The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-10
a GLORIOUS FoURTH.
Such Is she verd,et of the reSpis Of csysi
Fsiia

Such is the Verdict of thc pe6pis Of Crystal
Fsiia
We may have had rclebrations, that
an point oi grnnduFe. excellcd the one
held last Monday. but we doubt II we
over had ene that pleased the people
IN general hTter than that one did.
The day wsis an ,doal one for
celebration and.estryo wna ont. We
heart the remark nads severat tunes,
81 didn't think their'wero 40 many pco-
pie in crystai Falls.
The Crystal Falls Silver Cornct band
appca red io< the nrst titnc in their new
uniforms. The boys show alp we'll con
.siiering the length Of time that they
have b,eu organized
The saiithumpains were not as numer-
Gus as they might he but what there
were AZ them wis good. The first prize
wees taken by Joseph Hansen Jr. and
1'hos. Delorme who represented two
geese that were 10 lay the golden eggs
when confidence is restored. Second
prize was taken by Crist Hansen and
Harry Morrison. Third prize Hans
Hansen and Joe Doupe.
After the pnrnde two orations wete
delivered at the Lockwood :. r. Handy
delivering ono and Rev. Marshall
Harrington the either. Both orations
deserve more notlec than the short
space at our disposal allows for they
were good.
The J.ie eaters were on tic stage next
and they did business 60 the amusement
ofthe crowd and the injury oi their own
digestive organs. First prize was taken
by Frank Lapine.. y
The apple fishing prizes we're won 10y
Frant Gersky. first, and Willie Lynch.
second.
The first feature of th0 afternoon WAS
the baby fair and nm aggregation oiCrys-
tai Falls babies was brought into line,
that surprised even the most optomis-
is on the subject oT tho future Of Crys-
tai Falls. The prize Tor the prettiest
baby WIS taken by little katherine
Mary Erickson. and che prize for the
fnttcst baby WAS wen by cociiy Spain
The prize winners m the smailcrsports
we're as followss
Boy = sack race. Frank Gersky stand
ing jump, (tie) john DAWSON and Wm.
Jolili bey's race, Frauk Sieisky; three
ieggcd .aee. Ed. Swceiuy AID jas. Hoop
er; climbing grcaecd ,oac, a. Spnnner; !;
standins hop, step and Jump. Ed. Sween-
ey; mems race, III. sms&y; blind
strike, (ticl Fred 1'anuer nnd FE,nk
Ge,sky fifteen yeHr oli b0v'S race, jas.
\ Hurts wheel hnrrow race. Jake Des-
vbieB; liremcns RACE, hose calL No. /.
The tug of war was won by team
consisting mostly ~ lir,lncn. The team
from A,nasa not appearing when the
contest WAS cnlpd
TIE event about which the most inter
est cenierrd, hcweycr, WIS The bicycle
race, which Wcurrcd the hss thing in
the Afternoon. The course decided upon
by the Judges was irom ,ha crossing at
Supe,fol nvcnur aud fiTlli -lreet 10 tho
Iron River road and hack 1iteIL were
hut iour persons entered ~ ihe race, viz !;
Oscar Widstrand, WI ir I.osanko, Adam
Bower aud walic Pierce. Pierce start
cd from the scratch, making handicap
of3oO Feet. 'AN the othor three started
abreast. Widstrand won tho lirst
money making the course in exactly
seven minutes. Bosnnk6 held second
place until he rounded the turn about
800 feet ftom the finish. where lac un-
fortunately ran into ia the ditch. Pierce.
who rounded the turn about twenty-iiva
icet heb nd him, seized the opportunity
and n,isie the prett,est spirit ever seen
in'UtyStal Fails, finishing about "a wheel
ahead 81 Bosanko. II was a good race
irofn start to finish aud the boys show
ud themselves Co bo ~ speedy ~ the
average riders on the rnngc. We hope
90 ste more OF this sport in the near
iuinN. .A
Taken az whole the exercises went
off ia perfect harmoHy. aud everyone
expressed themselves ~ web pleased
with the celebration.