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s Rosa r has elected J. Clem Bates.and Wil- . r n Hammond Jr. as its. T i e ¢ _* Grov The Rathbone Sisters. e » 3 3 8 rtin, grand c f of the e ¢ gene ¥ in Califbrnia, recently | £ s it to Dunton 3 t evening was over she ¥ her by th The = ¥ P ¥ after supper and s s . 8 hes, the wvisiti { ¢ & ” yMicers of the for te wmit- | cellence in the floor work, there tee. M..B f ndividual District ror of the grand San Diego the Cirele, exem- nner by of work. A , and the the grand -chief.was ten- on at the home of Miss in Woodbine wa m: their el followed wing d dered a rece i} busin evenin the- direc- s ¥ Davis, Ci ter Glick and 5 B N r McGovney he feature was a s 3 s s contest for prizes. In the ing a light luncheon recently gave a re- moers and friends in in addition to an! in+ & g by Colonel E. -T. pro- er = con- Vie - r Vincent, Every. 1d there temple “‘thimble club” a bazaar ous ¥ March w ¥ ‘emple ha from the . it ». the Kreling building, and e t first Monday in 3 the.¥i warming. There of -entertain serving of a co the " Rathbore instituted in i Rec Williams, D. G.. M., C., and & was elect C. and’Jgsste Ull T grov of K. and C.* The temple starts with £ £ ty-five charter membe week thie ng Francisco had a grand P groves » Golden Gat I on the might M 170 well ¥ ‘pretty & and all s tunction, temples of the Fifth District had successful convention in the Red ilding in this city during the t of March There “was ance of members of the nd a the bay, T arranged ladi that ss mu- order of dances, attentive commit- goes t0 make up atte temples ples across Past among the Grand Chfef Lily Mistress of. Records pondence - Louise: -Holmes, Deputy Cora Langridge and efs Margaret Chloupek, Ettie ox- and Adele West. At the after- noon on_there a rollcall, and each officer Tesponded With a poetic nd A quotation. . Then papers op “Purf t ality” and ‘Fidelity” were after which the question-box was ned, the que ns answered and the A r of the order discussed. At the| ¥ ing session BEschscholtzia Temple llustrated, the opening and closing remony; Goldén Gate Temple present- i form of receiving and seating efficers; Pacific “Temple exem- method of balloting; Ivanhos nitiation of a knight and < n i am ‘the initiation of a lady. ¢ amt £ the members | The degree team of San Francisco Ten ‘ Past A ation. - Th ple exemplified the floor work. Add N exer work of t tional features along that work were or the v delivereq ntroduced which were an fnnovation. also the forming T., 1I, by the members of the & been drilled in the ama A. Schofield, the ptain. As each letter formed the embers of the staff sang an original verse composed by Past Chief Maida C. Olney. -At the conclusion of the n a fine collation was served. re-| The “Lady Minstrel Show” recehtly d | given by Olympic Temple was attended by a crowded house, and a success in every way. A feature of the ente! tainment was fancy drill by- twenty with bunting | children in colonial costume. 7 ief Clara E. Martin recently ited Riverside and Aurora at each place was received tew ers and re- < which are h a welcomie worthy of hér high sta- te session ition. At each temple the visiting of- ficial had occasion to feel proud of the manner in which the officers condicted | .| the business. s e a group por- < « Capitan Pastor of | American Guild. of Golden West, who 3 current th will initiate a | Golden Gate Chapterof the American TYose- in .the | Guild. of. Richmorid, Va., was instituted are J. Morris | in the Kreling building- last Tuesday ; Wil Wieder, vevc Horn and Deputy Supreme Governor order has been in existence. in ate for twelve years, but for several vears past it has been without a repre- past sentative and fhe membership of ex- pod R . Rasuspen, - vice pre isting chaptert "have been paying - to parlor has secured elegant the supreme body direct. . The new Kipg Bolofhsn's - Pesaple, re | chapter hus elected the ' following okl bracjon of the-oc- | named as its officers for the current Of these quarters that the initia- | term: H. E. Griffin, past _governor; R, be heid. The inifiatory ceremo: . I (ross, governor; Fradces Newton, nies will be followed by a feast 6f good ( yice governor; Lew B. Douglass, finan- things in fhe banquet hell, then'one of | cfal ‘secretary Ora C. Clark, record- ason-and a flow, of Native Sons’ soul. | ing secretary; . Rolla , Iverson, chap- Mission- Parlor has elected Del 'B. lain; Augustus.. de ~Pene, warden; Bowley, Norman W. Hall and. D. ¥.