Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-06-05


Just who suggested the name is not
known, but it is evident that he
must have been familiar with the
traits Of this king Of the Northern
wilds. The moose is SO created that
in all his waking hours his gaze is
ever upward towards the source Of
light and life. He never looks down.
ward. The moose is timorous of
doing wrong and never attacks unless
first attacked. But he is courageous
TO the death in defense Of his fellows.
When the young and weak Of the herd
are imperiled, the moose form circle
about them, and, thus defended, no
monarch surrounded by vassal hosts
was ever more secure.
Although he carries large and
sprading horns, it is said that a
moose can go through the thickest
forest at breakneck speed. When he
starts for a given point, no earthly
power can stop him.
The color Of the Loyal Order of
Moose is red. in token Of the royal
blood Of the animal from which il
takes its name. All members Of this
Order are taught TO emulate the char
aeteristics suggested by this noble
animal; and they are taught to GER
ish lofty ideal Of manhood-io be
men in the truest and noblest sense
of the term.
The Loyal Order Of Moose have
built great industrial university to
care for the dependent children of
brothers dead and gone. Also, to
provide an education for the girls
and boys that members of the Order
may care to send to the Moose Uni
versity. The idea Of this University
is to teach the children to learn to
work with their hands as well as
their brains. There is n great farm
of something over n thousand acres
where horticulture and agriculture is
taught in every form and variety.
There are also shops and factories
where the principal work is carried
on by the student laborer. The Moose
University professors believe that the
education of boys and girls, up 10 say |
fourteen or fifteen years of age,
should be practically the same, and
so the girls are taught to work in the
fields and any who care to 90 into
the shops are welcomed on par with
the boys The Moose also provide
homes for the aged. Instead of the
old folks being simply cared for and
ministered TO, they will be given an
TO work and live their
lives not as paupcrs, but as self
citizens.
The Loyal Order Of Moose is pure
" democratic in the character of its
membership. Within its circle are
men of renown as well rs laborers
who are working for $40 per day.
II is not uncommon to see n modest
sitting in the presiding
officers chair directing the affairs of
his lodge. while his employer is sit
ting in the meeting. Such men as
these are John Hays Hammond,
multi-millionaire Of New York Daniel
G. Reid, president Of one of the coun
try's greatest railroads; Speaker
Champ Clark of the House of Repre-
sentatives; Senator Gore, John Mitch
ell, Theodore Roosevelt, and last but
not least our own Hiram W. Johnson.
Governor of California.
The Loyal Order of Moose has no
thing to do with theology. but il is
essentially religious organization,
in the sense that religion means TO
us right thinking, right doing, right |
living. Sectarianism is unknown
among the Moose. The order con
tains Catholics, Jews, Freethinkcrs.
Socialists and members of all of the
various political and religious de-
nominations. Freedom of speech and
liberty in thought are big items in
the Moose creed, and this creed is moi
a fixed static and organic affair. II
is n matter of spirit. It is fluid, and
let us hope il will always be. II is
an advancing, changing, evolving,
progressive creed.
Being n Loyal Moose means not
only seven dollars a week sick bene
fits, free medical attention and a
decent funeral; il means still more /
than this. The Order stands for
right living, right thinking, for mu
tual aid and protection in the highest
sense, aud for advancement in all
things that make for better citizen
ship. "All for one and one for ALL
is the slogan.
The doctrine of Moosedom points
out the way to make your life worth
living. No one can follow its teach
ings strictly without becoming bet
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