Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-22
100 Moose Gather In
Troy at Successful
Sunday Meeting
Teams From Spokane Lodge Put on
Initiatory Work for Two Classes
Prominent Officials Present.

Fifteen members Of the Moose lodge
Of Libby were at Troy Saturday to
participate in a special meeting of the
lodge held there that night Two de-
gree teams from Spokane were present
and exemplified the work. Thirty
Moose were present from Bonners Fer
~ and seven from Spokane and Clay
ton. Wash.
A class of thirteen was initiated into
the first degree, among who were Earl
Switzer and Albert Peterson of Libby
Three were given the second degree,
w. H. Payne Of Libby being one of
that class.
A banquet at $50 was served the
lodgemen followed by dancing and a
general good time. There were about
100 present.
Features of the meeting were short
talks by AL j. Sartori. Of Spokane,
prelate of the supreme lodge at Moose
heart, and an excellent address by
Fred j. Lake Of Spokane, first vice
president of the Northwest Moose as
ISOLATION Mr.. Lakes address follows.
as reported by Vernon Bessey, Of
Libby:
In my address this evening | wish
to say that Moose fraternalism is rot
confined within the. four 4.al'e Of ihe
lodge room. but that it depends upon
Moose teachings and Moose practical
fraternalism that the dependent chill
dren Of this country will constitute the
highest type OF citizens who will take
IN the reins where the present gener-
alton let go 1t is we'll known fact
among the educated people Of The
world that no country is greater than
the people who inhahit it To be q
clean, God fearing nation, it must be
inhabited with that type of people.
We believe that the safety Of The
civilization of the United States and
the world depends upon the quality
Of the desired development rests in the
child and the preservation of the fam
lily as far as possible as the desired
unit
The graduate Of Mooseheart is the
finest product Of its kind that can
possibly be produced Our boys and
girls there are educated mentally
physically and spiritually. The fact is
that there is no known record of any
graduate of Mooseheart ever being an
inmate of any penal or corrective in
stitution. This is serious thing for
this country to consider What is going
to happen to the dependent, destitute
children who are left orphans to shift
for themselves Are we going to al
low them to derive living as best
they can and nine times out of ten see
them take what may seem the easiest
way, the trail leading to crime.
The greatest protection in the world
lies in the welfare Of the people and the
education of the dependent children Of
the country and there is something
lacking in our social structure that we
have not given great enough thought to
this vitality important subject. The
Moose Fraternity has demonstrated
that it is possible to take dependent
children, train them and educate them
and return them to the world as assets
to civilization | would make this state
ment, that if 6O% of the eligibles Of
the country belong to the Moose there
would be no occasion for orphan homes
or poor farms.
Another branch Of the Moose human
service is the care of the men and
women who have aged in the service
of our order. We realize that the aged
men and women who during their pro-
ductive years have given something,
thought or effort to such and that the
old poor system which we have in this
country often separates the man and
wife, and this is contrary to Moose
practices and belief We have founded
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