Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-07-11
the FOURTH.
Linton, as Usual, Had Big Crowd,
and the Day Was a Great Success
in Every Way.

and the Day Was Great Success
In Every Way.
The celebration this year was, as
usual. a perfect success. The day vas
excessively warm. but that did not
prevent a big crowd from coming To
town. There was an interesting pro
gram, and no accident of amy kind
happened to mar the pleasure If the
day.
The procession formed at the APP
pointed hour the forenoon aud. after
parade ON broadway, matched u tlc
Baseball Park, where the exercises
took place There were about dozen
floats in the line. The Linton Concert
Band led the procession the Linton
Juvenile Band rode about midway If
the procession of floats in Il wagon
The first prize of IS went TO the Pho-
nix Lumber Company. who had II
miniature house on wheels. The
second of s. was taken by John Elahcr-
ty, the druggist, whose lloat represent
ed Red Cross ambulance, with the
Misses Gladys Martin and Elizabeth
Burg uniformed as nurses of that So
ciety The prize of $3 WAS given for IA
comical conception carrying four or
five boys in costume, the loat bearing
the legend, Linton Fine Company
No D."
AT the park the musical and elo-
cutionary exercises took place. These
consisted of the reading OF the Dccla-
ration Of Independence 10y Attorney
Armstrong and AN able Grafton 10y the
Hon. II. N. Stevens, OF Bismarck.
The baseball game was between
Linton and lIazelton, an account of
which is given elsewhere The Win
ners i'm the various races and games
were as follows:
Pony Race: First, John liorner:
second, Nlemcns Rohrich.
Free. for All Race: FIRST, H. Pctlis:
second, NJ. a. Scott.
Mems Footrace: First, Paul kurtz:
second, j. a. SLENDER.
Boys Footrace: First, Henry Sau-
ter; second, Glenn Hamblin.
Horse-race, trot or pace: First, VIM.
Carmichael: second, A. II. Moore.
Cowboy Horse race: First, II. A..
Pettis; second, II. A. Buck.
The tug -ofwar was won 10y the Pet
It's bunch Of strOng-arm people.
In the Bicycle race Glenn lIamblin
was first and Peter Nelson second
\ The buildings along Broadway were
lavishly decorated, i'm this respect cx-
ceiling previous Fourths. One Of the
prettiest features was IA line OF neatly
decorated liberty poles extending for
four blocks on Broadway.
At night there was dance in the
opera-house. There was also Il bowery
dance ON the opposite side of the street.
and both were crowded.
1t is doubtful whether amy town OF
its size in the state is ahead ot Linton
/ I'LL CIdUOIIGC anu cllUiltlNItSlII CtItIJIu-
tion OF the great nal,nal anniversary
Married.
Frankfort Is. ID. News Messenger,
| July 4th. On Thursday june 9TH at
O'Clock p. M, al MIR. 'ndcihill's
home, two and one fourth milessouli-
west of Frankfort, Il happy event took
place i'm the wedding Of Miss Marie j
Spear, sister Of Mrs lndcrlill, IT,
Robert Il. petrie, of Winona. y. II.
The mother and sisters of the bride
were present, also Vs. j. Jones, wife
and Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Petric were
driven in a zig To II. diield, where they
took the train en- route to their home
stead ia North Dakota. Rev. j. II.
Brown, pastor OF the NJ. T. church al
Frankfort, oiliciatcd. The many
friends of the happy couple wish them
all kinds of joy and succ IS in their
journey through life.