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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
Admission Day Celebration.

Representatives from the local par
Tors CT the Native Sons of the Golden
West and of those of Alameda and
Hall, Geary and Cough streets, to-
night to take the preliminary steps
row night to take the preliminary steps
toward arranging for the celebration CT
Admission day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
Jubilee Edition of the New. Letter.

The jubilee edition of the News Let
ter made its appearance yesterday. II
is an attractive magazine of sixty-four
pages and contains some very unique
photographs of San Francisco In 1S49,
Just before the fire and at the present
time. On the cover is a highly colored
drawing of a pioneer on horseback
The issue sparkles with the writings of
some prominent local authors and con-
tains many interesting fiction stories
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

BUTCHER is ARRESTED.-A butcher named
A Schaefer arrested yesterday by Market In
Bpecror Campbell for having three immature
calves in his possession. Schaefer compelled
70 pay the expressage Of the calves 10 the
Health Office on OFarrel street. where they
VIII he held as evidence after being covered
with coal oil.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
The New York CentraIr,

Offer superior accommodations for all classes OF
travel from a splendid tourist car service to
the height Of modern railroadng, '"rhe goth
Century Limited the famous 1S-hour train from
Chicago 20 New York. For particulars apply
nave OF ferry building, San Francisco or Delger
building, ATS Fourteenth street. Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
street Lights Go Out.

Something went wrong with the ma
chinery in one of the substations of
the San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company last night, and as a result
a large part of the city was in dark
ness until repairs could be made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

FINDS CHINESE'S DOMESTIC bones of
Lee Gin. Chinese shrinp catcher. were found
yesterday In the ruins at Stockton and Clay
streets. Gin was hurt by falling walls on April
is and taken by his compaions to Goa CONNER
clal street where he died the same day. The
whore Il burned
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
shaw-waiixer and Twfnloc,x

Loose leaf ledgers and fling cabinets Book
keepers, artists and architects supplies Mir
rors. mouIdings, pictures and frames. Stocks
prices and help same as before the fire. Come
and see us. Sanborn, Vail & Co., Mission street
between Fourth and Fifth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

FIVE YEARS FOR FRIEL.-Wllliam Friel
who pleaded guilty to the robbery OF a saloon on
the water front time before the fire was
sentenced TO FIVE years in the State prison at San
Quentin by Judge Dunno In the Superior Court
yesterday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
Going to Camp.

Reduced rate tickets. good till October 81. sold
by Southern Pacific to Santa Cruz Mountains,
high Sierra Shasta region and north shore
points. See your agent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

E WANTS BUILDING PERblIT.-John L. Polto
yesterday made application for a permit TO erect
a frame building on the south side OF Sixteenth
street between Guerrero and Dolores. TO cost
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
Az Ne,xa neaIera

VIII have the Golden Jubilee News Letter Sat-
urdsy. Send It to your friends. Pleasing views
OF San Francisco IN 1851. 1856. 1906. Price Is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

Cooper & Co., the stationers, AZ years
on Market ST., now 1927 Fillmore mr..
Ellis Full line blank books &stationerys
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
Desmond Relief Kitchens at I1arbor
View Declared Unclean.

DR
L Red the Desmond kitchens and the food bad
Insufficient alleged by the Rudolph Spck and Allan Pok
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

LOST Certificates, Checks. Receipts
Bills o. Lading and Negotiable Paper
of every description replaced by a
Bond Of The metropolitan surety
Company Of New York. Contract. Ju-
dicial and Fidelity Bonds. JCDSON
sRUSIE, Manager, Room 10, Ferry
building. ID. W. CARMICHAEL CO.
Inc. Gen Agents 1908 Fillmore st
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21

KEYSTONE TYPE FOUNDRY. sO4 Tel-
egraph ave. Oakland Phone Oakland
T47e. San Francisco Office, 1f47 Ellis
ST. between Webster and Buchanan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Popular Everywhere.

