Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

Mountain Home made good on
its Fourth of July celebration. The
weather was propitious; the sun |
shone brightly, but the temperature
was not excessively high, gentle
breeze was blowing and in the
shade it was delightfully."- cool and
pleasant. There was big crowd
in town, the hills, plains and
valleys having emptied themselves
of people, who were here to join in
the celebration. And the prettiest
picutre of all, the most interesting
of all, was the girls dressed in
white, hundreds of them.
The town was decorated every
where, with our national colors and
colors that are not national. Deal
ers sold out their stocks of bunting
and crepe paper of red, white and
and blue by Monday night, and
those who started to do the beauti-
flying business Tuesday, had to take
what they could get.
THE PROCESSION.
There was not the uusal long de-
lay in getting the performance
started. Cannon crackers awoke
the town early and so there
was no laggards to occasion a
a wait. The floats and carriages
were at the court house promptly at
O'Clock, and it was only few
minutes past ten when the march
began, over the route previously an
nounccd.
; The procession was headed by the
Mountain Home Silver Cornet band,
: diked out in the natty new uni
, forms of blue, received only the day
before. Then came the Liberty car,
with Miss Bell Locknan as the
Goddess, who looked the part, sur
rounded by bevy of young girls,
, representing the states; the Idaho
. float, Miss Mamie AXE, a native
I daughter, typical attractive product
6 of the Gem of the Mountains, rep
resenting the state, surrounded by
q twenty-one small boys, represent
ing the counties; carriages with
= county and village officers; Women
6, of Woodcraft; float on which was
: a home made sugar beet as big as g
@ COW; Electric company's float, OF
handsome design and skillful execu-
ton; Fletcher & Co. Idaho Com
mercial company; L. c. Barrett
& Co.. w. H. Dudley dressed as {
clown in Roman chariot, driv'
ing the handsomest team in Idaho,
]. H. Garrett's imported Oldenburg
L stalliors; floats of ]. w. CALDWELL
w. D. Goehring and The Racket
citizens in decorated carriages, At
torney Howie's being a mass o
n roses; grading outfit of the G. w
n B. S. Co., a dozen or more scrap
& res, bearing two banners, on ont
l. of which was inscribed: 1--WE ar,
going for Lime Creek" on thu
IS other: ''We Will Build Higl
l. Prairie Reservoir Plug uglie
/, portraying jay band; more car
lc riages.
|. There were about fifty vehicle
i'd in the pr ocession, which extende'
IL five blocks, as was demonstrate
re when it doubled at the Hote
lie Turner corner, encircling one blocl
is entirely and reaching down an
a. other. w. A. Reynolds was mar
r shall assisted by ]. d. Whit
son, both mounted, handle
Of the long marching column and tn
t. crowd without hitch.
o. LITERARY EXERCISES.
a The literary and musical feature
le were presented from the commo
In dious band stand in the park, tn
crowd being comfortably seated o
es benches in the shade of trees. TIL
IL program was opened with praye
ne by Rev. Mr.. Bowles. Clarence Mar
IN ion read the Declaration of Inde
e. pendence very impressively. Kai
IN Paine, rising young attorney {
Boise, delivered the oration, whic
ISL was characterized by good taste an
nd common sense. He was introduce
Il late in the program, when tn
oi crowd was beginning to think {
III luncheon and he wisely refraine
Il. from OBTAINING them. He made
y, good talk and created a most favor
lic able impression.
IS The exercises were intersperse
with music by the band and vocal S,