The Goodland republic., 1906-06-29
WOODMAN LODGE TOOK IRII5
LARGEST CLASS CANDIDATES IN
HISTORY OF THE CITY.
High Time at Opera House When
New Ones Were Put in the
Saddle.

Saturday night at the opera house
was one of the biggest lodge Occa-
siOns in the history Of GOOdland-
Never before had anyone seen initial
ed in this county nor in the counties
round about class Of 115 candi-
dates in a single night But that was
the number the lodge Of Modern
WOOdmen OF America Of GOOdland re-
ceived into their camp that night And
then, too, not all Of the candidates
could be present Out Of so large 2
class, some of whom are employed on
the railroad, there were a few that
couldn't leave their employment, and
if all could have been present there
would have been a class Of 13S.
This splendid work Of recruiting the
ranks Of the WOOdmen lodge was
largely done by District Deputy Pull
yer of Osborne, Kan. When he ar
rived in this city for the task several
weeks ago, he was a stranger to ev-
eryOne here. but he sought them out
one by one, told them Of the cO-Opera-
tive insurance society known as the
Modern WOdmen Of America, and de-
mOnstrated that it was the cheapest
protection, in the way Of life insur-
aDGe. that young men could ever hope
to find Ben Jayne, secretary, and Al
bert Reed, venerable council Of the
GOOdland lodge, talked over the pros
poets Of a class in this city, and they
estimated that an increase Of fifty can
didates would be a big thing. But
when 13S had been examined and sig
nified their readiness to join, it pretty
nearly took the breath out Of the most
hopeful
Saturday night, June %, was sched-
uled for the big dOings, and the Colby
team was invited to initiate the can
didates into the mystery OF wood
craft They came, also officers Of the
Colby lodge and visiting WOOdmen-
A number-the uniucky thirteen
was selected from among the lis can
to show their skill. Before the heavy
work, the members OF the auxiliary
lodge, the Royal NeighbOrS Of Ameri-
ca, were invited to the opera house to
hear, with the WOdmen, the address
by z P Sample Of Osborne The
speaker entertained his hearers for
about thirty minutes, boosting the
banner Of WOOdcraft with his eiO-
quence. He compared Wcodman in
surance with old line insurance, the
ity, according to his argument, Of
WOOdman insurance; he told OF the
social side Of the lodge work; Of the
loyalty Of mat lodge in running TO the
assistance of suffering San Francisco
with a generous subscription to help
that city within whose limits were
many Woodmen neighbors- Mr.
Sample. young attorney Of Osborne
is a pleasing speaker and he was well
received BY his audience
Now il isn't right to tell tales out Of
school, 50 we shall not, except to say
that the military maneuvers Of the
Colby team, under the command OF
Chief Forester r. p. Morrison were
executed with much precision and
the team did its duty in every emer-
geney. The members Of the Good
land lodge viii all agree that Colby
people can be great roasters when
they set to It B. $. RediugtOu, ven
erable council Of the Colby lodge,
handled the gavel, and several other
Colby WoOdmen officers were pres
ent and acted in an Official capacity.
At Il O'Clock the WOdmen attended
the supper given by the Royal Neigh
bors at the Kellogg & Ames restau-
rant, and then returned to see the
finish at the opera house. The ses-
sion did not end until about o'clock
IN the morning and by that time the
unlucky thirteen were weary with the
journey and 50 Il was with the boys
who Travelled the same rcad-
The Goodiand WoOdmen lodge now
has q membership of about ESQ