Arizona republican., 1902-12-12
DISSERTATION ON CATS
With Special Reference to the Con
 catenated Order of Hoo Hoo.

There are only two black cats in Phoenix and perhaps not over a half dozen in the whole territory. It is alto gether likely this statement will be dis puted by many who think they can find more than that on their back fence any night. But there are two kinds of black cats and the ones referred to are the other kind. They are one variety of the human species and have intel ligence, education and organization just like the rest of civilized human kind.
 Their organization is known as The Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo and the fraternity is founded on the relig- ion of Isis and Osiris whose votaries had supreme and even superstitious re- srect for the so-called sacred black cat As the cat is supposed to have nine lives so the figure "9" is the magic number of the order. The membership is limited to 9.999 it costs s9.99 to join and .99 cents year to keep in good standing, while all considerations are neld on the 9th day of the 9th month at g minutes past 9. The name it will be noted is Hoo Hoo, not Hoo Hoos, for as their literature says the singular is plural and the plural is very sing ular.
 Their organization is different from that of any other secret society," In joining the order each individual be- comes a member of the national organ izatiOn. There are no local or state lodges hence any member who can get to the point of annual meeting is a del egate in good standing. Their local lodge room is book furnished to every member giving the name and address of every other member in the world It is kept up to date and when one mem Der desires to find another he can locate him at once.
 What makes this dissertation of timely interest is the fact that while there are only two members here now. Church Bergman and w G. Meerfield. class will probably be organized and the Shark of the Universe arrive here some time in January to hold a special concatenation, for wherever two or more of these human felines meet they | consider themselves on the roof even though they may be in a parlor. and whenever they are on the roof they arf | il session. The official roster includes | the following Cignitaries: Shark vf the | Universe, Senior Hoo Hoo Junior Ho, | Hoo, Bojum, Scrivenoter, Jabberwock ! Custocatian, Arcanoper and Gurdon They are called tine Supreme nine anc 1t is what the members go up against when they visit the annual lodge ses. sion.
 The object of the order is set forti ! in the motto Health, Happiness anC | Long Life" The order originate, among lumbermen who thought the, could promote business interests a! well as social and fraternal intercours
 by banding together those whose ever, day life is very largely of the sam order. The membership therefore i confined to lumbermen. wholesale. re tail, employer or employe; newspaper men, that profession first being recog
 nized through the lumber journals an
 their employees; railroad men of select class, such as all passenger claim and freight agents, travelin
 representatives, etc, and sawmin an
 machinery men. In short it consists Q
 lumbermen and allied interests.
 The snark of the universe is w. T.
 Norris of Houston, Texas, one of tn
 best known and best liked men in in
 state. He has written Mir. Meerfel that he expects to attend the Fl Pas
 carnival and will try and make 1t con