Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-09
A.GRAND TINE.
Little Falls People Celebrated
" the Fourth in a Fitting
+. Manner Monday.
Grand Street Parade, Speech
making and Interesting
Sports.

Monday was an ideal day for
celebration until about S o'clock p.
M, and then only for a short time
the weather marred the festivities
that were in progress in observance
OF our greatest national holiday.
The sky was almost clOudless until
the afternoon, and although the sun
shOne brightly there was a cool
breeze from the south which counter
acted the heat OF the sun and made
the weather pleasant.
The program Of exercises began 1T
about s O'Clock in the morning, when
the Junior Order Of United American
Mechanics marched in body to the
new school building to present the
flag which that order gave to the
Few high school. Justice E. F. Shaw
made the presentation speech In be-
half of the order donating the flag,
and F. W. Lyon, secretary OF the
board of education, responded In be-
half OF the board Of education and
the city schools. The remarks OF
both gentlemen were in well chosen
words appropriate to the occasion,
and the short ceremony was wit
messed bv u large number of our cit:-
zens. After the ceremony "Old
Glory" was unfurled and hoisted to
the breeze from the flag staff that
surmounts the tower to the new
high school building. This function
being over the Junior Order returned
to the city hall to take part In the
street parade.
The parade started from the city
hall promptly at 10 O'Clock, and was
a long procession, including the
band, firemen, Modern Woodmen,
Junior Order of American Mechanics,
bicycle clubs, rag-muf1ins and citizens
On foot and in carriages. The line Of
march concluded at the intersection
of Broadway and First street, where
the large crowd to q halt, and lis
tened to the grafton delivered by f..
F. Shaw. Hon. C. B. Buchanan was
scheduled to deliver the ora alton, but
important business matters preventd
his being present. Although Mr..
Shaw had but little time for the prep
aration of an address, his grafton
was interesting, and full of patriot
ism, and the speaker was loudly
applauded. G.. E. Vasaly read the
Declaration of Independence in an
excellent manner, and he was greeted
with great applause.
Following the speechmaking tile
program of sports was announced.
The races were run on First street,
and the crowd was SO large that 1t
was difficult to clear space large
enough for the races.
The first event was 100-yard foot
race. There were seven starters.
Peter Vasaly finished first. but few
feet ahead of J. j. Moore, who was
second. The first prize was IS and
the second prize 81. Time 1O%.
The second event vas the hose race
between hose company No. !, and
team from the Pine Tree department.
The No. boys could beat their op-
ponents in running, but the two men
handling the hose fell, and the Pine
Tree boys made the coupling first
and won the race. The prize was
$40: and to this l. l.. Warren, SUPER
intendent of tue Pine Tree mills
added $50.
The boys foot race was won oy
Harold Wakefield, with Dufheld
Gagnon second. The first prize was
81 and the second prize so cents.
The tug of war was won Nv the
team captained by John Gilmer.
The prize was box OF cigars.
The next event was bicycle race
for a quarter mile. There were three
entries: Chas. Guernon, Peter Frei-
senger and Ben Mahan. At the start
all three riders almost collided, but
they got away and Freisenger won
the race with Guernon second. The
first prize was 50 and the second
price was g. box of V. A. cigars.
The broad jump was won by j. ).
Moore, the prize being a sack OF flour.
Then followed the game OF base
ball between the Mascot club OF
Little Falls and the st. Cloud team.
st. Cloud proved easy prev for the
Little Falls boys, although the aver
age age and size was much In favor
of the st. Cloud team. The score
was 26 to Is. in favor of Little Falls
and but for the errors OF one OF the
Little Falls team. st. Clouds score
would have been much smaller. st.
Clouds battery did poor work, while
the battery of the Little Falls team
was good. Henry Rosenholtzp pitched
all the nine innings for Little Falls
-, eva, rorv effective striking out