The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-28
WICHITA MUST
GET CONVENTION
Every Reason Why Ancient
Order of Pyramids
SHOULD MEET HERE
Strong Effort Being Made to
Land it.
MEET HERE

| The local council of the Ancient Order
| of Pyramids are making an effort to
secure the biennial delegate meeting of
the order in this city which convenes
| September Is, 1904. The place for the
meeting will probably be decided by the
board of directors which meets in Kan
sas City the first week of the coming
month. The council here has the second
largest membership in the jurisdiction,
giving Joplin, Mo. a close run for first
place. At present Joplin seems to be the
only opponent in the race. The Wichita
council claims as the order was born and
nurtured in its infancy in Kansas and
Us the principal part of the membership
is in this state or nearly half of the en-
tire membership of the whole jurisdiction
being in Kansas that this state has the
best claims on the order for the meeting
There will be about fifteen states repre-
scented in the convention, extending from
the state of Indiana to the Pacific ocean.
and the meeting will be one of import
ance TO the city which secures the con-
vention, and it is the duty, not only OF
the local council of the oredr. but the
citizens of the city TO use every effort
to secure the meeting.
The city council has passed the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, there is an opportunity Of Sc
curing the biennial convention of dele
gates of the Ancient Order of Pyramids
which convenes September Is. 1904, and
Whereas, such convention would be
the means of bringing to our city many
thousands of visitors, thus placing us in
direct contact wifi representatives Of
the commercial and social world, there
fore be It
Resolved, that we, the mayor and city
council Of Wichita, hereby extend TO the
board Of directors Of the Ancient Order
of Pyramids a most cordial invitation to
hold said convention in our city and ten
der them the freedom Of our city and the
hospitality of our entire citizenship.
Special trains will be run from different
parts of the jurisdiction bringing officers
delegates. drill teams and members.
In addition to the business to be trans
acted by the order there will be drill
contests by the different teams through
out the jurisdiction.
AS an evidence of how important Jop-
lin considers this opportunity the following
is quoted from the Globe of that town:
Every civic and fraternal organization in
Joplin and the newspapers should spare
no pains to land the convention for other
western cities are working with might
and main to secure il and friends Of
Wichita claim that inasmuch as that city
was worsted by Denver in the fight for
the convention of 1902 it is the logical
candidate. But the Joplinites contend
that the convention of 1904 will be held in
the zinc metropolis.
If Joplin is successful and the prospects
are favorable, there will be delegates
here from Pyramid lodges in fifteen
states west of the Mississippi. The Off
cial representation will exceed a thousand
and the number of visitors will be several
times as large 1t will be one of the most
portentiOus fraternal gatherings ever
held in the stare. The convention is to
convene on September % and be in ses-
sion four days. OF the sixteen important
committees which will take part in the
proceedings d number of them will be
in session for two weeks before the con-
vention is called to order.