Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-08-29

An exceedingly large crowd of peo-
pie. about 5000, enjoyed the 18th an
nual reunion and old settlers picnic
in this city last Tuesday
The program in the morning began
at 10 O'Clock with band concert.
This was followed by an address OF
welcome delivered by +. @. Ericsson.
He extended the good wishes and the
hospitality of the town, especially to
the pioneer women, who were we'll
represented iu the gathering. Mrs.
Ed Tollefson responded and thanked
Elk Point for it's cordial welcome, ard
were glad to meet here in this city,
and hoped that the relations OF the
business men of the city and the asso-
citation would always be as friendly as
at the present time.
She gave a number of historical
facts and told of the government fort
located on their farm near Richland,
later abandoned and used as church
and school honse, PROBABLY the first
in the state.
w. Ell. III. Tate then gave very
good address on the early events in
this section, particularly the great In
dian scare on July l9, 1862, when
every white person between Yankton
and Sioux City stampeeded fort the lat
ter place with the exception of the
family Of Mr.. Nelson, near Vermillion.
He also spoke OF the grasshopper az
Fiction which commenced in 1864 and
continued until 1879. He paid tribute
to such old pioneers as John r. Wood,
Mrs. j. r. Kent and Edward Collins,
deceased, and others.
Miss Kitty Cannon then followed
with very nice recitation entitled,
"The Tobacco Piece.
Prof. w. p Chamberlain then read
his poems entitled WESTWARD of the
500, and .Up to Kit" both of which
will be found at the bottom Of this
article.
The dinner hour having arrived the
pioneers and many other visitors had
basket dinners on the lawns in the
residence part of the city. Some citi-
zens even prepared temporary tables
and provided ice water and coffee.
At the opening Of the afternoon
program President EliB. Wilson said
he would climate his usual annual ad-
dress so as not to take up the time
of the speakers whom the crowd had
never heard before.
Miss Lillian Ellis followed with
solo entitled Whisper and l Shall
Hear which was heartily encored.
She then sang ooh! Dry Those Tear" !"
which was very well received. She
was nicely accompanied on the violin
by Miss Maud Tollefson. Miss Kittie
Cannon then gave another recitation
entitled 1.-THE Watermelon" which
we'll pleased her hearers.
President Wilson then introduced
senator A. B. Kittredge. The sena-
tor gave fine address on the Panama
canal. He spoke of the efforts made
TO discover a shorter passage to India
and then gave the history OF the Pan
anna isthmus since it's discovery. He
told of the quarter Of billion of dol
lars spent by DeLesseps in trying to
build the canal, the efforts made to
perfect a treaty with England and
Columbia, and OF the secession OF Pan
anna from Columbia when the latter
rejected the treaty. He spoke for
about an hour and held the close at
tention of his hearers.
The crowd then went to the ball
game, which was good one.
There were two good foot races on
the street about O'Clock and after
supper the moving pictures, the dance
and the confetti throwing kept the
crowds inte rested until a late hour.
ELI Point 10, Akron, la. 2
A crowd of 1000 or more witnessed
at the city park the fourth match Of
the season with Akron. Akron had
won the two gam on her own
ground, losing to Elk Point here a
month ago. A purse of s45 was Of
ferad the winner and Akron LOADED
up" with the crack Jefferson battery
and short stop, intending to make sure
Of the money. Our boys believed they
could beat the combination and they
did. The heavy batting Of Elk Point
com bined with the loose fielding of
Akron gave Elk Point an easy game
against the cream of two speedy teams
The first inning was one, two, three,
out with both teams, Akron recording
one score In the second through Barr's
2-bagger and a couple of errors. Elk
POintwent them one better and after
two men were out Reid drew Single
and McGrath a home run, giving the