Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-12-10
men OF THE MYSTIC LINKS.
They Establish an Encamplnent
in jamestown Under Fa.
vOrable Auspices.
Congress to Consider u Bill
to Protect the Red River
Farmers.
Several Foster County Farmers
Realize Large Returns From
Wheat Shipped.

Unity Encampment No. IL, I. o. OF
It was clock Thursday morning when
the grand officers and large delegation
OF North Dakota ODD Fellows completed
the organization of Jamestown's latest
secret society, the name of which forms
the caption to this article, The encalnp-
ment was properly instituted early We'd
nesday afternoon; at once proceeded to
the election of officers. and the remainder
of the time before supper was consumed
IN performing the ceremonies of install
lation, and in balloting upon applications
for membership. During the first part
of the program-in which the encamp-
ment was presented with it's charter and
officially proclaimed open-the chairs
were occupied by the following visiting
patriarchs: G. G. P.-O. H. Perry,
Wahpeton; G. H. P.-J. Farmhouse, Val
ley City; G. S.-John Monson, Fargo;
G. S. wa. f. Nugent, Fargo; G. j. W..
Robert Item, Fargo;G. I. Sc. Smith
Fargo; G. o. ST L. Gage, Fargo.
Grand Master Herrick of Lisbon, also
took a prominent part in the beautiful
ritualistic service employed in the insti-
tuition of encampments. The lodge room
was comfortably filled with visitors from
Casselton, Buffalo, Valley City, Fargo,
Mandan, Dickinson and Dawson, several
of whom made short speeches OF con.
graduation before adjournment.
The real work of the occasion COM
menced at O'Clock in the evening, when a
class of twenty-four candidates presented
themselves for initiation. Sheyenne
Valley degree staff arrived from Valley
City on special train, at 6 o'clock, and
with the assistance OF the patriarchs who
came in force earlier in the day. proceeded
with the cruel and indiscriminate slaugh
ter of the innocents, The Patriarchal
and Golden Rule degrees were conferred
upon all applicants before 1O:3o. when a
recess was taken for refreshments. Man
sQer Klaus Of the Gladstone hotel spread
an immense feast, and about eighty per-
sons sat down to most enjoyable ban
quet.
Owing to the amount of work yet on
hand. the usual toasts were omitted, and
at 11:l5 business was resumed at the
hall. Tweuty-one Of the q candidates
previously Initiated add advanced, were
exalted to the Royal Purple degree, the
last victim being pronounced "made' at
o'clock a. ~. Short addresses followed
for "the good of the ORDER" by Grand
Chief Patriarch Perry. Grand High
Priest Farmhouse, Grand Scribe Mon
son, Grand Master Herrick, Grand Rep
resentative Nugent, and others The
latter was especially happy in his re-
marks and wara,ly euloglzed jamestown
Odd Fellows for their hospitality, fra
ternity and pluck. He SAID the city
needed but ,.ne thing more-a Dauga'
ters of Rebecca lodge.
The visitors departed on the early
morning trains for their respective
homes, feeling 1T was good to have been
here"
Unity encampment elected the follow
ING officers: o. P. Bird, G. p; G. H.
Woodbury., H. p; G. A. Lund, s. w.;
G.. E. Blackwell, J. W.; F. F. Mont2om'
cry, scribe; H. G. Woodbury., treasurer
In addition to these, who we're charter
members, the encampment starts out
with the following names upon the roll:
]. J. Nierling, Geo. E. Mott, Il. A. Fisk,
Geo. NJ. Dawson, F. H. Shlpley, NJ. l..
Parker, A. B. Ashley, E. Bischotf. John
Glass, J. e. Muntz, Lewis L. Hamilton,
HIN. Shaw. A. N. Kellum. John F. Ven
nun, All. H. Ellsworth, Henry G.
Bensch, w. B. Parish, Josiah Carter,
Max Bonne, j. E. Anderson, G. r. Flint,
G.. H. Cowles, VIM. Ridley and A. Q.
Heinzer.