River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-10

IENEKAI WELFARE ana SECURE the
BLESSINGS of LIBERTY to ourselves
and our posterity, do oRDAIN and
ESTABLISH this CONSTITUTION. /"
The great civil war tested the
strength of the constitution and the
virility of our citizenship. For three
years we have been in the acme of a
new departure-the expansion of
territory and trade. The speaker
closed his address with the following
peroration: "On independence Day
we cast glance backward and say
with Webster The past at least is
secure. We look forward with
trust in God and we know that the
same principles which secured the
past rightly applied will secure the
future also.
If we may believe there is a
natural selection in the political as
we'll as the natural world, if we
are to hold with the most advanced
thinkers of our time that evolution
is not incompatible with God, but
inevitably leads back by an I'M
known path to the very center of
life, if we may believe this we
must believe that the geologic ages
have an intelligent and necessary
connection with our own and that
the age of man may be only stage
of evolution. 1t has taken millions
of years to evolve the rose from
myriads of imperfect forms that
persisted by the way. 1t has taken
uncounted ages TO select all the
objects of nature that TO our sense
proclaim a supreme intelligence.
We can stand on the mountain God
has built for man and looking down
into nature see the shadows cast by
their changes on the rock. If we
could but stand outside of ourselves
and see the purpose in the furious
history of the human race, we might
not know the ultimate goal of politi-
cal aggregations, but we should see
their. trend and we should see
through the fluctuations of history,
the ebb and flow of civilization, the
disastrous cataclysms of society, a
grand rhythmic, ever onward move
ment still bearing man on an indy
ing stream towards perfect justice,
universal brotherhood and everlast-
ing peace.
SPORTS.
In the matter of games, there was
considerable interest notwithstand-
ing the interference Of the rain.
The Flag and Tub races were both
amusing, entered into with zest by
a number of boys. The flag race
was won by Will Huddleson and the
tub race by George Smith. Other
minor sports were enjoyed at the
Park.
BALL GAME.
The ball game between Co. G..
team of Hudson and the River Falls
Blues was played on the Normal
campus at half past three and was a
we'll conducted and we'll played
game. The Blues won the game by
a score of 10 to 2. The purse was
$50.
PRIZES.
Prizes offered for the parade were
awarded as follows: Floats-1st
prize, Tubbs Medicine Co., $500;
I'd prize, Allard, Stewart Co., 81 90;
poorest, John VIM, $500, Best
man and horse, Everett Pomeroy;
So; poorest, Arthur Chapman, $l,00,
Best lodge in line, M. w, A., $500,
Best lady on wheel, Miss Eva White,
$500; I'd best lady on wheel, Miss
Myrtle Hendrix, $1.00
DANCE.
The managers of the dance were
handicapped during the afternoon
by the frequent showers which pre-
vented the use of the pavilion for
dancing, as the people needed to
have frequent recourse to shelter.
The dance at night, however, was
successful. There was large and
orderly crowd in attendance and the
music by the Hudson Star Orchestra
was excellent. The dance broke up
at 500 O'Clock, July 5.
The Committee on the Celebration
of the 4th of July are to be generous
" commended for their zeal and ex-
cellent work in their preparations
for the occasion. Had the weather
been pleasant throughout the day
the celebration would have been a
record breaker. AS it was, with
rain half the time, the crowd was
very large and the people seemed
to enjoy the occasion. The orderli-
ness of the crowd was exceptionally
good. Good nature prevailed and
there was manifested throughout a
remarkable and considerate cour-
tesy among the people. The small
boys even controlled themselves to