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LSFOUR IOWA CITIES HOLD JUBILEE(Continued From Pag..- One.)iptister'shave done more to t.ach Iowa history| and the deeds of Us pioneers and early , explorers, in ten das. than I been able to do in years of endeavor.lening J an taptlst -k for ised aitures :o the u n day-line, 1 rivenwas abothmyhave twenty-fiveTh* rtver banks were filled with grasp the hands of the voyageurs ber of Commerce. Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of Isabella, and Catholic ladles’ auxiliary rormed the reception committee. Mayor Collins, in behalf of the municipality stood at the waters edge to Kfr asp the hands of the voyagesrv when they disembarked at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning.| Miss Anna Stewart, of the Jean Ka-.hOP1 ! *** Chapter IX A*to do inspireshortmor* ,olly „pp*',u,r,hr l° Ch‘*l”rS“ “*rir* 3 Zromance and history of their own land. Welcome K\p|orer.He Introduced J. p. Kennedy, of Montrose. v|ho in welcoming the audience gave facts that he said definitely established the claim that Marquette anlt;VJollct had landed and had held their first Interview with the Illinois Indian*We welcome Marquette and Joliet, the first white men to land at Mont-row and the first to find human beings in Iowa. Mr. Kennedy aald. This is the spot they landed, for back of Montrose is the beautiful prairie of win 1 Mar,«uetto* Journal. It is the only the1 pra,rl* between F». Madison and went toysold fort and Bruce Mahan and C. W. Bond replied, giving a brief history' of the voyage and a m-ssage of ap-preclation to Ft. Madison.Standing on the stone platform over ! thlt;* old well of the Fort, the voyag-j eurs were photographed with Mr* Kate Robinson, granddaughter of Bet-sy Ross, the heroine who made the I first American flag.St. Joseph, a church, was visited j next, where Father Zataer, a former ; Burlington man. showed the visitors a replica of the first Catholic church In Ft. Ma lison, .and many interesting tin mentors of early day* Next the I voyageurs were taken to the Ix*c eown-fam-1 sup-ruout waterildrennnual to by aptistIrawnngth.theiryearstl court houae and the Marquette Keokuk, and the explorers landed . building. They left Ft. Madison with somewhere between these two cltie* * the cheers of their friends speeding Mr. Kennedy in opening, took orca* - them along, slon to nominate IJeut. Governor John j Cheered By Timm*Hamill for the next governor of Iowa. At Montrose Dr. Shainbaugh andHere we have the man who will be . a large crowd stood at the wharfthe next governor of Iowa. Mr. Ken- i ready to welcome the pilgrims. After nedy said, pointing at Mr. Hammlll. ' receiving the plaudits of the crowd the And when he Is elected he will help canoes were paddled to a sylvan spot us keep history straight.” , j where the final films of a motion plc-i:uk»glw* Red School Hmw. j lure series was made for the Iowa The American people must get, litlstorlral society. Then a speedy tripwas made back to Montrose where a larger crowd had gathered on the wharf. There the formal gre-ting was given and the voyageurs in automobile* went to Bluff Park, where the program of welcome and of Hpesklng was held.Home. Sweet Home.I'nder lowering clouds and pelted with rain the Voyageurs cam** hark home to Burlington at 8:30 o’clock last night. Lightning that played over the river reminded them of the beautiful Illumination with whleli Daven-Thelr thotsback to the old white church and the little red school house, and the morality and Inspiration found there if they wish (o avoid the pitfalls thatgreat wealth brings. Dr. U. H. Smith, president of the Iowa Wesleyan college declared in concluding a scholarly and inspiring address.If the colleges of Iowa had all the money that Iowa citizens have lost in buying oil and packing house stock, they would never need to solicit for the next hundred years. was one of his opening statements.We are not yet civilised In Amrri- port had wleotned them ca when we place a church on one | were busy with the recollection ofcorner of a block and allow a drink- I triumphal Journey down 250 mile, of1 elver, a Journey made memornuie nIs fete*, pageants and festivals Yet nooecnpted by a school hou*- and .ho Mlomlo.Uon, ,h.y had other by a brothel. We havewealth and riches arc a cankering dls- 'JJ!*Ing house on the other corner rannot progress when one cornerease.We have to getBurlington bridge Watching their flushing rays beacon-111 r it n.yC»u^irtrVrs Ilng them home the hearts of the voy-lofty principles of the fir* explorers • ^ V|r,. l)eaUn|C fa-ter theirand the first pioneers of Iowa f we | ^ ;u| |hc madf. ,he por,wish to secure national security and , ..Home gw| Home.»Individual happiness. When we revel j lt;n thp |a#t Hvor ||1p yrstrr,iay XheIn luxuries morals dfcllne. The^busi- |Rur||ngton Voyageurs found n namefor the club that was organized amongness of this generation Is to find a use for the great wealth it possesses. I do not dispalr for I believe that the remedy for luxury will be found.Father /.al-er Speaks.Father Zalser. of St. Joseph’s church at Ft. Madison, briefly eulogized the life and deeds of Marquette and told of the lofty ideals that had Inspired him to dare every danger and make every sacrifice to rarry the cross into the wilderness that was once Iowa.He praised the work of I he Jesuitthemselves to perpetuate the friendships formed on the symbolical journey. George Yates of the lies .Moines Register was made president. William Green, secretary and C. W. Bond, treasurer. The club members plan to hold an annual reunion.The organization Is called the Iowa VoyageursBruce Mahan, the Father Marquette of the Journey and Ir. Khambaugh will leave Burlington this morning for their homes in Iowa City. Mrs. Mahanfathers as pioneers of civilisation and J who was in Burlington yesterday re-k-•rcm-oult;dke:ntdeclared that the primary inspiration of .Marquette was to rlvlllxe the Indians of the'then unknown west. ••Nominate*” lt;uii«!l«luu- for (ioarranr.