Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-07-06
GLORIOUS FOURTH.
A SUCCESS NOTWITHSTANDING
INDICTMENT WEATHER.

INDICTMENT WEATHER.
The Eagles May Well Claim Credt--They Pa
raded in a Rainstorm Accompanied by that
Equally Valiant Organization. the Woodmen
The Programme Carried Out Nearly as
Possible Under Adverse Circumstances.
The weather on the third was ideal,
overcast without rain. The city had
already put on holiday attire when
the day-god began his course, and
soon after dawn crowds of people be
gan to appear on the streets, and a
stream of surging humanity was visi-
BILE at all points OF interest during the
whole day.
The entertainments opened with a
band concert i'll Sylvester Park, at 8
o'clock, and large crowd of people
gathered to listen to the patriotic
strains which for an hour constituted
a sea OF enhancing melody. Soon as
the band closed it's concert rush was
made for the arena corner Of Fourth
and franklin streets, and it was not
long before the long tiers of seats
fronting three sides of the block were
thronged with people. and a thousand
or more filling standing room at the
unenclosed end. There were probably
$500 people who witnessed the saw
down contest, with an overflow at va
riOus other minor points of interest.
The prize of $3.50 had brought to-
gether some of the best timbermen on
the Sound, and although five teams
had entered, only two appeared to con-
test for the prize, owing to the reputa-
ton of the men who appeared for an
exhibition of skill and strength. Hen.
ry Bode and Frank Getzen, of McIn-
tosh's camp in Mason county, consti.
tuted one of these, and Henry Smith
and Ham DOMAIN, of Kamilche, the
other. The first team finished the
saving of a section from an upright
log AZ inches in diameter from a one
board height, in 5 min. 40a seconds;
the second accomplished the feat in
5 min. 81 seconds-winning by "a
seconds.
In the afternoon, after luncheon,
the arena seats were again filled to
watch the start and finish of the
round-the.block relay race. Three
teams entered, one from Yelm and
two from this city. The first, team
of four, was the starting team, fol-
lowed by the Yelm team of three, and
again followed by an Olympia team of
two. The race was hard one, as the
wind was ahead of the various riders
and served to handicap them in the
matter of making time. The Yelm
team won by short margin, crossing
the mark in AZ minutes fiat. This
team was composed of Roy Mckenzie,
Milan Wright and Joel Melvin. The
team composed OF E. B. Raymond and
George Avery was second, in 42:1l,
and third came the team composed OF
Harry Phipps, Fred. Cotter, Gregg
Hildebrand and J. Sumpter, in 42 :l5.
A quarter mile dash for boys under
16 was won by Willie Yeager. The
other wheel races scheduled for the
Third were postponed to the 4th, as
several of the contestants had been
"winded" by participation in the relay
race.
The days festivities closed with a
grand ball at the Armory--and it wds
grand in point of manifestation 600
participating, as we'll as for thorough
enjoyment. For time the bars and
conventionalities of social life seemed
to be relaxed and all were intent upon
having "good time."
The earliest seconds OF the ever-glo.
rious fourth were ushered in by the
booming Of cannon. From midnight
until dawn the roar of artillery was
spreading the glad tidings of the birth
of Freedom to degenerate people,
superintendent by George c. Israel and
Elias Dwyer, two Republicans who
have not yet lost their love for Inde-
pendence Day from the drift of their
party towards Imperialism.
At ten o'clock the bicycle parade
took place. About 20 wheel men and
women, and wheel boys and girls were
in line, despite the fact that showers
during the night had made the track
somewhat muddy. This fact deferred
quite number from appearing on pa
rade. The prize for the most original
gentlemen's decoration and attire
went to Ross McMurray, who with his
wheel was entirely draped in moss,
looking like an imaginary Robinson
Crusoe on wheels. The character he
personated, however, was "The Moss
back"
Queenie Knox took the prize for her
personation of "Pocahontas," and the
most original ladies' wheel in the pro-
cession.
The best dressed ladies' wheel was
ridden by Lottie Knox, who repre-
sented Goddess Of Liberty" and it
was decorated to represent the en-
blems of the Fraternal Order OF Eagles.
Little Zenith Ressler, representing
Purity" appeared upon the best dec
grated children's wheel, ridden by a
girl under IL years of age, and Her.
bert johnson won the prize for the
same merit accorded to boys of that
age.
Immediately after this feature, came
the civic parade, in which the Wood
men appeared with beautiful float,
surmounted by their billy goat" on
which the membership is supposed to
ride amid the woods on their way to
camp. After them came the Eagles
about $50 strong. in regalia, with their
lodge dog in the lead, as guard to
the magnificent stuffed Eagle, the en-
blem OF the order. significant of the
time when nations shall cease from
warfare, harmony shall dwell among
men and the brute family dwell to-
gether in peace and amity.
The procession was headed by DR..
Riley, Grand Marshal and his aids,
and the Capital City band, and vehi-
cles containing officers OF the day.
Several Of the civic orders were re-
strained from joining the procession
by the threatening rain, and their
surmise of damp time was fully veri-
fed. Simultaneous with the start, a