Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12
ARIZ0NANS HAVE
OCEANS OF FUN
THEIR FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC is
A SUCCESS
Twelve Hundred People Are the
Guests Of the Hassayampa So
eiety at Outing at Ocean
Park
Special to The Herald.


OCEAN PARK, Aug. 1t.-Every one
of the 1900 Arizonans who attended the
first annual picnic of the Hassayampa
society held here today came with an
abundance of good humor, a plentiful
supply of Uncle Sans medium of ex-
change and an unbeatable argument
against joint statehood
Never before has this resort catered
to crowd so willing to be pleased
or half as well able to entertain itself.
Every Hassayampa proved himself
dyed-in-the-wool merrymaker, and
the fun that Will be told this fall IN
every town and settlement from Yuma
to Snowflake and from the Grand can
yon to Kelvin.
There are few districts in Arizona
where human foot has trod that were
not represented at the gathering.
From Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott, Flor
ence, Morenzi, Globe, Tombstone and
Clifton there were individual delega-
tions present, and from a glance at the
register at the reception committees
headquarters it seemed as if there
could be no corner or niche in the ter
ritory that didn't have representa- tion.
Keep Coming All Day
The crowd began putting in an ap-
pearance about 8 O'Clock and 1t con-
Iiliutu W dIllNe Oll every car uuTlnR
the day. At 1 O'Clock a lunch was
served at the casino following which
the crowd roamed at will until three
hours later, when program of literary
exercises was opened at the casino
auditorium with G. M. Shannon of Cliff
ton presiding. The big room was
packed to the doors when the chairman
called for order, and with few pre-
liminary remarks he introduced the
first speaker Rev. Baker p. Lee of
Los Angeles. Mr.. Lee spoke for fully
half an hour and he kept his hearers
laughing the better part of that time.
Ex-Governor of Arizona j. J. Gosper
was the next speaker, and he was fol-
lowed by H. G. Goodin, ex-chef justice
of Arizona, whose address was full of
"reminiscences and abounded with
clever little stories concerning his
many years of residence in the terri
tory.
Ovation for Mr.. Smith
The last speaker was Congressman
elect Mark A. Smith, whose appear
ance on the roStrum was totally uneX-
pected and the mention of whose name
was greeted with a spontaneous out
burst nf enthusiasm that almost liftel
the casino roof. Chiefly because of his
wonderful and successful fight in the
interests of single statehood, Mr..
Smith has endeared himself to his con-
stituents as no Arizonan ever did be-
fore him or is likely to be in the future.
In response to the wishes of the
chairman, Mr.. Smith told briefly
of his fight in congress against
the passage of the statehood
bill and of the stubborn resistance
with which the Republican party lead
ers fought for the measure. A few
| good and appropriate stories told in
| his inimitable manner interspersed
Ixrrfff s..+@
paroXysms of laughter, and few So
Der statements concerning the grave
danger, even at this time, of relaxing
for one moment the present pressure
that has been brought to bear against
the measure followed Mr.. Smith
brought his address to close by read
ing the following poem on Arizona"
by Sharlot M. Eall in the Outlook:
No beggar she in the mighty hall where
her bay-crowned sisters wait,
No empty y-handed pleader for the right of
free-born state,
NO child, with a childS inSiStenCe, de-
manding gilded toy,
But a fair-browed queenly woman, strong
to create or destroy
| Wise for the need of the sons she has
bred in the school where weaklings
fail
Where cunning is less than manhood, and
deeds, not words, avail
And the faith IN the Farthest Vision that
measures and overcomes,
And the faith in thte Farthest Vision that
builded her hard-won homes.
Link her, in her clean-proved fitness in
her right to stand alone
Secure for whatever future in the strength
| that her past has won
Link her, in her morning beauty, with
another, however fair?
And open your Jealous portal and bid her
With shackles on wrist and ankle, and
| dust on her stately head,
And her proud eyes dim with weeping?
No! bar your doors instead
| And seal them fast forever! but let her
go her way
Uncrowned If you will but unshackled,
| to wait for larger day.
Some Who Were There
Among the more prominent Arlzo-
mans present besides those already
mentioned were:
Oscar Roberts and Walter Bell of
Morenzi, A. Trojanovith, Globe; ex-
Senator e. S. Ives, Tucson; j. B. Find
ley, for eight years a member of the
legislature from Tucson; John S. Nit
chel and A. Olmey, Ajo; Ben Craw-
ford, chairman Democratic national
committee. Clifton; M. j. Nugent,
councilman, Yuma; G.. A. Olney, ex-
councilman, Stafford; OBren Moore.
editor Tucson Citizen, and Frank Wal
ker, ex-councilman of Los Angeles and
former resident of Tombstone.
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