Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-07-13

ton Of fun that put the audience
in the best Of humor, after which
Miss Beaumont Of the Lyric La
dies quartet sanga solo so delight.
fully that she was compelled to re-
spond to an encore. She was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Hill and Miss Whit
aker whose banjo and negro dial
ect selections carried the house by
storm. They we're repeatedly en-
cored. Mr.. Nolan appeared again
and then after another song by the
quartet, A. 7. Cole, Of Fargo, was
introduced to the assemblage.
Mr.. Cole had not come prepared
to deliver an address, but never
theless he gave an interesting talk
along lines pertaining to secret be-
nevolent organizations in general
and Woodmen in particular, He
said that in America were 100000
Woodmen in good standing, exclus-
i've Of the Royal Neighbors and
that this number represents about.
100000 persons who are interest.
ed in the welfare of the order.
There are in North Dakota alone
5000 members and the order is
growing rapidly. It is not how
ever, as some might suppose, he
said, confined to insurance and So
.cial matters alone, butswas Of far
wider significance. Few really
comprehend the full nature Of the
secret and fraternal organizations.
Any of them will honestly endeav-
or to correct the evil habits of a
member, if his wife or any one else
will call the attention Of the head
Of the lodge to the matter in a
quiet and secret way. As a furth-
er illustration, he noted that. the
Woodmen had first moved for the
establishing of the Children's
Home at Fargo.
Mr.. Cole. said he was not a
preacher but he quoted and ex-
plained several passages Of script
ure in a most practical way, at the
same time calling attention to some
lof the defects of the. home life of
the American people that ought
Ito be remedied. He also noted
numerous instances showing how
membership in fraternal organiza-
tions had prevented families from
being left in destitute circumstan-
Ices when the husband and father
died. The fraternal societies were,
he contended, savings banks for
the people, and in some respects
resemble building and loan asso-
ciations which so often enable a
man to provide a home for himself
and family.
Mr. Cole dwelt at some consider
able length upon his theme, clos
ing with the remark that while in
the past the Woodmen had met
with opposioh from the churches,
there was but little manifested now
and furthermore that there was
nothing connected with the order
to which objection could be made
on Christian grounds.
Theodore Holton, of Larimore,
is a guest at the tent of his daugh-
ter Mrs. L. Scott, Of Lakota, for a
few days. Mr. Holton attended
the ball game yesterday afternoon
and with his fine deep bass set the
pace for the Milton rooters.
MI. and Mrs. r. w. Fuller, Mis-.
SEES Fuller, Sander and Myers and
Messrs. Whitcomb and Andrews
make up a gay partyfrom Oberon.
Prof. j. S. Snody, Of the State
Normal school at Valley City, who
is spending a few days at the
Chautauqua, admits that he is i'm.
pressed by the sight Of SO many
pretty girls.
Yesterdays splendid contest be.
tween Milton and Devils Lake hal
set everybody to talking base ball
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