The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-30
Great Council
JUNE 10th
Red Men will Entert=
tain 1900 to 1900
People
JUNE 10th
Prepare for a fine time.

The convention of the Great
Council of the Improved Order of
Redmen will meet in this city the
week of the roth of Junc and will
be in session three days. The
Pocahontas will meet on Monday
of that week and the Redmen will
noId their sessions OF Tuesday
and Wednesday. Blazing Arrow
tribe is preparing to entertain at
least 1900 people from ali over
the state and it is possible that this
mum Der will be augmented to 1900
1t : est mated hat there will be
not one of this number who will not
leave at least ten dollars and this
is considered very low estimate.
This is very important gather
ing of very prominent people. 1t
behooves our people to render all
possible assistance to this big in
huential order and one that dates
its organization back to the Revo-
Iutionary war and has numbered
among its great national members
some of the big men of our country
try and among them George Wash
ton who Was al one time the head
of the order, the first Great Sach-
EN-. Let's pull together, members
or otherwise, to make this State
Council bowling success. 1t can
be done, it should be done and it
will be done oy proper consul of
action.
Improved Order Of Redmen will
give their annual charity ball in
the opera house on the evening
of Washngton's birthday Feb.
27. The obj ct of this ball is most
worthy and the receipts ther efrom
are used for the most charitable
purposes. They are used not only
for members of the families of the
Redmen but in all cases Of dis
tress and their liberality is not
only confined to New Years and
Christmas but at any time where
assistance is necessary. The Or
der is a benevolen, one and 1t
practices the great principles Of
this teaching. 1t does not do
it with the flourish of trumpets
but in that quiet and effective way
that makes it pleasant for the re-
ceiver of the assistance and a
pleasure to the give. Our people
should literally patronize this
charity ball whether they attend
or not for it is a most worthy
enterprise. The committee con-
sists of Bernard H. Bruce, Don j.
Mac Donald and Anton Eckberg.
1t has been decided by those who
were eargerly boosting the Fourth Of
July celebration that it will be dropped.
The reason for this is that the Improved
Order of Red Men had invited the
Great Council to meet here IN Jane and
it was appehensive that money could
not be raised for both. The Great
Council was invited to meet here at
their last annual isession in Pueblo in
August and will bring some 1900 to
500 people here which will make the
event state affair and maze Idaho
Springs known while Fourth of July
celebration seldom takes in a very
large territory. Hence it was thought
wise to give the right of way to the
Red Men so that they coul- make q snc
cess in entertaining the large numbers
who will be here. 1t was thought un-
Wise to try to raise the money that
would be needed for both events 80
that the Fourth of July people mag
unanimously gave way to the Red Men.
Had not this been. it is probable that
Den YER would have tried hard to Sc
cure the meeting of the Great Council.
Let us now pull together to make this
meeting of the GRAFT Council Que Of the
greatest in its history and show the
l, 500 people who will come here for
several day, what idaho Springs hos
pitality means.