The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-08-29
WILL DEDICATE
GRANGE PARK
HAWKEYES WILL BE OUT IN FORCE
All the Former Residents are Expected
to Attend the Picnic at the
Grange Park Today.

The third annual picnic of the Hood
River Hawkeye society will be held
today at the new Grange park, two
miles south uf town. Great prepare.
tions have been made for the event.
and 1t will no doubt eclipse the meet.
Ing OF year ago, which was SO sue
eessful.
W. +. laiaway, the president of
the society, who is an enthusiast in
everything he undertakes, has spent
considerable time to make the affair
SUCCESS, aided by his CO. workers i'm
the society, and If all who &C d. not
have good time, il will be their own
iault.
There are now about 30O people in
Hood River and valley who at one
time lived in Iowa, and it Is expected
that all will Ee there. They are also
entitled to bring their friends, and so
the meeting will not be restricted to
iowans alone. AS the occasion will be
the initiatory event of the opening of
the park, 1t has more than ordinary
interest, and the Grangers also will
be expected to be out in torce.
There is no set program of the day.
The meeting will be called to order
at IL a. m. A. A. jayne will be speak
er OF the day, and many others will
be called upon to take part. ID is
hoped that all who can will be there
at the time of opening.
10 satisfy the hungry and add to |
the good cheer, there will be an old |
fashioned barbecue. A fat steer will |
be roasted, and Capt. Dukes has been
placed In charge. That of itself is as.
surance that 1t will be we'll done.
The afternoon will be- spent in
amusements on the grounds. Games
and outdoor sports of various kinds
will be INDUCED in, and there will not
be dull moment. Swings have been
put up for the little folks, comforta.
bic seats arranged, and places of rest
supplied for all.
The Changers have worked hard to
get the ground in shape for the pic.
mic. The foundation of the large as.
sembly hall is laid and the frame
work up. The building will be 32x7O
[eet, and will seat about 1000 people.
lt was at first intended to build an ,
oval auditorium, patterned after the
guiding at Gladstone Park, but the
cost was found to be too great, and {
he present style decided upon. The J
building when completed will cost
Ibout $1,000. ;
The work on the grounds has been
for the picnic, brush clear.
ID away, roads laid out, and there
will be plenty of room for the crowd | +
o enjoy themselves. 1t will not bel J
'ossible to fix up the lake and swim /
ming pool for this year, as it will be q
ecessaly to wait until the water is +
hut off the ditch OF the Farmers Ir f.
igating Co., when the lake will be /,
leaned out, cemented and fixed up sl
. proper shape. W. Eby has charge d
I that part of the work. h
Lee Morse says that the city pc ople Il
ave responded nobly to the aid OF h,
1e enterprise. They have subscribed n
berally and paid freely. This has II
'ade 1t possible to do much work ty
lis year, and get the full benefit OF a,
10 hall this winter. Work will be RI
1ded each year, until it will be one tc
the attractions of the valley, and Ar
. very valuable fol laige summer a,
atherings, and as we'll as for large c
eetings In the hall in the winter. tf
The dedication OF the grounds by b,
10 Hawkeyes gives it an auspi, ious N
art, and the day will be one of the fu
'ents OF the season. h,