Arizona republican., 1914-11-01
zations the Fraternal Order


Eagles.
Conceived on the broad and hui
manitarian basis OF the brotherhood !
of man it rose to prestige and DOM
nance little short of phe- |
nomenal and today within the cycle
of it's influence and partaling of it's
beneficence are numbered no less
than 100000 souls.
Having in mind the four great
principles of Liberty, Truth, Justice
and Equality the founders of this
great organization, casting about for
an appropriate prototype, selected IS
best eXemplifying those immortal
precepts of the monarch of the air,
the Eagle
To be sure this king of birds since
the dawn of history he's symbolized
| for some people or other, one or
more of the virtues recognized by
| those people or political bodies.
| The Legions of Rome pushing into
darkest Parthia or subduing the
hordes of Mithradates and carrying
| enlightenment and civilization in its
wake had always for its inspiration
the Roman Eagle.
| The Eagle of France led Napoleon's
van guard at Lodi, Marengo and
Austerlitz.
The American patriots of 1876
seeking a symbol for their advanced
political ideas and liberal institu-
tons uniformly selected the Ameri
can eagle but it remained for that
great organization of peace the Fra
! ternal Order of Eagles, to inscribe to
that imperial bird its full quota of viz
tues and setting them up as ideals
strive by word and deed to perpetu-
ate them.
Democracy has been defined as our
expression of liberty and in Eagle
dom we believe is found the highest
development of that institution.
! Within the portals of its halls caste
or social position is a thing unknown
and the man with the dinner pail
rubs shoulders with statesmen, finan-
ciers and jurists on a plane of alb
solute equality.
Character and Worth alone is the
key that will unlock the citadel of
Eagle privileges and association
But let us digress for a time from
the purely ethical view point and
consider the more maternal and prac-
teal advantages offered
Perhaps one of the greatest fea-
lures of this estimable order lies in
its system of sick and funeral bene-
fits through which no more liberal
provisions are made by any order
or organization for the relief of its
manned or suffering members
If you would arrive at a fair con-
clusion as to what the order is ac-
complishing or has accomplished in
terview some Brother Eagle who
stricken in a foreign city has been
taken to a hospital or interned in Il
strange hotel or lodging house Ask
him as to the brotherly solicitude Of
the committee that waited upon him,
the provisions for his comfort and
the financial aid extended
| In connection with this remarkable
i'm, NO Eagle lies buried in Potter's
Field, and then ask your self if man
| ever united in a grandeur cause or
| achleNed nObler results.
II 1t is not the purpose of the author
of this article to dwell further upon
the professions or advantages of this
great order. F'raternal policy has
ever frowned upon a futile paradng
of its virtue or praiseworthy acts
in an attempt, to gain idle plaudit
| True benevolence lies in a differ
ent direction than this and Eagledom
affords no press agents or paid or
ganizers.
Although slightly inactive for the
past two or three years the local
aerie has always been intensely loyal
to the Grand Aerie and the examin
alton of its records will disclose a
scrupulous adherence to its fraterna1
duties and obligations
n With the rapid influx of new mem
bers, every meeting of the last two
months having added several No
17S is assured of a new birth ano
with the added stimulus assume a.
is appropriate position ID the very
fore front of the Arizona Aeries.
II The next regular meeting will oc.
cur at o'clock Monday November
II. in the Odd Fellows Hall when {
goodly number of candidates will BIZ
initiated. Following the massacre re-
| Treatments will be served and speak
ing INDUCED in. A good musical pro
gram has been provided for