The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-05
HEAD OFFICE HERE
National Kennel of Yellow
Dogs in Topeka.
Cities Apply to This City for
Charters.
FARRELL SPREADS FEVER
Chapters Placed in Cities of
Three States.
Money Collected for Charitable
Work Here.
EVER

This Yellow Dog craze has been pop
ularized to such an extent that Topeka
has been recognized over the West as
| the national headquarters of the or
~sanization. Lawyers, doctors, bankers
judges and business men from differ
ent parts of the West lave written to
Topeka for a permit to form a kennel
in their city. The interest in the dog
loving fraternity has been sufficient
to cause a formal ritual, a national
set of robes and a regulation initia-
ton to be formulated by the general
officers in this city.
Cities all over the west have applied
to the executive offices of the Grand
Kennel, Ancient and Honorable Order
of Yellow Dogs of the World in To-
peka for branch kennels. This Yellow
Dog organization has been perfected in
Topeka and has been taken up WITH
enthusiasm by scores of cities and
towns.
j. F. FARRELL, publicity agent of the
Santa Fe, who is Grand Eulogizins
Cur of the grand kennel in Topeka
has installed chapters at Bartlesviile,
Ok, Pueblo, Col. and Oklahoma City.
Frank Stevens. assistant superintend-
ent of the city waterworks, has IN
stalled a kennel at Kansas City and
has given the work to Shriners from
all over the country.
A committee from the Topeka
grand kennel will make a jaunt
chapters at Fort Riley, Wichita,
Hutchinson. Atchison and Holton. Be
fore the trip is planned it is possible
that more cities will be included in the
list.
THE Yellow Dogs primarily was
a Clnh formed for the nI1rnOSa of QiV-
ing the initiation. A new proviso has
been included in the Topeka constitu-
ton. Every member who is taken n
the kennel must contribute a certain
sum-the money to be used for char
liable The charity fund has
been started. Two or three times a
year the Yellow Dogs will aid the poor.
The Yellow Dogs first appeared in
of the Ph: Delta Theta fraternity men
at Washturn college gave degrees at
their chapter house. The fever"
Travelled throughout the college circles
and then passed On to other college
towns. = few months ago it came
back or its return trip-this time the
Topeka Ad club was given the degrees
at Leayerworth. Then a bunch of
young fellows among the Masons took
ho.d OF The initiation, wrote a ritual
and form ed a permanent organization.
This organization puts on the degrees
in all the style-even robes and spears
and alcohol fires are used.
From here kennels nave been estab-
lished over the country AID Topeka
has been recognized as the national
headquarters of the Yellow Dogs.
The officers are: Grand exalted cur,
Frank L. Sturges assistant exalted
cur, James B. Doncyson; grand hum
bling cur, T. S. Kirkpatrick; assistant
grand humbling cur. Samuel thinner
man; grand scribb1ing cur, Chester A.
Griver; grand keeper of the bones, c.
B. Burge: grand keeper of the kennel,
Fred c. Fuller; assistant grand keep
er of kennel, Charles E. Joslin; grand
cur, George Godfrey Moore;
grand rowling cur, Elmo B. Whit
more; assistant grand bowling cur,
Clement Smith.