The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-22
Big Woodmen Gathering 10 1910
Will Be Held Here as Result
Of Efforts of Local Camp
EXPECT so, 900 PEOPLE HERE
Association Turns Down ALI Other
Offers and Kenosha Finally Gets
the Unanimous Vote as
the Place for Picnic

The city Of Kenosha was selected as
the place for holding the great picnic
Of the Southern Wisconsin and Illinois
Woodmen Association in the year 1910
at a session Of the officials of the as
ISOLATION at Beloit on Wednesday af
ternoon. When the final vote on the
question was taken Kenosha had the
Many cities were in the race for the
picnic earlier in the day, but the con
test had by noon narrowed down to a
contest between Chicago and Kenosha.
The Chicago boosters were there in
force and while a gathering Of $4,000
people is not much for Chicago to take
care Of the Woodmen declared that
they could 60 to Chicago any time, but
that Kenosha would be a novelty.
Judge Randall and Alderman Simons,
who presented the claims Of Kenosha
to the association, offered to raise any
sum demanded by the association to
insure the success of the picnic, but
after the selection had been made it
was decided that the matter of enter
tainment would be left entirely to the
people of Kenosha. There were 125
camps represented at the gathering at
Beloit and after Kenosha had been Sc
lected as the city for the picnic in
1910 it was decided that there would
be no picnic this year. Plans had
been laid for holding the picnic at Be
lott in June, but the Woodmen Of that
city decided that they could not take
care of SO great a gathering and as
the time was too short to permit any
other city to arrange for the entertain
ment it was decided to call the picnic
off for this year and double the efforts
to make the Kenosha picnic a record
breaker. The hardest fight made
against Kenosha was on account Of
the fact tnat she did not have the
railway facilities Of some of the other
cities and the agents Of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Com
pany made very bitter fight to land
the big picnic at some of the points
on that road.
The exact uate for the picnic in Ke
nosha will not be set until late in the
fall when the association will hold 9
meeting to make the final arrangements
but the Kenosha members of the Wood
men will at once begin to make plans
for the entertainment of the delegates
| It is certain that the crowd will be
! the largest ever known in Kenosha
| More than a thousand Woodmen Camp;
with membership Of Approximately
100000 will be invited to take part
in the picnic and the attendance il
former years has never fallen below
10000 people.
The Woodmen promise to join The
army Of progressives in Kenosha from
now on and will make every possible
effort to have all public improvements
now ordered completed before The
crowd comes in order that Kenoshs
may put on the best possible appear
ance for the visitors. All sorts Of en-
tertainments will be arranged for The
visiting Woodmen and the day will I'm
doubtedly be observed as a holiday il
the city. Within the next two weeks
the local camp will take up the matter
Of making preparations for the picnic
and committees, both in and out of the
order, will be named to solicit funds
and provide for the entertainment OF
the visitors.