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us grow, even with hard times right in our midst. Yours for 300 members in 695 and 817,” and this is the pre-vading sentiment, among most of the beys. Harry Bainum, Dictator of Jerome Lodge, will enter the Organization Department in the next few days and will leave for Holbrook to institute a Lodge there, and the Call comes from all over the State, “Whoop her up, Ward, let her rip, Ho, boy, watch us come to the Conventon at Mooseheart, with the Moose Glide!” Feelings of joy and thanksgiving, went up from the hearts of the boys, when informed that the Convention would be held at Mooseheart and not St. Louis. They have no special grudge against the city of St. Bevo, but oh, you Mooseheart! Institution most noble, accomplishment most wonderful, purpose most divine, our own Grand Shrine, when we are there thoughts are instilled into our very soul, that we stand on the most sacred spot within this continent, where the designs and desires of a Divine Father are being carried out, and that the Kingdom of His Christ is coming upon earth. Let’s have all our Conventions at Mooseheart, the boys after attending there, go home inspired. They begin to appreciate the bigness of the Order they belong to, and act as fire brands in their subordinate Lodge, keeping their Brothers informed of their duties and obligations to to Moosedom after they return from the Convention. We’ll keep pulling for that million, bank on us being with you, with our shoes on.
W. Ward Davies, Phoenix, Ariz., District Supervisor for Arizona & New Mexico, is a real live one, as he proved to be when he came to the defense of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, at the National Capitol, when the latter was sat upon by Pacifists. Ward Davies waded in and floored a balky pacifist with a well directed punch and body blow. This action brought him National fame. He was complimented by the President, also Ex-President Roosevelt, who told him to “pass the fist to all pacifists,” also Senators and Congressman, and was entertained by several of the civic and commercial bodies of the larger cities.
He is now known as the fighting Welchman. You will soon discover by his thick brogue, that he belongs to the “land of the leek.” He is doing good work in his territory, and putting the lodges on a solid foundation and building the up.
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SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT GARY
More than two hundred and fifty members of Gary, Ind., Lodge No. 783 and sixty ladies of Chapter No. 249, held a meeting and reception at Moose Home, Gary, March 7th. A class of twenty-two trod the mystic paths of Moosedom and the work of the degree team was excellent while the newly organized drill team covered themselves with glory.
The ladies deserve great credit for the general success of the evening and the brethren of the prosperous Lodge of the Indiana city need never feel qualms of doubt in any undertaking- if they have the support of their excellent sisters of tlio chapter.
a large area for this purpose.
What greater tribute can President Woodrow Wilson, Premier Borden of Canada, Lloyd George and General Foch pay to those great heroes who now lie in Flander’s fields than to meet the wives and children of many of them at their new home at Mooseheart, during the great Peace-Victory Celebration?
We of Illinois invite, yes, we appeal to you Brothers, to bend every effort to be with us during this great week of activity, and we assure you that the good Illinois hospitality and the Mooseheart Greeting will be yours if you will only come.
In the meantime don’t forget that now is the harvest time to harvest that double membership. Do your bit! Let’s go!
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
By W. Ward Davies
Whoop ’er up, we’re off. Arizona and New Mexico will make that big heart of Jim Davis’ go on a rampage, when he finds what a vast number they will add to the ranks of the herd in making up that million mark. I would send you the photographs of my distinguished deputies, Jimmie J. Gahan, Globe,known to 100,000 Moose. Billie Gray, the live wire of Jerome, always over a 100 per cent, Dr. Means, Douglas, the reliable, J. A. Reis, who
gled almost unto death.
The members who were left at home strained their every effort to keep up the good fraternal work of the boys who had answered the call. They gave freely of their materal substance that they might create a little more sunshine to brighten the dark hours of the soldiers and those they left behind. They strove to advance this great Order, but the burden was heavy for everywhere it was the war, and progress was slow and hard to attain.
On November 11,1918, was again heard, throughout the World, the bugle sounding the retreat, the only retreat the American soldier had known, the retreat of victory. Right had won! On the battle field, in the factory and in the home the spirit of Brotherly love, the spirt of “One for all and all for One,” had been unconsciously taught and exemplified. The story of the Moose was carried to the four corners of the globe. The nonmembers observed the true exemplification of the teachings of our Order with the result that it caused thousands of lonesome homesick hearts to wish that they, too, had a Brother in whom they might confide and seek consolation.
