Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-05
Want GREAT COUNCIL
Little Falls Redmen Will
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Winnebago tribe, the local Red Men
organization, has issued q circular to
the members Of the Red Men Great
Council of Minnesota, asking that
Little Falls be named as the meeting
place of the Great Council in 1905.
F. W. Lyon of Little Falls, Great
Senior Sycamore of the order, will
undoubtedly become Great Sachem,
and besides the honor Of having the
head of the order in this state, Little
Falls wishes the privilege of enter
tanning the Great Council. Prospects
are good, although there are two
formidable competitors, Winona and
st. Peter. The record Of Little Falls
in entertaining conventions is unsur-
passed. The circular letter Is as follows:
Little Falls, Minn,. 9th Sun. Buck
Moon, G.. 8. D. 413.
To the Brothers and Representatives
Winnebago Tribe No. 38, Little
Falls, ia out to secure the Great Coun-
Gil meeting of Minnesota for the Great
Sun q. s. D., 414 1905 and respect
fully solicits the cooperation and
assistance of the tribes Of this reserva'
tion. Little Falls, as an entertainer
of visiting delegations, has repu-
tation to uphold, and we can assure
you that If you elect to make our city
the next meeting place, no stone will
be left unturned to make next years
meeting one Of the pleasantest conven.
tions you have ever attended. The
record made by Little Falls in enter
tanning the State Federation of Labor,
the Firemen's State association, the
Catholic Order Of Foresters and other
organizations. was one of which Its
citizens are proud. We want you to
come to Little Falls and we know you
won't regret it.
Little Falls is the county seat of
Morrison county, has 1000 population,
is located on both banks of the
Mississippi river, 108 miles northwest
of st. Paul. We manufacture among
other things, lumber, paper. -four.
We ship more freight than any town
| on the N. P. between the Twin Cities
and Butte. We have splendid hotel
facilities. We want you. Please eolne,
Yours in F. F. and G.,
Winnebago Tribe No. 80.
Little Falls, MINI.
The st. Cloud Journal-Press says of
the arrangements for the council
meeting there:
All trails will lead the members Of
the Minnesota Red Men to st. Cloud
next week, when the great council of
the order will be in session here
August 9, 10, II. together with a
grand pow-wow and carnival for the
entertainment of the visitors the
whole week. Mississippi Tribe No. 90
will be the host so the occasion.
The number of actual delegates will
be 1876, but in addition to these, large
delegations will come from all of the
tifty.six tribes of the order located at
various points in the state, and fully
one thousand tribes men are expected
to gather here.
The Red Men order, contrary to a
quite general conception, Ia not an
insurance order, but purely frater-
nal organization, with sick and burial
benefit attachments. With a member
ship in the country of 400, 600, they
have gained some 70, 900 during the
last year. and revision of the laws
Of the order just completed by the
great council of the United States will
be endorsed by the St. Cloud conven-
tion.
| A new code for Minnesota, along
similar lines to that accepted by the
general order, will be presented. and
it is expected to accept it practically
as it comes from the national body.
1t contemplates an executive, vested
in the great sachem, and his officers !;
legislative, in the annual councils :
and judicial, In the board of appeals
appointed by the national convention.
Committees have been hard at work
for new constitution for Minnesota
fed Men. and there is little doubt but
that it will be accepted by the St.
Cloud convention for the order in this
state.
The officers who will be in charge
of the st. Cloud convention are: =.
L, E. Longley, st. Cloud, great
sachem: F.. W. Lyon. Little Falls,
senior sycamore; E. Il. Melander,
Moorhead, junior sycamore; Frank ].
Hebl, St. Paul. great chief of records; I;
J. A. Forssell, st. Paul, great keeper
of wampum Ross Hazard, Mime
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