| Show GREAT AND CHIEF OF I RECORDS f I O R ARRIVE 1 TOMORROW I II r I 1 I 1 1 r u w o s 2 d dr r r I Chief of Records Wilson Brooks Great John W Cherry I Great Juhn Vs y Cherry and Great Chief of Records Wilson Brooks will pay this cit city an official I visit tomorrow to tomorrow I morrow The Th local loal Red HEd are mak making Ins ing preparations to entertain the great chiefs in a proper manner much satisfaction Is expressed over the In Interest interest terest displayed d by the h the or Ol Older order der in investigating lodge conditions in this state The rhe great ch chiefs fa realize I that the Improved Order of Red Hed Men len I has hus not flourished here commensurate common with the aims and purposes of the o and it is proposed to in inaugurate an active active campaign of tribes and strengthening those in c Ute tribe of ham and Hiawatha tribe of Ogden will join the local in mat matt mats t and ado aUng methods to be in gaining this desired end While the improved Orm Order r of Red Men is not us as well know In t this h state as some other orders it boat boatti of being the oldest secret society of purely Am American origin It Il was founded In 1765 and now has a of OVEr The in recent years has been und and It hi propose d to continue tills thus work Two wo sessions will lw be held 4 l att and evening and a is expected i iJohn John W V CherY the head of tho gr p r 1 dor dol was born n Norfolk Va in D e cember 1854 1554 At the age ot of 15 he be capie n a printers apprentice and Is noy noa engaged In n his trade frade In Norfolk u joined Black Hawk tribe No 57 in fn r j jand i and in 1881 1837 became a past nUl anc entered the great grent council of kita He was el elected cled great oC o ir In 1893 and was appointed steal great of the great council of the United States In 1894 1594 He was elected great junior ol of the G C U S in 1902 and sr great at senior sagamore Ja ore in 1904 He became groat hi arch 29 1906 1905 owing to thE death ot of the then great groat Thomas E Watts of Alabama Mr Cherry Is a large man being six feet two inches taU tall and has a smile and affable manner which h has hIlS made mado him one of the most mist popular members member of the order not yon an orator lie he sneaks with a force ss that command respect and dose close attention from his hearers Wilson Brooks was horn In Connecticut cut 1 in III 1866 1566 and is the thc son of ReV W Y E D D clergy clergyman man mun He has hus been a x h ot oc go since graduating from Yale In 1881 1857 In 1890 1590 at the tho age ot of 24 21 he was elected a Republican member of the legislature He has been n a member of th l 1 or of Red Rell Men leu since 1 1880 and n became a member of the tho council of Illinois where he served t successively as great and great senior sagamore and in 1894 was elected elect elected ed great sachem In 1895 1595 lie he ent rel the great council of the United States R Rand and in 1897 1597 was pleated great groot chief or of records of Illinois In 1204 1004 h declined d further reelection for i this once office at which time the order In Illinois had increased front from 2000 to members In 1900 I 1 was elected groat chief of re records of great of the United states tates since which thug he h him been unanimously reelected tt at each succeeding session lIe He Is hi said tf to have hav one of the most in the United States Where all the of tIm the order is transacted |
