The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
WELL KNOWN MEN TO SPEAK
Governor James o. Davidson and Gov
erncr Charles S. Deneen Asked to
Deliver Principal Adresses-B Pa
rade Feature,

Chairman of the committees in
charge of the great Woodman picnic
to be held in Kenosha early in June
met on Wednesday evening at the of
fee of Attorney A. L. Drury and com
pleted arrangements for the picnic and
the plans made give assurance that the
picnic will be one of the biggest events
in the history of Kenosha. The work
of advertising the picnic is already
under sway and communications from
other camps give assurance that the
crowd In Kenosha will be one of the
largest if not the largest in the his
tory of the Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin Picnic Associa-
ton. The committee plans to make
it great gathering for the people of
the two states. The most distinguish
ed men in Woodcraft will be here and
their addresses will be second only to
those made by some of the best known
politicians of the two states. Cover
nor Charles S. Deneen of Illinois and
Governor James o. Davidson, have
been invited to be among the speakers
at the picnic and it is. expected that
both Of these distinguished men will
accept the invitation The picnic will
also have some political significance as
the long list of men who have come out
candidates for governor of Wisconsin
will be invited to attend the picnic
and be on the list of speakers. The
speeches will take place in the after
noon and an effort is being made to
have the use of the Orphan Asylum
Park for this purpose
The program Of speeches will be on
ly one of the features for the day.
Another feature of greatest interest
will be the industrial parade to be
held at IL a. m. Prizes will be of
fered for floats and the special com
mittee in charge of this feature of
the picnic will make special display
In addition to the floats it is expected
that there will be between six and
ten thousand Woodmen in line Prizes
to the amount of 1925 will be. offered
for a contest among visiting bands
and it is expected that this will attract
many bands to the picnic. 1925 has
been set aside by the committee to
provide prizes for a competitive drill
among visiting Forester teams and this
will be one of the big features of the
picnic. Other amusements that have
been arranged for will include an ex-
cellent card of races at Balm track
and base ball game at Breen s Park.
The finance committee reported that
there was about $500 in sight to take
care of the entertainment of the Wood
men and it was decided that the fund
must be increased to $4,000 in order
to insure the success of the picnic.
The chairman of the finance commit
tee expects that the Northwestern
Railway Company will aid materially
in taking care of the advertising of
the picnic and special committee will
go to Chicago on next Tuesday to in
terview the manager of the company
to see just what the company will do
to boost the picnic. The local adver-
Using committee will work with the
railway in giving the event the great
est possible publicity.
Meetings of the various committees
will be held this week to arrange for
a proper carrying out of the plans ar
ranged at the general meeting on Wed
nesday night and some formal an
nouncement of the program for the day
will be given out within the next week.