The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-26

Members of the general grotto ex-
ecutive group are insured against
rain during the meet. If one inch
of rain falls, the committee will be
repaid for any loss incurred by the
failure of excursion steamer trips.
A rain guage has been placed upon
the roof of the warehouse of the
Rock Island Transfer & Storage
company, First avenue and Seven
teenth street, and also at the Day.
export weather bureau.
Philadelphia slow? Prophet, take
off your whiskers, we know you.
Monarch John Lipsey, Koran, and
delegation visited The Argus this
morning. In the midst of the in
terview a band started a fox-trot.
81 wanna dance" walled a lone
some prophet, who had shown
great interest in the society staff.
so do we," admitted the society
staff. Really, prophets, The Argus
has a good dancing staff.
Personal to Monarch John Lip
. sey-keep that alleged silver Ever
sharp pencil, as a souvenir. There's
an awful upkeep attached to those
things. anyway.
Four members of Feramorz grot-
to, Huntington, w. Va, arrived in
Rock Island at O'Clock this morn
ing, making the trip of $50 miles
by auto. The delegation consists
OF DR.. ]. S. Klumpp. monarch Il.
NJ. Davis, secretary; and r. r. Mel
rose and Thomas X. Bowlds, trus-
tees. They left Huntington Satur-
day at 10 O'Clock in the morning
They claim they were not passed
once upon the road by any machine,
and that they never speeded over
81 miles an hour
The funsters held court last night
at registration booth in the New
Harper The first delegation to be
greeted hailed Otto F. Hildebrand.
executive secretary of the great
convention committee as "Grotto"
Hildebrandt. The name was going
strong at moo ntoday. tn probably
stick.
The Prophets were escorted
through the Silvis shops today in
groups of so to see the giant loco
motives in the plant being repaired
and fitted for use.
Essentially a mems convention.
the 33rd annual session Of the su-
preme council, has brought thou
sands of women visitors to Rock
Island and they are taking an ac-
tive part in the three day program.
AS one of the visiting officials of
the caldron expressed it, We just
wanted to come along with the men
folks and have a good time, so here
were are"
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Mollenkof
and daughter of Fort Smith. Ark,
formerly of Rock Island, found an
to come back to their
home town this week and reunite
with Amoo prophets in welcoming
brothers of all grottoes. The fam
lily removed from Rock Island
seven years ago. Mr.. Mollenkof is
a member of Armita grotto. Fort
Smith, and also Amoo grotto.
Saba prophets thanked their
lucky stars when they arrived in |
Rock Island this morning. If the
engineer of their train had not been
as quick as he was, the grotto con-
might be mourning the loss
Of 80 members of the corps and |
drill team of Saba grotto. A head
On collision was averted by the
quick action OF the engineer.
Oola-Kahn prophets of Cincinnati,
Ohio, wore smiles on their faces |
when they arrived, but the secret
wasn't told to everyone. But the |
news was so great that before noon
t leaked out. And then they told
hat they made the whole trip and
broke only one bottle on the way.
Shalimar grotto came TO Rock Is
and this afternoon and brought