The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-12
GREAT INCOHONEE
WELL RECEIVED
RECEPTION AND RousING MEET
ING LAST NIGHT RENDERED
HIGHEST OFFICIAL IN ORDER
or RED MEN-PARADED ABOUT
STREETS.

/ The Red Men Of Fargo and Moor.
mead took complete possession of both
cities yesterday afternoon and retain.
cd their supremacy until far into tn.
wee hours this morning. The coca.
sion, which will be long remen1beret
by all the red skins Of both cities
was the coming OF the great chic
tied Man, Great Incohonee George IL
Grtggs or Houston, Tex.
Mr. Griggs, former member OF the
senate OF the lone star state, arrived
earlier than he had been expected.
as was announced In The Forum yes
terday. During the day he spent with
number of the officials of the Daco-
tab and White Cloud tribes and in the
afternoon at 4 o'clock he was met by
special escort. accompanied bv a
band, at the Gardner hotel and parad-
ed through the streets to Assembly
han, where a public reception was
rendered him.
senator Griggs was officially well
coined to the city by Mayor Lowell.
who was introduced by Past Master II
M Speer The mayor was very happy
In his remarks. as he usually is. and
made the great incohonee feel perfect
ly at home. He said the smallness
OF the audience which greeted the
Texas state senator. was probably due
70 the hourof the reception and to the
season OF the year, as North Dakotans
are all very busy just now, right In the
harvest or the busy season. He Thought
It was quite an honor for the city OF
Fargo to have so extinguished a guest
as the chief Red Man Of the nation
here and he hoped his visit here
would be pleasant in every detail.
The great incohonee profusely thank
ed the mayor for his generous re-
marks and commented upon the beauty
Or Fargo, stating he would always re-
member the hearty welcome he had
received here. Then he commented on
the distance between the chief points
OF the country In comparison with
those within the limits of his own
state. He stated that q trip from his
home on the gulf to Chicago would
not be nearly as great as from one
end Of Texas to the other.
He emphasized the necessity and adj
vantage Of fraternal brotherhoods
which had SO strongly tended to bind
men together In all parts of the coun-
try. And with q selection by the
band, the afternoons session ended.
followed by an informal reception.
Great Incohonee Grigss was escort
ed from his hotel in the evening to
tho wigwam In the Assembly hal
where there was one Of the biggest
meetings ever held Of the kind In the
city. TO the large audience that
gathered to hear his address, gena-
tor Griggs spoke at length on the or
der he represents. fraternaI orders in
general and all the advantages mem
bership IN them brings.
Then he touched fully on the great
work OF the Red Men and on the Inn
portant work he himself was doing in
regard to the national Indian memorial
at Washington, which viii be placed
under the management Of the Smith
sonian Institution when It is cons
pleted and donated to the nation by
the Improved Order OF Red Men.
Following his address, there was q
big initiation. which was one OF the
largest classes ever received into the
wigwam Of the order In Fargo. The
palefaces were given q war dance and
made their final preparations Tor the
departure into the land of the happy
hunting ground. They came through
all right and the order ID materially
increased In number to-day