Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-23
Annual State G.. A. R. Encamp-
ment Will Be Held June II
to June Is
ARRANGEMENTS NOW COMPLETE
Annual Meeting. Of Allied orsaniza-
tons viii Be Held During the En-
oampment, As Usual = Prominent
Men and Women Will Be Present
Dubuque Ideal Place for Meeting.

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque, May 23.-The annual en-
campment of the Grand Army OF the.
Republic of Iowa is to be held at Du-
buque this year, beginning on Tuesday
June II and continuing to Saturday,
June 10.
Arrangements have been completed
which insure this being the greatest
and most successful encampment' ever
held in the state. AS has been GUS
tomary in recent years, the annual
meetings of the Women's Relief Corps.
Spanish American war Veterans, Vet
Grams of the Philippine wars. the Iowa
Hornets Nest Bribade, ex-Prisoners OF
war associations and like Kindred Or
ganizations. will be held at the same
time. The citizens of Dubuque began
some months ago to make preparations
for the occasion and now have every
thing in readiness to show the old sol.
diers and their friends one OF the pest
times of their whole lives.
Many of. the prominent men and
women of the country will be present
and take part In the various programs
|that will be rendered. x There will be.
scores of bands and drum corps In at
tendance. but probably the most m
teresting musical organization Will be
drum corps composed of veterans or
the civil war, men who played either
the fife or the drum thru that great
struggle, for the preservation of the
union. There W.. probably be half
hundred of thes old musicians pres
ent. many Of them using the same fife
or the same drum they carried with
them during the days of 81 to '65. Re-
unions will also be held at this timeS by
many regimental organizations, so 1t
is safe to say no old soldier VIII fall TO
meet old comrades and old soldiers
friends cannot help but have q most
enjoyable time.
Dubuque the Key City of Iowa, To-
Gated as it Is on the majestic Mississ-
ippi river, is an Ideal, spot for enter
tanning such a body Of men and women.
especially at this time of year. It's
great hills and bluffs Of almost solid
rock are now, capped by greenest YER
dure. The great steamboats, that ply
the Mississippi river from New Orleans
to st. Paul and Minneapolis are now in.
service. and assisted by scores OF
pleasure craft and excursion boats af-
ford opportunities for river excursions
that can be had at no other time Of the
year and at but few places In Iowa.
The famous lead and zinc mines are in
full blast and will be interesting to
hundreds who will care to visit them.
The parks and ,sland and river re-
sorts are all reached by admirable
street car service or by excursion and
pleasure boats on the river. Fishing
is uncommonly good along the river
and in the sleughs, bayous and lakes
near Dubuque, and even the novice has
no trouble in catching large numbers
Of bass, pickerel, croppies, sunfish,
channel cat and other game fish.
NAH railroads in the state have ar
ranged to give low rates, so, everything
considered-the time, the place and the
interest attached-it goes without say
ing tina IL the encampment at Dubuque
is to be record breaker. ~
Innocent Soul.