Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01
OBSERVE THE DAY
Thousands to be in Line In Mo-
line Labor Day Parade
Monday.
FESTIVITIES PROSPECT PARK
Postoffice, Stores and Offices to Be
Closed-ProcIamatho is Issued
by the Mayor.

The annual labor union celebration
of Labor day will be held this year in
Moline, under the auspices of the Mo
line Industrial Home association. The
organizations of the three cities will
participate, and the celebration prom
1ses to be one of the most successful
In years. Rock Island will be repre-
| Sented in the line of the parade by
| nearly $500 men, it is expected. and
| the business interests of the CITY will
be well represented in the exhibition
of industrial floats. The parade takes
| place at 1880, forming at the Indus
trial Home building, Fourteenth street
| and Fifth avenue. In the afternoon
| there will be addresses at Prospect
park by j. ]. Keppler of Chicago. and
w. A. Johnson of Davenport There
will be plenty of amusement provided.
and the fact that no liquor will be sold
on the grounds will result in the elm
ination of much disorder.
Officers and Committees.
The officers and committees in
charge of the celebration are:
President of the Day. Grant Pet
erson.
Marshal of the Day-Robert Clancy.
Assistant Marshals-Oscar Peterson,
Arthur Jasper, John Wind, F. j. Smith
| iger, William Lindquist
Invitation Committee - Charles
Lundquist and Ed Wilson.
Flagbearer-John Peterson.
|
ney, F. J. Smithiger
Entertainment-Ch Lunquist,
Grant Peterson.
Grounds Robert CLANCY, Charles
Lundquist, Oscar Peterson.
Printing and Advertising-Ed Vii
son, Grant Peterson
| Sport-Robert CLANCY.
Gates-F. J. Smithiger, Oscar Peter
son. Charles Edstrand.
Dance Floor-Arthur Jasper, Gust
Nelson, William Stewart, Alvin Ander-
son.
Purchasing Benell, Oscar
Peterson.
Music-George Kemmerling. Will
| liam Lindquist.
T, Games and Wheels-John Wind and
Frank Schofer
| Lunch-Charles Benell, Arthur Jas
per. William LindQuist, John Peterson.
Harry Samuelson.
| Mayor Issues Proclamation.
| Mayor McCaskrin today issued the
following proclamation in regard to La
Dor day:
"In accordance with the provisions
IAf %
| further proclamation of acting Cover
nor Orville F. Berry, l. George w. Nc
Caskrin. mayor of Rock Island, Illinois,
do hereby proclaim the Sd of Septem-
Der, 1906, as Labor day.
THE observation of this day. as set
apart by law as a legal holiday, is fit
| tingly to commemorate the vital place
in our institutions of labor and to her
aid with fitting celebrations that great
army of employees by whose Drawn and
sturdy hand we have hewn the great
est potential government on earth out
OF primitive wilderness. 1t is a day
when every loyal should mingle in uni
son with the toilers of the country, for
| by his sacrifices we have conquered
deserts, spanned streams, and set
afioat upon our seas and inland water
ways a shipping that is marvellous. 1t
is a day that we can meet and consid-
er great principles upon which is based
every element of development of our
social, commercial and governmental
| institutions
Given this 1st day of September
| 1906. in the. mayors office at Rock Is
| land, III.
"(Signed) GEORGE w. M'CASKRIN.
Mayor of Rock Island, Ill"
General Observance of Day
Labor day will be generally observ-