The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-07-03
Promise Of a Glorious Time the Weather
Permitting
With ALL KINDS OF SPORTS
To Anse the GuestsBase Ball. Races, Balloon Ascension
and in the Evening Fire Works--Ar the Stores to be
Closed and the Day Generally Observed

The committees in charge of the
various amusements constituting the
program tor the big celebration to-
morrow have practically completed
their work, and II the weather Will
permit, kallspell will witness the
greatest celebration in her history
With one or two exceptions, all who
signed the subscription list have Civ
en- the amount promised, and the
financial part Of the celebration is
all right. and thu program will be
carried out as originally ADVERTISED
with the exception that Prof. Nelson,
the celebrated aerOnOut will make
his ascension from the fair grounds
at O'Clock instead of from Main
street at $50. The horse racing,
baseball, street sports and fireworks
will all he SafsSeds out to the letter
and all visitors who are thinking OF:
coming to- Kalispeal can be sure that
they viii get their moneys worth,
and then some. The citizens in gen
eral, and the business men IN partic-
ular have taken a cOmenda|ble Inter
est in the affair, and the various com
mittees have worked hard for the
success that is assured if the weather
man viii only hold off the rain until
some future time. The stores of the
city will be closed throughout the
day, while the butcher shops will
close thei1 doors at ten o'clock in the
morning. Everybody is going to get
out and celebrate, and there will be
nothing doing but fun from early
morning until late at night. Main
street will be the center of interest
in the forenoon, as the footraces, and
fire department races will be pulled
off there. Company H of the Mon
tana National Guard, will give an eX-
hibition drill, and the city band.
aided by the famous Weeds drum
corps will furnish plenty of music.
The sports will commence with a
hub and hub race between the differ
ent fire companies for a purse of SIS.
The chemical fire engine recently
added to the department will also
take part and an exhibition will be
given of its fire fighting ability.
The next will be a 100 yard foot
race, for purse of $25, SIS to the
winne~ and $40 to the second contest
ant There will be numerous entries
for this event, and an exciting con-
test is expected. Several fast men
will enter and try and pick up lit
tie easy Fourth of July money.
This will be followed by 60-yard
dash for girls IA years old and under,
which is expected to be one of the
features of the day. The winner will
be given a handsome prize. The
bands will be in attendance and will
render selections throughout these
events.
At the fair grounds at / o'clock will
be commenced what is expected to
be the best game of ball ever played
in Kalispell, between the kalispell
Blues and a team of railroad men,
managed by Charley Whitfield. The
latter has selected the best players
from various points along the Great
Northern Railway, and has a team
which he claims is able to defeat any
tAiuS III Tic SlolC. 1hC IJiuSo Aos sS
been strengthened for the occasion.
and the game will be hotly contested
from beginning to end and will alone
be worth coming miles to see. A
purse of $50 will be given the wining
team.
After the ball game, the races will
be held. commencing with a half
mile running race, best two in three,
for a purse of $50. divided $40 to the
first and 500 to the second. This will
be followed by a half mile dash, for
a purse of $40.
Then will come the racing event
of the day, twenty mile running
race, five horses, one rider to change
horses every mile. for purse of
5000. This race is one that always
arouses more enthusiasm than any
other kind, and in this instance
strings of the best horses on the res
ervation have been entered, insuring
contest that will be exciting from
start to finish. The conditions of
the race are that each entry must
consist of five horses, to make the
race one man must do all the riding
and horses to be chosen every mile
The riders dismount while on the
move and the scene at the post is