Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-12
CELEBRATED the Attn.
The Birthday Of the Nation
Was Most Properly OBJ
served

The Fourth was properly celebrated
at this place, every thing going of in
a very sat,sfa Glory manner An early
| morning rain, which lasted until 10
o cleez rather dampened the enthusi-
asm at first, end kept mauy OF the
country people from coming in.
Nevertheless a verv representative
crowd from the rural districts were
present to help to ce]ebrst. oar ma
tion's birth. After the rsin the
weather was ide l. ard the program
OF the day wss carried out without
q hitch.
! The :a1a1e was the first order Of the
day, after which the exercises at the
grand stand which was situated at
the interse ction of First street and
Broadway vas taken up, n. n.
Bergheim presiding. The dc claration
lof Independence was read oy Loren
Roberts in clear and distinct man.
ner, after which Rev. ". Il. Farrell,
the SPEAKER Of the day, was intro.
| duced. MIR. Farrell spoke of the day.
and what it stood for, and explained
why it was really a geat thing to be
a citizen of the United states, where !
every one was sovereign, bringing !
out the points more strongly by story !
and anecdote. The SPEAKER also dwelt
on the idea that certain national
Isongs should be better known, that
they should be sung in schools and
other meetings until every citizen OF
the nation should Know them, especially
} the song "Anerica''. The speaker also
J said that there should be wholesome
! respect for the law, among the strong
as well as the weak, also that he had
no fear for the future Of the nation.
because the people who solved pro-
blems before would solve them again.
wanted was in time bound to prevail.
easy STYLE and was listened to with
! rapt attention.
} At one clock the sports were started
lon the West side.
] In the 100 yards dash Dell Batters
1 was first and Harry Lutes was second.
Alfred Henderson took the running
s broad Jump with q leap {, OF Is feet 10
: inches, Arthur Sorenson taking
second.
] In the banner throw j. Davis took
first and Bob Wallace second.
This finished the sports to be held
J on the West side.
! The second event took place or
< Second street on the East side. 6
! farmers Harvesting obstacle race,
, witch furnished much amusement
y The participants were 60. hitch up
drive around the block and unhitc!
! again, the one to first finish unharness
ing to be the victor, Frank Masol
nitched up and made the circuit first
4 out R. Russell proved the sw,fter mai
at embarrassing and was declared tn
winner, with Mason second.
The hop, step and Jump was won b
Dell Batters with Bob Wallace second
! Marie Dunont took first place i
the little Rirls' race and Alice Der
second.
- Canova Tomelty proved to be th
fastest in the boys race with 3essi
Thompson second.
The tug of war which was hel
o. First street between the Pin
Trees aud City team, was one {
- the best events OF the day. The COZ
test was the best two in three. II
EPine Trees Won two pals straight
! but the match was most interestlns
Snelthe: eide giving an inch fer SON
y minutes in beth pulls.
- After this contest the CROWD We:
Ito the race track where several race
and ball game were held.
There were seme very good even
= among the horses, although in mo:
I cases, the winner proved to be t:
fast for the rest of the field. In tt
1925 pace. half mile heats, Lac
Option, owned by Jack Greish, vii
Sam Lafond up, took two straigl
heats from Barney Burton's Gale
NJ. with Emory Hall up. Time l ::
IA and l: II IL.
In the 2:4U trot Mat Smracker
Planter NJ, proved too fact for j.
( Highkous's Kama, taking two straig
= heats In 80 and 1872 l.2. II
owners of the 3or ses did the drivip
kentucky Maid, owned by DR.. da
with Chas. Willing driving, took Il
green race with ease from CIR
( Cloud,C. Fl. Gravel up, and Baron Dial
Isaac Lafond up. The winner "
4 rather surprise as this was her liz
81 trial, while the other entries have e,
: tracked quite little.
q A pony running race, which vi
= won by Cecil Kelly, finished the her
races.
Immediately after-.the horse race
ID tbs ball game between the Lift
"a Falls team and Motley was starte'
II Although there were several nispla,
y the game proved interesting. II
Il home team won after ten innings
; score of to 6.
4 Motley opened up by capturing tv
= scores IN the first inning by erro!
and secured three more in the san
/ manner in the third inning. tt
/ locals didn t seem to be able to conne'
with Towers curves until the luck
SEX enth, when Willing, GTeisch an
Diedrich got bingle apiece, scorin
two runs. Little Falls secured on
more in the eighth and two in tn
ninth, tieing the score. =2 -
Motley scored one in their half {
the tenth, and Little Falls seeing tia
something strenuous was necessary
pounded the ball all over the fel
securing the necessary two more score
s. with no one out. a-s"j
Fred Gravel acted as umpire.
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