The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-16
Drill Team From Capitol
City Gets First Money With
Racine in Second Place
oBERTIN HAS BEST FLOAT
Woodman Picnic Program Carried Out
on Wednesday Afternoon With the
Exception of the Band Contest
Speeches Cut Short.

HAe Woodman picnic is over and
while it is admitted that it was some
thing of a disappointment to some of
the people who had concessions for the
day, the promoters Of the picnic were
satisfied with the outcome and the Wis
iting Woodmen who came to Kenosha,
including Head Consul Talbot, paid
high tribute to Kenosha for the man
ner in which the picnic was taken care
of. Head Consul Talbot declared We'd
nesday afternoon before leaving Ke-
nosha that the picnic was the most sue
cessful thing of the kind ever held in
the Northern Illinois and Southern
Wisconsin jurisdiction of the order.
The program for Wednesday after
noon was carried out on Market
square. But two drill teams were. en-
tered for the cash prizes offered by the
association and more than two thous-
and people witnessed the competitive
drill which was held on Market square
in front of the postofice. The first
prize of 500 was awarded to the For
ester team from Madison and the deci-
sion was decidedly popular one with
the crowd. Racine, the only other com
peting team was given second money.
There was no band contest as there was
but one visiting band and the managers
Of the picnic decided to declare this
event off.
1t had been planned to have the
speaking at the Y. M. G. A. field, but at
the hour set for the speaking there
was so many other attractions on Mar
ket square that the crowd refused to
bulge and the committee decided to
change the program and the speech
making was from the platform at the
square President A. H. Simons of
the association presided and Mayor
Scholey on behalf of the city of Ke-
nosha presented to the president of the
association gold key to the city and
formally welcomed the visiting Wood
men. Judge Clifford E. Randall, con
sui of the camp here was then introduce
ed and made short address in which
he welcomed the visitors on behalf of
the local WoOdmen and introduced Head
Inpc,,1 IN - IT.
braaka, who made the principal address
of che afternoon. Consul Talbot spoke
very briefly congratulating the Wood
men on the success of the day and
praising the city of Kenosha for the
hospitality which it had shown to the
Woodmen. Other brief addresses were
made by Head Director G. N. Bort of
Beloit, DIR. c. A. Armstrong of Boco-
bel, DR.. Rutledge, head director of Till
nois; Francis y. McGovern of Milwau-
kee, candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor, and Attorney
Wallace ingalls, of Racine.
The committee in charge of award
ing the prizes for the floats awarded
the first prize ribbon to P. N Obertin,
the forest. Mr. Obertin had a beauti-
full floral display, his delivery wagon
being completely covered with flowers.
The second prize was awarded to the
Nicholas Pirsch Wagon Company and
the third to the Simmons Manufacture
ing Company.
Many of the Woodmen from neigh
boring cities remained in Kenosha
Wednesday night to attend the dance
given at Germania Hall under the aus
pieces of the Kenosha Forester team.
More than thousand people were pres
emit at the dance and it proved one of
the most successful features of the
picnic
The people of Kenosha are entitled to
the highest praise for the manner in
which they turned out during the day
and made the picnic the success that
it was