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


OCEAN PARK, Aug. Livery 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 we'll able to entertain itself.
Every Hassayampa proved himself
a 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 1t seemed as If there
could be no corner or niche in the ter
ritory that didn't have representation.
Keep Coming All Day
The crowd began putting in an ap-
pearance about o'clock and 1t con-
tinued to arrive on every car during
the day. At / o'clock a lunch was
served at the casino, following which
the crowd roamed at will until three
hours later, when a program of literary
exercises was opened at the casino
auditorium with c. 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. C. Goodin, ex-chief justice
of Arizona, whose address was full of
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 uf enthusiasm that almost lifte1
the casino roof. Chiefly because of his
wonderful and successful fight in the
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 briedy
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
iat a Stn tnld ~,
his inimitable manner interspersed
with his remarks sent the crowd into
paroxysms of laughter, and a few So
ber 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 a close by read
ing the following poem on ARIZONA"
by Sharlot M. Hall in the outlook:
No beggar she in the mighty hall where
her bay-crowned sisters wait
No empty-handed pleader for the right of
a free-born state,
No child with a child's insistence, de-
manding a 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
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
enter there
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 a larger day.