Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-25
Council Bluffs
WOODMEN SELECT OFFICERS
S. T. Hubner Of Burlington Head Con-
sui for Ensuing Year.
NEXT CONVENTION TO DUBUQUE
Cedar Rapids Puts IN n Vigorous
Contest, hut winning city Comes
Forward with "a Lib
craI offer.

New officers Of Jurisdiction II OF the
woodmen OF the World were installed
Wednesday morning at Counci Bluffs and
in the afternoon the officers and all the
delegates were given a trolley ride TO
Omaha TO visit the head camp. The general
headouarters had been decorated with bunt-
ing and flowers and refreshments were
served.
The convention which has been IN ses-
sion at Council Bluffs is not a law-making
body Of the order. but was empowered 10
select delegates TO the meeting OF the SOW
crclgn camp at Detroit in June. Twenty
one similar meetings Of jurisdictions have
been held to select delegates.
These are the new officers:
Head Consul-s. r. Huebner, Burlington.
Head Advisor-W. II. Beenk. Davenport.
Head Banker-P. ]. Martin. Waterloo.
Head Clerk-A. A. Clark, Des Moines.
Head Escort-N. Leineu. Charlton.
Head Watchman-E. E. Mathews, Sioux
Head sentlnel-C. ". wellsted. Waterloo.
Head Managers-Eruest Mueller. Du-
buque; ]. II. Wyllie. Sigourney ,. w. Por-
ter, Eagle Grove. l.. Barboe, Sioux city
IT.. T.. McGec Osceola.
Delegate to Sovereign Campbell G. Nor
gan. Council Bluffs.
Dubuque was selected as the place for
holding the convention in 1911, Cedar Rapids,
which also made a bid for the meeting, los
ing out by twenty-four votes.
The report of Head Consul Geiger showed
that the order had a membership Of be-
tween 1900 and 1900 in Iowa
When the opening session of the third
biennial convention Of the Iowa head camp
of the Woodmen Of the World was called
to order yesterday morning in the ball
room on the top floor of the Grand hotel
] - 80 IH---F = y T-s--- ~F T@l@.
Rapids, the roll call showed an attendance
Of about $50 delegates.
Following the roll call Head Consul Gel.
ger turned the meeting over to Carl A. Nor.
gan. consul commander of the local camp
and Mayor Thomas Maloney was intro.
duced. Mr.. Maloney since being elected
chief executive of the municipality of Coun-
ell Bluffs has developed into an orator OF
no mean ability, and his address of wei.
come on behalf of the city made quite q
hit with the convention. Dell Morgan, fol.
lowed the mayor with a short address o.
welcome on behalf of the local members
Head Consul Geiger responded in a happy
vein.
Opening of Business Session.
The business of the morning session
opened with a joint report on the meet
ing of the sovereign camp at Norfolk, Va.
made by Past Head Consul Win s.. White
of Sioux City and Head Consul Geiger.
Greetings were read from Sovereign Com
mander Joseph Cullen Root who, becaus,
of the illness of his wife is unable to at
tend the convention. He is at present II
Hot Springs. Ark.
Following the appointment of these com
mittecs an adjournment was taken 70
lunch;
Credentials-J Coker, James G. Brad
ley. M. L. MCGEE, A, E. Thurner:
Mileage and Per Diem-F. II. Dewey
c. T. Barry, F. w. Ralph, w. o. Fur
man. r. J, Swanson.
RfsoI saiS - j H Gir wylie, c. 4 saloc
fatt, Elmer Kirkpatrick. e. l. Martin
Walter Daniels. Leroy Christy.
LestslationLPhilo j. Martin, Ed Hamil
ton. ]. B. Ahrens, c. II. French, j.
Jacoby.
Miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures Gotlot
!; s.. saum. A. j. Knapp, G. I. Jordan, E
Vlsitors-wynne S. White, G. F. wooley
II. A. Smith, G. A. Morgan, c. w. Stanley
rqftHlshed Business-F J. swanson !
P. PUBLISH.
Place and Time-F. NJ. Barta. Alex Graf,
f.. r. Maussean, w. F. Schmidt.
Tellers-G. f. McMurray, G.. Aspinwal
c. G. Scott, John Roth, A. I. Bailey.
Dubuque Bids for Meeting.
The election of officers and the selectio
of the convention city for 1911 took plac
at the afternoon session. The boosters fror
J Cedar Rapids were evidently greatly dlsap
pointed at failing to land the convention
but were just twenty-four votes short @
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