The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-08
FORE..ST Frs
CONVENTION
Triennial Session Of the Order
at Atlantic City Last Week
Of Considerable Interest.
300 DELEGATES ARE PRESENT.

The triennial convention of the In
dependent Order Of Foresters, was
held at Atlantic City last Monday.
There were 300 delegates present,
representing every State in the United
States, the Dominion Of Canada, Aus
tralia, ireland. Scotland, Denmark
and England.
The most notable figure at the con-
vention was DR.. Oronhyatekha, the SUI
preme chief ranger, who, thirty-tiye
years ago, was chief of tribe Of Mo-
hawk Indians on their reservation at
Deseronto, Ont. DIR. Oronhyatekha
is full-blooded Mohawk Indian.
He was educated at Oxford by the
present King of England, after he had
delivered the Indians address of well
come, when King Edward, then Prince
of Wales, and his suite were making a
tour of this country and Canada.
He has been supreme chief ranger Of
the Independent Order of Foresters
for twenty-four years, and doubtless
will be reelected at this convention.
In his address DIR. Oronhyatekha re-
viewed the history Of the organization,
and referred to the present insurance
rates of various companies, in COM
pairing them with those of the Fores-
ters He also advised that move
ment be inaugurated for the securing
of home for members of the Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters in north
western Canada, and that members of
the order settle there.
DR.. T. Millman, the supreme medi-
cal examiner. and member of the Royal
Society of Surgeons, sounded a warn
ing to the Foresters in particular, and
the country in general, against the
steadily increasing symptoms of tuber-
culosis, stating that over twenty-one
per cent. Of all the reflections for life
insurance in the last three years was
due to this disease, and that eighteen
per cent. Of the deaths in the order
was due to tuberculosis. He urged
that precautions be taken against the
disease, saying, in part:
In the winter months we are too
apt to keep our doors and windows
closed-in fact, in many instances the
houses are Theoretically sealed. There
should be a continual circulation of
fresh air in each room. In rooms
where there are no CRATES screen
covered with layer of cotton wadding
or similar meterial can be placed in
the upper part Of the window, and
thus allow fresh air to enter without
causing draft.
Not only the homes should be care
fully ventilated, but also our schools,
our factories, our offices and every
building where people are brought to-
gether in numbers. Many a child's
health has been impaired in -ill-ventil-
ated schools, and you only have to
visit many of our factories to see sick
ly men and women, whose condition is
such that if they were exposed to tu-
berculosis germs they would readily
sucumb to the same"
The session Tuesday was devoted to
a discussion Of the treasurer's and
financial committees reports, which
showed the order to be most prosper
Gus. Ali the old officers were re-
elected. Dr. Oronhyatekha had his
salary raised by the Supreme Court
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year, while
the supreme treasurer's salary was
raised to equal that of the supreme
secretary supreme physician, which is
5000 year.