Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-12
GOING INTO CAMP
Modern Woodmen Turn Their
Faces Toward the indiana
Capital.
SESSIONS OPEN THERE TUESDAY
Gathering Will Be One OF the Most
Important of the Year
i'm America.

and already many have begun the pill
grimage The hoard of directors,
which has been in session here for
the past few days, will leave tonight.
This includes Chairman +. +. Murphy,
of Leavenworth, Kans.; 4. r. Talbot,
of Lincoln, Neb.; Benjamin ID. Smith,
of Mankato, Mimi; c. G. Saunders, of
Council Bluffs. Iowa. and George w.
Reilly. of Danville, H. Head Consul
w. \. Northcott, of Greenyille, Ill.
and Head Attorney j. G. Johnson, of
Peabody. Kans., who have been here
during portion of the week. went on
to indianapolis. Head Clerk and Mrs.
c. w. Halves. and f. o. Van Calder,
editor of the Modern Woodman. left
yesterday and Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Egan
left earlier in the week.
The drill teams from Camp PC and
Camp 1850 are entered i'm the free-for-~
all forester drill contest and will con
test for honors with 217 other teams.
which are also scheduled to try for
the coveted trophies.
The Rock Island county delegates
elected at the county camp April
will leave tomorrow, the delegation
consisting of George w Gamble, of
Moline; Daniel Mckinney, of Rock
Island. and X. p. Wait, of Reynolds.
The alternates are c. f. Battles, of
Moline; c. J. Searle. of Rock Island;
Dan Corken, of Rock Island, and {. +.
Reynolds. Of Cordova.
Work at Head once.
Nearly all departments of the head
office in this city have been for weeks
past and are now working upon some
matter that will concern the head
camp. There is vast amount
of work in connection with the pre-
parations for these biennial meetings
and no one knows the fact quite so
wen as Head Clerk Halves, upon whom
the burden mainly falls.
Nearly all preliminaries have now
been completed fer the big affair.
With the experience of past head
camps as the basis, system of diVi-
sion Of the work under various de
partmental heads has been mapped
out with the same fidelity to detail
and economy of time and effort that
speaks 50 eloquently for the ability of
the head clerk and that has brought
the Modern Woodmen to he conceded
the best handled fratcrnal organiza
ton extant. With all the simplifying
processes. however. each succeeding
head camp furnishes problem of its
own. and the one to be held next week
is no exception To the rule. OF the
great gathering Head Council w. y.
Northcott says:
Greatest In History of Fraternallsm.
This will be the greatest national |
gathering in the history of American
fraternalism. Over 5000 uniformed |
Foresters will be encamped, and 3d. |
900 has been offered in prizes to the |
best drilled teams. Those attending |
will have the opportunity to see some
of the best drilled men in the country. |
In addition to the 469 delegates that |
be thousands of prominent Woodmen |
from over the jurisdiction who will |
attend this meeting.
''In addition to the election of Of !
ficers for the ensuing term. changes in |
the laws of the society will be con-
sidered and acted upon. as this is the |
supreme Legislative body of the Wood |
men. The great work of the Indian |
apolis meeting will be in the revision
of the rates of insurance. The fra |
ternal insurance societies of the coun- |
try have come to know that their
present rates are not adequate. and |
they are all preparing to revise their
rates so that they will be on a sound |
business footing. What the Woodmen |
do at indianapolis on this question |
viii not only affect their own society. |
but will have great influence ON the |
other 800 or more similar societies in |
the United States.
Largest Insurance Organization.
ours is the largest insurance or
in the world We hive more |