The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 23

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WOODMEN OF THE WORLD ARE IN SESSION WITH FOREST TREES FOR THEIR TEMPLE DRUMS SOUND AND BANNERS ARE A-FLUTTER| Brilliant Spectacle Seen on the Streets of the City When the Delegates Depart Prominent San Franciscans| Trudge Over the Basalt To- '\ ward the Altars of Sacrifice IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES MARK THE INITIATION CANNON ROAR | AT A MEETING IN THE SOUTH P i ‘0, >ITH colors flying, drums beat- | ing = ba playing, the v men of the World start- over a thousand strong Pioneer Hall yesterday, | 1 OV 00 happy captives in the mysteries 1 & prancing steed that | not too much, and_ Golden Gate nand of Captains | acted as escort me a brass band, and then the | pard of Wood- prominent re City and Lane, who wledge that ad a proposition d no n of before wate: Merton as the apostle ible for a ¥ is rce of muct ther Woodmen. | \NIZATION | F THE ORDER| Made Pic- ciety's > @) = @6 e Woodmen of wi of Pikes Peak. One which place Manito Four new party and On_the ve the sea, huge on the impres- rs went out and the morning mists st pan- unfolded nburg, assisted | founded the | OF TENTS IN THE GROVE| —_— Fernbrook Park early mornix: the morning Woodmen § busy place from e into the night. In was 2 large force of ng tents to be used by the arters and put- | iches on_the interior afterncon the tented @ity. bear large | den Gate | most attrac e headquarters e official organ of the | northern jurisdiction of ettily decorates train, that | on, r the ceremonies of the evening. Then the sounds of the ax and | the saw ceased, and the assembled dele- ested to await the arrival of the e rains with hundreds of neighbors on to arrive at the park was cramento and Stockton, Wpodmen from those two were an enthusiastic crowd recelved with the which the of the gen- jttee to the headquarters rfixs- d to them. After resting for a while e began 1o make preparations for the v ; d for the night | ee, the busiest lot the grounds, had headquarters | the one with about cities. They of choppers and were wele come, after Woodmen alongside the pavilion, and fme 1 trains began 1o | errive until the initiatory work com- | menced were kept occupied receiving | Teporte from the clerks of each camp and | in giving directions as to the placing of | those who were to take the degrees in the | orest. These were arranged in groups, | with & view 1o avoid corfusion. J Y v F. A. Falken- | al train left | ERNBROOK, Aug. 10.—The mon- ster initiation of the Woodmen of the World, Pacific jurisdiction, is now a thing of pleasurable mem- ory A large number of citizens from all parts cf the State were inducted into the mysteries of Woodcraft in a man- ner never before attempted in this part of the country. From a fraternal standpoint the affair was a great success, both as to numbers and the manner of giving the ritualistic work. The officers who delivered the charges to the candidates had perfected themselves so that they were letter per- fect, and the scene in the miniature for- est, in which the American flag was in evidence on all sides, was most impres- sive. o The candidates after taking the obliga- tion at the stumps were assigned to seats in the western end of the hall, while the eastern and the northern ends were re- served for those who were spectators. This novel bit of fraternal work in the valley, at the foot of high hills and by the side of a rippling stream, attracted to - S Fres: P e SCENE AT FERNBROOK PARK DURING THE INITIATION OF CANDIDATES. —_— in the name of the order, consequently there were no beverages on the grounds. One of the camps which had with it a side degree sought to have wines with which to entertain members and friends, but this coming to the knowledge of Gen- eral Organizer Temple he notified those in charge that such would not be permit- ted, giving thém netice that he had re- ceived a telegram frém Head Consul Falk- enberg in thesc words: “‘Any camp that has liquor at Fernbrook will be deprived of its charter.” The idea was then aban- the place hundreds of the citizéns of Ala- meda County, who came by train and by team to see what could be seen. They could not, of course, sec the initiation, for a line of pickets all around the pavilion kept shem away and prevented them from peering under the canvas that surrounded it. But these outsiders were later in the ——+ | doned. night given an opportunity to see the ¥ T work of the several drill teams that en- Colong. 