Show WOODMEN BEGIN WORK I Head Camp Opened at 10 I 0 F Building Yesterday > j j I HAD A VERY BUSY DAY 1 f yurious Committees Were Appointed and Report oi the Committee on I Credentials Showed Eighty Visitors Present Women of Woodcraft Also Met Reports > of Head Camp Officers I I Were Full of Interest Cnmps of fl Pacific Jurisdiction Havo Surplus I of 848000 on Hand I i r II I The Woodmen of the World and theh auxiliary organization the Women of I Woodcraft opened their convention In Odd Fellows building on Market street I at 10 a m yesterday the Woodmen I meeting In the upper hall and the j t ladles I in the hall in the 1 second story I I It was nearly 7 p in before final adjournment ad-journment for the day was taken and preparations made to1 attend the reception re-ception in the evening at the Theater The forenoon session of the Woodmen I was devoted to preliminary work BeT Be-T C Rollins of San Bernardino offered the opening prayer and Head Consul I I 4r j j I 1 z 11 VfHT J > W i 4 10 if I u I bs Il itr Mary Falkenberg Denver Cob k Past Grand Guardian i Falkenberg announced the standing committees of the session Following 1 arc the names o1 th committees and their chairmen Credentials J Cones 1 I C-ones Oregon chairman order of bus MCSS C S Elder Colorado chairman I paws and grievances 1L N Haynes Colorado chairman resolutions M B rwashburn California chairman expenditures h ex-penditures D Oliver California chairS chair-S man ritualistic work H P Heath Colorado chairman distribution C H nt Bartholomew California chairman receipts Col S Walker Oregon chairman chair-man good of the order Janes Sten II house M D Colorado chairman relations II1IIE1 rela-tions with sovereign camp W C Hawley t Haw-ley Oregon chairman Women of Woodcraft J C Rollins California e r chairman organization work C A U Koepfil Washington chairman press L A B Keith Montana representation I J A Mills California chairman social CG entertainments In camps R Fahy f California chairman i forms W H b I Keen Washington chairman salaries D S Ewing California chairman II 1 equalization fund A Cornforth Colorado Colo-rado chairman uniform rank J CIa C-Ia tshaw Colorado chairman mileage > agc rl v b c1llil I 21 I11 IiI I r I 4i 44r > i r13FiI I Mrs Carrie C Van Orsdall Pendle ri11 ton Or Grand Guardian and per diem I AY C Hawley Oregon chalrman official organ T A Grlgg i5cs hazardous M D Montana chairman vocations and rates H W Stormer l3vI Colorado chairman Woodmen buildings build-ings D S Ewing California chairman i5O EIGHTY VISITORS PRESENT Tho report of the committee on credentials O cre-dentials showed an attendance of jS eighty including delegated head camp P ofiicer past hpad consuls and official k1 vigors I from the sovereign jurisdiction Following Is the list of head ofilccrs and delegates In attendance i F A Falkenberg head consul Colorado ii J Colo-rado M T Moses paSt head conoul I 1 I California C V Cooper paBt head I consul and head banker Oregon A B Kolth past head consul Montana R Fahy head adviser California I I S 1 BoaK head clerk Colorado F P Bert I schy bead auditor Colorado W C Hawley Oregon J C Latshaw Colorado 0 nI1 t Colo-rado A D Stlllman Oregon C A Kocpfli Washington II N Haynes 44 Coloiado head managers T TIxighes Colorado head physician IX S Kwlng J Colorado head escort N O Baldwin I I Washington head watchman W M Elliott Salt Lake head sentry OTHER DELEGATES Utah W H Ray Provo T C Morris Mor-ris Ogden Idaho II M Holbrook Montpcllcr XJr P S Beck Ccnesee Colorado i II W Stormer Aspen C IA i Rich Grand Junction Amos Slater t Sallda 1 A Wheeler Amethyst F P Hall Durango F P Manix Victor A Coraforth Colorado Springs C B 4 Phillips F T RussolU Pueblo M E i i Walker Trinidad O P Smith Las Anlmas Dr C J Ferguson C S Elder s Eld-er D L Blakely Dr James Stenhouse f 5 Joseph Dennis C W Braun B M M Carr Denver C V Benson Loveland 4 II P Heath Greeky VomlngY A Wyman Cheyenne 1 O Montana G W Ellis Bozeman T I A GrIg Butte 1 R Wilson Livingston Living-ston California II Bartholomew John i H Foley J C Rollins J D Armstrong I 1I fo Arm-strong F B Brown M B Wishburn I C J A Mills W G Poage D Oliver Jr gocf1j M T MIls W B Wilson C L Richmond ifl Rich-mond Orplonq TtV > ntoh W C RAn1nr 4OJ non W D Harper F L Myers B L Stceves J S Bohannon W T Macy Sol S Walker J C Jones ClLBo quctte J P Menefee W L Tooze Washington I Keen F C Dunne A G Henderson W M Beach Henry Berliner F W Newel J D f Smith Dayton John Pattlson Colfax J F Hill Davenport E G Soules I Sr r3 sJ s < Ss5v I c k I L m m IIiii I i if I I iZ 4 r f r Grand Adviser Mrs Bird Hill Idaho I Falls Ida SURPLUS OF 48000 Head Auditor Frank P Bertschy oC Denver showed that In addition to the large surplus to the credit of the order in the head camp treasury the local or subordinate camps In the Jurisdiction Jurisdic-tion have In their own hands at least 18000 in the shape of a surplus Tho phenomenal growth of the order which now numbers about 61000 in this jurisdiction Juris-diction alone was set forth HEAD CLERKS REPORT Head Clerk I I Boak of Denver said in his report that though only ten years old the Woodmen of the World have 0l a membership and financial standing second to no fraternal and beneficial order in the West Mr Boak was especially es-pecially well received HEAD CONSUL TALKS The blnnlal report of Hon F A Falkenberg head consul of the Pacific Jurisdiction was J feature of the afternoon The report gave evidence of wide information as to fraternal affairs af-fairs All matters of general Interest to the order wer fully discussed and the views and statements