|Emma_ A. Richardson, assistint war- Erkwin as its delegates to the Grand |den; E. H. Griffin, guard; A. H. Hoef- lor, which will ‘meet at San Buena- | fer, outside; E. M. Ayers, druggist, and ventuta April 23. Malcolm Whyte wa’s | May Smith, planist. After the Toutine ted a director of the‘Native Sons’ | of business-the meeting was addressed 1l _Assoclation. This parlor has'de- |by.E. C. Stock, M. L. Asher and ex- cided to isshe a monthly paber for dis- preme -Deputy Governor McGarvie. tribution to its members. The parlor is | The new subordinate will meet every making arrangements for.a joint meet- , Tuesday night. ing of all the Wednesday night pariors | A few evening ago San Francisco of this eity. # Chapter was rehabilitated and a class Pacific Parlor initiated, a class of | of strangers fnitiated. This chapter, ¢andidates last Tuesday night, and at | which had been dormant for some time. the close of the meeting had héad supper. : | The. following” have been elected as San Francisco Chapter held a meeting on the fourth Thursday in March and the delegrates to the Grand Parlor by | initiated eleven strangers. The chapter Alwmeda Pdrlor: John F. Hanson, F. O. | decidéd to -stact life anew and to hold Bhuinan and A. T. Sousa. ‘Haleyon Par- ' regular méetings every Thursday night. re was aerecep- | Deputy | st méeting in March Woodbine | ss session, | al number frem the | let- | am Lar- | night by State Organizer Colonel Stone | witn elghts-¥ix charter members. This this | bulls- | has decided to come to the front again./ for two. SAALRAALLALALLAAARARAL M LARLARAR prrevrrrTrrerernren ) U o4 | In its work of extension it will be as- | sisted by Deputy Horn, 2 Rgreh American Companions. That very congenlal circle, San Fran- | P RAMEALALLAMRALIAR AL AL SAAAAANS Lo AR At s AALAAABA LR A AALLAARLA BALS MAALAMBAARAARS M AAOAAAAASMALS LA AL AL ARALMAR L AMAARS R RASAL LA LS P> QrFIiCZRS aFr EZ cAPITAN FPAdRLOR. NS CH PA T STL kR Taroro — members, ‘and the whole order in' that month of 979, Commercial Travelers. | Golden Gate Council of the United UL DUP OF OFFIC T SUBORDINAT RRENT MONTH. cisco No. 267, Companions of the Forest of | America,. which meets. in Mission . Opera | Hall, offi y visited on the third C OF .EL CAPITAN PARLOR OF TH® NATIVE S S OF THE ORDER IN THE CITY, WHO WILL I} NS OF THE ITIATE A C “LASS [ Commercial Travelers has elected the folléwing named as its officess for the | current term: D. E. Wasserman, senior | counselor; Arthur Glass, Juntor coun- GOLDEN WEST, ONE OF THE YOUNG: OF CANDIDATES DURING THE f st s Thursday in March by Grand Chief Com- | panion Mrs. Tucker, who was accompa- nied by Grand Sub-Chief Companion Mrs. 20 the lodge will have an old-fashioned s stritken with pneumonia two months | opiertainment will be vocal duets by g0: Grand Financial Secretary Ag ‘;Z:': he talented Miss Emily Connolly and | Grand Marshal P. H. Coyle and Grand | o0 M,.p“arg‘ e EXATERTL Trustee Mrs. D. O'Callaghan, who is a San Frangl o Lodge of the Fraternal Brotherhoed had an'interésting open mecting last week, ity a good pro- member of the circle. There was the ini- tlatlon of two young ladies, after which there weré addresses by the grand 8f- | ficers and a number of the Visttors, and| the presentation hy the grand. trustée of | pretty souvenirs in burned wood, sonie of | her own ‘work, to the grand officers, and | On the. night of- March® 21 Columbia Lodige had an entertainment’ for the’ benefit of the widow of one of its mem- be who recently passed away. | a bunch of carnations from friends to qp ! . atter of bringing up the cele- Mary Fove, the chief companion of the | rated dr 2 jrated arill te to circle. The hospitality of thie circle was | fyin oo ) team of Los Angeles | this to .compete with one of the ocal teams is still under .discussion, the point at issue whether it shall be brought here in April or in July. | The second dance of the year by “Ye Delawares” was given in Cotillon | made manifest in the serving of a colla- o | tion, with hot coffee. | New Century Clrcle, C.