The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
JULY 3--4 AT CHALLISI

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The celebration at Challis COM
menced on the morning of July
Bird at 10 o'clock with the follow
ing foot races. The day was
clear and warm and excellent for
out door sports.
FOOT RACES.
The foot races, which were
very interesting, took place on
Main street, at 10:30 o'clock a.
M, July 3rd. as follows
Race for boys not over 8 years
30 yards-Leonard Holzel, 1st;
John Adams. End.
Race for girls not over 15-Is-
abella Boyd, 1st;Lillian Sullivan,
2nd.
Three Legged race, so yards.
Owen Swift and John Carr, LIST;
Will Leaton and Guy Bradbury,
End.
Sack race, 30 yards-Will Lea
ton, 1st; Frank Collier, End.
Race for girls not over $50
yards-Ruby Wilkinson, 1st;Eva
Mason, 2nd.
Race for boys not over 15-5O
yards-Franklin Cameron, 1st;
Fred McKendrick, End.
Barrel race-50 yards-Wm.
Cleveland, 1st; Willie Cameron,
End.
Mems foot race, 100 yards
VIM. Cleveland. 1st; Owen Swift,
End.
BASEBALL GAME.
At 2:30 o'clock p. M, the ball
game at the race track, for a
purse of 5000. was commenced
between the Challis and May
clubs. 1t was d closely contest
I ed game, the Challis boys win
ming out in nine innings by the
following score
Challis. lis......................15 Is
May 10
Time of game:-Two hours and
thirty minutes.
Umpire-Challis-F. A. Reed.
4" -May-Chris. Carlson.
Scorer-Challis-M. NJ. Sweet.
.. -May-Frank Collier.
Ball players-ChaIlis Club
Swift, Carr, Keyes, F. Blume,
Morse, Bowen, Breyer, Maelzer,
]. Blume. Honey, Sub.
May Club-John Calvin, Rose,
Brown, Jas. Calvin, Hallaran.
Shannon, Nickerson, Cleveland.
Cochran.
THE DANCE.
The ball on the night of the
3rd closed the events of this day.
1t was pleasant party and was
also largely attended. as were
all the events of the 3rd.
THE FOURTH.
The grand National day was
ushered in at daybreak with the
boom of anvils. The 4th of July
is the grandest holiday of the
year, and a day that the people
of America love to observe. A
few thoughts relative to the 4th
of July will not be out of place.
The ink on the Declaration of
Independence is now so faded
that. to preserve it at all, this
great document has to be kept
in darkness. The thought ever
to keep in our minds, both on
the Fourth of July and every
other day in the year, is that
though the letter may fade the
spirit that impelled the signing
hands shall remain alive. There
is no magic quality about the
Declaration of Independence un-
less it represent thoughts and
ideals maintained by deeds. and
there is no power in that one
declaration to hold a nation to-
gether unless the spirit of that
declaration goes onward and
through each succeeding genera
ton so that by the voice of every
new burden-b bearer in our nation
al life the voice of the great men
dead yet can speak.
In fact, if we believe in evolu-
ton and progress in the worlds
affairs, the thought of the high
stand which the fathers took
should prompt the sons to see if
| it does not yet remain for them
to utter broader, fuller, COM
pleter declaration than was pos
sible at the end of the eighteenth
century.
The old Declaration was polit-
ical; the new Declaration must
be social. We are not now called
upon to denounce foreign tyranny