Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-15
THOUSANDS GATHER At LONG
BEACH FOR FOURTH ANNUAL
SOCIAL GATHERING.
HORACE BOIES THERE
Former Governor Of lows 10 Honorary
President Of Socisey Orsanszeo
IN California Eleven Years
Ago.

.ne o,t;.ans II Iowa are gathered a
Long Beach, today. for the 1oulan o. :,
NAL nicryic Of the Iowa Association .
Southern California. Fully fifIee,
theusand passed through the turnstL us,
at the shore end of the long plei ,, y.
fore noon, and Long Beacn seen. .. ~
section Of the old state cut OUT az -
Recommended to the Pacific coast. - =.
That * lacking are wavfng corn tas'etS
and a wide sweep Of prairie. si,ad
with the population OF so0u 80
,,t,, nacked into q little seaside to"L
and Overlooking into the SUIT, lneIv :
hardly room to move, out as tlie cio" ~
are dotted with famillar Isce rs ,,, ING
soes NOT mind the jostling ana packii =
~ nonch. And. then, the weather =
iSeoI For summer outing On tne
49, and scattered fn dense ciuhpe
pie,,, the sands of the beach. are iain
~ and community groups, Taking
ne3gfborhood gossip Of the old days.
The committee on arrangements La'
outlined 4 formal experimenting PIo
yram. but the IOwans are TOO pusy r.
5a1rine old acuuaintances and max
inc new ones to pay very much atten-
Ton to the speakers Judge Franklin
7 Cole formerly Of Des Moines, one Q,
the many Iowans VINO have mace guy
since coming out here, was the frst 10
address the throng. He was lntfouuceu
by the honorary president OF tne asso-
citation, the Hon. Horace Bofes, ex,
an,,arnor of Iowa. He was succeeded
hy Frederick w. Houser, formerly u
Aramosa Col. E. S. Ormsby Of EN-
naatshurr. P. s. Bishel, formerly OF
nae Mnines: the Hon. John j. HamI-
IN siso Of Des Moines; Col. A. Is;
shaw. another Des Moines man, anu
Fred H. Taft, of Humboldt, ana
cousin Of the president. are also Oh 'A'
list. - the
The Rev. o. II. l. Mason OF tne
preahvterian church of Long Beaca,
made the address of welcome. Iho
Msnnp 81 Iowa" by 8. H. M. Byers,
sung 70 the tune of Maryland. MY
MARYLAND" by Mrs. Princess Z. Lons,
bas caught the ear of the croWd anu
everyone is humming it:
Carving their own picnic luncneon'
the crowds began gathering at the
pacific electric depot IN Los Angeles
a. early as I o'clock this morning. and
~ s. ten special trains OF three cars
each l,ad been started for the beach
town, all Of, them loaded to capacity.
These specials were, OF course. lnoe-
pendent Of the regular service between
the two cities In al there must , naps
10 leave Los Angeles before o'clock,
and the crowd Is still coming.
officers Of Iowa Association.
Starting work about o'clock TINS
morning. nearly score OF volunteers
nave been working constantly prepar-
ing the free coffee and lemonade the
association is supplying to its picnick-
ing members. Carrying out the OBJ
iect Of he organization, "The closer
union of all former IOwans and their
friends to enable them to renew and
foSm acavaintances and promote the
traternal spirit that inspires those who
come from the same state" the COM
n1ittee on arrangements has made no
attempt at amusing the crowd, beyond
providing speakers fer the occasion. As
ISOLATION said. this morning. 1--WE be-
lieye the people will enjoy themselves
more II left to their own resources.
This, Ii \ social affair. purely" The
officers of the Long Beach Iowan AS
ISOLATION, who have due them great
Zeal OF the credit for the success OF the
picnic, are: President. M. F. McN'e:
yice-president 1. J. White; secretary
Or. Thos. L. Rogers: treasurer, j. A
Rominger. The officers of the main as
ISOLATION are: Hon. Horace Boies
twice governor Of Iowa. honorary pres
dent; P. s. Rishel, Des Mofnes presi-
dent; r s. Ornisby. Emmetsburg
vice-president: c. II Parsons. Daven-
port. secretary: F. II. Nichols. Des
MOlneSs treasurer
The association has steadily grown
during the eleven years OF It's exist
enca. It was organized January IL,
1900, at the first annual picnic In Pas
adena. The association holds each year
on February ~. great outdoor re-
dnion and basket picnic at Eastlake
park, Los Angeles, and an annual sum
mer outing at the beach on the second
Saturday In August.
~ yS r. n<av Of n n.
ciaton, former Davenport man, and Q
typical Iowan, deserves much credit
for the way he has built up this as
sociation To him, more than to any
other single man, Is due Its enormous
growth It is estimated that more
than 100000 former Iowans are new
In Southern California, and OF these
some fifteen thousand. or Whereabouts
are members Of the association. Every
little town in Southern California has
4 wei organized, active branch Of the
society, and Parsons is TN close touch
with them all.
Some iowans 1t Picnic.
Among the former 1owans who have
been instrumental IN making today
outing a success, arc: Hon. Stepher
H. Taft, formerly Humboldt: DR.. Ed.
ward Henderson: Judge Curtis d. VIII
bur, juvenile court, Boonsboro; Judge
Frank r. Wills, Aurel1a; JeIIefSOI
Coggan; Mayor George Alexander
lama county, old friend Of '"Tama Jim
Wilson; Thomas Early, former mayor
Of Pasadena. and j. e. Randall OF Al
yo1la: O. T. Nichols! Prof. Milo Hunt
lOskaloosa: E. 0. Tade, graduate from
the first class of Iowa college; D. B
Lyons, Charles H. kcgley. DR.. Florence
e. Cross. o. L. Baker. DR.. Harry W.
Forbes, president of Los Angeles Col
!ege Of Osteopathy, DR.. r. S. Walker
III OF Des Moines: DR.. A. c. Whiting
stephen Townsend, Floyd Elliott, presi-
dent Columbia Trust Co., Thomas D
Allin. many years city engineer Of Pas
adena, OF Iowa City; DR.. z. E. Malaby
Sigourney; Col. E. Durham, Siou,
city: w. G. Benedict, Calvin Hartwell
Z. ii. Turner, of Marshalltown; Arthur
L. Hamilton, superintendent Passadena
schools, Washington; III. G. Cattreil
representative in California legisla
ture; Lon F. Chaplin formerly owner
Of the Pasadena News: Robert Arm.
strong, present owner Of Pasadena
News, G. NJ. Pearson, Sr.. (said t
snow pretty nearly every one in thu
eastern half of the state), of Wheat
and: Charles II. Toll, banker, Gin
on; j. F. Sartori. president of Security
Savings oank, Or, George Deacon. c. 8