°F. of | A on last Monday celebrated the fifth versary of its Institution in the Aicazar bullding. There was a large ‘attendance | of members and a number .of invited | guests. In the early part of the even- | ing there was a business meeting, when [a class of candidates were initiated by the officers,” with the assistance of the | circle's very proficient drill team, which, | after the ceremony. under the captaincy | of Mrs. H. L. Lemme. gave an exhibition | arill that was-a very pretty display of floor work and execution of militaty movements. At the close of the meeting re was a banquet in an adjoining hall, most tastefully decorated with. the colors of the order, American flags | 2and flowers and evergreens. The tables were set in a manner that would have | done credit to a professional caterer, Te- | flecting the good taste of the commi- | tee composed of E. I. Drendell, Mrs. H. L, ch 17, and it was a very enjoyable affair. It was under the-direction of ‘the executive committee, composed of Miss Minnie Wadst,” Miss Annie Sulli- van, Miss Zura Stevenson, Mrs. Green and Messrs. Harvey -Parry, Ren McLaren, Walter Curtis and Gus Burgh. > sl est Foresters of America. M - Court 4de France, Foresters of America, at a recent meeting presented to L. L. Rey, its deputy grand chief ranger, a sct of solid silver tableware in loken of ap- preciation of his energetic work since he has held that positipn, for more than | three vears.- The members of this court Lemme, . H. Zoising, Mrs. M. Wilkin, | have appointed a’ commitfee to arrange | | Joste Mutvert Eihe! Bowden, Mra. |fOr an entertainment, to be given in Ein- | Bowman, Mrs.' M. Van Horn and |tracht Hall on the night of May 6, in aid | Sarah. “Beversen: . After the excel- | Of the sufferers by the recent storm that lent supper had b disposed of | SWept over Tahitl. % < | here ~swere - congratwlatory addresses| ATrangements for the reception of ‘e | by Grana Sub-chief Companion Mate H. |Officers and delegates to the Grand Court | Cartwright, Deputy Supreme-Chief Com- | {hat is to meet this year in San Jose have | been completed by the local committee, |and it is asserted that at such times as | the officers and members are not at work | they will be made to understand what hospitality in the Garden City means. Grand Secretary Cordy recently paid an official visit to Court-Cinnabar, when there was an exemplification of the | rityalistic work to prove that the officers | understand their business. The closing of the court was followed by a first-class | banquet and speeches by the visiting offi- | cial and others, Last weex the same | officer’ paid an official visit to the court at | Niles.. Past Chief Ranger Jacob Label, editor of the American . Forester Review, left last week for Fall River, Shasta’ County, to organize a court to be known as Court Pride of Fall River, with sixty-five char- ter members. The letter inviting him *‘to |come up and Institute the court, as all I'is ready,” conveyed the information that there .was four feet of snow .on . the ground. Grand Chiet Ranger Root recently paid | a visit to Court Washington in this city, Golden Gate, to April 18, | being accompanied by Grand Sub-Chief Loreley Circle recently met with mis- | Ranger Simon, Grand Recording Secre- fortune by .which its treasury was al- |tary Troppmann’ and Past Chief Ranger most depleted, so it has decided