The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-08
What We Did, aud How We Did II.
An ACCOUNT or TnE Day AT THE
GROVE.
The Tirensen's Contests. the Fro
cession. the Prizes Rnd thc
Fireworks.
DEnOCa, AZ eLEtS,ses. NOTES AND IXel
DENTS.

laying out plans. advertising the day, and
people of the surrounding country generous
ly turned out in much larger numbers than
was expected. aud Wa hal crowd. every
thing passed off well aud our celebration was
a anccenr. Before going into hiatory Of the
doy'a proceedings il may not be out Of place
to iot down soine points worth remembering,
and laying up, a. il were, for use when we
celebrate again. Aud one OF them is the
fact that We can celebrate aud have good
day on very small sum Of money il il Is iu.
dieioasly expended. We give below state.
meut from which il will bs acen that the OH
tiro amount raised was considerable less than
siC0.
Another point worth noting IL. that with
50 fine grove aud picnic grounG conven-
lent 20 the city A. Hacklemans Grove. il is
ths height Of folly 70 kllk of celebrating Oh
dusty public square dcvoidoi a single shade
tree or anything else tha. goes 70 make a
comfortable celebration ta
Perhaps II might be well to remember that
It doesn't secm Ia make much difference @
either about our having celebration here IN
Albany. whether Salem and Portland aud
Harrisburg and other towns celebratr also or
not. Many predictions were msAe that with
the great Inducements other towns were
holling out poor little Albany would got no
crowd at all. We male it point % put The
question fairly 10 a. many people as We
could. and mors especially 10 tho leading
farmers Of the surrounding country. aud in
every instance the reply was hearty avow-
al Of their intention to stand by Albany. and
an expression Of the belief that 70 long rs
our thriving metropolis oi Portland kept up
her narrow business methods she need. ex.
psct but little Of Linn county farmers on
such occasions a. Fourth Of July celebrations.
When the question Of celebrating was first
brought up aud discussed IN the Fire Depart
ment il was thought quiet little time might
be bad here at howe, anil that II would te
ulnoiI better than q ~ down aud DO ns.hing
aad allow Salem and Portland o. carry of
all tho hsnou. 4 iis dag ga, not anticipi-
patel. a smalI subscription only was raised.
aud during tho few weska preceding the
Fourth while the preparations were going on
there wasn't much OF an effort made by any
OF the various committees. The matter jog
gel along in an easy sortol way. and although
pretty thoroughly advertised throughout the
surrounding country very lew expected 10
see anything near the crowd that came. Sat.
urtlay before the Fourth il rainel AL day,
anl The hopes of even those who anticipated
only quiet time began 10 sink. Sunday
morning. however the clouds broke away.
the roads began to dry up aud hope again re-
| yivel. When the salute was fired at sun
rise Monday morning and old Sol nshorcd in
The l05th Fourth OF July since It l,ecArne an
evrntiul day in Americas histoFy. the mem.
ory Of tho oldest inhalatant would have
b,on taxed TO have picked out in all the
l0J preceding Fonrths brighter,
glad,ler morning.
As carly as Z ocioc. teams from every
direction came pouring into the city, and by
8 o'clock the faces Of these who had hoped
through all opposition became frightened mp
with a sort Of II told you 20 !" look. We
already had crowd, and stili they were
coming. The principal streets were crowd
ed, the stores. which were open until 10
o'clock were doing thriving trade, and
there was no longer any doubt Of our having a
big time. At $50 a m. the. little steamer
''NeIlie" came putting down the river, having
on board the Corvallis Fire Department and
excursionists, and being loaded down. A
large delegation OF the Albany boys met her
at the wharf, and tho Corvallis engine
young America, . was hauled ashore amid
cheers and drawn by the Albany boys TO No
Ones Hall, where both departments fell IN
line, aud with their machines marched
around and took their position in the process
sion then forming near the square. Large
crowds Of Corvallis people came over in car
riages and wagons, and VIC are indebted for {
large share of our crowd TO Corvallis an6
Benton county. As usual. there was SONS
little delay in getting the procession intS
line, and Marshal Dickey and aids were seer
here and there getting everything ready fol
the march, which commenced about II
o'clock moving along Fourth street to Wash
ington, down Washington to First, dowr
First to Jefferson, and out Jefferson to the
Grove. The procession was formed substan
tally as announced in the programs, the or
der being as follows
First Division Marshal and Aids, Albany
Mechanics' Band, Color Gard, Mayor and
Common Council in carriages, County and
City Officers in carriages, President of the
Day and Vice Presidents, Orator Of the Day
Reader Of the Declaration, Chaplain and AT
bany Gloc Club. az - Il
Second Division Marshal and Aids, Color
Guard, Ladies' Band and Escort of Firemen
Liberty Car and Escort of Firemen. (Th,
Liberty Car was drawn by MIR Ieugen.
Buchanan's steam engine.) Board Of Fire
Delegates, A. +. D.. Corvallis Fire Depart
ment, other visiting Firemen, Chief and AS
sistant engineers, A. i. d., Albany Engin.
Co. No. /, Linn Engine Co., No. 2, Rescus
II. and L. Go, No. |.
Third Division Marshal and Aids, Band
Color Guard, Patrons Of Tiusbandry, cisi
Societies, Citizons in Carriages and on Horse
back.
The Procession was nearly mile in lengtl
land as it passed down First Street, which wa
linedlwithl people standing on the sidewalk
beneath thb tiags, and streamera overhead
with which many bull iings were finely dec
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