P. Dann, Past Grand, Acting Grand Marshal; G. C. 
 Walker, Past Grand, Acting Grand Guardian. 
 
 Thos. Tippett, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 A. H. Bostick, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 A. S. Wisswell, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 The charter members were: 
 
 Thos. H. Brooks, P. G. 
 Chas. B. Putnam, P. G. 
 W. F. Dorrance, P. G. 
 D. W. Grant 
 
 O. P. Robie 
 D. G. Smith 
 J. M. Burstell 
 A. Ludorfl 
 
 S. S. Burt 
 A. McBoyle 
 W. G. Halstead 
 C G. Jones 
 
 J. A. Haugh 
 John Landers, Jr. 
 S. L. Hartmeyer 
 C E. Cloyes 
 
 The following officers were elected and installed to hold office for the term 
 ending December 31, 1870: 
 
 T. H. Brooks, Noble Grand 
 
 O. R. Robie, Vice Grand 
 
 D. C Smith, Recording Secretary 
 
 J. M. Burtsell, Permanent Secretary 7*J*'J*S!££, 
 A. Ludorff, Treasurer 
 
 [-Trustees 
 W. F. Dorrance] 
 
 The appointed officers were: 
 
 W. G. Halstead, Warden 
 
 A. McBoyle, Conductor 
 
 A. S. Coffman, Inside Guardian 
 
 D. W. Grant, R. S. to N. G. 
 W. F. Dorrance, L. S. to N. G. 
 S. S. Burt, R. S. to V. G. 
 
 S. L. Hartmeyer, L. S. to V. G. 
 R. Frank Clark, R. S. S. 
 J. Minor Taylor, L. S. S. 
 C B. Putnam, J. P. G. 
 
 Dispensations having been granted by the M. W. Grand Master, twelve 
 candidates were proposed, elected and initiated, and one as nonaffiliate. 
 Names of the members in good standing: 
 
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 OCCIDENTAL LODGE NO. 179. I. O. O. F. 
 
 Wm. J. Atthowe 
 William E. Aber 
 Wolter M. Allen 
 John T. Adcock 
 K. Atthowe 
 Clarence B. Bailey 
 R. L. C. Barnes 
 Ashland H. Bostick 
 Forest H. Blanding 
 David Bet wick 
 Merritt B. Bostick 
 Edgar W. Briggs 
 Robert Brown 
 Amasa F. Bryant 
 T. E. Beadwell 
 D. R. Bacus 
 C. R. Belz 
 Robert Christie 
 Theodore N. Clough 
 Charles E. Cloyes 
 Edward B. Coon 
 Alonzo Coffin 
 H. E. Callender 
 W. G. Campbell 
 William F. Dorrance 
 John Dunn 
 Martin Dow 
 Charles E. Doughty 
 George E. Davis 
 John O. Doane 
 
 Henry J. Eaton 
 Emile Elmquest 
 William T. France 
 Daniel G. Fraser 
 Arthur J. Foster 
 William Grasshoff 
 Charles H. Gerrine 
 Robert Grasshoff 
 C. H. Godfrey 
 James Gardner 
 Willard G. Halstaad 
 Kdward H. Houghton 
 John W. Hamilton 
 Wm. W. Hanscom 
 Paul Heinecke 
 Joseph J. Hilton 
 J. L. Hupinan 
 H. Hansen 
 J. D. Harman 
 Stephen D. Ives 
 Frederick G. James 
 Charles M. Jenkins 
 Peter C Jurs 
 Charles J. Kaighin 
 William Leviston 
 T. B. Longley 
 Covnelius Leonard 
 John Landers 
 Thomas Lewis 
 Thomas Longworth 
 
 L. R. Larzelere 
 Edward T. Morris 
 William Martin 
 Alexander McBoyle 
 George W. Mack 
 Charles V. Manner 
 John E. Markley 
 Frederick S. Mayhew 
 Thaddeus H. Mead 
 William Millner 
 John J. McDonald 
 James L. Mosher 
 James McKinley 
 J. B. Morris 
 N. J. McKibbon 
 David Newell 
 Arthur D. Newell 
 Louis Oesterman 
 John Olsen 
 Charles S. Peck 
 Wm. G. Piller 
 William Patterson 
 Hans Peterson 
 J. N. Paulsen 
 G. V. Petersen 
 Edward R. Rockwell 
 Edward B. Read 
 Thomas D. Riodan 
 S. H. Richards 
 Wm. S. Rea 
 
 J. P. Raymond, Jr. 
 Amasa B. Sampson 
 Henry T. Scott 
 A.J. Stangenberger 
 Aloert R. Steinbnng 
 Samuel C. Switzer 
 Frank Schultz 
 James Sutcliff 
 Louis Schutte 
 Emil Toepfer 
 Francis J. Titus 
 Thos. Tippett 
 A. Toepfer 
 J. P. Thrift 
 Akin H. Vail 
 William H. Veghie 
 George W. Wimmer 
 Frank R. Webb 
 Edward S. Wiswell 
 James H. Wolley 
 Frederick C. Waters 
 Samuel G. Whitney 
 Webster Wellbanks 
 Thomas P. Winter 
 Johannes T. Westrem 
 T. R. Webb 
 Thomas J. Young 
 John E. Youngberg 
 F. Zan 
 
 Occidental Lodge has striven to build up a membership of solid business 
 men, sacrificing always numbers to quality. The standard of membership in 
 this Lodge has been the family; recognizing the Lodge as their home, each 
 member has vied with the other in creating a pleasant atmosphere, where, after 
 the business cares of the day have been laid aside, a social hour might be spent 
 with pleasure and satisfaction, returning to the domestic circle at an early hour 
 with agreeable thoughts and higher ideals. 
 
 Generosity and open handedness has been one of the chief characteristics. 
 No worthy claim has ever been filed before this Lodge and refused. The idea 
 prevails not only to visit the sick and to relieve the distressed, bury the dead, 
 educate the orphans, shelter the aged of both sexes, who have failed in the battle 
 of life, build character in the youth, but to aid and assist those in need whenever 
 and wherever they are able to do so. 
 
 Careful business management has distinguished this Lodge for many years, 
 and no business proposition can pass the keen, shrewd business eye of the man- 
 agers of Occidental Lodge unless it is commercially sound. During the twen- 
 ty-nine years of its existence the Lodge has paid out in sick benefits $33,187, 
 for funeral benefits $3,441.75. and for charity $2,925.10. The total number of 
 members at this time is one hundred and nineteen. The Lodge is progressive 
 and thoroughly versed in all that pertains to the initiatory work, intellectual, in 
 every respect, the officers are competent guardians of the Lodge's interests. 
 
 S. G. Whitney, the Noble Grand of Occidental Lodge, was born in New 
 York, came to California in 1862, spent his early days in Sierra County, where 
 his father was made an Odd Fellow in 1854 by R. H. Taylor, presiding as Noble 
 Grand. Brother Taylor was the first Noble Grand of California Lodge No. 1, 
 and subsequently removed to Downieville in Sierra County. 
 
 Brother Whitney has held positions in the Auditing office of the United 
 States Custom House for several years, has resided in Virginia City, Nevada, 
 and there engaged in newspaper work and held clerical positions of trust, been 
 connected with all the notable mining magnates of the Comstock. He is a genial 
 whole-souled and energetic Odd Fellow. He is a Veteran, taking an active part in 
 the affairs of the Association. Brother Whitney conceived the idea that the De- 
 gree Master A. K. Kingsford was entitled to recognition for the impressive man- 
 ner in which he did the work in the Degree Lodge, and, following out this idea, 
 
HARBOR LODGE NO. 253, I. O. O. F. 293 
 
 designed a beautiful jewel, gathered the money, by subscriptions, from the 
 Lodges of San Francisco, purchased this jewel, and made the presentation speech, 
 much to the satisfaction of all interested. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS— ELECTIVE : 
 
 Richards, S. H., A. P. G. Hupman, J. L., V. G. Bostick, A. H., Financial Secretary 
 
 Whitney, S. G., N. G. / Fippett, Thos., Secretary Wiswell, E. S., Treasurer 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS— APPOINTED : 
 
 Mack, G. W., Warden Piller, W. G., R. S. N. G. Toepher, E. J, R. S. S. 
 
 McKinley, Jas. M., Conductor McKibben, W. G., L. S. N. G. Gardner, J., L. S. S. 
 
 Sutliffe, J,, Inside Guard Toepher, A., R. S. V. G. Dow, Martin, Chaplain 
 
 Schutz, F., Outside Guard Campbell, W. G., L. S. V. G. 
 
 Harbor Lodge No. 253, I. O. 0. F. 
 
 J^ HERE assembled in Masonic Hall, West Oakland, on Saturday evening, 
 ^ September 9, 1876, a small body of men called together by the following 
 named Odd Fellows for the purpose of laying plans to have a Lodge of Odd Fel- 
 lows instituted in West Oakland: H. D. Underwood, W. H. Wilkinson, W. C. 
 Eddings, Geo. Clark, John Foster, B. S. E. Williams, Henry Davies, Thomas 
 Parkinson, M. M. Kelly, W. H. Cowen, J. M. Young and others. 
 
 Bro. Underwood was selected Chairman and Bro. Eddings Secretary. At the 
 meeting, and at several subsequent meetings, committees that had been appointed 
 to arrange for charter, hall, paraphernalia, etc., made their reports and recom- 
 mendations. It was decided that this Lodge should be called " Harbor," and 
 meetings to be held on Wednesday evening in Masonic Hall (same having been 
 leased for one year). That the Lodge would be instituted on Wednesday even- 
 ing, October 18, 1876, with twenty-three charter members on that evening. 
 H. I. Tilden, Grand Master, assisted by J. B. Harmon, R. W. Deputy Grand 
 Sire; W. B. Lyon, Grand Secretary; C. N. Fox, P. G. M.; E. Bangle and D. K. 
 Swain, D. D. G. Masters, instituted in regular form Harbor Lodge No. 253, I. O. 
 O. F., the following being charter members: 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Underwood, H. D. Cook, W. F. Kelly, M. M. Taylor, B. I. 
 
 Langford, Thomas Wilkinson, W. H. Parkins, Thomas Roach, Peter, 
 
 Carothers, J. T. Hughes, W. A. Chase, I. A. Foster, John 
 
 Davies, Henry Clark, George Gerrish, I. L. Price, James R. 
 
 Bullock, J. C. Long, L. H. Cowan, W. H. Kohler, E. F. 
 
 Young, J. M. Fisher, A. D. Williams, B. S. E. 
 
 After the business of electing the officers, etc., all adjourned to the Banquet 
 Hall, where the prosperity and good luck was toasted by the several visiting 
 brothers. At this time the brothers did not realize that they were laying the foun- 
 dation for the most active, energetic Lodge in Alameda County. Such, however, 
 it has proven itself tobe, as shown by the following extracts taken from the reports 
 filed by the Secretaries, covering twenty-two years, or 45 terms of Harbor Lodge : 
 there has been paid out for sick benefits, $17,287.45; relieving 389 brothers for 
 funeral benefits, $2,083.56; for charity and relief of widowed families, $980.15. 
 Grand total for relief and charity, $20,806.10. Number of members December, 
 1898, 175. Assets December, 1898, $6,851.43. This is a record that members 
 of Harbor feel proud to show, for they know and realize the good they have done 
 for their more unfortunate brothers. 
 
 The members of Harbor are mostly railroad employees, and find it incon- 
 
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 HARBOR LODGE NO. 253, I. O. O. F. 
 
 venient at times to attend, although off duty they will attend Lodge, there being 
 an average attendance of thirty members every meeting. The Degree Team of 
 Harbor Lodge, under the guidance of P. G. James Rye, has gained a reputation 
 for itself, especially in the second degree, which has to be seen to be appreciated. 
 This team is always willing to assist any Lodge in the degree work, for during 
 the past two years, Harbor has conferred this work for all the Lodges in Ala- 
 meda County, Healdsburg and San Francisco Lodges. 
 
 There are enrolled, and, who still take an active interest, some six of the 
 charter members: P. G. Henry Davies, P. G. J. C. Bullock; Bros. John Foster, 
 Thos. Langford, W. F. Cook and Geo. Clark — " Scrap," as he is more familiarly 
 known — the Grandpa of Harbor being the most active, energetic charter member. 
 He is always present at the meetings, and is ever watchful of the Treasury. 
 Without Grandpa Clark the " push " would hardly know what to do, for he always 
 goes to take care of them upon the occasion of a fraternal visit. 
 
 Harbor Lodge had enrolled at last report, July, 1899, 175 members. There 
 has been initiated during part of the new term, five members, making a total 
 membership of 180 members September 20. 1899. 
 
 Keller. F. W., N. G. 
 Crossman, John, P. G., R. S. N. G. 
 Ammerman, Chas., L. S. N. G. 
 Gove, F. L., P. G., Rec. Sec. 
 Neal, W. W., P. G., Treas. 
 Coke, P. S., Warden 
 Kahrs. W. A., R.S. S. 
 
 OFFICERS FOR THE 46TH TERM 
 
 Menges, A. F., V.G. 
 Miller, H. W., R.S V.G. 
 Conlon, Chas., L. S. V. G. 
 Rye, Jas., P. G., Fin. Sec. 
 Neilson, F. J., Chaplain 
 Fount, W. J., Conductor 
 Davis, E. W., L.S.S. 
 
 Gove, C A., I. G. 
 Bullock, H. C, P. G., O. G. 
 Andrews, C. W., J. P. G., Trus. 
 Yates, Robt., P.G., Trus. 
 Schwartz, H , P. G , Trus. 
 Clark, Geo., Trus. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Adams, Samuel, p.g. 
 Adams, John Ray 
 Ammerman, Henry J., p.g. 
 Amerman, Chas. F. 
 Anderson, Olaf 
 Andrews, C. W. 
 Andrews, J. E. 
 Angwin, J. A. 
 Armstr ng, S. G. 
 Avan, William J. 
 Baker, A. W. 
 Baldwin, Ebenezer, 
 
 (Initiatory Deg.) 
 Barnes, J. L., p.g 
 Bartley, S. P. 
 Beal, F. D. 
 Bear, W. A. 
 Bishop, G. D., p.g. 
 Bishop, J. N. 
 Boardman, J. 
 Borders, W. D. 
 Bruhning, E. G. H , 1st D. 
 Broderick, C. W. 
 Boyer, E. T. 
 BuchaDan, W. A. 
 Bullock, H. C, P. g. 
 Bullock, J. C, p.g. 
 Burger, F. E., p.g. 
 Burkh alter, Chas. 
 Burns, Jas. McK., p.g. 
 Carroll, Geo. W., p.g. 
 Casovia, Peter 
 Clark, Geo. , 
 Coke, P. S. 
 Comstock, H. W. 
 Conlan, Chas. 
 Cook, F. W. 
 Cook, W. F. 
 Corliss, E. M. 
 Crockard, W. J. 
 Crossman, John, p.g. 
 Crossman, E.J. 
 Crossman, W. T. 
 Cripps, H. T., p.g. 
 Curran, R. A. 
 Dalton, H. P. 
 
 Davis, H. B., p.g. 
 Davis, C. F. 
 Davis, E. W. 
 Davies, Henry 
 Deckard, S. A. 
 Detjens, A. 
 Drummond, W. H. 
 Eagles, R. W. 
 Edwards, W. J. 
 Eiben, F. G. 
 Emery, John 
 Englebright, H. Jr., 
 Evers, J. H. 
 Evers, E. H. L. 
 Falvey, J. R. 
 Farley, C. M. 
 Faunt, W. J. 
 Foster, John 
 Garner, W. L., p. G. 
 Gaskin, Walter 
 Gove, E. V., p.g. 
 Gove, F. L., p.g. 
 Gove, C. A. 
 Graf, H. 
 
 Graham, R. G., p.g. 
 Graham, R. S. 
 Graham, E. J. 
 Hall, A. J. 
 Hall, J. H. 
 Hamilton, F., p. g. 
 Hanby, P. N. 
 Herlitz.C. F., p.g. 
 Herlitz, Robt. 
 Hirst, H. N. 
 Hoberg, P. 
 Hodkins, E. C. p.g. 
 Howie, Robert 
 Hughes, H. M. 
 Hughes, Robert 
 Hyatt, O. C, P.G. 
 Innes, J. 
 
 Jackson, F. F., p.g. 
 Jackson, M. 
 Jackson, W. J. 
 Jennings, F. W., Sr. 
 Jennings, F. W., Jr. 
 
 Jensen, J. 
 Johns, C. T., p.g. 
 Jones, H. A. 
 Kahrs, W. A. 
 Kaiser, A. 
 Kaiser, F. G. 
 Kaiser, T. F. 
 Keiser, C, p.g. 
 Keller, F. W. 
 Langford, T. 
 Lare, G. F., p.g. 
 Lar Rien, E. A. 
 Lauffes, J. 
 Lewis, E. 
 Lowell, F. 
 Ludlow. W. B., p.g. 
 Luhr, W. F. H. 
 Maddocks, J. K., p.g. 
 Medros, J. J. 
 Melius, N. S. 
 Menges, A. F. 
 Mensen, H. 
 Mighels, R. R. 
 Miller, H. W. 
 Miller, P. L. 
 Mitchell, G. A. 
 Monck, R. C, 
 Moore, C. M. 
 Morrison, J. 
 Murphey, J. J. 
 McDonald, John F. 
 McDonald, Jas. F. 
 McGuire, E. 
 McGuire, T. 
 McGuire. W. F. 
 McKay, D. 
 McLeod, A. M. 
 McKeen, A. A., p.g. 
 McKeen, J. H., p.g. 
 Neal. W. W., p.g. 
 Nelson, W. H. 
 Neilson, F. J. 
 Nilsen, N. 
 Nor, A. J. 
 Owens, O. J. 
 Pangbom, C. W. 
 
 Paul, G. A., p.g. 
 Pettingell, D. R., p.g. 
 Phillips, J. W. 
 Phillips, J. 
 
 Pierre, E. A., Initiatory 
 Price, W. F. 
 Putney, E. F. 
 Quigley, W. B. 
 Read, E. G. 
 Rogers, E. A., p.g. 
 Rottermundt. H. 
 Rickert, F. 
 Richardson, D. 
 River, J. J. 
 Rye, Jas. 
 Schwaiz, H., p.g. 
 Schick, M. 
 Scott, J. 
 Sherman, W. H. 
 Slavin, J. T. 
 Talbot, E. J., p.g. 
 Taylor, C. F. 
 Taylor. J. H. 
 Teneycke, Wm. 
 Thomas, W. J. 
 Thompson, F. B. 
 Thurman, E. W. 
 Van Borden, B. H. 
 Waage, J. 
 Walters, V. 
 Watkins, H. W. 
 Waterman, C. 
 White, E. J., p.g. 
 Whitemore, J. K., p.g. 
 Willoughley, S. M. 
 Wilke, H. J. 
 Wilkes, F. 
 Wilkes, W. E. 
 Wisensell, J. 
 Witt, H. B. 
 Woodal, Jas. 
 Worthington, J. 
 Yates, Robt., P.G. 
 
 Lodge meets every Wednesday 
 Peralta streets, West Oakland. 
 
 evening in Fraternity Hall, Seventh and 
 
Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 194, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 COSMOPOLITAN LODGE No. 194, I. O. O. F., was instituted in Covenant 
 ^^^ Hall, Odd Fellows' Building, San Francisco, December 13. 1871, by Grand 
 Master William H. Hill, assisted by Grand Secretary T. Rodgers Johnson, Grand 
 Treasurer H. B. Brooks, and a full corps of Grand Officers pro tern. The Lodge 
 had thirteen charter members and twenty-four applications for membership on 
 the night of institution, nine of whom were initiated on that evening. 
 
 The Lodge has paid $38,834.56 for benefits' and relief since its institution, has 
 sustained well the dignity of our glorious Order. The present officers of the 
 
 James J. Loggie, Past Grand. 
 
 Brother Loggie was born at New Brunswick in 1852 and came to California in 1876, he engaged in the 
 lumber business in San Francisco, and later became President of McKay & Company, owners of the Occiden- 
 tal Lumber Mills. Brother Loggie was initiated in Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 194, 1. O. O. F., some twenty 
 years ago, passed all the Chairs, was initiated into Unity Encampment, passed all the Chairs in this body. 
 Has represented his Lodge in the Grand Lodge, and is a member of the Grand Encampment. In 1898 was 
 appointed one of a Special Committee of three, to investigate the climatic and other conditions of the 
 I. O. O. F. Home at Thermalito, and made an able and comprehensive report, going into details fully, he has 
 given this question careful study and understands the subject-matter thoroughly. In the early days of the old 
 Uniformed Patriarchs, Brother Loggie was an active member. At no time has he ever been a candidate for 
 office in the Order, yet his friends and admirers have frequently mentioned his name for position. Of a thor- 
 ough practical turn of mind Brother Loggie deals with all questions from a business point of view, yet when 
 the question of fraternal work is under consideration he gives his time, talents and money freely and with a 
 heartiness that do:s one good; always courteous, he is popular among his fraters, business associates and 
 employees. 
 
 Lodge are: William M. Meuser, Noble Grand; John G. Campbell, Vice Grand; 
 A. J. Cleary, Recording Secretary; W. W. Peck, Financial Secretary; E. Maginnis, 
 Treasurer; J. J. Loggie, A. H. Cousins, E. H. Hart, Trustees. 
 
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 Brother deary of this Lodge has for years been one of the painstaking mem- 
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 ing the Odd Fellows' Home at the Grand Lodge Session of 1898, presenting a 
 report evincing much patient research. 
 
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Ventura Lodge No. 201, I. O. O. F. 
 
 UENTURA LODGE No. 201, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Spear's Hall in 
 the Town of San Buenaventura, California, on February 28, 1872, by Dis- 
 trict Deputy Grand Master Crowson Smith. The following were the charter 
 members and members admitted on the evening of institution, viz: Henry Robin- 
 son, Jno. A. Barry, E. A. Edwards, M. T. Wells, Andrew Clemens, Andrew 
 Jackson, Chas. S. Preble, Frank Perkins, C. Christsen, David Grove and E. M. 
 Jones. The Lodge was organized, and elected the following officers: Henry 
 Robinson, N. G.; E. A. Edwards, V. G.; Chas. Preble, Sec; E. M. Jones, Treas.; 
 I. N. Crosby, Warden; David Grove, I. G.; Jno. A. Barry, R. S. N. G.; Frank 
 Perkins, L. S. N. G., who were duly installed. The following brothers were 
 admitted by card: J. W. Rosenberg, J. W. Goodwin, P. V. McCarty, J. N. 
 Crosby and W. H. Suytar. The following were admitted by initiation: Wm. Bar- 
 nett, M. Boukofsky and Joe Richardson. 
 
