Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-22
400 HAPPY FOLKS
ATTEND OUTING AT
SUNNYBROOK FARM
ehA 'uGH o. COMMERCE MEN,
hsRc MAKE MERRY AT GATH.
EHlNG HELD LAST NIGHT--pIG
FEAST FOLLOWED BY PRO.
GRAM or ADDRESSES.

Nearly 400 people throngod the
Henry A, Schmidt farm last night and
'ooh par. IN the banquet meeting and
uancc which had been organized for
tnc country and city people by the
chamber OF commerce.
INC spacious lawn was brilliantly
i'ghtei and decorated, the ban1uct
tahieS were heavily ladencd with food
and when the meal was prepared and
the people seated 1t was more like n
big family reunion than a banquet
Mrs Schmidt had hundreds OF big,
iat, sugar coated doughnuts and boil.
ing not coffee. These things. together
WIN ui} contents OF the bd!ginsg nas.
kets carried to the table by the pie.
hlcKers, gave an appearance to the
ionS row CT tables similar to that de.
picted BY the knights of the round
table OF King Arthur's court.
inc early part OF the evening was
devoted to removing acutiaintances
ard making new ones. From 500 on
Che cars continued to drive in with
ever increasing numbers, and these
people were tirst entertained by
series OF musical numbers givea out
from the radio set which had been
Installed by Fred BuCher CT the OF.
tawa Electric company. The clear
nigh air in the country made it pos.
'ibIe for the radio to reproduce in a
clear, audible way all of the announce.
ments songs and instrumental MI.
steal numbers.
AT o'clock the chairman of the
day Henry Schmidt, decided il was
ume TO nave some speaking, and with
Il homemade but effective eayCl-a
substantial carpet be2tcr- called the
people together a,d extended a very
cc dial welcome to everyone. He
said:
We want you to have a good time.
and ii .you dent it is your cwn fault.
for We have tried TO make things as
pleasant as possible ana the cgening's
program should keep you entertaineg
until midnight" /
Senator Thurlow G. Essington was
ilrst on the program. He paid tri- 4
butte to the host Of the evening and
the efforts of the Chamber of Com
merce in staging such a successful af. /
iair. He also brought the greetings
of the Streator Chamber of Com.
merce, of which he is a director and .
past secretary.
THE people of Ottawa he said,
should be proud Of the Chamber of
Commerce slogan, which refers t. III,
city as tho capita! OF an empire.
romombc" a short time ago a state.
mcnt made by Tonica man at
road meeting which was held in La
Sale when he Introduced himself to
tho meeting He said:
II am from the township of Eden
and the Garden of Eden and this may
well be said not only of Eden town.
ship but can be applied to the entire
county Of La Sale.
do not know why there shout.
be difference between the city and
country; it is Gbsurd to think so, for
after all we are one big body of PEG.
pie, the one dependent upon the
others
He pointed out the wonderful posi-
bilities for the city CT Ottawa. with
the intcrurban service and connecting
hard roads, which make it possibiesfor
us to broaden cur acquaintance and
increase ia, volume Of business.
The chairman in int oducing Lee
O'Noil Browne said: by their fruits
you shall know thom" Tho speaker
called for o vote OF thanks in honor
Of Henry Schmidt and his family,
which was made a rising vote OF
thanks supplemented by a lively dem
onstration Of applause. The keynote
OF Mr.. Brownies address, was govern
mcnt ownership OF railroads and ccal
mines, and in showing the reason FOR
his conviction that government own
ership wclld improve conditions he
stated
These arc troublesome times for
ALL and especially for the working
man, the industries and business. IL
my opinion, this is due to that ever
present element CT human sclfshnegs,
and believe it is the mother, the
father and even the wet nurse OF the
unsettled condition that we have with
lis today, Strikes are not new things;
they have always been with us, and
are great or little as conditions exist.
Strikes will do no good and violence
will accomplish nothing
IAL c. Mccormick of Grand Rapids
township was foor manager over the
dance platform where the young AMI
old displayed their skill and know
edge OF the Old and modern dances
most crjoyable dancing program
had been arranged ana it was encour-