The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-13
LUKE A HU@AM MEMAGERDE
MEN ARE ELS, EAGLES. MOOSE. WHITE RATS, OWLS, CATS AND
RED BOOSTERS.

ly as possible the. memory Of the Jolly
Corks. But present-day Elks have
studied the habits. Of their four-foot-
ed brethren and seek in their lives
to initiate the desirable qualities they
have found. The Elk is fleet of foot
before wrongdoing and avoids all
combat except in defense Of the fe-
male. the young and the helpless.
Eleven O'Clock is the hour of re-
collection in Elkdom, at which time
a toast is drunk to "our absent
brothers" This custom is said to
have originated with George McDon-
aid. one of the original Elks. The
notices are: 7 do unto others as
we would that they would do unto
us n The faults of our brothers
we write upon the sand; their virtues
upo ntablets of love and memory"
The call of n Elk to another. by
which he is recognized in any forest
COT palms or otherwise), is Hello.
Rill." William Goddard of Mime
apclis Lodge No. a.. is the original
Hello Bill" Of Elkdom. and this
CHEEKY salutation has found its way
around the world.
To the order Of Hoo-Hoo. the
Black Cat of Americas secret society
zoo. is to be credited the furnishing
up for everyday use of the verb "to
c~oncatenate." When YOU see a man
with a badge showing a little black
cat upon a ground of white enamel
he is a member of the Concatenated
Order Of Hoo-I1oos. Also he is a
lumbernan or connected with the
lumber industry in some direct way.
If YOU see two Hoo-Hoos together
its a sign that the closed season for
gloom has begun. If you chance to
encounter a hundred or more of them
in the front rows of a theater during
II Of their national concentrations
it will he wise to have a pair of ear
muffs or a Maxim silencer in your
pocket. for every individual Hoo-Hoo
will be armed with his faNorite weap-
ons of applause. two pine shingles of
ample decorating surface and whit
tied to fit the hands.
The genesis of the Concatenated
Order of Hoo-Hoos is due to a con-
%catenation of events. 1t was neces-
sary first that the Arkansas Yellow
Pine association should select Little
Rock for its annual meeting I'm
twenty years ago 1t was further
necessary that the train bearing the
delegates away after the meeting
should u off the track. 1t was Of
prime necessity that among these
delegates should be Boiling Arthur
johnson. and the final link in the
|N''" was lldl tHS Whole
crowd should be dumped out al Cur.
den, Ark. where. as all the world
knows. there is positively nothing to
do but to watch the trains go by.
AS the wreck had interefered with
this municipal pastine of Burden.
and rs one of the links in the catena
was Boiling Arthur Johnson. who
nceNr stood around for n whole day
in the town of Gurden, or any town
nm tho r1orn f@r Hh4t
doing something. the organization Of
the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo
followed. The Of the officers
We're taken from Carols The
Hunting of the Shark" Boiling Arth-
ur johnson, therefore became the
first Shark of the Universe. Inas-
much as a black cat. like all other
cats. is reputed to have nine lives,
it followed in logical confederation
that the order must have nine SUI
perior officers. These are:
Shark of the Universe.
Senior Hoo-Ho.
Junior Hoo-Hoo.
Bojum.
S~crivenoter.
Jabberwock.
Guerdon.
Inc latlef is. OF course. a sop of
immortality thrown to Gurden. Ark,
the place OF the orders nativity. The
number nine is the mystic number
Of the IIoo-IIoo. The initiation fee
is s9.99. The annual concentration
of the entire order takes place on
the ninth day of the ninth month at
nine minutes past nine in the norm
ing. The only missing links in this
concentration of mines are that IL
does not last nine days and the drinks
are not limited TO nine.
Among the societies that have
harked back to the traditions of boy
hood for their symbolism. the I'M
proved Order of Red Men is the most
insistent in its disclaimer. of the ami
mating influence Of the play spirit.
The Red Me car u the Indian
idea in ali their nomenclature. The
order has three degrees. Adoption.
Warriors and chiefs. besides the