0. 5, Beng, Gatiisan: tered the competition for the prifes of- | Colonel O. F. Long Garrison No. 101, R. and V. A. and N. U., will hold an old fashioned military and naval smoker in the social hall of the Alcazar bullding to fered. This to many was a novelty, which repaid them for the disappointment of not seeing the ceremony of initlation. | its friends on the night of the 13th inst. A law of the order is That no iiquors! The i shall be dispensed in any ceremonies given | that “‘a jolly good time is agsuredfl’ OF A HOST OF PROMINENT MEN INTO THE ORDER 2HEZSCO — Members of All the Camps in San Diego County Have a Great' Night Celebration Neighbors Gather in the For- est and Take Part in Con- tests After the Initiation aiaii Special Dispatch to The Call. AN DIEGO, Aug. 10.—More than 400 ‘Woodmen of the World from the different camps of San Diego County gathered to-night at the Howard tract on the City Park for the purpoese of initiating 127 new members | of the order. The work was in charge of Head Ad- viser C. H. Bartholemew of this city, and thcugh quite a number were obligated at the degree room before going out to the grove it was quite late when the cere- mony was completed with the few who were retained for the exemplification of the work. The committees which had charge of the wholesale initiation had been at work for several weeks and their plans were | successtully carried out. Immense bonfires | were ‘lighted and an eleven-gun salute called the neighbors to the forest. Lines | of carryalls were run from the center of | the city to the scene of the big initiation and they were kept moving so that there | was plenty of communication between the | city and the grounds. | At the close of the initiation of the se- lected candidates there were log-sawing and wood-cutting contests participated in by the teams from the various camps in attendance and these were followed by an instrumental musical pro- gramme. The aff: d with a mid- night banquet bene the trees. With the initiations of to-night the local camp has more than 600 mem! | | @ ittt the center to allow all persons present to | have a full view of the ceremony. | evergreen decorations were bro | the ceiling in suc | an are | a manner as to form oints of this arch From man were suspended briili shed a soft light ov The station of the co ou the south side back of that w: | flag. “At one i an sid ¢ path and steps which had the appearance of hav- ing been hewn in the forest for the pur- e was a rv | pose of allowing those ‘who took part in the ceremony to reach the central point. | . On_the other side of the consul com- mander’s station was a round tent for the Ishmaelites, who took part in one of the great scenes produced for the purpose of impressing the candidates with the lessc | of fraternal help in time of need. At the stations of the lieutenant adviser, the banker and the past c 1 commander there were stumps cut at Fernbrook, and | the working tools upon each stump were of wood cut on the ground, with the idexs of making all as realistic as possible. To accommodate all who could not get inside | of the pavilion there was erected an im- mense tent on the north side, the end facing the structure being open so as allow all who found sitting or standi room to have a view of the officers work. The camps that took part in the great initiation were Golden Gate, Western Ad- dition, Mission, San Francisco, Tamalpais, Richmond, Calumet, Redwood and Call- fornla of San Francisco; Oakland, Alpha, Forest and Athens of Oakland; Peralta and Wedgewood of Berkeley, Fruitvale of Fruitvale, Old Orchard of San Lorenz>, Elmhurst of Elmhurst, Cherry of San Le- andro, Cypress of Haywards, Mount Eden of Mount Eden, Maple o Centerviile, Live Oak of Livermore, Pleasanton of Pleasan- ton, Spruce of Alameda, Ramon of Dans- ville, Aliso of