Courier Democrat., 1903-08-06
HONOR OLD GLORY.
Ex-Cavalier County Residents Cele-
brated July Fourth.

The relatives and friends of the hun
dred or more Cavalier county families
that have recently settled in the Saska
toon district of the Canadian Northwest
will read with more than a passing in
terest the following letter which tells
of celebration of the Fourth of July
on British soil by as patriotic an as
semblage of Americans as ever crossed
the line. When it comes to the celebra
tion of the greatest day of the greatest
nation on earth we'll bet that none can
turn the trick better than Cavalier
county residents even though in this
instance their title happens to be pre-
fixed with eek. From the date and
post mark. July 10. it would seem that
the mail carrying facilities out there
numbers among the manifold draw
backs the country is burdened with.
Here's the letter:
The loyal citizens of Uncle SANS
territory. who are now located in the
Nations birthday pass without giving
their customary aid to the screaming
eagle and through the efforts oi VIM. II.
Johnston and d few patriotic helpers a
celebration was held at Mr. Johnston~
new huMl" nine miles lorth west OF
Saskatoon iii the good old fashioned
Norti! Dakota style. The people start
ed to gather about eleven o'clock in the
forenoon. an, no time was lost in gett-
ing the ''doing-" started Many and
hearty were the greetings Of old friends
who a year or 50 ago were residents of
Cavalier county and are now settlers
over the Canadian Northwest prairie
and with "reminiscences and the swap
ping OF new experiences the Iir-. part of
the holiday passed happily.
The sports opened with a BAH game
between former settlers from Minnesota
and North Dakota At the end Of nine
innings. which were about a. hard on
the spectators as the PLAYERS. the hicks
whitfield in a .x4 >cantling We're count
ed ana showed that the North Dakota
team We're IN the lead by one. The
score was II to Is. Pony races and foot
races We're all we'll contested but the
funniest oT all was an OK race. two
North Dakota rough riders mounted
bullocks bought from the DCukhobors
Whether George knew more than Russ.
or cussed harder we don't know but the
| laurel wealth waS his
The proceedings We're enliyened bv
the band playing patriotic airs and a
quartette Of imported singers. imported
from the United States. who started
several songs. but generally ended up
with The Good Old Summer Time. =
Meals were served in tent bv Mrs.
Johnston. assisted by several of the
nelghbors and nothing better can be got
at the [. {. T.. or any Of the other
hoeteleries. popularity known by those of
our people from Langdon.
While waiting for supper your scribe
saw some friends come out of the grove
Wlplng their moustaches in a suspicious
manner and by following an old buffalo
trail in that direction found a fine park
with big pile of buffalo bones" and
an old buffalo drinking place. place
like this would be worth fortune on
any farm. AS darkness drew near the
older heads started for home but the
younger people hunted up fiddle, an
organ and snare drum and passed few
glddy hours in an old fashioned farm
dance on the barn floor. George John
ston acted as master of ceremonies. The
dance ended at midnight and wound up
a long to be remembered day. Out of
about 500 people present over hundred
we're former residents of Cavalier county
and among these from near Langdon
were noticed:
William Johnston and family.