Pee RENE Pie Ween Se oa SS aR ee boy. Sega sete eee ed She ; pi es. VOLUME VI. A CONGRATULATORY SOCIAL Reception Given the Supreme Oracle by Her Home and Neighbor Camps Omaha, Neb.—The members of Pansy Camp 10 are proud of the fact that our Supreme Oracle holds her mem- bership in our camp, having been a charter member, and we are always delighted to learn of her re-election. It has always been our custom to con- vey to her in some manner our con- | gratulations upon her return from the‘ Supreme Camp, and upon her return from Topeka we extended an invita- tion to our neighboring camps, in the cities of Council Bluffs and South Omaha, to meet with us in a lawn social or reception at her home. The committee. in charge ADDRESS ALL-LETTERS TO) ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS § ment means that the condition of our splendid society is such that all death losses can be paid from the large sur- plus on hand without the necessity of levying an assessment this month. Local recorders should take advantage of this excellent condition of affairs to secure the reinstatement of all members who are now in temporary suspension, ww 8 we Woodmen Reappointed At the July meeting of the Execu- tive Council of the Modern Woodmen of America Hon. B. D. Smith, member of the Beneficiary Committee of the Royal Neighbors of America, was re- appointed as one of the General At- very tastefully dec- orated the beautiful lawn and’ “many bright colored Jap- anese. lanterns illu- mined the grounds and a great many of the Neighbors availed themselves of this opportunity to ex- tend their congratu- lations upon her re- election; an wished for her con- ‘tinued health . and strength for the du- ties before her. Light refreshments were served and she and our Supreme Physi- cian, Dr. Susan McG. _ Snyder, who, together with her husband, was present, received several beautiful bou- quets. A short pro- gram was rendered and as the evening was béautiful, every - person in attendance enjoyed themselves and was delighted that they had the opportunity of at- tending. The members of Camp 8,, of South Omaha, were unable to be pres- ent, but surprised Mrs. Watt the night following, bringing with them a mag- nificent bouquet. of choice pink roses and extending to her the congratula- tions of the camp upon her re-elec- tion. The society is to be congratu- lated upon the fine record that it has made, and we all hope that it will make a better record during the next term than has ever been made. Mrs. O. M. GrRIMEs, Recorder Camp 10. we Chautauquas and Picnics This is just the season when chau- tauquas and Woodmen picnics are be- ‘ing held all over the jurisdiction. We are pleased to note that in many in- stances there are Royal Neighbors. on the program who speak for our so- ciety. We believe greater effort made along this one line of seeking pub- licity would bear splendid fruit. ye we No Assessment for August* This issue of THE RoYAL NEIGHBOR is the bearer of good tidings to those of limited purse. It says, “No assessment for August.” This simple announce- AUGUST, 1905. justment until the leaders of the fra- ternities can demonstrate that they have a better plan than is the present plan under which both the Modern Woodmen and the Royal Neighbors are successfully working; that plan, as is well known, is to levy just enough assessments to pay promptly all death losses and to keep on hand a surplus just large enough to protect the so- cieties in case some emergency should arise, . we The Gun Yard At, this particular time when there is so much in the secular press about. peace and war, the half-tone picture on this page of this issue will be of THE GUN YARD, ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ON THE ISLAND. torneys for that society. Hon. Tru- man Plantz, another staunch friend of our society, was appointed the other General Attorney. F. O. Van- Galder, in whom your editor has pro- prietary interest, was reappointed to the office of editor of the Modern Woodman, their official organ. Me Me No Readjustment of Rates From press “dispatches sent out from Milwaukee it was made to ap- pear that the Modern’ Woodmen of America had appointed a committee on rate readjustment which bring that society to another discus- sion of that subject at the next Head Camp. The official paper explodes this report with the statement that no such committee was appointed or even asked for; that no action what- ever was taken looking to another change in rates in the Modern Wood- men, hence there is assurance that no diseussion seeking for readjustment will disturb that ‘splendid society dur- ing the next three years at least. With a large surplus, over a million dol- lars, and only eight or nine assess- ments necessary to pay all death losses, there would seem to be little need for action looking to further ad- would + interest. This is from a photograph by Blakslee, the Rock Island, Ill., pho- tographer, and shows one corner of the Rock Island arsenal gun yard. This gun yard is on the island, at Rock Island, Ill., where is located the ar- senal of the same name. At this ar- senal a large force of skilled workmen is constantly employed in the manu-. facture of munitions of war, for this government has learned that “in time of peace” it must “be prepared for war.” In this picture are shown can- non captured in war, some of them. being very crude, indeed, the early date they bear showing, by compari- son with the gun of 1905, the wonder- ful progress made during the last two or three hundred years in the manu- facture of these engines of destruc- tion. The island upon which the ar- senal is located belongs to the United States and consists of over one thou- sand acres. On it have been erected almost a city of buildings, laid out on macadamized avenues. The island is a beauty spot, access to which is secured by pass from government offi- cial, and every visitor to either Rock Island, Moline or Davenport should not fail to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded to visit this his- torical spot. PRINTED AT _ LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ‘members. NEW PLAN FOR DEPUTY WORK Assistant Deputies Can Now Institute Camps— Work to Be Pushed At the July meeting of the new Board of Supreme Managers it was decided to make a change in the dep- uty system of the society and to enter — upon a vigorous campaign for new The supervising Deputy is retained, with practically the same duties as before, except she is not ex- pected to go out and institute camps as before, but may go when requested to do so by her deputies, or in terri- tory where there are no deputies. Dis- trict deputies are also retained. They are to.do personal soliciting and in- stituting. The most radical change and the one from which best results are anticipated is the of as assistant and giving commissioning women deputies to solicit and _ insti- tute camps without requiring the pres- vising deputy. This gives the entire adop- ‘tion fee to the assist- ant. where she does the work and_ will make it .a -simple- matter to get camps instituted in certain jurisdictions and should give a great impetus to the work. The assistant deputy receives as her whole compensation the en- tire adoption fee when working for either a new or: an she own railroad and en- tertainment bills. In the cities there are also to be deputies. All deputies must be bonded in a surety company bond. We believe this new plan will be productive of results and should add at least thirty- five thousand new members to our so- ciety during the next three’ years. we eR Thirty-five Thousand > Our Board of Supreme Managers, the Supreme Oracle and the Beneficiary Committee, working in harmony with all departments, have set the mark of. increase for the present term of three years at 35,000 beneficial members. If < this number is secured, it will place — our society at the head of all frater-— nal-beneficial societies in the world, un- _ less some of our live competitors make — a better growth than ever before. It is not a matter of pride alone, but an increase of this number of beneficial members means that the death-rate will be kept down; also, that our so- ciety will enter upon an era of pros- } perity which will benefit every social as well as every beneficial member. We hope every one will lend cheerful assistance to our Supreme Officers in this their very laudable ambition to — add 35,000 beneficial members to our present large membership. them full authority ence of either the - district or the super-— old camp. From this — must pay her * district — ee eee * *