to secure | J, Label. As a.token of fraternal love, | funds with which to meet the payment | the court presented the grand chief ran- of claims by those Wwho are sick or In | ger a diamond ring. distress by giving a grand twilight social | Wooedlands delegates will, at the next and, prize waltz ‘in the social hall of the | session of the Grand Court, endeavor to | Alcazar on the night of Tuesday, April 17. | have the grand body -hold its session of The sixth anniversary of the Institution 1907 in that place. of Martha Waskington Circle of the C. of | Grand Sub-Chief Ranger H. L. Simon |T. F. of A. was celebrated by a social | recently paid anofficial visit to Court I night on ‘the last Monday in March in | Sotoyome, where he was greeted by a the Alcazar building. There were nearly |large number of members and witnessed | papion Lizzle Atwood, Past G Chief | Companion R. Kemp Van Ee, t Grand | Chief Companion Mrs. Helen Worms. Grand Marshal P. H. Coyle, Past Grand Chief Companion Emma Agnes Harrin Stock, Dr. Willlam Amos Af- 1. Drendell, chairman of the committee; Jacob Label, editor of the American Forester Review, and Sarah Beversen. Several of the grand officers sent regret at -inability to be present. The grand officers and a number of the guests were each presented, as a souvenir of thé occasion, a pretty favor and a bunch ef jonquils.* The circle, which started with sixty-three members, now has 168 all in good stdnding. It was highly commended for many progressive | movements' for theé good of the order.in which it took the lead. Robin Hopd Circle has elected Mrs. O. C. Miller, Lizzie A: Vorrath and Mamie Schoen ‘as delegates to the mext session of the Grand Circle. | _The official visit to College City Circle, | Palo Alto, has been postponed to April | 11, ‘and the one-to California Circle, at | entertained with an order of dances with | the meeting was the guest of honor at a | musical selections, recitations and spe- ' banquet. Subsequently he paid an official | elalties between numbers.. The aftair was , visit to the court in Emeryville. ja great success and was admirably car- | Grand Senior Woodward Daniel Teare ried out under the direction of Charles ' recently paid an official visit to Court L, Licht, Mrs, M. Lasky, Miss I. Good- | Acme. That court gave a social last man, Miss M. Madden, Mrs. J. Dinklage, | week. i Mrs. B. Kaskell ‘and Mrs. 8. Grosslicht. | Live Oak" Circle has returned to the B | Alcazar building, and on March 13 had ] ernal housewarming there. 1 Fraty Brotherhood. ® Court Stanford had an entertainment, Progress Lodge -of the Fraternai | JIks and smoker in its hall March 2. P —— Brotherhood gave a complimentary | 3 basket social ‘to its members andi 0Odd Fellowship. friends in the Red Men's building on | the sécond Friday in March. There| Grand Secretary Shaw and Grand Seribe | was a big crowd, and there were many | Barnes were in Los Angeles last week as | bidders for baskets filled with lunch guests of Los Angelcs Lodge at the cele- As soon as the highest bid was reached, and the limit.was §1, the | basket' was knocked down.to the bid- retary accompanied Grand Master Phelps der, and_he partook of the lunch with to Needles, where a new lodge of the. or- the iady who contributed the basket ' der was instituted. | and contents. On the night of April| The new California digest of the laws 3 institution. Subsequently the grand sec- gramme of entertainnient and dancing. | Hall on Polk street on the evening of! Lola | bration of the fiftieth anniversary of its | { Meyers, F. Hiduska and F. Lefalx. | staft, | initiatory degree, which was followed { three hundred persons present, who were | the initiation of four strangers, and after by - progréssive game of whist. 