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Show PAY LOVING TRIBUTE TO DEAD ' THREE HUNDRED WOODMEN MARCH TO CEMETERIES. Judge Howell Speaker of Day Four Monuments Over Departed Neighbors Neigh-bors Unvcilecf. Memorial services for the deceased members of the Woodmen of the World, were held yesterday. Fully three hundred of the GOO members o't tho organization in this city turned out, and paid tribute to their dead. The day was perfect for tho occasion and at 9:30 o'clock a parade was started from the corner of Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth and Washington, led by the Degree team in full uniform, followed follow-ed by the oillcers of the camp in their regalia and then by the members, 300 strong. The line of march proceeded pro-ceeded first to Mountain View cemetery, ceme-tery, where monuments over two graves, those of F. R. Speak and Simon Si-mon Nelson, were unveiled. Thirteen graves wf-ro also decorated with beautiful beau-tiful floral offerings. At 2 o'clock In the afternoon the parade was again formed at the same placo and. led by the Auditorium band in two divisions, proceeded to tho Ogden City cemetery, twenty-three twenty-three of the marchers carrying the beautiful floral decorations which were to be placed on the graves of a like number of brother Woodmen who are resting there. Arriving at the cemetery, monuments over tho graves of the deceased members, E S. Luty and Iouls Allard, were unveiled. The speaker of the day was Hon. J. A. Howell, who was introduced by Commander Com-mander Samuel Kline, who after a few appropriate introductory remarks, surrendered tho temporary speaker's stand built on the Woodmen lot, to the judge. Judge Howell's address in part was as follows: Again a year in the cycle, of time has rolled by and again we Woodmen meet together as we have met year by year, for tho solemn purpose of bedecking the graves of all of our deceased de-ceased neighbors, now numbering thir-ty-slx. with 6weet flowers of remembrance remem-brance and to perform the sacred duty of dedicating these substantial monuments mon-uments of stone to the latest of our houored dead memorials symbolic of the rock-ribbed honesty and integrity integ-rity of the enduring faithfulness to home, to employer, to fellow workmen, and to friends and neighbors of these men who a little while before the rest of us have passed into the valley of tho shadow of death. They are no longer in the camp of tho living, yet we can say of each of them, as our great founder and leader, Fanlken-burg, Fanlken-burg, has said of every Woodman: "But hfi lq not forvotten. for some dav With solemn coremonles, grand, sublime, sub-lime, They place a marblo token of esteem And plant sweet flowers from a sunny clime Upon his grave, and with an 'ancient oil' They 'consecrate' it and 'themselves anew. And 'with parse water' pledge him once again To those he loved to be forever true." Today with a ceremonial whose form Is peculiar to our order, wo fondly recollect our dear departed dead, but the purpose which actuates us In so doing Is aa old as the world's history; it is an acknowledgment of our indent-odncsss indent-odncsss to the past, for this custom of re-membcring the dead with proper coremony goes back into the very dawn of civilization. The magnificent pyramids of old Egypt, the most ancient an-cient country in the world, those colossal col-ossal structures which are mysteries to the hifitorian, whose purpose tho archaeologist has sought in vain to unravel, whatever else they may be, are certainly memorials to Egypt's dead, for upon them, by pictures and signs, are emblazoned the lives of the men of her momentous past Just as in tho times that arc gone, a far back as tho transactions of tho human family are recorded, men havo commemorated in stone and in bronzo the lives of their predecessors; so do we now; bo will our successors, as long as mankind recognizes Its. obli- us convinces us that In some other sphere they arc fulfilling their eternal destiny, that unfettered by human limitations their souls are soaring amid heights they could never reach in this finite world of ours. It is true that the mortal remains of our deceased neighbors will decay, but they will live again In the glories of their Maker. Ho who made all things in heaven and earth has said that man shall live forever This truth beautifies the sombre tomb and as the spring time decks the earth with beauty, with foliage and with flowers, replacing what the storms of winter have destroyed. "So mortal shall put on immortality and that which was of earth shall be transformed trans-formed and become eternal." To this ho:ir consecrated to their memory I believe and I think you will believe with me, that their eternal eter-nal vision can pierce the shadows which separate us, sensing the love and affection which wo show them today, to-day, and so sensing them are grateful for our tokens of rcmemlfrance to them. It is true, however; as the great Lincoln said, that we do gain for ourselves by such ceremonies as this a great deal more than -we can do for them, for here we can pledge ourselves anew to emulate their example ex-ample and be faithful to tho ideals and tho hopes which filled their lives. If these honored dead could speak to us today, what would bo their message? mes-sage? Would thoy ot bid us, with all the piercing intensity of a speaking speak-ing soul, that we here this day consider con-sider anew what are the great Ideals for which this . organization stands and would they not ask , us oh, with what directness, to consecrate ourselves our-selves anew to their fulfillment. It is