Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-03-18
A. O. U. w. BOOSTERS "PUT TIN
TOWN ON THE MAP"
Larger Towns Organizations Defeat
cd the Resolution TO Accept
Abilene Offer by Amend
ment TO Delay Until
1917
rRrom ,rhursday,s panyJ

lodge offices of the A. o. U. w. ut
the grand lodge meeting at Hutch
inson yesterday afternoon, the Abb
lene delegation made a hard fight
and a creditable one, and Abilene
got the worth of its money In the
good impression received by the
people at Hutchinson OF the
live wires from this city who at
tended the convention. Abilene lost
the fight for the offices when a
resolution offered on the floor OF
the house by G. q. Rugh, the Abb
lene delegate, that the lodge estab-
fish headquarters and that the of
fer of this city of building ana
ground worth $4,000 be accepted
as the location of the headquarters,
was lost, 264 to 1s9, after q lengthy
discussion in which many speakers
prominent in the lodge and the poll
tics of the state, took part. The
resolution which previously had
been reported unfavorably and this
report in turn refused, was defeated
in this way: An amendment was
tackled to It which provided that the
grand master workman appoint q
committee Of five members who
should consider the matter OF To-
eating the grand lodge offices and
report their findings at the next
grand lodge meeting, which will be
held in 1917 at Atchison, it was de-
cided yesterday.
Abilenes additional offer to do
nate 81 for every So the grand lodge
would appropriate for improving the
building here, was made by Mr..
Rugh.
The convention was great poll
tical pow WOW, and oratory was
present in excess.
Wichita, Topeka, Atchison, sa-
lima and several other towns lined
up against the resolution offered by
Mr.. Rugh, and the Abilene repre-
sentative had his hands full reply
ing to the onslaughts of the speak
ers who seemed to view with disfa-
vor the proposal to bring the grand
lodge offices here. Mr.. Rugh PROV
ed himself an able fighter, but was
opposed by many of the influential
men of the lodge who had an Ell
fective organization at work, WheA
the question comes up in Atchison
two years from now, Wichita, EN-
poria, Atchison, Topeka, Salina and
Hutchinson expect to enter the lists
to fight for the location; therefore
they opposed Abilene. Abilene's at
tempt to land the offices at the
convention was an uphill fight in
which the local men came off sec
ond best, but in good spirits and
feeling that everyone who attended
the convention heard many good
things about Abilene.
The Abilene band and the boost
ers returned home this morning,
most Of them taking the Missouri
Pacific to Salina last night and re-
turning home over the Santa Fe
this morning. M. L. Dobkins, who
was the delegate from the lodge
here, was taken Ill at Hutchinson
and had to return home. The dele
gate power was transferred to Mr..
Rugh.
The Abilene band came in for a
lot of commentator and this from
the Hutchinson News is only one or
the many compliments: "You may
say what you please but the Work
men band from Abilene is composed
of some very fine musicians. 1t Is
an excellent advertisement for that
city," In the Abilene crowd were
beside the bandmen, c. E. Rugh,
]. A. Wilkie, w. T. Gallagher, @ohn
sauers, H. A. Poe, c. c. Hutchinson
c. H. Chase, A. D. Todd, P. N. Gleiss-
ner, S. C. Hutchinson. T. J. Foley
of Chapman was there and was one
of the most loyal boosters In the
crowd. Frank Glimpse of Kansas
City, formerly express agent here
and now auditor for the Wells Far
90, whooped it up for Abilene all
the time. C. w. Jolley Of Sharon
Springs was another former Abilene
man who boosted the town. Charles
Burns of Navarro, who went along
to help out the band, got the mumps
as a souvenir of the trip but did
not become i'll enough to go to bed.
King" the Abilene dog, was
s.-S- uooSnaf and IN the big par