The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-12
ON THE NORTH SIDE
Annual Banquet of Red Men to
Ee Held.
Date Is Fixed for Eighth OF
April.
JOHN BRIGHT INVITED
National Lecturer Of the Order
Will Be Present.
Items of Interest From Across
the KaW.

Preparations are belnS maoe Dy lnS
Red Men of Wamponoa Tribe No. 80,
for their annual banquet which will be
held April s. John A. Bright, national
lecturer for the order, is among those
who have been invited to speak. Orin
McAfferty, one of the most active
members of wamponoa tribe. is chair
man of the programme committee.
The North Topeka lodge was organ
lied April 8, 1903. In spite of the re-
verses indirectly due to the foods, the
lodge has a membership of eighty. and
indications are that it will continue to
grow and prosper.
The history of the lodge as national
organization is peculiarly interesting,
as it is interviewer with the history OF
the nation.
The order started from a band of
men called the Son of Liberty, organ
ized at Boston in 1865 by those patriots
who threw the tea from the British
ships into the harbor. George Wash
ington was the first president of this
lodge. The motto of the organization
was then Liberty In 1873 it was
called the Columbian Order. Indian
ceremonies were adopted.
In 1913, just after the war of 1912, the
lodge was called THE Red Men" and
the word, Friendship was added to the
motto, at Fort Mifhin, near Philadel-
phia, Pa
Men was organized at Baltimore, Md
The motto was Liberty, Friendship
and Charity
The ladies' branch of the lodge. or the
Degree of Pocahontas, was instituted
February %, 1887. Following this
military branch. the Red Mems League,
was organized in 1898. Since then the
Red Men have increased in numbers
until their councils meet in nearly
every city in the United States. Their
membership now is about 100000.
IT can't understand why the water in
this new we'll should be so very cold.
1t was just pumped a moment ago"
This what a North Topeka man said
recently as he took drink from his
neighbor's water bucket. The netghbor
heard him, smiled a smile, but replied
nothing However, he knew what made
the water so cold. Just after the buck
ct had been filled from the pump out in
the yard, it had been placed near
fence corner, and a sudden gust of
wind had blown quantity of snow into
Et. This was not noticed by the man
who took drink a few moments after
wards and today he Is marvehng at the
icy coldness Of his neighbor's well wa
ter
A past masters meeting Of the Ma
sonic lodge Golden Rule No. so, was
held at the lodge hall last night. The
third degree was conferred on Ralph
Campbell, Ira Otis Goodno and Charles
Chapman. The work was put on by w.
c. Garvey, postmaster of Topeka lodge
No IL and Frank Mcfarland, past jun
ior warden of Orient lodge No. 81.
worshipfu1 Brother Horace Miller acted
as master, Worshipful Brother w S.
Bergundthal as senior warden, Wor
shipful Brother w. H. Rutter, as jun
iOr warden, Worshipful Brother H. L.
Buechner as: senior deacon. and Wor-
shipful Brother n. c. Bowen as Junior
deacon Toasts were given by George
Baker, Ward Page, George Painter, and
James Forbes. Golden Rule lodge was
organized in 1870. 1t has a membership
of about 195.
Services at the Church of the Good
Shepherd on Laurent and Quincy street
will be morning prayer at IL O'Clock,
Nau will preach at the evening service.
Miss Comstock will sing as an offertery
solo Come Unto Me" Young People, |
Bible class at 10 a. m. All are welcome. |
Prayer and hymn books provided.
A North To~eka man who discovered |
dime in an old suit of clothes he was |
pressing is guilty of the following:
If there is any one pleasure more rare |
than the rest,
It's to find a slick dime,
In a last years vest.
Notes and Personals.
r. S. Timmons, of Laclede was the |
guest yesterday of his daughter, Mrs |
He was on his way home from a trip |
through Texas.
Louis r. Smith and Mary Alice s. |
Jenkins were married at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon at the Church of the