 Hugh Henry, Noble Grand 
 
 Since the organizing of the Lodge the following have been admitted up to 
 June, 30, 1899: 
 
 Number of Charter Members 16 
 
 Number Initiated 201 
 
 Number Admitted by Card 59 
 
 Number Reinstated 15 291 
 
 Number Died 15 
 
 Number Withdrawn 30 
 
 Number Expelled 1 
 
 Number Suspended for N. P. D 136 182 
 
 Number of Members June 30, 1899 109 
 
 This Lodge has always been regarded as exceptionally generous and chari- 
 table with its members and brother Odd Fellows, and has paid out for relief and 
 charity since its organization nearly $8,000. 
 
 Total Value of Property, Paraphernalia, etc .$1,690.00 
 
 Cash on Hand and at Interest 2,873.80 
 
 Total Assets $4,563.80 
 
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 KERNVILLE LODGE NO. 251, I. O. O. F. 
 
 The present officers are: Hugh Henry, N. G.; J. R. McKenzie, V. G.; E. H. 
 Ireland, Rec. Sec; Win. H. Granger, Fin. Sec.; Paul Charlebois, Treasurer; A. 
 Norman, Warden; F. P. Hoy, Conductor; E. W. R. Isensee, I. G.; F. E. Jones, 
 O. G.; Peter Bennett, R. S. N. G.; J. J. Streets, L. S. N. G.; M. E. V. Bogart, 
 R. S. V. G.; Hugh Gibson, L. S. V. G.; A. S. Kenagy, F. P. Hoy, M. E. V. 
 Bogart, Financial Committee; Jno. Hund, L. F. Webster, Peter Bennett, Trus- 
 tees. 
 
 At the present time but one of the charter members remains a member of 
 the Lodge, and that one is Past Grand Joseph Richardson, who still attends reg- 
 ularly, and who has held every office in the Lodge. 
 
 Kernville Lodge No. 2£i, I. O. O. F., Kernville. 
 
 KERNVILLE LODGE No. 251, I. O. O. F., was instituted September 4, 
 1876, by E. Cohn, D. D. G. M., with the following charter members: Samuel 
 D. Thurston, John R. Palmer, Swan P. Nelson, Charles C. Hickisch and William 
 
 Richards. The first officers elected were: S. D. Thurston, N. G. ; J. R. Palmer, 
 V. G. ; S. P. Nelson, Treasurer, and G. W. McEwen, Per. and Rec. Secretary. 
 Six candidates were initiated at the first meeting, and, as the weeks went by, 
 additions were numerous and the Lodge prospered numerically and financially. 
 During 1882 the membership began to decline, and in 1884 some talk was 
 had of surrendering the charter. In 1885 meetings were very irregular, and at 
 one meeting seven members were suspended for nonpayment of dues. In the 
 first term of 1886 meetings were held once a month. From August 19, 1886, to 
 December 4, 1897, eight meetings were held at which no quorum was present or 
 could be obtained, owing to removals; however, a sufficient number of brothers 
 kept up their dues, and so held the charter. In 1891 a destructive fire visited 
 the town, and much Lodge furniture and some regalia was burned. In 1876 the 
 
WESTERN ADDITION LODGE NO. 285, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 furniture and regalia was valued at $1,283. On the 18th of December, 1897, the 
 Lodge admitted to membership eight by initiation and one by card. Since then 
 Kernville Lodge has been steadily growing, and at the present 'time has thirty- 
 seven members. One hundred and thirteen have signed the constitution. 
 
 Since the Lodge was instituted it has relieved 47 brothers, and paid 295 
 weeks' sick benefits amounting to $2,011; funeral benefits amounting to $299; for 
 the relief of widowed families, $472; for charity, $76; making a total for relief and 
 charity of $2,858. 
 
 The present condition is thriving and prosperous, the members are young, 
 the Lodge is growing, and much interest is being taken in the good work. 
 
 Western Addition Lodge No. 28^, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 TVJESTERN ADDITION LODGE No. 285, I. O. O. F., was instituted on 
 ^^ August 20, 1879, at Hamilton Hall, at the corner of Steiner and Geary 
 
 W. F. I.EE, 
 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 J. R. McLean, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 streets, in that portion of San Francisco known as the " Western Addition," with 
 the following 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Aaron, David 
 
 Bauer, Emile 
 
 Blake, James W., p. G. 
 
 Cooper, A. 
 
 Freese, Wm. H., p. G. 
 
 Freiermuth, George A. 
 Fried, David 
 Hartman, Max. p. g. 
 Hastings, Benjamin 
 Hilton, P. E. 
 
 Koch.C. F. H.,p. g. 
 Meyer, Adolph 
 Milman, John 
 Taylor, John J. 
 Wiener, M. 
 
 Eight of the charter members still survive and continue their connection with 
 the Lodge. The institution ceremonies were conducted by the then Grand Mas- 
 ter Geo. A. Case, assisted by Grand Secretary W. B. Lyon, Acting Deputy Grand 
 Master J. H. Applegate, Jr., afterwards Grand Patriarch; Acting Grand Marshal 
 
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 SARGENT LODGE NO. 368, I. O. O. F. 
 
 E. P. Smith, afterwards Grand Master; Acting Grand Con. E. H. Black, after- 
 wards Grand Patriarch, and others. The first officers of the Lodge were: Noble 
 Grand, Jas. W. Blake; Vice Grand, David Fried; Rec. Sec, Emile Bauer; Per. 
 Sec, Geo. A. Freiermuth, and Treas., Adolph Meyer. 
 
 Western Addition Lodge grew rapidly and soon numbered over one hundred 
 members. It continued to meet at Hamilton Hall until after the completion of 
 the Odd Fellows' Temple at Seventh and Market streets, when it removed to the 
 new building, — and there it is still domiciled. Its members were enthusiastic, and 
 soon obtained a reputation for hospitality and good ritualistic work; and they 
 still exhibit with pride the trophy and first prize which was awarded to their Lodge 
 by the Odd Fellows' Literary and Social Club in a spirited competition of the San 
 Francisco Lodges before that organization, for the best rendition of the Initiatory 
 Degree. During the twenty years of its existence Western Addition Lodge has 
 paid out: 
 
 For sick benefits $11,728.70 
 
 For funeral expenses and funeral benefits 1,149.00 
 
 For donations to members and widowed families. . . . 1,693.85 
 For donations to others, including Relief Committee 270.30 
 
 For nurse hire, etc 182 . 25 
 
 For support of Odd Fellows' Library 1,520. 50 
 
 Making a total relief, charity, etc., of $16,544.60 
 
 which does not include the moneys paid for current expenses. 
 
 The Lodge now has assets of the value of about $10,000, of which $5,925.51 
 is in cash. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Anderson, A. A. Freiermuth, Geo. H., p. g. Lee, Wm. F., p. g. Strandell, Chas. V. 
 
 Aaron, Victor Fenn, Laws>n T., p. G. Lee, Earnest A. Smith, Alfred 
 
 Bankson, G. B. Gainey, Trimble C. Lawrenson, Henry Snidermon, Max 
 
 Baar, James L., p. g. Gray, John H., p. g. McKenna, Jos. D. Taylor, John J., p. g. 
 
 Ballinger, J. A. Goldsmith, Gaston, p. g. McLean, Jos. R., p. g. Trantner, Gus A. 
 
 Bauer, Emile, p. g. Gaffney, Geo. Meyer, Adolph, p. g. Thornton, Geo. 
 
 Benjamin, Nathan Gradwohl, David Milman, John Thorpe, Robert C. 
 
 Brady. Thos. F. Halvorsen, Nils Moses, Montague T., P. G. Tuggey, Arthur W. 
 
 Bramah, Alfred Haas, Leonard Marston, Frank W. Turner, Edward Q., p. g. 
 
 Brings, Augustus Hartman, Max, p. g. Methke, Robert Ullom, Daniel A. 
 
 Boreman, Thos. Holtum, Ferdinand Nowell, Alver H.. P. G. Uren, Chas. E. 
 
 Bottamley, Chas. Howe, Edward, p. g. Nowell, Howard W., p. g. Wechsler, Isaac 
 
 Borden, Wm. L. Hulten, August Offer, Chas. Winterburn, Geo. F., p. g. 
 
 Bell, Henry R. Hasselgren, Chas. Page, Chas. A. Wilson, Abraham 
 
 Burke, James J. Hillson, Ezera P. Pilsbury, John F. Wisler, Julius W. 
 
 Carlson, Frank O. Hardee, John F. Petersen, John N., p. g. Wollert, Ernst, p. g. 
 
 Clay, Clement C Irwin, David, p. g. Pike, Francis H. Wood, Israel 
 
 Clements, Wm. Isaacs, Samuel, p. g. Rees, David Wessling, Wm. H., p. <:. 
 
 Conklin, John, p. g. Jens, August E. Rees, Harry Wessling, Henry C. 
 
 Cooper, Abraham Jensen, Andreas Rees, Frank D. Wettig, Augustus F., p. g. 
 
 Corinson, Jacob, p. g. Johnston, Andrew Rasmussen, Chas. Woolley, Robert M. 
 
 Corinson, Nathan Jansen, Chas. N. Scheer, Henry Welch, Allen 
 
 Corinson, Simon Knott, Wm. E., p. g. Stein, Henry C. Wagner, Chas. E. 
 
 Dorrer, Chas. Koch, Conrad F. H., p. g. Spanton, James Wood, Geo. 
 
 Elmquest, J. R. Lask, Harry J., P. G. Shoop, Jos., P. G. Wetche, Chris. F. 
 
 Emrick, Wm. J., p. g. Levy, Adolph Schroeder, Chris, p. g. Weder, Wilhelm 
 
 Fried, David Lundberg, Nils P. Scheel, Julius, p. g. Zipp, Frederick 
 
 Sargent Lodge No. 368, I. O. O. F., San Francisco. 
 
 C! ARGENT LODGE No. 368, I. O. O. F„ was instituted on Friday evening, 
 ^ May 1, 1891, in " Memorial Hall," I. O. O. F. Building, Seventh and Market 
 streets, by W. H. Blunden, D. D. G. M., assisted by Walter B. Lyon, Grand Sec- 
 retary, and other members of the Grand Lodge. The charter members of the 
 Lodge were the following named brothers:, Geo. W. Dixon, P. G. ; Alex Hay, P. 
 G. ; Wm. F. Curran, Wm. A. Walker, Andrew J. Duncan, Jacob M. Briggs, 
 Anthony J. Hatfield and Thos. P. Ball. 
 
 On the evening of institution of the Lodge seventy-seven new members were 
 initiated. The officers of California Lodge No. 1, Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15 and 
 Fidelity Lodge No. 222 performed the work of initiation, and conferring of the 
 degrees in a very creditable manner before a large audience of members of sister 
 Lodges. The advent or admission of Sargent Lodge into the grand army of Odd 
 Fellowship was warmly welcomed by members of the fraternity. 
 
SARGENT LODGE NO. 368, I. O. O. F. 
 
 301 
 
 Sargent Lodge derives its name from the late Aaron A. Sargent, Senator of 
 the United States and ex-Minister to Germany, an able and active member of the 
 Grand Lodge of this State for many years. The enthusiasm manifested at the 
 institution of the Lodge has been maintained, the membership at no time has 
 exceeded one hundred and thirty-six. The number at present being one hundred 
 and eighteen. Though having lost a few members since organization, the Lodge 
 is in a flourishing condition, having assets of nearly eight thousand dollars. 
 
 The Lodge has always taken good care of its sick members, and responded 
 liberally to all calls or appeals for assistance to worthy causes, and the members 
 of " Sargent " feel proud of the record made during the few years of the existence 
 of their Lodge. 
 
 The meetings of the Lodge are held on Friday evenings in Eureka Hall, and 
 are usually well attended and made interesting by the officers and members. Visit- 
 ing members are made to feel at home and are always welcome. 
 
 G. W. Dixon, 
 Secretary. 
 
 G. B. Hanna. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Alatorre, Gullermo Z. 
 Astredo, Joseph C. 
 Astredo, Humbert A. 
 Brennan, John E. 
 Burkholm, Henry 
 Bennet, Richard 
 Briggs, George S. 
 Beck, William T., p. g. 
 Briggs, Jacob M., p. G. 
 Ball, Thomas P. 
 Bishop, William H. 
 Brooks, John W. 
 Brown, William W. 
 Beck, Edward L 
 Byers, James D. 
 Browne, John J. 
 Corbin.Thos. H. 
 Christensen, Claus P. 
 Cooper, Chas. 
 Coleman, Thomas J. 
 Curran, William F., p. G. 
 Cooper, Morris 
 Cardinell, John A. 
 Clayton, Samuel F. 
 Carter, William A., p. g. 
 Cox, Charles E. 
 Dixon, George W., P. G. 
 Duncan, Andrew J., p. g. 
 Dilley, A. L. 
 Epstein, Joseph N. 
 
 Epstein, Max 
 Ely, August P., P. G. 
 Elder, James 
 Enright, Joseph 
 Forsyth, John 
 Finkenstein, Isaac 
 Fenton, James 
 Gross, Alfred G. 
 Gremmler, Conrad, P. G. 
 Goldstone, Morris 
 Gallick, Max 
 Goodall, Charles, p. g. 
 Gordon, Luther D. 
 Griffith, Christopher 
 Hennings, Adolf 
 Hay, Alexander, p. g. 
 Hatfield, Anthony J., p.g. 
 Harrington, William E. 
 Holtz, Albert L. 
 Hobson, Charles R. 
 Holcomb, Charles H. 
 Howes, Henry Carpenter 
 Hanna, Geo. B. 
 Hanna, William Thomas 
 Johnson, Gust. 
 Jonas, Isidore 
 Johnson, Andrew 
 Journeay, Albert 
 Krause, Louis 
 King, Seth A. 
 
 Kroon. Peter Nelson 
 Kimmis, Bruce D. 
 Lathrop, Guy 
 Ludwig, Charles L. 
 Lang, Charles E. 
 Leffler, John, p. g. 
 Lyon, William W., p. G. 
 Layton, Walter Troy 
 McLaughlin, John 
 Mortenson, George 
 Macdougall, Wm. O., p.g. 
 Max, Aaron 
 Martin, Magnin, L. 
 Manter, Louis 
 McPike, Harry H. 
 Mullen, William W. 
 Myers, Henry 
 Monteith, George W. 
 Miller, Ferdinand 
 Neumann, Mark, p. g. 
 Newforth, Charles 
 Norcross, Orville 
 Nienhaus, Herman, p. g. 
 Nail. George C. 
 North, John H. 
 Pohlsen, John H. 
 Painter, Ernest A. 
 Roeder, William Edward 
 Rennie, A. W. 
 Rodgers. Horace E. 
 
 Rogers, Harry 
 Schneider, Frank 
 Sample, Robert A. 
 Sassise, Jules De 
 Sidlowski Abraham 
 Stinson, John Coplir 
 Snyder, Fred C. 
 Sidlowski, Manuel 
 Sidlowski, David 
 Suerstedt, Henry 
 Steinachs, Albert 
 Schindlerr, Joseph 
 Smith, Frank E., p. g. 
 Sullivan, Thomas H. J. 
 Springett, Arthur A. 
 Shaw, George A. 
 Triechel, Frank 
 Thompson. Walter G. 
 Weiss, Jeremiah 
 Wigert, David 
 Wherry, George Franklin 
 Wilson, John H. 
 Williams, John William 
 Williams, Wm. Alfred 
 Westphal, Frederick W. 
 Walton, Francis 
 Walker, William A., p. g. 
 
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San Mateo Lodge No. 265, I. O. O. F 
 
 SAN MATEO, CAL. 
 
 By John Morton, Past Grand 
 
 CT AN MATEO LODGE No. 265, I. O. O. F., was instituted on the evening 
 ^ of October 6, A. D. 1877, by Geo. A. Case, Grand Warden, assisted by W. 
 B. Lyon, Grand Secretary; W. H. Gardner, D. D. G. M., and quite a number of 
 Past Grands. The charter members, eight in number, were as follows: P. G. 
 Allen, T. F. Anderson, T. Bartlett, P. G.; G. H. Fisher, P. G.; C. Jacobson, L. 
 Jasznsky, L. Jacobson and L. D. Morse. Of the eight original charter members, 
 we have only one left, our venerable Chaplain, P. G. L. D. Morse, who has been 
 an active member of the Order since 1846, having been initiated in Rahnav 
 
 G. Christianson. 
 
 W. R. SCHNEIDER. 
 
 H. WlEGERSON. 
 
 J. T. Jennings. 
 
 t,- r>. MORSE. 
 OFFICERS OF SAN MATEO LODGE. 
 
 W. C Alt, Sr. 
 
 Lodge, Rahnay, N. J., in that year. We have still with us an active member in 
 Brother P. G. W. C. Alt, Sr., who was to have been initiated on the same night 
 that the Lodge was instituted, but time would not permit. In our list of Past 
 Grands we have in addition to those whose portraits appear on this page the 
 names of Major Hanford, Chief Paymaster Southern Pacific Company; John Mc- 
 Laren, Superintendent Golden Gate Park; John A. Soule, Superintendent Spring 
 Valley Water Co's lakes; Chas. J. Robinson, Assistant Paymaster Southern 
 Pacific Company; R. Ff. Jury, proprietor and editor of the San Mateo Leader, 
 the leading journal of the county. 
 
 The membership of this Lodge has never exceeded 50, probably on account 
 of the smallness of the territory from which its members have been drawn. While 
 the membership of the Lodge is small, their material worth, for the advancement 
 of Odd Fellowship, is proven by the fact, that starting from the beginning in 
 1877, with a capital of $500 borrowed money from the Mother Lodge of the 
 county, Bay View Lodge No. 109, and in the year 1887, through fire our Lodge 
 
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 BERKELEY LODGE NO. 270, I. O. O. F. 
 
 lost everything with the exception of the Bible, we stand to-day housed in a 
 50x90 two-story stone and brick building of our own, which in appointments and 
 detail are complete. In common with all Lodges in this State, our members are 
 much scattered. On account of the loss of our early records by fire it is impos- 
 sible to arrive at correct amounts of receipts or moneys paid out for sick benefits 
 or relief of worthy members, but no member in sickness or distress has ever been 
 neglected. 
 
 While San Mateo Lodge No. 265 can look back with pride upon the results 
 of her own work, they feel that their success has been in no small measure due to 
 the fact of their being a representation of the grand body of the Grand Lodge of 
 the State of California, under whose jurisdiction Odd Fellowship has always 
 been administered in its broadest gauge. 
 
 Berkeley Lodge No. 270, 1. O. O. F. 
 
 JOERKELEY LODGE No. 270, I. O. O. F., was instituted on the 20th day of 
 *^ February, 1878, by Grand Master F. P. Daun. assisted by Grand Warden 
 
 J. G. Wright. 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 Jos. Chappie, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Geo. L. Wilcox. 
 Noble Grand. 
 
 B. E. Underwood, Jr., 
 Past Grand. 
 
 W. B. Chase, 
 Secretary. 
 
 W. W. Case, Grand Secretary W. B. Lyon, Past Grand Masters Wm. H. Barnes 
 and L. L. Alexander, D. D. G. M. Geo. W. Lewis, and others, with the following 
 charter members: L. H. Anthony, I. A. Bovnton, Joseph Chappie, Wm. Ellis, 
 Joseph Funnell, Saml. C. Clark, F. H. Payne, Geo. D. Metcalf, Frank J. Ryus, 
 
FARNSWORTH LODGE NO. 95, I. O. O. F. 
 
 305 
 
 F. B. Tarbett, Geo. S. Tallman and John Woolley, P. G. The first elective 
 officers were F. H. Payne, N. G.; S. C. Clark, V. G.; Geo. S. Tallman, Rec. Sec; 
 F. J. Ryus, Per Sec, and Joseph Chappie, Treasurer. 
 
 Its first Lodge home was in a small hall, corner Berkeley Way and Shattuck 
 Avenue, which it occupied until 1885, when, a larger hall being required, it was 
 decided to build. Accordingly a hall association was incorporated with 10,000 
 shares capital stock of one dollar each, the sale restricted to members of the 
 Order. A lot was purchased, and the building which the Lodge now occupies 
 was erected, costing furnished nearly $10,000. A majority of the stock has been 
 held by the Lodge from the first and more has been purchased from members as 
 its circumstances would permit, until it now holds 7,300 of the 10,000 shares. 
 
 The growth of the Lodge has not been rapid, but in the main it has been 
 healthy, numbering among its membership the best citizens of this University 
 Town. It is well equipped with paraphernalia for doing the Lodge work, and its 
 degree team, under the able management of Drill Master C. A. Geirrine, has 
 more than a local reputation. 
 
 The Lodge has expended for relief and charity during the twenty-one years 
 of its existence over $20,000, and besides the hall stock and paraphernalia has 
 an amount of money on deposit sufficient for working purposes. The Lodge 
 meets every Thursday evening, and has a good attendance. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Acheson, Wm. J. 
 Alden, E. R. 
 Appleton, Win. 
 Armstrong, F. 
 Bauml, Jacob E. 
 Borkheim, S. H. 
 Borkheim, Louis 
 Boynton, I. A., P. G. 
 Boyd, Thomas P. 
 Broad, A. H., P. g. 
 Brotherton, T. G. 
 Brown, Chas. R. 
 Bull, B. P., p. g. 
 Bowers, L. T. 
 Chappie, Jos., p. G. 
 Chick, Guy H. 
 Cole, Elma K. 
 Cohn, J. I. 
 Cornelius, D., p. G. 
 Colwell, J. A. 
 Chase, Wm. B., p g. 
 Davis, James 
 Davis, Joseph, p. g. 
 Davis, Chas. W. 
 Day, Harry A. 
 Dirchsen, Herman 
 Driges, E. J. 
 Eastman, J. S. 
 
 Edgar, James 
 Ellis, Wm. 
 Fischel, Simon 
 Fischel, Chas. 
 Fleming, Thos. 
 Foy, John M. 
 Funnell, Jos., p. g. 
 Graber, Thos. F., p. g. 
 Graves, Fred 
 Geirrine, C. A., p. g. 
 Geirrine, M. P., p. g. 
 Gordon, E. J. 
 Gordon, James 
 Ghiglione, Frank 
 Greig, Robt, p. g. 
 Griffith, H. B. 
 Guenther, C. F. 
 Hann, Thos., P. G. 
 Hartkop, H. 
 Hood, E. Lyman 
 Holtzer, J. F. 
 Jacobson, A. C. 
 Jacobson, J. N. 
 Kerns, C. T., p. g. 
 Kerns, N. T. 
 Kuhlken, M., P. G. 
 Lawrence, Don 
 Little, C. S. 
 
