Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-17
THE PRESS CLUB
Tri.city Newspaper Men Enter.
tanned at Mississippi
Park.
FINE TIME UP THE RIVER
Banquet Spread and Speeches Made
A Meeting On the
Car

The members of the Tri-City Press
club. together with few business men
| of Davenport and Clinton. were the
guests of the Mississippi Park associa-
ton at Mississippi park. Il miles above
Davenport. on the l. & l. interurban,
last evening. The club members went
to the park on the O'Clock car on the
|. & l., the courtesy of the management
being extended them for the trip up
and back. 1t was the inaugural event
at the new park
On arrival at the park the guests
were received by F. F. Blocker and
Charles H Bickel the proprietors of
the Olathea hotel, just completed An
elaborate repast was served in the long
dining room of the hotel. The table
was decorated with roses and carna-
tons. and the dining room was profuse-
ly decorated with palms. while directly
back of the table was a beautif.i large
silk pennant bearing the name Mis-
sissippi Park" Throughout the even
ing Shepherds orchestra. of Clinton
provided an excellent musical program
short Talks at the Festive Board.
Following the banquet. short talks
were made by some of those present
c. c. Mcintyre. of Davenport. acting
as POSTMASTER. Those who respond
ed to tOasts assigned by the toastmas-
ter. were: p. s. McGlynn. of the Moline
Dispatch; II. p. Simpson. of the Rock
Island Argus; General Manager P. p.
Crafts of the l. & l. railway: Ralph w.
4 NO. - e
Capt w. A. Blair; A w. Lee. of OF.
tumwa, Iowa at the head of the Lee
syndicate of Iowa evening papers. in
Guiding the Davenport Times. and r. II
Harmed, of Harmed & Won Maur. of
Davenport. All the addresses were full
of praise of the park, its delightful To-
cation and environments and the en-
terprise of its promoters.
The program concluded with a gen
eral toast proposed by the POSTMASTER
to the success of the park and its man
agement, and the |. & l. road.
improvements Planned
The association is planning many
improvements in the already attractive
site, including the installation of a
merry go-round, a helter-skelter slide
merry gO-round, a helter-skelter slide 300
feet in length, an observation tower. a
bathing and boating beach. and tObog-
gan slide in the river. When these i'm
prOvements are added there will be no
more attractive spot on the river. The
association. which is Incorporated. is
composed of Capt. f. j. Lancaster.
president; DR.. w l.. Allen. vice presi-
dent; H. Won Maur. treasurer, and F.
F. Blocker. secretary and manager
Meeting On the Car.
On the return trip the members of
the Tri-City Press club held a meeting
on the car. Vice President Sundeen
presiding and +. J. Mueller acting as
temporary secretary. The names OF
four applicants for membership were
submitted by the secretary. having
been Endorsed by the board of direc-
tors, and elected to membership. The
process of conducting an election on
fast moving coach proved unique, but
it was successfully conducted, the
names of the new members being Don
c. Stibolt. of the Davenport Democrat:
w. r. March, of the Davenport Times
l.. l.. Hance, of the Moline Journal.
and Realff Ottesen, of the Davenport
Democrat
ed to the management of Mississippi |
park and the /. & |. suburban railway |
for the cOurtesies of the evening.