Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-27
Annual Reunion of California
Association Most Successful
of Series
GRUB, SPEECHES AND MUSIC
Elk Senator w. w. Dodge Delivers
Principal Address Of the Day-steph-
on Townsend Elected President for
Ensuing Year-other Officer. chos-
en-2o,ooo Present.
Especial Correspondence

/ Los Angeles, Feb 27.--Iowa was rep
resented as never before In Los An
geles when 10000 former residents OF
that state attended the annual picnic
OF the Iowa Association OF Southern
California at Agricultural Park.
/, On a section of the park inside the
race course representation OF the
map of Iowa, according to the ninety
nine counties. was laid out and it was
to this interesting depletion of the OLD
commonwealth honored by all partici-
pants that every arrival speedily took
himself.
| Every Iowan Is supposed to know his
Iowa--especially according to the map
| but, for the benefit of any possible
| faulty memory the headquarters OF
each county was designated by placards
| tackled high on a pole, while the state
Headquarters was easily found, be-
cause it was located near Des Moines,
| In tent.
| 1t hardly Ia known when the first pic
niclSer reached the scene of'the gigan-
| tic outdoor reunion and basket picnic,
but II is known to have been at an
| early hour, as when officials of the as
| ISOLATION arrived there, at s o'clock, a
goodly number of Hawkeyes greeted
| them.
| And then another Hawkeye came In
and brought another basket of lunch.
and then another Hawkeye came In
| and brought another-but who is go
ing to count 10000 Iowans. one at a
| time, when they arrived In great
| punches and went into the park with
out any regard for the example set by
! the animals as they went into the ark
Old neighbors hunted out one anoth-
er. old friends grasped hands after
years Of separation, old boyhood com
panions related pranks Of long ago, old
eyes filled with tears at thoughts Of
sad events which had not been smoth-
cred out OF their lives, and old Iowalis
| made new friends of one another.
| Hour after hour passed speedily, with
registration at various Headquarters,
buying OF badges and sociabihty, as de-
lightfully sufficient entertainment, and
| finally the ,wolf-h,inger-lnade his APP
pearance, and then began one of the
| largest open -air spreads ever seen in
| this city.
Greatest Basket Picnic.
Imagine 10000 Hawkeyes opening
10000 lunch baskets, and imagine them
eating 10000 lunches, which SLIP past
| 10000 happy hearts into 10000 con-
tented stomachs.
OF course preparations had been
made to offer hospitality to those who
might have forgotten their own
lunches, but such is not the nature of
a Hawkeye and consequently the hos
pitality was general.
And when 1t all was over and the
last drop OF coffee had trickled down
the last throat to join the last crumb
of the last sandwich which had gone
before, each and every Iowan strug-
gled somehow to his feet and repaired
| to state HEADQUARTERS for the speeches
at o'clock.
Speeches and Music.
These were quite impromptu and
related mostly to the grandeur Of the
state left behind and the beauties and
glories Of southern California.
A. H. Stutsman, president, OF Santa
Ana, an old soldier whose empty left
sleeve bore abundant evidence of what
he had done for his country, presided,
and in Introducing the speakers. made
many happy little hits of phi'aseology.
There was music by the band Of the
Whittier state school and by the Los
Angeles veteran Fife and Drum Corps,
and the speeches were happily inter
mingled With that and with several
vocal selections.
Among the leading Iowans present,
in addition to the speakers, were the
officers Of the association: Delos Ar
mold, OF Pasadena, honorory president;
A. n. Stutsnlan, of Santa Ana, presi-
dent; D. B. Lyons, OF Los Angeles,
vice president; c. II. Parsons, Of Ar
tesla, secretary, and F. H. Nichols, Of
| Los Angeles, treasurer, with the lat
ters father, Col S. D. Nichols, now Of
this city and formerly an Iowa state
senator; State Senator F. M. Hopkins,
Of Guthrie county, Iowa, in Los An
geles for the winter; Rev. Robert j.
Burdette, formerly Of the Burlington
HaWkeye and now pastor Of the Tenn
pie Baptist church, and James A. Nc
Cord. president of the Los Angeles
branch Of the Iowa Association of
Southern California.
At the entrance to the park there
was opportunity-of which many
awaited themselves-to sign the nom
ination petitions for George Alexander
(formerly OF Iowa) as mayor.
It was generally conceded by the
many participants that this picnic was
the most successfully sociable and So
ciably successful that the organization
has held in it's nine years of existence.
Ex-senator w. w. Dodge, now an
Angeleno, was one of the principal
speakers his remarks being loudly
cheered.
Judge Curtis d. Wilbur made brief
talk, saying he had discovered the rea-
son why he led the republican ticket
atsthe election last fall in the multitude
of Iowans in this county.
Officers Elected.
! At 2 O'clock at the headquarters
there was an open air meeting, at
which new officers were elected There
| was no dissent from the list proposed
by a nominating committee. The Off
GERS chosen We're:
President-Stephen Townsend, Long
Beach.
F. Vice President-C. ]. Rogers, Mon
rovia.
I secretary-C. H. Parsons, Artesia.
Treasurer. H. Nichols, Los An-
geles. s..as
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