 Lund, E. A. 
 Mcintosh, Wm. A. 
 Marshall, J. A. 
 McClain, Jos., p. g. 
 Meinheit, L. P. 
 Merrill, A. B., P. G. 
 Meyer, R. G. 
 Mohr, C. D. 
 Mohr, Geo. L. 
 Morris, Abner 
 Mortimer, W. J. 
 Pape, G. L. C, p. g. 
 Pape, John H. 
 Pape, Wm. E. 
 Payne, F. H., P. G. 
 Penfield, Guy P. 
 Peterson, H. A. 
 Peterson, H. F. 
 Phillips, W. J. 
 Pfunda, O. J. 
 Pries, R. F. W. B. 
 Pullen, E. J., p. G. 
 Remond, P. 
 Ripperdam, H. D. 
 Rowell, H. N., p. G. 
 Ryus, F. J., p. G, 
 Sather, J. P. 
 Sheridan, Phil, p. G. 
 
 Sorenson, H. R. N. 
 Schuster, G. A., p. g. 
 Spear, Chas. H. 
 Spencer, John, p. g. 
 Stein, L. L. 
 Streightif, J. E., p. g. 
 Strieker, Geo., p. g. 
 Striker, J. W., p. g. 
 Stubenrauch, A. V. 
 Scalione, Antone 
 Stoddart, Fred P. 
 Tallman. Geo. S., p. g. 
 Thompson, F. B. 
 Thompson, Geo. 
 Tobin, D. J. 
 Underwood, B. E-, p. g. 
 Wilkes, Samuel 
 Wilcox, Geo. L. 
 Woolley, John, p. g. 
 Woolsey, W. P., p. g. 
 Worster, Wm. D. 
 Williams, F. A. 
 Wright, J. C. 
 Wright, J. G. 
 Wyckoff, H. C. 
 
 Farnsworth Lodge No. 95V I. 0. O. F, 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 O ARNSWORTH LODGE No. 95, I. O. O. F., was instituted at San Fran- 
 cisco September 28, 1895, by Grand Master P. F. Gosby, assisted by a full 
 corps of Grand Officers. The first officers elected by the Lodge were: N. G., 
 Henry Knobel; V. G., Watson W. Topping; Treasurer, Charles G. Bennett; Sec- 
 retary, George R. Weeks; Past Grand Master, George H. Morrison. 
 
 Anderson. Winslow 
 Ayer, Clarence E. 
 Ballich, Mitchell 
 Bush, A. N. 
 Connelly, Rich. M. 
 Farnsworth, Ed. P. 
 Flint, N. E. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 Green, John W. Munro, John M. 
 
 Hextrum, Chas. A. 
 Holland. Thos. D. 
 Hubbs. Chas. N. 
 Hughes, Rich. J. 
 Knobel, Henry 
 Morrison, Geo. H. 
 
 Naunton, Robt. H. 
 Patterson, R. H. 
 Patton, Chas. L. 
 Phillips, Wm. J. 
 Rapp, Geo. A. 
 Topping, W. W. 
 
 Towe, Chas. 
 Waites, Wm. J. 
 Wall, A. N. 
 Weeks, Geo. R. 
 Williams, Thos. A. 
 Wilson, Geo. N. 
 
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 FARNSWORTH LODGE NO. 95, I. O. O. F. 
 
 After the institution of the Lodge and the ceremony of inducting the newly 
 elected officers into their various positions, thirty candidates were initiated. The 
 Grand Officers, together with the invited guests of the Lodge, numbering in all 
 several hundred members of the Order, repaired to the Cafe Zinkand, where an 
 elegant banquet was spread, after which speeches were indulged in by several 
 prominent members of the Order; and at half past three o'clock in the morning 
 all retired to their homes feeling that the new Lodge would be a success, and 
 a useful adjunct to Odd Fellowship in San Francisco. 
 
 This Lodge bearing the name of one of the most honored members of the 
 Order, Past Grand Sire Farnsworth, was organized through the instrumentality 
 of the following named brothers: A. N. Bush, P. G.; Henry Knobel, P. G. ; Geo. 
 N. Wilson, P. G.; Wm. J. Phillips, P. G.; Geo. R. Weeks, P. G.; and W. W. Top- 
 ping; all of Templar No. 17. They held several meetings before they announced 
 
 G. R. Weeks, 
 Secretary. 
 
 their intentions to the Order. There are among the members of this Lodge sev- 
 eral who have been prominent in all the walks of life. The Lodge has one Past 
 Grand Master in the person of George H. Morrison. 
 
 One of the distinguishing features of Farnsworth Lodge has ever been its 
 sociability. When a visitor enters this Lodge every member seems to take 
 special delight in shaking him by the hand, and making him feel at home; one 
 feels the pulse of Friendship, and realizes the atmosphere of good fellowship. 
 This is done without any embarrassment to the visitor, and makes him feel like 
 coming again. In visiting the sick they are exceedingly punctilious. Their 
 present membership consists of one hundred in good standing. The Lodge owns 
 a library which was donated by Mrs. Farnsworth, widow of the brother whose 
 name the Lodge bears. The present assets of the Lodge amount to $3,000, and 
 consist of money in the bank. 
 
GOLDEN WEST LODGE NO. 322, I. O. O. F. 307 
 
 The present officers are: J. P. G., Thos. D. Holland; N. G., Wm. J. Waites; 
 V. G., Wm. I. Brobeck; Treas., Chas. G. Bennett; Sec., Geo. R. Weeks; Warden, 
 John M. Munro; Conductor, Harry Hanshield; O. S. G., Edwin Pearson; I. S. 
 G., Chas. M. Emerson; R. S. N. G., Nathan E. Flint; L. S. N. G., Clark C. Brad- 
 ford; R. S. V. G., Edward Brown; L. S. V. G., Irving Watson; R. S. S., John W. 
 Green; L. S. S., Ernest E. Drees; Trustees, Rich. T. Marsh, Nathan E. Flint and 
 W. W. Topping. The Representatives to the Grand Lodge have been George H. 
 Morrison, Past Grand Master, from the date of institution to the present time, 
 and, at the last session of the Grand Lodge, Thomas K. Kase was elected, the 
 present Representatives being Brothers Morrison and Kase. 
 
 This Lodge has not been in existence long enough to show a long 
 record of financial expenditures, but those who have been sick, and the distressed 
 whose wants have been relieved, and the friends and relatives of those who have 
 entered into their reward, know that no act enjoined by the teachings of the Order 
 has been left undone. 
 
 Golden West Lodge No 322, I. O. O. F 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 GOLDEN WEST LODGE No. 322 was instituted on Thursday evening, 
 lune 4, 1885, by the following Grand officers: Nathaniel Cook, Grand Mas- 
 ter; C. T. McEachran, Deputy Grand Master; L. W. S. Downs, Grand Warden; 
 W. B. Lyons, Grand Secretary; G. W. Lamont, Grand Treasurer; W. F. Nor- 
 cross, Grand Marshal; W. E. Lutz, Grand Conductor. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS : 
 
 Armstrong, F. W, p. g. Dieckhoff, E. Leonard, E. F., p. G. Peach, A. N. 
 
 Anderson, J. H. Early, J. A. Le Fevre, J. P. Pittenger, J. Y. 
 
 Anderson, M. O. Fellows, L. L. Larose, G. B. Rodgers, J. H., P. G. 
 
 Burnheimer, F. E., p. G. Finigan, J. Loth, F. Shea, J. C. 
 
 Bruening, E. W. Griffith, G. B. Mann, F., P. G. Simoni, P. M. 
 
 Belser J. Grupe, H. McGrath, J. A., p. G. Sauer, A. 
 
 Bingham, A. Horan, J. D. Mahe, G. Thorns, J. 
 
 Crowley, T. J., p. g. Hanson, F. Nye, A. E. J. 
 
 Cochran, J. Johnston, J., p. G. Nash, J. W. 
 
 In addition to the charter members, thirty-seven candidates were admitted 
 by initiation, making a total membership of seventy-one. The success which 
 attended the institution of Golden West Lodge has followed it continuously up 
 to the present time, and now with a membership of 153, whose average age is 
 not over 36 years, and who (thanks to the conscientious manner in which the 
 examining physician and investigating committees have done their duties) are 
 seldom on the sick list. It presents inducements to young men contemplating 
 joining an Odd Fellows Lodge not surpassed by any other fraternal order in the 
 State. 
 
 During its existence of nearly 15 years, the Lodge has expended for relief 
 and charity $9,500, a considerable portion of which has been donated for charity 
 alone, and has at present net assets amounting to over $15,000, a financial state- 
 ment to which the Lodge points with pride. The present elective officers are J. P. 
 Whitney, N. G.; G. H. Andrews, V. G.; Clarkson Dye, Rec. Sec; W. H. Man- 
 uell, Fin. Sec; F. R. Parker, Treas.; Chas. Stallman, W. L. Owen and J. N. 
 Nash, Trustees. 
 
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 GOLDEN WEST LODGE NO. 322, I. O. O. F. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Anderson, J. H. 
 Anderson, M. O. 
 Ayers, J. C. 
 Andrews, G. H. 
 Belser, J. 
 Bigelow, E W. 
 Beaton, D. R. 
 Bepler, F. D. 
 Bergerot, P. A. 
 Brunt, W. N. 
 Bozio, O. 
 
 Breingan, J., p. v. g. 
 Black, R. C, p. G. 
 Barnhart, G. W. 
 Breese, F. F. 
 Bradley, Mark 
 Burr, G. W. 
 Bushby, Geo. B. 
 Bahrs, John J. 
 Bingley, L. B. 
 
 Belser, J. J. 
 Crowley, T. J., p. g. 
 Colludi, G. D. 
 Coghlan, F. 
 Cameron, A. D. 
 Chittick, W. K. 
 Chapin, Geo. E., p. g. 
 Cornfield, ShuI 
 Dieckhoff, E. 
 DeGuerre, A. S. J., p. 1 
 Dixey, W. F. 
 Donald, A. J. 
 Dye, C. 
 Ellis, J. 
 Ellis, R. H. 
 Fellows, L. L. 
 Finigan, J. 
 Fevrier, E. G. 
 Fortune, J. A. 
 Ferrier, G. W. 
 
 Griffith, G. B. 
 Grupe, H. 
 
 Gleason. E. O., P. G. 
 Glover, F. H. 
 Good, R. H. 
 Gorton, C. D. 
 Green, J. E. 
 Goodloe, R. P. 
 Groesch, J. A. 
 Gibson, H. W. 
 Gamble, F. N. 
 Horan, J. D. 
 Hanly, R. J. 
 Hafer, J. 
 Hanson. F. 
 
 Hagenkamp A. T., Jr. 
 Hopper, J. E., Jr. 
 Houghtaling, W. 3.. p. g. 
 Hills, F. E. 
 Harrison, G. W. 
 
 Hemphill, Chas. 
 Hendy, S. J. 
 Haggett, G. W. 
 Horan, J. B. 
 Hill, T. L. 
 Hubbs, B. I. 
 Houseworth, H. 
 Howell, W. T. 
 Hoch, Jul 
 Hopkins, F. M. 
 Henderson, Alex. 
 Hanna, John, p. G. 
 Hazlett.John 
 Hazlett, W. J. 
 Isham, Wm. 
 Juel, A. O., p. G. 
 Jones, J. L. 
 Jackson, Geo. 
 Johnson , O. 
 Kelton, L. C. 
 
 G. H. Andrews, 
 Vice Grand. 
 
 Clarkson Dye, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 W. H. Manueil, 
 Financial Secretary. 
 
 Kelly, T. K. 
 Leonard, E. F., p. a. 
 LeFevre, J. P. 
 Larose, G. B. 
 Loth, F. 
 Langford, E. A. 
 Little, D. P. N. 
 Larson, L. F. 
 Loupy, J. 
 Lewis, H. M. 
 Mackay, W. S..P. g. 
 Mahlstedt. A. 
 Mann, F., p. g. 
 McGrath, J. A., P. G. 
 Mann, H. F. 
 Munn, J. E. 
 Mitchell, W. H. 
 Morehouse, J. J., p. g. 
 McLean, J. R. 
 
 Morse, Geo. W. 
 Monotti, Alfred 
 Mills, F. H. 
 Manueil, W. H., p. g. 
 Mirk, Thomas 
 Mona, V. J. 
 Moore, F. W. 
 McCarthy, J. F. 
 McPhedran, Jas. 
 Nye, A. E. J., p. g. 
 Nash, J. W., p. G. 
 Nicholson, W. A. S., P. G. 
 Nygren, Alfred 
 Owen, W. L., P. G. 
 Peach, A. N. 
 Pierce, F. 
 Pearce, T. D. 
 Pittinger, J. Y. 
 Pippitt, J. W.,p. G. 
 
 Packard, J. G. 
 Parker, F. R., p. g. 
 Redell, W. H. 
 Ross, W. 
 Rice, Chas. A. 
 Roberts, C. M. 
 Shea, J. C. 
 Simoni, M. P. 
 Sauer, A. 
 Spencer, T. W. C. 
 Stallman, C, p. <;. 
 Smith, S. G. 
 Scott, J. H. p. g. 
 Shillcock, H. J. 
 Sandahl, C. A. 
 Stidston, A. W. 
 Stevens, D. E. 
 Scott, H. V., p.o. 
 Smyth, S. P., p. g. 
 
 Streibich, Stephan 
 Tanner, W. 
 Travnor, J. 
 Thrane, J. H. 
 Thrane, F. T. 
 Terry, I. C. 
 Turner, A. V. 
 Terrill, J. G. 
 Treantifile, C. 
 Treyer, E. J., p. g. 
 Van Brunt, W. R. 
 Vigouroux, J. 
 Williams, E. D. 
 Walker. J. 
 Wood, E. M. 
 Whitney, J. P. 
 
Henry A. Fairbanks, District Deputy Grand Master 
 
 Henry A. Fairbanks was born in Fitchburg, Mass., December 1, 1868, and came to California in January, 
 1888. He joined Grass Valley Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F., in February, 1895; was elected Noble Grand in 1898 
 and served two terms. At the session of the Grand Lodge, May, 1899, he was appointed District Deputy 
 Grand Master. 
 
 David Sanford Cartwright 
 
 Brother David Sanford Cartwright. who has been engaged in business in this city for nearly a quarte of 
 a century, was born at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, on February 5, 1840, a son of William and 
 Sarah (Smith) Cartwright. About 1843 he was taken by his parents to Osage County. Missouri, and in 1846 he 
 removed to Ottawa County, in that State, and subsequently they went to Polk County, Iowa, where he received 
 his education in a Public County School. In 1851 they went to Dallas County, Iowa, and in 1860 he came to 
 California. In 1865 Brother Cartwright came to San Francisco, and on May 9, 1874, he started in the teaming 
 business, which he has always followed, on his own account, at the location he has always occupied, at the 
 corner of Main and Mission streets. He was first married on April 9, 1869, and the second time on May. 3, 
 1881. Brother Cartwright has been a member of Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 194, 1. O. O. F., since January 3, i87l! 
 He has one son, William M., who is associated with him in the teaming business. 
 
Henry S. Martin, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Martin is a native of San Francisco, where he was born forty-two years ago. He was initiated 
 in Franco- American Lodge No. 207, December 6, 1883: served as Noble Grand of the Lodge in 1887, and has 
 been a member of the Grand Lodge since 1888. For many years he has held the office of Grand Treasurer of 
 the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West. A warm-hearted, genial brother, capable, and 
 rustworthy in all respects. His election as Sheriff of the County of San Francisco attested his popularity. 
 
 Jacob J. Nagle, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Jacob J. Nagle was born in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1845. He 
 came to California in 1875, and became a member of Nietos Lodge No. 197, May 1, 1884. Passed the Chairs and 
 was representative to the Grand Lodge in 1889. He has been present at nearly every session since. Was 
 appointed District Deputy Grand Master for District 93 by C. N. Jenkins, 1889; John Glasson, 1890; J. N. E. 
 Wilson, 1891; George W. Stockwell, 1892; J. W. Warboys, 1896; A. M. Drew, 1897; Karl C. Brueck, 1898; W. A. 
 Bonynge, 1899. As Special Deputy he instituted Walnut Grove Lodge No. 376, May 6, 1892, and has been the 
 Recording Secretary of the Lodge since. He is also a Past Chief Patriarch of Orange Grove Encampment 
 No. 31, at Los Angeles, and Secretary of Eastern Star Rebekah Lodge No. 56, located at Downey. Brother 
 Nagle has served on the Instruction Committee in the Grand Lodge a number of years, and is considered a 
 general all-around good Odd Fellow. 
 
FRANK E. SMITH, Past Grand 
 
 Frank E. Smith, P. G., became a member by ini- 
 tiation in Sargent Lodge No. 368, I. O. O. F. ( May 1, 
 1891, the date Sargent, Lodge was instituted, but owing 
 to his active application with other fraternal organi- 
 zations he did Eot take an active part in Odd Fellowship 
 until January, 1894, when he was appointed Chaplain. 
 July, 1894, he was appointed Inside Guardian. Jan- 
 uary, 1895, he was appointed Eight Supporter of the 
 Vice Grand. July, 1895 lie was appointed Conductor. 
 January, 1896, he was installed as Vice-Grand. July, 
 
 1896, he was installed as Noble Grand, and in January, 
 
 1897, took his seat as the acting Past Grand of his 
 Lodge. In December, 1896, he was elected Trustee 
 for the term of eighteen months. In June, 1898, he 
 was reelected as Trustee for the full term. July, 1897, 
 he was appointed Right Supporter of the Noble 
 Grand. He has occupied that Chair almost every 
 Friday evening from July, 1897, to the present time, 
 having been appointed by each successive Noble Grand. 
 He was elected as representative to the Grand Lodge of 
 California, I. O. O. F., and attended its sessions in 1897 
 1898 and 1899. While passing through the principal 
 Chairs of his Lodge, he was for the term of one year 
 a delegate to Excelsior Degree Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F., 
 and to the General Relief Committee, I. O. O. F., 
 and while a member of these bodies he attended all 
 meetings of both that were held duriDg his term. He 
 became a member of Excelsior Degree Lodge in January, 
 1896, and was appointed First Assistant Degree Matter 
 in February, 1896, and in June, 1896, he was elected 
 Deputy Degree Master. He became a member of the 
 General Relief Committee, in January, 1896. In Febru- 
 ary, 1896, he was elected Vice-President of the Com- 
 mittee aDd in July, 189R, he was elected President, 
 which office he filled to the end of his term. 
 
 AUGUSTUS J. DOYLE, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Augustus J. Doyle, Past Grand of 
 Apollo Lodge No. 123, and Past President of Gen- 
 eral Relief Committee of San Francisco, was 
 born in Hamilton County, Ohio, 1859. Initiated a 
 member of Apollo Lodge September 13, 1895. Ap- 
 pointed Inside Guard December, 1895, Right Side 
 Supporter January, 1896, Conductor, July, 1896. 
 Elected Vice Grand December, 1896; elected 
 Vice-President of General Relief Committee 
 February, 1897, of eighty-ninth term, and unan- 
 imously'elected President of General Relief Com- 
 mittee August, 1897, of ninetieth term. Appointed 
 Right Supporter Noble Grand December, 1897. You 
 will meet him on the floor of his Lodge room at 
 every meeting unless prevented by sickness or 
 business. Brother Doyle is salesman for O'Con- 
 nor, Moffatt & Co., a deservedly popular gentleman. 
 
 Waldie, Past Grand 
 
 Brother Waldie is a member of San Joaquin Lodge 
 No. 151 and D. D. G. M. of District No. 49; is a 
 member of the Rebekan Lodge and an active worker 
 for the cause of Odd Fellowship. 
 
 ABRAHAM JONAS 
 
 Abraham Jonas was born in Germany in 1855, came 
 to the United States in 1875 and located in Oakland 
 where he established himself in the clothing busi- 
 ness at 1063-1065 Broadway, Oakland, Cal. He was 
 initiated in Vowarts Lodge No. 313, when that 
 Lodge was instituted; was a charter member of 
 Hecker Lodge No. 49 and was the first Vice Grand, 
 and was elected Noble Grand at the beginning of 
 the new term, thus becoming a Past Grand in a 
 few months after the institution of the Lodge; 
 about two years since this Lodge was consolidated 
 with University Lodge No. 144, and Brother Jonas 
 is now a member of that Lodge; has been several 
 times elected to represent his Subordinate Lodge 
 in the Grand Lodge, and is now a member of that 
 body ; is a member of Golden Link Rebekah Lodge 
 No. 105; is a Past Grand President of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of B'nai B'rith; is a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters; 
 Brother Jonas is the oldest member, in point of 
 service, in the First Hebrew Congregation of Oak- 
 land, as a director of church and Sunday school, 
 being continually reelected for the past twenty 
 years. He is a prominent and public-spirited citi- 
 zen and business man, always ready with voice and 
 time and money to aid any laudable enterprise that 
 redounds to the good of the community, and is an 
 ardent Odd Fellow and good friend. 
 
M. P. HOLMES 
 
 Brother Holmes has been an Odd Fellow for 
 41 years, having been initiated in the town of 
 Marion, 111., 1858. In 1862 he became a member 
 of California Lodge No. 1 by deposit of card, and 
 has ever since maintained his membership. For 
 many years he has been engaged in the manu- 
 facturing business, his specialty being carriages. 
 
 NAT. T. COULSON. D. D. S. 
 Murphy Building. 
 
 Brother Coulson occupies a series of rooms 
 ■with eight windows facing on our principal 
 thoroughfare, 1236 Market Street, corner Jones 
 Street, and six of these are set apart for actual 
 dental practice, with six operating chairs. Dr. 
 Coulson was born at Penzance, County of Corn- 
 wall, England. Left an orphan at an early age, 
 he had to make his own way through the world. 
 He came to the United States in 1874 and finally 
 settled in San Francisco in 1877. He graduated 
 from the Dental Department of the State Uni- 
 versity, taking the degree of D. D. S. in 1885. 
 He possesses several pieces of fine suburban 
 property that are very valuable and steadily in- 
 creasing in value as residence tracts. Brother 
 Coulson joined Fidelity Lodge No. 222, I. O. 
 
