Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-21

the old fort on the rocks above us a
salute was fired in our honor, the
united singing societies of the city
seemed as though the entire popu-
lation was at the dock to meet us.
In the surging crowd was an aunt
of the writer's and though we had
not seen each Other for twenty
four years, yet the recognition
was mutual and instantaneous.
We were finally permitted to lind
our hotel and for ten blocks marched
single file between densely packed
rows of people, whose greatest sur
prise seemed to be that we actually
spoke Norwegian. Arriving at the
hotel we were kept bowling our
Acknowledgements from the balco-
MES and windows until warned that
'dinner would soon be over. - And
such a dinnerl l will not attempt
to describe it. 1t was simply de-
licious, and l have often wondered
since what the walters thought of
our American appetites and capa-
cities. 1t is not flattery to say
right here that cooking has been
reduced in Norway to a fine art
and science, is which the entire
population, individually and collec-
lively, seems to take a keen and
commendable pride.
AS we were not scheduled for a
concert until the evening of the
fourth, we were at liberty to dis
pose of the intervening time as we
liked While the rest visited the
many points Of interest, the writer
took occasion to become acquainted
with a sister whom he had never
met, and to meet numerous aunts
and relatives of all kinds. On the
day and evening of the third the
band were the guests of the student
singers of the city at Holmenkollen,
a beautiful summer resort built in
the mountains back of the town and
conducted bya Norweg ian American
who understands his business. The
banquet rendered US at this place
was an affair the scope and elegance
of which it would be difficult to
surpass in any country. The MEM
bership of the band included the
crack college base ball team of the
state, at that time, and on the
afternoon of July 4th, two teams
were made up and the mysteries Of
the exciting game was revealed to
several thousand citizens who
crowded one of the large recreation
parks. Of course it was nearly al
Greek to them, but a home run
hit with two men on bases, {
couple of double plays, an exciting
wrangle with the umpire and ths
strenuous roofing of the balance
WINGED them that something "wa:
DOING The papers next morning
gave diagrams of the diamond anS
verbose explanations, and on cmpt,
lots everywhere the rising genera
ton was expanding its surplus en-
. eryg with homemade balls and bat'
and making the wclkin ring will
praiseworthy but some what ludi
+. crouS attempts to pronounce tn,
American terms of the game.
On the evening of July 4th, WI
) lined up, or rather attempted to lin
; up in front of our hotel, prepare
tory to marching to the Tivoil gar
, dens, where our initial concert wa
, to take place. 1t seemed to us tina
, the entire population of Norwa,
I was packed into the streets in tn
: vicinity, and that every mounte'
} and dismounted policeman in tn
t city was on hand trying to max
room for us. We lined up ST
+ abreast, with the slides in from
E and when the drums rolled off 70
: the start at the rate of about 10
= steps to the minute, with flag
, flying and the multitude yellin
4 themselves hoarse, we moved gail
| up the strect-that is for about hal
h a block, when the efforts of tn
t police proved utterly futile, on
: imposing formation being most in
v SlOl lOuoly dioPCi oCo, anu VIC wei
: soon struggling along in any oil
v way, with the piccolos playing
v shrill obligato to a bass solo playe
s by the slide trombones and tuba
s a block and half away. We ar
a not sure to this day just how w
!. managed to make the ten blocks be
n tween the hotel and the garden
+ Arriving at the latter place W
# found 5000 people standing tight
h packed in an enclosure original
# designed for 5000. AS we pile
r. on the stage, which. was covere
- and enclosed, being used for thea