The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-09-11

troubles and trials OF the early pion-
GERS and the magnificent results OF
their labors. He showed where Kan
sas is leading the world, not only in
it's production of the things which 60
to create wealth. but in the produc-
ton of men. In fact he talked Kan
sas, and that is always q popular
topic with Kansas crowd. Unfor.
tunately. the judges throat was Civ
ing him trouble aud he was compelled
to bring his remarks to a close more
quickly than he expected. His audi
ence was greatly pleased with his
speech and regretted that he was COM
PEELED to cut it short.
After little more music the ball
game was called. 1t had been ex-
pected that the Larned boys would be
down, but at the last minute they tele-
graphed that they could not come.
The Prsttburg boys were on hand
and, animated by the spirit of the
martyrs of early days, they agreed to
become a sacrificial Offering to the
Belpre nine. The score at the end of
the fifth inning was 10 to 8 in favor Of
Belpre when the game was called to
permit the other features of the day
to have the field. The boys from the
south we're really the victors in the
ball contest when the difficulties they
labored under are taken into consid-
Grafton, as they were compelled to
complete their nine from the visitors.
The principal feature of the sports
was the trick bicycle riding by "Bos-
ton Merrill" This gentleman is a
professional trick rider and when on
the stage draws n salary of $3.50 per
week. He has q ranch near Belpre
where he is spending q few weeks and
very kindly agreed to help in the en-
tertainment and donated his services.
Lack of space forbids a detailed ac-
count Of his wonderful skill, but we
will mention few of his feats. He
rode single wheel, standing on the
pedals, which were attached direct
to the axle, climbed a stair to a plat
form ten feet above the stage, jumped
off, landed on the wheel and rode
away. Riding full wheel he turned
a somersault over a table. While
riding he took his machine apart,
threw the frame aside and continued
on the hind wheel; again riding a full
wheel he crawled through the frame of
his machine, etc. This was the most
marvellous exhibition of the kind ever
seen in this county.
The horse race, quarter mile dash,
was won by a Macksville horse, with
August Petersen's horse second.
There were three entries in the BIZ
cycle race, which was won by Bert
Cocker.
The slow mule race was lots of fun
and was won by Tennie Hager. There
were three starters.
The ladies of the two churches were
untiring in their efforts to please the
crowd which thronged their booth,
and that they were successful Is dem
Onstrated by the fact that they cleared
over $50. The ladies in charge were
Mesdames Weber Wait, McKibben,
Hardy, and the Misses Ingraham,
Colyer and Lunz. They were ably
assisted by Noah Wagner and John
Lunz. To the latter gentleman a large
part OF the success Of the whole affair
was due, for he was indefatigable In
his labors from the beginning of the
planning of The entertainment until
the last plank was restored to the
lumber yard after everything was
over. The last feature of the enter.
tainment was the moonlight dance,
which was enjoyed by large party
OF jolly young people who had such a
good time that many of them are a
little uncertain as to whether they
reached home before Sunday or not.
We regret that lack of space COM
pels Us to give but short mention of
this notable event, and in closing we
wish to congratulate the oommitte,
Messrs McKibben, Donavan, Hardy,
Lunz and Harrison, on this their first
effort at entertaining the county.