Arizona republican., 1915-04-11
DAY WAS IDEAL
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the society Yesterday he was installed in that position for life.
 The Hills and Woods of Carroll Oh, the Hills and Woods of Carroll. Smilingly they greet the morn, Robed in summers green apparel
 In the land where l was born. Of her good gifts never chary,
 How l loved her when boy Broad, bright land of grove and prairie. Fair and fruitful Illinois. Elevations, verdant rises,
 Form a pleasing picture show, Make distinctions, bring surprises
 That wide levels never know. Mid the hills, that lift like pillows,
 Silver flashing streamlets run, On their banks the pussy willows
 Shake their tresses in the sun. Happy hills, How well knew them,
 One and all from foot to crest As l wandered gaily through them
 With a ooy's amazing Zest Always they brought inspiration,
 Thought and impulse quickening Till my soul with keen elation
 Fluttered like a swallows wing. Many nearby slopes were wooded,
 Making beautiful the scene Ancient druid mOnarchs, hooded,
 Helmetel and crowned with green. And ! traversed many byWay
 Mid the ranks of oak and elm, Wandering widely from the highway
 Far into shadowy realm. Fields, with blossoms gemmed and
 lowered,
 Orchards, meadows, grazing herds. : Lovely homes in groves embOwered,
 And a paradise of birds. Social pleasures lightned labor,
 Culture made strong demand,- Every where a kindly neighbor
 Reaching out a helping hand Even winter, bleak and dreary,
 Brought perennial delights,- Blazing wood fires, warm and cheery
 Clear, cold days and starry nights In the spring a joyous freedom
 Set the fettered rivers free, Gave the melting snOWs to speed then
 On their journey to the sea. Summer wanes, and hues of autumn
 Flood the woods in every part: Painters brush has rarely caught then With fidelity and art Tyrian purples. in their splendor,
 Scarlet flashes. bright and bold, Brown-and green, subdued and ten Red and yellow, blue and gold. Here-are grand and wondrous can yons,
 And some mountains capped witt snow;
 Trees-back there-were my compan
 While the brooklets in their flow. And the wild birds, told me stories. Confidential. etrange and sweet. Waking tanoies, mystic glories, Fitting by on flying feet May be my Pegasus pony Ambles surer than he flies, And love my Arizona | Better than my song implies Yet. the Hills and Woods of Carroll
 Memory lights with tender glow. RoDed in all their rich apparel. 1 As l knew them long ago. i The following paper was read b Miss Amanda Chngren the historian of the society: 1 Seven years ago, on January 3, 1908 In Judge Pinney's office, a dozen for mer Illinoisans met at his call, and or ] ganized the Illinois Society of Arizona ! for the purpose of holding future gath erings reminiscent of the friendship and associations of the splendid stat from which We hail, and forming ney and happy affiliations in the land t | which we have come.
 Whether native sons and daughter , of the grand old state, or its well nur i tured foster children, the loyalty W
 
 binds us not only to the memories O our former home. but has Quickl welded as strong and compelling de votion to the new state of our adop tion. and we may spend one day an nually renewing the bonds of the olde attachment and thereby only strength en those that hold us to the new
 So on February 12, picnic was ar [ ranged for out at the U. s. India school through the courtesy of Mir. ( w. Goodman, a loyal son of Illinoi. until recently the efficient head of tha institution, and though it befell that rained on that first picnic party, som 275 enthusiastic Illinoisans were pres ent. and started well the good time Il | lInOiS picnic day has come to mean f