Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-20
ARE LOOKING AHEAD
MODERN wOoDMEN PREPARING FOR
NEXT EAR
Committees Selected Which Will
Have Charge of arrangements
for the Head Camp in
June. y

The Modern Woodmen of America in
Kansas City are making great prepara-
tons 10 entertain the biennial session OF
the head camp, which VIII convene al Con
vention hall during the first week in June.
1888. Officers of the entertainment COM
mittee. composed Of thirty-five Woodmen.
have been elected. and began active
work last week. Twelve subcommittee
are planning and arranging for the great
week when this city will have more
strangers than have ever before been
brought here upon a single occasion.
y conservative estimate places the crowd
which will attend the session and visit
here during the first six days in June at
10000. The biennial sessions of the Modern
Woodmen OF recent years have rivaled the
national conventions of the great political
parties in point of numbers
The head camp is a legislative body COM
POSED of about $50 delegates. which Will
elect officers for the TWO succeeding years.
Several thousand member of the Uniform
Rank OF Forestcrs. accompanied by their
wives. will attend the competitive contests.
Camps within d radius of several hundred
miles will make it a week for vacation. and
will visit and he entertained by the eNeT-
CiSeS.
The fraternity numbers $4,000 member
The head camp is composed of many
prominent men Of Northern states; gov
: W. AhAo -N '
ing men of the professions and in CONNER
cial life. who will make addresses at the
logrollings at the parks as well as on the
floor of the Convention hall.
Kansas City has the first and third larg-
est camps in the United States; The banner
camp of the organization Is han sas city
camp. with LOO members. Midland camp
has 1853 members.
VIII BE a Big Parade.
All visiting camps will participate in a
parade which Will be the largest ever on
the streets of Kansas City.
Prizes will be offered TO the Woodmen's
bands. of which there are about 200. The
committee viii arrange 10 have the streets
decorated and at night they VIII be .lu-
minated by arches with notices appro-
pirate to the week. of incandescent lights.
Lights used by the business men during
Carnival week Will be strunSt and the
streets will Put on a holiday appearance.
At the parks will be the contests known
as iogroliing. The crowds which always
attend these contests are enormous. The
committees in charge viii try TO arrange
the places OF holding them so 9l;vg, or %
On people can witness them and near the
addresses of some of the great speakers
of the organization
The reception committee and subcommit-
tees nave a great deal Of work on hand
and il will be taken up at once. All the
plans have been discussed and the steps
outlined. II has been decided to have ell
camps in Jackson and Wyandotte counties
elect representatives who Will meet ana
organize committees ON reception whlch
will serve several hours each day. relieving
each other in turn. They will be at every
train at whatever hour of day or night and
at whatever depot il may arrive. They Will
have lists of hotels and rooms Offering &c
commodations and with these they will ac-
company the visitors and see that they are
comfortably located. They Will be sup
piled with souvenir programmes, which
will be distributed.
The hotels and rooming houses will be
asked to furnish statements of the number
of rooms available and the nature of the
accommodations and the rates asked for
-l.,, sTLa Dn,-ol N-afylhnrc will hn ;Drf--
ed to cooperate in receiving and entertain
ing the wives of the visiting Woodr1er.
The railroads will be asked to make a low
rate consistent with the large number OF
people who will transported to and from
Kansas City during the week
The various camps in Kansas City haVs
elected delegates to the head camp.
The reception committee is composed of
the following: H.. a. Cain. chairman; Louis
spending secretary; James S. Mccormick.
recording secretary; Harry Harris. treas.
urer; =, F. Rodman, sergeant at arms.
field. J. r. Elbers. p. X. Call. T. R. Ed.
wards. z; c. Story. p. Z. Parrot, ]. Z.
Erady. 6 J. Carroll p; B.. HENDERSON,
gett. g. b. Whitman, l. b. Marlatt.. w. c.
snyder. T.. 9. Alexander. Cusil Lechtman.
nell. IL. C. Garrett. J.. II. Stone, John
Ewart. DR.. c. c. Addoms. G. ". Hartwick.
c, L yr00msn and L. i, A; IIlgm:
Executive-John Sullivan. T. r. Edwards,
w. q. LiGgett. T. C. Alexander. II. c. Gar
nett. e. e. AddomS.
Rcception-,T. r. Edwards, Frank Nor.
ling. w. g. LigEett. Cusil L~echtman, John
Sullivan, c. l.. Vrooman.
IIall-Cusil Lechtman, +. ]. Littlefield. p.
T.. Parrot.
PRINTING!. NJ. o'Blenis. Frank Norling,
G. l.. Nrooman.
Finance. Z. PARROT, c. ]. Carroll. G.
j.. Whitman, 5. p. Robertson. J. H.. Stone,
G. w. Hartwick.
Royal Neighbors-D. l.. Gessley. e. p.
Whitman. {. w. Hartwick. Frank Nor
lin. G. ]. Carroll. Louis Jack.
Logrolling-Frank Norling. ID. l. Gessley,
J. II. O'Bienis.
Transportation-J. r. Elberc. /. b. Mar
latt. II. c. Garnett. John Sullivan. H.. b.
posey. l.. A. rllman.
Pr-ss-Cusil Lechtman. John Sullivan. J..
J.. Brady. l.. A. Ullman. G. c. Addoms,
". q. Snyder.
Hacks-J. r.. Elberg, c. j. Carroll. H. b.
Posey.
Prizes-J. E. Brady. Frank Norling. W.
q. I.iggett
Hotels and boarding houses-P. r. Cali,
J. II. Stone. II. b. Posey. G. ]. Carroll.
g {. Addoms. W. G. Snyder.
Deroration-D. II. Henderson. ]. H.
Stone. I. b. Mariatt. T. c. Alexander.
John Ewart. e. W. Hartwick.