Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
A SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION.
How 1.-THE National Holiday was
Celebrated Ton Camas Prairie
A Good Time all Along
the Line.

The morning of the glorious third of
July doomed up as bripht and genial as
could be desired. The town had been
slowly filing up all the previous day
and from an early hour until the time the
procession started for the pic mic grounds
there was a constant arrival OF visitors
to participate in the festivities of the
day. The procession formed at ten
O'Clock, and presented quite an impos-
ing appearance, the main feature being
the turn out of the several adjacent
school districts in decorated wagons
with penants, emblems and colors gaily
streaming in the breeze Indeed, with
out this feature. the procession would
have been rather tame affair, but the
bright and smiling faces of the happy
children with their handsome dresses
and decora ions lent animation to the
scene and the apparent enjoyment OF
the youngsters in the occasion stimula-
ted the older hands to keener zest.
Upon the arrival at the grounds ne
time Was lost in needless delays, and
Hon. L. p. Brown performed the
duties of his Office al president of the
day with his usual urbanity and
dispatch. The usual literary program
was rendered. interspersed by music
from the band, but the real fun came
in during the picnic, which was about
the largest gathering of the kind that
ever asse embed on Camas prairie and
served as a re union to renew old
friendships and form new ones. The
good house wives had come provided
with abundance of good cheer and
there was entertainment and enjoy
ment for all. The weather was simply
superb and nothing occurred to mar
the proceedings of the day. Towards
evening the picnic disbanded and re
turned to town, and in the evening the
Grange hall was crowded with an
audience assembled to witness the
brass band entertainment, which lasted
until midnight and kept the crowd
highly delighted. The program was OF
unusual excellence and presented 60
MANY novel and attractive features that
it is universally conceded to eclipse any
entertainment ever before given here,
and as the result of their enterprise the
band boys nettedithe handsome sum OF
one hundred dollars.
All day Sunday the RAIN fell heavily
and the prairie slept off the fatigue o
the previous day aud on Monday the
weather cleared up picely and brought
out a large crowd to the races over the
Mt. Idaho track. The course was il
excellent condition. The number o
races and entries were too limited fo'
exciting sport, and there wasn't money
enough OH the ground to start pool
The only race which excited interes
was the half mile three-year-old dash
for which there were three entries
w. w. Bowman, Fanny" ID. 5. Foun
tain. "Bingo," w. Prichard, "Daisey.
The last named mare Was hall iengtt
behind Bingo during the spurt' put OF
tho home stretch she ceverly forged
ahead aud won by half neck-a yer.
pretty race.
THE DANCE.
The dance at the Grange hall Monda
NIGHT closed the celebration, and IN
event filed the hall with one OF tn
largest crowds that ever assembled Il
Grangeville. Dancing was kept up III
sunrise Tuesday morning to the exce'
lent music furnished by Prof's. Green
and Wade or the violin and corne
.nd ,bns ended the celebration of tn
10th Anniversary of Independence.