The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-25
M. ". A. IN RALLY
Thirty-One Towns Represented
in Celebration Here.
TaAbOt-Murphy Meeting Is in
Session in Topeka.
BIG REVIEW THIS AFTERNOON
A. r.. Talbot Is Guest of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Local Camps Are in Charge of
Initiating Exercises.
BIG REVIEW THIS AFTERNOON

| Out of 2,175 Kansas candidates for
admission into the Modern Woodmen
of America. who have been secured
during the Talbot Murphy campaign
in the state and are members of the
Talbot-Murphy class, between 100 and
200 appeared at the city auditorium
| this afternoon to be initiated The
| others will become members of the
order at more convenient times, in
| their own camps.
There were registered as attending
! the initiation at Topeka today some
500 members of the order from the
| eastern half of the state. They were
in their places at the city auditorium
! promptly at 2 o'clock, when the work
/ Of initiation by members of the two
Topeka camps, Sunflower No. 536 and
Shawnee No. $500, commenced the
ritual.
The state, national and district Of
! ficerS of the order, A. R. Talbot, of
Lincoln, Neb., head consul; E. E..
Murphy, director of the order for
| the state of Kansas and dean of the
national board of directors, and James
A. Walker, state deputy for Kansas.
were seated on the stage of the audi
torium.
Thirty-on Towns Represented.
Thirty-one towns were represented
| in the registration of visiting men,
! bers of the order at noon, as follows:
Admire, Ottawa. Jewell. Burlington,
Lawrence, Manhattan, Herington, Os-
Geneva, Lecompton, st. Marys, Read
! ing, Holton, Basehor, Detroit, Wa
baunsee, Tonganoxie, Leavenworth,
st. George. Zeandale. Strawn. Had
dam. Paxico, Louisville, Emmett,
| Clay Center, Rossville and Evergreen.
"a fa n nf Si1 dri1
teams had reported to George W.
Porter, of Topeka, in charge of the
head consuFs review of Foresters
which is to be held at 4 o'clock this
afternoon on Harrison street, west of
the state house.
The towns which sent uniformed
drill teams TO participate in the re-
view are: Onaga, Manhattan, Herring
Eton. Rossyille and two from Topeka.
There are eighteen men in each team.
Is Gnest OF G. of C.
Cooperation as the basic and un-
derlying principle of. business and
community life, as we'll as of the Mod
ern Woodmen and all other fraternal
organizations, was stressed by A. r.
Talbot, head consul of the order, in
/ his address before the members of the
| Chamber of Commerce at luncheon to-
day.
1.-THE Chamber of Commerce must
be the voice of the community, and
therefore it must represent the coop
Grafton Of all the members of the COM
munity," Talbot declared.
He illustrated his address by the ac-
count of a football team which must
win its games thru the service of every
| member-the unsung but essential
1 player sometimes deserving of more
credit than the spectacular player.
All Must Cooperate.
Cooperation teaches us how men
can put their business projects across
| in a big way, and yet live up to the
| Golden Rule Talbot said. This
cannot be done by the individual ef-
! fort of any man, it must be done thru
cooperation. Cooperation give US
| business ethics, fellowship, and busi-
ness Righteousness, which means liv-
| ing for the benefit of the other fellow
and of the community, reflectively
Strengthening yourself in the mean
while.'
Talbot was introduced to the audi
ence at the Chamber of Commerce by
Justice Henry F. Mason of the su-
preme court.
Following a slump in the growth of
the Modern Woodmen of America, in
Kansas the order is beginning to re-
vive, E. E. Murphy, of Leavenworth,
state director for the order. said to-
! day.
! Formerly, Kansas usually ranked
third or fourth among all the states
OF the Union in the rate of its growth,
but last year we ranked but SEVENTH
Murphy said
10000 Woodmen in State.
In spite of this fact, Kansas has a
larger proportion of Modern Wood
men among its population than any
other state in the Union Murphy said.
There are some 10000 Woodmen in
, the state.
The entire forenoon was devoted
! to the registration of the visiting
Woodmen at the city auditorium,
which had been cleared and decorated
for the use of the lodge.
The initiatory exercises were held
Members of the two local camps
camp No. <2s00-managed the initia-
ton.
Review on Harrison Street.
/ Following the initiation, at o'clock
this afternoon. there will be a review
| on Harrison street, west of the state
house, with George W. Porter of To-
peka, assistant chief of the staff of
| the National Foresters, in charge of
| the review.
Tonight at o'clock at the city au-
ditorium, there will be an open meet
| ing for the Woodmen. their friends
/ and their families. to which the public
is invited. At the meeting tonight
Gov. H. J. Allen. Talbot and Murphy
will be the speakers, and an attrac-
tive entertainment program will be
| presented.
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