There is certainly something about
the Modern Woodmen Of America
which appeals more strongly to the
people than does the merits of any
other fraternal beneficiary society;
other societies are older, but none are
so popular or have anywhere as many
members. 1t must therefore be con-
cluded that the Modern Woodmen of
America is the largest fraternal bene-
ficiary society in the world simply
because it is the best beneficiary So
ciety in the world.
The obligation of fraternalism as it
reaches the individual is three fold.
Fraternally, it brings man to think
of others. Socially. it lead him to
throw off petty extravagances to pro-
vide for his dependents. Financially,
it makes him methodical and econom-
ical.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

of the civil war, when the women or
the southern states at various times
visited the silent cities of the dead to
strew the graves Of those of their fam
lilies who fell in the Confederate cause
The custom was taken up in the north,
Memorial Day. This custom of flower
strewing the graves of the soldiers of
the Union and appropriate exercises
spread to fraternal associations; one of
the first to show reverence for the
dead was the Protective Benevolent
Order of Elks; which at first mani
tested its respect for the departed ones
by standing for a minute wherever
there was a gathering of Elks at II
o'clock at night. This mark of respect,
which still continues in every lodge of
that order, was supplemented by exer-
ClSeS Oh di cldUOIdlC SCdlc III OcCcIu.
Der of each year in every town or city
where there is a lodge, and these exer-
cises have done much to attract to the
order. On this subject the Western
Review has the following in a recent
issue: =
ut is the custome to regard the. Elks
merely as good fellows without TAX
ing into consideration the serious side
of their organization. The memorial
services held in most cities. demon
strate that there is more to their work
and their principles than the mere
froth of having a good time Their
motto is a good one for everybody
and the Elks have no copyright upon
it: The faults of our brothers we
write upon the sands; their virtues
upon the tablets of love and memory
that is good enough gospel for any
body; it is the essence Of the Golden
Rule; it might be paraphrased to read:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
D. D. Yates

accentuated the name on which our
founder had long fingered and then
and there the matter was determined.
After the benediction the founder pass
ed down the aiSleS, greeting his
friends with a smile, the word Wood
man" ringing in his ears.
1t was several years before Mr..
Crawford knew how potent his utter
ance was. Mr. Crawford was then just
verging on middle age. He is now
an aged man, and is in charge OF
Congregational church at Province
town, Mass.
At first the name was received with
incredulity. Now over a million men
and women idolize it as representing
the greatest philosophy of humanitar-
ianism the world has ever known
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Returns Come Daily.

1t has been we'll said that there is
no longer room for the argument that
a man who pays for insurance protec-
ton is paying for something that Will
bring him no returns. He is getting
returns every day of his life. The mere
protection, though the man lives, Is
worth all that it costs. The man who
derives benefit from insurance is not
the man who is slated to die at any
moment: that man cannot get insured
IF is the man who is we'll and strong
and hearty today but who may, ac-
cording to all the laws of nature, fall
sick tomorrow and die. After he has
become sick it is too late to take IN
surance. If he should happen TO de-
his payments bring untold interest. II
he lives. he is lucky and no loser.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Beautiful Custom Of Decorating
Graves By Secret Societies.
MODERN WooDMEN HAVE CEREMONY
EXERCISES ARE HELD ON THE
FIRST SUNDAY IN JUNE OF
EACH YEAR.

The beautiful custom of memorial
service for the dead can be traced
back to the people of France, who for
centuries have made it practice, on
All Saints Day, to visit the cemeteries
and place upon the graves of departed
ones, crowns of everlasting flowers, as
proof that those who have passed away
are not forgotten, and that so long as
there is someone to reverence their
memories, emblems of effection are
placed over their last resting places.
The custom came over from France
with the people who settled in New
Orleans, and then it spread to the
southern states but did not become
an attractive feature until the days
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
USED WISDOM IN SELECTING NAME
Founders of the Great Society of Mod
ern Woodmen BuiIded Wisely and
WE'LL.

