Ketchum daily keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1884-1884, 1884-07-06
THE FOURTH.
Belieyue's Celebration q Grand Success
About 5000 people Visit the
Town.
Fire Works and Picnic in Ketchum.-
The Ball in tine Evening.

successful beyond the most sanguine
expectations The Broadford Miners
Union arrived in Hidley by train at
nine o'clock and were met at the depot 1
by the Ketchum band, which led tlfem
with music to Croy street near the river 1
to meet the bullion Union headed by /
the HALEY band, where both formed in /
procession and marched TO the HALEY |
Theatre. The music then went To
Bellevue in hacks while the members |
Of the procession and many other citizens
went down on the trim and were joined !
by the Pacific Coast Pioneers. the g. A. |
RS and the Odd Fellows in Bellevue
about 1890. The large procession,
about fonr blocks long, counter march
ed on Main street aud went thence to
the pavilion arranged for the celebra-
ton exercises. lead by the Ketchum
| band. The latter opened exercises with
the tune America" G.. l.. Walters,
/ President of the day, then delivered
brief and well chosen speech, which was
I followed by prayer, reading of the Dec
| laration by N. NJ. Rnick, Grafton by
4 Hon. G.. H. Roberts and reading of an
/ original poem. The Ketchum band
! played National airs between parts.
General Il. berts' Grafton was read to
several thousand listeners, who main
tanned remarkable order to the end At
1:30 O'Clock the assembly broke ranks
and flooded the hotels. restaurants, sa-
\ looms and refreshment stands of the
city. 1t is variously estimated that
there were from 5000 to 5000 people in
attendance at the celebration and the
streets of Bellevue We're literally
thronged with visitors. From to $50
air concert at the pavilion grounds,
where also, in the meantime, occurred
the base ball match between the Belle
we nd HALEY clubs, which Was large
ly attended. The Haileyites Won the
day. The Horrible Horribles" turned
out in procession on Main street at $50
and the multitude that crowded to wit
ness then was simply stampedes; the
largest congregation of people ever seen
, in Idaho since t ne life of early times.
Among the most attractive caricatures
displayed by the order was that of the
HALEY band; a canon represented by a
sawmill smoke stack and discharged by
the explosion of big fire crackers; ban
ner of the Pioneers" which read PIE
on ears" and prospector's team bound
for Lost River, consisting of a very
small donkey and very large horse
urged on by fourteen-f foot rope, the
wagon bearing the characteristic world
ly goods of a prospector and a sign
which read Don (MclKay." The liber-
, ty car carried few fine specimens OF
the bummers element OF various states
who couched around in lazy attitude
With genuine old red nose Idaho stiff
for liberty" The entire outfit was
! masked and beautifully(?l decorated
and just too ridiculous for any thing.
The success of this celebration show.
the predominance of public spirit In
Bellevue and is a feather in the cap o
her business community that is to bt
envied by the other Wood River towns
AT KEToHUM.
The people of ketchum, in the alb
1 sence of any arranged celebration, JOINED
q in social picnic at the grove ON Warn
e Springs creek. just below the All-I
t group. where the town was well repre-
0 sented. Refreshments were carried
thither in baskets, swings erected anC
4 other attractions made the most of
Happy Jack was orator of the day an(
succeeded admirably in entertaining th,
. picnicers with one of his characteristic,
speeches. But the vocal music by Air
Harbridge being unappreeiated, wa
limited.
7, Anvil shooting and fire works occu
pied a large portion of the evening, anG
Messrs. Fitzsimmons i Montgomery de
: serve the community's thanks for I'll,
interest taken in their behalf on thi
: occasion. The display of fire works wa
y at their individual expense.
THE DANCE.
Z, The dance in Fitzsimmons' Metropol
itan Hail. although not largely attended
was AN exceedingly pheasant affair
!. There were about twenty five couple
present Dancing began Mt nine an,
continued alter supper till O'Clock.