Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-03

of the signing of the Dec
w laration of Independence, is
to be observed in the Gus
IN tomary manner in Rock Is
land. The stores of the
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city will be closed from 10
4 o'clock this evening until
M 4 Monday morning, and the
entire day will be devoted
T. to the celebration. At the
D.. banks and the public Offices
I the national holiday will be
GJ observed, and at the post
Office holiday hours will pre-
vail, with single delivery of mail,
leaving the Office about 9:15. The Of
flee will close at 10 p. IN.
One of the principal features of the
days celebration will be the picnic of
the Zion Lutheran church mems so
S&f5, at Ericsson park, north of Au-
gustana college. The principal adj
dress of the day will be delivered to-
morrow morning at 1890, by Con.
gresham James Mckinney of Aledo,
who will tell of some of his travels
IN the Orient and the island posses
sions of the United States recently
Rev. N. Noyd of Chicago will also
give an address, and there will be
plenty of good music. The program
Of the morning exercises is as follows:
Song, America.
Invocation, Rev. Ira o. Nothstein.
Song. Svea quartet
Reading of Declaration of lndepen
dence, Einar Joarnson.
Clarinet solo, l.. Killing.
Address, Congressman James Nc
Kinney.
Song, Mems chorus.
The afternoon program will begin al
2:30 and will be as follows:
Song, congregation.
Invocation, Professor j. Mauritzon.
Song, church choir.
Address, Rev. n. Noyd of Chicago.
Clarinet solo, l.. Killing.
Song, Mems chorus
In case of rain the program will b,
carried out in the Augustana chape
and refreshments will be served il
the college gymnasium.
MoIders to Picnic.
Instead of the annual outing of thu
Moline iron molders July at ConcoI
Ola park. the Moline union has thi
year joined with the Rock Island mo
ders. and arranged for Zig picnic tC
morrow at Huber's garden in this city
The arrangements are in charge of
committee of which Alderman Angus
Utke of this city is chairman. Dele
cations are expected from IS union
which recently organized a conference
district with the tri-cities as the cer
ter. No formal program has been a
ranged, but plenty of good music wi
be provided.
Team ut Clinton.
The, holiday will be unusual in tina
there will be no baseball games here
The Islanders are to play at Clinton
and two games are scheduled, one /
the morning and the other in the a
ternoon A number of tri-city peopl
will probably spend the day in Clinic
and witness the games.
SThe amateur teams of the tri-ctie
nave games scheduled at the variou
celebrations about the county, an
nothing in the way of an exhibitio
of the national game seems to /
slated for the day in Rock Island.
Muscutine Mecca.
Muscatine will be the mecca Il
hundreds of tri-city residents, as IL
Mississippi Valley~Power Boat ass
citation is holding its annual meetir
and races there, and the city will
thronged with visitors who want
witness the speed contests. The eve
has, attracted scores of power boa
from all parts of the upper river, al
Rock Island will have one or mo
fast motor boats in the events.
Fleet to Wake Trip.
The Island City Boating associate
and the Davenport Boat club ha
united in the project of sending
fleet to the regatta at Muscatine, al
at an early hour tomorrow mornil
"a gay feet of about 20 of the fine
launches owneG in the two cities W
leave from the Rock Island laun
harbor at the foot of Twelfth sire
for Muscatine.
There VIII be several excursions
Muscatine during the day by the 10,
excursion steamers, and it is like
that several thousand tri-city peol
will help make up the throngs
Muscatine streets tomorrow.
The is. viii make two trips one
the morning at $3.50 returning at 10:
and the other In the afternoon at
o'clock returning at o'clock. 7
Columbia will make one trip to Mus
tine leaving here at 2:30 and returni
at z o'clock The Silver Crescent v
take small party of about 200 to
scene of the carnival at 9:45 in
morning and will return after the f
works display, about $3.50.
At the Parks.
AS usual the day will be big {