Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-07-08
THE FOURTH IN CUSTER.
Large Crowd From Neighboring Towns
and Country Celebrated the Event
in the Pioneer City.

and Country Celebrated the Event
in the Pioneer City.
The celebration in Custer on the
Fourth was quite elaborate, and we are
pleased to state that it was carried out
to the satisfaction and enjoyment of all
The town was crowded with visitors
from neighboring towns and surround
ing country who came to celebrate with
us. The morning dswned beautiful and
clear, and the cooling breeze that pre-
vailed rendered the day pleasant and
enjoyable. The only disagrseable feat.
ure was slight shower between three
and four o'clock in the afternoon, and
the accident on the ball ground in the
evening during the reproduction of the
destruction of the Russian fleet"
When the first rays of the morning
light ushered in the day the people were
awak tened by the firing of giant powder
and the discharge ofsmall fire arms. At
1890 o'clock the parade was formed on
Seventh street, marched up Custer Aven-
ue and Fourth street and then counter.
marched to the grand stand on Fifth
street in the following order: Custer
Cornet Band, Co. l, South Dakota Ma
tional Guards, General Steele Post No.
"a, q. A. R., citizens in carriages, etc
At the grand stand the audience was en-
tertained by brief, but pertinent ad-
dress by Hon. Ed. i. Grantham, and
music by the Custer Cornet band which
constituted the exercises for the fore
noon.
After dinner the time was devoted to
games and sports in the order of their
announcements upon the program ofthe
day. The ball game was called at l:3O
and proved to be quite interesting, The
two mines were made up by young men
Of the town and were termed Custer
Originals" and Pick Ups" The "Orig.
inals" team was composed Of Ray Rogers,
Fred Heidepriem, Jr., Fred Klingbeil
Ernest Fee, George Wells, Roy Putnam,
Helmer Bostrom, Charles Sager and
HOLE Phillips. The Pick Ups" team
WAS composed of William Courtney, Jr.,
Frank Garlock, Joseph Kubler, Jr.,
Eugene Courtney, Carl Kubler, Ralph
McHoes, Roy Smith, Frank Olds and
Ed. Flynn. The game resulted in a
victory for the Pick Ups" by score OF
5 to ,. Judge Fesy umpired the game.
The pony race came next The names
OF the horses running and winners OF
first and second prizes we're: Maxey,
owned by Thomas Richardson; Grey
Beard, owned by w. A. Nevin; and a
horse owned by Ernest Bellemore, the
name of which we failed to ascertain.
In this race Maxey won first prize, $50,
and Grey Beard second, $500.
Then came the horse race with four
entries. The horses in this race were
owned by Frank Avant Of Hermosa,
Thomas Richardson, Jack Shaulis, and
John Sidey. The first prize, $4,000,
went to Mr. Avant, and the second, $40,
to Thomas Richardson
The next thing on the program was
the hub and hub race This race was
run by two home teams called big" and
Little Five. The Big Five won by a
narrow margin, prize $1,000. Ernest
Fee was captain of the big" and Fred
Heidepriem, Jr., of the Little" Five.
The 100 yard foot race was won by
Carl Kubler who took the prize of $500,
and Fred Heidepriem second, $3.50.
The slow mule race was won by James
Thompson, the prize being $3.50. There
were five entries in this race.
In the novelty race the winner Of the
first prize was Edward Rogers, and Tony
Miller second.
The Calathumpians appeared upon the
scene about O'Clock. This combination
of far fetched characters, embracing in
its make up nearly every known ridicu-
lous type of humanity, was conceded by
all to have been one of the best features
on the program and was greatly enjoyed
by all. An adequate description of the
various characters would require more
space than we have at our disposal.
The reproduction of the destruction of
the Russian fleet took place on the ball
grounds just after dark. This feature of
the program was an invention of WILDER
Todd, and was carried out with vim
and spirit that made it seem quite
dramatic and real.
The festivities wound up with grand
ball at the opera house in the evening,
which was well attended, and was in
every respect pronounced success.
The band boys, under whose auspices
the celebration was conducted, are de-
serving of much credit for the success of
the occasion, which may be attributed
to the fact of the rapid succession of the
different features, no perceptible drag
occurring from the commencement to
the close. Taken in all its details Gus.
ter's celebration was grand success.
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The following law was passed by the
1908 legislature: "Be it enacted by the
legislature of South Dakota that every
person who sells, gives away or furnish