The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
A SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION.
BIG CROWD IN ATrENANcE.
lssAdiaE ~ D~elarasien ~ gaaspsndenre
oFatiea hs ssanfsF ifsybaFn fiaii
t1nmss, tasaa Raeas. Athletic sports
ana Rirewerhs. FeasaFss % sias ilay.


we're crowded The Northern Pacific
ran two trains from Spokane aud
brought Ia about 500 people while the
electric line ran ffteen trains each
way and brought over 2. 600 people 20
coenr d'Aisne. During the day the
llne handled 1900 passengers, the
gEeatest humber 10 any one day since
lie completion.
Tho program opened With muaie
b. Doble's band and this Was follow
ed By the reading Of the DESIGNATION
Of Independents By Rev. n. n. BowDe-
Senator HeybuT was then introduced
and delivered = patriotic speech 70 the
large crowd that had assembled ~
Blackwell park TO witness tha ccre.
monies aud participate IN the cele.
hFatiou. The senator IL an eloquent
and forcefai taIkes aud held the Close
atsntion o. his andianos throughout
bic remarks.
The day Vas an ideal oBs for q
celebration and the crowd was estimat-
ed ~ from I. 600 70 {, GOO. was one Of
the most orderly crowds we have ever
seen aud bat one arrest was made dur.
ing the day for drunkenness oF disord
asiy conduct and that wAs a aauaw
who had imbibed TOO much frswuter.
The cFowd @eeaisl 10 enioy the eel.
ehratioa aud al seFe ont for q good
time
Tho general COMMITTEES did their
uafk sell and there is Vefy little
Csune Tor criticisms. Genree Childers
uas oiii0er Of the day. FoiiowiuE
Il report al the sporia with the
uanact - prise winneFa
IN ,he 100 yard dash for men ihe
firrs prtge aas ppa ID AFthar Peter.
san, second ~ Fred Farr.
Sack rare for boys under tuelve
yanFE, tbs lirst prize ana taken BY
Edward klchaEi, second % Aaetin
Newell.
The potato race waa one u The usost
Interesting Of the eames. the arss
prize aas son - Mcmillan. second
By Ansiin Neuell
The ZOO yard dash for boys under
twelss years vas nen ~ Edward
Richars iirst prize. Donald McPhoe
ascgnd
Fff,y yard dash for Firls vas Won
BY Hazel Skinner Who took nrst
I prize, second was divided betwecu
Hazel Marshal and Elena Wilson.
F The broad jump without weights was
son by Rag Peterson. Who cleared 10
/ fest . inches
E The running broad jump uas won
BY Ray Peterson, distance 1 feet
+ inches
Tho running high jump waa won by
y. 4. wnndeFlich. distance four feet
tcu inches.
4 In the 500 yard pony race there
we're seven entries. the prize winners
being ilrt the puuy Of Sam Curtcn.
the sccund by tieorge Prices pony.
la tho quarter mile saddle horse
race free for all without track record.
thcro we're Eve entries. two of which
were barred by the committee for var
ious reasons which uero stated 10 The
owners at The time. The winner Of
the iirst honey was brown Girl owned
by lease Cooper and second by Nellie
owned by jacob Christensen. There
saa some diapute Ia this race over
tho barring 81 Mau1e hy the commit
( tee aud she Was entered under pro-
iest. coming IA second Under these
circumstances the committee decided
that Nellie was winner Of the second
+ money.
There we're three entries Ia the 500
yard bicycle race for boys, the ilrst
prize being taken by William Roche
and The second by Eddie Kaesemeycr.
The tug Or war between Occur a.
Aleae and vieitora resulted in tho
breaking Of the rope aud an equal
division Of The prize.
There we're seven entries In the
contest for che hidden treasure the
first prize being won by Harry Sc
graves aud the second by Bolln Farr.
The prizes we're buried in a pile Of
sawdust and It WAS case Of dig with
hands
Tho prize for catching the creased
pig was taken By Phillips.
4 Tho ball game between tho Rath
drum aud Occur d'Alene juniors ia
The forenoon resulted IN victory
for the Rathdrum boys, the score be.
ing s 90 /.
During the afternoon the Occur a..
Acne and Rathdrum teams played an