The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-14

mems convention. was the organizer Of the
Concatenated order of Hoo Hoo. and from
him the following sketch Of this Interest,"
ing order is obtained:
The Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo was
organized at Gurdon. Ark There were
present at the founding of the order Will
lam Eddy Barns. editor of the Lumber
man, St. Louis. Mo-; George Washington
Schwartz OF the Vandalia road. st. Louis.
Mo; A Strauss of the Malvern Lumber
company, Malvern. Ark: George kimhall
Smith, secretary Southern Lumber Manu-
facturers association. st. Louis; W. Starr
Mitchell. editor of the Arkansas Democrat.
With the exception Of MIR. Strauss they
were all camp followers, who lived by. but
not in, lumber-people who. as duty. at
tended probably thirty OF forty meetings
of lumbermen annually. which were held
in the territory bounded ON the north by
Duluth. Mimi. Now Orleans on the south.
Denver on the west and plttsburg on Ahe
east
AT the time mentioned some Of these peo-
plc were going from Camden. ARK, to Du-
uth, Mimi. TO attend meeting ol lum-
bormcn. and IL was suggested mat IL
would be a good thing II one meeting could
be held annually to lcgislate for ala
Then it was that Is. Arthur Johnson pro-
posed fraternity. IL WAS lh'ss SuE-,','a
by him that 1t might be called INC ihHe-
pendent Order of Camp Followers. Whlch'
of course, would imply not actual lumber
men. but such people as railroad men.
newspaper men and those other people VINO
found it necessary to attend lulhoer letaii
and manufacturing ASSOCIATION heetInSs
in collateral sense. but 1T was at once
determined to MAKE me mater n"S ,,a
VI oauci ti"i' .ui' a., Co.
NJ. 80. -, 40 ,,,., II, eradicate
49,, ' i.'s,s,n,, IN, ,h' Conca,enate1 order
w - ~, ~ 80 onni,od fo, tho sne,ial
VI ~ 80 ,'i'o,,,-,,, ahovc thnt of any
pehelit vi ". 49, ,,b,ch are clirihle TO
o'het e.as1 vi M, 49, ts snnisen 81 ns a
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iu'hu'1 ". ,,;atin,, No, an or,,.n
IL no" snal,i VI - ~ ,cnount NJ
. "a, u 's',, pnhn,n,on have awaited
,h aao, va. ~ 10 onnor,unity tn become
themselves OF 'he oppv' ,a" ~ o,hor ,,ass
I'eIinv's ui ~ o,uV a,nharshtn Tho word
VINO "It ei'sioio " nv ~, 1,'r,le,r,o,,,,
HOO, loo hnu ,no on,,,o ~ he ai,most
n"Vo Wy Iol''','o.i a'"s I,,Iia,r,no an, mis-
~ ilohs 'iouS ,.nI, 80 ,on,, made hy
~" iIany i,,,o m, order In
're''S -, II - ,'a,t1r ~ oiI,,ibiti+v ne F.,
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natter Oh iaet. lho III, ,,,o,,,t an
DER is ainpiguous IL its ~ n'' ~"
eislpiills, uut II WY "'''''''
niat'e' ,u' NV O,' ,t 49,, ,,,a,,,,or
IL WIN pe iouu,. u, w. Ode, Of
snip ciauss vi tne .''. - ta,, ,,,ado
nv, Iioo .nu' a. " ,,.,arce 10 Tho or
10 give equal iisil ls ot - b,,si,ossos
uer W .nsSs ~, ,,or,,i,, ,,roeenf at The
represented py thoSe peop U W All,
toundihe OF the oIuei a, wv "oi -,
Inc cause OIL elisIulilN - 40
MEMBERSHIP.
Section ]. II being the purpose oil ms
order to gather together in fraternai re-
latlon people engaged in the lumber trade
and those allied industries when are SO
closely interviewer with the conduct OF inc
lumber business as to make them prac-
tically a part thereof membership in this
order shall be limited to white male per
sons over the age of u years. OF good
moral character who possess one or more
of the following qualifications:
!. They shall be so engaged eitner III
the ownership or sale oil tiihpeI iunua.
ealo Of lumber at wholesale or retail as
that IT shall be their main or principal oc-
cunation and that 1t shall be the business
which Is recognized in the community In
which they reside as their vocation; II. If
they shall be so connected win the Jun
b,r log tln1Der DuSliltSS lHhts NhlA' ~
10 no, their principal occupation vet their
connection with II is material and substan-
ttol they may be admitted to membership
,,non ,he approval of the shark and scriy-
enoter il. In their judgment. after full
and fair consideration OF all the facts in
,be case the fundamental objects of the
order win be thereby subserved. 1t Is tho
tntent ana meaning Of this section that
avery onnlIcation from a person who DOES
49, oo,,a clearly and without question
,, yithtn The provisions of the first para
",a,'" - ,h;s limitation. must be referred
:, 't r. y,ce.eerent shark to the shark and
s Ds YER with a fun statement of all
go, ho.,,rg an the case before any ac-
to-, ,se,, nall he taken thereon.
o Newspaper men. BY this term being
i.e" '... o.a, 80 or persons regularly con-
vi nam ,,'p,h ,newspapers whose principal
Iloc.eu wv Tho editing and writing of
oosupa,,or natter. and who make that
WORK th1ir , m'p'', as O." snch In the community
IN which they reside.
3. Railroad men. BY this term being
peanN only general OfilrerS. Eentfai anu