Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-17
BIG CROWD TO COME
Thousands of Visitors Expected
in Rock Island To.
morrow.
FOLLOWED BY PICNIC
Program of Exercises to Be Car.
ried Out at Long,
view Park

Officers of the Tenth Congressional
Picnic Woodmen Picnic association
confidently expect there will be. no less
than 20, 600 visitors in Rock Island to-
morrow for the third annual picnic OF
the association. Excursions will
come to the city on all railroad and
steamboat lines. The city will be
ittingly decorated for the occasion. the
city council showing'its appreciation
of the efforts of the association by do
mating $105 toward the decorating ex-
penses.
The parade of the forester teams.
Woodmen and floats and Royal Neigh
bors will form at the head office on
Third avenue. The procession will
move at IL a. m. under the direction
of Mai. w. T. Channon and his aids.
H. l.. Wheelan. j. T. Stafford, John
Schmidt. P. A. Merriman and E. B.
Dade. The line of march will be as
follows: East from the head Office
to Sixteenth street. south to Fourth
avenue, east to Twentieth street,
north to Second avenue, west
countermarch on Second avenue
between Seventeenth and Nine
teenth streets, then west to Twelfth
street, south to Third avenue, east to
Seventeenth street and then to Long
view park. where the picnic will be
held.
The reception committee is re-
quested to meet at the Woodmen head
Office at O'Clock. The members of
the committee are: L. II Thomas,
DR.. G.. q. Craig. Sr.. DR.. q. L. Eyster,
DIR. j. P Comegys. Fl. H. Robb.
Frank K. Young, Owen Owens. NJ j..
McEniry, A. b. Hanson, Joseph Ros-
enfield. G H. McKown, H johnson.
f. F. Helpenstell, C.. Lettig, w. c.
Maucker. William Jackson, DR.. j. F.
Myers, H. Lamp. c. j. Searle, j. F.
Munger, Maj g. w. Halves. NJ. L
Stevens. j. F. Mcnamara. F. A.
Graves, j. E. Penny. H. d. Curken,
Spencer Mattison. j. 1 Smith. c. Z.
Hodgson.
Program of Exercises.
The exercises at the picnic grounds
will begin at 1 p. m. with an Intro
ductory address by President P. j.
Cary. The address of welcome will
be made by Mayor William McCono-
chic, followed with addresses by Head
Clerk G. w. Halves, General Attorney
J. w. White. Director j. N. Reece,
Hon. j. G.. johnson Cfor Royal Neigh
bors), F. D. Van Calder. editor of
Modern Wocdman; Direc ors Z. E.
Murphy and M. Qua. K n bush and
j. M. Green, The spt &c les will be
interspersed with music by the or
oh a-A ~,
Down at the Woodmen office they
are looking upon Director Murphy's
address as one of the events of the
day, as he has not made a public
speech in Rock Island before, and ont
in Kansas and elsewhere where he
has been heard he is regarded as a
orator.
During the afternoon there will be
prize drills, band contest, baseball
game, bicycle road race, tug of war,
etc.
There will be abundant attractions
on the picnic grounds. There will be
dancing in the evening. The grounds
will be lighted by arc lights.
The annual meeting of the picnic
association will be held tomorrow
morning at $50 in Woodmen hall. in
the Carse block, on Second avenue.
and not at the head Office, as formerly
F. G. Young, chairman of the dec
grafton committee. requests all mer-
chants to decorate tonight.
Among the e1cuI sions tomorrow
will be one from Freeport under the
auspices of the merchants Of that
city The Freeport Democrat contains
= long article showing the attractions
Of Rock Island for The guidance of
he visitors.