 0. F., in 18.., and Templar Rebekah No. 19 the 
 following year; is ex-director of the Union 
 League Club and was treasurer of the Liberty 
 Club. Dr. Coulson is unassuming and inspires 
 Immediate confidence which wins a large num- 
 ber of friends outside as well as in the Order of 
 
 1. O. O. F. We learn he contemplates tempo- 
 rarily to retire from practice in the near future 
 and tour the world, taking in the Paris Exposi- 
 tion. As the Doctor is as yet a bachelor, we 
 suggest — . 
 
 LOUIS HAMMERSMITH 
 
 Brother Louis Hammersmith, whose photo- 
 graph is herewith produced, is one of the many 
 good and true Odd Fellows, who have identified 
 themselves with this Jubilee Celebration, and one 
 of the very active workers in the organization 
 whose efforts have contributed to its success. 
 
 Brother Hammersmith was born in the City of 
 San Francisco on the 22d day of March, 1858, and, 
 as will be seen, is in the prime of his manhood. 
 For many years he has been the trusted and 
 confidential bookkeeper In the extensive and 
 prosperous jewelry establishment of Hammer- 
 smith & Field on Kearny Street. 
 
 He entered Apollo Lodge No. 123, I. O. O. F., 
 on the 15th day of October, 1888, and immediately 
 took an active part in the working of the Lodge. 
 He successively passed the Chairs of Inside 
 Guardian, Right Supporter of the Vice Grand, 
 Warden, two terms as Conductor, Vice Grand, 
 Noble Grand, Junior Past Grand and Chaplain, 
 and is now occupying the Chair of the R ght Sup- 
 porter of the Noble Grand. 
 
 Brother Hammersmith is a representative Odd 
 Fellow, warm in his friendships, true to its in- 
 terests, exceedingly good tempered, and earnest 
 in his efforts to push forward and promote the 
 true virtues of our beloved Order. 
 
 Brother Hammersmith is a member of the Com- 
 mittee on Decorations, and it is largely to his 
 efforts that the Hall at Seventh and Market 
 streets has been so beautifully and tastefully 
 decorated with electric lights, flags, etc. 
 
 We bespeak for our Brother a long and useful 
 life, and we feel assured that so long as we have 
 on guard Brothers of kindred traits the Order 
 generallj' will never go backward. 
 
 /^VAXLAND 
 
 ^ REBEKAH LODGE No. 16 
 
 I. O. O. F. 
 
 Meets every Saturday night at Gier's Hall, 
 14th Street, between Washington and Clay. 
 Oakland. 
 
 Present officers are : 
 
 ANNIE STRASBERG, Noble Grand. 
 GRACIE McPHAIL, Vice-Grand. 
 EDNA N. CLARK, Recording Sec'y 
 SARAH J. KNIGHT, Financial Sec'y. 
 SAMUEL P. KNIGHT, Treasurer. 
 ANNIE THOMPSON, Past Noble G'nd. 
 ELIZABETH CRONK, Chaplain. 
 
 Membership July 1, 1899, is 123. 
 
Golden Gate Encampment No. I, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 £Z OLDEN GATE ENCAMPMENT No. i, I. O. O. F., instituted February 
 ^^ i, 1853, by Samuel Parker, D. D. G. S., and chartered by the Grand Lodge 
 of the United States. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Gihon, John H., p c. p. Graham, E. W., p.c. p. 
 
 Robertson, Wm., p. c. p. Cobb, H. A., p. c. p. 
 
 Johnson, T. Rodgers, p. c. p. Dexter, P. D., p. c. p. 
 
 Norcross, Daniel, p. c. p. McLaren, Dan., p. c. p. 
 
 Stahl, C. G., p.c. p. 
 Iredale, A. S., p. h. p. 
 More, N. W., p. h. p. 
 Smiley, James 
 
 Schmidt, August 
 Ryan, L. 
 Young, Tames 
 White, Philo 
 
 FIRST OFFICERS: 
 
 Smiley, James, C. P. 
 Norcross, Daniel, H. P. 
 
 Young, James, S. W. Moore, N. W., J. W. Ryan, L., Guide 
 
 Iredale, Alfreds., Treas. Johnson.T. Rodgers, Scribe Graham, E. W., O. S. 
 Getz, S., I. S. 
 
 S. L. Heywood, 
 High Priest. 
 
 W. E. Dubois, 
 Chief Patriarch. 
 
 H. G. George, 
 Scribe. 
 
 A. H. Noweix, 
 Junior Warden. 
 
 C. E. Ayer, 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 C. E. Benedict, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Golden Gate Encampment in its forty-six years of existence has admitted 
 to membership nine hundred and thirty members, many of them prominent in 
 the Order and municipal, State and National affairs. Such as Past Grand Pa- 
 triarch, James A. J. Bohen, Samuel Parker, (W. T. Galloway), Columbus Bart- 
 lett, James F. Crosett, Chas. N. Fox, J. Henry Applegate, Jr., Past High Priest 
 A. S. Iredale, Past Grand Masters and P. G. R. Samuel Parker, H. M. Houston, 
 Charles N. Fox, L. L. Alexander, R. H. Lloyd, J. A. McClelland, David Loud- 
 erback, Nathan Porter, Past Grand Rep. C. J. Collins, Past Grand Sire E. D. 
 Farnsworth. 
 
 Many of its members figured conspicuously in the early history and settle- 
 ment of San Francisco. Charles A. Sumner at one time represented California 
 in the Congress of the United States, having been elected at large. 
 
 The Encampment has paid out for relief of its members, etc., the sum of 
 $172,540. Among its assets are one thousand three hundred and eighty (1,380) 
 
314 
 
 UNION ENCAMPMENT NO. n, I. O. O. F. 
 
 shares of O. F. Hall stock; seventy-five (75) shares of Lincoln Stock, and ten 
 thousand dollars of Montgomery Avenue bonds. 
 
 This sketch would not be complete without noting the fact of the consolida- 
 tion of Good Will Encampment No. 83 with Golden Gate Encampment No. 1 
 I. O. O. F. on July 27, 1895. 
 
 Good Will Encampment No. 83 instituted May 7, 1888. by P. G. P. James 
 F. Crosett, acting for the then Grand Patriarch A. R. Lord. 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Balwin, James T. 
 Desimone, S. 
 
 Dubois, William E. 
 Freeland, William W. 
 
 Lilenthaul, Herman 
 Miller, Matthew 
 
 Mershon, Lewis C. 
 Thompson, Arthur V. 
 
 FIRST OFFICERS OF GOOD WILJ, ENCAMPMENT: 
 
 Dubois, Wm. E-, C. P. 
 Freeland, Wm.W., H. P. 
 Lilenthaul, H.,S. W. 
 Thompson, A. V., Scribe 
 
 Hilton, F. C. Treas. 
 Brott, Wm. H, J. W. 
 Mayder, J. W., Guide 
 Marsh, Geo. H., ist W. 
 
 Holmes, J. R., 2 d W. 
 Thrane, J. H.,3<1 W. 
 Secor, W. A., 4th W. 
 Tharp, R. C, ist G. of T. 
 
 Gleason, E- O., 2d G. of T. 
 Vizard, H. H., O. S. 
 Bonuetti, A., I S. 
 
 Initiated thirty-four candidates the night of institution, 
 ship of Golden Gate Encampment, one hundred and six. 
 
 Present member- 
 
 LJST OF MEMBERS 
 
 Alexander, L. L., P. G m. 
 Asher, A. B., p. G. p. 
 Bohen, Geo. T., p. g. p. 
 Barnard, I. D., p. c. p. 
 Bridgeman, J. W., p. c. p. 
 Benedict, C E., p. c. p. 
 Benedict, J. S., p. c. p. 
 Burke, J. C, P. C. p. 
 Cooper, E. B., p. c. p. 
 Crossett, J. F., p. G. p. 
 Clifford, U. S. G., p. c. p. 
 Crossett, W. I., p. c. p. 
 Dubois, W. E., p. c. p. 
 Dow, Hezakiah, p. c. p. 
 Foster, J. A., p. c. p. 
 Foster, J. H. , p. c. p. 
 Flanders, Eugene, p. c. p. 
 George, H. C, p. c. p. 
 Gleason, E. O., p. c. p. 
 Harris, J. F., p. c. p. 
 Heywood, S. J., p. c. p. 
 J. M. J., p. c. P. 
 Lyle, A. G., p. c. p. 
 Morrell, O. C, p. h. p. 
 Norcross, D., p. G. r. 
 Parent, C. L., p. c. p. 
 Pinkham, J. F., p. c. p. 
 
 Stahle, C. A., p. c. p. 
 Schmalz, P. A. F., p. c. P. 
 Sumner, C. A., p. c. p. 
 Tilden, H. J., p. c. p. 
 Winterburn, Joe, p. c. p. 
 Ayer, J. G. 
 Ayer, C. E. 
 Anderson, W. J. 
 Bergland, H. 
 Becker, Wm. 
 Brace, Nathan 
 Brobeck, W. I. 
 Chase, J. B. 
 Carter, T. S. 
 Christian, C. 
 Critchlow, R. G. 
 Cashire, A. D. 
 Conklin, John 
 Dauskin, G. D. 
 Dickinson, J. D. 
 Dodge, R. F. 
 Ephriem, F. 
 Edgar, R. W. 
 Foster, F. W. 
 Firth, J. B. 
 Fabian, B. W. 
 Feldhusen, N. J. 
 
 Gunnison, A. J. 
 Grason, A. H. 
 George, N. M. 
 Hatch, Wm. F. 
 Hendricks, W. F. 
 Harrington, W. E. 
 Henerman, G. E. 
 Jesse, G. R. 
 Jacobs, Albert 
 Johnson, Rix A. 
 Jamison, W. R. 
 Jeffers, M. S. Jr. 
 Kanipi, F. W. 
 Loncks, Geo. P. 
 Lay ton, J. C. 
 Libbing, H. H. 
 Lloyd, R. H. 
 Leach, Jno. 
 Larsen, H. B. 
 Mills, D. J. 
 McColl, Wm. 
 Moorman, J. C. 
 Mund, Wm. 
 McCluskey, L. E. 
 Mesmith, J. F. 
 Nichols, F. H. 
 Nowell, A. H. 
 
 Ott, J. W. 
 Peterson, L. N. 
 Reed, T. S. 
 Reilly, J. H. W 
 Ratto, Chas. 
 Rich. O. 
 Reardon, N. 
 Spooner, J. P. 
 Seymore, A. 
 Scott, A. W. 
 Staples, D. J. 
 Schulz, Louis 
 Spaulding, A. 
 Sparrow, A. R. 
 Sweeney, T. U. 
 Sandburg, Jno. 
 Stempke, F. 
 Schloen, J. D. 
 Spearr, E. 
 Sassoe, Paul 
 Shirman, Ralph J. 
 Smith, Cornelius M. 
 Turpin, F. L. 
 Vizard, H. H. 
 Walpole, T. E. 
 Wilson, Chas. 
 Winter, J. W. 
 
 Union Encampment No. II, I. 0. 0. F. 
 
 GRASS VALLEY. 
 
 T TNION ENCAMPMENT No. n, I. O. O. F., was instituted in the village of 
 ^-^ Rough and Ready, Nevada County, on the ist day of May, 1857, by R. W. 
 Senior Warden David Kendall, with W. J. Tilley, C. R. Edwards, E. McLaughlin, 
 A. C. Kein, E. C. Webster, Geo. Grant and W. C. Ault as charter members. E. C. 
 Webster is still an active member, and is the only one of the above now in the 
 Encampment. 
 
 In i860, on the 6th day of July, the Encampment was moved to Grass Val- 
 ley. On the 19th day of February, 1863, it was again moved, and this time to 
 Nevada City, where on the 8th day of November of that year it lost all its 
 property in the fire that destroyed the business part of the city, saving only the 
 
ORIENTAL ENCAMPMENT NO. 57, I. O. O. F. 
 
 315 
 
 records, charter and seal. After this calamity it struggled along until the 17th 
 day of March, 1865, when it surrendered its charter. 
 
 On the 3d of November, 1866, the charter was reclaimed and the Encamp- 
 ment resuscitated and located in the City of Grass Valley. From this time the 
 Encampment has been prosperous, and from it sprang Abou Ben Adhem En- 
 campment located at Moore's Flat. Afterwards moved to North Bloomfield. 
 Since surrendered its charter owing to the suspension of hydraulic mining and 
 the consequent departure of the members. From it also was started Mistletoe 
 Encampment of Nevada City, now one of the most active in the State. The 
 largest membership during the history of the Encampment was in the term end- 
 ing December 31, 1888, there being at that term 76 members. 
 
 Several who have been members of Union Encampment have obtained ad- 
 vancement in the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment. Notably, Charles 
 Marsh, Grand Representative; E. W. Roberts, Grand Patriarch in 1869-70; A. A. 
 Sargent, Grand Representative; T. R. Kibbe, Grand Master in 1861-62; C. W. 
 Dannals, Grand Master in 1870-71; A. R. Lord, Grand Patriarch in 1887-88; 
 I. W. Hays, Grand Patriarch in 1877-78; John Glasson, Grand Master in 1890-91; 
 R. D. Gummoe, present Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Encampment; 
 Frank G. Beatty, Grand Representative. The present membership is sixty- 
 nine. The officers are: 
 
 Clinch, W. A., C P. 
 Richards, James C, H. P. 
 Rowe, E., S. W. 
 Glasson, John, Scribe 
 Harris, W. D., Treas. 
 
 Harry, C. H., Jun.W. 
 Sampson, Jas. M., O. S. 
 Buckett, W. H., I.S. 
 Gummoe, R. D., Guide 
 Webster, E. C, 1st W. 
 
 Pascoe, John, 2d W. 
 Sampson, M., 3d W. 
 Hooper, Wm., 4th W. 
 Stile, Thos., G. of T. 
 Uren, Stephen, G. of T. 
 
 Bee, Wm., Trustee 
 Glaister. Wm., Trustee 
 Clinch, W. A., Trustee 
 
 Austin, A. M. 
 Beatty, Frank 
 Bee, Wm. 
 Dille, S. H. 
 Glasson, John 
 Gummoe, R. D. 
 Glaister, Wm. 
 
 MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING, P. C. P. 
 
 Hays, I. W. 
 Harris, W. D. 
 Lakenan, J. M. 
 Lane, C F. 
 Mitchell, T. T. 
 Pascoe, John 
 Penhall, B. A. 
 
 Parsons, W. E. 
 Sampson, Martin 
 Selegar, John 
 Thomas, W. R. 
 Thomas, John R. 
 Temby, Wm. 
 Webster, E. C 
 
 Werry, John 
 Brav, Wm. 
 Reed, W. E. 
 Clinch, W. A 
 
 R. P. D. MEMBERS. 
 
 Stile, Thomas 
 Sampson, J. M. 
 Aver, John 
 Abraham, K. R. 
 Buckett, W. H. 
 Brockington, T. H. 
 Brockington, Charles 
 Clinch, C. E. 
 Carter, Jno. A. 
 Collicott, R. J. 
 Clymo, Wm. 
 Fairbanks, H. S. 
 
 Dulmaine, A. 
 Freeman, A. 
 George, Wm. 
 Griffeths, A. 
 Gates, J. H. 
 Henwood, James 
 Hen wood, Samuel 
 Harry, C. H. 
 Harris, A. N. 
 Hosken, W. H. 
 Hore, James 
 Hooper, Wm. 
 
 Johnson, J. M. 
 Kohler, Wm. 
 Nettle, W. J. 
 Meier, Wm. 
 Mitchell, Alex 
 Othel, Thos. 
 Othel, U. S. 
 Prisk, James 
 Roberts, R. G. 
 Rowe, Enoch 
 Green, Robert 
 Richards, J. C. 
 
 Shaw, S. W. 
 Schoonover, H. I,. 
 Trebilcox, J. F. 
 Uren, W. 
 Voice, L. D. 
 Wettereau, Geo. G. 
 Williams, J. H. 
 Zepf, J. P. 
 Vincent, Geo. 
 
 Oriental Encampment No. ^7, I. 0. O. F. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 ORIENTAL ENCAMPMENT No. 57 was instituted July 15, 1876, by H. S. 
 Winn, M. W. G. P., assisted by A. Shepard, M. E. G. H. P. pro tern ; T- F. 
 Brown, R. W. G. S. W.; J. F. Miller, R. W. G. S.; B. A. Prindle, R. W. G. J. W. 
 pro tern; David Hunter, R. W. G. T.; Nathan Porter, R. W. G. R.; Geo. T. 
 Bowen, W. G. S. pro tern, with 45 charter members as follows: 
 
3i6 
 
 ORIENTAL ENCAMPMENT NO. 57. L O. O. F. 
 
 Bird, M. J. 
 Black, H. 
 Blaney, E. W. 
 Brooks, T. H. 
 Case, G. A. 
 Cerf, J. 
 Churchill, C. 
 Cockrill, R. L. 
 Denny, E. 
 Dow, J. B. 
 Kdward, D. H. 
 Galloway, W. T. 
 
 Hobe, A. 
 Homer, J. L. 
 Hughes, E. C. 
 Highland, H. J. 
 Lake, W. B. 
 Lane, E. 
 Lane, N. W. 
 Lane, W. E. 
 Lutz, W. E. 
 Lyon, W. B. 
 Morton, F. R. 
 McGowan, C. 
 
 Newman, J. 
 Peake, A. A. 
 Pearson, C. 
 Phillips, J. K. 
 Pidwell, C. T. 
 Prior, J. L. 
 Putnam, C. B. 
 Rankin, C. E. 
 Read, E. B. 
 Searles, R. 
 Spear, C. J. 
 Stevenson, T. 
 
 Stone, C. B. 
 Tabor, C. W. 
 Terrill, C. C. 
 Twing, D. H. 
 Waters, H. B. 
 Watson, D. L. 
 Wilson, G. H. 
 Wilson, T. K. 
 Vanderslice, W. K. 
 
 There were 56 initiates also at this meeting. Of the charter members thirteen 
 are still active members. The first elective officers were: C. P., W. T. Galloway; 
 H. P., W. E. Lutz; S. W., C. B. Putnam; R. S., G. A. Case; F. S., F. R. Morton; 
 Treas., C. E. Rankin; J. \Y., C. C. Terrill; Trustees, C. T. Pidwell, T. H. Brook 
 and W. B. Lyon. 
 
 Geo. W. Lemont, 
 High Priest. 
 
 Geo. H. Wilson, 
 Financial Scribe. 
 
 F. P. Duley, 
 Chief Patriarch. 
 
 ft 
 
 J. T. McGhee, 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 F. w. Derby, 
 Junior Warden. 
 
 The membership at the present time, 227; amount paid for sick benefits, 
 $30,296; funeral and funeral expense, $4,364.73; donations, $2,124. Present assets 
 $12,671.26. 
 
 The present elective officers are: F. P. Duley, C. P.; Geo. W. Lemont, 
 H. P.; J. T. McGhee, S. W.; A. Hovey, Scribe; A. H. Kelton, Treas.; Geo. H. 
 Wilson, Financial Scribe; F. W. Derby, J. W. 
 
 From its institution, No. 57 was recognized as one of the progressive and 
 active subordinates of the jurisdiction. Its splendid exemplificatior of the degrees 
 drew large assemblages, and its renditions of the same before the Grand Encamp- 
 ment at the annual sessions has been, and now is, an attractive and educational 
 feature of the sessions. 
 
 The lamented Walter B. Lyon was a factor in its history and progress, giving 
 his time and energy to its success up to the day of his death. Its first Chief 
 
ORIENTAL ENCAMPMENT NO. 57, I. O. O. F. 
 
 317 
 
 Patriarch, W. T. Galloway, afterward Grand Patriarch, is still an active member. 
 The same can be said of E. H. Black, an early member, also a Past Grand Patri- 
 arch. James W. Harris, the present Grand Patriarch, is a constant attendant 
 and practical worker. George H. Morrison and Wm. H. Barnes, Past Grand 
 Patriarchs, are members of Oriental, the latter being the present Grand Scribe of 
 the Grand Encampment. Moses Greenebaum and Geo. W. Lemont, both earnest 
 and faithful members, have served the Grand Lodge as Grand Treasurer; the latter 
 has been for many years, and is now, the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Encamp- 
 ment of this jurisdiction. 
 
 Among its charter members was George A. Case, now deceased, who ably 
 served as Grand Master of the State. Also the reliable and faithful Charles C. 
 Terrill, for many years the Chairman on Committee of Laws. Others might be 
 mentioned, who have stood for years steadfast in the cause. The present mem- 
 bership are worthy successors to the pioneers, and a visit to Oriental Encamp- 
 ment on the first and third Saturday evenings of the month will ever repay the 
 visitor. 
 
 LIST OF PAST CHIEF PATRIARCHS: 
 
 Adams, J. W. 
 Atkins, Job 
 Barnes, W. H., p. g. f 
 Bird, N. J. 
 Black, E. H., p. g. p. 
 Black, R. C. 
 Brackett, E. 
 Bullivant, H. E. 
 Caler, F. E. 
 Cockrill, R. L. 
 Derby, C W. 
 Duncan, A. J. 
 
 Ellis, C J. 
 Fillmore, F. 
 Flint, N. E. 
 
 Galloway, W. T., p. G. p. 
 Greenebaum, M., p. h. p. 
 Harris, J. W., g. p. 
 Hovey, A. 
 Howell, T. 
 Howlett, J. C. 
 Kelton, A. H. 
 Knobel, H. 
 Lask, H. J. 
 
 Lemont, G. W., G. 
 Luke, M. 
 Malcomson, T. 
 Moore, E. A. 
 Morrison, G. H., p 
 Phillips, J. K. 
 Potter, W. S. 
 Rapp, G. A. 
 Reed, G. L. 
 Russell, J. W. 
 Simmons, C W. 
 Spear, C. J. 
 
 Spinney, J. C 
 Stevenson, T. 
 Stone, C B. 
 Thompson, J. 
 Twing, D. H. 
 Watson, C 
 Werson, L. H. 
 Williston, J. M. 
 Wilson, G. H. 
 Wooley, C. M. 
 
 LIST OF ROYAL PURPLE MEMBERS 
 
 Anderson, H. 
 Anderson, J. H. 
 Anderson, L. L. 
 Anderson, W. 
 Applegate, J. J. 
 Ashworth, F. D. 
 Bachelder, E. M. 
 Bahrs, J. J. 
 Ball, J. 
 
