Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-18
THE ANNUAL PICNIC
Packing House Mutual Aid AS
sociation Preparing for Event.
OUTING MAY Be HELD In OTTUMWA
Committee Has Been Appointed to Pre-
pare for Big Packing House Picnic to
Be Held During First or Second
Week in August-East End Items.

From Saturdays Daily.
A committee has been appointed to
begin preparation. for the big packing
house picnic which is to be held dur
ing the first or second week in Au
gust. The packing house picnic is the
biggest thing that occurs in the vicin.
ity of Ottumwa during the entire year
and nearly everybody in town goes
no matter where the picnic is held
This year there is some talk of the pic
mic being held in Ottumwa either at
Caldwell park or some easily accessible
point near the city.
The fact that active preparation is
begun so early is sufficient proof that
it is the intention of the Packing
House Mutual Aid association, under
the auspices of which the picnic is held
annually, to make this picnic the big.
gest thing of the kind that has ever
occurred in this part of the state. N.
K. Sleight, A. B. Osler and Robert Nc
Dougal have been appointed as COM
mittee to make arrangements and pre-
pare for the event.
John Morrell G. Company pick
ed $500 hogs during the past week.
The top price on choice hogs over $50
pounds during the past week has been
$3.50 per hundred during the greater
portion of the week.
East End Notes.
]. Spillman of the stockyards, was in
Douds station last Wednesday on bust
ness.
Fred c. wager land his friend, Henry
Rolf Of Burlington, were visitors last
Friday.
Jessie Jones, a boy employed in the
trimming room, cut the back of his
hand last Monday.
Mrs. A. B. Osler, who resides on
East Main street, was visiting in Agen-
cy last Wednesday.
Harry Salmon of Hillsboro, spent
Sunday with his parents who reside
on East Main street.
P. T. Springer and his brother, J. M
Springer of Newcastle, Colo, were visi-
tors at the plant Wednesday.
Henry List of the sausage room has
been on the sick list for over a week,
suffering from rheumatism.
James Garland, who is well known
in the East End, began work in the
killing department Monday.
Chas. Wright, who has been in the
Nservice of the G. B. and @. Ry., has &C.
septed a position in the local room.
NSupt. Bullock has had a large force
of men at work the past week clean
ing up the dirt caused by the flood.
Chas. Bullock, who has been attend
ing school at Ames college will be EN-.
played in the engineers department.
Charles Langdale, foreman of the
painters, has force of men at work
painting and embarrassing the build
ing.
and Miss Mary Fosters sewing schoo
held a picnic in Roemer's grove to-
day.
Peter Anderson, foreman of the cal
repairers, fell and dislocated his left
arm, last week, but is able to be
about.
John Reed or London, Eng, and Mrs
George Wallace and Mrs. G. L. Bel
lows of Lineville were visitors thi!
week.
Miss Jennie Nelson of Melaca, MINI.
who has been in the city for some time
visiting old friends, will soon return
home.
VIM. Kidd, was taken suddenly il
last Friday and was taken to his home
on Mabel street, where DR.. Newell at
tended him.
John Wishart and family of Chica
go, are in the city on business. Mr.
Wishart was formerly chief engineer
at the plant.
Otto Lerche of the beef house, wa!
taken very sick last Saturday witt
ague, and was compelled to go home
He is much better now.
w. N. Rogers, who is employed il
the packing room, left for his old home
in Kalona, Wednesday, owing to tn,
serious illness of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lenox of Ames, art
guests at the home of Mrs. Lenox'
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Tren
neman, 1929 East Main street.
Edward Burnaugh who works on tn,
hanging floor, accidentally cut his lief
! leg just below the knee last Wednes
4 day. DR.. Wilson dressed the wound.
Thomas Fee, who resides on Eas
Main street. left last evening for In
dianapolis, Ind, to attend the annua
convention of the Modern Woodmen o
America.
Bidwell Cline, formerly an employ,
of John Morrell & Co., who has beel
travelling with Gentry Bros, Dog ant
Pony show is at home visiting witt
his parents on Ash street.
Dick Ramsell, law student a
Iowa City, who returned home Frida.
morning to spend the summer, will b.
employed in the Office of John MOI
rell & Co., for the next three months