Rock Island Argus., 1902-04-26

Members may change their amount
aud beneficiary at any time.
TO ORGANIZE.-To organize Il
camp. address j. {. Root, Head Con-
sui. Lyons, la. lie will send YOU the
necessary blanks. Ten persons is
the least number who can comprise
Il chartered camp or ladies' circle.
y fee of not less than five dollars
from each applicant must accompany
! the petition. and careful examina-
tion by reputable physician must
! he furnished by each applicant If
| found physically and otherwise quail
| fed. certificates ana Il charter will be
issued, and the camp fire lighted by
I the head consul or his deputy.
! EMBLEMS.-The cmblcms of the
fraternity are the axe. beetle. and
wedge; five stars. shield. and branches
of palms. Its motto. rs To Perpetua.
THE SECRET WORK is not slav-
! ish imitation of other fraterniticS.
but has beautiful lesson taught by
pleasing ceremonies entirely different
from any other fraternity i'm eNis-
/ tence. Symbolism enters somewhat
into these lessons. but the dignity of
manhood is never insulted by childish
pranks or burdensome obligations
| MEMBERSHIP requirements
for membership are that a person
shall be of sound physical health and
mind, of good moral character. ex-
emplary habits and competent to earn
an honorable living by respectable
industry.
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
First. 1t is confined to the northern
states. The experience of similar or
ganizations has been that the death
rate in the southern states has been
largely in excess of the northern.
Second. Its original and pleasing
ritual. based upon ancient usage, but
| entirely different from any secret
work now in use. pronounced bv
thirty-second degree Masons. as
creditable TO the author and fit to
rank with the sublimest conceptions
of ritual writer's.
Third. Its equitable basis of rates.
Calculated upon American exDeri-
ence, giving the young the bcnafit of
greater expectancy and dealing fair
| ly with the vigorous and healthy
middle-aged men who enter its por-
tails.
Fourth Admitting young people
is years of age, who can provide ST.
600 Tor their parents or loved ones in
case of death ON the payment of only
20 cents each assessment Bright ac-
tive young men of this age frequent
~ make the most. active and compe-
lent financial officers.
Fifth. by scattering our member
ship over the healthy northern
states we have an opportunity of Sc
lecting the soundest lives from the |
greatest number.
IN CONCLUSION we have to saw |
that the Modern Woodmen of Amer |
lea is fashioned by faithful hands, |
who have given il the full benefit of |
"A ripe experience i'm fratcrnal and |
mutual contribution societies. 1t will |
seek by its excellence to make a |
place for itself in the highest galaxy
of benevolent and honorable frater-
mites, having profited by the expert
ence of a great number of others.
We have added to it the savings fund.
and have discarded every element of
demonstrated weakness that could
be found. and we sincerely believe
that our ritual and code of laws are
models of purity. liberal thought and
progressive beneficence that COM
mends the fraternity to thinking.
practical men, and upon entering its
portals every member becomes an
enthusiastic adhirer of the grand
scope of its beneficence. the economy
of it's management, and the grandeur
of it's aims.
+. c. ROOT. Head Consul.
ALBERT HILTON. Head Clerk.
LEWIS G. BLAINE. Head Banker.
"As far as we know" comments
Mr. Root, mot single camp was in