Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
PIONEERS Of COUNTY
N ANNUAL REUNION
THlRTY-ElGHrH ANNUAL PICNIC
OF OLD SETTLERS AssoclA.
TON HELD.
E. 6. DUNN, MASON CITY.
GIVES PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
Pleads for Personal Sacrifice for Good
Of Country, and Conservation Of Re.
sources for Benefit Of Posterity-
Automobiles Bring Pioneers to the
Picnic.

Pioneers of the county. their descen-
dants. and friends gathered today in
! the thirty-e;ghth annual reunion and
picnic of the Marshall County Old Set
! tiers Association. held at Riverview
! park under weather conditions that
1 proved ideal, but which did not give
! such good promise earlier in the day.
4! AS a result Of the threatening weather
Of the early morning. the forenoon
crowd was smaller than usual, but by
afternoon the number of people pres
.nt on the ground was of normal pro-
portions,
Probably never in the history Of the
county were there so many automo-
biles used TO bring pioneers and their
I families from the rural districts 10 an
old settlers gathering. Many farmers
4 drove their own cars. or came by team
and went directly to the grounds. Al
noon The park grounds. under the shade
u trees were filled with White spreads
! containing boun,eous picnic dinners.
! The principal address OF the day was
| given by Mr. F. G. Dunn. OF Mason
I CITY. who Is widely interested in the
( farmers cooperative elevator business
Mr. Dunn pleaded for personal sacrt-
ices for the good Of the country. and
for the conservation Of natural re-
sources. more particularly the farm
for ne beratl. Of noste-i-y.
| Mote Gives Welcoming Address.
C. \. Mote. >. THIS city. gave the adj
IL. 20. following the invocation by Rev.
/ Kari ReS,. pastor % the German Evan
/ ga,ical F'r;edens church. ard a selection
/ b me Na-sha,,towrl band.
( NJ. Note. while not laying claim -
| being q pioneer himself. really has t!.a,
/ distinction according u the associa-
! tons rules t"- he has lived in the
! county all MS life, and IS more than %
yco-s old R-- Mr.. Notes people were
! pionea-s OF the county. and he referred
| - The 0riva-.ons TIA. his father had
! undergone. as well as others Who came
| rars III ar early day He also traced
/ the Development q: the county since the
! days - its virgin soil 70 the present
| line
! j.. s,a-,on gave ne response 70
/ The address ~ welcome. and in his
happy vein threw houql:e-s at Iowa.
and particularly Marshal! county. Mr.
stanton said ~ had tra.'eled all over
| the United States. ard that Iowa was
| TIE hes. that could ~ produced. h
| Hou,dr't I've il California from choice
ana re believed that We need The cole
10 appreciate. tha hot. and cloudy
weather 70 enjoy the sunshine, The
! charge d seasons. ne believed, vas one
| 81 IoHa's blessings
President Wheeier's Annual Address.
| Rev. Frank NJ Wheeler. Q. Marion
township. president ot the association.
! then gave his annual address. Mr..
| Wheeler referred 20 -he opportunities
ma confronted the pioneers OF Mar
| shall County. and aoTE those o7portuni-
/ ties had been met. But there are still
4 opportunities today. said Mr. Wheeler.
! FOR the sons and Erardsons Of the cour-
| tv'S 1io-4e-s. and ne though. The later
! genera .!oEs could take lessons from the
actions ~ their si-es
Miss Mabel Brooks. Of Marion town
ship. gave recitation prior to the ad-
| jou-nrlen. So- dinner
The Afternoon Program.
Ti.a afternoon program opened with
ano-te- selection ov the band. followed
by All address BY O,e Q. Lien we'll
known Norwegian farmer living north
cas- Il -oWr, wno spoke interestingly
o-. -ainiscerces Of che county. and his
first Impressions ot the county when ne
became & resident here from another
land.
Miss Narga-e. Frazer. popular local
y as q reader, gave pleasing number
preceding the address Of the afternoon
Mr.. Dunn's Address.
II opening his address Mr. Dunn
called attention to the many advant-
ages and blessings in q material way
that have been left 20 the present gen
Grafton ~ the early settlers Of the
( country. who builded for posterity as
well az for themselves. Briefly he
touched upon the effect Of the early
settlers ard hardy pioneers upon the
government Of the country. and ad-
vised the present generation to cling
70 the Ideals OF citizenship and man
hood Of the pioneer. ard there would
never be cause for alarm for the gov
eminent Of the nation.
Mr. Dunn appealed for broader cit
izeaship. for q breaking away from the
continual thought Of lettering the per-
sonal advantages, and to come TO the
realization that We owe a debt TO our
neighbors who have aided in the de-
velopn?ent Of our cities and towns and
the country III general.
We often meet the man." said Mr.
! Dunn, who came out into the west in
&. earlier day and became rich with
out the assistance of anyone To such
a man Nr. Dunn would put the query,
What would you have been worth
had you come out here and remained
(, here aloneo'
i The necessity Of personal sacrifice
to build up and maintain a nation wss
brought out by the speaker The old
settlers, he said, sacrificed much in the
building up OF the nation. This same
spirit should be adopted by all good
citizens who should ever be ready to
make personal sacrifices for their
country and for their fellow men. The
good citizen is willing to make sacrifice
for his government. national, state or
city or for the school system.
1 1T is a poor citizen said Mr.
Dunn. who Will shy at taxes imposed
fo- the maintenance of churches.
schools, or civic improvements. even
tho he receives no direct personal
benefit, A man should be willing to
make such q sacrifice Ter the commu-