When war activities ceased, Moose activities were resumed with more vigor than ever before in the history of the Order. Brothers returned to their homes with the helpful spirit of Moosedom in their hearts and from
Swan Olson Deputy Supervisor
J. P. McCracken Deputy Supervisor
EDGAR EASTER Di strict Supervisor
dreams 7 days a week of Mooseheart, and Bill J. Orman, they call him big because he gets them in so fast, like Tex does down in the Carolinas. As I said, I would send you their pictures but I must consider the feelings of all Loyal Moose, their wives, mothers daughters and sweethearts, who read this magazine, and anyway I am way up here in Roswell, a thousand miles away from them, so I couldn’t get their pictures. Ask “Doc” Rondthal-er, Henning, Giles and Jake Artzer what they know about us. We bring the big guns out to banquet with them when they drop into the State, such as the Governor, President of the Senate, Supi'eme Judges, and all the way down the line, and they all wear the Moose Horns. Since the passing of the Flu epdemic, several of the Lodges have taken on new life. At Douglas they opened the Charter about a month ago, and over 100 new members have been added already. Phoenix also is taking on a lively gait; a large class was put through about two weeks ago, among whom were two Judges of the Superior Court, Chairman of the Commission of State Institutions, also a number of the leading citizens, and the enthusiasm is getting up to a fever heat all over the territory. At Tuscon we will institute a new Lodge in the near future. Bill Gray writes from Jerome: “Watch
W. WARD DAVIES District Supervisor
far and near, came the knock upon our doors from those who had seen the results of our great work, and desired admission within our defending circle, until today we are well started upon our way to a double membership.
In Illinois, two thirds of the Lodges are promoting the most successful campaigns for membership that they have ever experienced. In conjunction with this great movement for a doubled membership, the northern part of the State is fairly humming in the gigantic preparation for the 31st. Annual Convention and Peace-Victory Celebration of the Loyal Order of Moose. All of the cities of the Fox River Valley are arranging wonderful Peace Demonstrations of huge pro-portons. Thousands of dollars are being raised for entertainment purposes by the various municipalities. Mooseheart is today a regular “bee-hive” of activity in arrangement of this, the biggest and greatest Convention in the history of the Order.
Many of the Lodges are already arranging to charter trains so that their membership and townspeople can attend ths great demonstration. Many others are arranging for camping parties so that the members can come in a body and spend a week in camp, on the beautiful, wooded banks of the Fox River. Mooseheart has set aside
membership of eight hundred. They belie , e in increasing the membership ana are doing good campaign work.
Lodge No. 963 has always m-antain-ed an excellent record and works for new members consstently. Brother Swan Olson has been active in the campaign work of the past year and has also been an efficient Dictator of the Lodge.
Open charters have kept these Lodges busy and they made progress in the past two years in spite of the handicaps of the war.
Waseca Lodge No. 1653, Waseca, Minnesota, the youngest Lodge in the District, has been built up under the direction of Brother M. W. Weller. He has secured many of the best citizens of his communty to affiliate wth the Lodge. The Mooseheart pictures were shown last December and brough good results before the closing of the campaign work, January 1st. The membership is close to one hundred and fifty.
The other Lodges in the District have apparently gone along smoothly but have developed no interest in active campaign work. We regret that they have lost valuable time and a lot of new members, had they deemed it expedient to carry on active campaign work under the organization department.
South Dakota Lodges are all in good standing at this writing. Water-town, Lodge, South Dakota has just recently been instituted and is rapidly being built up under the direction of Frank Liska, who is a wide awake Deputy.
Aberdeen Lodge No. 550, and Sioux Falls Lodge No. 503 made substantial increases in their membership in 1918 but since Convention time have reported no active work under the Organization Department.
In North Dakota some of the Lodges last year did excellent work under the Department of Organization. So far the present year, no request have been made for campaigns under the Department.
Efforts are being made to have all the Lodges in the District send delegates to the National Peace-Victory Celebration and 31st. Annual Convention of the Loyal Order of Moose, to be held at Mooseheart, Illinois, June 22 to 28,
In closing let me say to the officers and members of the Lodges that the best way to boost the Order and Mooseheart, is to build the membership locally. We can reach the million mark, collectively if we work.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS By Earl Hasey, District Super.
On the sixth day of April, 1917, the bugle sounded the reveille and America awakened on the dawn of her entrance into the World’s greatest war. Before the echo of that call had died away 52,122 red blooded members of the Loyal Order of Moose had left their homes, their families and their all, to give ther lives if need be, to the call of democracy, and with them thousands of their brothers left their regular occupations to enter the factories, the munition plants, and the ship building yards to further this one great cause. Scores of these men left wives and mothers and dear little children that they were never to see again. Many of them returned man•
R. R. Richard•; Deputy Supervisor
F. O. Rogers Deputy Supervisor