1 and decisions of the order, arranged by, Past Grand Master Davis Louderback, a | volume of ncarly 1300 pages, is being sent | to those entitled to the same. It is a most useful compfilation. San Francisco Lodge had a double ini- tiation last week by its team, which had been drilled to perfection by Drillmaster Warren. The work was highly commend- | ed and it is said was the best ever per formed by a team of this lodge. The vis- itors were welcomed and made to feel at home by Noble Grand Hegeman and the | reception committee, -J. H. Wald, H. L. Loyal Rebekah Lodge at its last held | meeting elected Tillle Crald, Thursey Bar- | rett, Lillie Carron, Eola M. Cyrus and Henrietta M. Taylor as delegates to the next _session of the California Assembly. After the meeting there was an old-fash- | foned candy pull. A new Rebekah lodge will be instituted at Ripon, San Joaquin County, in the near | future. On the fourth Friday "in Mareh the lodges of one of ‘the districts across the bay tendered a reception to Abba Boots- man, the retiring distriet deputy, and her staff. The affair was a most enjoyable one, and after a number of intéresting and congratulatory addresses there was a ban- quet,” at which- the retiring deputy was presented a set of silver tableware by the different lodges of the district, and then the presentation to her by the members of the staff of a salad set. The deputy then presented to each member of her | staff a pretty.souvenir in recognition of their assistance to her, after which !he] presented to Susie Maguire, who was the | marshal of the staff, a beantiful pearl and | garnet ring. At the banquet Grand War- | dén Ogden of the Grand Lodge responded to “Friendship”; Ella Van Court, warden of the assembly, responded to ‘Love; and Secretary . Mary E. Donoho to| “Truth,” There were also ‘short talks by Mrs. Howe, treasurer of the assembly, the district deputy and by members of the ‘Fhe fancy dress ball of Amity Rebekah Lodge on the fourth-Friday in March was a decided success in the matter of beauty and variety of costumes worn and num- ber who attended. It was the most suc- cessful affair of the kind ever given by this lodge. District Deputy Josephine Walworth will on Saturday next pay an official visit to Missfon Rebekah Lodge for ,the pur- pose of exemplifying the secret work, this in Excelsior Hall, on Mission street. On that occasion several candidates will be | initiated-by the lodge's team, and there will ‘be introduced a number of features in connection with the initlatory work that are not given in other lodges. There will be a programme of entertainment after the ciose of the lodge, and the com- mittee promises to make the affair a most enjoyable one. The National Union. Union Council at its-meeting March 9 in the Native Sons’ building had an unusually large attendance of members, and after the routine business the coun- cil’ was addressed by State Deputy Jo- seph A. Wilson and Speaker A. Chem- inant. After the talks for the good. of this councll, which of late' has mani- fested a desire to join the procession of go-ahead subordinates of the. order, there was a bullshead supper and also the aistribution .of door prizes. Mission Council at its session in Mis- | sfon Hall March 9 had work in the; | , Golden Gate Council on "March 13] had work In the initiatory degree and | during the evening it was announced that there would be a “bunch” of fine prizes for those who would “get busy” | in the following thirty days. El Capitan Council had an athletic night March 15 and the various stunts | presented through Speaker “Prince” | Laurence Vincent were witnessed by | about 250 persons. As many more were | turned away for want of room. The, programmé of entertalpment was not only first class, but was unusually enjoy- able. This council will certainly make goad its promise to have a hundred candidates for initiation in April. It has up to date ninety-six applications, | secured since January 20, and of these seventy have already been approved by | the medical examinor. From negotiations that have been in progress for a few weeks past it is likely that Yosemite Council, the old- | meeting in Unity Hall | head counsel, at one time national lec- |on this i selor; J. A. Enquist, past counselor; H. i est_in this ‘city, will in a short ttme |L. Judell, secretary and treasuyer; E, consolidate with California Couneil, | N. Cleutsman, conductor; Emil Bolde- when the latter will be the gainer by ; S. Falk, sentinei. This is the Association of United 1 Travelers, which is secret, beneficiary. 