Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-06
ND EVERYBODY HAPPY

AND EVERYBODY HAPPY
The Street Parade, Ball Games
! and Horse Races We're
i Langdon Winners.
! Tuesday was an ideal day for Lang.
dons celebration of the Fourth of July
and the crowd that gathered here mum.
bered way up into the thousands. They
came from the surrounding country for
miles around, from across the line in
Manitoba and the adjoining counties on
each side of us. The towns of Mimic.
Park River, Walhalla and Neche all send
| ing strong delegations. As for the neigh
boring towns in this county it seemed as
it they moved down here en- mass to take
in the day. Langdon was gaily decorat-
ed to receive the vast throng Of visitors,
flags, bunting and trees in every direc-
ton giving the city regular gala day
air. Peanut stands, cane racks together
with the booths of vendors of ice cream
and red lemonade occupied every con-
ceivable foot of vacant space along the
main thoroughfare. There was music in
the air from sunrise 10 sunset the Lang
don and Walhalla bands vying with each
other in attracting the bigger crowd of
listeners. Chief of Police McDermott
was marshal of the day and had the
parade in line at the foot of Third street
and ready to start by ten o'clock. The
parade was success-one of the big
features of the day-and for the carrying
into completion of the idea from start to
finish the thanks of all who witnessed it
are entirely due to the ladies who person
ally canvassed the city and induced our
citizens and business men to take part
in it. The place of honor in the process
sion was given to "a parade of lady blcy-
clists in costume to the number of at
least fifty, all the costumes were richly
gotten up and the wheel of each rider
gaily decorated. Mayor Mcmillan fol-
lowed and the procession itself lined up
in the order given below:
| Walhalla Band
Co. E. of the State Militia
School Float of States
Langdon City Fire Department
! Bicycle Display by Elford Bros,
| Langdon City Band
Uniformed knights of Pythias
Band of Calithumplans
Parsons Grocery Display
Float of Rough Riders-J. B. Boyd
Schulke's Department Store Float
Kelly's Dry Goods Float
Flunerfelt & Bucklin's Fruit Display
laughs Ice Wagon
Dedrick's Bicycle Float
Mcmillan Farm Implements
i E. A. McCay Palace Livery
L j. McPhail-F Farm Machinery
Mercer & Lavin-Hardware
M. L. Sullivan Meat Market
Langdon Implement Go. Farm Machinery
The trade displays were exceedingl,
fine each showing line of origina
design that caught the crowd and wer,
worthy of individual mention, if spac,
permitted. After the parade everybod,
went out to the tair grounds to watcl
! the ball game between the junior nineI
} Of Park River and Langdon, which
resulted disasterusly to the visitors by
a score of II to g. The noon trair
brought more visitors to swell the crowt
which at two o'clock, when the racing
began, taxed the pavilion and grant
stand at the track to its full capacity
The first thing on the card was the fret
for all trot, in which Bartholdi Patchen
the Langdon stallion of Mcmillan &
Ramage took all three heats and frs
: money, Rosy Fitzsimmons and Idolatres
the Morden horses having to be satisfied
! with second and third places The thirt
heat in which Patchen won the race b.
a neck gave the spectators in the grant
stand as pretty finish as could be asket
: for and when the home favorite led unde
the wire, the crowd broke into q lonl
a and loud cheer that lasted severa
+ minutes. Easter, the sorrel running
y mareof Andy Jones, of Mimic, won bot
q the one mile open dash and the novelt
dash; in each race Tommy Foshay Q
/, this city having the winning mount
The pony race was won by Adm1ra
Dewey, the Leroy horse owned by P.
Stewart, and was also rode by Foshay
A half mile bicycle race followed il
which r. D. Reid from Dresden cover
ed the half mile an easy winner, e.
Anderson from Walhalla getting secon
J money.
While the races we're being pulled Of
on the track, the ball game on tn
q diamond IN tho oovtro woo ,,rorrorsino