Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-07-17
The FOURTH OF JULY
AT WILDERVILLE
Enjoyable lime for All Who
Attended the Sane Cele-
brotion

The Graugers demonstrated at their
Gel bration at Wilderville grove that
it is possib q 10 conduct a sane obser-
vance cf tl tourth of July, and
while elm ating the unpleasant
things. su as fire crackers, the
hoodlums, tn money making and
other lik res that have come
to b. a ar tue average celebfa'
tion Of aceut ge r., to make the day
one of eng nj to old and young
aud a da, g. aching of patriotism
snd god o n-hip to counleract
the grae M -piut Of anarchy in
Ame rica that d7 made it necessary
for the government TO build fort
near ever city in the United
States. T aather was perfect
and tic GO d uf folly 1900 persons
were in Do % Of humor for en-
loving thcws rs to the fullest ex-
tent and ihe xrr ises Of the day were
so arrange ,la there was not dull
period from avn until midnight
when the festivities closed. The order
was absolutely erf3ct and not mau
made the lei dturbance, for there
was not drop VI liquor on or near
tue grouuGs information had come
to the memhes ut the executive com
IN ttee having ~ charge the celebra-
tion hat an tempt would likely be
made to conduct "blind pigs" in the
adjoining wouds bat the stringent
measures taken scared out the fellows
and they went 10 other celebrations.
As pTecaut on some plain clothes
men were engaged to stroll through
the adjoining woods from time to
time to look for illicit liquor sellers
and 10 provide against contingencies.
Arthur Ellison, j. X. Wells. A. M.
jess and N A. Stanley were ap'
pointed marshals but they had moth
ing to do only stand around and
look pleasant aud once in a while
admonish boy to take his fire
crackers TO that part of the grounds
apart for noise purposes. The teams
we're kept off the main grounds and 10
a part of the grove for their use and
this work was carefully attended to by
Emil Gentner. Scott Robinson ano
Il. A. HumtpUD.
A noticeable feature OF the day wai
that there wera not multitude OF
babies crying and disturbing the
, speakers and singers aud annoying
nervous bachelors And this was not
due to there being no babies pre- SEN
for the little ones were there in force
but they were too comfortable TO have
occasion TO cry, That the babies
had their O mfort attended to wat
due to the thoughtfulness of the
ladies Of the rest room committee
Mrs. john II. Robinson, Mrs. Adelin,
Close. Mrs. Shubel Robinson and
Mrs. T.. Erickson These ladies had
large tent erected on the grounds
and had il furnished with cots, easy
chairs. basins, water towels aud
other toilet cow niences and plenty OF
cool drinking water for the free use
of tired moth RS and weary babies.
That no mother and baby should fail
to have an opportunity to take quiet
rest, tho ladies of the committee
would make trips about the grounds
aud look up women having young
children aud invite them to bring the
little ones to the rest tent so they
could take sleep while the mothers
could be free 10 enjoy the pleasures
OF the day. During the afternoon the
rest tent locked like baby show in
repose, tent in which people could
place lunch baskets aud wraps was
another convenience ON the grounds.
Another innovation that was highly
appreciated Was that no firecrackers
or o;her explosives were allowed on
the main grounds, separate section
OF the grounds being given over to the
boys with marshal in charge to
see TO il that they did not hurt them.
solvt RS by their carltssness
Pr t 10 O'Clock the forenoon
eXcr, an at the platform with
a c, # half an hour 10y the
Rogu Band, Of Grants Pass,
OF "a rs 10 dressy new uni
form - band was only organized
last " aud is largely composed
Of boyr, yoG under the leadership Of
Prof Stanton Rowell such progress
has been made that their music was
very well rendered aud an enjoyable
feature of the day, At 1880 Charles