1t now_has 35,000, distributed in the sixty-five members and come very close to the 700 mark. State Deputy Joseph A. Wilson has | received letters ffom. the couneil in Stockton .conveying the information | ¢ that the membership has not only kept | its promise to double, the number of ! members on the roll, but-has “gone him one better” and trebled it. The general deputy left last week for Fresno to teach ‘the council In that locality how to “get busy." After the Mast day of the current mont + Califofnia Council will discon- tinue paying ‘the medical éxamination for candidates. At the meeting of this council last weéek there was a class of twenty candidates to be initiated. .The work was followed by the distribution of a number of door prizes, the serv- ing of refreshments and a liberal su ply of what the Indians call “Kiowa. he general deputy, Joseph Arthur Wilson, is @istributing his cards with a lavish hand. They measure an inch and a quarter in length by three-quar- ters of an irch in width,-the cutest per- sonal card eveér got up. A Modérn Woodmen. During the latter part of March Bay View Camp of Oakland, Modern Wood- men of America, had a very interesting Special Deputy J. P. Gardner,.a prominent business man of- Oakland, District Deputy Joseph Powell, accompanied by J. H. Hulbert and wife, Henry Richardson and wife, Banker Hoffman of Golden Gate Carhp, and othérs of that camrp, “dropped in” in distress, attends to them in sickness, buries the dead, cares for widows and’ orphans, pays $25. a week . in case of total disability by accident, and 36300 to the beneficiaries of a member in case he meets bis death Ry accident Its motto is “Unity, Charity and. Temper- ance.” The local council, which meets monthly In the Natiye Sons' building, has a membership of 439. This council will hold a memorial service in Blks’ Hall this afternoon. S Qabpreint The Eastern Star. Not lomg ‘since Harmony Chapter, O. E. S, at the close of its meeting had a colonial party, ‘many of the ladies being dressed-in costumes of the days of Martha Washington, and wore their hair powdered.. ‘The hall was very prettily decorated. The affair was a most enjoyable .one. On the night of the first meeting in Mareh the chapter was . officially visited by Grand Matrom Georgina V. Polhamus, who was accom-~ panied by Grand Patron Florin L. Jomes, | District Deputy Grand Matron Ida B. Spence, Grand Secretary Kate J. Wil lats and many members of othér chap- ters. Eight candidates were initiated |in a very correct and impressive man- ner by the chapter officers,’ and after speeches by the grand officers named each was presented with a souvenir of the occasion. The closing of the chap- ter was followed by an elaborate ban- | | unexpectedly. The matter was ad- | quet in another hall, which had been dressed by Deputies Gardner and Powell, | artistically decorated in honor of the |and by some of the visitors, as to the | yisiting officials. o~ order angd its growth in California. While this was going ‘on a caterer was pressed into preparing “a hurry-up collation,” which was partaken of after the meetiny. It was a very enjoyable meeting. Golden Gate .Camp Is arranging for a large class initlation In Oakland April & to which the membership of all the camps on the east shore of the bay has been invited. J. O. Davis of Holllster, State e Independent Foresters. Court Mission is organizing @ coms panion cdurt, and expects to have it ready for institution in a short time. The San Francisco Board of Deputies. | will arrange a “ertes of visifs for the | month of April, and it has decided to | ! offer a number of prizes for