Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA CLAIMS A LARGE SHARE OF
CREDIT IN ADVERTISING ROCK ISLAND TO OUTSIDE WORLD


the rate Of 10000 copies per hour. Rut
in order to keep all of the fo1 am-
ployes OF the printing plant real busy
all the time, the membership mailing
list, averaging 100000 names. re-
During nearly 10000 pounds Of limo
type metal In standing type, is main
tanned and changed on an average of
$4,000 addresses each month. In ad-
ditioD, this force also handles lob
printing for the society's various de-
partments, averaging 2.400 Jobs per
year, or 200 Jobs per month.
The head clerks office issued during
the first ii months of 1877 total OF
S2,494 certificates to that number OF
new members and chartered 400
camps. This Will bring the total
membership In that ratio at the end OF
the year to the neighborhood OF $780,
900, In 1880 camps. To convince the
general public that the members of
the Modern Woedmen are just "regu-
lar folks, a recent oceupational sur
vey shows that the 1880 600 are cIassi-
fed as farmers, 462,237; saiaried en-
ployes. 390,234; physicians, $3.50:
general merchants, 42,032; grocers,
20.477; blaeksmiths, 16,171; automo-
bile dealers, 1904; farm implement
dealers, 1887; lawyers, 10000; drug
gists, 9,S0S; hardware dealers, 1888:
dry goods merchants, S,s26; clergy
men, 6,46S; tailors, 5,3SS; dentists,
4.309: unclassifieo, 226.
The year 1917 has witnessed some
changes in the personnel of manage
ment and officials, nationally as well
as locally. A. n. Bort, formerly d.
rector, of Beloit, Wis, was elected in
June as head clerk and is now resi-
dent Of Rock Island, together with his
son. Albert s. Bort, who ID his secre-
tary. The writer, formerly assistant
to head consul at Lincoln, Neh., was
appointed assistant head clerk and
moved to Rock Island Sept. /. DR.. E
W. Cook, formerly state medical d.
rector at Plattsmouth, Neb., was
transferred to Rock Island as one oi
the supreme medical board. New di-
rectors who come to Rock Island fol-
monthly meetings are E. J. Billiard oi
Detroit, Mich, Frank B, Eastefly Of
| Denver, Colo, and John d. Volz of In.
dianapolis, Ind. The new head banker
! is o. e. Aleshire of Chicago. and tbs
| two new members of the board Of
auditors are Ambrose S. Havey o
Yonkers, n Y, and J. G. Tate o
Portland, Ore. Other resident officials
who were continued are F o. Val
Calder, editor, and DR.. B. Z. Jones
and DR.. f. A. Anderson. supreme med
ical directors. The legal department
| likewise, was unchanged, with Genera
Attorney Truman Plantz Of Warsaw
| Ill, in charge, Aside from the official
named, the monthly sessions Of tn
executive council and board of direc
tors are attended by head consul A. II
Talbot of Lincoln. Neb., and Director
| e. e. Murphy, LeaYenworth. kans.; z
R. Smith, Kansas City. Mo; S.
Tanner. Miner. ILL.,, and F. r. korns
Des Moineg, Iowa In the depart
ments Of the head clerks office
| Charles T.. Tanner of Miner, H.. wa
appointed chief Of the mail openin
department. succeeding. II. c. Hunt
who was transferred to chief of tn
record department. and Joseph Richie
mann. appointed chief Of the suppl
department succeeding A, A. Bur
who was made chief Of the motion pic
ture department.
i The Modern Y1odmen was the pic
neer society nine Years ago in estah
fishing free sanatorium for tn
treatment and cure of members al
iiieted with tuberculosis, when it aC
/ quired 400 acres of land near Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, and built what
said to be the most extensive and hes
equipped institution of its kind
America The society has invested j
/, this undertaking at the present tim'
: including cost OF maintenance and OF
! Grafton during the past nine year
substantially 81 ,5000,0 900. During thu
time $500 patients have been treated
there being 216 at present, which
, full capacity. The lives of ,S32 pa
: TENTS have been saved, carrying II
surance amounting to $2.74S.000, M
including the present patients. 1t
: estimated that the living ex-patien'
: who have gone from the sanatoriul
;. to different vacations in life hay
I since their experience in the sanatol
: ium, earned for themselves and fam
) lies the sum of s3,560.996 Aside fro
: the fraternal or humanitarian feature
: Of this institution, the results from
y financial standpoint are considert
we'll worth while.
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