The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-07
WOOOMEn MAKE
fine SHOWING IN
Street PARADE
Marching Camps Attest Nu-
merlcaI Strength of Or
der in Utah.
CLASS OF 500 INITIATED
BY LEADING OFFICIALS
VARIOUS FESTIVITIES ENJOYED
IN CONNECTION WITH FIRST
ANNUAL LOG ROLLING.

With bands playing and banners
streaming, the Woodmen of the World
marched through the streets of Salt
Lake at dusk yesterday evening on
their way to the Salt Palace to witness
the Initiation of 500 candidates for the
honor of membership in the order. The
marching camps gave conclusive proof
of the numerical strength of the Wood
men in Utah. There were probably
1000 men in the parade, and it was es-
timated that there were about 1900
members of the order in the city, in
Guiding the women's auxiliary.
1t was the first annual log rolling Of
the Utah WOodmen. The festivities be-
gan In the afternoon at the Salt Pal
ace, where there were sports and
mingling of the members of the order
from various points.
In the evening, the new members
were allowed to ride the goat 1t was
an interesting event. All of the twen-
ty-one camps In Utah contributed to
the occasion in sending lists of candi-
dates for initiation and swelling the
total TO 500. The new members, of
course, will, now that they have been
made WOOdmen, belong to the camps
in the towns in which they reside
Boak Conducts Ceremony.
The ceremony of teaching the 500 re-
cTuitS the secrets of Wooderaft was
conducted by Head Consul l. l. Boak of
Denver, assisted by Head Adviser T.
Clinton Neale of Pasadena, Cal; Head
Managers John P. Robinson of Oakland,
CAL; John Pattison of Colfax, Ore;
Frank Hawk of Pueblo, Colo; Head
Waterman Angus Mcclellan of Salt
nf Taa
1t was estimated that nearly 1000
Woodmen took part in the parade last
night The streets We're lined with
spectators, some of the corners being
so damned that it was difficult for
those who were very little or very short
to see what was going on.
The parade formed at Second South
and West Temple streets, and marched
to Main street, where the Woodmen
marched as far north as the Brigham
Young monument, and then turned and
proceeded south in Main street to
Fourth South street, where cars were
taken for the Salt Palace
Order of Parade.
The procession was led by Harry
Don, grand marshal At his side, keep
ing the crowd back, was a mounted po-
1ceman. Next came a squad of eight
Hempel and Sergeant Roberts.
Back Of the policemen were two au-
tcmobiles. In the first was Farley P
Christensen, chairman of the commit
tee of siXty-three, and several Of the
national officers of the Woodmen. The
second machine contained other leaders
in the order.
! c. E. Olson led the first division. It
'was made up of WoOdmen from Weber
camp "a of Ogden, headed by the Utah
Hot Springs band. The Weber degree
team, under Captain Morris, marched
in advance of the other Ogden follow
ers of woodcraft. The Ogden contri-
button to the amusing features of the
parade was q. big wOodman's ak. which
seemed was made for one of the giants
described in Gulliver's travels, but as
one sturdy WoOdman carried il, little
doubt was left that it was not made
of any more solid material than paper
There were more than 100 members
from Ogden in line.
Next came the members of Arbor
camp Sl5 of Bingham Junction, led by
their degree team, followed by Logan
camp TAT, with a degree team looking
spick and span in red uniforms.
Daughters of Davis County.
Bountiful camp 692 was next in line.
headed by a large float in which there
was cluster of young daughters of
the WOodmen of Davis county They
were seated about tremendous lily,
from which protruded the curly head of
DR.. Smedlec's little daughter, Peru.
In the third division, led by William
Mines, Mahogany camp of Murray had
a float representing large log of the
timber after which their camp was
named. An ak, a maui and a wedge on