 Ballinger, W. V. 
 Barto, H. 
 Beam, A. W. 
 Bennink, A. W. 
 Berk, M. G. 
 Boehm, A. A. 
 Bollo, T. G. 
 Bond, F. T. 
 Boyen, A. N. 
 Brown, W. W. 
 Burke, C A. 
 Cant, W. H. 
 Chapin. F. E. 
 Clark, H. L. 
 Clausen, H. L. 
 Coffin, A. 
 Collier, G. W. 
 Collins, J. W. 
 Corbett, J. C. F. 
 Cranford, F. H. 
 Curtis, J. M. 
 Daly, J. R. 
 Davies, J. D. 
 Derby, F. W. 
 Dorrer, C. 
 Dow, J. B. 
 Downes, A. W. 
 Duley, F. P. 
 Durose, F. F. 
 Edmonds, W. 
 Edwards, D. 
 Edwards, J. 
 Farhner, G. W. 
 Fletcher, G. R. 
 Forsman , W. T. 
 Francis, W. S. 
 Fraser, J. R. 
 
 Gitshau, C. 
 Gopchevitch, B. M. 
 Graves, E. L. 
 Greenberg, J. 
 Hafer, J. 
 Hall, W. T. 
 Hamilton, H. M. 
 Hansen, C. R. 
 Hansen, P. 
 Hansen, S. 
 Hartley, J. D. 
 Haughton, J. 
 Headrick, A. J. 
 Henriksen, B. E- 
 Hepburn, A. J. 
 Henermann, G. A. 
 Hilton, F. C. 
 Hoffmann, V. 
 Holcomb, G. W. 
 Holland, T. D. 
 Homer, J. L. 
 Hopkins, M. L. 
 Hovermann, W. 
 Hughes, E. F. 
 Hutcheson, D. 
 Jaeger, F. W. 
 Johnson, W. C. 
 Jonas, I. 
 Jones, J. H. 
 Kaighin.C. J. 
 Kelly, J. 
 Kelton, L. C. 
 Klein, F. A. 
 Knutsen, L. 
 Kornbeck, C. H. 
 Leonard, C. 
 Leviston, W. 
 Lewis, J. 
 Liljefelt, A. A. 
 Litchfield, J. M. 
 Lopp, J. A. 
 Lowell, J. F. 
 Ludvigsen, N. P. 
 Magnussen, P. 
 Maguire, J. G. 
 Malcolm, D. C. 
 
 Malcolm, J. G. 
 Mangeot, C. 
 Manner, C. V. 
 Marsh, R. T. 
 Martin, C. 
 Martin, W. 
 Mason, C. G. 
 Matthews, W. S. 
 Mefret, X. 
 Metcalf, C. L. 
 Mona, V. J. 
 Monteith, G. W. 
 Morgan, W. J. 
 Moulthrope, C. W. 
 McDonald, H. F. 
 McGhee, J. T 
 McGhee, R. J. 
 McLean, A. 
 McMahon, J. 
 Ninnis, G. T. 
 Noble, J. A. 
 Nowell, H. W. 
 O'Keefe. J. 
 O'Neil, C. F. 
 Parker, F. 
 Parry, W. H. 
 Patty, G. W. 
 Pendleton, E. S. 
 Perry, J. W. 
 Petersen, J. M. 
 Petersen, N. M. 
 Phillips, W. J. 
 Pool, J. R. 
 Pool, W. L. 
 Prior, J. L. 
 Putzman, H. A. 
 Rahr, M. J. 
 Ralston, J. A. 
 Rehnert, C. W. 
 Riordan.T. D. 
 Robertson, M. H. 
 Robinson, J. M. 
 Rogers, D. J. 
 Rogers, H. 
 Rudy, B. M. 
 Salvar, F. 
 
 Sampson, A. B. 
 Schaffner, E.'S. 
 Schmaltz, J. 
 Schoppe, C. S. W. 
 Schwartz, R. 
 Scott, J. 
 Seemann, C. F. 
 Sephton, H. H. 
 Shufelt, W. J. 
 Sigler, J. D. 
 Spaulding, F. D. 
 Stallman, C. C. 
 Steiner, A. 
 Stewart, J. W. 
 Stinson, J. C. 
 Stuart, W. H. 
 Sutherland, A. J. 
 Thorn, E. J. 
 Thomson, S. M. 
 Turner, A. V. 
 Turner, E. Q. 
 Vivian, C. 
 Wadman. G. H. 
 Waites, W. J. 
 Walbank, E. M. 
 Wall, A. H. 
 Warriner, A. E. 
 Waschle, G. 
 Waters, H. B. 
 Webb, W. T. 
 Weeks, G. R. 
 Welch, C. W. 
 Weyburn, J. K. 
 Wheeland, S. 
 Whims, H. 
 Whitney, H. K. 
 Wight, M. F. 
 Williams, T. A. 
 Williams, T. S. 
 Wimmer, G. W. 
 Wiswell, E. S. 
 Wisewell, C. A. 
 Young, T. J. 
 
Centennial Encampment No. 58, I. O. O. F. 
 
 SAN DIEGO. 
 
 (JjENTENNIAL ENCAMPMENT No. 58, San Diego, California, was in- 
 ^^ stituted August 16, 1876. Meetings held first and third Mondays in each 
 month. Membership 147. The officers are: Thos. A. DeCourcy, C. P.; L. A. 
 Creelman, H. P.; Frank P. Frary, Scribe; J. A. Cohn, Treas.; John Stork, S. W.; 
 N. S. Snyder, J. W. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 Adams, Frank S. 
 Allyn, Wm. B. 
 Beveridge, Alex 
 Bachman, P. F. 
 Brenning, Jacob W. 
 Bascomb, D. S. 
 Becker, J. P. 
 Banks, Frank S. 
 Bruschi, V. 
 Benson , George A. 
 Buker, C. W. 
 Brown, S. M. 
 Cohn, Jacob A. 
 Christensen, J. P. 
 Creelman, L. A. 
 Coon, J. D. 
 Creelman, Fred 
 Chittenden, C. M. 
 Carson, Wm. H. 
 Collier, D. C, Jr. 
 Cassie, E. 
 Cassidy, James H. 
 Demond, Frank 
 Dievendoiff, Horton 
 Davis, Wm. J. 
 Dieterle, A. 
 Dowell, Thos. J. 
 DeCourcy, Thos. A. 
 Davies, R. E. 
 Estes, P. W. 
 Eliaser, Sam 
 Engelbret, John 
 Emerson, R. E- 
 Epstine, Karl 
 Foster, Joseph 
 Frary, Frank P. 
 Frisbie, L- B. 
 
 Fullard, F. C. 
 Felhman, A. 
 Felhman, H. 
 Gregory, Ed. 
 Gray, John 
 Gassen, A. G. 
 Griffith, C. 
 Griffith, W. W. 
 Geiger, David 
 Hunsaker. N. 
 Hazzard, G. W. 
 Hadley, W. E. 
 Holland, C. F. 
 Harbison, H. R. 
 Holton.S. H. 
 Hynding, P. 
 Hunt, W. C. 
 Hollingsworth, W. P. 
 Hakes, C. C. 
 Hansen, George 
 Haslam, A. E. 
 Jackson, J. Y. 
 Julian, W. A. 
 Julian, George F. 
 Julian, C. H. 
 Johnson, P. I,. 
 Johnstone, H. S. 
 Johnson, A. P., Jr. 
 Kindler, A. 
 Kirkwood, W. J. 
 Kaidel, J. T. 
 Kuhn, Gus 
 Knox, C. D. 
 Kingswood, J. 
 Kirby, Lew R. 
 Knowles, Geo. H. 
 Lehman, Theo. 
 
 Lesher, M. P. 
 Levi, A. 
 Lesinsky, Sam 
 McAuliffe, Thos. 
 McAuliff, H. B. 
 McWilliams, J. G. 
 McCreesh, Wm. 
 Miller, B. F. 
 Marquardt, Hans 
 Marlette, C. H. 
 Moore, W. P. 
 Manker, James 
 Murphy, George S. 
 Mueller, F. E. 
 Nihell, I. P. 
 Nagle, C. A. 
 Nelson, O. 
 dinger, C. H. 
 Otto, Geo. F. 
 Over, J. F. 
 Osburn, F. W. 
 Prindiville, J. 
 Plant, G. W. 
 Pollock, C. D. 
 Prugh, J. H. 
 Puyear, S. M. 
 Phillips, Ed. T. 
 Porter, J. M. 
 Ruckert, F. W. 
 Rotnor, George 
 Robins, Duke 
 Robinson, F. H. 
 Ruisinger, Wm. 
 Ruppenthal, Chas. 
 Reading, J. S. 
 Shaw, F. A. T. 
 Smith, Sam. F. 
 
 Smith, Bruce 
 Schachtmayre, J. 
 Shera, Jas. 
 Stahel, A. 
 Stocking, R. F. 
 Seaberg, Chas. 
 Schitterer, H. 
 Stead, G. D. 
 Schmid, C. H. 
 Stork, Jno. 
 Sellers, Chas. 
 Snyder, N. S. 
 Schiller, J. S. 
 Swallow, C. H. 
 Shaffer, E. E. 
 Stephens, F. 
 Tasker, Jos. 
 Thing, C. E. 
 Tallman, R. 
 Ulrich, E. 
 Urban, Geo. A. L- 
 Verlaque, Jeff 
 Vernon, Jas. 
 Villa, Frank J. 
 Winter, L. 
 Winter, C. 
 Whitmore, S. 
 Ward, Will J. 
 Winsby, E. 
 Whitson, W. W. 
 Wood, Jno. M. 
 Winther. P. 
 Whatford, Thos. 
 Weiland, Ed. L. 
 Young, Will 
 Zollner, Fred 
 
 Photo t)j Mrs. Adi E. Jlerguire, Grind Chief " Rathbone Bisters " 
 
 Transport Sherman, Laden with California Boys from Manila, 
 Entering San Francisco Harbor. 
 
Rebe^al) Department 
 
 We present herewith a short synopsis of the Rebekah Lodges, so far as they 
 responded to our call. 
 
 * * « 
 
 O AIR OAKS REBEKAH LODGE No. 4 was instituted January 20, 1894, 
 by Grand Master Simpson. The Lodge started with a membership of twenty, 
 
 and fifteen of the charter members still remain, Brother S. B. Paige having died 
 
 and four withdrawn. The elective officers were : Noble Grand, May B. McFar- 
 
 land; Vice Grand, Mary A. Randlett; Secretary, Lizzie G. Vollmar; Treasurer, 
 
 Ellen Metzgar. 
 
 There has been a healthy growth and continued prosperity. The present 
 
 membership is eighty-four, and the night of meeting Saturday at Odd Fellows' 
 
 Hall, Park Street and Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda. 
 
 * * # 
 
 /~r LOVER LEAF REBEKAH LODGE No. 207 of Ventura, California, was 
 ^* instituted September 11, 1894, by D. D. Rosetta Penrod and the degree staff 
 of White Rose Lodge of Santa Barbara. The charter membership was thirty- 
 four with the following elective officers : Ellen Donlon, N. G. ; Addie Richardson, 
 V. G.; Abbie Butcher, Rec. Sec; Effie Granger, Fin. Sec; Agnes Charleboise, 
 Treas. The present membership is sixty-nine in good standing. The Lodge has 
 recently moved into a fine new hall, where much better work can be done. The 
 Lodge has not the regulation uniform, but wears a uniform of white. Much in- 
 terest is manifested by the members in the Orphans' Home, although not much 
 has been done for them yet. 
 
 * * * 
 
 ORANGE GROVE REBEKAH LODGE No. 84, I. O. O. F., was instituted 
 ^-* at Oroville, California, January 17, 1885, by C. C. Durban, D. D. G. M., 
 acting as G. M. pro tern, assisted by P. G. John J. Smith, Joe Marks, Wm. 
 Schneider, John P. Leonard, Geo. K. Hendel and Charles F. Sadowski, of whom 
 Bros. Marks, Leonard and Sadowski, still survive and are still members. The 
 charter members in addition to the above mentioned were: 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS : 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Featherstone, Wm. Hoops, Louis W. Kroeger, F. Rose, Loughn 
 
 Freer, Leon D., p. g. Jones, Albert F. Moore, R. A. Simon, L. A. 
 
 Higgins, E., p. G. Karsner, J. H. Peterson, N. Wilcox, C. H., p. g. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Higgins, Millie Peterson, Caroline W. Sadowski, Rosa A. Smith, E. 
 
 Hoops. Elizabeth Rose, L. Simon, H. Wilcox, Francis A. 
 
 Moor, H. A. 
 
 Of whom there survives Bros. E. Higgins, J. H. Karsner, L. A. Simon, A. F. 
 Jones; of these Bros. Karsner, Higgins, Simon and Jones, and Sisters Higgins, 
 Peterson and Sadowski still retain their membership, and are active members 
 of the Lodge. The Lodge was instituted with twenty-seven charter members, 
 now we have a membership of 137. The Lodge is in a very flourishing condi- 
 tion and numbers among its members Past Grand Sister Minerva Karsner, who 
 is Past President of the Rebekah Assembly of which our Lodge feels very proud. 
 
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 fJCME REBEKAH LODGE No. 189 was instituted at Santa Maria January 
 J* 18, 1893, by Past Grand M. P. Baker, assisted by District Deputy Mrs. Ida 
 Mason and the members of Arroyo Grande Rebekah Lodge. The following 
 are the charter members : 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Baker, Major P. Cook, R. D. Rogers, Newton Stowell, George 
 
 Blosser, Garrett De Witt, Christopher C. Rossi, D. Trott, George Joseph 
 
 Blosser, Lorenzo W. Fleisher, Marks Schwabacher, Lewis M. Weaver, George Thomas 
 
 Coblentz, Samuel Morris, William T. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Blosser, Anna Davis, Rose Hopkins, Sallie Stowell, Fannie E. 
 
 Blosser, Nellie De Witt Lora Morris, Adeline Trott, Mary E. 
 
 Coblentz, Henriette Dickes, Cora Morganti, Mary T. Walker, Emma 
 
 Cook, Jinnett Fleisher, Rachel Schwabacher, Caroline Weaver, Mary Elizabeth 
 
 Officers were elected and appointed as follows: 
 
 OFFICERS : 
 
 Fleisher, Marks, N. G. Coblentz, Henriette, R. S. N. G. Weaver, George, T., Chaplain 
 
 Weaver, Mary, V. G. Schwabacher, Caroline, L. S. N. G. Fleisher, Rachel, Conductor 
 
 De Witt, Lora, Sec. Walker, Emma, R. S. V. G. Blosser, Nellie, Warden 
 
 Trott, Mary, Treas. Stowell, Fannie, L. S. V. G. Morris, William T., O. G. 
 
 The present membership is 56. The Divine Father has seen fit to remove 
 from their midst two of their most faithful sisters, Jinnett Cook and Adeline 
 Morris. This Lodge has always had an efficient corps of officers. They have 
 the beautified work, and no rituals are used during initiation. A chrysanthemum 
 ball was given in order to raise funds to purchase robes, and the result was more 
 than a success, which showed the energy of the members. They have had the 
 honor of three of their members serving as District Deputies, and have also had 
 the pleasure of visits from Assembly Presidents — Marion Greenwood, Minerva 
 Karsner and Helen Carpenter. 
 
 This Lodge has made a donation of twenty-five dollars towards the Or- 
 phans' Home, and is in a flourishing condition. The Past Grands are Mary 
 Trott, Nellie Baker, Caroline Schwabacher, Julia Ketcham, Mamie Sedgwich, 
 Rachel Fleisher, Irma Trott. 
 
 Peace and harmony prevail among its members, whose labors are untiring 
 in their efforts to make Acme Rebekah Lodge second to none in the State of Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
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 TT)ETALUMA REBEKAH LODGE No. 226 was instituted May 7, 1897, by 
 ■*~-» Catherina D. Peterson, District Deputy President of District No. 9, assisted 
 by a delegation from Bloomfield Lodge No. 91, with the following charter mem- 
 bers: N. G., Ellen T. Smith; Vice Grand, Jennie Gist; Secretary, Ella McPhail; 
 Treasurer, Fannie Nauert; Lewis G. Nay, William Nay, Geo. Lamoreaux, Geo. 
 Edlemann, John S. Blackburn, Frank F. Ennis, Sarah J. Nay, Jennie Ennis, Sadie 
 C. Waddell, Louise Edlemann, Lillian K. Smith, Catherine Russ and Margaret 
 Lamoreaux. We are a very social and prosperous Lodge, and have at present a 
 membership of ninety. Although we are one of the youngest Lodges in the 
 county, we are and always have been free from debt, have fine regalias, and money 
 in the treasury. In the short period of our existence death has claimed two of 
 our members, Bro. Frank Ennis and Sister Laura Hynes. We meet on the first 
 and third Friday at I. O. O. F. Hall, and are prepared at all times to receive and 
 entertain our friends. We have given one bed and $10 to Orphans' Home. 
 
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 O ANTA BARBARA has always been one of the most prominent towns and 
 *-* ports in California history, but no effort was made to establish a Rebekah 
 Lodge here until August 13, 1891, when White Rose Rebekah Lodge No. 10 
 was instituted, and on August 2, 1892 (about one year from that time), a dispen- 
 sation was granted by Grand Master Geo. W. Stockwell to quite a number of 
 brothers and sisters to organize another Rebekah Lodge to be known as Flower 
 City Rebekah Lodge No. 184. The Lodge was properly instituted by D. D. G. M. 
 Wm. H. Stafford, a member of Channel City Lodge No. 232, I. O. O. F., who 
 had been duly commissioned for that purpose. 
 
 The charter members of this Lodge are as follows: Bros. W. E. Noble, 
 Adam Ott, Geo. W. Bates, Robert Hanson, Wm. W. Doan, Nicholas B. Warn 
 and Sisters Pluma L. Bates and Dency M. Warn. Of the above charter members 
 there are only two on the roll at the present time. The officers who were installed 
 into their respective Chairs then, by D. D. P. Mary I. Ott, are as follows: N. G., 
 Maud I. Lonergan; V. G., Mable L. Rogers; Sec, Pluma L. Bates; Treas., Laura 
 D. Kirk. Appointed officers were: Ward., Cecilia W. Frost; Cond., Caroline I. 
 Sawyer; I. G., Frank Smith; O. G., Wm. W. Doan; R. S. N. G., Robert Hanson; 
 L. S. N. G., Lulu J. Lloyd; R. S. V. G., Ida J. Hill; L. S. V. G., Mary M. New- 
 man, and Chaplain, Dency M. Warn. The members were as follows: 
 
 MEMBERS: 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Burgin, Chas. W. Kirk, Chas. M. Lloyd, Marion Rogers, E. F. 
 
 Frost, Samuel Lane, Miles P. Lonergan, J. J. Sawyer, C. I. 
 
 Hall, Wm. Lillard,Wm. Newman, W. H. Smith, Frank 
 Hill, L. D. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Burgin, Emma J. Hill, Ida J. Lonergan, Maud I. Sawyer, Caroline I. 
 
 Clark, Lilla J. Kirk, Laura D. Newman, Mary M. 
 
 Frost, Cecelia W. Lloyd, Lulu J. Rogers, Mable L. 
 
 In the last returns of this Lodge to the Grand Lodge there were fifty-one 
 members on the roll call, with the following officers: A. P. G., Lillian M. John- 
 son; N. G., Eugenia Thomas; V. G., Glenare Edwards; Sec, Bella Ott; Treas., 
 Jeannetta Ott; Ward., Nora Varney; Cond., Mattie Nichols; I. G., Emma Wash- 
 burn; O. G., Jas. B. Drake; R. S. N. G., Pluma L. Bates; L. S. N. G., Anna 
 Edwards; R. S. V. G., Etta Sanders; L. S. V. G., Mary I. Ott, and Chaplain, Win- 
 nie Gilbert. 
 
 The Past Noble Grands on the roll at the present time are, Mary I. Ott, 
 Pluma L. Bates, Grace W. Hanson, Bella Ott, Emma Washburn, Lillian M. 
 Johnson, Eugenia Thomas. The first Noble Grand was Maud I. Lonergan, then 
 Sisters Rosetta Penrod, Laura D. Kirk, Emma J. Burgin, Eliza N. Drake, Mary 
 C. Senter, each followed with one term, and Sister Pluma L. Bates, then served 
 two terms ; she was followed in turn by the following sisters : Caroline Hanson, 
 Grace W. Hanson, Bella Ott, Emma Washburn, Lillian M. Johnson, Eugenia 
 Thomas, who each served one term, and they were followed by Sister Glenare 
 Edwards, the present Noble Grand. 
 
 The sociability of our members creates an interest amongst those not of 
 our Order, so that when we give any entertainments they are always largely 
 attended. 
 
 There have been four deaths in this Lodge, Sister Dency M. Warn and Bro. 
 Nicholas B. Warn, both charter members; also Sister Mary C. Center and^Rosetta 
 Penrod, all having crossed over to the great beyond. The last-named sisters were 
 
322 REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 
 
 faithful members, and loved by all who knew them. Both occupied the D. D. P. 
 Chair at the time of their deaths. 
 
 This Lodge has had many drawbacks in a financial way, and, although the Re- 
 bekahs are not a beneficial organization, we have donated liberally to our own, and 
 visiting members who have been in distress, but at the present time we are 
 progressing favorably. Under the new law which admits all young ladies of 
 eligible age to join, whose relatives are not Odd Fellows, we have taken in quite 
 a number, and have found them to be as zealous and interested members as if 
 they were related to Odd Fellows. 
 
 This Lodge at the present time occupies neat apartments in Channel City 
 Hall, which is located about the center of the city, and which was but recently 
 built. This Hall is regarded as one of the best arranged halls in Southern Cali- 
 fornia. On the second floor is quite a large Lodge room, adjoining it is the 
 banquet hall; they are connected with sliding doors, so when the doors are thrown 
 open it makes a very large room. Adjoining these rooms are an anteroom, trus- 
 tees' room and a kitchen. On the first floor is the main hall, which has quite a 
 large and well-equipped stage. This hall is used considerably by the various 
 social orders and for public gatherings generally. 
 
 Flower City Rebekah Lodge No. 184 is prosperous, increasing in member- 
 ship, and upon its past good work is building well for the future. 
 
 * # * 
 
 T -OYAL REBEKAH LODGE No. 215 was instituted May n, 1896, by 
 J— * Grand Master P. F. Gosbey. The moving cause of the organization of this 
 Lodge was the desire on the part of the charter members to cordially support the 
 laws passed by the Sovereign Grand Lodge a short time before, which made eli- 
 gible to Rebekah Lodges all unmarried ladies of the requisite age, character and 
 residence, whether they were related to Odd Fellows or not. The Lodge started 
 with twenty charter members, nine sisters and eleven brothers, as follows: 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Copsey, A. N., p. c;. Mefret, Xavier, p. Q. Terkelson, J. N. Walcom, George 
 
 Hills, E. H., P. G. Perry, J. W., P. G. Turpln, A. W., P. G. Week, F. A., P. g. 
 
