The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-11-25

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The Victory Hofliesteaders No. 2
held their regular semi-monthly meet
ing last evening. at the Turner Hall.
The regular business of the order was
taken up. Abottfifty of the members
were present besides seven new candi-
dates. Initiative work was given the
new candidatessa fifteen new appli-
cations were received. A committee
was appointed to make arrangements
for banquet to be held in honor of
the working team who recently return
ed from Des Moines. All the men,
bers present last evening had an en-
joyable tlins. ~
Three hundred rabbits! Sixty quail!
Six squirrels!
What h;,reeord for one days hunt.
More than half a ton of game meat
lpredltc5d from Mahas'Ka county's
woods in a single day by about fifteen
hunters. in tine Knights of Pythias
prize shoot which ended at II O'Clock
Tuesday night. hThe cotton tails had
beenschased FROM heap. to stump hole
under fences apd across creeks and
Tiouled from shedr fioies to face the
deadly shots from the guns of the
knights. Some of the nervy rabbits
turned on,their pursuers and the hunt
els claimed they had to shoot them
in self defence. The day was not
ideal for hunting and the ground too
wet but the record Of two men was
sufficient to do credit to all conditions.
J. H. Walton and Will Stanton take
the prize for the individual record,
killing together 81 rabbits, one squir-
rel and nearly a dozen quail. Homer
Hedge made a good report with about
twelve rabbits. four squirrels and two
quail ~ - q
The game asst was brought in was
turned over to an auditing committee
on duty in, the club room kitchen ind
the scores were not totaled until c.
Z. Brooke and j. j. Snyder, the two
II O'Clock train from Fremont. They
mad nearly, fortygabbits and number
of quail y u,,tg "a a.,."T.
The hunt resulted much more sat
isfactory than had been anticipated
and the game was turned over to the
Doll restaurant for cleaning and cook
ing. A portion will be served at the
big lodge banquet in the X. of P. hall
tonight and the remainder turned
pyer to charitable purposes to be dis
tribClted among the poor for Thanks
giving. The score for, the hunt was
as follows: Brooke's team, $50 points;
Walton's team. 14l0 point9.
Friday was a red letter day for Tri-
] amman Lodge No IS, A.. F. e A. NJ.
Work was exemplified in all three de-
grees, and an elaborate supper was
served to the assembled workmen by
the ladies identified with the lodge.
The work started at two o'clock in the
Afternoon and continued until IL at
night. F.. w. Glaze, w. NJ, assisted
by F. E. Smith, was in charge and
carried the ceremonies along with
dispatch and ability. One hundred
and twentynine members OF the order
were present, including number OF
visitors from other lodges. Among
the guests present from out of town
were: w. H. Young and w. P. Jack
son of Hedrick; DR.. Krout OF FIRE.
mont; w. w. Champion, James Dren-
nan, J. J. Champion, Geo. Wisnell and
w" Fl. Neill, ofiNew Sharon: Dan
aSheahan and Earl Wilcher, of Knox
vile = l.. S. Walker, T. a. Henry, A.C.
Noel, Henry Missner, of Leighton;
Mathew Weirsum, Miller, Wis; II.
Martin, Crookston, MINI; F. v. Flood,
Farmland, Ind; ]. A. Stolz, Belle
PLANE; J. d. Ridgeway, Garden Grove,
and w. G. Munroe, Peoria. Tri.
Luminar Lodge has experienced a
good growth during the past year and
more interest has been shown than
for many years before. Even during
the heated term last summer there
would be an attendance of from % to
80 at each meeting, and now the at
tendance is increasing rapidly. BY
having work in day time. several vet
eran members OF the lodge found it
convenient TO attend, who cannot be
present very well at night. Among
them We're A. J. DIR, Henry Mattox
and George Delong. Mr.. Mattox and
Mr.. Deiong are well over 80 years OF
age, but they are as Young as ever and
ENJOY the association OF the brethren.
During recess in the evenings work
the Misses Drinkle favored the as,
sembly with two songs that were APP
.preciated and roundly encored ris.
ing vote OF thanks was rendered all
the ladies who had part in the social
side OF the day. Recently the kitchen
in the lodge rooms has been greatly
enlarged by the removal OF stairway
and by changing partition. A large
gas range, new sink and other appara-
tus has also added greatly to the
lconveniences.