Woodcraft in Kansas du lieu suivant : Topeka, Kansas • 1

I TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY, 1911. Vol. 2. No. 8.

TOPEKA CAMPS DO THINGS RIGHT. The Shawnee County Class Adoption Held at the Auditorium November 22nd Was the Largest Woodmen Meeting Ever Held in Kansas. camps, and that to confine it to the boundaries of Kansas would be as much as a bargain. But with a statewide affair, all hands put forth just a little stronger effort, and did their level best to feed all who came, with fair success. The address of Head Consul Talbot was a masterly presentation of what Woodcraft stands for, and his perorations complimenting the Sunflower State, his loyal deputies, and the splendid good being done for the suppression of the great white plague at the Woodmen Sanatorium were remarkably choice bits of oratory.

He was presented during the evening with a monster bouquet by the' ladies of Royal Neighbor Camp 148, which brought forth a beautiful tribute to women and flowers. Director E. E. Murphy, who is at home on the platform, and particularly in Kansas, made a brief talk, full of ginger, and complimented the Topeka camps on their splendid i i i A i I i floor work should be put on. Both Head Consul Talbot and Director Murphy said it was the best they had ever witnessed.

And say, you ought to see the drill team of 28u0. They will show some of those eastern teams something about drilling when they get to Buffalo. Where did all the Woodmen come from? Well, search us, we never saw so many This was heard hundreds of times on the streets of Topeka during the meeting. Dr. C.

H. Ewing of Larned came in to see the crowd with Deputy Sloan. Neighbor Ewing will repre-r "sent Pawnee county in the legislature this winter and the M. W. A.

will have a good friend on the job. We tried to keep track of where our visitors came from, but you had just as well try to register a bunch of Texas steers. Most of the boys came for a good time and they proceeded to have it as soon as they landed. The McLouth and Oskaloosa boys are the ones with nerve. They simply bought a train and came over in style.

They filled their train before it reached Meriden and came in on cannon ball time and left fifty Meriden boys waiting on the platform. The Meriden boys are not slow. When the Special gave them the ha! they piled on a work train and came ahead with six candidates. E. D.

Bunker, Clerk of South Lawrence Camp, brougnt in a large delegation from his camp and presented eight candidates for adoption. Walter E. Moore headed a delegation from Manhattan. Neighbor Moore is Clerk of Manhattan Camp. The Rock Island brought in delegations from Denton, Horton, Whiting, Holton, Mayetta, Hoyt, and El-mont.

Harry Perkins, Clerk of Dover Camp, headed a large delegation from his camp. Almost the entire membership of Berryton Camp turned out to help make the meeting a success. The first Woodman on deck the morning of November 22nd was Capt. C. E.

Hayhurst, chief forester of Altoona Camp, away down in Wilson county. District Deputy Geo. W. Adams brought along Capt. W.

K. Black, chief forester of Iola Camp, who wanted to get next to Topekas way of doing things. Basehor Camp No. 6812 sent a delegation of fifteen neighbors headed by, Chas. Hammond, Clerk, with six candidates.

Basehor is one of the real live camps of Kansas. Neighbors E. S. Swanson and Sam E. Hoover represented Camp 384, Sa-lina.

Neighbor Swanson is Clerk of 384 and if there is any better way of doing things, he wants to know it. W. M. Herdman of Piper Camp represented Wyandotte county. Lancaster Camp, Atchison county, was represented by several neighbors who brought along two candidates to-have adopted.

J. E. George, Consul of Mankato Camp 1606, registered early at the Tnroop Hotel. Neighbor George represented Jewell county at the Peoria Head 'Camp. O.

F. Falls, the genial Clerk of Valley Falls Camp, was on the grmin I early accompanied by a large number of Valley Falls boys. Neighbor Falls 'represented Jefferson county at the Peoria Head Camp. H. B.

Kenner, the Woodman poet and deputy, and E. T. Lehman, Clerk of 819, brought in a large crowd of the Nortonville boys. From the size of the delegation from Overbrook the boys must have made it unanimous. Sam L.

Golding, Clerk of Tonga-noxie Camp, talked a large number of his members in the notion of coming and they were all here. We are always glad to see Sam. Ine Winchester boys showed their good will by sending several of their members. The Rossville and Silver Lake boys came down in large numbers. B.

E. Pratt, Clerk of Burlingame Camp, headed a big delegation from his camp. Chas. H. Gish, Clerk of Denton Camp, and several members of his camp brought down a candidate to ride the Topeka goat.

R. E. Mayhew represented Vermillion Camp. Bernhard Pollmann, Consul of No. 1531 Riley Camp, came down to Topeka to meet the Head Consul and see the new work.

M. G. Brown, Clerk of No. 318 Junction City, accompanied by several members of his camp, were in attendance. Junction City is one of the good camps of Kansas.

C. P. Snyder, Clerk of No. 359 Abilene, together with several of his members, were down getting pointers. Abilene Camp is one of the best.

McLouth Camp No. 424 sent the largest delegation. They came on a special train with the Oskaloosa boys, on the arrival of their train, they formed in line and marched to the Throop Hotel, headed by New Jersey Reynolds and another neighbor leading a real Woodman goat. The goat was given its freedom in the basement of the Throop Hotel, and now the hotel management want damages for the bad conduct of the goat. It ate up all the laundry, canned fruit, and butted two or three of the colored porters through the skylight.