 Jacobs, S. R., p. g. Simpson, J. H., p. g. m. Warren, Fred W., p. g. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Bell, Margaret Hutton, Tillie Olsson, Bessie T. Simpson, A. J., p. n. g. 
 
 Bell, Margaret J. McCollister,M. E., p. n. g. Olsson, Jessie M., p. n. g. Walcom, Florence E. 
 
 Hills, Kitty B. 
 
 Great care has been taken about investigating carefully the character and 
 standing of applicants for membership, so that now when we are celebrating the 
 Jubilee of Odd Fellowship, Loyal Rebekah Lodge has on its rolls in good stand- 
 ing 116 members, the quality of which compares favorably with that of any fra- 
 ternal organization in the State. The members have endeavored at all times 
 to do what they could to forward the interests of the Order, and the meetings 
 which are held on Monday evenings are nearly always interesting and profitable. 
 In the 3 years of its history, the Lodge has lost only two members by death, 
 Brother and Sister Snook, whose untimely taking off is sincely regretted. 
 
 OFFICERS : 
 
 Jewell, Ruby A., N. G. Wright, Jennie F., Conductor McCollister, Mollie E., L. S. N. G. 
 
 Jennings Marjory, V. G. Simpson, Almira J., Warden Crossman, Thirza, R. S. V. G. 
 
 Brauer, Emma L., R. S. Cyrus. Eola M., I. G. McAllister, Carrie, L. S. V. G. 
 
 Walcom, Florence E., F. S. Smith, C W., O. G. Linehan, Florence D., Chaplain 
 
 Bourne, Ella R., Treus. Bell, Margaret J., R. S. N. G. 
 
REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 323 
 
 By Fannie I. McCowen, Past Noble Grand. 
 
 /jg ORNELIA REBEKAH LODGE No. 205 located at Ukiah, Mendocino 
 ^ County, is one of the most loyal and devoted daughters within the realm of 
 California Odd Fellowship. It was instituted through the efforts of Mrs. Cor- 
 nelia White, and with Past Grand Manassa as instituting officer it began life with 
 a membership of thirty-eight, and a full corps of officers, the names of the first 
 four being as follows: Mrs. Helen M. Carpenter, N. G.; Mrs. Bettie Chalfant, 
 V. G. ; Mrs. Sallie Thomas, Sec; Mrs. Belle Smith, Treas. 
 
 An organization that is conducted upon a proper footing during the early 
 days of its existence is most likely to succeed. So it was, that this young offshoot 
 of Odd Fellowship flourished and grew apace, having for its first corps of officers 
 a very efficient one, which received the hearty cooperation of the other members 
 of the Lodge, the latter, by the way, being a very important factor in the growth 
 and prosperity of any and every Lodge. Realizing that patience and labor are 
 the alternating rounds in the ladder leading to perfection in Lodge work, as in 
 other things, not one of either was missed by the members of Cornelia Lodge in 
 attaining that end, and they are rightfully and deservedly proud of the result. 
 
 The regular meeting nights are the second and fourth Mondays in the 
 month, the meetings being held in I. O. O. F. Hall, which is commodious and 
 well furnished. An organ furnished the music to which the first team kept step 
 in the performance of the floor work, but, as the Lodge grew in number, it be- 
 came more ambitious and the poor old organ was relegated to a back seat, along 
 with other Past Noble Grands, to give place to its successor, a beautiful piano, 
 which is the property of the Rebekahs. To Cornelia Rebekah Lodge belongs 
 the proud distinction of having been the instigator of, and the first contributor to, 
 the Orphans' Home Library at Gilroy. During the five years of its existence, 
 this Lodge has almost trebled its membership, having now one hundred and one 
 members. The chief officers at present are: Mrs. Mary Orr, N. G. ; Mrs. Jennie 
 Edwards, V. G. ; Mrs. Nellie Gibson, Sec, and Mrs. Natalie Wurtenberg, Treas. 
 
 * # * 
 
 |^)EARL REBEKAH LODGE No. 181 was instituted March 15, 1892, by 
 *-• Mrs. Mae Henry of Diamond Lodge No. 157. The charter membership 
 consisted of twenty-five brothers and nineteen sisters. The first elected officers 
 were: C. P. Morsley, P. G. ; Earnestine Welch, N. G. ; Cora Hotchkiss, V. G. ; 
 Florence Pelton, Secretary; D. C. Pelton, Financial Secretary; Jennie Lauour- 
 ette, Treasurer. The present officers are: Cora Ragsdale, P. G. ; Mollie Zununalt, 
 N. G.; Mary Husted, V. G. ; Jean Long, Secretary; Ida Manor, Financial Sec- 
 retary, and Mary Graser, Treasurer. 
 
 The total membership at present is fifty-six. Death has taken three members 
 and four have withdrawn. The visits of Grand Master P. F. Gosby, Marion 
 Greenwood, G. P. of the Assembly, and Minerva Karsner, Past Grand of 
 the Assembly, will be remembered by this Lodge with pleasure, and have been 
 an incentive to a continuation of good work by the Lodge. 
 
 This Lodge is at present in a prosperous and flourishing condition, the mem- 
 bers loving the Order, and taking an active interest in its welfare. One of its 
 most pleasant and prominent characteristics is the harmony prevailing among 
 the brothers and sisters, for they all labor together, and thus accomplish twofold 
 good. 
 
REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 
 
 325 
 
 SAN LUIS OBISPO REBEKAH LODGE No. 210, I. O. O. F., was insti- 
 tuted on Thursday evening, November 5, 1895, Sister M. J. Cass, D. D. offi- 
 ciating as installing officer, assisted by Past Grands J. D. Fowler, H.K.Cass, Wm. 
 Herman and Sisters Brocksceib, E. Slocomb, J. H. Slocomb, Currier, Fowler and 
 Brothers Brocksceib, E. Hawkins, all of Cayucos Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 
 196, under and by a dispensation of the Grand Lodge of the State of California. 
 There were 37 members admitted under the charter, and the following are 
 
 their names: 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Bradford, Walter L., p. 
 Cook, James W., p. g. 
 Crittenden, Thomas T. 
 Deiss, George F. 
 Fuller, W. E. 
 
 Bradford, Annie M., p.n.g. 
 Cook, Maggie L. 
 Crittenden, Therse 
 Deiss, Mary 
 Dunbar, Mable 
 
 Greenfield, C T., p. g. 
 Hansen, J. H., p. g. 
 Haskins, C A. 
 Krill, F. A. 
 Lorn, George J., P. Q. 
 
 McCabe, L. A. 
 McCabe, George W. 
 Meredith, D. M.. p. g 
 Orcutt. J. H., p. g. 
 Osgood, H. F., P. G. 
 
 SISTERS 
 
 Greenfield, Alice E. .p.n.g. 
 Hansen, Hester Annie 
 Ivens, Hester P. 
 Klaucke, Catharine 
 Krill, Chonita 
 
 McCabe, Cordelia, P. N. G. 
 Orcutt, Minnie F., p. n. g. 
 Payne, Catharine M., 
 
 P. N. G. 
 
 Peyran, Maria A. 
 
 Payne, George M. 
 Pinho, A. G. 
 Ryan, M. E., P. G. 
 Throop, George H., p. (;. 
 
 Rodgers, Damarius 
 Ryan, Bina L., p. n g. 
 Stokes, Josie Belle 
 Throop, Carrie, P. N. G. 
 
 Of the 37 members at the commencement of the organization, 25 retain 
 their membership, a large majority of whom are regular attendants at Lodge 
 meetings. Ovir Lodge has had a very gradual growth, and the aim has been 
 rather for quality than quantity of members with a unity of purpose as our guid- 
 ing star. 
 
 Our present membership is 73, and great interest is taken in the Order, and 
 we ever strive -to assist each other in all ways and at all times. Since the estab- 
 lishment of the Orphans' Home, at Gilroy, our Lodge has aided that institution 
 as much as our limited means would allow; we hope to do more in the future 
 than in the past. 
 
 Our Degree Staff did exceptionally good work in July, when our worthy 
 President, Sister Carpenter, visited our Lodge. The members seldom, if ever, 
 having to use the ritual during the initiatory work; all of which was highly com- 
 mended by our worthy President. 
 
 Our regular meetings are held on the first and third Thursday evenings of 
 each month, at I. O. O. F. Hall, Monterey Street. We have never missed a meet- 
 ing since the organization of the Lodge, and our average attendance is 35. The 
 following comprise our present membership: 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS : 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Bradford, Walter W., 
 
 p. G. 
 Barlow, Charles A., p. G. 
 Cook, James W., P. G. 
 Carpenter, Halsey H. 
 Eastman, John C. 
 Fuller, W. E. 
 Greenfield, C. T., p. g 
 Haskins, C. A. 
 
 Bradford, Annie M., ] 
 Barlow, Lizzie 
 Bynum, Kate 
 Cook, Maggie L. 
 Dunbar, Mable 
 Dunbar, Eliza 
 De Nise, Irene Floy 
 Elliott, Mary 
 Felts, Irene 
 Fuller, Cora E. H. 
 ■Green, Mable 
 
 Ivens, E. C. 
 
 Kiddoo, Joseph David 
 
 Klaucke, H. G. 
 
 Klaucke, Henry 
 
 Lewis, Jesse 
 
 Lorh, George J., p. g. 
 
 McCabe, GeorgeW,, p.g. 
 
 McCabe, L. A. 
 
 McManus, L. M. 
 
 Moore, Harvey 
 Nelson, Albert 
 Nichols, Samuel D 
 O'Neil, Terrence 
 Orcutt. J. H., P. G. 
 Oilar, Henry D., p. 
 Payne, George M. 
 Pattison, Thomas 
 Ryan, M. E., P. G. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Greenfield. Alice E., p.n.g. 
 Hansen, Maggie 
 Hall, Mary I. 
 Ivens, Hester P. 
 Jansen, Lizzie 
 Klaucke, Catharine 
 Lewis, Celestia. n. g. 
 Lowenstein, Bertha 
 Miiller, Katie 
 McManus. Emma 
 McCabe, Cordelia, p. n. g. 
 
 Nelson, Daisy 
 
 Orcutt, Minnie Flonda, 
 
 p. n. g. 
 Pollard, Josephine 
 Pollard. Frankie 
 Payne, Catharine M., 
 
 P. N. G. 
 
 Pattison, Marv 
 Rodgers. Damarius 
 Ryan, Bina L., P. S. G. 
 Scott, Maud, v. G, 
 
 Schneider, John H. W. 
 
 Throop, George H., P. G. 
 
 Unangst, E. P. 
 
 Van Schaick, Jackson E. 
 
 Viers, Lutlens 
 
 Woods, Victor H. 
 
 Wright, Samuel V. 
 
 Stokes, Josie Belle 
 Soderstrom, Hilda 
 Thomson, Nellie C. 
 Throop, Carrie, p. n. g. 
 Unangst, Anita Murray 
 Van Schaick, Emily 
 Viers, Amelia 
 Wilson, Olive 
 Winchester, Mattie A. 
 Yarrington, Grace 
 

 
REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 
 
 327 
 
 bers: 
 
 ISSION REBEKAH LODGE No. 225, I. O. O. F., was instituted on May 
 1. 1897, by Grand Master J. W. Warboys, with the following charter mem- 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS : 
 
 Fonier, E. 
 Holcomb, Geo. W. 
 
 Crawford, Rena J. 
 Currier, Alice B.. p. n. 
 Fonier, Alice 
 
 Hurst, F. J. 
 
 Holcomb, Lillie B. 
 Hunter, Emma 
 Hurst, Mary B. 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Keeler, Geo. W. 
 
 SISTERS 
 
 Quinton, Lucy 
 Quinton, Mary 
 Williston, Amanda, p.n.G. 
 
 Wimmer, Geo. N. 
 
 Wimmer, Gertrude 
 Wimmer, Kate 
 
 The staff from Templar Rebekah Lodge No. 19, Sister Peach, N. G., initi- 
 ated thirteen applicants. Sister Peterson, D. D. G. M., installed the following 
 first set of officers: P. N. G., Alice Fonier; N. G., Lillie B. Holcomb; V. G., Lucy 
 Quinton; Rec. Sec, Gertrude Wimmer; Fin. Sec, Alice B. Currier; Treas., Mary 
 
 B. Hurst. This enterprising little Lodge doubled its membership during the first 
 term, and has kept up a steady increase up to date. Each retiring Past Noble 
 Grand is presented with a handsome emblematic jewel. 
 
 This little Lodge was the first to take up the entertaining of subordinate 
 Lodges in a body. The same having proved to be a great benefit both socially 
 and fraternally. Mission Rebekah is also noted for her unique entertainments, 
 the same always proving a success both socially and financially. The accom- 
 panying cut is but a fair representation of the youth and beauty of Mission Re- 
 bekah No. 225, I. O. O. F. 
 
 * * # 
 
 ORIOLE REBEKAH LODGE No. 217 was instituted on Saturday after- 
 ^^ noon, October 10, 1896, by I. W. Warboys, M. W. G. M., assisted by Lucy 
 
 C. Phillips, District Deputy, and fifteen members from Castle Lake Lodge 
 No. 6, Sisson. The charter members were the following named sisters and 
 brothers: 
 
 Arthur, Lillian 
 Branstetter, Susan 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS 
 
 Branstetter, W. 
 Eh ret, Susan 
 
 .,p. G. Ehret, C 
 
 Hudson, S. C. 
 Sheafor, M. Gussie 
 
 Scholes, S C,p. g. 
 Scholes, Eliza J. 
 
 Of the nine charter members, all retain their membership. The Lodge 
 motto being, " Quality in preference to quantity," progress in membership was 
 not as rapid as it otherwise might have been, still in the three years of our 
 life, we feel that our growth has been almost phenomenal, as we have only lost, 
 by cards and otherwise, nine members, which will be more than equaled by De- 
 cember 31, 1899, judging by the applications now on hand. 
 
 NAMES OF MEMBERS 
 
 Arthur, Lillian 
 Arthur, Frank 
 Bingham, Margaret E- 
 Bissell, Mina J., d. d. g. p. 
 Brown, Lecetta 
 Bissell, E. A. 
 Bingham, M. F. 
 Branstetter. Susan, p. n. g. 
 Branstetter, W. J., p. g. 
 Basham, Anna, p. n. g. 
 
 Bills, Ada 
 
 Basham, H. B., p. G. 
 Branstetter, Anna 
 Bridgefarmer, Dora 
 Bills, Chas. 
 Brown, Lida 
 Brown, M. M., p. G. 
 Ehret, Susan 
 Ehret, C. 
 Griggs, Malinda 
 
 Hudson, S. C. 
 Hiibsch, Allie, P. N. o 
 Lee, Josephine 
 Law, Tammy 
 McCarville, Delia 
 McPherson, Mary E. 
 McKaskey, Mary E. 
 McCarville, J. 
 Neville, Minniete 
 Sheafor, J. J. 
 
 Scholes, Eliza J., p. n. g. 
 Scholes, G. C, p. g. 
 Stoddard, Fannie F. 
 Sheafor, M. Gussie, p.n. g. 
 Pay ton, Nora A. 
 Payton, Henry B. 
 Walker, Ella M. 
 Walker, Frank J. 
 
328 
 
 REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 
 
 SEQUOIA REBEKAH LODGE No. 124, I. O. O. F., was instituted Oc- 
 tober 1, 1887, by W. W. Wood, District Deputy Grand Master for the 
 Subordinate Lodges of this district, assisted by the officers and members of 
 Calaveras Rebekah Lodge No. 88, of Mokelumne Hill. The charter members 
 were the following named brothers and sisters: 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS: 
 
 Agostini, Jules J. 
 Barniscornia, Frank 
 Foster, Edward A. 
 Getchell, Clarence W. 
 Hall, Austin H. 
 
 Agostini, Theresa 
 Barniscornia, Julia 
 Dasso, Mary 
 Getchell, Clotilde 
 Hall, Annie M. 
 
 Krim, Henry 
 McAdams, Edmund 
 Nichols, George 
 Oeters, John 
 Steel, John 
 
 Krim, Rhoda 
 McAdams, Ada 
 Nichols, Johanna 
 Oeters. Catarina 
 Steel, Phillipini 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Salcido, Jabier 
 Salcido, Louis 
 Terwilliger, Lorenzo P. 
 Tiscornia, Giralomo 
 Wyllie, Alfred L. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Salcido, Lucy C. 
 Salcido, Manuela G. 
 Salcido, Elise 
 Salcido, Lizzie 
 Terwilliger, Annie 
 
 Wood, William W. 
 Steflier, William H. 
 
 Wiggin, Maud H. 
 Wiggin, Ella S. 
 Washburn, Mary 
 Wells, Mary A. 
 
 Of the thirty-six charter members, eighteen retain their membership. At 
 present our membership is fifty-six. Financially we are well-to-do, having been 
 fortunate in meeting with few reverses, though we have from time to time rendered 
 pecuniary assistance to distressed worthy members, and have contributed finan- 
 cially to the Orphans' Home. Sister Tillie Getchell, Past Noble Grand of this 
 Lodge, is at present District Deputy President of District No. 38, in which is our 
 Lodge. 
 
 LIST OF MEMBERS: 
 
 brothers: 
 
 Agostini, Jules J. 
 Altmeyer, John M. 
 Bennett, Joseph G. 
 Barniscornia, Frank 
 Bosse, Henry E. 
 Burns, William J. 
 Feleppini, David 
 
 Agostini, Rosa A. 
 Armstrong, Minerva 
 Bastian, Annie 
 Bence, Mary, Sr. 
 Bence, Mary, Jr. 
 Barniscornia, Julia 
 Branch, Lottie M. 
 Burns, Christina E. 
 
 Floyd, Enos F. 
 Getchell, Clarence W. 
 Guttinger, Henry 
 Holland, Judson A. 
 Kean, Charles H. 
 La Riviere, Nelson P. 
 Leonard, Robert 
 
 Mester, Joseph H. 
 Roberts, James W. 
 Smith, Edward 
 Steel, John 
 Steel, George 
 Steffler, William H. 
 Terwilliger, Lorenzo P. 
 
 SISTERS 
 
 Getchell, Clotilde J. 
 Harney, Lucie- 
 Hengen, Minnie 
 Holland, Marietta 
 McAdams, Ada M. 
 Mester, Marie 
 Nichols, Johanna 
 Lafranchie, Tillie 
 
 Roberts, Helena 
 Salcido, Adelene 
 Salcido, Elsie 
 Salcido, Lizzie 
 Smith, Ella 
 Smith. Delia 
 Steel, Phillipini 
 Steel. Ella E. 
 
 Towle, Frank Z. 
 Ward, James H. 
 Wells, Joseph H. 
 Wesson, Henry 
 Wyllie, Alfred L. 
 Zwinge, Edward C. 
 
 Terwilliger, Annie 
 Towle, Sophia 
 Wells, Mary A. 
 Wells, Hannah 
 Zwinge, Kate 
 
 * # # 
 
 riORTHERN REBEKAH LODGE No. 208, I. O. O. F., was organized at 
 1 ^ Alturas on April 22, 1895, by Bro. O. P. Kistler, P. G., assisted by the fol- 
 lowing instituting officers: Peter Guler, A. M. Miller, A. Gagnon, Mrs. Iva S. 
 Raker, Alma Gait and John E. Raker, and the following charter members being 
 enrolled: 
 
 CHARTER MEMBERS : 
 
 BROTHERS : 
 
 Dorris, A. F. 
 Gagnon, A. 
 
 Dorris, Rachel L. 
 Parker, Alice 
 
 Guler, Peter 
 Miller, A. M. 
 
 Poore, Zonnetta A. 
 Raker, Iva Mrs. 
 
 Parker, John R. 
 Raker, C A. 
 
 SISTERS : 
 
 Raker, Mary L. 
 Wiley, Ida L. 
 
 Raker, John E. 
 Sunnafrank, Frank 
 
 Williams, Anna L. 
 
 From the small number of fifteen members at organization, the Lodge has 
 steadily grown, until now it has a membership of thirty-nine. During the pres- 
 ent terms its officers are as follows: 
 
 Lighty, May, A. P. G. 
 Williams. Vettelene, N. G. 
 Pope, Berta, V. G. 
 Raker, Clarence A., Rec. Sec. 
 Scammon, Ellsworth G., Per. Sec. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS 
 Williams, AnnaL., Treas. 
 Dorris, Mary M , Ward. 
 Archer, Susie, Cond. 
 Raker, Iva S., Chap. 
 Raker, J. E., I. G. 
 
 Dorris, Edgar, O. G. 
 Raker, Mary L., R. S. N. G. 
 Lauer, Marx, L. S. N. G. 
 
 This Lodge comprises a district of itself, being District No. 63, of which 
 Anna L. Williams is D. D. P. 
 
REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 329 
 
 BROOKLYN REBEKAH LODGE No. 12, I. O. O. F., was instituted in 
 Brooklyn, now East Oakland, on July 8, 1872, by D. D. G. M. W. J. Gur- 
 nett, with twenty-eight charter members. It was a beneficial Lodge from its in- 
 stitution, until 1878, when a resolution was adopted to take in social members. 
 This continued until 1895, when the Sovereign Grand Lodge decided that Lodges 
 must be either beneficial or nonbeneficial. Brooklyn Lodge, therefore, became a 
 nonbeneficial Lodge, as the social members were greatly in the majority. At 
 the present time, it is an enthusiastic Lodge with a membership of one hundred 
 and twenty-seven, and of the twenty-eight charter members only six remain. 
 The staff of elective officers for the present term are: Sister May L. Curtis, 
 Noble Grand; Nellie Seip, Vice Grand; Louise Holmer, Financial Secretary; 
 Anna M. Liese, Treasurer. 
 
 M4 
 
 £JMITY REBEKAH LODGE No. 161, I. O. O. F., was instituted in San 
 V^ Francisco, California, in Eureka Hall, Odd Fellows' Building, Saturday 
 evening, October 11, 1890, by Grand Master John Glasson. The following 
 officers were elected for a term of nine months, and were duly installed in their 
 respective Chairs by District Deputy Grand Master Mary C. Seymore and her 
 staff: P. N. G., Rebecca C. Hucks; N. G., Amanda J. Williston; V. G., Antoinette 
 Shaw; Rec. Sec, Sarah C. Crawford, Fin. Sec, Lillie M. Layng; Treas., Elizabeth 
 E. Welby; Chaplain, Dora Brown. 
 
