Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-03-21
co,anty woodmen Organize

codnty Woodmen Organize
z Delegates from the various
camps Of the county met in the
'Woodmen hall of this city to-
day and before adjourning per-
fected a permanent county or
ganization. All camps except
Modale, Mondamin and Persia
were represented. The pur-
pose Of the county organization
is to get in line for future ac..
ton expected to be taken in
the state with reference to the
adjourned head camp rates,
and to fall in line with the
movement to head off, if such
be possible, the putting into eff
feet Of the new rates Jan. l,
1913.
Following is the organization
as completed at the meeting of
the delegates Monday:
Permanent Chairman-Geo.
E. Henney, Sec; Thos. d. Cav
erly, Jr. Treas; Geo. E. Taylor,
all Of Dunlap.
An executive committee of
one member from each camp
in the county and the personnel
of the committee to be an
nounced later, was provided for
whose duty it shall be to select
delegates to any district or
state convention to be called
later, the announcement Of this
committee to be made by the
chairman.
The committee on resolu-
lions, Henney, Dunlap; Mills,
of Magnolia, and Walker, Of
Mo. Valley, reported the follow
ling resolutions, which were
adopted by unanimous vote:
We the committee on resolu-
tions, appointed by the chair
man Of the Modern Woodmen
Convention held in Mo. Valley,
Ia, this 18th day of March,
1912, beg leave to submit the
following for circulation among
the members Of the M. w. A.
of the county and the camps of
the district.
I LIST. Resolved, That we deny
the right Of the Head Consul
or the Executive council to
suspend or revoke the charters
of the camps nor cancel the
certificates of the members who
protest against the unjust and
arbitrary rerating of the mem
; bers. The constitution of the
United States guarantees te
; the citizens of this nation the
right to meet in peaceful as.
sembly to consider their griev.
ances and petition for redress
and the threat to confisicate
our property, j. e. our certifi.
Gates is one unheard of outside
of despotisms like Russia.
End. Resolved, That we viii
not be inundated by such
threats but we will continue te
work for a rehearing upon the
following lines. We desire a
) full expression of the views oil
the members by a poll of the
camps, and if the majority are
opposed to the enforcement Of
the rating as adopted at Chi
cago, then the head officers
should call for election of dele
gates to an extra session Of
. Head Camp to reconsider tn.
4 Objectionable features of the
3 last reratlng IN line With the
) wishes of the majority of the
/ members.
3rd. We believe that frater
) nal insurance is as much a pos
sibility now as it ever has been
3 And we also believe that thu
= fraternal feature has been ig
, nored in the drafting of tn,
{ Mobile Bill and in the applica
E ton of that Bill to our society
| by our Head camp.
! We believe that Iowa mem
!, bership in the M. w. of A.
( stands first in the low rate o
t mortality and as such shoult
8 not allow their best interests t,
]. be dominated by the member
] ship Of states whose unity will
e us is to our detriment. W.
t therefore recommend tnat tn,
E membership in Iowa as a bod.
! hold themselves in readiness b!