The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-11
K.OF C.,WILL
RALLY FOR
UNCLE SAM
Go On Record as Ready Il
Meet Every Obligation Imposed
By the Government.

! Richard Burke returned home from
Boise Thursday evening after at
tending the state council of the
knights of Columbus. He said it was
the best council ever held by the
order in Idaho.
1--WE were treated royalty, he said /;
''by the Boise council We had
l banquets, automobile rides, dinners,
smokers, vaudeville entertainments
baIls-in fact we had so much, in the
way of entertainment that il was diff
ficult to find time for the business of
the council. Every council in the
state was represented. There were
three delegates from Occur d'Aleno,
three from Wallace, three from Lew
iston, three from Cottonwood and two
from Genesee.
North Idaho Wins.
North Idaho carried off the honors
| in the way of Offices DR.. F. L.
Quigley of Wallace was elected state
deputy; A. w. Haley Of Occur d'Alene,
secretary; J. A. Janney of Cotton
| wood, treasurer; I was 1ionored with
the position of advocate;- E. J. Bau-
man of Lewiston, warden; and Gene
see was chosen as the place for next
years council.
"The temper of the state council is
we'll set forth in the following resolu--
tons:
"RESOLVED,' The great duty of
every man, woman and child in
the United States to-day is the,
doing of some positive thing
which will add to the power of
this country and it's allies, in the
present war whit Germany.
Gin addition to the action here
tofore taken by every council i'm
this state, pledging its support
and that of it's members to the
president and the nation, we
strongly urge upon every Knight
of Columbus, in idaho, that it. is
his high religious, as we'll as his
patriotic duty to subordinate his
private interests to the public
good and render his most efflc
lent service wherever he can be-.
used, either as a soldier, sailor,
or an active participant in the in
creased production campaign,
and the fight against national
waste.
"We7 firmly believe that the,
present war is now necessary for
the retention of our national self
respect, and the preservation Of
democratic ideals of" governments.
and that it may rapidly grow in
to a war for the very preserva-
ton of cur safety as nation
Approaching, as we do, the
value of American citizenship we
must be prepared to, make every
sacrifice, even to giving up life
itself, to preserve the full dignity
and the, rights of that Citizen
sl1ila.
1--WE hereby unreservediy coma
med and ratify the action of the
national board of directors in per-
uniting soldiers and sailors in the
service. of The, United States to
remain as, insurance members of
the order. without being classified
as extra hazards risks.
1--WE Further arge that each
council in the state, make provis-
ion for the payment of the dues,
both insurance and associate, of
all members who enter the ma
tinaal service.
1--WE strongly recommend that
the Red Cross organization be
given financial support and that
every member of the Knights OF
Columbus should join that or
ganization.
'We suggest that the grand
knight of each council in this
state will call patriotic meeting
at the earliest convenient date
for the purpose of devising ways
and means to best carry out
these ideas"