of the head consul will form a basis for Important legislation this session An adjournment was taken at 1230 unt 230 p m and the afternoon session ses-sion was given up to the official reports of the head officers of the order Head Physician Dr T A Hughes of Denver reported that nearly 21 per cent of the violent deaths during the past term occurred In nonhazardous professions Head Banker C V Cooper of Portland showed in his report the high financial standing of the order all over the Pacific Pa-cific Jurisdiction and he believed that the new system Introduced Into his office of-fice had greatly facilitated It operations ton and the Interests of the fraternity MEETING OF WOMEN Committees Appointed and Reports of Head Officers Heard There was 0 full rollcall at the meetIng meet-Ing of the second biennial session of the Women oC Woodcraft the personnel person-nel of the attendance being a printed In yeslerdays Tribune Grand GuardIan Guard-Ian Mrs Van Orsdall delivered a brief speech of congratulation which was well received A committee on credentials creden-tials consisting of Mesdames Hollywood Holly-wood Connors Lovelace Bishop and Elliott was appointed and they reported report-ed favorably on the delegates named whose total votes aggregated 249 The following committees were appointed ap-pointed by the grand guardian Resolutions Mrs Jessie Daue of Idaho chairman Salaries Mrs Margaret Mar-garet MacDonald of Colorado chairman chair-man Good of the Order Iss Y L Morton Colorado chairman Distribution Distribu-tion of Business Mrs J D Crocker Crocel Oregon chairman Receipts and Disbursements Dis-bursements Mary F Hurley Oregon chairman Order of Business Mrs Mary R Davis Oregon chairman Organization Or-ganization of Work Mrs S E King California I chairman Ritualistic Work Miss M J Parks Colorado chairman Laws and Grievances Cora O Wilson Washington chairman Affiliation Mrs Joanna Bollerman Oregon chairman chair-man Equalization Lillian Pol lock Colorado chairman The committee on order of business reported at the afternoon session and arrangements were made for the publication pub-lication of a Journal of each 0 days proceedings pro-ceedings the board of managers to act as 0 printing committee The reports from the grand officers were read detailing de-tailing the remarkable progress of the order and the bright prospects for the future and the grand circle adjourned to reconvene this morning at 10 a m RECEPTION AT THE THEATER Addresses of Welcome by Gov Wells and Others Notwithstanding the very strong counter attraction of the circus there was a good attendance at the reception and welcome given to the visiting delegates dele-gates to the session of the head camp the of the Woodmen last evening Every seat on the lower floor of the Salt Lake theater occupied and there was 0 rr j I 34 z i 1 r t c 5 J 4 Grand Manager Mrs Eva C Wilson Aspen Cob fair sprinkling In the first circle while the visitors In whose honor the function func-tion was given occupied seats on the stage A few Introductory remarks were made by Theodore W Whlteley explanatory ex-planatory of the object of the gatherIng I gather-Ing concluding by introducing Gov Wells The Governor made a short address ad-dress In the course of which he gave a hearty welcome to the visitor He raid he understood the Woodmen were like the steadfast friend who in time of sickness and when the cold Iqy finger fin-ger of death was laid upon us extended I extend-ed a helping hand from n sympathetic heart the sort of people who help the widows and the orphans who build each other up and never tear each other down who make bad men good better There wan plnnty and good men < r of room In Utah for such people not only to sojourn for a season but t to llyo in permanently There were no trees that they would l be permitted to hew down but there was plenty of land that they could till Although they couldnt bo woodchoppers they could be like the man with the hoe or they could take drills and n few sticks of I giant powder and become miners and l there were any of them no hood for anything else they could be elected to 11 ofllccs In the absence of Mayor Thompson I President of the City Council Buckle extended the visitors the freedom of I I the city He spoke of the beauty and desirability of Salt Lake as 0 place of l residence and as a business center and expressed great l pleasure at meeting so I Intelligent and pleasant ladles and gentlemen gen-tlemen as composed the delegations I S Head Consul F A Falkenberg In response re-sponse made an eloquent speech In which he gave a brief history of the I organization of the Pacific coast jurisdiction juris-diction of the Woodmen of the World dicton In Denver ten yours ago told how by I hard work and honest methods It had grown until It now had more than 51000 members had paid out more I than 7000000 to the widows and orphans or-phans of deceased members and how I I the order generally had become one of 1 I I the best known and strongest fraternal l organizations in the United States Ho concluded with n glowing apostrophe l to the American home and fraternity Morris Shepherd sovereign banker bank-er of the order a young man with a gift of oratory spoke on fraternity fra-ternity an1 fraternal Insurance as against oldline Insurance drawing the conclusion that the fraternals were far I I In the lead Fraternity he said was at the very foundation of the American I i home He concluded with a glowing I tribute to American womanhood Tho proceedings were enlivened by I t icndltlons by Helds band at Intervals I i during the evening I |