One Sunday in July, 1882, the found
er Of Woodcraft, as usual, attended
religious services at the First Congre-
sational church in Lyons (now Clin-
ton Iowa In his history of WoOdcraft
The author says: To select a name
was a puzzling problem. Being natu-
rally self reliant and seldom seeking
or accepting suggestions in matters of
most Importance to himself. the found
er Of Woodcraft had little patience
with others when they proposed names
Tor the new child, soon to be intro
duced to the world. The words
Knights" Sons" and brotherhood"
Seemed to be in the minds of his
immediate friends. The word "An-
eient' carried a falsehood on its face,
Tor no society bearing that title ap-
peared venerable in any sense. The
word Royal haunted his dreams, and
IN his waking moments he thought of
Inc peculiar names of the ancient So
ceties which We're at best speculative
without particular application to their
peculiar objects of characteristics. Ma
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
IS IN FAVOR OF HOME PROTECTION
What Prominent .WaIIa .WaIIa
Clergyman Has to Say About
FraternaI Insurance.

| "But if any man provideth not for
his own, and especially for those of
his own house, he hath denied the
faith, and is worse than an infidel."-
Paul.
! If this is the conception of one who
lived 1900. years ago, how much more
universally prevalent should it's &C
ceptance be today. But the quotation
above was written centuries before
the conception took tangible shape in
the formation Of fraternal orders
through which provision is made for
ones loved ones after he has left
them, as we'll as while he is with them.
! The able bodied man who fails to
provide for "those of his own house."
but casts them on the cold charities of
the world while he either spends his
time in idleness or squanders his earn
ings in riotous living, receives and
deserves the condemnation of every
good citizen.
But what shall we say of those who
spend all of their earnings from month
to month and make no provision for
the time which is sure to come sooner
or later to all when their labors on
earth shall end, and their loved ones
be left without the means necessary
to provide for them as they have been
provided for during his lifetime?
To put it mildly. we insult regard
such an one as exceptionally short
sighted. Not only is it incumbent
upon us to provide for the temporal.
moral and spiritual welfare of those
who are dependent upon us while we
are alive and blessed with health and
strength. but we should make pro-
visions whereby these will be con-
tinued after we are gone.
To make possible and easy this I'M
portant provision, the Modern Wood
mon of America came into existence,
offering, as it does, the best OF protec-.
ton at the actual cost Of such pro-
lection. assuring it's patrons of neigh
borly and fraternal associations while
living. it must appeal to every thought
full man as worthy of his must care
full consideration.
JAMES C.. REID,
Pastor First Presbyterian Church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

.rf ,,ou can't say a good word for a
man don't say anything If that pre-
cept is followed by the wearer Of every
hat the world would be spared a
whole lot of trouble.
The Modern Woodmen have also
adopted a memorial service, and no
denarted Neighbor is forgotten. The
nrecepts of the Modern Woodmens in
this matter are as lofty as those Of
the Elks. or of any other association
that reverences the memory of its de-
ceased members. On the death of a
member of a camp, the order rever-
ences his memory by placing over his
grave not only flowers that express a
most beautiful sentiment of human af
lection. but on the first Sunday Of
.June of each year members of the
order visit the cemeteries, where with
solemn and impressive ceremonies the
graves are strewn with sweet flowers.
In large cities memorial exercises are
held in respect to the dead of the or
der. These take the form of the exer-
cises of the Elks. The Modern Wood
men provide for the living, care for the
beneficiaries Of those who die in the
order. and revere the memories of
those who have gone before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

