Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-22
PICNIC. AT ELDON
IS A THOROUGH Y
SUCCESSFUL ONE
Mayor Bradley Addresses Grocers and
Butchers on Municipal Government
Interesting List of Epents During the
Afternoon.

they lost the keys Of the city; others
would say that they had no keys, but
will say that the key l have is
nisfit, and possessing greater power
than the mayor Of your city, who
might say for a little infraotion Of the
law he would let you go, but could not
deliver the goods, but as am both the
executive and Judicial officer, holding
the oce of mayor and police Judge. l
can be of service to you, for IL you
should be arrested, I can in further
In conclusion, will say I will now turn
the city over to you, to enjoy and en-
tertain yourselves.
Address of Welcome.
Before the speaking and between thu
numbers on the program, the Fifty
fourth Regimental band played g num-
Der Of selections. Following the ad-
dress Of Mayor. w. q. Grow delivered
a short but very stirring address Of
welcome which showed more than
anything else possibly could that the
| the visitors from Otun1wa,. ana that
everyone should thoroughly enjoy their
visit to the neighboring town.
Mr.. Grow Is strong, forcefnl
speaker. and he held tho interest OF
everyone present as he lauded highly
inc prooucls OF the STATE OF LOWE ana
SPOKE IN glowing Terms OF TINS STATE
pello county as the best county In the
state. He concluded with another app
peal TO the visiting throns to take pos
i session Of the city, of the homes OF the
e a..k ~ hsea % anG 70 so IoHs
s W. ene ,esns .nas ansS nau oes =,
was nnssfh,e =. ~ ~, $3.50 nart - thai. hasts
Response by Alderman Bren,horst,
The response to the address Of wei.
come was given by Alderman Herman
;. Bremhorst OF Ottumwa, who spoks
pr,eny IN oenair OF the grocers anu
| oitisans =. Tiann 60 .na ..a ara,.ssts. ana
hosnital,tv shonn +ha oMtsiSar. snd
concluded by hopine to return the ia
vor by having the honor Of entertain-
ing the citizens OF Eldon in Ottumwa
at some Date IN the near future.
ra. nlssr ene sPeaklng was concivaeo .no
gram were taken up on the track, the
baseball game ebtween the Eldon team
st nu pt ~ .eam Ion ottulnwa WIS =
Tia srand stand AVA ~ .tt.rnno, c,na
! tinued to be one round 81 niAas,,re as
the members Of the crowd took their
choice OF the various amusements
which appealed most to them. The
e ,u, were run on as rapidly az pos
psni,,. a,,t.I has sne 10y 1871 3, :
fair arn,,nd. hasoes a. thrnra ,st+ -
board thu trains for the return trim I'd
ottumwa.
Inc Following are the winners OF the
various events at the Grocers ant
Butchers picnic at Eldon yesterday
afternoon:
BAH game--Eldon 10; Ottumwa s.
IL. CenFa,d saaand A' n".'
: 100-yard dash-Roy Randall. first.
. L. Phillips second
Potato race-Frank Warren first
Clarence Beghtol second.
Tug-of-war-Won by Butchers.
Horse race-Dan Haney fiYst: "Ned'
: second.
Automobile raced. P. McCMr,
8 first; E. H. Emery second.
: BAL, cam. won nv E,d.,
~, - - ~,
i o.4.S p"n sanle petWeen Hidon an
q es.4 we s.al.ed oue 70 pc very no
:. nens oue oatcner Dale OF the olumW'
> s ss, was uhlortunaIe IN having
n,l ne ;. ~ us 'nulnD ulslocated' eausin
! !, . n'n ~ ls'ae liou tue sane' ana III
: sem "as onaneeu around 70 sucn a.
r Ss',1.. .,.ae .ue 12iuon laos ne,o cas-
e r So .n 20 o ~. ne scoTe 500
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