The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-14
GRAND COUNSELOR
SENDS EPISTLE
w. 3. cLARKsoN SENDS our
GENERAL LETTER TO ALL THE
U. c. 7. BOYS OF NORTH DAko.
TA-Asks FOR COOPERATION
IN WORK OF ORGANIZATION.

The following letter has been Sent
out to the membership in this juris-
diction by the grand counselor, w. b
GARRISON of Owatonna, Mimi:
Brethren: Delegates representing
you and the entire membership OF this
Jurisdiction unanimously conferred on
me the greatest honor within nv life
experience--your vote of confidence in
me. thank you. With deep humil-
ity approach the task of acting as
your leader.
Naturally one may assume, this
vote OF confidence carries with II
your enthusiastic support and Won
must admit 1t is a fair assumption.
You have selected me as leader, win
you play the game? Remembering
your boyhood days, viii you play
follow my leader %
The Chinese peril has no terrors 10
compare with this body of men. once
fully aroused to the Importance OF
given proposition. MY constant
prayer is that you may be aroused to
the great need for individual effort In
this superstructure of the II. G. T.isn
that 1t may be handed down to poster
tty healthy, vigorous and clean fra
ternal building.
We have selected as our motto for
the year the following slogan: There
is only c@e way to have good sery-
ants; that is to be worthy apf being
well served.
1 tried an experiment recently.
briefly stated as follows: Meeting
the first nifty members Of the order at
random, I asked this question: BE
coming convinced that through gem
eral indifference the order was In dan
ger Of being broken up, would you
give q share of your time and a fair
share Of your money, ii necessary. to
rehabilitate it?"
Forty five answered YES. Three re
turned qualified yes and the others
did not say no. but like the rats that
leave a doomed ship when it is no
longer seaworthy. they were willing
to stay and partale OF the good things
that others served to them.
With unity Of purpose great things
are accomplished, and in this spirit |
we can boost the membership lat to
In each local council will increase
The help we give each other in this
world is a debt we owe each other"
The members Of this order are men
who, having the money to pay, would |
be ashamed to leave to this world /
owing any man a dollar, but how
about your obligations to humanity
That can only be paid In deeds of vir-
ne and elf-sacrifice?
! enclose you card of enlistment Il
n the y. G. r. booster club OF North
Dakota. Get In the game and follow
your leader and promise you moth
ne will be required that any booster
'annot DO easily and gladly. want
o know now who are the boosters.
Please NIL out and return the enclosed
ard as promptly as you can attend L
% your business mail.
Let us be consistent and practical.
Jet constitution and commit to II
memory the purposes OF the order as
outlined by It's founders.
Our ritual Is 81 rare code Of ethics
without an equal FOR brevity III the
English language. and / ask you to be
! student of the ritual. III the pur-
loses Of this order mean anything let
- continually strive to boost them To
. higher place in the fraternal world. III
Don't be satisfied with any of7Fcer
gho cannot commit his ritual TO mem
'ry and prepare himself to confer the
iegree OF the order iii the sn0af Ina
,resstve manner possible. All men
'annot dc this equally well, but the
Inc IL easily drawn between hi who
ries and the other kind.
Your grand executive COMMITTEES has
'yer stood ae bulwark of the order
lnder the ahle craftsmanship OF our