Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-19
OF THE PICNIC.
Rock Island Wins in Royal Neigh
Dor and Forester Drill
Contests.
DIXON BAND TAKES MUSICAL PRIZE
Large Crowd Hears Entertaining
Addresses-Sports and
Dancing.

Inc main streets OF muck lSlaQu
were thronged with tired, but good
natured Woodmsn picnic visitors last
evening. Out at Longview park
there was also a considera bic GRO d
enjoying the dancing and other
amusements. No one questioned the
successful character of the days pro.
gram. The picnic was acknowledged
to have been by far the most largely
attended and enjoyable yet held, in
spite of the somewhat meuacing con-
dition of the weather in the early part
of the day.
The afternoons contests were all.
with the exception of the b class drill.
hard fought. There we're three en-
tries in the Royal Neighbors' contest.
Fay Halves Camp PSI. of Rock Island !;
Good Luck, "a, of Sterling, and Ivy
Leaf, 119, of Peoria The three prizes
of $50, $50 and $25 were awarded in
the order given above.
In the Glass A, foresters' drill, three
teams were entered. Independent. 26,
of Rock Island; Gus Smith, 2765, of
Des Moines, and Muscatine. 100
There were three prizes of 500, $50
and $25, and the home team secured
first, De Moines second and Muscatine
third.
Glass B, limited to this district, had
out one entry, the team of Camp SO,
of Moline.
In the band contest only Morrison
and Dixon took part, and the latter
won the first prize of $50.
The ball game at the park was at.
tended by large crowd, which was not
disappointed in the article of ball that
was put up. Orion was too strong for
the home team, however. and at the
end the score stood to in their
favor.
There were IL starters in the bicy-
Gle race. The course was three miles,
from the ball park on Twelfth street
to Fourth avenue by way of Sixteenth
street and return. A. Reiss, of Dav-
EXPORT, won first prize, a'gold watch;
William Voss, of Rock Island, second,
a solar lamp; John Bromley, of Rock
Island, third, a sweater. and II. Ride
nour. of Moline, fourth, pair of
handle bars. Bromley was scratch
man, ana the handicap limit was one
mintue.
The tug of war was won by team
from Gibson, Ill. For lack of time,
the other races were not held.
E. e. Murphy Speaks.
The first speaker at the afternoon
exercises was Director f. f. Murphy.
of Wichita, Kas. He was heard first
in order that he might get away as
soon as possible, urgent business re-
curing his presence elsewhere He
said the order of Woodmen had rea-
son for self copgratulation upon it's
upon it's enterprise and |
upon the noble work it was doing. 1t !
was one of the brightest products of |
the civilization of the Nineteenth |
and it was built on enduring |
ines. 1t had grown from the need of |
man for mutual help and encourage
ment, need that will end only at the
close of mans existence. In conclu-
sion, Mr.. Murphy touched upon the
Royal Neighbors and paid most beau
iful tribute to the women of our
and.
Following the address of Mr.. Muir
ew words babe the visitors welcome
u OuI CITY VI Iuc
of the people.
j. NJ. Green, of the head office. was
Introduced. He referred to the Wood
nen as composed of the stable middle
lass, upon which the world depends
Or all that is worth having. The
ecrecy of the society, to which some
bjected, was merely the minding of
IS own business. which every one
ommends in individuals. He closed
18th catchy poem on the attractive
ualities of the Woodman goat.
Congressman Prince on FratsrnaIism. {
Congressman George w. Prince was i
ext introduced. Mr.. Prince began !
18th short history of the origin of 8
'aternal societies. He traced the ]
rigin of free masonry from the an !
ent Egyptians and showed how the
awning of christianity had softened
nd modified the rude organizations j
the ancients into true fraternal in :
itutions. In this the Modern Wood B
EN- had its origin. The name. fig !
speaking. applied to those !
no cleared the trees of evil and ig-
orance from the field of human en- \
savor and made way for the growth
higher civilization.
George NJ. Boyd. of Chicago, made
lie next address. He talked in hu-
orous vein that aroused many bursts .
laughter. The burden of his argu- Il
ent lay in proving the Modern &
'oodmen TO be the cheapest and best c
der of its kind in its existence. He v
the order as the young Il
ant of the west" In
Mr. Sullivan on Royal Neighbour
Hon. John Sullivan. of Kansas,
Ioke on the Royal Neighbors of G
nerica. He said that before the b
uuding of the Royal Neighbors Il
e Woodmen had every good p
ing on earth but one, and r
at Was-Woman Hanco tho oriorin