Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . umane public sentiment. Officers: President, Prof. W. J. Sutherluiei;Vice-President, Mrs. James C. Fesler; SecretaryMrs. Joseph Artz; Treasurer, Dr. J. B. Da^ts:Superintendent, Chas. W. Sammis; Agent, Chauey. Directors—Mayor Chas. Jos. Sears, Attorney Horace G. Kauffman. Dr. B. E. Fahrney, Mrs. Anne Spoor, MrsF. G. .Tones, Mrs. J. C. Fesler. Many cases of cruelty and neglect, both tochildren and animals, have been investigated andconditions remedied. In 1901, the society pur-chased a humane drinking fountain which wasplaced on th
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . umane public sentiment. Officers: President, Prof. W. J. Sutherluiei;Vice-President, Mrs. James C. Fesler; SecretaryMrs. Joseph Artz; Treasurer, Dr. J. B. Da^ts:Superintendent, Chas. W. Sammis; Agent, Chauey. Directors—Mayor Chas. Jos. Sears, Attorney Horace G. Kauffman. Dr. B. E. Fahrney, Mrs. Anne Spoor, MrsF. G. .Tones, Mrs. J. C. Fesler. Many cases of cruelty and neglect, both tochildren and animals, have been investigated andconditions remedied. In 1901, the society pur-chased a humane drinking fountain which wasplaced on the corner of the Court House 1902, the ladies organized a school of domes-tic science which was carried on in c-onnectionwith the Oregon Public School. Oregon Bachelors Club: The Owls.—Thisorganization long ago reached its majority, having on August 14, 1908. celebrated its twenty-ninth annual picnic, this festive occasion beingthe yearly flowering time of the historic Owls is the pseudonym of wisdom by ^^^^^. HISTOEY OF OGLE COUNTY. 703 which the club is commonly designated now-a-days, and the procession of its members in themorning sunlight (for it is said to be a factthat it has never rained on the just heads ofthese bachelors), gay with yellow sunflowers andthe sheltering umbrella of the same golden hue,from under which the doughty holder may notglance at the fair onlookers along the way toIsland No. 1, is one of the much-heraldedevents of midsummer in the region about Ore-gon. Loud sounds of hooting awake the rever-berations along the Rock River Valley someweeks before the great event, and many whis-perings of fried chicken, and other appetizingviands for the days feast, are faintly heard. As nearly as can be ascertained the chartermembers of this club were the following: J. , George P. Jacobs, J. W. R. Artz, J. D. C. Artz, George F. Snyder,J. W. Etuyre, L, C. Hormell, J. S. Sanders, A. Reynolds, John Rutledge, James N.
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