 Thirty-four members signed the charter, two joined by card, and nineteen 
 were initiated, making a total of fifty-five members for the evening. Amity is 
 strongly represented at the Orphans' Home, having a room completely furnished 
 in her name, and also credit of further donations of a large number of quilts, 
 comforts, etc. September 1, 1899, shows the Lodge in a very prosperous condi- 
 tion, and a steady increase in membership; 154 active sisters and brothers are en- 
 rolled on the constitution. The present officers, who are very efficient and give 
 the work in a most creditable manner, are: P. N. G., Laura L. Lowrie; N. G., 
 Annie R. Farnham; V. G., Lela M. Ziegler; Rec. Sec, Lizzie E. Braley; Fin. 
 Sec, Julia Z. Gibbs; Treas., Sarah M. Thompson; Chaplain, Lizzie Cummings. 
 The Lodge meets every Saturday evening, and all members of the Order are cor- 
 dially invited to attend. 
 
 * * * 
 
 fkRIOLE REBEKAH LODGE No. 217, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Duns- 
 ^ muir, California, October 10, 1896, with the following nine charter members: 
 Sisters E. J. Scholes, S. Branstetter, S. C. Hudson, S. Ehret, G. Sheafor, and 
 Brothers W. J. Branstetter and C. Ehret. Grand Master Bro. Warboys and Dis- 
 trict Deputy Sister Phillips officiated at its institution, assisted by fifteen members 
 from Castle Lake Lodge No. 6, Sisson. 
 
 The first elective officers of this infant Lodge were: Noble Grand, Sister E. 
 J. Scholes; Vice Grand, Sister A. Basham; Secretary, Sister G. Sheafor; Finan- 
 cial Secretary, Sister M. Bissell and Treasurer, Sister A. Davidson. Since the 
 time when these first few members assumed the obligations of Odd Fellowship, 
 the Lodge has grown in numbers and otherwise almost phenomenally. Every 
 undertaking of this Lodge has been crowned with success, and the members look 
 forward to a long and useful life in the duties and pleasures of their chosen Order. 
 
33° 
 
 REBEKAH DEPARTMENT 
 
 O ERN REBEKAH LODGE No. 227, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Pesca- 
 ^ dero, California, July 31, 1897, by instituting officer G. M. A. M. Drew, 
 assisted by G. S. Mrs. Mary E. Donoho. The Lodge opened at 4 p. m., and six 
 candidates were initiated and Lille E. Dearborn, of Olive Branch No. 48, was 
 admitted by card. The following officers were nominated and elected by acclama- 
 tion: Miss Annie E. Shaw, N. G.; Mrs. Lizzie G. Pinkham, V. G.; Mrs. Mattie 
 E. Good, Secretary; Miss Cecile Levy, Treasurer. 
 
 The evening session of the Lodge opened in ritual form, G. M. A. M. Drew 
 presiding. Seven visitors from Elm wood Lodge No. 13 were present. Grand 
 Master invited Noble Grand Sister Alt of No. 13 to confer the Degree, and twen- 
 ty-three candidates were initiated. 
 
 A donation of $25 from Pescadero Lodge No. 226, I. O. O. F., was granted 
 Fern Lodge. On motion a unanimous vote of thanks was tendered them for their 
 kindness. It was decided by a vote of the Lodge to have the second and fourth 
 Saturday evenings of each month the regular nights of meeting. A unanimous 
 vote of thanks was tendered the members of Elmwood Lodge for their kindness 
 and assistance. Fern Lodge has been organized two years, and has thirty charter 
 members; gained by initiation 15. The present officers are: Miss Mamie O. 
 Leighton, N. G. ; Miss Ethel C. Dearborn, V. G. ; Mrs. Lizzie G. Pinkham, Sec- 
 retary; Miss Laura Jackson, Treasurer. 
 
 I. J. TRUMAN 
 
 I. J. Truman is the present City and County 
 Treasurer; President of the Columbian Banking 
 Co., the University of the Pacific, Civic Federa- 
 tion, City Church Extension Society and Central 
 Republican League; Treasurer of Young Men's 
 Christian Association, Fred Finch and San Fran- 
 cisco Methodist Orphanages, and has been asso- 
 ciated as Director with many benevolent organ- 
 izations since his arrival in San Francisco in 
 1867, having previously resided in Sacramento 
 since April, 1861. He joined El Dorado Lodge in 
 September, 1892, and Pacific Encampment No. 2 
 I. O. 0. F., in 1893; passed through all the Chairs 
 while in Sacramento and belongs to the Lodge 
 and Encampment there. During his whole life 
 he drew $10 sick benefit, which he donated to 
 the Lodge. His voice is often heard for clean 
 politics, and, though a Republican, does not 
 hesitate to denounce corruption wherever found. 
 
 W. M. McCOLLISTER, Past Grand 
 
 W. M. McCollister, P. G., the subject of this 
 sketch, was born in the State of Michigan. Was 
 initiated in Northcraft Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 
 228, of Topeka, Kansas, in the year 1887. Came 
 to San Francisco in 1891; joined Apollo Lodge 
 No. 123 by deposit of card in 1893; passed the 
 Chairs and became a Past Grand in 1895. Was 
 appointed District Deputy Grand Master of Dis- 
 trict No. 55 for 1896 and 1897. He is a member 
 of Loyal Rebekah Lodge No. 215; also a life 
 member of California Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M. 
 
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 S. S. Russell 
 
 F. W. Gibson 
 Frank Howe 
 Jos. Hyman 
 Gus. A. Lyon 
 Fred N. Loring 
 H. W. Brewer 
 Rosa Brewer 
 M. S. Sayre 
 W. L. Foster 
 Chas. W. Haycock 
 W. C. Moore 
 
 Dr. C. W. Kellogg 
 Dr. J. A. Nott 
 John D. Harris 
 Anna Bradford 
 Ella L. Wilson 
 Susy C. Jones 
 
 G. M. Elmore 
 Sarah Knight 
 Oakland Rebekah No. 
 Jennie A. Dunlap 
 Kate Talbot 
 Catherine Thomas 
 Marie Casovia 
 Emma Pomp 
 
 M. Voight 
 Sister Schu 
 Mary M. Roland 
 
 Catherine Miyer 
 M. Lucas 
 Martha Snow 
 Ada Domes 
 Anna M. Liese 
 Lillian Fredrickson 
 Jeanette Whipple 
 M. La Ballister 
 Cecilia Farmer 
 Mabel Lyon 
 Nellie Wood 
 Louise Holmes 
 Rebecca White 
 Ella Lain 
 Marie Hamillon 
 Nellie Serf 
 Margaret Favor 
 Sarah D. Dolbeer 
 Ruth Thomas 
 Annie Schulz 
 Carie Carman 
 
 A. C. Crandall 
 Mrs. A. G. Curtis 
 Elenor Davis 
 Sophia M. Reed 
 Mrs. Jones 
 David Symmes 
 Alice Williams 
 Mary A. Dallas 
 Abbie Morly 
 
 C. E. Neddlefon 
 Elizabeth Williams 
 George Russel 
 E. B. Hunt 
 Dr. W. Wilcox 
 Dr. Stout 
 Kahn Brothers 
 Lippit & Fischer 
 Emma Landgrebe 
 Marguerite T. Jess 
 Nellie Mitchell 
 W. G. Ellis 
 S. Anderson 
 Mary Alger 
 W. W. Hofges 
 Mr. Murdock 
 Mrs. J. E. Beard 
 Mrs. S. E. Batz 
 Miss Daisy Batz 
 H. E. Coffey 
 J. H. Sloan 
 E. H. Williard 
 Wm. Hales 
 Wm. M. Reese 
 W. J. Bodger 
 G. V. Stine 
 G. E. Neeley 
 C. E. King 
 Wm. Stein 
 Wm. Bluck 
 H. H. McGuire 
 G. A. Roberts 
 
 E. L. Mandeville 
 O. O. Parker 
 
 C. E. Ingalls 
 
 F. M. Secor 
 
 H. C. Blanchard 
 J. R. Cauch 
 Ira S. Hall 
 J. E. Whalen 
 E. M. Cleveland 
 W. C. Lorbeer 
 C. S. Knick 
 J. A. Firebaugh 
 
 B. L. Pressey 
 
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 without any Additional Cost. 
 
Information Department 
 
 Our visitors to the City during Jubilee week will find good treatment and reasonable rates 
 at the following places, which we can heartily recommend. 
 
 HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS : 
 
 Morgahan's Oyster House, California Market. 
 Marchand's Restaurant, P. Priet, Prop., Post and 
 
 Stockton Sts. 
 New York Kitchen, J. W. Lincoln, Prop., 915 Market 
 
 St. 
 California Cafe, Haub Bros., Props., 17-19 Powell St. 
 The Palms, Cardall & Hesse, Props., 783 Market St. 
 The Original Creamerie, Frank Marston, Prop., 865 
 
 Market St. 
 Swan's Bakery and Restaurant, F. A. Swain, 
 
 Prop., 213 Sutter St. 
 Bay State Ovster House and Grill Room, Max Adler, 
 
 Prop., 29 Stockton St. 
 Chris Toft's Coffee Parlors, 428 Kearny St. 
 Rudiger & Loesch's Restaurant, 111-113 Larkin St. 
 Montgomery St. Lunch House, H. H. Hjul, Prop., 
 
 426 Montgomery St. 
 Vienna Bakery, Page & Falch, Props., Turk and 
 
 Mason Sts. 
 Popular Restaurant, F. H. Krone, Prop., 35-37 
 
 Geary St. 
 Sunset Cafe, G. B. Cordano, Prop., 108-110 Third St. 
 The Pup Rotisserie, John Loupy, Prop., 12-14-16 
 
 Stockton St. 
 Nevada Restaurant, Noel P. Loupy, 126-130 Geary 
 
 St. 
 Jack's Rotisserie, Edouard Blanquie, Prop., 615 
 
 Sacramento St. 
 Old Poodle Do?, A. Gaudard, Prop., 445 Bush St. 
 Maison St. Germain, G. Poucher, Prop., 33-35 
 
 O'Farrell St. 
 Campi's Restaurant, Sartori & Fan tine, Props.. 
 
 106-108 O'Farrell St. 
 Bakery and Coffee House, G. Gall, Prop., 26-28 
 
 Fourth St. 
 The Branch, M. A. Christensen, Prop., 25 Fifth St. 
 Owens' & Starr's Coffee Houses, 7 Ninth St. and 9 
 
 S'xth St. 
 Tivoli Cafe, C. G. Larsen, Prop., 16-18 Eddy St. 
 Royal House, F. L. Turpin, Prop., 126 Ellis St. 
 Russ House. J. S. Young. Prop,, 215 Montgomery St. 
 Occidental Hotel, M. L. Tobin. Prop. 
 Palace Hotel, John C. Kirkpatrick, Manager. 
 Cosmopolitan Hotel, W. Fahey, Prop.. 100 Fifth St. 
 The Ramona, Kate S. Hart, Prop , 130 Ellis St. 
 The Florence, George E. Ehrman, 102 Ellis St. 
 Commercial Hotel, Edw. Holland, Prop., Montgom- 
 ery Ave. and Kearny St. 
 Yosemite House, Birkholm & Field, Props., 1045 
 
 Market St. 
 
 Visitors desiring their baggage transferred will find Morton's Special Delivery accommodating, careful, 
 and in every respect satisfactory. 
 
 The Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway is one of the wonders of our State, and a view from the top of the 
 mountain makes one feel that this was the spot where the Lord stood when he pronounced the work of world 
 building "good." 
 
 The Half-tone Illustrations of prominent members of the Order, appearing in this book, are the finest 
 that can be made, but as they will be of no use to us after the celebration is over but may be to those whom 
 they represent, we will sell them for a trifle of what they cost us. Any one can have his or her cut by sending 
 to the Secretary of the Executive Committee, U. S. G. Clifford, the following amounts, together with cost 
 of expressage or postage, with full name and address. Any one having furnished us with the cut (not the 
 photo), of course, will be given the cut on demand without charge. For a large cut, $1.00; small cut, 75 cents; 
 round, or dollar size, 50 cents; full page cuts, $2.50. Send at once so we can get the benefit of your money and 
 wind up our affairs. 
 
 The following letter speaks for itself: 
 
 October 10, 1899. 
 Mr. Geo. H. Morrison. 
 
 Dear Sir and Brother : I wish to call your attention to the article on the establishment of the Order 
 in Germany, which I think is misleading, especially in its reference to Templar's donation. 
 
 While the money was not placed in Brother Morse's hands, it was pa*d by Templar Lodge for the 
 establishment of our Order in Germany, and in the report of Past Grand Master Harm' n, page 625, Report of 
 1872, he fully acknowledges the fact, and nowhere intimates that it was not used for the purpose for which it 
 was intended. 
 
 I trust you will do what you can to avoid any possible misconstruction. Fraternally, 
 
 C. F. O'Nkil, Sec. Templar Lodge. 
 
 The hardware firm of Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Co., Beale St., is one of the old reliable houses of the 
 State. 
 
 j^-The book has 344 pages, and will cost to send through the mail 15 cents. Subscribers will 
 please send this ariount when ordering copies to be sent by mail, 
 
 Grand Southern, J. M. Bonacina,Prop., 1067 Mission 
 
 St. 
 Winchester House, Edward Rolkin, Prop., 44 Third 
 
 St. 
 Burnett House, B. O. Hodge, Prop,, 1426 Market St. 
 New Western & International Hotel, King, Ward 
 
 & Co.. Props., 8C0 and 838 Kearny St. 
 Hotel Grosvenor, John McMahon, Prop., 319 Sutter 
 
 St. 
 Hotel Ashworth, Woody & Ricker, Props., 320Mason 
 
 St. 
 Clifford House, S. Shirek. Prop., 207 Ellis St. 
 United States HoteJ, H. HamDshire, Prop., 123 
 
 Eddy St. 
 Windsor Hotel, James Gilleran, Prop., 905 Market 
 
 St. 
 Vendome Hotel, Mrs. C. C. Grant, Prop., 1104 
 
 Market St 
 Touraine Hotel, Currier & Foster, Props., 408 Ellis 
 
 St. 
 New Arlington, J. N. Babgitt. Prop., 1015MarketSt. 
 Hotel Robinson. Mrs. M. C. Robinson, Prop., 1049a 
 
 Mirket St 
 The Renton,H. Keeler, Prop., 712 Sutter St. 
 Hotel Pleasanton, O. W. Brennan, Prop., Sutter 
 
 and Jones Sts. 
 Hotel Langham, John P. Gallagher. Prop., cor Ellis 
 
 and Mason Sts. 
 Palmerlee, J. Lee Palmer, Prop.. 133 Ellis St. 
 Fairmount Hotel, W. P. Foster, Prop., 1714 Market 
 
 St. 
 Lick House, Geo. W. Kingsbury, Prop., Montgom- 
 ery St. bet Post and Sutter Sts. 
 Park Hotel, Jacob Schwartz, Prop., 26-28 Turk St. 
 Oakes House, R. Hughes. Prop., 119 Third St. 
 Baldwin House, Holm &Satorpe, Props., 30 Ellis St. 
 Hancock House, S. J. Waue-h, Prop., 781 Mission St. 
 Hotel St. N cholas, Ira R. & J. H. Doolittle, Props., 
 
 1632 Market St 
 The Brunswick, J. G. Drake, Prop.. 148 Sixth St. 
 Golden West Hotel, Wieneke & Plageman, Props., 
 
 68 to 76 Ellis St. 
 California Hotel, W. R. Warfield, Prop., Bush St. 
 
 nr Kearny St. 
 Wilson House, Ferdinand Trachsler, Prop., 775 Mis- 
 sion St. 
 Grand Hotel, John C. Kirkpatrick, Manager. 
 
^oQvenir Programme 
 
 ENTITIXD 
 
 Tift% Clears of Odd Fellowship in California " 
 
 This is the title given the souvenir book issued by the committee for the pur- 
 pose of publishing the official programme of the Golden Jubilee Celebration, the 
 idea being to publish a book that would be attractive to advertisers, in order to 
 derive money over and above the expense of publishing the programme. 
 
 Geo. H. Morrison, Chairman, appointed as assistants, Grand Patriarch J. W. 
 Harris, Joseph Winterburn, David Newell, J. G. Wetmore, J. J. Loggie and Anna 
 M. Liese, the last named five acting as Committee on Finance, and passing on 
 advertising contracts. 
 
 In order to have a book that would commend itself to advertisers it was 
 necessary to have something attractive. We therefore decided to have articles 
 by prominent members of the Order, giving the history of Odd Fellowship in its 
 different phases and branches since its introduction into California. Also to 
 present biographies and portraits of prominent members. The intention was to 
 have 160 pages, but the book has grown until now it has 344 pages. It 
 is not our purpose to explain the book in detail, as it speaks for itself, but we 
 desire that those who read it shall understand that it is not intended as a history 
 of the Order, but as an advertising medium, its object being to publish the pro- 
 gramme, which must be done in some form, and in so doing to derive a profit. 
 It is safe to say that never in the history of book-making has so much good read- 
 ing matter, and so many first-class copper-etched illustrations been presented to 
 the public for so small a price, representing, as it does, so much care and attention. 
 
 The writer wished to have the reading matter electrotyped, confident that, 
 free from advertisements, at least thirty thousand copies might be sold later, but 
 there being no certainty that such would be the case, and the brotherhood not 
 evincing any special disposition to order in advance, it was not deemed wise to 
 take any chances, hence the edition of ten thousand copies only was printed, and 
 the type distributed as soon as each form of this edition was run off. 
 
 The half tones are all copper etched, executed by the finest half tone estab- 
 lishment in San Francisco. Joseph Winterburn, the Grand Lodge printer. 417 
 Clay Street, is entitled to special thanks for the care and attention he has given 
 to this branch of the committee work. To Messrs. S. H. Wade. Jas. J. Gilmartin 
 and C. H. Van Orden, of Crocker's Printing Establishment, Theo. Pohlmann, of 
 the Lithographic Department, and F. L. Jones, of the Bindery Department, we 
 are indebted for their painstaking and energetic service. To Brother J. H. Simp- 
 son, Past Grand Master, who had charge of the advertising department, our 
 thanks are extended; also to Geo. T. Shaw, Grand Secretary, for cheerfulness in 
 furnishing data. We now leave the book in the hands of the Order, in the hope 
 that it may justify the labor it has cost. 
 
 Chairman. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Programme 
 
 Executive and Sub-Committees Golden Jubilee Celebration, I. O. O. F. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 . 2U 
 
 205 
 
 HISTORICAL 
 
 PAGE 
 
 A Rival to Yosemite 209 
 
 District Deputy Grand Masters 191 
 
 Excelsior Degree Lodge No. 2 187 
 
 Fifty Years of Odd Fellowship in California ... 11 
 
 German Lodges I. O. O. F. of California 181 
 
 Golden Jubilee Celebration 7 
 
 Grand Encampment— Patriarchal Odd Fellow- 
 ship 113 
 
 Grand Lodge of California 63 
 
 I. O. O. F.— Orphans' Home of California 161 
 
 Information Department 337 
 
 Iuiiiating Under Difficulties 177 
 
 Lades' Auxiliaries Ill 
 
 Poem— On a Picture of Lincoln— John Vance 
 
 Cheney 154 
 
 Odd Fellows' Home 79 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Patriarchs Militant I. O. O. F 199 
 
 Rebekah Odd Fellowship 101 
 
 Representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge 129 
 
 Sacramento Relief Association 131 
 
 Souvenir Badge 125 
 
 Souvenir Programme' 338 
 
 Subscribers to Fifty Years of Odd Fellowship 
 
 in California 333 
 
 The Fraternal Press 228 
 
 The General Relief Committee 133 
 
 The Introduction of the I.O. O.F. into Germany 183 
 
 The Next Advance Step in Odd Fellowship 151 
 
 The Odd Fellows' Cemetery Association 220 
 
 The Spiritual Side of Odd Fellowship 169 
 
 The Veteran Odd Fellows' Association of Cali- 
 fornia 217 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL 
 
 Aitken, John R 278 
 
 Alexander, L. L 27 
 
 Anderson, R. L 195 
 
 Barnes, Henry T 196 
 
 Barnes, Wm. H 119 
 
 Black, A If red P 143 
 
 Black, Genl. Edwin Hazen 199 
 
 Bohen, Geo. T 220 
 
 Bohen. Jas. A.J 39 
 
 Brower, Henry Orson 201 
 
 Bonynge, W. A 65 
 
 Brueck, Karl C 63 
 
 Burns, Robert 217 
 
 Burton, CO 43 
 
 Carpenter. Helen M 103 
 
 Cartwrigtit. David Sanford 303 
 
 Cash, George O 195 
 
 Chittenden, A. J 194 
 
 Clark, A. G 141 
 
 Clifford, U. S. G 9 
 
 Close, Myron C 177 
 
 Colfax, Schuyler 101 
 
 Coulson, Nat. T., D. D. S 312 
 
 Crosett, J. F 127 
 
 Deane, William A 236 
 
 Dille, Rev. E. R 169 
 
 District Deputy Grand Masters 191 
 
 Dobbin, Hamilton H 143 
 
 Donoho, Mary E 195 
 
 Doyle, Augustus J. 311 
 
 Duley, Mrs. Hattie 198 
 
 Erlewine, O. W 123 
 
 Estee, Morris M 55 
 
 Evans, Robt. H 193 
 
 Fairbanks, Henry A 309 
 
 Farnsworth, Elias Driggs 47 
 
 Ferguson, Aaron A 73 
 
 Fletcher Geo. R 221 
 
 Flint. Daniel 97 
 
 Foster, Joseph 115 
 
 Fox, Chas. Nelson 79 
 
 Gale, Lottie •••• 197 
 
 Geary, John Lawrence 141 
 
 Getchell, Tillie 197 
 
 Glasson, Jno 75 
 
 Greenebaum, Jacob 263 
 
 Greenebaum, Moses 261 
 
 Gummoe, R. D 117 
 
 Hagens, D. A • 253 
 
 Hammersmith, Loui s 312 
 
 Harmon, John Brown 31 
 
 Harris, J. W 113 
 
 Harvey, Elizabeth 198 
 
 Harvie, N 195 
 
 Henriksen, B. E 236 
 
 Hilton, Jennie 99 
 
 Hilton, Wm. M., M. D 99 
 
 Holmes, M. P 312 
 
 Holt, J. A 194 
 
 Hughes, P. G 197 
 
 Irvine, C. A 195 
 
 Jacobs, Saul Robert 197 
 
 Jonas, Abraham 311 
 
 Johnson, T. Rodgers 19 
 
 Jones, A . F 93 
 
 Jones, Henry Spencer » 
 
 Kingsford, A. K 187 
 
 Kragen, Louis 135 
 
 Liese, Mrs. Anna 107 
 
 Lloyd, Rueben H 51 
 
 Loggie, Jas. J 295 
 
 Lord, A. R 129 
 
 Maguire, James G 231 
 
 Martin, Henry S 310 
 
 McCollister W. M 330 
 
 McLaren, Daniel 131 
 
 Meyer, Herman, M. D 143 
 
 Mitchell, J. W 193 
 
 Moll, Frederick J. Sr 89 
 
 Moore, A. J 196 
 
 Morrison, Geo. H 83 
 
 Morrow, Wm. W 59 
 
 Morse, Jno. Frederick 23 
 
 Mysell, Joseph G 181 
 
 Nagle, Jacob J 310 
 
 Newell, David 95 
 
 Nicholls, William, Jr 155 
 
 Nicholson, W. A. S 133 
 
 Noffsinger, W. A HI 
 
 Norcross, Daniel 277 
 
 Norcross, Wesley F 87 
 
 Nowell, A. H 194 
 
 Nowell, Howard Wallace 141 
 
 O'Neil, Cyrus, F 253 
 
 Oberdeener, S 296 
 
 Parker, Saml. H 17 
 
 Patton, Chas, L 247 
 
 Perkins, George C 230 
 
 Porter, Nathan 145 
 
 Quayle, William 149 
 
 Rapp, George Adam 218 
 
 Remy , Lucien L 13X 
 
 Ridgely. Jas. L 15 
 
 Robinette, J. L 68 
 
 Schlichting, H. F 139 
 
 Schord, Louis P 139 
 
 Schuyles, John 198 
 
 Scott, E. D 196 
 
 Sessions, Melissa A 198 
 
 Shaw, Geo. T 67 
 
 Sheel, Julius S 193 
 
 Simpson, J. H 236 
 
 Smith, Frank E 311 
 
 Smith, S. B 85 
 
 Stock, Ernest C. 228 
 
 Streightif, J. E 191 
 
 Sweeney, J. J 143 
 
 Thompson, Jas. F , 91 
 
 Treyer, Theophile 193 
 
 Troutt, James Morris 227 
 
 Truman, I. J 330 
 
 Turpin, F. L 286 
 
 Vucanovich, P. L 236 
 
 Watson, W. W 71 
 
 Waldie.A. A 311 
 
 Watson, Wm. Howard 35 
 
 Welch, Jno 13 
 
 Wetmore, John G 232 
 
 Wildey, Thos 11 
 
 Winn, Gen. A. M 131 
 
 Winn, H. S 125 
 
 Winterburn, Joseph 153 
 
 Worth, Frank D 245 
 
7 
 
 34° 
 
 INDEX— Continued. 
 
