Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-08
giLvEaroBs Rln FOURTH
OF JULY CELEBRATION.
sILvERToN. JULY. 4. 1901.

Fair and bright rose the sun over
the mountain tops this morning
F, Never has the weather been better.
Truly. the little old man who has such
| important matters in hand Is better
tempered than he was last year. Pos
sibIy because there are so mnny Du-
rangoans up here. The town is Just
full OF them. Don't tell any OF the
Silvertonians. however. 1t might hurt
their feelings Then there are the
Telluride people. too.
Crowd oh, my The regular
all sorts and conditions kind. Con
| sequently. II is extremely entaining
on account OF its variety
Last evening the people began to
pour into the city from the mining
goodly number came up from Durango,
while 90 arrived on the mornings
| special from the same place.
At IL o'clock last night there was a
regular connonade OF hrecrackers.
That was to inform the public that
July fth, 1901, had come. Then ev-
eryone went to sleep until morning.
Silvcrton's general appearance is
Ia much improved since last year. A
great deal OF building has been going
on. Add to these new erections
those already on the ground. Put up
yards and yards Of bunting. hundreds
of flaRs. border the streets with trees.
II II is night. turn on the electric
lights and fireworks. II day. turn on
the sun. and you have an imposing
spectacle.
The fun began this morning with
the parade. Along about $3.50 the
sound of the drum caused people to
rush toward Main street. but It was a
false alarm. The Salvation army was
holding "A meeting.
So far as the "Allegorical Process
ion was concerned. | believe II was n
Joke At any rate. the parade was
very good The order-well that's
not 70 important. anyway. as what It
consisted Of
The Indians were great Fooled
them from the genuine article AT n
distance The kodak iicnd was very
much at large all day--took several
snap shots. Prominent among these
was the Denver Post correspondent.
who went around with two kodnks and
n big red necktie. Some OF his pie
lures surely ought to be good.
The car In whic the goddess of lib
erty Miss McNutD rode. was very
prettily decorated adding to the ef-
feet of the whole. One very notable
feature Of the parade was the float
containing Ave women who spent the
winter OF 1874 In the San Juan They
were Mesdamcs Earl. Cotton. Harwood.
Aspaas and J. Lambert. The con
veyance was driven by Frank Har-
wood. the first male child born ia the
| San Juan.
The knights Of Pythins. of course.
made n fine showing. while the Silver
| ton band furnished music for the oc-
casion. The float containing the
| school children must not be ommit.
ted
This afternoon honors were divid
| ed. Some OF the pleasure.seekcrs
pioneers only, went on an excursion to
Eureka. while others remained In Sil
other such matters.
Five carloads of pioneers pulled ont
for Eureka. with Just one or two luck,
individuals who were allowed to &c
nlong why. It is beyond the write
to state. Fun Everyone was out
for good time and he and she had It
II is pleasant trip from Slyerton to
Eureka at any time. but taken In com
pany with such enthusiastic pleasure
seekers as the pioneers made it doub
ly delightful
The band went along and when the
stopped playing to rest themselves. tn
crowd sang, and those who couldn 3
sing tried II, anyway, The few peo
pie left at home came to their doors
to see what the noise was about o.
course. the pioneers waved at every
one they passed. Later. when there
was no one left. they waved Mt tho
rocks and the trees. One woman
capped the climax by waving energet
ically at n train of burros who didn'
pay a bit of attention to her efforts Il
attract them.
Reaching Eureka the party was wei
coined with blasts that made the hill
revorberate again. The party the,
repaired TO shady grove where bi
platform had been erected. Refresh
ments were served. Hon j. C. Bel
made speech which was receive
with enthusiastic applause. Then tn,
band struck up waltz and soon IN,
platform was filled with gliding fg
ures. After several dances. the
Home. Sweet Home waltz was play
ed. the pioneers loaded Themselves
into the cars and the return journey
was made.
The excursion to Eureka did no
seem to cut any figure with the GROVE
at the race track where several thou
sand assembled to witness the events
of the afternoon. The grand stand
was filed to overtiowing In short or
der, society turning out enmasse rb,