The Annual at New Orleans

__NE_W ORLEANS, La., Sept. 1l.-The thirty second

^Ilo1H,oo Annual, the. most.qrogressiv" i" it, 'lrirt"ry -"i tne. order, cam.e to a close with a banquet at Hotel Grirne_ wald^h-e.re tonight. At this afrair, C. i. Lemaster of Fres_ no, Lalrt., newly elected Snark of the lJniverse, presided. Lemas_ter, who is President of the Western p,laning Mill and Wood Workers Assn., was unanimously elecieAS;;;k at the closing business session this afte-rnoon. - Other members of the new supreme nine are: Senior Hoo_Hoo_ peolge J. Osgood, _W_treeler Osgood, Tacoma, Wash. Jun- ror fioc-Ho9. A._J. Ilage,r, A. J. Hager Lumber -Co.,

!.".11S,_ Mi.ch.,_ Boi'um-J. H. Allen, - Sterling Lumbei -Uo., )t. Louls; Scriv,enoter T. T. Jones, T. T. Jones Lum_ P"t. Cg., Minneapolis, Minn. ; Arcinoper-J. A.' Mahlstedt, la A Mahlst_edt Co., Newrochelle, N. y.;-Custocatian-C. I. Ha.rman, Segr/. South Eastern Mill Work Assn., Atlanta, Ga., (re_-elected) ;. Jabterwock-Jos. H. Kurth, Jr., pr..ii dent Vernon Farish Lum'ber Co., Kurthwood, La.; Gur_ {ol, G.- C. Hemenway, Newton Lumber and Supply Co., Coloradb Springs, Colo.

Minneapolis was selected for the l9Z4 convention after invitations had been considered from about 12 other cities.

A resolution calling upon the 7,O44 members of the or- der to "pledge themielves to the fullest maintenance of all laws and regulations," was adopted today. The resolution says: "'Whereas,,we stand for the loftiest citizenship and most unquestioned,.obedience to the laws of our land, and being conscious of the growing lawlessness and con- tempt for authority therefore be it resolved that our entire mem,bership be called on to pledge itself to the fullest maintenance of all laws and iegulations-for this is the essence. and safeguard of true citizenship."

The same committee which recommended this resolution also urged the adoption of an amendment to a section ,of the order's by-laws prohibiting the serving of liquors at any session of the order or any meeting under its iusoices and forbidding the initiation or presence of any candidate or member "under the percepti'ble'influence of fiquor,', this amendment also was adopted.

Plans also were made known at today's meeting for a far reaching plan of oractical reforestation under the guidance of the order. These plans were the result ,of recommendations by W. S. Dickason, retiring Snark of the Universe, the commanding officer of the -order. It calls for the setting aside of a 60 acre tract in each of the nine iurisdictions of the order throughout the United States for experiments in reforestation.

These tracts. it was said, wou,ld be cut-over land the order-of Hoo-Hoo plans to place them in charge of prac- tical foresters and to demonstrate by the planting of-certain kinds of tr,ees, just what can be done in thJ way of reforesting waste larids throughout the United States.'Mr. Dickason reported at Monday's session of the convention, that the use of one tract had been tendered bv T. H. .Allen, of St. [,ouis. This tract of 16O acres, he iaid, would be selected from 4500 acres of cutover lands in, Arkansas. Charles S. Keith of the Central Coal & Coke Co.. of Kansas City, Mo., also had tendered the use of 160 acres of land. A committee was appointed by the order to select the land and make arrangements for its protection and cultivation.

The order also adopted a resolution calling for co.opera- tion-with_the boy scouts in interesting young Ameri,cans in the value and importance of trees.- The -scouts w,ere chosen because they receivs instructions in tree-lore. The order will seek to supplement these instructions with use- ful information on the subject. H. R. Isherwood, secretary, was instructed to communicate with scout leaders in regard to this movement at ,once. The annual reDort of Secretary-'Ireasurer H. R. Isherwood, read with ihat of retiring Snark Dickason, showed a remarkable growth for Hoo-Hoo during the past year. From Sept. j, 1922, to Sept. 5, 1923, there were l24A new members initiated and 429 re-instatements received and 10 life members. The membership of the order on the last date mentioned was 7,044 Mr. Isherwood showed, he also brought ,out that Hoo-Hoo had paid 47 d,eath claims during this time, as against 31 the preceeding year, and yet was able to show a balance of $1602.19 in its death benefit fund. He mentioned in his report the $100 paid Mrs. Warren G. Harding, beneficiary of the late President.

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