Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-05
Fourth At Ritzville.

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One of the largest crowds ever assem-
bled in this city was assembled here
Tuesday to celebrate the glorious Fourth
Of July. The weather was fine. the sun
shining brightly all day without cloud
in the blue armament above to cast a
shadow on the joyous spirits of the eel.
ehrationists. Teams began arriving ear.
ly and good citizens we're called from
their beds with the break of day by re.
verherating cannons that shook the
buildings and made sleep impossible,
Decorations were profuse. the eye being
met with blaze Of red. white and blue
the full length of Main street. The
street corners we're strung with stream.
ers Of patriotic colors. Beautiful designs
and effects were carried out in most Of
the stores. Soft drink booths had a
mushroom growth and every vacant
space was filed with lemonade stand.
The small boys we're provided with the
usual number Of new devices for making
noise and the din of popping crackers.
explosive canes. toy pistols and torpe-
does continued Increasingly throughout
the day.
Each Of the morning trains deposited
passengers from Lind and Sprague.
Special officers for the day we're on duty
but no trouble was found with the large
crowd. everyone being peaceable.
Sheriff E. D. ellison was acting mar.
shall of the day in place Of City Marshal
A. J. Coss who is confined to his home
by sickness. At 10 O'Clock the line Of
parade was formed on Main street head.
ed by the Ritzville band. followed by
Mayor. J. w. Lansing and Orator Of the
Day. T. d. Rockwell, of Spokane. in
automobile. They were followed by the
various floats. After the parade the
exercises were given at the opera house.
with the following program: March.
"Stars and Stripes by orchestra. Song.
RED. White and Blue" Miss Kathleen
Hallin and chorus of children. Reading
Declaration of Independence. Miss Bes-
sic Fowler. Song. America" by chill.
dren. Grafton by Hon. I. D. Rockwell.
March. Uncle Sammy" orchestra In
the afternoon the judges on sports pulled
off the racing program as advertised.
with the winners as given below.
The baseball game al ; o'clock In the
afternoon was easily captured by Ritz
vile by score Of 7S to ; against the Voss
Special of Spokane. 1t was a fearful
slugg,ng Of the visiting pitcher coupled
with numberless fielding errors. the
whole team appearing to be up in the air.
The fans lost interest in the game after
the sixth inning but renamed to see the
bucking match which followed the ball
game. At seven o'clock the comic pa.
rade entertained for some time. Both
dances. at rinnell's hall and Cilson's
building were we'll attended. the lovers
of Terpsichore remaining until daylight
the next morning
Following is the list Of prize winners
and events.
Industrial parade.-J. H. Perkins. list;
Tacoma Warehouse and Sperry Nils.
and.
100 yard foot raee.-Jay Bovee. Ist;
Harry Hutchins and.
72o yard foot race.-Harry nutchins
list; Perry Schiller and.
50 yard sack race.-Geo. Meyer. list;
Delmer Schiller. and.
Fat mans race.-Jess Harris Ist: VIM.
Johnson and Aug. Krause tie for and.
Boys race 50 yards under 10 yrs
Dan KLEIN. Ist; Dan Kle,nknecht. Gard
Uranium. tie for and
Boys Race under IS years. VIM. Ros.
eno9. Harley Langford. tie for first:
Fred Koch. and.
Girls race 50 under yards.-Annie
Koch. ist; Oulia Kautz and.
Girls race. 50 yards. under 10 years.
Mary Kl,enknecht. ist; Minnie Geschke
and.
Girls egg race.-Certrude Irby Ist;
Emily Sch,ewe. and.
y Mile bicycle race.-C. J. Silver. list:
Earl Fields. and.
y Mile boys bicycle race.-Lu:her
Lehman Ist: Roy Gibson and.
Farmers buggy trotting race.-Henry
Bauer. Ist: George Meyer. and.
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