 LLUSTRATIONS 
 
 A Bit of Natural Beauty at Belvedere 1 18 
 
 Along the California Northwestern Railway.. . 72 
 
 Art in War 52 
 
 Bay City Lodge No. 71 Entertaining Odd Fel- 
 low Soldiers on Return from Manila. 262 • 
 
 Bay City Lodge No. 71 Entertaining Soldier 
 
 Odd Fellows en Route to Manila 260 
 
 Belvedere, The Gem of San Francisco Bay 144 
 
 Birds- Eye View of the Odd Fellows' Cemeterv.. 225 
 
 California Lake and Mountain Scenery 116 
 
 Chapel Cremaiorium Looking Toward Front 
 
 Entrance 224 
 
 Drill Corps of Ladies Auxiliary 108 
 
 Executive Committee Golden Jubilee Celebra- 
 tion 331 
 
 Farming Scene in California 97 
 
 Fourth of July Procession July 1899 34 
 
 Godess of Freedom 160 
 
 Group of Rebekahs San Luis Obispo Rebekah 
 
 Lodge No. 210 324 
 
 Group of Modern Rebekahs, Mission Rebekah 
 
 Lodge No. 225 326 
 
 Hop Picking Along the California Northwest- 
 ern Railway 72 
 
 Hop Picking in Mendocino County 170 
 
 Interior of Office of Secretary of the Rebekah 
 
 Assembly 109 
 
 I. O. O. F. Building, Seventh and Market Sts., 
 
 San Francisco, Cal 343 
 
 Leonard Lake Ill 
 
 Loggie, Jas. A., and Mitchell, W. A., at Scotia, 
 Humboldt, on a Pleasure Trip 180 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Main Lower Entrance Odd Fellows' Cemetery.. 223 
 
 Morrison Point, Russian River, California 136 
 
 Odd Fellows' Home, Thermalito, California.. . 81 
 
 Office of Grand Secretary I. O. O. F 106 
 
 Orphans' Home, Gilroy, Under Care of Rebekah 
 
 Assembly . 163 
 
 Our Flags Insert between pp 128 and 129 
 
 Polar Star Hydraulic Mine 159 
 
 Rotunda Columbarium 226 
 
 Santa Ysabel Lake 128 
 
 Scenes at Stanford University 200 
 
 Scenes on Coast Line Between San Francisco 
 
 and Los Angeles 20 
 
 Shas la Springs 137 
 
 Shingle Springs, White Pine Region, Shasta 
 
 County, Cal 273 
 
 Specimen of California Big Tree 175 
 
 Southern California View, 1849 342 
 
 Sunset on San Francisco Bay 61 
 
 The Cove at Belvedere 82 
 
 Transport Sherman, Laden with California 
 
 Boys from Manila, Entering San Francisco 
 
 Harbor 318 
 
 U. S. Battleship Oregon 2d page Cover 
 
 U. S. Cruiser San Francisco 192 
 
 View on California Northwestern Railway, 
 
 north of San Rafael 3d page Cover 
 
 View of Grounds, University of California 208 
 
 Volunteers Returning from the Philippines 34 
 
 Western Turf Association, Tanforan Park 130 
 
 Wurttemberg Lodge, Group of Officers 147 
 
 Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point 90 
 
 Abou Ben Adhem Lodge No. 112 
 
 Absit Invidia Rebekah Lodge No. 11 
 
 Acme Rebekah Lodge Mo. 189 
 
 Amity Rebekah Lodge No. 161 
 
 Apollo Lodge No. 123 
 
 Bay City Lodge No. 71 
 
 Berkeley Lodge No. 270 
 
 Bloomlield Lodge No. 191 
 
 Brooklyn Rebekah Lodge No. 12 214, 
 
 California Lodge No. 1 
 
 Capital Lodge No. 87 
 
 Centennial Encampment No. 58 — 
 
 Chino Valley Lodge No. 220 
 
 Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. 207 
 
 Columbia Lodge No. 40 
 
 Cornelia Rebekah Lodge No. 205 
 
 Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 194 
 
 Cosumnes Lodge No. 63 
 
 East Side Lodge No. 325 
 
 Encinal Lodge No. 163 
 
 Fair Oaks, Rebekah Lodge No. 4 270, 
 
 Farnsworth Lodge No. 95 
 
 Fern Rebekah Lodge No 227 
 
 Flower City Rebekah Lodge No. 184 
 
 Garden City Lodge No. 142 
 
 Golden Gate Encampment No. 1 
 
 Golden West Lodge No. 322 
 
 Germania Lodge No. 116 
 
 Grass Valley Lodge No. 12 
 
 Hanford Lodge No. 264 
 
 Harbor Lodge No. 253 
 
 Kern Lodge No. 202 
 
 Kernvllle Lodge No. 251 
 
 iLODGES 
 
 271 Livermore Lodge No. 219 
 
 370 Royal Rebekah Lodge No. 215 
 
 320 Magnolia Lodge Mo. 29 
 
 329 Mission Rebekah Lodge No. 225 
 
 276 Northern Rebekah Lodge No. 208 
 
 259 Oakland Rebekah Lodge No. 16 
 
 304 Occidental Lodge No. 179 
 
 281 Olive Lodge No. 81 
 
 329 Ophir Lodge No. 171 
 
 232 Orange Grove Rebekah Lodge No. 84 
 
 235 Oriental Encampment N6. 57 
 
 318 Oriole Rebekah Lodge No. 217 327, 
 
 268 Pacific Lodge No. lo5 
 
 319 Parker Lodge No. 124 
 
 256 Pearl Rebekah Lodge No. 181 
 
 323 Petaluma Lodge No. 30 
 
 295 Petaluma Rebekah Lodge No. 226 
 
 258 San Francisco Lodge No. 3 
 
 253 San Luis Obispo Rebekah Lodge No. 210 
 
 258 San Mateo Lodge No. 265 
 
 319 Sargent Lodge No. 368 
 
 305 Sequoia Rebekah Lodge No. 124 
 
 340 Spartan Lodge No. 125 
 
 321 Sunset Rebekah Lodge No. 109 
 
 284 Templar Lodge No. 17 
 
 313 Union Encampment No. 11 
 
 307 Unity Lodge No. 131 
 
 I 7 * Ventura Lodge No. 201 
 
 j^q Western Addition Lodge No. 285 
 
 293 White Rose Rebekah Lodge No. 10 
 
 222 Woodland Lodge No. Ill 
 
 298 Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15 , 
 
 248 
 322 
 251 
 327 
 328 
 312 
 291 
 265 
 289 
 319 
 315 
 329 
 287 
 280 
 323 
 254 
 320 
 237 
 325 
 303 
 300 
 328 
 282 
 214 
 249 
 314 
 283 
 297 
 299 
 321 
 269 
 240 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 Aachen and Munich Fire Ins. Co 54 
 
 Alcazar Theatre 336 
 
 Alliance Assurance Co." 74 
 
 American Biscuit Co 68 
 
 American Central Fire Insurance Co 70 
 
 American Steel and Wire Co 58 
 
 American Tool Works 114 
 
 Anderson, S 48 
 
 Anglo-Californian Bank, The 22 
 
 Bachman, S. & Co ; 46 
 
 Baker & Hamilton 8 
 
 Baldwin House 24 
 
 Barth, Rudolph 112 
 
 Bauer, A. C. & Co.. ; 214 
 
 Bay State Oyster House 50 
 
 Benedict Bros., Jersey Ranch Dairy 18 
 
 Bent & Mey erderks 16 
 
 Binneweg, A 110 
 
 Blanquie, Bro. E 164 
 
 Bla>kower, M. & Co 32 
 
 Bolander & Perkins 6 
 
 Braunsch weiger & Co 168 
 
 Brown, Chas. & Son 78 
 
 Brnnswick, The 110 
 
 Buchanan Bros 152 
 
 Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco 188 
 
 Bunker, H. C. & Co 
 
 Burlingame, The 
 
 Burlington, The 
 
 Burnett, The 
 
 Byron Mauzy 
 
 Cafe Zinkand 
 
 Cailleau, Armand 
 
 California Anti-Caloric Co 
 
 California Art Glass Works 
 
 California Cafe 
 
 California Glue Works 
 
 California Hotel, The 
 
 California Ink Co 
 
 California Jockey Club 
 
 California Saw Works 
 
 California Northwestern Railway, The 
 
 California Theatre 
 
 California Undertaking Co 
 
 California Willow Bark Ins titute 
 
 California Wire Cloth Co... 
 
 Campi's Restaurant 
 
 Carroll & Tilton 
 
 Castle & Weston 
 
 Caswell, Geo. W. & Co 2, 
 
 Chicago Tailoring Co 
 
 Christesen, M. A. C 
 
 80S 
 
 188 
 174 
 
 178 
 
 56 
 
 66 
 
 158 
 
 142 
 
 54 
 
 26 
 
 166 
 
 335 
 
 296 
 
 36 
 
 152 
 
 8 
 
 66 
 
 78 
 
 184 
 
 126 
 
 64 
 
 120 
 
 64 
 
 184 
 
INDEX— Continued. 
 
 34i 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Chutes and Zoo 172 
 
 City Hall French Laundry 30 
 
 City Street Improvement Co 96 
 
 Clark, G. W. & Co 178 
 
 Cliff House 166 
 
 Clifford, The 168 
 
 Cluff,Wm.&Co 24 
 
 Columbia Theatre 172 
 
 Commercial Hotel 334 
 
 Commercial Transfer Co 96 
 
 Commercial Union Assurance Co 74 
 
 Continental Building and Loan Association — 134 
 
 Cordano, G. B. & Co 84 
 
 Cosmopolitan, The 74 
 
 Craig & Cochran 28 
 
 Creamerie, The Original 186 
 
 Cressy, Voorhies & 10 14 
 
 Crocker,H.S. Co 204 
 
 Curtaz, Benj. & Son . . 174 
 
 Daly, Jno. K 16, 302 
 
 Davis, R. D. & Co 174 
 
 Davis, Schonwasser & Co 164 
 
 Davis, W. & Son 110 
 
 Degen, L. P 184 
 
 Deming-Palmer Milling Co 60 
 
 Denniston's San Francisco Plating Works 38 
 
 Dewitt. M. & Co 242 
 
 Dryselius & Co 94 
 
 Dubois, W. E 184 
 
 Duley, F. P 24 
 
 Eiben&Nor 166 
 
 Eisfelder, E. M 158 
 
 Electric Laundry 98 
 
 Elkus. The L. Co ISO 
 
 Evans, C. H. & Co 46 
 
 Fairmount, The 188 
 
 Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland — 184 
 
 Fireman's Fund Ins. Co 16 
 
 Fish Industry 156 
 
 Fisher&Co 42 
 
 Florence, The 86 
 
 French & English Institute 44 
 
 Gall. G 96 
 
 Gallagher. Robt. F., Shorthand 110 
 
 German Hospital 138 
 
 Globe Oil Co s 140 
 
 Godeau, Julius S 44 
 
 Goldberg, Bowen & Co 344 
 
 Goldberg, Chas 176 
 
 Golden Gate Park Band 66 
 
 Golden Gate Undertaking Co 210 
 
 Golden West Hotel 122 
 
 Goodman, George 142 
 
 Grand Southern 94 
 
 Grandjean, Henry 112 
 
 Greenebaum, Weil & Michels 80 
 
 Gnmm.A.&Co 142 
 
 Gullixson Bros 54 
 
 Gunst, M. A. &Co 50 
 
 Halsted & Co 188 
 
 Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co 26 
 
 Hammersmith & Field 64 
 
 Hanak & Hargans 54 
 
 Hancock House 88 
 
 Hanover Fire Ins. Co 54 
 
 Hawthorne, Chas. R... 242 
 
 Hayes. Chas. L.— Poems 40 
 
 Henshaw, Bulkley & Co 290 
 
 Herring, R 140 
 
 Herrmann, C. & Co 98 
 
 Hetty Bros., Electrical Works 176 
 
 Hill, Thos. G 184 
 
 Hills Bros Insert bet. 32 and 33 
 
 Hjul, H H 140 
 
 Holtum, Ferdinand 344 
 
 Home Insurance Co. of N. Y 68 
 
 Hooper & Jennings 275 
 
 Hotel Ashworth, The 80 
 
 Hotel Del Monte 132 
 
 Hotel Grosvenor 28 
 
 Hotel Langham 32, 84 
 
 Hotel Pleasanton 168 
 
 Hotel Robinson 142 
 
 Hotel St. Nicholas 152 
 
 Hotel Touraine 104 
 
 Hotel Vendome, San Jose 270 
 
 lis., Jno. G. & Co 48 
 
 Ins. Co. of North America 18 
 
 Jack's Rotisserie 164 
 
 Jacobi Bros . . 214 
 
 Jacobs & Co 174 
 
 Jacquemet, Joseph & Co.. Insert bet. pp. 128 and 129 
 
 Jennings, F. A 186 
 
 Jersey Ranch Dairy 18 
 
 Kahn & Lasserre 126 
 
 Kast's— Shoes 190 
 
 King, William A 174 
 
 Koenig's— Finest Shoes 178 
 
 Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohman 174 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Kohler & Chase 164 
 
 Kragen Furniture Co., The 332 
 
 Krogh Mfg. Co 84 
 
 Landers, Wm. J 332 
 
 Langdon, Walter G 18 
 
 Larkins & Co 88 
 
 Leege & Haskins 122 
 
 Levin Bros., The 88 
 
 Lick House 148 
 
 Litchfield, J. M. & Co 114 
 
 Loupy, Jean 296 
 
 Louvre, The '. 182 
 
 Lloyd's Plate Glass Insurance Co 70 
 
 Lucke's, Fine Shoes 124 
 
 Lurline Salt Water Baths 86 
 
 Lyceum Preparatory School 60 
 
 Lyon, Walter B 61 
 
 Maas, H. F 32 
 
 MacNutt, A. H 140 
 
 Magdeburg Fire Insurance Co 10 
 
 Magnin, I. & Co 162 
 
 Maison St. Germain 122 
 
 May, O. G. & Co 186 
 
 Mayerle's Eye Glasses 66 
 
 McDearmon & Co 166 
 
 McDonald, P. A 186 
 
 Meese & Gottfried Co 14 
 
 Mefret, Prof. Xavier 44 
 
 Metzler, Hermann 48 
 
 Mills, Frank H 94 
 
 Montgomery-Street Coffee and Lunch House 140 
 
 Moraghan, M. B 30 
 
 Moss, Gloves, Umbrellas and Parasols 102 
 
 Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway . .a 56 
 
 Murray, John 142 
 
 Nace, John A 48 
 
 Nathan, Dohrmann & Co 164 
 
 National Fire Insurance Co 10 
 
 Nevada Restaurant 24 
 
 New Arlington 158 
 
 Newell & Bro 58 
 
 New Western and International Hotels 46 
 
 New York Kitchen, The Original 2 
 
 New Zealand Fire and Marine Insurance Co 18 
 
 Noonan, J., Furniture Co. (Inc.) 82 
 
 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co 112 
 
 O'Brien, J. J. & Co 100 
 
 Oaks, The 176 
 
 Occidental Hotel 38 
 
 Old Poodle Dog Restaurant 212 
 
 Orpheum 334 
 
 Owens & Starr 142 
 
 Pacific Butchers' Supply Co 94 
 
 Pacific Coast Steamship 176 
 
 Pacific Surety Co 182 
 
 Pacific Transfer Co 28 
 
 Page & Falch 8 
 
 Palace Hotel 1 
 
 Palmerlfe, The 212 
 
 Palms, The 6 
 
 Parafflne Paint Co 302 
 
 Park Hotel . 152 
 
 Pasquale, B. & Sons 212 
 
 Patrick. H. W 48 
 
 Payot, Upham & Co 76 
 
 Petersen, H. B. & Co 62 
 
 Phelan, James D 150 
 
 Popular, The 120 
 
 Porcher, J 6 
 
 Pratt, Frank E 104 
 
 Ramona, The 14 
 
 Red Front, The 58 
 
 Redington & Co 102 
 
 Reed & Goodman 152 
 
 Renton, The 152 
 
 Rnen,C. J 122 
 
 Rinaldo Bros. & Co 18 
 
 River Express Co 38 
 
 Robertson, A. M 184 
 
 Roeblings. Jno. A. Sons, Co 296 
 
 Roos Bros 94 
 
 Rosaia, E. & Co 122 
 
 Rosenthals'— Fine Shoes 164 
 
 Royal House 16 
 
 Ruediger & Loesch 64 
 
 Russ. Early & Harville 50 
 
 Russ House 70 
 
 Russell, G. A 48 
 
 Sachs Bros. & Co 190 
 
 San Francisco Gas and Electric Co 148 
 
 Saroni, Louis & Co 190 
 
 Savoy— Millinery 110 
 
 Seidenberg & Co., La Rosa Espanola Havana 
 
 Cigars SO 
 
 Sevin, Vincent & Co 48 
 
 Sewell, D 126 
 
 Schindler, Henry B 12 
 
 Schultz, Otto 14 
 
 Scott, Henry H. Co HO 
 
342 
 
 INDEX— Continued. 
 
 Shasta Water 182 
 
 Sherman, Clay & Co 168 
 
 Simonds Saw Co 290 
 
 Smith's Cash Store 158 
 
 SolomoD, S 178 
 
 Sommer & Kaufmann 302 
 
 Sorensen, James A 96 
 
 Sperry's Flour 72 
 
 Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co 10 
 
 Sresovich, L. G. Co 140 
 
 St. Nicholas Shaving Parlor 104 
 
 St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co 70 
 
 Stott, A. W 332 
 
 Suhr, H. F. & Co 178 
 
 Sun Insurance Office 212 
 
 SunsetCafe 84 
 
 Sunset Photo Eng. Co.,.. Between Pages 64 and 65 
 Swain's Bakery and Restaurant— The Original. 44 
 
 Tavero of Castle Crag 132 
 
 "The Blue FrontCoffee Parlor" 142 
 
 The Branch Coffee and Lunch House 184 
 
 The Brunswick 110 
 
 The Burlingame 188 
 
 The Burlington 174 
 
 "TheBurnett" 86 
 
 The California Hotel 26 
 
 The Cosmopolitan 74 
 
 The Florence 86 
 
 The Clifford ... 168 
 
 TheFalrmount 188 
 
 The Hotel Ashworth 80 
 
 The Imperial Ins. Co., Ltd 332 
 
 TheLlon Fire Ins. Co., Ltd 332 
 
 The Louvre 182 
 
 The Oaks 176 
 
 The Original Creamerie 186 
 
 The Palmerlee 212 
 
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 The Palms Restaurant e 
 
 The Popular 120 
 
 The Ramona 14 
 
 The Red Front 58 
 
 The Renton 152 
 
 The Vendome 142 
 
 The Wilson House 12 
 
 Tivoli Cafe 14 
 
 Tivoli Opera House 172 
 
 Toft, Chris 12 
 
 Two Twenty Four O'Farrell 104 
 
 United States Hotel 88 
 
 United States Laundry 78 
 
 Upton Bros 242 
 
 Vanderslice, W. K. & Co 62 
 
 Vayr, F 92 
 
 Vendome, The 142 
 
 Vincent Sevin & Co 48 
 
 Vintonio ]26 
 
 Walcom, Geo 24 
 
 Week, Tbe F. A. Company.. .Insert bet. pp. 96 & 97 
 
 Weinstock, Lubin & Co 96 
 
 Westerfeld's German Bakery 214 
 
 Western Homoeopathic Pharmacy 126 
 
 Wetmore, Bowen & Co 24 
 
 Wetmore Bros 42 
 
 Whalley, Thomas W 186 
 
 Wilkins. J. M 166 
 
 Will & Finck Company 190 
 
 Wilson House 12 
 
 Winchester Hotel so 
 
 Windsor Hotel 112 
 
 Winterburn, Jos. Co 288 
 
 Wolfen, Max & Co 140 
 
 Wood, S. N. & Co 124 
 
 Yosemite House 84 
 
 Zinkand Cafe 178 
 
 Southern California View, 1849