Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-06-29
BIGYINEOyTHEFOURTH
Arrangements Have Been Perfected for an
Old-Fashioned Celebration in
Red Lodge.
500 HAS BEEN RAISED
Fine List Of Sports Has Been Prepared
There Will Be a Special From
Billings.

That the city Of Red Lodge will cele-
brate the anniversary of American indie
pendence in manner betitting the oc
caslon is now an assured fact. The
committees on finance and arrangements
have raised about 500 among the busi-
ness men and prepared program that
will doubtless attract large crowds from
the surrounding country. 1t is now Ger
tain that the Billings Baseball club will
be on hand to cross bats with the Red
Lodge team. kilograms received yes
terday from the Magic city are to the
effect that the club of that place will ar
rive here on a special on the morning of
the Fourth and that they will be accom-
panied by 4 large delegation of Billings
people Carbonate viii also send its
ball team, as we'll as its football eleven,
together with a large crowd Ut citizens.
There will also be a general exodus to
the county capital from Roberts and the
Clarke Fork and other places, and the
way il looks now the coming Fourth of
July in this city will witness the largest
crowd of celebrators ever congrcgated III
any one place to make the eagle scream
by given vent to pent-up patriotism
The committee has prepared a varied
and intensely interesting program of
sports and the city will be beautifully
decorated with evergreens and bunting
and flags. It is going to be genuine
ld-fashioned Fourth ofJuly celebration,
one in which young and old alike will
find pleasure and enjoyment, from the
thunderous salute to the morning sun to
the spectacular greeting to the twinkling
stars at night.
The only disappointment felt by the
committee arises through the inability
to secure as the orator of the day that
peerless speaker, Arch Bishop Ireland of
Minnesota. The distinguished gentle
man was invited by Maj. H. J. Armstrong
to come to Red Lodge to deliver the ora
tion and enjoy an outing at the majors
beautiful mountain lakes on the Rose
bishop has accepted an invitation to 90
to the Paris exhibition and deliver the
address at the unveiling of the Lafayette
This week he replied to
Major Armstrong; invitation, writing
from New York as follows:
u received your letter in which YOU
do me the honor to invite me to speak in |
Montana. ] am on the eve of a journey
to Europe, and consequently it will be |
impossible for me to accept your invita- |
ton; but at an rate | would not be able |
to promise you to visit your distant |
state am very busy man and can
not allow myself, but very seldom, the |
pleasure of visiting friends outside of |
~u
On Monday, the committee wired Hon
0. Z. Goddard Of Billings, inviting him
to deliver the Fourth Of July address in
this city. MI. Goddard, however had |
made other arrangements, and in reluct
antly declining the invitation, took oc-
;asion to thank the committee and ex=
press his regrets at not being able to
comply with the request.
Having been unable to secure a speak
7 Of renown from abroad, the commit
ice cast about in local circles for an ora
or and on Wednesday George w Burke
If this city was invited and has accepted
he invitation to make the address.
The complete program for the ce]e=
'ration is published elsewhere in this is
ue of The Picket