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Chicago Trade in Annual Picnic 



Tuesday, July 15, was the date of the regular annual picnic of 

 the Chicago lumber trade, the affair this year being the combined 

 outing of the Lumbermen's Association and the Lumbermen's Club, 

 the two organizations representing the local trade. The picnic grounds 

 were located at Northwestern park, Des Plaines, 111., on the Chicago & 

 Northwestern railroad. In spite of threatening weather the evening 

 preceding the picnic the skies cleared off beautifully for the picnic 

 day and the grounds dried off very satisfactorily. The attendance 

 exceeded the hun- 

 dred mark, the vis- 

 itors going out by 

 train and auto. 



A great deal of 

 interest in the out- 

 ing was stirred up 

 this year by the live 

 entertainment com- 

 mittee, composed of 

 WilUam Eager, F. 

 B. McMuUen, J. H. 

 Dion, H. D. Welsh, 

 r. L. Johnson, E. 

 W. Thompson, Eob- 

 ert Sullivan and H. 

 B. Darlington. The 

 committee is entitled 

 to a considerable amount of praise because of the excellent arrange- 

 ments made for the transportation and accommodation of the visitors 

 and also for the unusual expedition with which the various field events 

 were handled. The taste displayed in selecting prizes is rather sur- 

 prising. The variety and character of the prizes could not but please 

 those fortunate enough to receive them. They consisted of various 

 useful articles for the men and women, including umbrellas and 



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various articles of personal wear and for household use. Each mem- 

 ber of the winning ball team was presented with a suitable trophy. 

 The morning was given over to a ball game between the yellow pine 

 and hardwood contingent of the local trade. Owing to the failure 

 of the battery of the piners to make an appearance their places were 

 filled by members of the hardwood team, which change did not detract 

 from the interest of the game, which was exciting from start to finish, 

 the yellow piners finally winning by a score of 4 to 2. The piners 



made seven hits off 

 of Margraf, while 

 the hardwood men 

 made six hits off of 

 Kimball, the yellow 

 pine pitcher. 



At the conclusion 

 of the ball game a 

 very satisfactory 

 chicken dinner was 

 served in the pa- 

 vilion. Although it 

 was announced that 

 those in attendance 

 could either bring 

 lunch baskets or buy 

 their dinners, com- 

 paratively few 

 brought picnic baskets, most of them taking advantage of the ready- 

 served dinner. As quite a number did not report that they would 

 want to purchase their midday meal, the management of the park 

 had not provided suflScient help or chickens for the occasion and as 

 a result there was considerable scurrying around to secure a sufii- 

 cient number of broilers to appease the appetities of the visitors. 

 As it was, those who were tipped off to the possible shortage were 



THE WINNING PINERS 



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THE HARDWOOD TEAM 



