Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-23
WILL GIVE SMOKER
WOODLAND CAMP, MODERN
WooDMEN OF AMERICA TO
INITIATE LARGE CLASS.

ranging to Give Series of Social
Events During Coming Season -
News OF ottumwa Lodges.
From Thursdays Daily.
A class of thirty candidates will be
initiated by Woodland Camp No. 103
Modern Woodmen of America at the
regular meeting next Monday even
ing: A splendid program has been ar
ranged and the evenings entertain
ment will conclude with smoker.
The rapidly growing interest which
has marked the sessions of Woodland
camp since July is largely due to
the work of j. A. Smith the district
deputy of the order. 1t is hoped that
every member of the order in Ottum.
wa will attend the meeting next Mon
day night and an enjoyable time is
promised. Among the ollI of town WIS.,
itors expected to be present on this
occasion are State Deputy G. N Fink
of Des Moines and j. w. Lands of AZ
ton, the head physician.
| The meeting will begin promptly at
5 o'clock. After the initiatory cere-
monies there will be social session.
Refreshments will be served and a
red hot smoker will be the closing fea-
ture of the evening.
Omikron Council, Royal Arcanum.
Omikron Council No. 1915 Royal Ar
canum is arranging for a series of So
cial events to be given during the com.
ing season that promises to eclipse all
previous affairs given by this popular
fraternal insurance organization. Two
committees will be appointed within
a few days to arrange the schedule
One Of the committees will have
charge of the dancing parties and one
will arrange for the social entertain
ments at which musical programs
cards and other games and refresh
ments will be the anlusements of the
evening. Last season the entertain
ments of Omilkron council were very
popular and successful and no pains
will be spared to make the socia
events of this year even more enjoy
able.
Court of Honor.
Ottumwa District Court No. 157
, Court Of Honor, will meet in regular
session this evening and the worth,
chancellor is DESTROYS of having all o.
the members present as there will BIZ
features of interest to come before the
meeting.
Benson Post, e. p, A.
Benson Post No. 5, Bankers Protec
tive association will hold it's regular
| meeting this evening. All the mem
{ bers have been notified that import
j ant business was to be transacted ant
sIthey are earnestly requested to b,
: present. The members who have re
ceived no notice will please not fail t,
! attend the meeting on this account
! The new staff of officers will presid,
: and an interesting session is promis
ed.
! A Fortune In Trophies.
California offers trophies to thu
Knights Templar for competition dur
ing the coming triennial conclave tina
ought and will be an inducement tx
every crack drill corps of all comman
/. deries throughout the United State!
and Canada to make the trip acros.
, the continent and try to win one O
| the prizes. The Californians realize
t that it is great undertaking to brini
3 a drill corps from one end of the con
!. tinent to the other extreme; the tim,
: and expense entailed by such a Jour
ney of picked men who had been drill
Il ing perhaps for one or two years, hay,
2 appropriated princely fortune TO
5 trophies in order to make it worth tn,
: while of the best drill corps in tn
? land to compete.
81 fNr y,
: use of the committee on competitive
drill was s15,75O. That was intende,
/ to provide trophies for each of tn
l drill corps that had entered the com
. petition at an early date. Since the
4 it has been decided to add to the orig
s inal amount in order that each compel
Q ing drill corps shall receive a valuabl
e prize and each commandery who's
g drill corps completes will be present
y ed with handsome stand of colors
/ consisting of silk beausant and tn
: national colors. Thus far only fly,
9 drills corps have entered the compe
t tition and the last prize will be WORT
: not less than $1,000.
! caIifornans VIII Not Compete.
e Californians, being the hosts on tina,
occasion, will not participate in the
/ com petition. but will have a competi
i. tive drill of their own at some Other
date. The prizes are perhaps the most
i valuable aver offered at any competi
4 tive drill. They are made of California
o material, gold, silver, bronze and the
o richest collaborating quartz. They EN-
! body the highest conception of art, and
!. are credit to California genius ant
workmanship. They will be giver
without distinction, the award to be
made by q commission of officers O
the United States army and the drill
trophies is especially admired by art
lists and people accustomed to see the
masters of the drill cnrns One of thf