The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-05

1t is seldom that the people Of Sal
mon are preteed with a more ideal
day for celebration than was the
case the Fourth. At sunrise there
was not cloud in the sky, and the
day continued pleasant until the fes-
ityities were ended in the wee small
hours of Thursday morning. While
it might be called warm yet was not
excessively hot.
Bright and earlyin the morning the
citizen was notified by an unusual
uproar that it was to be IA day out Of
the ordinary, although some of the
more strenuous began celebrating
soon after dark the previous evening.
Those that could sleep after 3 O'Clock
in the morning either had very strong
nerves or were sleeping the sleep Of
exhaustion. 1t would be hard to give
even an estimate of the amount CT
money that was bunred up in.the way
of fire crackers and tire works.
From the farther parts of the
county the people began to come In
the previous day, and the hotels and
lodging houses were well filled with
visitors. In the early morning
streams Of people began to arrive
from distances of ten to fifteen miles
from the city, so that when the time
/ for the racing and other events, at =
O'Clock were scheduled to take place,
the city was well filled with specta-
! tors.
Soon after O'Clock the first event,
the foot race for boys of ten years OF
age and under was called, the athletic
sports to take place of Main street.
| IN this race Lloyd Brown won first
money and Paul Mcpherson second.
In the second race for boys II years
and under Otis Slavin won first mon
ey and Niryil Williams second.
The fourth event was seventy-liy
yard dash for boys IA years OF age and
under. Athu Williams won first
place and Frank Hamilton second.
The fifth event was race Tor boys
sixteen years of age, for the same dis
tance, Fred Caughie winning irsl
money and Horace King second. Fol
boys eighteen years of age for a hun
dred foot dash owen Kerr won first
money an Walter Lee second.
The eighth race was free-for-al
race In which there were a number Of
contestants. VIII Cleveland won first
money and the judges decided thai
there was no second. The race beinl
run over Owen Kerr was declared th'
winner for second money.
The tenth race was rather spec
tacular affair, in which cowboys wer'
the contestants, dressed In their us
ua pharaphernalia of boot, schap
and spurs. In this Iace Chas Hol
land was the leading sprinter an
Arthur Burke following closely /
the lead
The eleventh event was shot pu'
in which THIS. R0senberger hurle
the shot of - and one-half pound
81, feet and Floyd Goodel % fec
~ inches.
In the high jump there were
number of contestants, but as IN
pole was raised they gradually drol
ped out. Fred Chase won fist none
by jumping 4 feet inches. althouP
it is said he can easily jump five feet
. Thos Rosenberger came second wit
a credit of 1 feet and eight inches
In the high kick ThOs. RoseT
berger made a record OF seven an
one-half feet la the standlr
broad jump without weights, J.
Richards secured first money
jumping g., feet and Tlos. Rose'
berger with a credit of : feet and
inches.
i In the hop skip and jump J.
Richards made % feet and 3.
l inches. in which Harry Winch'
claims second place on p and 4 fee
In the foot race OF 30 yards, fr
for all. j. g. Richards won nI
d money and VIII Cleveland secon
9 In the foot race Of One-half mil
2 in which Indians were the partit
. pants. Charley Evening won hr
2 money and Jack Tendoy, son Of Chi
d Tendoy won second money.
q In the bicycle race for i've hu
& dred yards owen Swift won hl
& money and Joe Swift second none
\ This concluding the racing even
9 the crowd adjourned for dinner.
2 At > 2o'cIock the crowd gathered
q Island Park for the services of I
2 day. The park has been seated
o the occasion around the band star
3 Or. Whi.well ~as chairman OF I
g meeting. After calling the meet'