Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-24

ii tue recipient early lie W ne ME /
with the records OF this society. Two
answers were received: one who has
sinced passed away and eighty-nine
years old at the time, signed her name
o record of her life. The younges-
If fifteen children, her father died
while she was still young, but she can
recall the war songs and stories witt
Which he used to entertain them. Mar
ried at twenty-five she tells of her pic
neer life, when the nearest neighba.
was three miles away, post Office six
and the nearest market place, Chicago
twenty-five. Another real daughter
With trembling hands writes she i,
'ighty-three years old and is the nine
,eenth child of her parents. She hal
twelve children and is enjoying a rea.
sonable portion of health" An affec
tomato daughter writes of her. mother
S eiShtey-nine years old, her figure is
as straight as ever and is quick on
FOOT, with the exception of being deaf,
10 not see but her faculties are as COOL
as ever. She has pieced and quilted
en quilts this winter. The worst
,rouble | have with her is trying &c
Keep her busy"
May Well BE Proud.
We may well be proud of the source
of, our being. with women like these as
III example My brief duration in Of
ice will have to account for my limit
I'd report. In September | sent quer
es to each chapter to which some re-
sponded more or less promptly The
work of the society this year has beel
conscientious and valuable The De
catur chapter last year reported the
marking of the site of the first home
If Abraham Lincoln with a memorial
boulder. This year with, its usual vigor
t has placed sign boards to mark the
way 10 the boulder for the benefit of
yisitors and strangers. The chapter
has also begun the restoration of an
I'D Lincoln court house, the first in
Macon county. TO be used when com
Dleted as a chapter house. Our largest
n the state was assisted in establishing
he old Cahokia court house in Jackson
park, Chicago. more of which report of
hat chapter will give you.
1T is like bringing Goals 70 Newcastle
o tell you of the completion of the mon
Iment in Campbell's island. which |
cope We shall all make an effort 20 see
before we leave this historical spot.
rhe chapter reports will tell you of
medals and prizes given for historical
1ssays; flags for committing TO men,
Dry our national songs, America and the
Star Spangled Banner. One chapter is
supporting a daughters room in a hos
)ital; another doing patriotic settle
ment work: another interesting itself
n civic improvements. Many are stud
Ting civil government, origin of the COR
ititution. history of Illinois and cur
new island possessions and dependen.
lies.
ITO the smaller chapters in our state
whose treasury contains small sums,
would tell you of the work of three
| chapters who have cooperated and hir
| ed story letter to go among the for
| SiSAi NidSSi1S anu ttIl tiitlll SUI vi
| the lives of our revolutionary heroes
and so instill an example of gooG citi
? ship.
| 'Washington's birthday and Flag da!
have almost university been celebrated
wonId Secure Starved Rock.
Before closing my report I would
make one plea for interest and influence
TO be used for the state possession O
Starved Rock. Continental Memoria
hall will soon be completed. Fort Mas
Isac is an assured success. Let us nov
turn our attention to a spot that ha:
been known since 1878. My time vii
not allow me to go into details but per
don me if | quote a few words from
paper by Theodore Jessup. He spok,
IOf other states setting aside forestt,
lareas, making parks around old fort
and battlefields, caring for histor:
buildings. Is it too much to hope tina
a state which has a spot so beautiful
and around which cluster so many men
cries of the race which gave it its name
Of the pathetically noble Marquette; G
| UHp Vi tUS STedteSt men OF his age q
the almost equally great Tonty Gale
his chief, La Sale around which clu.
ter so many memories of the first mi!
sion. of the first garrison and of tn
first colony, may some day and 500
enshrine in a forest reservation of tie
thousand acres, this rock so that
may become a place of pilgrimage i
centuries yet to come for the children
children who shall crowd it's fertile IA
responsive soil.
Starved Rock which should be q
well known as Jamestown or Plymout
is still unappreciated by the people
tn state and the nation
Unveil Monument.
Reports were read by the chairma
lof the standing committee on the pr
gress on the work of Continental ha
lat Washington. D. c., which is we
under way and in which the state wi
have memorial hall. Mrs. CharI,
HickoX in the absence of Mrs. Ma
thew Scott, eX-vice president genera