Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-24
CELEBRATE IOWA DAY
$50 Members Gather i'm G. A. II. Hall
for Second Annual Reunion
Last Friday.

III spite OF lowering skies, the sec
ond annual picnic and reunion of the
| Iowa Society was signal success
last Friday, about $50 individual
members and their friends partici-
pating in the feast and exercises of
varied nature, embracing musical Sc
lections and short talks on vital is
sues, historic, reminiscent and other
wise. Fortunately the society met in
Grand Army hall, those headquarters
atfording ample room. Inasmuch as
the gathering was driven indoors on
account of inclement weather, it was
we'll that the aforesaid hall had been
reserved in due season for the re-
union event.
The dinner was all that could be
desired, and not only the substantials
We're in evidence, but many delicacies
in addition. IOwans are noted for
being corn fed" but they appreciate
the side dishes also. consequently it
might not be amiss to state that
three gallons of sweet cream, three
crates of strawberries, and seven gal
Ions of ice cream were consumed ION
the side" in connection with the
main items on the banquet board.
After this fine repast there were
several vocal selections, Mrs. c. l..
Cunningham acting as accompanist.
The initial one was the Iowa Song"
by the entire audience; a solo by
Miss Esther Silsby; quartet by Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. McGee, Mrs. Burns
and Mr.. Schwimley, and solo by
Mrs. c. b. Wolf, all of the singers
being heartily encored O.. H. Barn
hill, }. w. Hicks and C. B. Wolf gave
brief addresses pertinent to the day
and its observance, brimming over
with humOr and expressions of good
fellowship, while Rev. John McAlls-
ter, the main speaker of the after
noon, supplemented these talks with
a most fitting climax to the order of
exercises, closing with a due measure
of praise for our present surround
ings in Oregon, viewed from the
standpoint of state, county and mu-
nicipal environment.
Twenty-one additional names were
added to the list of 112 enrolled last
year, viz: Mrs. E. j Wollencroft,
Dr.. J. P. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Wolf, J. A. Kohagen, r. l.. Mof-
fit, j. NJ. Welch, J. W. Hicks, Mrs.
F. B. Welch, Mrs. NJ. Mcneil, George
and Casey Van Natta, J. w. Miner,
J. NJ Brooks, Mrs. John Patty, Miss
Alice Finley, ]. Howard, w. r. Kin
caid, Mrs. H. l.. White, Mrs. L. Min
gus and Mrs. S. j. Terrence.
The choice of officers resulted in
the reelection of the old ones, they
being Rev. w. A. Schwimley, presi-
dent; C. B. Lamkin, vice-president;
f. V. Carter, treasurer; w. H. Day,
secretary; and on motion the officers
were to constitute an executive COM
mittee
Preliminary to adjournment, the
society appointed a committee to de-
wise ways and means to participate in
the Fourth of July celebration. Such
committee was as follows: o. H.
Barnhill, chairman; J. w. Miner, c.
B. Wolf, and Mesdames w. L. Moore,
c. B. Lamkin and W. H. Day. This
committee meets at the secretary's
office, Commercial Club rooms, Mon
day evening, June "a, to adopt a
float or other representative feature
which shall in the best measure rep
resent Iowa in the grand parade in
Ashland, July 4.
A financial statement revealed the
fact that there was a balance in the
treasury of $26 carried over from
last year; receipts this year, "A men,
bers at 25 cents each, $3.50; total,
$44.50; expenditures incident to re-
cent reunion, $29.90; balance,
$14.60.
The following poem by o. H. Barn
hill met with hearty applause, re-
plete, as it is, with suggestions of the
good and bad things left behind in
Iowa:
Back to Iowa.
Take me back to old Iowa,
Where there's clover fields and
Maple trees and oak and hickory
Where | lived when | was born;
Where there amt no irrigating,
'Cepting from the clouds above,
And they work the roads all sum-
Land of Hawkeyes that l love.
Take me where there's hogs a-plenty,
Fattening steers and colts and
calves:
Where they ship out things by train
loads,
Where they don't do things by
halves;
Where the noble Mississippi
Flows along past Keokuk,
And the steamboats, on Big Muddy
Miss the channel and get stuck.
Let me hear again the wagons
Rafting DER the frosty ground,
Hurrying to the waiting corn fields,
Where the ears make cheerful
sound
AS they hit upon the bat-boards,
Where by strong, young arms
they're throwed-
Who can beat a husky Hawkeye
Piling up a golden load?
Take me where there's good, hot
weather,
Where the mercury can climb
Right up through the torried nine
ties,
In the good, old summer time.
Where the blizzards from Nebraska
Come a-whistling DER the hills,
Blowing like a thousand furies,
AS the air with snow it fills.
Take me where the Nishua Botna
Flows through fields of golden