Concord, Laurel of Marti- nez, Hollywood of Crockett,sCharter Oak of Santa Clara, Alamo of San Jose, Los Gatos of Los Gatos, Watsonville of Wat- souville, Hollister of Hollister, Castello of Palo Alto, Embarcadero of Redwood City, Buckeye of San Mateo, Miramonte of San Rafael, Petaluma of Petaluma, Progress of South San Francisco, Rosewood of Santa Rosa, Elmwood of Glen Ellen, Ful- ton of Fulton, Gyser of Healdsburg, Yo- kiah of Ukiah, Vallejo of Vallejo, Morant of Benicla, Winters of Winters, Almond of Vacaville, Sequola of Sacramento and Protection of Stockton—in all fifty-four, the largest aggregation of camps that ever met in California. At one time in the early part of the campaign the executive committee was of the opinion that the initlatory work should be performed by a team of one of the camps, but after consideration it was thought that such a course would engen- der jealousy, so the committee by a unan- imous vote decided that that work should be performed by members of the depart- ment of organization; so Merton C. Allen, deputy head consul and city organizer, was selected as past consul commander W. L. Temple, State organizer, as consui commander; B. F. Ledford, district organ- izer, as lieutenant adviser; A. J. Weinert, city organizer, as banker; Burdette Core nell, district organizer, as escort, and F. E. Trimble, district organizer, as wateh- man. These officers were perfect in thei work and the manner in which they per- formed their several duties won for them prajse that was well deserved. ation was engineered by the fol- 3 7 IZEINERT. who committee cn invitations declares | means of trees and boughs transformed | into Immense Crowd Witnesses ‘were most | place in the great pavilion, which had been | lavishly embellished by committee, consisting of the membership | of Maple Camp of Centerville, of which | | W. C. Greaves, Calumet v J. C. Lynch of the school department is | Prascisen £ W B Nec Richao the consul commander. The pavilion | Farrell, Progress F. wn space is 125x65 feet, with a reserved space | John Gansberger. Old O 2 in the center, where the stump, the maul, the neighbors to what in other organiza- tions is called an altar, was the one of he 1 lowing officers and members: Officers of the executive committee—Presi- < dent, Merton C. Allen, No. 64, San THRONGS SEE Francisco 3. MeCab Mission N 2 n Frai second i president, W. D. L. Held, 0. 369, Ukial THE CERE MONY secretary, H. B. Smith, o. 101, Oak-~ land; treasurer, J. K. J Forest No. 102, Dakland. Executive committee—: A. N. Lindsay Peralta 123; G, ) W. Lynch. Manle binson, Spruce 429; P. Salisbury, edgewood 604; H : . Aliso 540 S G. M. Hodgkins, F. Storer, El Exercises at Celebrated 361; A. N, Frost, Fruitvale 431; L. J. Bills, Ful- ton 4%; C. L. an’ River 420; A. M Stump, Hardman, Ellen A. L. Graham, Cy- press 1. J Geyser 3 Grubb, Hoilis Hagemann L, | Oak 1i4; E. Los Gatos The arrangements that were made for Meininger, the conferring of the defffees on the many T L O gathered around the central stump perfect. The ceremony took | Cast D. Oltver the decoration Redwood 91; Cherry 184: C. W. Westc Miller, Mira Monte ax and other appliances necessary in the | 0ak 321; D. E. Albers, Rosewood W. G. conferring of degrees were located. The | Pogue. Yokia 29; H. C. Weisenberger, Watson- stump, which is the name that is given by | ville 82. ‘Woodmen of the World. San Francisco Camp, the fingst piece of | A new camp called Sausalito Camp of carved weed In the United ttates. It is|the Woodmen cf the World was brought the work of Neighbor George W. Baltic | into existence at Sai 0 with a_good of that camp. and )t was dedicated by |membership on the 5th inst. by R. F. Past Head Consul M. T. Moses in the | Wells, organizer for the order. The fol- presence of 400 neighbors on the %th of | lowing named are the first officers: Judge last February. It is a beauty and every | J; Hy Bryofy P C. € Hon A. Sylvia, €. ‘Woodman feels proud of it. Hannen. C.; Ed Baraly, B.; H. Lewis, B.: The interfor of the pavillon was by |§. Lovono, L W.; J. D. Bem, O. W.; Cap- tain W. Childs. C. F. Walsh and 'J. D. a miniature forest, cleared away in | Lindsey, M.; Dr. Crompton, M. E.