The Delta independent., 1906-07-06
THE EAGLE SCREAMED.
Delta did Justice to the Great
American Day Of independence.
Good Crowd and Good Time.

The Fourth of July, 1906, dawned
bright and pleasant and early in the
day it could be seen that large crowd
would witness the sports planned and
enjoy their outing with the people of
Delta. The day was orderly, Mayor
Hunts force of marshalls having little
to do but, watch the sports and join in
the crowd that enjoyed themselves from
early morn until late at night.
The first event pulled off was quar-
ter-mile bicycle race, Eugene Tremblay
getting first place and Ben Penley, sec
ond. Next hundred yard foot race
interested the spectators and Bob Will
cox managed to gain first place over
Ross Conklin in hard earned run. In
the egg race, Chas. Purcell and L. La
pier were winners and in the burro race
Pearl Midas burro carried off first
money, with VIM. May second and Lon
ME Smith third. A quarter-mile bicy-
Gle race with Tremblay again winner
and E. Holcraft, second. was the fol-
lowing number. Another guarter-mile
bicycle race for youths under twelve
resulted in J. Garrison, first, F. Fowles,
second, and Harry Gibbs, third. A
fifty-yard foot race for boys under Is
gave Leslie Conklin a chance to win
first place and VIM. Girardet, second.
Another one of the same distance for
boys under twelve resulted in F. Fok-
les, first, E. Kiplar, second and L.
Lewis. third. A girls race of fifty
yards was another event and Pearl
Christianson won first, Ethel Van Bib
Der and Winnie Castle second and third.
Another one-eighth mile bicycle race
gave Tremblay another opportunity to
pull down the money which he did, with
Bob Wilcox as second. In the tug of
war between the Modern Woodmen and
the Woodmen of the World, the Mod
erns came out victorious, winning the
purse of $1,000.
At three-thirty the Delta boys, sup
plemented by majority contingent
from Surface Creek, crossed bats with
Olathe and the tale can but be told in
mournful dirge. The score by innings,
was as follows and was only another
feather in the cap of Olathe, who is
winning more games on the Slope this
year than any other one team!
Delta 0 o 0 o % o
Olathe o 20 u 4 % 0 0 9
Some of the playing on the part of
the home team was rotten. Olathe put
up an errorless game and played with
their usual push until the last inning
when they let Delta run in two scores.
Bob" Ewing, of Denver acted as UNI
pire and his work was very satisfactory
throughout. A big crowd attended the
game and all seemed satisfied with the
playing except that the home team lost.
One of the best features of the day
was the carpet" dance held on the
street in the evening. A large canvas
was provided by the committee and the
street, swept clean, was covered with
it. The Delta orchestra furnished the
music and all who wanted to dance
could do so by SIMPLY obtaining pard.
ner. The music lasted until midnight
and everyone voted the affair success.
.Delta's next big time will be in Au.
gust, when the Woodmen of the World
will have three days log rolling. One
of the best programs ever provided has
been arranged for on these days and it
will be safe venture to attend as the
Woodmen have reputation of doing
things right.
All Boys Summer Suits at COST al
HowARps.