Arizona republican., 1915-07-11
Bic Moose Hunt

many members who will be absent from the city attending the annual su- preme lodge convention to be held in san Diego, Calif.. July 18th to 26th. We are to have a new national director for this district and all indications point to his being very much alive. Every member is supposed to bag two Moose on his own hook and bring them into the herd. This would mean 1000 mem bers for Phoenix, 70S, at $13 per year, or S13,000 in dues in our treasury each year Can We do it, Pap? All together, ''Yes," Don't get on your ear if the or ganization department does not come across with every thing your little heart desires. All fathers know what is best for their children in this order, and in some cases hayes pared the rod when they should have been severe.
 IL should be the duty of every mem Der to assist his officers in building up his local lodge. It Is duty we owe ourselves. No organization exists with out the addition of new members any more than a merchant can exist with out customers. It is no credit to any member to belong to a dead lodge and if your lodge is standing still it is not your officers, it is yourself who is at fault. You can make no mistake when you become a member of this frater- nifty. but you make sad mistake when you lie dormant and let the other fel- low do all there is to be done and you stand for a dead lodge. Increase of membership means increase in your treasury. IL seems but yesterday the Loyal order Of Moose came into our lives. young but progressive. We are going onward and upward, never stand still. Are you as a member con- tributiug anything toward this splen- did progress; are you doing anything toward assisting your officers; are you proud of your order and the progress it is making; have you explained the merits of the l.. O. O. M. to any friend? ? If not. why not? Is it and the protect ion it affords you, good enough for your friends and relatives. If you think this. then why be so selfish as to want to keep a good thing to yourself2 If you know what you should about your order; if you have investigated it. which is your privilege, you cannot help but know it has no equal in the field. Then why hesitate to recom mend it to your friends and invite them to share an equal share with you? Do it. Pap, Be a live wire, You can start the ball a-rolling and others will keep II rolling. Those who have sat idly by will resolve to assist in build ing up your local lodge for 1915. This is the opportune time to begin the good work
 It is now and has been our opinion that our members are intelligent enough and can be trusted to solve any problem that may confront us. But if we permit indifference to steal over Us, il becomes a harder and more serious task. With the removal of mischief makers and indifference. and the in stilling Of interest and service. our problems will be solved and those dan gers which confront our order can be avoided and removed Determine to interest yourself. It is an interesting occupation and a pleasant and helpful position for your spare hours. Then the problems of our growth, our ten dency toward wholly commercial or ganization, our neglected little things, our sarcasm and side glances toward brothers our leaning toward expecting the other fellow to do our work. our danger of excesses in the height of success, will all be solved and solved right
 The man who does things and who brings about results. who feels within himself the power of achievement, and is determined to make himself known in the world. never waits to see what the crowd is going to do. He does r. ask the advice of anybody: he knows no wait for precedents. He lays his own plans. thinks his own thoughts. directs his own energies, plays the game with the cards he has and does not ask for the impossible pack He does not complain because obstacles appear in his path, and when he comes to them, he goes through them, not over or around them. He never whines or grumbes; he simply keeps to his task and works in a vigorous, manly way. He goes about everything he un- dertakes with a determination that in sures victory. It takes courage and originality to step out from the crowd and act independently; to jump into deep water as it were, and swim or sink. The man who acts boldly wins the confidence of the world.
 Let us foster, continue and promote that brothcrly feeling so esseitnal Let us cherish and increase that spirit of mutual helpfulness which is the solid rock upon which we are founded. Re solve from now henceforth you will attend the meetings regularly. We have everything any lodge could wish for. and considerable more than some of them. There is no good excuse for your carelessness in attending the meetings. Come out to the meeting, Papt" You are liable to miss some thing of interest to yourself if you don't. Pay your dues In advance and avoid any misunderstanding Give your order the very best that is in you and you will find it returned a thou sandfold in the time of your greatest need. Let us make of 708 a wide- awake, active and progressive local, fully appreciative of the high ideals of Moosedom.
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