Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-13

Great guard of tepee-Mrs. Elizabeth
Gilbert, Boone.
Great guard of forest-Mrs. Nellie
Paulson.
The session of the great council OF
the Degree of Pocahontas this morning
opened with memorial services in men,
ory of twenty-one members who have
passed to the wigwam of the Great
Spirit during the past year. The dele
gates sang Nearer My God to Thee"
No speeches marked the memorial
services. A delegation OF three great
chiefs was reported in the forest and
was escorted into the great council.
Il G. w. Wheeler, p. D. Swick and J. F..
Rail, the members of the Red Men
committee. made short addresses. Dep
uty Great Incohonee w. B. Keffer then
raised the chiefs to the various stumps
of the order and the council fires we're
quenched.
Two Offices Contested.
After spirited four corhered fight
for the Office of great junior sycamore,
at the great sun session of the great
council of the Improved Order of Red
Men of the reservation Of Iowa, yester-
Il
her of Ute tribe, No. so, of Denison,
was elected to the office on the second
ballot. The election of the great junior
sycamore was the feature of yester-
days session of the Red Mems great
council and there was warm fight be-
tween Carl F.. Kuehnle. the successful
candidate, and Thomas H. Grifith of
Hiteman. P. D.. Swick of Boone and w.
/ TT T. NJ D1cy hi, fhn
! three aspirants. The first ballot re-
suited in no majority for either OF four
candidates. Swick and Kesteven then
dropped out Of the race.
/ On the second ballot. Great Chief
Kuehnle was successful over Great
/ Chief Griffith of Hiteman, the result
Of the ballot being los votes for
Kuehnle and S6 votes for Griffith.
Kuehnle was declared elected. There
was also a contest for the office OF
| great representative, Paul Lagomar-
| cino of Davenport and r. G. Priebe of
Des Moines being candidates. Great
Chief Priebe was successful on the
first ballot
Days Work Lauded.
The great work accomplished by
Great Chief of Records Frank A. Day
and Great Keeper of Wampum e. r.
Campbell Of Burlington was recog-
nized by no candidates aspiring to the
Offices, and they we're reelected by &C
clamation. ]. Klinker of Denison. Geo.
Eberly of Des Moines and w. E. Smith
of Des Moines were elected members
of the committee on the state of the
order and G. w. Whitehill of Oska-
loosa, F. E. Richardson of Mt. Ayr and
H. G. Thompson of Muscatine were
elected members OF the committee on
distribution.
Legislation Enacted.
An amendment to Section 16, Article
No. Q Of the constitution for change OF
time and place OF holding the great
[council was introduced yesterday aft
ernoon and was referred to the judi
ciary committeeman who recommend
ed it's passage. Objections were offer
LED by Great Chief of Records Day and
the proposed change was held over
until the next great council of the or
der Some Of the members of the
! great council are in favor of holding
the great council in May instead Of
June. Another part Of the proposed
; change in the time and place Of hold
ling the great council was leaving the
: power in the hands of the great coun-
ell officers to change the time Of the
: meetings if they saw At in case of an
lepidemic or any other unavoidable
/, cause in the city where the great
lcouncn was to be held. The latter sec
ton leaving the power in the hands OF
!. the great council meeting was the
cause OF contention and resulted in the
placing Of the amendment over until
next year A document was introduced
providing for an increase of per cap
t tia tax to ftfty-five inches including
t 1.-THE guardian and orphans tax and this
, WAS referred to the judiciary commit
. itee. The present per capita tax is fifty
! inches.
! New Officers Talk.
The newly elected great junior saga
: more Carl F. Kuehnle Of Denison was
4 called upon and responded with a
! short talk in his eloquent manner. r.
lG. Priebe Of %Des Moines. the newly
elected great representative was call
ed upon and delivered a. short talk in
his forceful manner and style. e. A.
Patterson of Wappeshiek tribe No. 122
OF Iowa City in short talk announced
/. that he would be a candidate for the
stump of great junior sycamore at the
next great sun session of the great
council of the reservation Of Iowa. The
report Of the finance committee show
ing the disbursements was adopted.
1o,9 talk filed with inspirin2