The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-06-08
by State Deputy B. G. Wood, who spoke
of tho Orowtb ~ +ba ordar 81; -.

aging VOlu 10 lIS
The majority of the people, however,
came for a good time in other ways
than speaking, and the program was on
that account. made brief The sports
took place on Broadway south Of the
court house square, and were hugely
enjoyed by an interested crowd,
The first contest was a 1OO-yard dash,
which was won by G. B. Mintor, of Lo.
gan, with q. w. Hollister, of Mapletou.
| a close second.
The log rolling contest, which is a
purely woodman sport, was received
with great favor. The boys all made a
good start, but some of them fonnd it
was pretty hard work before they
reached the finish, In this sport the
Woodmen of Denison came to the front
rolling the log the required distance
in one minute and 10 seconds; Andrew
Stewart and James Armstrong were the
winning team. Sovs. Lee and Richard
son, of Mapleton, won second money.
their time being ! minute and 80 sec.
onds.
In the relay race Logan was the only
place to enter a team. but in order to
fill the race, Denison Woodmen entered
Logan won in the fairly good time of 25
seconds. The winning team was COM.
posed of Sovs. Seabury, Austin, Minntor
and Seabury.
One of the best events was the tug of
war. The first contest was between
Logan and Woodbine. The Logan
team won after a hard pull. The second
contest was between Boone and KIRK
man, in which Boone was victorious,
After a few minutes of rest, the two
winning teams were matched against
each other. A coin was tossed, giving
Logan choice of position, but their cap
tain unwisely chose the downward in
cline, giving Boone IN advantage in
this respect. The tug of wal lasteds9O
seconds and was intensely interesting.
For a time the victory was in the
balance, but in the last few seconds the
Boone men gained, and when time was
called they were declared the vlctors.
The Boone team was composed of Alvin
Nelson, John Modder, M. N. Goodson,
Max Sergeant, A. j White and Otto
johnson.
One of the hardest contested events
of the day was the log chopping con-
test. 1t was remarkable in what quick
time these men chopped their way
through a log a'foot in diameter. We
surmise that had their wives beenthere
to see them, they would have been the
most surprised people in the crowd. In
this event Denison again came to the
front in the person Of w. w. johnson,
who distanced his competitors by near
" TWO minutes. His time was three
minutes and twenty-five seconds.
Austin of Logan was second, time SIS,
with Anderson of Boone third, time
5:2l. There were seven contestants in
this event which took nearly an hour
to conclude.
This ended the program of sports,
and the representatives of the different
lodges next made their way to the
opera house where a business meeting
was called. This proved to be quite an
interesting event-there being three
cities in the field for the location for the
next log rolling--Atlantic, Logan and
Fl. Dodge. It is probable that Logan
would have won location had it not
been for e speech by one of their repre-
sentatives, in which he complained Bit
terly because the Logan team failed to
win first place in the prize drill. This
was thought to be in exceedingly bad
taste, and many who would otherwise
have voted for Logan changed their
minds. The second ballot decided the
location in favor of Atlantic, they show
the Woodmen a royal time next year,
but we doubt if they will be able to out
, do the efforts of Denison. The officers
of the association, as is customary, all
. live at the place of the next log rolling.
The president of the association is Soy.
j. d. Glass; secretary, Sow. F. O. John
son and treasurer, Sow. Gardner Tai
bolt. 1t was at a late hour when the
business meeting was over, but a num-
Der of the sovereigns adjourned to the
Woodmen's hall where State Deputy b.
G. Wood held a school Of instruction,
which was very interesting to the
sovereigns present. Deputy Wood is
thoroughly posted on all the secret
work of the order, and brought out
many Of the fine points about which in
formation was gladly received.
The Circle.
8 During the afternoon, the ladies Of
Linn Grove Circle No. 8, entertained
their friends at the, Pythian Hall. AL
! though the sports were on at the same
time, the hall was crowded with a large,