Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-04
Injunction Proceedings Brought
to Prevent Removal OF Chop.
pers' Headquarters
ON PART DEs MONIES
Capital City Camp Alleged to Have
Used underhanded and illegal Meth
DDS to Secure Relocation of the Head
quarters-Books and Records Re.
moved in the Night.
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Boone, Oct. 4.-The Boone camp OF
Fraternal Choppers propose to bring
proceedings to prevent re-
moval of the permanent headquarters
| of the organization to Des Moines,
which was partially accomplished at
the recent biennial meeting Of the or
der here. 1t has developed that Boone
has been made a victim, of circum-
stances, misplaced confidence and every
other old thing. Boone still stands bet
ter show Of retaining the II. G. A. head
quarters than Des Moines ever had IN
securing them but the strong arm OF
the law has had to be invoked in the
matter.
| 1t seems now that the Des Moines
delegates realized that under the Old
articles of incorporation a change OF
location could not be made, but find
ling that they had a majority OF the
delegates friendly to the removal OF
| the headquarters to Des Moines they
introduced amended articles of in
corporation, no vote being taken al
| that particular time on whether the
Headquarters of the society should De
moved to Des Moines or not, but the
amended articles provided that the
permanent location of the headquart-
! ers or head camp of the F'raternal
Choppers of America, should be locat-
led in Des Moines. These amended
articles were passed at Thursdays
convention after the vote on location
had been taken. Sometime after the
adjournment of the smoker and be-
fore morning all the books and pa
pers belonging to the head camp were
removed from the Offices occupied by
the head camp in the old Mcfarland
Bank building and the place was
found practically vacated yesterday.
1t is thought this was done for the
purpose of preventing an Injunction
being issued to prevent their removing
these books and records to Des Moines.
Proceedings had already been started
by the Boone lodges looking toward a
prayer for an enjoining order in the
district court, but owing to the fact
that court is in session no temporary
injunction can be issued without the
|petition being on file with the clerk
|of the district court and the fact that
the notice must be served before hand
no injunction has yet been issued, but
notice has already been served on the
officers of the head camp that a petit
ton would be on file on the thirteenth
day of October, before the district court
of Boone, Iowa.
What the outcome Will be is difficult
Mt h,,f
attorneys employed on the case are of
be moved from Boone under the arti-
cles of incorporation.
The Fraternal Choppers of America
was started in August, 1900. b. c..
Wood, of Moline, ILL.,, was practically
a location, he selected as prospective
sites for the head camp the cities Of
Boone, Des Moines and Sioux City, with
the understanding that the city that
first organized and obtained the largest
membership should be the permanent
headquarters Of the society: and with
that understanding the people of Boone
made considerable effort to form the
first lodge and did so in the fall of 1900
with charter membership of over 300.
all of the Boone people joining with the
express understanding that the head
quarters would be in Boone and the To-
cation of the headquarters of an organ
ization of this character would be one
of the best institutions that could come
to city of this size.
The articles of incorporation were
drawn with with the intention of all
ways keeping the headquarters in
Boone, this as a reward for It's enter
prise in securing the first lodge. The
articles of incorporation specifically
state that the principal place OF BUSH
ness Of the said corporate society shall
be in Boone, county of Boone, state Of
Iowa.