McCormick Picnic

By Chas.

The third annual picnic of the combin'ed lumber and steamship departments of the Chas. R. McCormick organization, San Fra.ncisco, got away to an auspicious start at 9:0O o'clock, Wednesday morning, May 30th. As the launch pulled away from the dock at the foot of Howard Street there were approximately 200 light-hearted souls aboard.

The weather was ideal, and after a pleasant and all-tooshort ride, the party was landed at Paradise Cove at about 1O:3O.

Immediately upon arrival, the long sought for event began, the baseball game between two picked teams of men. Although the game was hotly contested for the five or six innings that were played, it ended in a disputb, both sides claiming the victory and at the time of writing the umpire has not yet given his decision.

The excitement of the game, the boat ride and the abundance of fresh air, made the call for lunch only too welcome. and the party sat down to a "feed" of delicious barbecued steak and all the trimmings.

Immediately after eating, the girls' baseball game was

C. G. CORKRAN VISITS SAN F'.RANCISCO

C. G. "1.!f" Corkran, Sacramento, California representative of the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, Medford, Ore., was a recent visitor to San Francisco.

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soon in progress. This ended in a rvay which was entirely satisfactory to all concerned.

The other events of the day followed in quick succession, the men's foot race, won by F. Prydz I a sack race won by 'D. Winter; a three-legged race, won by E. Erickson and M. Morgan; a wheelbarrow race, won bv R. Davis and K. Fazacherly; a girls' race, won by Miss Elizabeth Conlon; and the feature race of the day, the race for children in which little Miss Elliott, the daughter of a prominent member of the sales department, by a magnificent finish just nosed out her brother for the first prize.

The relay race for men, made more exciting by numerous falls, was won by a team composed of R. Cronin, L. O'Gara, F. Martin and D. Winter.

Next the married men showed their faculty of "fighting back" by walking off with the tug of war, pulling the weak, untrained single men over the line quite easily.

The rest of the afternoon was devoted to dancing and the drawing for gate prizes. The Conlon family showed its strength and versatility by walking off with first prize.

The party "shoved off" at 6:00 P. M. fcjr home, tired and dirty, but none the less happy, after a successful time and wonderful day.