Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-22
DOINGS MONDAY
Report of Modern WOOdmen


Members of Log Camp No. 4O1,
Modern Woodmen of America, and
others will be interested in the mem
| bership statement just issued by the
head clerk, covering the months of
November and December, 1903, which
shows that at the close of the year
1908 the society had 960,29 benefi-
clal members in good standing, rep
resenting an insurance in force of
| 1918, 313, 600 In addition, there
were 1886 social members in good
standing and 22,5O0 certificates out
standing on which adoptions had not
yet been reported, making the grand
total membership at the close of the
year 1,O2O,l55. The adoptions during
the two months amounted TO 1S,457,
representing an Insurance of $25,
1000, and there were 1855 reinstate-
ments OF members in suspension with
insurance in force of S16,274,0 900. The
increase in certificate amounts, due
. old members changing the amounts
OIL their benefit certificates, represent
ed $1,147,500 Insurance. There was
a net gain in beneficial members dur
ing the two months of 15,40S and in
insurance in force of $21, 59S,000.
At the close of the year 1908 there
were 1902 camps in good standing,
255 of which were chartered during
the last two months of the year.
There were 25,66S benefit certificates
issued during the two months, Abs
in new camps and q ,553 in old camps.
Tennessee leads the states in the
number of new camps chartered dur
ing the two months, having to its
credit "a new camps; Arkansas is
second with 20 new camps to it's
credit; Texas third, with 25; Ken
tucy fourth, with 20; and North Car
DINA fifth, with IA new camps. Hi
nois leads in number of benefit GER
tificates issued during the two months
with 3148 to it's credit. Missouri
comes next with 1905; Kansas with
1922; Iowa with 1867 and Texas with
1928.
The statement of Head Clerk G.
w. Halves, submitted to the biard of
auditors of the society, now in SEES
sion at the head office checking the
books and accounts of the head clerk
and head banker gives some interest
ing summarizes of the business of the
Modern Woodmen society for the fin
al six months of 1908. In the bene-
fit fund on July 1, 1908, there was a
balance of $3,516, $500, and the re-
ceipts in assessments for the six
months, July 1 to December 81, in
elusive, footed $4,354, 911.25. The in
terest receipts aggregated $16,951.39
making the total available in the ben,
eft fund, $7,8SS, 698.95. During the
six months period, the society dis.
bursed $4,351 ,464.20 in payment OF
death claims, invested $780, 1885
in bonds, and transferred from the
general to benefit fund, account re,
bates to members chargeable to ben,
eft fund, but paid out of the general
fund $232995, these items represent
ling a total of $1,000, 1910, and leav.
ling a cash balance in the benefit fund
on December 81, 1908, of 1927, 915.S5
On July 1, 1908, there was a balance
lin the society's general fund of $435,-
1882, and the receipts to that fund
during the sir months period, from all
sources, footed $593,165.7O, making a
total of $1,028,2 79.62.
The disbursements on all accounts
from the general fund footed $685.
053.88, leaving balance on Deem
Der 81, 1908, of $355,225.74. The big
items of expense chargeable to the
general fund during the six months
period covered by the statement are
shown to have been, expense of field
work, $175,072.7S; head camp meet
ling, including state camps, $105,42S.-
So; publication of official paper, $89,
IS22.36, and head clerk hire, SCI, 3O3.70