Arizona republican., 1912-02-23
Large Representation Jour neys to the Hills South of the City for
 the Day
500 THERE FROM
 MANY COUNTIES
They Drove Nails and But toned On Aprons, Among Many Other
 Things

Reference is made to the Illinois pie | uic and it's not buncombe for the picnickers themselves. some 500 in number. passed vote to that effect l before they left the picnic grounds yesterday.
 The day was ideal and the only i disappointment was the inability of !, Governor Hunt to he present and de- i liver the address that had been eX- ! Tected. but there was instead an ad- | dress by Captain Stuben. visitor in l the valley 86 years young and a 1 forty-niner. in that he moved tO Hi [ nois in 1S49 and has been fighting | the state battles ever since. His speech ! was impromptu and was fired by | patriotism The rest of the program i was carried out as planned and was both entertaining and instructive.
 The picnickers assembled early i around the Hotel Adams and with | them mingled a large crowd of other i people drawn by curiosity. The prob | lems of the transportation committee ! began equally as early. for more peo- ! ple came for rides in their vehicles than had been counted upon and few | CT in their own rigs. With wagons. 1 autos and all about 100 vehicles were i included in the procession to the pie ] nic grounds in hieroglyphic canyon, ! six miles south of Phoenix. The 1 transportation committee got away with it's task all right and so far as known no one was kept from the picnic for lack of a ride.
 rr~ls -.T-.. t,ff nic ground about 12:30 and found everything as planned. The first move was to prepare for the dinner and in short order little punches of familiar spirits formed themselves m con- venient places and began spreading linen and provender.
 Dinner over. the era of sports was ushered in. under the direction Of Judge Pillips and B. F.. Marks. These were novelty contests and many of them proved very interesting, prizes being given for the best stunts. Among them was a ladies ball throw
 ing contest and ladies nail driving contest. both of which were good. The latter brought out SD many champions it had tO be pulled off in relays Probably the best comedy event was the apron contest for men. \ number of ladies aprons that but ton dow nthe back had been pro- vided The contestant was required
 to unbotton the apron. take it off.
 put it on again and button it up. The natural awkwardness of the men was intensified by haste and nervousness cngendered by the curiosity of the onlookers. The men assumed all man ner of grotesque attitudes before they accomplished their ambition and some of them never succeeded. Dick Erd- mans is reported to have stood on his head before he could finally mas ter the last button. pr. Munson was declared the winner with Judge Lang ston second. A ladies potato race also afforded much amusement and it is said that some of them applied the tactics of siding to first base and | then lost out
 The regular program came next when the assemblage was called to order by Dwight B. Heard who an nOunced the regrets of the governor at his inability to be present Mir.
 Armstrong sang. Illinois My Illinois,
 the crowd joining in the chorus. An drew Downing recited his well known poem. The Hassayampa and the roll call of counties followed. By this time many had scattered to the hills | but somebody present responded to g of the states 102 counties, which was
 Ia good showing. Captain Stuben was | introduced and spoke as above men,
 toned
 i Election of officers took place next
 and resulted as follows: Dwight B.
 Haerd president: Dr. H. IT. Wilson,
 vice president: R. H. Greene, treas
 urer; B. E. Marks. secretary. F. J.
 Blount was chosen a director to sue ceed the one whose term expired yes terday
 Next came the climb up the can yon to the pictured rocks which was participated in by the major part of the picnickers. At an altitude of two
 or three hundred feet there was a
 halt for the enjoyment of the view.
 the whole valley being spread out be- fore the sightseers.
 At the place where the hieroglyphics were most numerous the assemblage again came to order and listened to talks by Miss Sharlot Hall, territorial historian. and H R. Patrick. the pie
 lures being the principal subject of discourse Miss Hall told of what she had learned in her researches concerning the hieroglyphics and said
 that about all she had secured of a
 definite nature came through the le- gends of the HOpi and Mohave ln-