Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1908 — “THE RIVER RANGERS" [ARTICLE]

“THE RIVER RANGERS"

New Order Organised In Rensselaer and Club House Already Built On River Bank. has a new fraternal carder and it is starting out under very favorable auspices, in fact a club house has already been erected and furnished and a stringent set of rules adoptedT. The order calls itself “The River Rangers,” and Masters John Horton and Fred Rhoades are the high moguls, with a retinue of minor officers.N/ The club house is located foil the river bank near Ike Glazcmrook’s garden patch, and while not as pretentious nor commodious as some of the club houses of the swell millioniare clubs of the large cities, it is considered a “peach” by the Rangers. It (s constructed out of drygoods boxes, lumber and. strips of boards, and the members have to get down on their hands and knees to enter the doorway. This may perhaps be an act of homage to the chief officers or a necessary undertaking, as one chooses to consider it A wood stove furnished the necessary heat, but it has not worked very well with the coal the boys have tried burning in it, and it was perhaps a good thing for them that the house had been provided with plenty of ventilation. The rules adopted provide for expulsion of members violating same, and “Fatty” Moore was expelled at the first opportunity, Vbecause,” as one of the officers stated, “he was guilty of an infraction of the rules, and we didn’t have room for him anyway.” Thursday riifjht the Rangers tried burning cobs in their stove, thinking they would work better than coal. Just what the results were we did not learn, but yesterday morning they had the stove setting outside, on the bank, and it may be that a new heating system is to' be installed.