Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-01
Ex-lowANs AT a PICNIC.
Former Hawkeycs Hold = Big Gath-
erlng IN Cnlifo rnin.

Former Hawkeyc s Hold i Big Gath-
ering In California;.
Pasadena, Cal, Feb. 2SThree thou
sand -Iowans kept the father of his
country birthday by their annual pic
nic of southern California, at Pasadena
on the I'D. Some years ago one of the
Iylargest hotels in the country was built
on Raymond hill, near this city, which
Was burned to the ground. TO save the
site rough board floor was relaid on
the foundation, and a number of open
rooms We're built upon the floor There
the ex-lowans We're at home on that
Gay, and q more jolly, happy company
You Mould scarcely ever find. BY far
the larger number are bona-fi de resi-
Gents IF southern California. and yet
the tourists We're here. Every county.
Of Iowa was represented. Marshall fur
nishipg the larges number, l5l. OF this
plumber fourteen went to Iowa to live
the names of w. l.. Fender, who settled
Montague Mcdonald. at Clinton in 1916,
and Mrs. Caroline Eckels. at Ottumwa
in 1872. There We're twelve persons who
were over 20 years old.
Among the many who are we'll known
in Iowa We're Judge Kinney and wife, of
San Diego. The Judge was u member of
the first supreme court of Iowa after its
admission as a state serving seven
ears aud at s. is hale and hearty; Ste
Then IA. Taft, founder of Humboldt Col
,sise; Fred H. Taft, former editor of the
Humboldt kosmos; Col. j. X. r.
Thompson, of Rock Rapids, past de-
slartlnent commander of the g. a. r.;
Hon. John Donnell. former congressman
OF Iowa; Senators III. G. Henderson and
zI)sos Arnold. Marshall county: Nathan
gIdell, of Appanoose. I. j. Caldwell, of
Dallas: Richard Price, Winterset; Rep
lesentatives Erickson and Crooks, of
Boone: j. f. Taylor. Of Des A1oines,
Sheriff Bliss, of Webster: Frank T..
lApe,, OF the Sheldon Mail; and W. III .
Hunt of Clinton.
Hon. Fred II. Taft was chairman of
tho day and made many happy hits,
With Iowa and California for texts.
Judge Kinney made an excellent adj
se,css, giving a review of early iowa
Gays, with some statistics that enter
into the record of that state for the last
fifty years, at the beginning OF which it
was 400 miles TO the nearest railroad
The greatness of the state now was att.
strihuted TO IFS rural character in the
population Of two and a half millions.
there being only one city of 10000
Rev. Henry Cook, of Boston. gave a
fine address and a recitation, The
Wreck Of the IIesperus
Miss Bertha g. Hancock. of .Algona,
cave a recitation that captured the au-
.,iiencc.
Frank j. Piper of Sheldon Mail fame.
MAS called out and made an address,
declaring that he was bound to return:
20 Iowa. but his better half was doing
ali in her power to live here.
Lon F. Chaplin. formerly of Rock
Rapids, sheldon, Ashton and ali along
shore, now editor of the Pasadena
Daily News, recited a poem, on his re-
cent visit 10 Iowa and what he thought
OF it.
The names below represented north
western Iowa.
Cherokee CountyA. w McCready,
W 81 Sylvester and WIFE,, S w Lynla il.
and wife, n Smith and wife, A. Weeks
and wife. +. II. Wills and wife H KEN
nedy and Mrs. II. NJ Morrison.
.yon county--Mr. and Mrs w II.
Limit, Mr.. and Mrs. Lon F. Chaplin and
family. Mrs. r. AZ. Case, Claude r. Case.
y ~ e Thompson. w. S. Kaufman
and wife, l.. A. Minister aud Wife. Mr..
end Mrs. ". FL Bradley and daughters
and Harmon Cook
oslSrien County Il. Piper and wife.
John Addinger and Wife Fred Frisbee
ard wife. j. +. Van Patten and wife.
M j. Anderson and Wife. Joseph Shin.
Ski ard Wife. II. l.. Osborne and wife.
George IA. Boutelle and wife, Miss Bees
sc Parker, Miss Jennie Anderson, Maud
ana Maggie Shinski8 and Lily Boutelle.
plymouth County ID. r. Ward.
Airs, H. Kissell and Airs. Louisa Post.
Osceola County A. ID. Wilson.
Sioux County Charles Lewis and
wife, Mrs. q. II. Post, Mrs. Kate Oar
Ing. Mrs. Mary Il. Post and Mary Oar
ling.
Woodbury. County Fred IA. Taft and
Wife, William A. Waldo and wife. w. q.
Earring and wife, John j. Legesrnith.
Mrs. Fl. q. Perkins, Grace a. GOLDSMITH,
j. ID. Hoskins. A. II. Call and wife aud
William Moenider.
Forty-nine Iowa soldiers registered.
representing thirty-one Iowa regiments
AEd batteries The Second and Seventn
davalry, the Nineteenth Thirty-third
end Forty-fiftli infantry had three rer,
'ssentatlves and the others two and one
cach.
The native Iowans who had the whole
matter in charge organized for next
Year, and chose February % as Iowa
day for southern California.