The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-07-13
SAND COULEE PATRIOTS
The Glorious Fourth Was Celebrated
in Grand Style by the Citizens
Of the Black Diamond City.
Parade, Speeches, Athletic Sports Of
All Kinds, a Splendid Dinner,
and a Grand Ball.
Special C~orrespopdence of TIE TRIBUNE.

Special Correspondence of TIE TRIBUNE.
SAND CoULEE, July 5.-The morning
was ushered in by the firing Of forty.
four guns from the heights vest Of the
city. At 8 a. m. the whole town seem d
to be astir and everybody dressed in
holiday attire wendell their way to the
new Library building where the car Of
state was being loaded with Its precious
freight Of forty-four girls, representing
the forty. four states Of tho union,
Columbia having the seat o; honor on
the top. At $50 the procession headed
by Chas. Lochray, the marshal of the
day, and the Sand Coulee brass band Of
twenty-one pieces, marched through the
principal streets of the town. The car
Of state was the most attractive feature
Of the parade. At $3.50 a very large
crowd assembled under the spacious
veranda of the new Library building
where splendid orations were delivered by
Geo. H. Stanton of Great Falls and r. s.
Ball of Sand Coulee. The band dis
coursed some fine music and the &C.
cupants of the car Of state sang some
national airs in fine style. Then the
crowd marched to the park below the
town where the following athletic sports
we're keenly contested.
Free-for-all shooting match-First,
John Plummer; second, j. Pearson;
third and fourth, r. De Haas and Rob
ert Perry, equal.
Quoting match-First, Alex Hynd;
second, J. Cummings.
Tug of war-Winning team. Alex Nc.
Kenzie, K. Martin, G. Roberts, Sam SUIT
ton, Dan Hunt, and j. WEIGH.
Putting the shot-First, A. Mckenzie:
second, B. M. Burrell.
Throwing the hammer-First, B. M.
Burrell; second, Alex Mckenzie.
Running high leap-First, A Mcleod;
second, Ben Jeremiah.
Standing broad leap-First, L. j.
Woods; second, Joe Whitehead.
Running broad leap-First and Sec
ond. j. Whitehead and G. Wilson, equal.
Potato race-First, f. j. Newbould;
second, - Nottingham.
Obstacle race-First, B. Jeremiah;
second, E. j. Woods.
One hundred and twenty yards hurdle
race-First, B. Jeremiah; second, E. j.
Woods.
One mile fiat race-First, F. j. New
bould; second, Il. Woodhouse.
One hundred yards race First, B.
jeremiah; second, j. Nottingham.
Quarte--mile iace-First, b. Jeremiah:
second, A. Mckenzie.
One hundred yards boys' race-First,
B. Bywater; second, w. Holman.
One hundred yards, for boys under 10
~years-First, j. Simonds; second and
third, G. Fitzgerald aud j. Martin, equal.
Girls race-First and second, Lily
Sewell and Ollie Scott, equal; third,
Jennie Martin.
Fat mans race-First, r. Martin;
second, Pat Keegan.
Quarter-mile pony race-First, r.. l..
Anthony, second, j. M. Arthur.
Quarter. mile horse race-First, A.
Potts, second, Z. L. Anthony.
Game Of baseball.
The above concluded the sports up to
supper time.
After supper great excitement took
place over a foot ball match between the
married and single mon. There was a
good exhibition of foot ball given by
both teams, the game ending in favor Of
the single men by three goals to two. 1t
is but Just, however, to mention that
during the last fifteen minutes the
married men pressed the bachelors very
hard for the equalizing point and on the
call of time the ball was picked up in
dangerous proximity to the single mems
goal. The following persons composed
the teams.
Single men-L. M. Mckay, goal; w.
Mclean and Mckenzie, backs; Dave
McCliment, Dick Berry and j. Salmond,
half backs; Thos. Graham, Alex Hynd,
W. Robinson, w. Cummings and Chas.
Jones, forwards.
Married men-Geo. Nicholson. goal;
Geo. Mclean and Alex Bair, backs; j.
Macarthur, Robert Martin and John
ONHare, half-backs; II. Kerr, S. M. Bur
rell, j. McCliment, Chas. Roberts and
Jas. Wyllie, forwards.
At frequent intervals during the day
the band played some very fine selec-
tions. A gorgeous display Of fire works
was witnessed between the hours Of 0
and 10 p. m.
The dances in the Library haQ and
Scandinavian hall were both largely at
tended.
We have no hesitation in saying that
the 4th of July, 1894. vas the most
successful and most enjoyable over held
in Sand Coulee. Is. M. b.