Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-22
PICNICS ARE SUCCESSFUL
Large Crowds in Attendance Saturday
at Oak Grove and Falls
City.

Large crowds Of people left Dallas,
Saturday, drawn by the triple attrac-
don of big picnic at Falls City,
another at Oak Grove and ths excit-
ing racing meet at Indep ndence.
From early in the morning wien the
first parties began leaving, the streets
of this city presented an aspect OF
qnietness entirely unusual, Until be-
tween and o'clock, the rturning
picnic parties restored them 70 their
accustomed state of activity.
The two attractions that d .ew the
largest attendance Saturday we're the
plcnics, the largest attendance from
Dallas at the races having occurred
on Friday. Carriages, bug gies and
rigs of every conceivable mai ure were
pressed into service sby those attend
ing the Oak Gro%e picnic and al
though no special trains weie run to
Falls City for the Knights o. Pythias'
picnic, the regular 7:l5 and 1:so
trains were crowded to o' erfiowing
with visitors en- route for tho big en-
tertainment. Returning pa tiles from
both places in the evening we're unan-
imous in pronouncing bofh picnics
thoroughly successful.
An enormous crowd g eeted the
parade which opened the knights Of
Pythias' picnic in Falls City. The
line Of march YVES headed by the uni
form rank OF the order, al the ia
nous Chemawa Indian Bar d, followed
by the merchants float diaplays, the
horse parade. and other features, and
the line OF citizens In cal riages and
on foot. The morning program con-
sisted cf drills by the spec al teams Of
the order, an excellent address by
State Superintendent J. II Alderman,
speaker of the day, and talk on
Pythianism by Hon. W L. Tooze
Athletic sports Of va -ous kinds
occupied the afternoon, LIBERAL prizes
being given for each event, and two
baseball games were PLAYED between
Monmouth and Falls City and between
Dallas ard Chemawa respectively
The first game was won by Mon.
mouth by score of z to and Dallas
easily carried off the palm In the sec
ond contest with score OF A to /.
Beside Polk county pee ole who were
present, a large numbey OF visitors
from Woodburn, Salem, Hubbard and
other places drove overi ! automobiles
and attended the big picrio. A dance
given In Wagner's Hall in the eve
ming closed the entertaiI ment, which
was admittedly one OF tie biggest ant
best ever given in that ity.
The picnic at Oak Grove, although
attended by scarcely so large a crowd
was equally successful. A program
Of musical numbers anl appropriate
addresses was held in the forenoon
and at noon, with tbsir temporar!
tables laid on the gri ss under th'
trees, the guests dined in real picni
, fashion.
A series of exciting ices, wrestling
jumping and other Interesting ath
letic events we're held In the afternoon
many prizes In cash md in trophie
being awarded to the Winners. Musi
, was furnished by the Dallas band.
Like the Falls City ,icnic, the crow
at Oak Grove was lot made up O
, Polk County people lone, scores Q
, visitors from adjoinir counties beinI
present. For a numl er Of years th
Oak Grove picnic haa been regarde
as one Of the seafnn's importan
events In Eastern Pt TX county, an
each summer sees it row 10 popular
ity aud In the numbe OF persons VIII
attend and take part In the program
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