Arizona republican., 1915-06-07
CBY ALBERT D. LEVIED

(BY ALBERT D. LEVIED
 Yesterday marked the quarter centen- niaI of Perfected Woodcraft. In the countless cities. towns and villages Withi- inc vast empire of the jurlsdic- tior of Woodcrart the members of this grand and benevolent institution are gathering together to rejoice. felicitatt and give thaitka for the glorious and commend. ble labors and good this splendid society has accomplished.
 Du the eth day of June. in the year 1890. at tho city of Omaha, Nebraska thc Woodmcn of the World had it's in- ccrtiou. Its founding was but the re aIization of the cherished dreams of two valiant knights Two men in whom the puI5atious of humanity found lodS- mcn.- TWO men who were yelling to sacrifice the pleasures of life and the cumpauiouShips of home and loved ones. and lay thcir lives and their all upon the altar of raternalism. The one. the Hon. Joseph Cullen Root. a master mind. an executive uncNcelled, one v.uo climbed the heights and cared to those below to ascend. and when they had arrived at his exalted plane he taught them in simple. yet sublime words. how to live the noble life that God and fratcrnalism would have them live: the other. the Hon. F. X. FslkenDurs. an advocate of the lofty ideals ot the Prince of Peace; a pol iehed orator who swayed the multi tuGes by his pure eloqueuco and un- taruishod gentlemen and a prince among the peers.
 These two knights of fraternalism called t" their aid four other men whose heart thrubs were in unison with those of their fellow men, and with this small beginning. six men who kuew not fail. launched before the world the little pgmy that was so soon tu become the wonder of the frate"nal world. However. little did the men re spo1Sible for its inception. dream that before inc end of d quarter century it's influence would be SD far reaching and vast as to revolutiunizc the actions and thoughts of American life. The most brilliant vision that could have come to the founders of this institution could not have pictured as the warp and wool of it's fabric. hefore it should eel ebratc it's qUarter-centcnnial the steady and onward tramp of one million men, the flower of American manhood yet today this institution. with pride and much glory. proudly Unfurls its banner in the forefront of the fruternal bene- ficiarv societies or the world.
 The creative ability of the Hon. Joseph Cullen Root. his unfailing re- sources and his grasp upon the frater- nal world through his previous organ iziug experience. gave to him the larger measure of the Iabors ir putting into proper form his product of their dreams and also gave to him tho larger glory for its triumphant entry into the field of henevolence- That each Of these men might rule in his own sphere. and that sectionalism should not propagate internal diSentiouS in the order. It was deemed advisable to erect in our ma tional domain. two separate iErisdic- tiore. one to be known as the sovereign jurisdiction and the other the Pacific jurisdiction. The wide experience and organizing genius entitled the Hon. Joseph Cullen Root to the large sphere of action. and he was therefore chosen to guide the deStinies of the sovereign jurisdiction While the lesser labors in assuming the rellm of government of the Pacific jurisdiction fell to the Hon. F. \. FaIkenburg. These two furisdic- tions maintain independent laws and systems of government. and each is supreme in its own geographical grounds. vet they teach the same broad principles of humanity. and stand upon an equally firm foundation.
 These men by the strength of their manhood and their unfailins loyalty to the principles of the order which th5y founded. established for themselves a