Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-08-04
A. 0. U. ". PICNIC,
FULLY ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDED
AND 4 5000 TINE ENJOYED.


To say that the Ancient Order of
United Workman always have good
luck with their picnics will be stating
the correct thing, and this year it is no
exception to the rule, the picnic was
bowling success from the beginning to
the end. Thursday night it looked as
though rain was going to put damper
on the festivities, but u good shower
laid the dust and left the air nice and
reasonably cool. Friday opened up
bright and clear, al d IN the forenoon
the crowd commenced to arrive-bug-
gies and vehicles of every description
kept coming in from all directions,
bringing happy people bent on having
happy and joyous day. The streets were
decorated by trees brought from the riv.
er and reared oa each side of the street,
making nice avenue of shade, while
flags, etc., ffoated from the store fronts.
Across Burrell avenue was strung the
motto of the Order.
"CIIARITY, HOPE AND PROTECTION"
with the emblems, the Anchor and
Shield, the work of Brothers Marquardt
and Regnery. This was a fine piece of
work and the boys deserve great credit
for getting it up. The Coepcrstown
Band livened things up during the day
with their music.
About II o'clock the pony races were
called. There were several entries
and good races resulted. Frank Retz.
laff S Beecher captured the first prize
in the first pony race, and one of the
Sinclair ponies captured the first prize
in the second pony race. Following
the pony races was the bicycle race for
gentlemen. There were only two en-.
tries, Frank Haskell, of Cooperstown,
and Guy jackson, of Hope. Frank
Haskell won easily. Next came the
ladies race with Nellie Brown, Lillian
Haskell and Ethel Ridgman as starters.
In the first heat they started even. but
Nellie and Ethel ran inte each other
and fell from their wheels, and Lillian,
instead of going on, went back at TIE
call of the crowd and started again.
She was entitled to the race had she
gone ahead In the second heat they
all got good start but the pneumatic
tires on Lillian Haskells wheel played
out and that left her out of the race
This left the race between Ethel Ridg.
man and Nellie Brown, the latter win.
ming easily. Following this came :hc
boys bicycle race and it was the best of
the three. Wadel Almklov and Thso.
Marquardt were the only entries, the
former winning the race.
Recess for dinner followed and then
the crowd went to the bowery to hear
the speeches. Hon. w. T. McCulloch,
advertised to speak in English, could
not lie present and sent in word to that
effect. A great many were dlsappoiCt-
ed, but Mr.. McCulloch could not posi-.
bly, be present. Hon. S. Almklov was
then called on, and on account of short.
ness of time made but brief address
in Norwegian. Those that understood
the address say that it was very good.
At the conclusion of this address the
Hope and Coeperstown ball clubs were
marched onto the diamond, headed by
the band, to contest for Il purse of $50.
This was fine game and was wit
messed by several hundred persons.
Let's All Smile, Why?
Well. you see, in the days that have
gone by, when Hope came loaded for
bear, and chuck full of enthusiasm, it
wasn't exactly safe for one, very far
from home, to bet his last dollar
against them. 1t was wise. at least, to
save enough for a return ticket. But
now things seems to have changed.
The Hepeites, who "had a tired feeling
when playing with Cooperstown be-
cause they were SO easy" has q tired
feeling from different cause. Such
was the case Friday at any rate.
McDaniels opened the game by hit
to End, who allowed Nc. to reach 1st.
He promptly stole End and scored on
Jimmy's two bagger. Jimmy scoring
on Willie's single. The first ball Nc.
pitched hit Shaw in the log. The next
three were all hits and were also all
outs. Four pitched balls ia an inning
is COED work.
Hope gathered two tallies in the 3rd.