Our old friend Geo. A. Patterson, Clerk of Oskaloosa Camp, headed a large delegation from his camp. Harry Williams, Clerk, and John Turnbul, Consul, of Maple Hill Camp, brought down a large number of their members to help swell the crowd. L.

Zuttermeister, Clerk of Camp 798 of Lawrence, worked hard to have his camp well represented at the meeting, and from the large crowd his camp sent his efforts were successful. Robt. Seybold, Consul, and Carl Thurber, Clerk, of No. 1865 Richland, brought up a good sized crowd from their camp. Roy Kramer, Consul of 1487 Ozaw-kie, accompanied by about 20 members of his camp, attended the meeting.

They came in on the McLouth-Oskaloosa special. V. R. Lunger, Consul, Jake Hey-, man, Clerk, A. F.

Page, past consul, C. D. McAlexander, banker, with several members represented Mayetta Camp 3423. Geo. Burns, Consul, and L.

W. Fulton, Clerk, and fifteen of their members represented Carbondale Camp 5393. Grant McLucas, Consul, and L. M. Eshorn, Clerk of Meriden Camp, came in with over fifty of their members and six candidates, just to show To-, peka they were on the map.

Fred W. Hall, Consul, John O. McCulloch, Clerk, and Frank Royer, Ad- 2.000 Woodmen Present 135 Candi dates Adopted. What can be done with a little united effort on the part of a few enthusiastic Woodmen was demonstrated in this city on the evening of November 22nd, when the three Topeka camps, through an able committee composed of three members frm each camp, assisted by the State Deputy, C. S.

Locknane, got together 2.000 Woodmen for the big class adoption at the Auditorium. They came from all over the eastern part of the State, in 'automobiles, special and regular trains, and by wagon, to greet Head Consul A. R. Talbot and Director E. E.

Murphy, who were present, and to witness the exemplification of the new ritual by the officers and foresters of Sunflower Camp 536, the camp tried out the ritualistic work before it was disseminated to the other camps of the jurisdiction. A class of 135 candidates was adopted in regular form, the three Topeka camps having been saving their timber for the occasion. Without a hitch or bobble the programme of the committee was carried out and all who came were well repaid for their visit. Head Consul Talbot, Director Murphy, Fred W. Parrott, of Clay Center, a member of the board of auditors, Frank Allen, of Marysville, a member of the committee on new territory, Dr, J.

W. Barker, of Cha-nute, state head physician, J. A. Walker, of Emporia, George W. Adams, of Iola, R.

P. Sloan, of Larned, A. M. Crum, of Downs, and Len Willems, of Lansing, district deputies, D. C.

Tillotson, of Topeka, member of the committee on appeals and grievances, M. W. Saxon, adjutant general of the foresters, L. M. Penwell, of Topeka, lieutenant colonel of foresters, were among the notable Woodmen present at the meeting.

North Topeka Camp, 1243, had. charge of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Auditorium, and the forester team of Shawnee Camp 2800, put on an exhibition drill that received the plaudits of the big audience, State Deputy C. S. Locknane entertained about forty of the visitors and the local committee at a 6 oclock dinner at the Throop, after which the line of march was formed there to escort the Head Consul to the Auditorium, headed by the band of Shawnee Camp. Admission was by password, and the details of the meeting were so well worked out that there was little delay in getting all seated.

It was proposed by the committee that, a typical Woodmen banquet, which means without frills or would be served at the close of the 1 ritualistic work and the addresses by the head officers present, but their plans were knocked galley west when the delegations began pouring in from outside camps. Instead, of the meeting being confined to Sha'wnee county as first arranged, it was found' that State Deputy Locknane- had been busy among outside Notes on the Topeka Meeting. We are indebted to the management of the Throop Hotel for many kindnesses shown our visitors. Head Consul Talbot greatly enjoyed his visit in Topeka and personally met and talkea with hundreds of Kansas Woodmen. Director E.

E. Murphy renewed his acquaintance with the Kansas boys and they were all glad to see him. Auditor Fred W. Parrott of Clay Center, spent the day visiting with the boys but on account of a business engagement could not remain for the evening meeting. Dr.

J. W. Barker and wife came up from Chanute and the Doctor was kept busy meeting the clerks and deputies who have so much business with his office. State Consul, Wm. M.

Glenn, came in from Tribune to meet the Head Officers and visitors and spent a few pleasant hours. Topeka came in with its share of Head Camp omcers, having present: Gen. M. W. Saxon and Hon.

L. M. Penwell of the foresters department, and Hon. D. C.

Tillotson, Chairman of the Grievance Committee. F. H. Allen of Marysville Camp, member of the committee on new territory, was present and seemed to enjoy himself. The District Deputies present were delighted with the meeting and gathered ideas that will be of great value to them in their work.

Captain Porter of Sunflower team is a real general when it comes to taking care of an army like he had on his hands November 22nd, and the way he brings those foresters to time in Sunflower team would make any military man sit up and take notice. While Genl Saxon had be very careful not to exert himself, et he was in touch with everything that was going on and saw to It that it went on right. North Topeka Camp comes in for its part of the laurels on the success of the meeting, and the boys deserve praise for their hard work. We are indebted to Oscar Swayze, the official Woodman press reporter, for the write-up in the daily paperB, as well as the above article. Neighbor Swayze is a Woodman, heart and soul, and represented Shawnee county at the Peoria Head Camp.

Sunflower officers and team showed the Head Officers just how the new -i 'rli- is Levied for January 1 fc 9 i A (v. 4 'f A Jf wrr rr -iy W1 zmmmmmm.