The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-17
GIVES BUTTE A DATE
vIcEGERENT SHARK WILL HOLD
A CONCENTRATION.
MYSTIC REALMS OF BLACK CAT
Believed That Large Nambe1 Of
Butteites Will Join This Great Order
Which Promotes the Health and
Happiness of It's Members.

| Butte lumbermen are not to be left ou
of the running in any sense of the word
| Therefore IL Is decided that branch SO.
ciety of the Contatenated Order OF Hoe
Hoos shall be established in this city.
This order, with which the black cat
Is so inseparably connected, has at
tained considerable strength In the west
ern part of the state, and the Sound
| cities especially have a large number of
devotees to the order. -
This Is Butte's first appearance, but
1t is believed that IL will be a most
creditable one. and that large number
Of Buttei;es will enter the mystic realms
OF the concatenated order on the 18th
OF next February.
The Call.
The official call for the meeting In
Butte for the purpose of initiating mem
bers has been received in this city, and
reads as follows, explaining itself:
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 10, 1902.
To the Lumber Trade of Eastern Wash
ington, idaho and Montana:
Conference.-The Concatenated Order of
vlcegerent shark for this jurisdiction.
viii hold the first concatenation ever
held In Spokane ON Thursday evening,
February 10, 1902. for the purpose of
initiating into this order of lumbermen
such candidates as may be presented
and 1T is In the endeavor to induce you
TO become follower of the Great Black
Cat that the objects of the order are
briefly stated n -
The Concatenated Order OF Hoo Hoos
Is not serious society in the literal
meaning of the word. yet II Is not all
morse play. The one comprehensive aim
is to promote the health, happiness and
long life of It's members. Ie3
1t proposes to do this mainly by gath
erlng together in social and fraternal
brotherhood the men, and only those men
between whom there already exists the
greatest of bonds-that of common busi-
ness interest. No other order proceeds
on a similar line. The order was organ-
lied at Gurdon. Ark, about ten years
ago by party of lumbermen who be-
lieVed In cultivating the social and better
side of life.
The emblem, a black cat on white
held, signifies the proverbial nine lives.
and hence the initiation fee Is $9.99. and
the annual dues 80 cents.
The officers number nine and the anual
meeting Is held on the ninth day OF the
ninth month at nine minutes to nine.
The limit of the mem bership is placed
at 9999, and as the present membership,
Is not far from 5000, II may be your
privilege to be among the last to become
members. fG
All Round the World.
The order has membership In every
state and territory In the United States,
In Canada, Europe. Mexico, Philippine
islands, Cuba, New Zealand, South At
rica, China, Japan and other countries.
In the western portion of the state of
Washington there are over 300 members.
and In Oregon and California as many
more.
IL Is pre-eminently a lumberman's So
ciety, although it also takes In the traf-
nc ofhclals OF railroads, sawmill machin-
cry men and lumber newspaper MEN. and
the very best lumbermen In the United
States are members.
Many requests have been made III the
past to hold a concatenation in Spokane
and as result the Supreme Nine has
authorized me to hold one. If you desire
TO become member kindly fill out the
annexed blank and forward same imme-
diately to the undersigned. Further par
ticulars will then be forwarded. Sim
cerely yours, f''i =
VICTOR II. BECKMAN,t q
Vlcegerent Shark, 82-S3 Sullivan Bulldl
ing. Seattle, Wash. ~
The order is having a celebration lin
Seattle this week, and the next gather
ing will take place in Spokane on the
18th Of February and In Butte on the
18th, when lodge will be established.