The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-30
Ha milton Ready to Welcome
Montana Eagles

| under the aesis Of the grand aerIe was
necessarily slim In attendance. In its
display OF sociabiiity and fraternaiism
there was nothing lacking.
Since then tho growth Of the order
has been phenomenal. There are now
more than $4,000 Eagles In the coun.
try and Il 10 expected that the half
million mark will be crowded this
year. II ID IN order that embraces
all; II receives one man with the same
cordial welcome that II accords 70
another. provided he 10 . man; that il
the one requisite Of membership.
There are % aeries In Montana. OF
these Butte 10 the oldest and Poison
acrie. No. 1867. the youngest. They
are an active lot Of workers, these
Montana Eagles and their order has
flourlshed ever since Il was introduced
TO Montana soil. The Montana men,
bershtp includes some Of the leading
citizens of the state and all are en-.
thusiastic members Of the order and
earnest in their efforts to promote It's
welfare. ~
State Convention.
The first state convention was held
In Butte. April and 8. 1908. There
were eight aerIes represented at this
convention, Butte. Great Fails. Helena.
Missoula. Havre. Billings. Livingston
and Boxeman. The session was In
teresting and resulted In the organ.
izatlon OF the state convention or state
aerie. as II Is called. The officers
chosen at the dirst convention were
headed by Peter Sanger Of Butte. who
was made state president. and J. A.
Morrelies OF Missoula, state Sec
retary.
The second state convention. held At
Billings. May s and Z. 1901. was
notable from the fact that the per-
manency Of the state organization was
made. This was an interesting session
and did much to bring together the
members Of the order In the state. The
four executive officers elected at this
meeting were as follows:
state president, J. Bruce Kremer Of
Butte aerle No. H.
state vice president. Nat @. Carwiie
OF Billings aerie No. 176.
State secretary. J. A. Morrelles OF
MissOu1a aerie No. -.
State treasurer. o. E. Gruwen Of
Billings aerle No. 176
The third state convention was held
In Anaconda. June 20 and n. 1905. and
was the livciiest session that the state
organisation had held UP to that time.
The session at Anaconda was made
memorable by the adoption Of the con-
stitution which governs the state
aerie and by the presence In the city
as delegates Of 80 many prominent
ficers chosen at this meeting Of the
aerie we're as follows:
State president. c. NJ. Sawyer OF
Anaconda aeric No. IS.
State vice president. Otto Schoen-
feldt. Great Falls acrie No II.
State secretary. J. A. Morreiles.
Missoula aerie No. 81.
State treasurer. d. 8. Mckenzie.
Havre aerie No. 1876.
Helena was the meeting place Of the
state aerie at Its fourth convention,
S"uS i0 duu SVs lcVOs IueIe were tuiU8s
doing at this meeting and the state
aerie was further strengthened by the
addition Of new local aeres. The Of
ficers for the year were:
State president. Louis Weigel. Hell
ena acrIe No. 10.
State vice president, p. J. G.iligan.
Butte aerie No. II.
State secretary. J. A. Morrelles. Mis-
soula aerie No. 80.
State treasurer. J. w. James, Ana
cOnda acrie No. Is.
The next meeting Of the state aeris
was held at Havre and the northern
Montana town did herself proud in
her entertainment OF the visitors. II
was the most successful session OF
the state aerie to that time and added
to the standing Of the order in the
state. This meeting decided upon Mis-
soula as the meeting place Of the state
aerie the following year and elected
the following officers:
State president. Henry J. Meili,
Havre No. 16e.
State vice president. J. p. Clark.
Big Timber No. 7s0.
State secretary. C. J. Mackey, HeI.
ena No. is.
state treasurer. J. w. James. Ana.
conda No. 49,
Mtssoula did herself proud In enter.
tanning the state aeric July 20 to ~.
1908. 1t was q meeting that left pleas.