Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
INDEPENDENT ORDER
FORESTERS

X124ArH&E good and welfare" whose
&1 duty II Is to provide
entertainment under that head at the
next meeting of the court.
In accordance with this custom the
entertainment provided at the last
meeting of the court, held on Tuesday
evening of last week, was of particu-
larly enjoyable character, being no less
than a well enacted minstrel show
given by members of the court. The
program consisted of songs, recitations,
musical sketches and other BLACK face
specialties. 1t was rendered In man
ner that would have done credit to a
troupe of professionals. and were 1t not
that they were betrayed by their voices
1t would have been extremely difficult
to believe that the participants were
not of the genuine coon" variety. The
large number of members of the coert
and visiting members present voted the
entertainment one of the best OF the
series thus far given by the court.
AS an evidence of the value Of news
paper advertising we are informed that
the reward" offered by Brother John
H. Bean for information relative to the
whereabouts of the big melon which
was mentioned in the items OF last
weeks issue, has been claimed by one
of the members of his own court, who
has not yet recovered from an attack
of heart failure over the munificient
reward rendered to him for the said In
formation, to wit, the sum Of then QO
cents. Huh!
Up to the time of this writing FIVE
companion courts and thirty-three
subordinate courts have failed to send
| in the credentials of their delegates to
the approaching session of the high
court This Is a matter that should re-
ceiye the immediate attention of each
and every court that has not yet done
| so as 1t is a great saving of time at the
opening of the high court session to
| have the name of every delegate duly
| entered in the high court records. Conf
| panion and brother secretaries should
| give this matter the earliest attention.
At. the meeting of court La Fiesta No.
| $50, held on Wednesday evening last,
Brother G.. w. Hood one OF the old time
members and valued workers in the
order. was almost unanimously in
dorsed by the court as a candidate for
supreme honors at the approaching ses-
sion of the high court. Brother Hood
| came within very narrow margin or
election as supreme representative at
| the session of the high court held at
San Diego in 1904, and by their votes
the members of court La Fiesta pro-
at the approaching session of the high
court, and will use all honorable means
to secure his election.
The open meeting of court Westmin-
ster No. 891 held on Friday, September
| 49, in commemoration of the sixteenth
| anniversary of the institution OF the
court, was one of the best meetings OF
| it's kind ever given by the court. the
large hall occupied by the court as a
meeting place was comfortably filled
with the members of the order and
their friends, who had assembled to as
sist In the celebration. A fine program
of vocal and instrumental music, as
we'll as recitations and other matters
II of interest was rendered, and this was
followed by an hours talk on matters
of interest to the order, and to the an
swering of questions >relating to mem
bership therein by Brother w. H. Perry
} high secretary The meeting was
voted to have been one of the most in.
l-teresting ever held by this court and
4 was followed by spread" OF fruits
watermelons, cakes, etc. One gentle
man came forward and voluntarily
handed in his application for member
| shin in the court and there are otnerS
who will follow his lead.
Among all of the questions submitted
| to the high secretary by members OF
| the court the only one which he was
| unable to answer was what has be-
| come of the D. 8. c. r. and the Officers
| Of the high court who were present
prior to the opening of the meeting,
but who left the hall before the meet
ing was called to order and were not
seen again during the EVENING"