The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-13
Miners union
SPORT PICNIC
All
GREAT CELEBRATION PLANNED
FOR OBSERVANCE OF UN.
GROUND WORKERS. DAY.
All Kinds Of Events Including Drill
ing Contests, Foot Races, Base Ball
and Foot Ball Games-County
Officials to Complexities
For Everyone-The Com
mittee in Charge,

Up at Miners Union hall today the
men who have charge of the prepare
tions for the big picnic to be held by
the union at Mountain View park, Ana
conda, sat and gazed with delighted
eyes at big roll of posters announcing
the events for the day. The posters
are printed in screaming red letters and
they tell to all who read them, a story
OF the attractions at the picnic, the UNI
derground workers will hold on Miners
Union day. August IS. The posters con-
tain a detailed description of S. events
on long sporting programme. Prizes
of considerable value will be given for
all the contests of skill ana strength in
which the rivals will engage.
The old time honored drilling contest
will find place on the programme; there
will be base ball and foot ball games
and variety of other sports Including
foot racing and kindred contests, and in
addition there will be several contests
that will have a large admixture of the
element of fun.
There will be hundred-yard foot race,
between the county officials Of Silver Bow
and Deer Lodge counties. for which valu-
able money prizes will be awarded. There
Will also be boat race between the coun-
ty officials Of the two counties and in this
event also, there will be bunch of
money hung up to tempt those who are
experts at Aquatic sports. The money
for these prizes has been awarded by
Judge McClernan, Sheriff Furey. Ed Mat
thews. Sam Roberts and other sportively
inclined gentlemen. who occupy places in
the court house in Silver Bow county
and Jack Conley. and large following
Of red hot sports. who are snugly housed
in the court house at Deer Lodge coun-
tvs capital. These exciting events will
come of with eclat that will startle the
natives, If everything goes as is planned.
In addition to the numerous first
prizes there will be a large number CT
second prizes. and in some cases third
prizes have been provided. In fact, it
will be hard to go to the Miners Union
picnic and come away without winning
prize. Altogether about a hundred
prizes will be awarded. There will be a
prize for the best looking man and the
worst looking, the best dressed lady and
the best dressed gentleman, the mar
with the largest family and the one VINO
was married most recently, and Of
course, has no family at all. The oldest
man on the grounds will get prize, and
the baby that Is, in the estimation OF
competent judges who have spent years
at the business. the best looking, will be
given prize. 1t will be great day
for prizes, and the crowd going from
this city to Anaconda will have one OF
the best times ever given the merriment-
loving members of the human family in
Montana.
One train will leave the B., A. & p.
depot at o'clock in the morning, and
another will pull out at 9:40 The trains
returning will leave the picnic grounds
at convenient hours of the evening and
up to as late as midnight.
The following good fellows have
worked hard for the success of the
event. and will wear big badges of the
reception committee, and see that every
one has good time:
Ed Hughes. chairman: w. HI. Eddy,
Mike Mooney, Charles O'Brien. Joe Dill
Ion, Joseph Galloway, John Murtha, F.
K. Boyl. Nicholas Drummy. John Nc
w. McKeon, Michael Dempsey, Robert
Guirk, John Shea, James Cornell, J. J.
Hanley, Frank O'Connor, Thos. Dug
nan. John M. Sullivan and John r.
Murphy.