Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-12
PICNIC BUTTONS
WILL BE ISSUED
BY WOODMEN

Button button; who's got the
| button?" This is the question, rem
inscent of popular childhood
game, that has been on the lips Of
| scores of Modern Woodmen and
Royal Neighbors during the past
week, or ever since announcement
was first made by the managing
committee that buttons were to be
on sale for the big picnic emitting
the wearer to half rates at the var
ious concessions at Watch Tower
park on Aug. q, The day when the
hosts of members Of these two
great organizations are to make
merry at that popular resort.
At the joint meeting of the sew
eral committees held a week ago at
the head ONCE of the first named
society, picnic button was passed
around for inspection and it was
given out that a large quantity was
ready for immediate distribution at
the fixed price of 10 cents each.
However, none OF these buttons has
been sold and parties anxious to
secure the benefit OF the cut rates
which their possession entails have
been anxiously. inquiring the rea-
son.
There was a slight mistake in
connection with those original but
tons" said L. K. EihI, chairman of
the general committee this morn
ing, and we had to call them all
back and order new ones. In the
rush of securing an early supply
so that our committees might get
busy in their sale, the impression
Of the union label was inadvertent-
ly overlooked. We would not think
of asking the thousands of MEM
bers of our organization in this
county who are also members OF
labor unions to wear a button that
did not show prima facie evidence
of being strictly union goods AS
soon as this commission was not
iced, therefore. We decided to sac
rifice the price paid for the first
supply-something like $50-and
procure some new buttons bearing
the union label. These new but
tons were promptly ordered aud
are due at headquarters this morn
ing. They will at once be put into,
the hands of our canvassers among
both the Woodmen and the Royal
Neighbors and we anticipate no
difficulty in disposing of the entire
supply We are sorry for the de-
lay in getting the buttons on the
market, but there is still plenty of
time before the picnic for everyone
to get one and thus secure the
benefit of the cut rates at the
Tower and at the same time help
advertise the picnic. Parties in
tending to assist us in the sale of
these buttons may procure their
supply either from J. G. Ray at the
Woodmen head office, or Mrs. Hada
NJ Carlson at the Royal Neighbor
Office in the safety building"
From advices given out by the
general committee, there will be
large crowd at the Watch Tower on
Aug. 27. All the camps in the
county, both of Modern Woodmen
and ROYAL Neighbours, are cooper
ating enthusiastically. All the SUD-
committees are busy at their var
ious tasks and expect to have the
complete program of the day whip
ped into shape before the end OF
this week. Large posters announc-
ing the event will be sent out to the
surrounding towns and commun-
tiles during the week and displayed
in the four river cities as well. In
fact, everything possible will be
done to insure the attendance of
the largest gathering of WoOdmen
and Royal Neighbors ever as
sembled in Rock Island county,
says the committee. If the weather
is favorable, they are sanguine that
their hopes will be fully realized.
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
General No. 479.
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