The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-09-07
lLLINOISANS
PICNIC AND
CHOWDER A
BIG SUCCESS

The annual picnic and chowder of
the Illinois Association of Fremont
county at the City park on Monday in
celebration of Labor day redeemed in
all respects the highest anticfpations
of it's members and friends and will
go down in the chronicles of the
organization as one of the best in its
history.
There were nearly eight hundred
people present, all of them having
been at one time residents of Illinois.
The heads of more than two hundred
families registered at the secrtary's
stand and approximately forty dollars
was paid in for memberships and in
fees emitting contributors to the
pleasures of the occasion. About
eighty of the one hundred and two
counties of Illinois were represented
by people in attendance at the picnic.
About forty-five gallons of chowder
and fifty gallons of mulligan were
cooked in four immense kettles during
the morning and served, steaming hot.
to the crowd at noon. Half score
of willing helpers volunteered to as
sist in the preparation of the chowder
and mulligan and were at work on the
grounds as early at 1880 O'Clock in
the morning. There were potatoes to
vegetables to prepare, to say nothing
of the cutting up of chickens and
meats essential to the making of the
chowder. Thirty chickens, seventy
five pounds of potatoes, twelve dozen
ears of corn and other things in pro-
portion were used in making the deli
cious stew necessary to appease the
appetities of those who were to enjoy
the feast. That the dinner was en-
joyed is evidenced by the fact that in
less than twenty minutes after the
stew was ready to be served the sup
ply was exhausted and there were
clamors for more of it, so much was it
relished by the crowd. Altho there
were many people present who had
never eaten chowder before there
were none who did not like it and the
hope was everywhere expressed that
the Illinois association would have a
similar feast again next year.
The feast was prepared by those ia
nous chefs, H. j. Craig and w. w.
Wallace, and too much credit cannot
be given them for the splendid sue
cess of the occasion. Mr.. Craig had
charge of the cooking of the chowder
and Mr.. Wallace the cooking of the
mullfgan. Both are past masters in
that particular line of work and there
of them could produce the most appe-
tizing. toothsome preparation. Both
succeeded to an exceptional degree
and both were awarded honors. The
only difference between chowder and
mulligan is that the latter contains
more ingredients than the former and
is seasoned little differently. Multi
gan contains beef, cabbage and some
other essentials that are not used in
making chowder.
The Illinoisans believe in mental
amusement. as well as IN eating, and
there was present at the park to en-.
lven the occasion on Monday the Can.
on City Cornet band and a galaxy OF
individual entertainers. The band
played a number of its best selections
beginning at l o'clock in the after.
noon, and was the precursor of the
formal entertainment that had been
arranged by the program committee
This part of the celebration was pre-
sided over by Judge /. w. Ibbotson
acting for H. ]. Craig, president of the
association.
entertainment spoke at some length
of experiences in ILLINOIS and of the
premiership of the state in commerce
business and industrial arts, among
the commonwealths of the west I'VE
love Illinois for waht she is and what
she has been to u.s." said Judge Ibbot
son, but we love Colorado still more
otherwise We would not be here to
day. They are both great and we are