The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-13
1T WAS A GREAT DAY
Many Trees Planted in MiSsoula By
the Cltiz ms.
A WRANGLE ON THE DIAMOND
The Baseball Game Developed a
series of Unpleasant Incidents-
but the Celebration was
Brilliant success


ardor of the tree planters this morning
and the observances of the day were
all THAT could be desired There was a
large crowd on the streets and the ma :
rade was all that had been expected.
Missoula's celebration of Arbor- dav
was enthusiastic nd'appropriate. q.
III was soon after 10 O'Clock this
morning that the procession started for
the university grounds and the turn
out was in every way a creditable one.
The school children were in line. 500
strong, and there were delegations from
nearly aid of the secret and fraternal
organizations of the city. The Fedora
ton of Labor made about the biggest
turnout and had about 100 men i'm line
The parade was headed by the Juye-
nile band, which led the school chill
dren and the regimental band of the
Twenty-fifth infantry, detailed. by
Colonel Burt, was at the head of the
second division, which was made up of
the societies. The line of march was a
short one, and the line reached the uni
Versity grounds at las. A stand for
the speakers had been erected there.
and as soon as the parade had arrived
the exercises were begun. The an
nounced programme was carried on.
The invocation by Rev. r. II. Sawyer
was an eloquent one, and asked the
blessing of Him who controls all things
upon the work of the day and upon the
university.
on behalf of the board of trade and
citizens VINO have subscribed to the
fund for the planting of the trees,
Judge Francis, in q pleasant speech
presented the trees to the university,
and President Craig accepted the gift
in an address that reviewed the history
OF the institution and outlined in brief
the plans for its future. DIR. Craig ex-
planned Ghe plan of the arrangements
of the grounds and of the buildings
that 1T is hoped will be erected in a
short time, and then the programme
was concluded by the literary exer-
cises that had been arranged. AS soon
as they had been concluded the plant
ing of the trees begun. The first trees
were planted by f. G. Higgins and E.
L. Bonner, representing the Higgins
estate, and the South Missoula Land
company the donors of the ground.
As soon as these two trees had been
planted the societies and individuals
who had arranged to plant trees did so
and in short time the beautiful site
OF the university was surrounded by a
double line of trees that will add to
the appearance and value of the prop
erty. In all there were more than 500
trees planted. 1t was probably the
most extensive observance of Arbor day
biAslt mas ever TAKEN pldce III InlS
Trees were planted by the following
organizations: Masons. odd Fellows.
Foresters, Good Templars. Federation
of Labor, Young Mems literary soci-
ETY., Bioda club Clarkia club, Haw-
thorne club, Athletic association, Con-
gregational church and Knights of Py-
thias In addition to these trees the
children of the public schools planted
lot and the students of the univers-
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BILE occasion and one of which the city
may well feel proud. All of the after
noon there were tree planting parties
at the grounds, and it was not until
late in the day that the last of the
trees was in the ground
The exercises of the afternoon were
held at Athletic park and were as dis
appointing as the morning celebration
had been satisfactory. The bicycle
races were the only redeeming feature
of the occasion. The weather made 1t
impracticable to carry out the pro-
gramme of sports that had been ar
ranged by the Caledonian club, and all
that was left was the baseball game
and the races. The latter were all right
but the former was as rotten and yell
low as anything of the kind that was
ever seen in the city. and that is say
ing a great deal. To begin with the
Hamilton team claimed that it was not
on the boards that they should go up
against the regular Missoula team and
they said that they would not play un-
less there was another team for them
to meet. Finally a nine was made up
that was satisfactory to the visitors
and the game went on. The team that
played as the Missoulas was made up
from the regular team and the univers-
ity nine. 1t was composed as follows:
Holt, catcher; Kennett, pitcher; Bar
ley. first base; OToole, second base;
Heifrom, third base; Murphy, short
stop; Mccormick, left field; Hardness.
center; Campbell. right field.
The Hamiltons were listed as follows:
Osterman, catcher; Stravin. pitcher;
Kell. first base; Anderson, second base;
Dover. third base; McKinnon, short
stop and captain; Zeigler, left field;
Nealey. center; Cody. right.
The first two innings were good ball
and the crowd was satisfied. but i'm the
third the fun began, and for an hour
the spectators were treated to an eXhi-
bition of wrangling and kicking that
would have been expected from a crowd
of 10-year-old boys, but which was not
credtable to men who had met in a
friendly contest. The players of both
teams did some of the ranhest kind of
and roasting, and there was
not feature of the game after this be-
gan lndl was 10 ltE VI THOSE
The Missoula team was the
stronger and could have won without
any trouble from the Bitter Rooters,
but they acted like a lot of boys and
did not try to put up good game.
They resorted TO all the tricks and I'M
fair methods that they could devise,
and when the Hamilton team protested
the horse laugh" was all that they
got. There were plenty of times when
the visitors could have left the game
but they overlooked these.
and when they did make their spiel
and walk off IL was on account OF a
play that they should not have roared
about.
The game lasted till the fifth inning.
when the Hamilton team walked of
the field The row at this time. as the
spectators understood IT, was occasion
ed by the collision OF Kennett. who was
running TO first. with the first baseman