sorry most impressed his mind: a craft
Of speculative craftsmen who never
served apprenticeship to brick or stone
work, but appropriated the tools OF
that craft for it's benevolent purposes.
Clinton and Lyons were famous for
their immense sawmills, one the larg-
est in the world. 1t occurred to the
founder that a paraphrase on Ma
sonary, a society utilizing the name
and working tools of men who engag-
ed in the furnishing of logs, would be
original and unique. Webster defines
Woodman:
l. A forest officer. appointed totake
care Of the kings woods; forester.
2. sportsman; a hunter.
8. One who cuts down trees: a
wood-cutter.
4. One who dwells in the foods or
forest; a bushman.
In his own mind the founder had
about determined the name his new
beneficiary order should have During
the church meetings it may be conjec-
tured that his meditations were wan
dering from the eloquent sermon Mr..
Crawford was delivering to the matter
uppermost in his mind, when suddenly
he heard the word "woodman" uttered
by the minister, clearing away the
forest and making abiding places for
the pioneers of the central states
the vanguards of that civilization and
which followed
1t was like the appearance of the
rainbow of beauty and promise after
a shower. The Gordian knot was cut;
the anxiety experienced in determin-
ing the name seemed to pass away
inadvertently, perhaps. Mr.. Crawford
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Merit Counts.

A man who desires reliable pro-
lection for his dependents naturally
considers the merits of a society in
which he is solicited to secure men,
bership. He wishes always to secure
protection in the best of the many
good societies doing business. The
Modern Woodmen of America is admit
teddy the largest fraternal beneficiary
society in the United States, and as it
is also one of the best he is sure
of securing membership in a good So
ciety when he becomes Modern
WOodman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Popular Statesman Likes Democratic
Plan.
GOVERNORS TELL THE SAME. STORY
HEARTY COMMUNICATION FOR
FRATERNAL SOCIETY FROM
PROMINENT MEN.

1.-The members Of the Modern Wood
men society met in their camp halls
without regard to party religion, occu-
patton, or wealth. The high, the low.
the rich, and the poor, met on a basis
of exact equality Thus Woodmen
learn a charity that is not common
enough in this life."-Hon. w. ]. Bry-
an, Lincoln, Neb.
II never expect the time to come
when / shall regret my connection
Yates, Ex-Governor of Illinois.
ITO my mind, fraternal societies
like the Modern Woodmen Of Ameri-
sa are most powerful factor in
moulding public sentiment and shap-
ing the destiny of this nation. Every
principle advocated by the various
fraternal organizations encourages in
dividual honesty, sobriety, thrift, and
the noblest unselfishness. Fraternity
and patriotism, fraternity and liberty,
fraternity and freedom of conscience,
fraternity and free speech, are syn
.Onymous terms."-Hon. Robert NJ. La
Toilette, Ex-Governor of Wisconsin.
ITO be with a 'Neighbor' is to be
with a brother in very truth, where a
fellow Woodman is concerned. We all
have seen this exemplified many times.
They care for their sick, they help
along their unfortunate, and when a
Neighbor dies they are angels of mercy
in the stricken household. A society
that esteems so highly the ties of hu-
man brotherhood is good society.
So far as 1 am concerned, l shall al
ways give it cordial support. Hon.
S. r. Van SAINT, Ex-Governor of Min
nesOta.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
A Lesson From San Francisco.

Again we have an object lesson
showing the wisdom of keeping in good
standing in your insurance societies
You don't know what minute the end
will come. No warming was given
the people of San Francisco. One
minute they were resting in peaceful
sleep and the next minute tens OF
thousands. high and low alike. were
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

If there is any prospective candidate
for membership in this order, and you
know who it is, go and make the propo-
sition today. Don't put it off till to-
morrow, when he may move out of
town. The only time to get a thing
done is right when you think of it,
Many a good theory has vanished be-
cause of representation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

struggling in the very jaws of death.
1t makes ones flesh creep to even think
of it. There is only one lesson to be
drawn and that is, be at all times
prepared for death by having a clear
conscience and by having your insur-
ance paid up. 49,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

Some men judge others by the shirt
and the diamond that is carried. For
esters judge a man by his show down
how he makes good
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
FraternaI Sanitorium.

