The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-21
ANACONDA WILL HAVE
A ROUS|NG CELEBRATION
- Glorious Fourth Of July Will Be Observed in This City in a
Betting Mannsr-Last Nights Meeting Was Full
of Business-Committees Appointed.

ne Fourth of July meeting heid iast
.,~n, was n most satisfactory one.
1nspre was not much talk. but there
~ras a whole lot of business. and II ev-
e~Sbody hereafter takes half the inter-
- that was taken last night Anaconda
Nm have a Fourth of July celebration
such as has never been seen before.
The meeting last night did not waste
any time in making patriotic or "jingc'
sneeches. 1t got down 10 business as
.uon a. II was called TO order. and when
n rot through IL adjourned.
All that the meeting accomplished was
III naming of committees TO look after
the various details OF the celeoratioh'
ana henceforth these committees Will
have charge of the celebration. Upon
them rests the responsibility of the sue
- or failure OF the celebration. me
men selected 10 take In hand the work
Of arranging the celebration are IN ea."
any every case representative citizens.
They are expected to get out al once
and get down to business. The commit
eees are expected TO use their own
methods OF work and upon them VIII
deyolve the duty Of arranging all OF the
details of the celebration.
Il was the general expression OF iast
nights meeting that the celebration Is
10 consist Of a parade. speaking sports,
wus,c and fireworks. and for each n
OF these departments there Is a commit
tse.
The meeting last night was more
largely attended than had been expect
ed. The citizens present were a repre-
tentative lot in every way and each
man present acted on the general idea
that the meeting was called upon 10
make arrangements for a Fourth OF
July celebration. The citizens present
we're men OF business. who a but lit.
lie time to spend. and they refrained
from INDUCING in any lengthy speeches
about the patriotism that ought to be
shown. and all that sort OF thing. They
inst got down to business as quick as
hen could and they did their business
up in a hurry. The meeting was over
before 10 o'clock. but In the brief time
II had been in session there was trans
acted all the business necessary.
The Committees
The committees named at last nights
meeting to look after the details of the
celebration are as follows:
Finance committee
First ward-E. j. Nadeau, Frank Fos-
kett.
second ward-J. v. Petritz. Henry
Redmond. d,
Third ward-E. S. Maxwell. M. ]
FtzPatrick.
Fourth ward-George Barich, ]. w
James.
Fifth ward-Thomas Mcguire. Rogei
Edwards.
sixth ward-Patrick Dalton. Rober
Maggie.
General committee Of ARRANGEMENTS
First w~ard-John Hamill.
Second ward-F. w. Peckover.
Third ward-T. ID. Fitzgerald.
Fourth ward-Dennis Shovlin.
Fifth ward-Ed Devine
Sixth ward-J. $. Hickey.
At Iarge-George w. Reynolds.
Committee on fireworks-Rod 7. VIII
Jams. r. s. Mentrum. II. NJ. Greig.
Committee on speakers-John h
Toole. C.. H. Eggleston, DIR. j. +. Spell
man. - :
Committee on sports-Phil Daniels, r
H. Macdonald. r.. =. Tolan.
John V. Petritz vas named as chair
man of the finance committee. and thi
committee will meet tonight at the cit
hall at $50 o'clock to organize n &c
down to business. AT to-nights meet
ing the committee Is expected TO adop
its plan Of operations in the way OF can
wasting for subscriptions and at a late
meeting this committee will determin
upon the appropriations to be made 10
zach department.
Business Of the Meeting.
II was S:45 O'Clock before all h peo
pie got to the council chamber. an
Mayor Lesser waited until that time be
fore ne called the meeting To order.
In stating the objects OF the meeting
ne said tina doubtless everybody. pres
ent had read the call issued by himse'
and published in the StandardRpp d tina
ali We're familiar with the ehds tn
meeting was supposed TO accomplish
The call. he said. had been issued !
accordance with a resolution passed .
the last meeting of the city counci
He hoped hat all the citizens preser
would enter into the proceedings OF n
assemblage In a patriotic manner. an
he had no doubt that the city wou'
have a Fourth of July celebration sue
as had never before been seen in AM
conds.
He then announced that the sele'
ton of a chairman would be In q
der. -.
Alderman T. C. Davidson Of u
Fourth ward nominated q. :. f. Wi
ner TO MI the Office. The nominate
was seconded by Alderman Patrii
Dalton of the Sixth ward. Mr.. WI
ner was unanimously chosen as cha
man.
on taking the chair he thanked I
meeting for the honor conferred up
him and expressed the hope that I
meeting would be enthusiastic a
unanimous in deciding the matters tn
would come up before IL. He then a
uounced that the election OF a secreta
would be the first order of busine
Rod williams nominated j. w. Jam
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