Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1912 — REDMEN INCREASING ALONG PINKAMINK [ARTICLE]

REDMEN INCREASING ALONG PINKAMINK

Tribe of Indians Busy Recruiting From Pale Faces Hereabouts— Work Next Monday” Night. The Tribe of Pinkamink is on the warpath. Not for conquest of new territory, but for new members, and their aggressive campaigning is resulting in some busy sessions at their meeting place in the Woodman hall in the I. O. O. F. building. Last Monday night 18 palefaces were adopted into the third or Chief’s degree, while there are now thirty-three whose applications have been approved. All or most of these will be given the first degree next Monday night. Pinkamink Tribe, No. 533/ Improved Order of Redmen, was instituted only a few months ago, but has proven very popular and is now one of the strong lodges of Rensselaer, having a membership of about 150. The tribe is not a savage one and its pow wows are all peaceable and orderly. There is some talk of hunting new quarters and the rooms on the third floor of the Democrat building are being considered.