The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-09

The. Commercials club at little
Falls has offered the insufgent
Woodmen $4,000 for the head camp
headquarters. The AntIers hotel
building has been offeerd as sit
able structure for the headquarters.
John l.. Sunbeam of Minneapolis.
leader of the insurgent. contingent
of the Modern sWoodmen of Amer
lea, appeared before citizens
meeting held at the city hall last
night, and proposed that the head
camp Headquarters of the new or
der that is to be organized be To-
Gated in Mankato., provided this city
give in return the sum of $2,500
The head camp would include the
states of Minnesota, Wisconsin,
North and South Dakota and Neb-
raska in its, Jurisdiction.
DR.. ]. W. Andrews presided over
the meeting and explained its OBJ
ject This. history of the insurgent
movement in the Modern Woodmen
is familiar to the readers of The
Free Press 1t resulted from raise
of insurance rates in that organiza-
ton, and it is now proposed that the
insurgents withdraw from the par
ent order and form one of their
own. The law under which this
can be done in Minnesota was pub
lished in brief ir The Free Press a
few days ago. Less than fifty peo-
pie were at last nights meeting.
MIR. Sundean's Proposition.
Mr.. Sunbeam stated that the cost
of organizing the new lodge and es.
tablishing its head camp in Man
kato would be about $4,000 and he
asked that the citizens of Mankato
raise this amount to establish the
headquarters. He says that under
the plan of the new organization
there can be no more than so
per cent raise in rates to meet such
contingencies as may arise, and that
the policies will be limited to 49,.
600 That is, no one will be allow.
ed to take out more than $4,000 in
surance in the new organization He
brought out the fact that this would
leave room for the old line com.
panies to get in their work. He
thought that the organization of the
lodge here would be a great adver-
tisement for Mankato, and would
bring number of people here. The
head offices of the lodge would be
here and all; the clerical officers
would be located here. The supreme
medical examiners and the deputy
force of which Mr.. Sunbeam is in
charge will also be located in Man
kato
w. S. Gilkerson a eo-worker. said
, that he believed that in one years
time the membership of the new
order would reach the. 100000 mark.
On account of the small. gathering
at the meeting, he said that Mr..
Sunbeam did not wish to force the
location of the head camp upon Man.
kato, as there were many other CT
ties who were ready and willing to
take it. Minneapolis, it seems, will
take the head camp, but Mankato is
thought to be nearer the center of
the state and better located to han.
die the work of the new association.
Il think that it would be a tremen
dous advertisement for Mankato,'
he said, land a good thing in every
respect for the town.
Several Agreed to the Idea.
nj nf nv.
pressed the same opinion and also
said that he was heartily in favor of
the insurgent movement Albert
Schippel agreed with Mr. Hampl
and said that he was willing to help
the new order get upon it's feet.
T. c.. Norman of Lake Crystal said
that he had read a great deal in the
newspapers relative to securing new
things for Mankato, in the way of
factories and business concerns, and
expressed the opinion that here was
an opportunity for the city to show
its sincerity in this respect. 81
think that this is just as important
as the factories" said he, "and that
it will advertise the town quite as
much. / have been a, member OF
the Woodman lodge for twenty
years, and / understand and appre-
ciate the position of the insurgents
and am heartily in favor of their
plans Judging from the turnout
here tonight, | do not think that
Mankato deserves to have the head
camp here. 1t seems to me that a
much larger representation should
have been present. | thought that
Mankato was a town of boosters
and when go as delegate to the
Woodman convention at Window !
expected to advertise this idea How
ever | am not sure whether | will
do so now or not"
Motion to Raise $4,000.
G. w. Jessup brought matters to
an issue by expressing himself much
in favor of the insurgent movement,
and moving that it be the sense of
the meeting that steps be taken to
raise the $500 which was asked for
by Mr. Sunbeam Before the ques.
ton could be PUT, J. A. Ferris, a
representative of an old line com
pany,i started a battery of guns against
the movement 81 do not think that
the organization would be success
and / think that the establishment
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