candidates initiated between-April 1 and Septem- ber 1. Supreme Deputy G. Q. Stewart was i, | Alameda last week, and encouraged the local court's membership to “gét a | move on” and make a showing i the | race for membership. | Last week there was a large class | Inttition in Court Placer at Lincoln, turer for the order and a very entertail ing speaker, will “talk out in meeting. At this meeting will be fired the first gun of the Woodcraft campaign of the season coast. The camp has 2 very pleasant social on the night of March 15. There was a large attendance, and in addition to daneing there was progressive A ‘whist, i Diamond Camp gt :g March | 20d there was also a slass initiation at 13 received’ several applications for bene- | Sonora.-- At the TYormer thirty-five ficial membership. It decided to reopen | Strdngers were taught the miysteries of the order. A new court will be instituted Sheridan April' 4, its charter for a limited time to give Dis- trict Deputy Powell and his assistants an opportunity to-work for the camp. George McDonald, a well known mer- chant of the place, is the clerk of the camp, and a very enthusiastic neighbor af Woodéraft. X There was a large number of persons 1 Deputy Head -Consul William McKen- | Steinway Hall on the fourth. Friday In zie is organizing a mew camp in Oakland | March to enjoy the entertainment pro- and s meeting with encouragement. | ¥ided by Burnaby Lodge of the Sons of There have been qu number of | §t. George, which included an address.hy changes in corps of deputiss of the or- George Burrows, chafrman of the even- der in this State. Joseph Powell has been | ing; an overture by Jeffrey's orchestra; transferred from district No. 2, made up | ballads, O. Stmythe; “The Patent Re- of eight counties north of the bay, to dis- | mover,” a sketeh by Antrobus and Dill- trict No. 4, composad of Alameda and |ing: voeal selections, Miss A. Burns, Mise Contra Costa counties. Herbert V: Rees, | F. Beauford and T. E. Cosens. who made such a wondefful record in the | gramme c¢lcsed with ““The. Los Angeles district, had been transferred | Nights” by students of she Paul Gerson to the San Francisco district, vice Pender- | School of Acting. This was followed by gast, and R. Roberts of San Francisco has . dancing for an hour and a hailf, ywhich at i Sons of St. George. 3] been gent to the Log sngeles section. | concluded one of the most pleasant fune- Preparations are urfer way for a grand | tions this lodge has given in years. It log-rolling by the dfferent camps of the | Was undef) the direction of 4. *Allison, G. bay counties at Safta Rosa July 4. On:P!pgr. G. Graves, A. Kirkinan, A. Lawe that occasion there/Will be an interesting , Son. Percy C. Woodhouse, J. Stott, G programme of egtertainment.-and the | Wale, A. Pinlayson and §. G. Darby. meeting will Jurirg :)hek:!nydbi z:idresaad by Judge Melvin akland, Judge Bur- fades nett of Santa Refo. Luther Burbank ead ; Spanisi War Veterans. J. O. Davis, Statf head consul. | On the evening of the ) The report of fhe head clerk at Rock- | March Addle L. Balloy Tufmz G land, just issuef, shows that at the close | to Nelson A. Miles Camp of the United of the year 190¢there had been a net gain , Spafish War Veterans of this. city gave guring that jfar of 5285 members, in-| 3 musicale and gdance in the Balboa ereasing the flembership at the close of of the Natlve Sons™ butldfng.” the year to T#.837. The beneficiary claims ! gramme ¢ paid during tJ¢ year amounted to $6,670,000. ' many who were present was a The total gaount of such claims paid one and it demonstrated since J:;‘“‘g' 1883, is us.:t:_‘m ’l;n«; dt_la_;n the auxiliary a rate during/the year was 5.43 per 1000. The | of preparing entertatning features. Dur- ‘gain in bership in California during | ing the evening ice cream m cakes were the year Was 1700. During last J-nury‘aqrvd. Alice Rowland, who presided, Californiy made a gain of 312 beneficial | made a first-class master of ceremontes.