The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-30
Labor Day Celebration to Eclipse
Anything in that Line Ever
Attempted In the County.
MUSIC AND SPORT GALORE.
Several Hundred Dollars In
Prizes Will be Awarded for
Races and Other Sports.

In Baraga. The only thing that
might happen to mar the pleasure
Of the day would be unfavorable
weather. The members of the local
Longshremen s union have been un-
firing in their efforts the past
three or four weeks to perfect a
program that will be the best and
most enjoyable yet arranged for
like celebration ever held in the
village or in the county. 1t will be
something different from the usual
Fourth Of July celebrations. In
fact a perfect carnival of music and
sport will be the order of the day.
There will be at least four bands in
town todiscourse excellent music, in
Guiding the famous Calumet &
Hecla organization.
The days program will begin
with parade, which will no doubt
be interesting and worth going
many miles to witness. In the line
Of march will be the following or
CARNATIONS;
First Division-The Baraga and
visiting fire departments, town
officers, etc., headed by the Calu-
mot e. Hecla hand
Second Division-Hancock Local,
No. 119, 1. l.. A., headed by the
Quincy band.
Third Division-Lake Linden Lo-
cal, No. 254, l. L. A., headed by the
Lake Linden City band.
Fourth Division-Local No. so,
/. L. A., of Baraga; Local No. 43s,
Cigarmakers Union, OF Baraga, and
other societies, headed by the Ish-
peming City band.
Immediately after the parade
there will be an address by Henry
G. Barter, Of Detroit, secretary and
treasurer OF the International
Longshoremen's association.
The sports OF the afternoon will
begin with a Chippewa Indian war
dance. This will no doubt be in
teresting to many visitors from
outside the county who have never
witnessed a performance OF this
nature.
After the war dance horse racing
will be in order,
1t appears there has been some
little dissatisfaction as to the APP
portionment of the prizes for the
horse races, but the committee has
finally decided to offer three prizes,
$50, $50 and $40, in the -for-all
trot and pace. Three or more
horses must be entered, and all
horses must have been in the county
ten days previous to entry. There
will also be running races, for suit
able prizes, to intermingle with the
heats of the trotting race.
An entrance fee OF s. must be
paid to the secretary Of the com
mittee, W. Graham, for all horses
desiring to compete.
Several hundred dollars in prizes
have been hung up for races and
athletic events.
Sports of the afternoon will in.
clude the following:
A wheelbarrow race for men, from
Pennock avenue, south. First
prize, Sc; second, 81; third, 81.
One-hundred-yard dash, from Pen
mock avenue north. First prize, s.
second, 50.
Dog race, from drug store north
First prize, 81; second, ~.
Fat Mems race, from Town Hal
east. First prize, So. second, SO.
An event which cannot fail t
excite interest and produce .merri
ment will be tug of war between
the visiting longshoremen AM
members Of the Baraga Local, whicl
will take place opposite the Tow
Hall for a prize Of $l5.
The committee having the cele
bration in charge, and to who's
efforts its success will be mostl
due, is composed Of J. ~. Marklt
w. Graham, J. G, Loud, Ed. Robi
lard and Joseph Boivin.
! Last, but not the least enjoyabl
event on the days program will
the grand ball in the evening, to
held at Grandville Hall by Locs
Union, No. 80, international Ions