Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-10
PROGRAM IS
ANNOUNCED
Twelve Hundred Dollars Subscribed
to Make the Fourth Of July Gel
bration a Success.
EVERYTHING FAST AND FREE
Committee Arranses Attractive Pro-
gram and Appoints sub-com-
mittees to Take Charge.

That Lewistown will magnifcently
celebrate the Fourth of July there is
no doubt whatever, and the following
program is announced:
10:30 a. m.-Address by Judge
Henry C. Smith, Of Helena.
1880 p. m.-Sports. including drill
ing match, automobile race, base ball
game, bucking contest, horse races.
foot races, etc.
to 8 p. m.-High class vaudeville
entertainment in the pavilion.
9p. m. until the dancers tire-Free
dance in the pavilion.
10p m.-Great. display of fire works.
Thursday and Friday last the
finance committee visited the business
men of Lewistown and secured liberal
donations, in almost every instance
finding the, merchants enthusiastical-
ly in favor of the biggest celebration
ever given in the Basin. At this writ
ing the subscriptions aggregate $1,117
and as $35 more is promised and there
are still half dozen to be seen the
total will unQuestionably be $1,000,
insuring ample funds for the carrying
out of the program.
In fact, the only refusal met by the
committee was that of Jacob Holze-
mer of the Day House, who said he
didn't want celebration, had all the
business he wanted and would not
give the committee any support.
On the hill, where the boys now play
ball, will be erected by the commit
tee a pavilion 80 by 100 feet with good
floor for dancing and behind this a
grand stand for the accommodation
of ALL The ball game, races, drilling
match and fire works will all be in
good view Of the pavilion and grand
stand and throughout the day and
night the Lewistown brass band, un.
der the leadership Of Prof. Duclos,
will furnish music.
Liberal purses will be awarded in
the sporting contests, the exact
amounts to be announced later by the
committee having this feature in
charge. A big card will be the auto
mobile race-the first in Central Mon
tana, il not in the state. Messrs. E.
w. King and ]. d. Waite have ex
pressed their willingness to compete
and the contest will be a hummer.
For the fire works 5000 has been
appropriated and the special commit
tee is now in correspondence with
firms which make a specially Of fur
nishing complete materials for great
displays. Set pieces. notices and
balloons will be feature of this part
of the program.
The vaudeville committee has some
exceptionally good talent in sight for
that evening and the ladies and chill
dren can depend upon being furnished
with two hours of rich fun.
Everything fast and free" is the
motto Of the committee and so far as
practicable this will be carried out
The pavilion will be open all the af.
ternoon. as we'll as the evening. and
IL the visitors do not get enough 1t
will be their own fault.
The general committee includes JIal-
sey R. Watson, F. e. Wright, A. q.
Lehman, ]. T. Andrus and w. 8.
Smith and at meeting held Friday
the following subcommittee were
named, to take entire charge of the
features:
Fire works-F. E. Wright. o. w.
Belden and w. d. Symmes.
Pavilion, erection and decoration
w. s. Smith, G. ]. Wiedeman, @. j.
Bach.
Music-J. T. Andrus, L. Duclos, d.
B. Morris.
Sports-A. B. Lehman, w. J. Wells,
d. e. Hemphill.
Vaudeville-H. r. Watson, David
Hilger, d. e. Hemphill.
Speaker, entertainment and intr,-
duction-Judge Cheadle, L. w. Ed
ridge. J. D. Waite.
The following firms and individuals
are the contributors to the celebra.
tom
Montana Hardware Co., $50.
Power Mercantile Co., $50.
Judith Hardware Co., $50.
Chas. Lehman & Co., $50.
Judith Basin Bank, S25.
w. j. Wells & Co., $35.
Fergus County Argus, $25.
Lewistown Commercial Co., $35.
w. w. Kimball, $25.
w. s. Smith, SIS.
A. Hopkins & Sons, $25.
j. e. Pinkley, SIS.
j. w. Kearney, $25.
Bertrand G. Shannon, SIS.
Young & Weydert, $25.
Bernard Mcdonnell, SIS.
d. B. Morris. $40.
Burke & Harvey, $25.
ID. Z. Hemphill & Co., SIS.
Z. +. McKechnie, $40.
Delzell Drug Co., $40.
G. NJ. Stafford, SIS.
Benton Stage Co., $40.
Horace Hill. $25.
Chas. e. Wright, SIS.
Bank of Fergus County, $25.
w. r. Woods, SIS.
Atkins & Jones, SIS.
Louis Landt, SIS.
w. G. Norman, $40.
e. ]. Christie, $40.
Weaver Bros. $25.
Jack White. 81.
Joe O'Neill, SIS.
Phillips & Gibbons, s25.
A. Lipsker. $3.50.
L. N. Duclos, $5.
Andrew Young. S..
w. Miller. S..
r. Schmutz. IS.
Al Inhnunn