Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-06
NEW COURT u. OF.
Organized in City Last Frjdag Even.
ing--.96 Charter Members

ing-..96 Charter Members
| Most suspicious was the or
ganization Of Court Minnewau-
kan, Number 246, United Order
of Foresters, at K. P. hall last
Friday evening. The court
starts with a membership of
ninety-six charter members,
among whom are some of the
most prominent business and
professional men of the city.
The United Order of Foresters
lis sound beneficiary society,
and no better insurance of this
kind is known.
The representative body of
men and women who gathered
in the hall Friday evening must
have been source Of gratifca-
ton to Mr.. L. F. Cole, the state
organizer, and Thomas Turner
of this city, his assistant,
through whose untiring efforts
these encouraging results were
attained.
| At 8:45 Mr.. Cole called the
meeting to order and read the
names of the ninety-six appli-
cants for charter membership.
They were then voted on collect
lively by the candidates present.
The obligation was then admin
listered by Mr.. Cole. The cleo
ton of officers to serve until the
next regular election in Deem
Der was in order, and without
opposition the following gentle
men were elected: Chief ranger,
Judge J. F. Henry; past chief
ranger, J. L. Steele; vice ranger,
James Collinson; secretary
Marion Small; treasurer, Allie
Haig; chaplain, Rev. T. A. Of
son; chief archer, Ed Nolan
inner woodward, Harold Con
molly; outer woodward, Jay
Miller. The newly elected Off
GERS we're then administered the
obligation of office, after which
they were conducted to their
respective stations.
| Mr.. Cole delivered a short ad.
dress on Forestry, which was lis.
tened to with the GREATEST at,
tention and much appreciation
AS the organization is yet
young it is on the soundest Fl.
nancial basis. 1t is pliable
and flexible to Improvement. AL
eady, the court just organized ir
in the city had the largest mem
bership of any court in the state
He said this was to be both his
Introductory and farewell ad
dress, as he was to leave fol
Minot in few days to perfec'
an organization at that place
He then presented the court with
a beautiful sixteen foot Ameri
can flag from himself, Mr.. Sam
. uels, high vice ranger of the or
ganization, and Mr.. Turner.
! J. j. Lowe of Court Larimors
228, made a few remarks of con
graduation to the new court
He complimented them on thu
fact that they were starting ou
; with such large and represen
; tative membership.
The Rev. T. A. Olson followed
with a short address. He sale
that this was his first experience
of being installed in a secret so
ciety. However, if all secret So
cieties were so constituted it was
his opinion that a secret society
was very good place to get into
Mr.. Olson spoke of idealism and
of every one as being in search
for an ideal. He said that the
ideal in fraternaism will not be
realized until we attain the idea
of character.
i Judge Henry was in his hap
'piest mood. He said he had new
er taken part in the installation
of any insurance lodge where
!; such good start was evidenced
He also spoke Of fraternalism
and of how often we are apt to
get the religious mixed up with
the commonplace. To illustrate
this assertion he told a story of
"a very religiously inclined man
sIwho stopped at a farm house
4 over night. In the morning he
I Twas awakened by the sound of
1.-THE farmers wife singing"Near-
Her Ny God to Thee - He was
much gratified at this, and later
lion COMMUNICATED the woman m