The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-11
CA|RODS" HOO-H0O"
OF Their Recent concate
nation Under the Direction Of
veeaarent Shark p, T.
Langan.

The following story of the great
gathering Of HOO Hoos" in Cairo and
yhelr entertainment BY the Cairo
Cats" rs from he Hoo Hoo Eulletln
for February. Just out when also
gives a fine likeness of Mr.. langan
"Thi3 concentration WAS one Of the
best ever held In the hi tory OF the
order II vas perhaps the best con
cattuation eyer held al cairo This
4 latter Is quite as strong 2tcTfat
al TIE /. rmer re meeting occurred at
lthe termination Of he aanua caaN n.
| tion III the Southern lillo Gnaber
/ Dealers Association. 10 VIII cd prac-
ically every legitimate and reputable
retailer in the southern half OF the
tate belongs The meetings. Of lhis
association are always attended By
many wholesale lambermen, lumber
manufacturers, railroad men and mum
erous others This year the assoeia
zion meeting was the largest ever, so
that Vicegerent p. r. Langan had
everything in his favor N working mp
big class. He did not specially
strive for numbers, however He coali
easily have wri.en mp ten or twenty
more blanks. What NJ sought for
was quality. and this he had The
Bulletin does net remember in recent |
years to have seen enrolled finer
lot Of men.
The ncatenation was held in The |
beautiful lodge room of the Elks |
which had been deliberately and hand |
7omely decorated with pine trees and /
other hrubhery sent in from the Hut I
( d ARK. plant Of the Union Sawmill |
co. Al each of the stations for the
officers was located : section OF a big
pine tree. 70 the top OF which was
5olted the usual circular saw Instead
of the gavel The officer was armed
with an iron hammer and whenever
ne brought it down on the saw You
could see he long line of candidates
ahudder from end to end Tee pace
IN the floor in which the initiation
vas to occur was rrped off, so the
wo hundred spectators could not pos
dhly crowd in and interfere with the
work.
Reference to the figures below will |
show that forty-one men We're initi- |
,ted and that Vicegerent Langan pre-
sided as Shark. asst ted by the su-
rene Sccivenoter. Luke Russell, the
'1nous eX-Fieag rent Tor the Southern /
District Of Kentucky, held the position
,s Senior Hoo-Hoo. A. c. Ramsey, Of |
st. Louis, did the Junior work And
light here The Bulletin wants TO re-
cord that there has eldom been seen
, better example of Jun or work than
Mr. Ramsey handed out II was fun
md. comprehensive. without fer a sin
,le moment oversteppiug due bounds.
"A number Of other distinguished
Iou-Hoos participated in the militia
OF. A. B Simouson as 81 jun. Char
as s. Wolhln &C Jabberwock, z. D.
'arey as CustocaJian, and F. G Han
~ as Gurdon were all ex-Vicegerents.
resent al the Sharks station and ac
lively interested in the meeting was
x-Yicegerents Ahrens. of the South
IN District of Wiseoa in and TON
1oore, of the Eastern District Of Mis-
Our.
AT the conclusion of the initiatory
york the broad portals at the south
nd Of the hall were thrown open and
4 marched a score or more of wait
RS with heavily laden trays These X
len had been held IN waiting IN.
lOwn to the as embed crowd. Long
lbles were hastily put up in the hall {
nd the old members and new kittens
I'll 70 on enc of the most enjoyable Z
preads ever provided at that hour in
be morning The session on the
oof' was purely informal No effort
.as made to have it any other way A
aw brief speeches We're made and q
GOD many stories told. Vicegerent r.
. r. hertson Of Paducah, rendered a
crdial invitation TO an those present Il
% attend his confederation az Padg-
eh on March 27 And SO ended one
Z the very best considerations ever
.eld