-I present the governor to be.' Dr. Shambuugh said in introducing IJeut. Gov. Ham mill, the next speaker.The Journlt;*y of the Burlington voyageurs will go down as an epoch In history. Mr. Haminlll said. Great credit loo is due Wilson and the members of the Iowa Historical society. We are commemorating the deeds of two men of different Impulse* Joliet was the Intrepid harbinger of a new era. He was inter-1 rated in trade. Marquette was interested in religion. Their deeds give an inspiration to American valor.He told of the interesting history of Lee county and of the beauties and resources of Iowa. Or. a! in people, great In material resources an.I greatturned In a motor car.1ableBartyifort 1 inti-rcrt. It to who heir * of our Kald id aUNITED STATESTO SEIZE WET SHIPS(Continued From I'age One.)by Dr. K. K. Sprague, public health officer here.Reports from I.ondon Intimated that the failure of foreign vessels to get thru the customs offices with return supplies had dtscourugrd line officers. and that several liners were putting out with only one way supplies of drinks.•Ia|wtnc'c Captain kick-.Uj The JMvctofrrf fun.Honolulu. June 27.—Captain K. | Wat ana be. of the Toyo Ktscn Kalshaj liner Korea Maru. from which Amer- • _ lean customs officers removed 232 jin Its literate population Iowa shines quart* 0f liquor yesterday under the! in the firmament of the nation. he J -dry ship ruling of the t’nited Slates!supreme court, today protested vainly against the seizure.The 1 aptuin injected a three-cornered international element into the situation when called attention to the fart that, altho his veaeel was of Japanese registry, she had cleared from a British port. Hong Kong, for San Francisco, and that, under British board of trade regulations. sh«* had *0I in the firmament of the nation avidThe American people know what exact juslice is. They will never l*e dominated by foreign government. If our institutions are to live we must | meet all social and political questions51 honestly. One of the most important I is that of immigration.111-C Revere Authority. “Reverence for authority is the basis of citizenship. A good citizen lives clean, thinks straight and acts patriotically-The right of suffrage calls for wisdom. Man is a trinity of head, heart and hand. All must have the proper direction. But with our splendid *’»-, tern Of public schools what cannot frrl | the American accomplish. The higher '*• the Intelligence of our nation the less ; ’* | need of law*”When Mr. Hammlll ended his | speech without making any reference to the suggestion of other speakers that he is destined to be the next governor of Iowa, the crowd about the stand were Invited to view the pageant . given on the roadside below the park. I The festivities of the anniversary day. in w hich each of the four cities j participating had part, opened at the jr grave of Ka-la wc-quoi* an Indian | inaid. whose pathetic death early In I the dawn of Iowa history inspired Mrs Sigourney to write the po«ni. :The Indian Girl’s Burial. that hadgreat vogue when written in 1S37. jDaughters of the Revolution from b*t. jMadison conducted this ceremony at a spot three miles north of Montrosa. I The Ft. Madison high school orchestra played; Mrs. Itollin Hopklrk gave a solo; Mrs. S. G. Foute lead In singing * America Miss Carmen Brown r*-ad the famous poem and J. P. Cruikshunk spoke It. N. Johnson pr- sided, kail l»an*i.« Well.The Women’s Civic club of Montrose dedicated a marker at the old barrack well. In Montrose, where the troop ~rl I of dragoons of the United State* army in garrison at old Ft. -Madison got water from September 25. 1834 toJune 18. 1837. The flags on a hug-boulder used to mark the spot were lifted by Arthur Maxwell and Wilton Beard, two small lads and handed to |avld Houghton, a step son of one of the former soldiers garrisoned there.Illuesat prevented Judge W. S- Hamilton from giving the dedicatory address and Dr. Benjamin F. Sham-baugh took his placeA Royal Welcome.Ft. Madison gave a royal welcome to the Burllnglog voyaageur* when they beached their canoes near the spot that .old Ft. Madison occupied before it was burned bv Indians laranee conlt;U-ly and eightlions five gallons of brand; gallons of wine for each 100 lives aboard.leans 25 tjunrJs. l»r. E. A. Sweet, chief quarantine officer at Honolulu, ruled, however, that 25 quails of liquor was a sufflc-9ro-ec-lerren0 u1 n ns er,JT-elfofof15-ododmM.ndIT.Utchlilt.C\ GOOD,-J ^ServiceYEAR Station.E* takes hold. It grips hard. Its high, thick, sharp-edged blocks put up a wedge -1 ike resistance to skidding. It is the maximum safety, traction and long wear you can put under your car —the reinforced, beveled All-Weather •Tread of the new Goodyear Cord Tire.•M •»// «o4 ni«4 tha n,« Cm Cardt ml* I ha Waathar Traad and hack tkam mp laith atmmdmrdDeaartt Tire Co.*l«tar CO. \HarlUflM Dalrk Co.GOODYEAR
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1923
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