Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-27

peaceable and kind that you could
play with his funny whiskers. He
> always seemed 80 full of humility to
me when he was feeding contentedly
| on rubber boots, tin cans and pasty
bills off the bill boards, that
little dreamed of his pride and
arrogance. It is true he had
chased me up ladder and kept me
there two hours, but thought it was
only play. Anyway / knew too much
about goats to be fooled by anybody
telling me would have to ride one. 1
knew civilized men wouldn't submit
anybody to such a test, that is l
thought 1 knew it. Right there is
where l made fatal mistake. 1
wasn't civilized yet. When L was
boy 1 broke good many horses, in
Guiding some Texas broncoes, to ride.
Since 1 have been joining lodges l am
glad did. All boys ought to be edu-
Gated to break broncoes. When they
get old enough to join lodges, it will
do them more good than all the Greek
or Latin or English literature they ever
learned. Another thing | want TO say
right here, when 1 was in college L
played football. | am glad of l..
Some people think football is awful
rough. 1t isn't; it is innocent pas
time of children compared to riding a
lodge goat. 1t may be there are diff
ferent kinds of lodge goats. If there
are l have never found any. l have
joined so many lodges that all goats
look alike to me. Noah made the
mistake of his long honored and val
liable life when he hunted up a pair
of billy goats and took 'em into the
ERIK. If 1 would have been in that
ark, / would have walked out before
/ would have rode in there with those
goats. don't see what he wanted
of 'em. He didn't know anything
about secret societies. If ever [ meet
Noah 1 am going TO tell him how
much trouble his short-sightedness
caused mankind in the 10Th century.
There may be some here today who
never rode the goat. l don't want to
scare anybody. Join secret society.
Join the NJ. w. A. 1t is surprising
how much a man can stand. joined
and am still here. There is no bond
of sympathy between me and my
brothers that no man can fully APP
preciate who hasn't ridden the goat"
Mai. Halves Speaks.
Head Clerk Halves was the last
speaker. AS it was growing late, he
saw it would be necessary for him to
make his speech brief. He gave some
interesting facts as follows: There
ale 101 camps in the Tenth Congress
sional district. Those camps have
up to May 31st last, moneys to the
society as follows: Benefit fund,
1852, 7SS 50; general fund, SCI, $50. Sc,
grand total of S617, 119.79. They
have drawn out of the benefit fund
during the same period, total of
1925, 325. 47-or, in other words, they
have drawn out S72, 536. 81 more than
they have contributed. Who here
will say it does not pay to be a Wood
man? You have been given $72, 1000
more than you have contributed"
At the conclusion of the speaking
the sports program was announced.
Thirteen started in the bicycle road
race, which was won by George
Greim, of Moline. James Fisher won
the 100 yard dash, j. Brodwick the
potato race, w. II. Davis the wheel
barrow race, and j. Brodwick the sack
race. w. Brown caught the greasy
pig and VIII Davis elm bed the CREASED
pole.
Four teams took part in the Fores-
ters' prize drill: Muscatine wasaward-
ed first money, $50; Camp No 500, Rock
Island, second. $50; Camp No. 26,
Rock Island, third, $40. The Judges
were Lieut.-Col. Kittilsen and Capt.
Clendenin, Moline; Maj. Dalzell, Dav-
and Capt. McConochie and
Lieut.. Tubbs, of Rock Island.
The exercises were inters persed with
music by Bleuer's band and songs by
the Svea male chorus.
supper and a Show.
The head Office clerks had prepared
an elegant spread on cool green spot
to which they invited the head officers
and a mum Der of friends. All squatted
on the ground and partook of the
good things offered with relish. 1t
was no ordinary picnic lunch, for the
young ladies knew there would be
some sharp appetites to appease.
They served coffee and cake, lemon
ade, sandwiches, fruit, meats, salad,
pickles, olives and toothpicks. When
all had gotten their fill Maj. G. W.
Halves, acting as POSTMASTER, an
nounced that the next move would be
toward the old pavilion, which is To-
Gated short distance west of where the
supper was served, and where it was
stated there would be a show-the fin
est on earth. Assem- bling at the pavil-
ion Maj Halves called upon F. o. Van
Calder, editor of the.Modern Woodman,
to preside as POSTMASTER. The first
was the Woodman "Organum
a burlesque in which sew
eral disguised young ladies and gentle
men took part, one standing on box
and striking the others on the head with |
4 mallet when they werewanted to |
sing Happy speeches followed by Head |
Consul Northcott, General Attorney |