The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-10
HOW THE FOURTH
WAS CELEBRATED
AT CHERRY CREEK
Programme LASTED Two Days and
Many Participated in
the Events.
tBy Special Correspondent

tBy Special Correspondent.
Cherry Creek celebrated the glo-
rions Fourth In a way that will he
long remembered as the most sue
cessful celebration held in long
time.
The exercises lasted two days, the
Fourth and the fifth, and there were
no long waits in the programme, but
the interest kept up during the en-
tire time. The exercises opened at
1890 O'Clock on the morning of the
Fourth by programme given in Ne
vada hall. Hon. John Wearne acted
as president and delivered the open
ing address, followed by America -
by the choir and audience. After
the invocation the following nnm-
bers were rendered.:
Solo, STORY of the Flag" Mr..
Westerveltc song, Columbia" choir;
solo, Asleep in the Deep" Mr.. Ag-
new; reading of Declaration of IN
dependence, Miss Lettie Taylor;
song, Star Spangled Banner"
choir and audience. solo, I'm Days
of Old" Mr.. Snowden; GRAFTON, Mr.
DOM" choir
During the afternoon of the
Fourth sporting events were held.
The winners were as follows:
Drilling match, dOuble-handed.
Williams and Moyle first. Davies and
Curtis second First hole twenty
nine inches. second hole twenty-four
and a half inches. Thirty-yaYd foot
race for boys under 10 years-Ftrst,
Harold Boyd; second, Will Frank,
Fifty-yard footrace for boys under
Is years of age-First, Lonis Hosie;
second, Leo Foppiani One HUNDRED
yards DASH free for all-First. Earl
Borcher; second, A. r. Cannon.
Fifty-yard footrace for old men over
so years-First, o. H. Allison.
Thirty yards, for girls under 10
years-First. HaZsl Hosie; second,
Bessie Boyd Fifty yards. for girls
under Is years-First, Hazel Hosie;
second. Lilly Kennedy. Potato race,
all under Is years-Tie between
Guy Kennedy and Lester Pierce.
Two hundred yard walking race for
men-Won by Ear Borchert One
hundred yard walking face for boys
Won by Will Frank. fhirtyyard
egg race for ladies-Tie bet
Lizzie Startton and Mrs. BOYD.
Rooster race for boys and girls under
Is years-Woa by Karl Frank.
Four hundred yard saddle and bride
race, starting at tap OF bell, turning
stake 200 yards away ana feturn-
First, Jerome Stratton: Second. isa-i
dor Lopez; third, Frank Pierce. A
grand ball was given at Nevada hall
in the evening with music furnished
by the Cherry Creek orchestra.
There was very large attendance
and a good time was reported by a}l,
On the second day, July 5th, the
following sports concluded the pro-
gramme:
QuaYter-mile dash, free tor all
Bogus, ridden by Frank Pierce. won;
Baby, ridden by Jones, second,
Quarter-mile dash for COW ponies
with cowboy saddles-=Peacock, with
Jerome Stratton up, WON Brownie,
with Frank Pierce up, SECOND;
Pigeon third. Half-mile, single
dash, free for adj. resulted in a tie
between Wilson. with Jerome STRAIT
ton up; and Wild Cat, witb Pierce
up.
Isador Lopez rode two of the worst
bronchos obtainab1e for q purse OF
$50 and side bet. The riding was
done both with and without bride,
Lopez riding them easily and giving
one of the finest exhibitions seen
here for a long time.
The only serious accident. OF the
day occurred to Harry Stratton, who
received dangerous fall at the fin
ish of the saddle and bride race,
fracturing his right arm at the Oh
bow. He was attended, by DR..
Owens, and is reported to ,be getting
along very well.
A large amount of beautiful and
expensive fireworks was burned, and
altogether 1T was a most successful
celebration of the Fourth.