Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
FINISH
NEAR AS BOYS
VISIT MADISON
Sunday School Band Stops at Camp
OF Van Calder Family, Taking
Many Pictures.


Sunday schools band OF Rock Is
land. Throughout their trip they
6haye constantly kept people at
home informed OF their movements
6and the things they did and saw.
To-day they were scheduled TO ar
1riFe at home. A letter from their
leader, John r. HsUberg, and an
aother from one of the troop, both
Hated from Madison, Wis. came in
To-day They are appended below:
TO the editor. The Argus: Be
fore leaving on our 11th annual
"A Big Hike" l promised 10 send in
letter 10 you. Our trip viii be
Dver in a few days. Like all pre-
ceding ones it Is proving to be the
pest one we ever had An essay
contest will follow, the subject be-
ng, as announced. The Three Fea-
IN ures I Liked Best of the 1919 Big
Hike. This Will bring out the
hings which Interested the boys
Inost A camera contest also is to
Ne had. and an exhibition of ko-
PAX views taken on the trip will
f1e judged and prizes awarded
Some OF the boys have taken
Gross or more Of snapshots; more
han our crowd has ever taken on
sny previous trip.
Keep Constantly on Move.
"Action is the word to describe
7pur trip. We are almost constant
N in action through the day. In
travelling uphill the boys will jump
".fT
bi3 and get back into their seats
without stopping the machine. We
ave had long walks through wild
Forests, which taxed the endurance
some Of the fellows, and have
ad some long days of auto riding.
hese strenuous DAYS make a sim
ie meal of the staple articles OF
8ood taste like a banquet. and we
oh up in blanket or two and lie
M own on a rock and sleep as If we
ere in tie best bed ever devised.
10th at the Deils of Wolf river and
Ar the Kishena falls we slept on
he big beds of granite rock Out
10 nights We have pitched
ent only twice and have not slept
adeF any roof We sleep right
ut in the open and the health of
be boys is excellent
We have made greater use than
Nyer Of our nights. Before leaving
Y ONE a leader selected from the
Ssier bows vas appointed tor each
ight and a topic and scripture text
assigned. Our nightly meeting
Found the camp FIRE begins with |
Dg1ng. We have "A variety of in /
rumental music Then there are |
requirements and sometimes
hlk by myself follows Then the }
ader for the evening takes the
oor. We have had some good. Sc
GUS talks by them We close BIZ /
Dining hands around the fire and
,peatins the Lords prayer Cen !
sliy We have not gotten TO bed !
sfore 10 or 1890 ,. N. and an /
-casional hiker IS found asleep /
hen We rise for the closing pray I
I believe these nightly meet |
Is to be of real value to us all. i
hey cover a variety of subjects in
idition 10 the devotional element /
them.
Break Sleep Records.
We must mention the fact that !
e boys slept soundIy through the !
Hst night OF our trip. thing al I!
lost unknown in boy hike annals. i
ID certainly the first time there
S been a quiet night of sleep on
e trst night of any OF our big
kes. II was in Chicago at that,
on the lake front. where the
ind Of Illinois Central trains, ele-
ted and surface cars, the dull
bit of the lake tugs. etc. COM
ped to make a constant roar of
und. Throughout this trip we
I've scarcely been able to get out
II on the road before $50 or 8
lock in the morning.
We are indebted 10 the late F.
Van Calder for a lovely camp
e here 1t is in the woods on
8utiful Lake Mendoza, and far
pugh from the city SO that the
Fs do not think of struggling
but-they are In bathing now.
The 81 members of our party
sd greetings 10 you and their
Ks at home We expect TO get
x to Rock Island on Saturday,
39th. JOHN HAUBERG.
Visit Madison. Wis.
mother letter from the crowd :
about the visit to Wisconsin's
ital. but mainly expresses glad
IS because the route now lies ]
neward. over which they, are
king full speed This commun-
ion runs: Il
The big events of the 1919 /,
Hike of the United Sunday
ools band have passed and the ]
s are now on their way home.
they are nevertheless having
great time and are seeing and !
rniHg new things every minute
nce We left kishena in the In e
reservation early Tuesday
ming. the mixers have been hit
the trail at a fast gait toward !
ae. II
Before leaving Kishena Tues
we had to bid goodby 10 two II
pur best Indian friends. Angus I
karound, our guide. and Albert
ms, a boy of 16 who join-d us J
STAYED with Us during the time
were in the Indian country.
Tuesday was spent in travelling t
nightfall found us near Apple
which is some hundred miles :
b of our most northern point.
pit. in the reservation Our a
for the night was pitched on z
? Winneb3go and after another
eal ice cold Wisconsin night =
started for the Wisconsin state p
tai Madison.