The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-13
The First Session VIII BE Held I'm
Masonic Hall at 10 o'clock
This Morning.
BIG MEN REACHING THE CITY
HEAD CAMP WILL BE READY FOR
BUSINESS ON TUESDAY.
East Washington-Street Field Is I'm
Readiness for the Foresters, the
Uniformed Rank.

With to-day's meeting OF the Local Camp
Clerks Association the big Head Camp of
the Modern Woodmen of America, for
which the local Woodmen have been pre-
pairing for the past several months. will be
inaugurated While the real business OF
the Woodmen's Head Camp does not begin
until next Tuesday. the convention of the
Local Camp Clerks is part of the big
show, coming only few days ahead of the
main event. and the association is COM
posed principally of delegates to the Head
Camp. The convention of the clerks opens
until Monday.
On next Tuesday begins the big Head
Camp of the woodmen. Many of the Head
Camp officials and high officials of the For
esters, the uniform degree of the Woodmen,
came in yesterday and last night, and every
incoming train is bringing delegates to the
city
Head Clerk Charles w. Halves, OF Rock
Island. ILL.,, the chief administrative officer
of the society. arrived yesterday and estab-
lished headquarters at the Hotel Claypool.
which has been selected as the official head
quarters for the convention. Major Halves
was accompanied by his wife and by sew
eral attaches of the head office. Brig. Gen.
]. d. Lggett, of Des Moines. Ia, COM
mander of the First Brigade of the Forest
ers, was also among the arrivals yesterday,
being accompanied by his adjutant, Major
Chantland, of Fort Dodge and several of
the Iowa delegates. The main body of
woodmen and Foresters from Iowa will
not arrive until Sunday afternoon, being
delayed somewhat by the floods throughout
the West.
HEAD CONSUL TO-DAY.
Head Consul William A. Northcott and
party are expected to arrive in the city
some time to-day. and the remainder of the
head officers are expected during to-
day and tomorrow. All the officers OF
the Head Camp and by far the larger por-
ton of the delegates are expected to be
in the city by Monday morning.
r. ID. Chittenden, of Fresno, Cal, was
among the arrivals yesterday, coming in
advance of the California delegation, which
will arrive on special train either to-day
or tomorrow. Mr.. Chittenden, who is pub
lie administrator OF Fresno and 4 member
OF the Fresno Chamber Of Commerce, is a
delegate from California, and has big
things to tell of the delegation from the
State of big things. The California dele
CATION, which comes to root for Los
Angeles as the place for holding the next
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along freight car loaded with the pro-
ducts of the Golden Gate State. Four tons
of oranges, a quantity Of lemons, figs,
finest California raisins and hundreds of
bottles OF the best wines that the State
produces will be among the articles the
of Los Angeles, and the California head
quarters In the Hotel Claypool will be a
good place to visit during the Head Camp.
Louis W. Otto, OF Charlottesville Indi-
been in the city for several days, and a
number of candidates for the different of
fees arrived In the city yesterday. A. r.
his candidacy for the office of head consul
to succeed the Hon. William A. Northcott.
is expected to arrive either to-day to-
be in the city by Sunday night. There will
probably be two or three lively contests
in the election of officers, as Major Halves,
the present head clerk. who is a candidate
for reelection, is the only candidate who
has opposition.
CAMP GROUNDS READY.
The camp grounds for the Foresters are
in readiness, the last tent having been
erected yesterday afternoon. The big state
field. on East Washington street, presents
an interesting. albeit chilly, sight, with
its long rows of hundreds and hundreds of
white tents. packed so closely together
green sward between the rows. The num-
Der of Foresters who will attend the pres
ent encampmelt, which is the second event
of the kind that has been held by the For
esters, is so greatly in excess of the orig
inal expectations that the camp ground
has been taxed to the uttermost to accom-
modate the tents that will be required.
1t is expected that all the visiting For
esters will be in camp by noon on Mon
day, and on Monday morning those who
have already arrived will begin their week
of military discipline. Dress parades and
company and battalion drills will be held
daily, beginning with Monday. Concerts
by the bands that will also be encamped
with the Foresters will be another pleas
ant daily feature of the camp.
The members of the decorations COM
mittee and the business men OF the city
have done much of the decorating for
Woodmen week. but a great deal remains
TO be done. The streets of the business
portion of the city present much the same
appearance as they did during the week of
the fall carnival a year ago, the colors
being red, white and green, instead of
orange and red BY the time the decora-
tons that have been used for the T. P
A. have been removed and replaced by the
Woodmens colors the city will present
the most brilliant appearance il has ever
taken on for any convention. State or
national