not my purpose this nfternoon to trace the birth and the growth of tho fraternal insurance societies in this great country of ours, but it suffices suffi-ces to say that since their establishment establish-ment it is not only possible for the rich and the mighty, as it was before, but even for the poor and the humble wago earners to leave their families protected when they can no longer support and assist them, and In my judgment when the final 6tory of the world's work is written, thl6 will be recorded as one of tho great achievements achieve-ments of our times. Like unto the tree of tho forest is the life of a Woodman a tiny sapling, sap-ling, a prattling baby, a sturdy oak, around which the ivy lovingly clings, a strong man, upon whom bis wife and children affectionately loan. Tha tree is cut down and the ivy feels the crushing blow, but along comes the Woodman of the forest and provides another support for the vino. Tho Woodman dies and his fellow Woodmen Wood-men do all that is in their power to care for the jvldow and the orphan left behind. Is " it not a beautiful ideal? Can we over forget the obligation obliga-tion ? In tho busy strife- of our work day, life with all its selfish Interests, we might, so it is fitting, therefore. and proper that wo should minglo together on occasions like this to renew our vows and annually an-nually so meeting we cannot forget. Neighbors William Doyle and William Wil-liam Plggott officiated at tho unveiling unveil-ing exercises, and were ably assisted by the Woodmen quartet under tho direction of Matthew Gait. The Uniform Degree team made an excellent showing, under the leadership leader-ship of Captain S- A. Lynch, and were assisted by a uniformed delegation from Devil's Slide camp. The floral pieces and boutonnierea were furul6hd by Neighbor Vander-schurt Vander-schurt and were of excellent variety and design. gallons to those who have gone before, be-fore, which means for all time, for each age of mankind must realize that it is tho Inheritor of all the ages whioh preceded it. There Is just one difference in our manner of rearing monuments to tie , dead and the manner of those of bygone by-gone ages. Formerly they were erected erect-ed only to the great men the supposedly sup-posedly great men of the nation, for it was then considered that the few out of tho many controlled tho destiny of the nation. Those were the days of oligarchy. But now wc place memorials upon the graves of all those who have lived useful lives, and we cherish their memories, for wo realize that the progress of the nation depends de-pends not only upon the works and lives of a few chosen to fame, but upon the works and lives of all its citizens., even though unknown to fame. This is the day of democracy. May tho salt which has been sprinkled upon these stones (salt being be-ing the oldest preservative known to man) be symbolic of the preservation by the living Woodmen of tho virtues of their dead, their faults having been burled with them. May the water wa-ter which has been poured upon them be emblematic of the purity and moderation mod-eration of their lives, which wc all should strive to emulate; and may the oil with which they have been annotated an-notated typify the neighborly sympathy sympa-thy and love which should unite the hearts of men. I hope you will pardon mo if I add a personal note to these ceremonies this afternoon, for I can noi TorDear to do 60, because one of those to whom we do these honors today was my lifelong friend, bound to me by ties tho most fraternal, not only in this but In at least two other organizations. organiza-tions. I had known Edward S. Luty and his forbears since my earliest recollection, and it was not surprising to me that in his manhood's estate he developed so much strength of character, so much technical ability in his chosen work, for he ciame of the best Anglo-Saxon blood he sprang from that race of men which has in the centurios gone by and doubtless will in all the centuries to come, lead the civilization of the world. He was worthy of his ancestors; he possessed their characteristic attributes. He commenced life in a humblo capacity in the railroad service and yet gradually, grad-ually, by the forccfulness of his mind and character, by his attentive and conscientious work, he rose step by step until at the time of his death he was intrusted with the supervision of all those who were doing work which he did when he enterod the railroad service. It was not my fortune to know so well the other neighbors whoso memorials mem-orials are dedicated this day, but I havo no doubt that they are equally deserving of them, though tho courso of their lives and mine never crossed, and so I never had the same opportunities oppor-tunities for observing their nobility of conduct as I did that of neighbor Luty. In the full strength of their manhood they were suddenly cut off, and today, standing beside their graves, we naturally ask ourselves this question: It cannot be. If t were only tho old and Infirm who.n grim death caught in his grasp, we might reconcile our minds and our hearts to the thought that having met I the just rewards which we believe all men and women receive here upon the earth, tbey had passed into ever-I ever-I lasting sleep the 9leep" that knows no awakening; but contemplating tho uncompleted lives of such men as these and of the many neighbors who He by them and in yonder cemetery to the south, wo cannot, reconcile ourselves our-selves to tho thought that their existence exis-tence ended when death snapped their earthly lives. The very incom- I plclouBs of their livefl here amongst |