The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-07-11
CELEBRATING
THE FOURTH.
Large Crowd Remained Here
Two Days.

from all the surrounding camps and from
towns at distance. A heavy rain In the
afternoon stopped the base ball game and
prevented the horse races and athletic
sports from being pulled off, but the Wis.
itors were evidently enjoying themselves
and large majority remained over Thurs.
DAY to see the program finished. This
being the case, the people Of Sumpter re.
garded the rain rather favorably.
The procession was creditable one,
considering the fact that II was in no
wise considered one Of the prominent
features Of the day. The liberty car and
Rough Riders were the principal attrac.
tions-the former for the men folks and
the latter for the ladies.
The literary exercises were brief and no
violent objection was raised to this. The
only change from the advertised program
was that }. n. CradIebaugh failed to
show up and Attorney McColloch made
the speech, and he made good one.
Attorney Richards acted as chairman and
Kept the good thing moving along.
In the afternoon the base ball game
with the LaWton team and the rock drill.
ing contest started off together. The boys
were playing good ball and the rooters
were getting warmed up to the regulation
point, when the rain started and the game
was called Of. and draw, the two clubs
dividing the purse.
The rock drilling contest was unuues.
tiorably the event that held the greatest
interest. The rain did not interfere with
it; the contes, held the crowd together in
the grand stand. which became drenched
and many pretty pieces OF millinery were
ruined. There were four teams entered;
Thomas Bessler and Dan Dunn, from the
Grand Trunk; Peter Joyce and Frank
Flannery. from the Greenside; Jack Or.
we'll and Earnest Grembie from the Bo.
nanza; n. Z. Edwards and W. J. J. e..
Smith from the Bald Mountain.
Messrs. parjee, Cupid and Mofitt
acted as judges and MesSrs. Ewing and
Henry as timekeepers. The Grand Trunk
team won easily, boring 3o's inches,
about eight inches deeper than the win.
ners Of the second prize, the Bonanza
team. There was little ceremony In
awarding tine handsome diamond medals
which arrived only that day. Mrs. Brock,
chairman of the committee representing
the ladies OF Sumpter who presented the
trophies, merely pined the medals on the
proud, peTsprlng winners, shook their
hands and made a few pleasant remarks
and the rain continued uninterruptedly.
These medals are Of beautiful design
and each is set with q tine large diamond.
The recipients declared then and there
that they valued them more highly than
they did the $3.50 purse. They have been
sent back 10 Chicago to be engraved.
Paul Pointexter, chairman Of the com.
mittee in charge Of this contest, received
many compliments on the way this prin.
cipal even, was conducted. he WAS
pulled out of bed at 5 o'clock the next
morning 10 receive Large cold bot"
Thursday forenoon, the wrestling
match between Orwell, Of Bonanza, and
Williams, Of San Francisco, which WAS
billed for the previous evening, took place.
A high board fence had been built in front
Of the grand stand, which made 1t neces.
sary to produce for ticket or not See the
match. Orwell won the laurels lost to
Williams a few weeks before, the match
aud the money. They are both game