The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-14
Written for Occasion

former friends.
Written for Occasion
A song specially written for the oc-
casion by Marion Richey Gilbert. en-
titled, illinois and Washington" was
then sung to the tune of Nancy Lee
by the assemblage, Mr.. Gilbert lead
ing with his strong voice. The words
are as follows:
grow,
IT'S so, you know. you know tits so,
Old Illinois is the best we know,
IT'S so, you know, tits so.
From Chicago to Cairo, where'er you
They plant the corn, they pillow the
corn. row after row;
They husk the corn, they eat the corn,
They drink Old Crow,
IT'S so, you know, tbs so.
Chorus
Old home, old home, the state still
dear to me,
The home so full of memory;
Old home. old home, the state still
dear to me,
In Washington we think Of thee.
But when the life at home is done,
Ills SO, you know, you know tits so.
The place to come is Washington,
IT'S 70, you know, It's so.
The g. eat Northwest presents the best
to man and maid
To those who work, who will not
shirk nor be afraid,
There's health and wealth, love and
success to the undismayed,
'Tis so, you know, tits so.
Chorus
The West, the West, the glorious
West for me,
The land of Opportunity;
The West, the West, the glorious West
for me,
The promised land by the sunset
First Chorus
Old home, old home, the state still
dear to me,
The old home so full of memory
Old home, old home, the state still
dear to me,
In Washington we think OF thee
The whistling solo by Miss Griffin,
who accompanied herself on the pi-
ano. was encored and then the pres
man Charles McGavin, of Chicago,
who has made his home in North
yakima and is practicing law here.
Oglesby was the subject of Mr.. Nc
Gavin's address, which he opened with
q tribute to f4i4nois and its human
products. He told Of the political at
tainments of Richard Oglesby, who
was elected governor of Illinois three
times and who served in the United
States senate; who entered the army
at the lowest rank and came out a
brigadier general at the close OF his
service in the civil war. He said, in
part:
"When one reads of the lives Of
Lincoln and Oglesby he is instantly
struck by the personal characteristics
30 common to each. Both alike were
as pleasing in manner as they We're
simple in their tastes. Both natures
abounded in subtle humor and sympa-
thetic thought. Like all great men,
they lived the lives of the people, and
made the peoples interests their own.
In personal appearance they were the
antithesis of each ether-one tall,
gaunt and ungainly-the other stout,
florid,. handsome and graceful. Both
were men of moods. At times their
spirits were buoyant, and their smiles
and laughter contagious, and again.
their faces were as sad as sullied
innocence, and their voices as melan-
choly as the tolling of funeral knell.
Both had the keenest sense of humor,
yet their eyes were quickly moistened
at the sight of distress. Both hav-
Ing lived in the same day and age,
the older naturally shed an influence
on the other. The great Emancipator
once said to young Oglesby: Dick,
remember to keep close to the people,
they are always right and will never
mislead you Oglesby followed that
advice to the end of his days.
THE life of Oglesby like that of
Lincoln and other great men of the
country, was one of privation and
hardship, continuous struggle
against seemingly insurmountable OBJ
stacles, and yet, few men have
reached a higher plane in point of
political honors, or a more lasting
place in the affection of their fellows"
Sidelights OH Grant
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spinner rem
dered two duets and were then fol-
loved by Rev. Granville Ross Pike,
who gave some sidelights on ezra ut