/ { = SS [ep lle Saat a VOLUME I. Pal La | i) (N My DOR. BELOIT, KANSAS, MARCH, 1900. NUMBER 3. A Birthday Surprise. On February 10, Harmony Camp, 1475, located at Viborg, S. D., made their Oracle most happy by assembling in a body and presenting her with a lovely Royal Neighborpin. Asurprise? Yes, indeed, and a most genuine one, too. The Neighbors brought refreshments and a very enjoyable evening was spent by all. The Oracle desires to express her appreciation and thanks to the camp for its kindness, as it was the means of endowing her with fresh cour- age for renewed effort. CARRIE L. WHITE, Oracle. Woodmen Donate Hall Rent. DEKALB, ILL., Jan. 25.—The mem- bers of Loyal Star Camp, 130, enter- tained their Woodmen brothers at their hall, January 23. It was. their meeting night, and the Neigh- borsthoug’t they would give them a little sur- prise. An oyster sup- per was served, after which we were called to order by Venerable Consul Ed- ward Tay- lor. Then came a sur- prise for us, also, when the Wood- men donat- ed the use of the hall to us, which was” grate- fully re- ceived. Our big, good- natured neighbor Woodmen are large- hearted men and when they do anything it is never done by halves. Toasts were given by the Woodmen and a most enjoyable evening was passed. We trust our Royal Neighbors will let no opportu- nity pass for speaking a good word to the Woodmen about our order. I would like to let the Neighbors know that we have a thriving camp here and are still on the increase. It would be hard to find more faithful Neighbors, and when it comes to getting up sup- pers, ‘‘they can’t be beat.”’ Mrs. FLORA CAMP, Recorder. William I. Buchanan, now Ameri- can Minister to Argentina, is to visit the South American countries in the interest of the Buffalo exposi- tion. Have a Contest. SEWARD, NeEsB., Feb. 12.—Editor RoyaL NEIGHBOR: All the members of our camp enjoy, and also find, much help in our high-grade RoyAL NEIGH- BOR. Deputy Supreme Oracle H. E. Chidester organized our camp of twenty-four charter members on March 21, 1899. We have since that time taken in seventy-nine members and have five more to initiate at our next meeting. We have had suppers, en- tertainments and a contest, which have kept us interested and busy. We di- vided our camp into two sides, and the one which secured the least num- ber of new members was to furnish the supper for the whole camp. This re- sulted in eleven additions to our pects are better. We gave a play last Saturday night which made us $31.00, and we soon hope to have enough to get our regalia. We are all well pleased with THE ROYAL NEIGHBOR. It is certainly a credit and benefit to the order, and those who read it will find it instructive and interesting. We are waiting for suggestions through the columns of our paper, of something to make our meetings more interesting, and call out a larger at- tendance than our camp has been havy- ing for some time past. ELIZA COGSWELL, Recorder. From a Good Michigan Camp. Glendale Camp, 510, is situated in Waverly township, Van Buren coun- CALLING THE FERRYMAN. camp and lots of fun. We are trying the plan now of devoting one-half hour of each meeting to amusement or en- tainment, and think it will be success- ful in keeping all of our younger mem- bers. Mrs. May RITCHEY, Recorder. Waiting for Suggestions. ARLINGTON, KANS., Feb. 12.—Rose- wood Camp, 880, is not on the boom like some of the camps, still we are among the living, and hope to have more members the coming year. Our camp was organized March 2, 1898, with twenty-two charter members. We now have thirty-five in good standing. Some have withdrawn, more have dropped out. At times we have been quite discouraged, but at present pros- ty, Mich. It derives its name from Glendale, a little burg which consists of a general store, postoffice, (with daily mail) telephone line, blacksmith shop, town hall, Modern Woodmen hall, Methodist Episcopal church, and a school house and creamery. The surrounding country is well adapted for agricultural pursuits. The people are intelligent and up-to-date, as the Waverly Camp of Woodmen and Glen- dale Camp of Royal Neighbors will prove. Together they have erected and completed the only Woodmen hall in southern Michigan. Thecamp of Royal Neighbors has a membership of thirty- three, including two gentlemen; there are twenty-six beneficiaries. We are proud of our order. This is the fourth year since we organized and we are striving to make the work perfect in every detail. During the summer we sell ice cream and have socials of va- rious descriptions. In winter there are oyster suppers and chicken-pie sup- pers. We have received two issues of THE ROYAL NEIGHBOR, and think it a grand, good paper. Mrs. Lizzie ADAMS, Recorder. A Report from the Field. HAZELTON, IJA., January 25.—Dear Editor: I have been requested by some of my camps to write you con- cerning their organization. In 1899 I organized twenty-four camps in the following places: Fairbanks, Rien- beck, Melbourne, Vinton, Gladbrooke, Cedar Rapids, Garwin, Walker, Gar- rison, Ur- bana, Ta- ma, Shuey- ville, Bran- don, Le- Grand, Cen- ter Junc- tion, Key- stone, Ox- ford Junc- tion, New- hall, Lost Nation, Finchford, Delmar, Co- lamus, Wel- ton, and Grundy Center. This month I have or- ganized a fine camp of twenty- five mem- bers at Wil- liamsburg, Ilona Co., and Pres- ton, Jack- son Co. In a majority of the places the Modern W oodmen havetreated us royally and render- ed every assistance possible. At Finchford they gave the Woodmen honors and three cheers. At Newhall, Fairbanks and Cedar Rapids, we wereserved with ice cream, watermelon and lemonade, and at Mel- bourne to a banquet by Modern Wood- men. All camps organized in 1899 have added at least one member and some of them as many as sixty. But the prosperity of a camp does not de- pend on members, but upon the char- acter of its members. I hope to hear of other deputies through our valuable paper. I can assure you, Neighbor Florence Van Galder, that our new paper is appreci- ated very highly everywhere I go and its coming is looked forward to with eagerness. Ipa A. LAWRENCE, D. S. O.