Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
SPEECHES FEATURE.
CELEBRATION Of.
R. |. anniversary.
PROGRAM LAST NIGHT AT CLIG.
TON ATTENDED BY GooDLY
NUMBER IN SPITE OF lNCLEM-
ENCY OF WEATHER-HEAR
RADIO PROGRAM.

The Rock Island railroads seven.
tioth anniversary celebration was fit.
tinsly observed in Ottawa yesterday
when the program for the afternoon
and evening was successfully carried
out.
The dedication of the tree in honor
OF W. l.. St. John, a former resident
OF Ottawa, was an impressive service
and one of the things that will be put
down in our local history as a living
symbol Of Cttawa's appreciation for
the pioneer builders Of railroads.
A meeting held last night at the
Clifton Hotel was very auccessful in
spite OF the fact that it was inpCs.
s'b!e to get cIeat reproduction Of
the speeches from the radio set. but
the operator, Fred Buehler. was able
to catch all of the musical numbers,
which WAS a very pleasing feature
and highly entertaining
Il. G. Jordan, one of Ottawa's dis.
tnguished ard Pioneers. opened the
meeting with an address Of welcome.
~ lolio"lhg Two paragraphs are a
part OF the glowing tribute he paid to !
the Rock Island
'oiHihercIal progress and trans |
portation 20 hand in hand. One is dc. |
pendent upon the other. A railroad |
cannot prosper unless tie people
i'oAA lhe iiHe are prosperous, r0r can |
t'i' pe''pin ijohE the me progress I'M |
ieas transportation IS sufficient.
d. F"i'Foad latef@l' is the largest |
ldc,@t II the me oi transportation, |
ana lheIf c2pi'2l investment repre !
sem, heafly $Zt,p9AVg9,G9i They are I
u' iai 'tNt bnFhf" q stee! and the |
e Lef.esL employ .i+ Nt ia"or The maa |
VINO run th"m are among the bright |
est "falh.'st' MOTT elhCieni o. any IN |
,'e world H2Na'&tf they begin at !
inc lo"er fuh&S OIL the ladder and /
ciIil'o upwards. lley understand fd-
uiah nature theE are c2pahle Of sym
3athy tor th-ir fellows; they have
,NeI a'd Nofhed among them Ihey
nave ledFH'd ~ h% prudent and to
uHul02f representatives.. 1hey know
'he game.
mere are two factors IN the rail
load INDUSTRY 10 whom | inyaTiablY(
'Iet 2iE" 'hklf& on my tat- the man
VINO runs me ROAD and The engine that
moves lhe enormous frame. Our own
'"ch l'Iah0, whose seventeen aun'-
''I"dly we are h6%"lnbied to cele'
pIate' began It's career Whcn IN" In
l'ail lf&ll was sun fresh 1t opened
us foao bed by turning over the Nir-
Sli Std WIN the pralrie breaking pl0W
ma the lullaby oi the men at night
was the hoWilh& oil the pralrle Vol.
ne slrlek OF tic engine startled the
leef tilat uten foamed the prairle. |
can imagine taat the great eyes OF
LhoSo heantituI creatures Allei with
.eafs as they bounded away, leaving
Ihe land Whefe westward the star OF
empire was taxing its way
II was the psychological moment
.of inc coming oil the ROCK Island.
l ne ilhe OF immigration was pushing
thlS way II 3oined hands with the
ROAD. Ihe waste places were made
TO blossoms; farms, factories, homes,
-choois sprung INTO being under the
sunshine OF prosperity 1t enabled our
La sale county to become an empire
and OTTAWA the capital OF an empire.
lake all great business organizations.
our ROCK Island mas mad Its ups and
downs, but 1t has Wcathered all
storms and passed triumphantly one
after another and now it /