Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-09
Amidst the Martial Strains Of the
Crow Indian Brass Band, The Boom
iuk of Cannon and the Bursting
of Fire Crackers.
JUDGE MILBURN ORATOR OF THE DAY

Forsyth fittingly celebrated til e
Fourth of July with appropriate cere-
monies of every kind suitable to the
oc casion. Notwithstanding the disap-
pointment occasioned by the inability
of the Crow Indians to be present on
account Of the heavy rains for the week
previous, the day was we'll filled with
events of interest to all. A large
crowd was present from all over the
county and everyone expressed them
selves as being we'll pleased with the
days attractions.
The exercises were opened with
music by the Crow Indian band fol-
lowed by prayer by Rev. Henry War
man. The Hon. Geo. r. Milbarn of
Helena, was then introduced as the
orator of the day and delivered a most
interesting address, which was atten-
lively listened to by large crowd of
people.
Before beginning his speech Judge
Milburn said there seemed to be some
doubt In the minds of many people as
to the person after whom the town of
Forsyth was named and in order to
make certain as to this point he had
written to General James A. Forsyth,
U. S. A.. (retired) of Columbus, Ohio.
asking if the town of Forsyth had been
named after him and stating that the
town would appropriately celebrate
the Fourth. In reply the following tel
'egram was received:
Columbus, Ohio, July ?, 1908.
Mr.. Justice Geo. r. Milburn,
Helena, Mont.
The town of Forsyth was named for
me. Please present my greetings to
the people of the town and say that I
regret that cannot be with them on
the Fourth.
JAMES A. FORSYTH,
Major General, U. S. A. (Retired)
Judge Milburn referred to the fact
that he had lived in the Yellowstone
valley for the past twenty years and
and was happy to be here to help the
people of Forsyth celebrate on this oc-
cassion, ''the deeds of those faithful
men who offered their lives and their
fortunes that the thirteen little colonies
of Great Britain might be free from
the dominion of the king across the
>'Twenty- five years ago the place
where we now are was a wilderness
Inhabited by wild beasts and unciyi-
lized human beings whose origin no
man knows. Where the SC hoo1
house and church now stand were the
war teepees of the Sioux and Crow
Indians. Where the judge now sits in
the white mans court, the savages sat
in councils of war. Here where was
heard the war cry of fighting red men
is heard music for us today by the ed
ucafed sons of the savages. AS an
outgrowth of the institutions planted
by those brave men who 127 years ago
signed their death warrants when they
put their names to the Declaration of
independence. We have safety here
now-safety both for the aborigine and
for ourselves, the descendants of those
who invaded this country which God
gave first to the simple red man.
Judge Melburn referred to the two
festival days--Christmas and Inie-
pendence day-''w h ch h Americans
most delight to honor" and gave an in
teresting account of the fight for free
dom made by the thirteen original
colonies. In closing his remarks
Judge Milburn said:
''Fellow citizens, we are all Ameri-
cans here today. We lay aside all
those things that in any wise disturb
us or separate us into divisions. We
throw down all party political lines.
We lay aside all the petty contentious
of life, and here thank God with all |