The scheme of a fraternal sanitor-
ium for consumptives under the aus
pieces Of the. National Fraternal Con-
gress and the Associated Fraternities,
to be located in New Mexico, is grad
ually taking form, and will, it is said,
surely be carried to a successful con-
summation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

AN exchange says the fraternal bene-
fetal societies are distributing relief
wher most needed at the rate of about
500 minute. Is it not worth some
thing to be allied with such a grand
cooperative movement for the benefit
Of mankind?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
First Regular Head Camp.

The provisional Head Camp officers
til the first regular Head Camp, held
in June, 1888, at Fulton, Ill. At this
Head Camp five local camps were rep
resented by fifteen delegates. The first
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

At the close Of 1884. the first years
business, the society had 1000 men,
oers, and but one death loss. Today
there are 1850 camps, with a mem
oership of $4,000, and last year a
total OF 26.5OS death claims were paid
A total Of s49,3S7,OOO has been paid to
the widows and orphans of deceased
Woodmen. OF this sum, $462,35O has
been paid to beneficiaries Of deceased
members of the state of Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
Wa||a Wa|Ia Fraterndists Plan
Demonstration.
RIG OPEN AIR INITIATION next MONTH
voDERN WOODMEN ORGANIZE
TO SECURE LARGEST CLASS
IN INLAND EMPIRE.

To double the membership Of the
Modern Woodmen of America in Walla
ing organization in point of member
ship and enthusiasm, is the purpose of
q large percentage of the choppers of
the city. and to these ends a boosting
committee has been organized to have
charge Of the campaign The commit
Tee is representative Of the business.
interests of the organization of this
city. and the results thus far secured
from the united efforts have been
splendid indeed.
TIVE Camps Join Hands.
The plan is to give an immense class
adoption June 10, when it is hoped that
261 candidates will be ready for mi
tiation into the order. The two camps
in the city have joined issues in the
effort to make the event the biggest
in the history of the city, and no ex-
pense will be spared to give. the peo-
pie a real demonstration of Wood
men enthusiasm and fraternal coop
Grafton. From all over the county
Woodmen and their trends will journey
to this city, here to be reinforced
by the members of two camps, when
all will join in a day of rejoicing and
gaiety. Speeches, music, sports, will
make up the program, which has not
vet been definitely decided upon. In
due time announcement will be
made of the entire plan of entertain
ment
Open Air Initiation.
The committee desires now to secure
candidates for the initiation, which
will likely be so large that it will
have to be held in the open air. While
the work has scarcely begun, over a
score Of candidates have passed the
medical examination and their papers
have gone to the head office for final
approval. Twenty-fiv applications
are in sight for the next meeting of
the camp. This is the first time the
Modern Woodmen have undertaken a
big event in this city. and it is GER
tain to be the most enthusiastic out
burst of fraternal energy ever wit
messed in this section.
Mystic "261."
All over the city are to be seen little
buttons pinned to the 1apels of coats,
bearing the mystic legend "261,"
which, when understood, means 261
candidates for the honors OF Wood
craft The buttons are being followed
being followed up by the most syste-
'matic effort ever make hereabouts to
interest representative men in the
work of the society
From pres ent indications June 10
will be a gala day in Walla Walla, and
will mark a red letter day in the
history of Woodcraft in the state OF
Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

Here's to the man who thinks the
most good and speaks the least III OF
his neighbors. He's the man we love.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
A Bio Months Work.

During the month of April 1851
certificates were issued and seventy
five camps chartered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
History Of Modern Woodmen Shows
Remarkable Growth.
SMALL BEGINNING IN STATE OF IOWA
FROM A MEMBERSHIP OF Fl, so.
GETTY HAS GROWN TO NEAR.
LY 100000.

Pioneer Camp, No. /, the first local
camp of the Modern Woodmen of
America, was organized at Lyons
Clinton county, Iowa, on the evening
of January 5, 1888, with thewtny- one
charter members, by j. c. Root, the
founder.
At the time Pioneer Camp, No. 1,
Head Camp was organized.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

AS rule, the man who can tell you
all about the problem Of life. can't
work it himself.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05

No great man ever had time to play
checkers in the middle of the day.