The Dickinson press., 1908-07-11
FOURTH AT
DICKINSON
An Ideal Day and Good Time
for Everybody. No Accidents

for Everybody. No Accidents
Last Saturday Dickinson was a scene
OF excitement when hundreds of people
joined in celebrating the one hundred
and thirty-second anniversary of the
Nation. The streets, residences and
public buildings were appropriately
decorated in the red, white and blue,
and ~hrecrackers, torpedoes and guns in
the hands of young Americans rang with
the spirit of Is.
The program started with the paraed
which represented a number of places of
business and various local industries.
Colonel p ]. Pelissier and Rev. W., ].
Brown, mounted on handsome chargers,
headed the procession. which was as
follows: The Dickinson Military Band,
Company K, The Dickinson Fire De-
partment, Roquette Bros. float, which
won the first prize, representing the
signing of the Declaration of Indepen-
ence in the appropriate colonial manner.
The float of the Consolidated Coal Co.
carried a pair of donkeys hitched to a
load of coal, while Smith & Evans dis
played the various articles used in their
plumbing business. Soules & Buffers
wagon carried a buggy, a stove and
several articles of hardware and was
tastefully decorated in the national
colors. The Dickinson Creamery Co.
represented their industry by a wagon
loaded with the various products of the
lew creamery. The delivery wagons of
Harleman & Scots, The City Bakery
and The Dickinson Mercantile Co. were
beautifully decorated in red, white and
blue. The float Of Reed Bros. deserves
special mention being an advertisement
of their "sox." "Reed Bros" was
written on the wagon with black hose,
and ten girls, five On either side, walked
by the wagon holding strands of ribbon
which were brought together at the
center of the wagon. The P. E. O..
society's float, decorated in yellow and
white, carried off the third prize. The
ladies of the society; in their white
dresses and yellow hats, arranged them
selves under the large umbrella made of
alternate sections of yellow and white.
O. B. Frankenberg displayed his wares
to good advantage in two floats, one of
them taking second prize. The general
delivery wagon of the Missouri Slope Ice
Co. also had a place in the parade, and
Miss Runck's float of millinery display
was worthy, of special comment. Her
tastefully decorated little wagon carried
four girls wearing hats arranged with
beautiful plumes. Max Beres's moving
barber shop was an amusing part of the
parade also the decorated rigs of Claude
Shaw, A. N. Kinamon and R. E. Fuller.
Henry Roberts automobile took a prize.
Other automobiles in the parade were
those of Beard, Vallancey and Nc
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The first feature of the afternoon pro-
gram was the horse racing and steer
roping on the commons northwest of the
city, In the horse racing contest the
first two prizes were won by horses owned
by P: Pelissier, the third prize by Jerry
Hayes, bay horse. In the pony race
Northrop took first prize, Blade second
and Russell third. The prizes in steer
roping were awarded as follows: first
prize to Bill McCarty, who roped and
tied in 1895 minutes; second to Willis
Pelissier, who took 1877 minutes, and
third to Scott Gore, taking 4:4o minutes.
The broncho busting took place in the
ball park and prizes were awarded to
riders as follows: first prize to Willis
Pelissier, second to Bill McCarty and
third to Scott Gore.
The ball game was one of the most
interesting features of the day. In the
forenoon the Dickinson boys went up to
Belfeld and took the first game by a
score of 7 to 2, and in the afternoon at
the return game the visitors started in
with the determination to turn the tables.
In the first inning the visitors scored
and the operation was repeated in the
fourth. The locals were unable to do
any effective work until the fifth, when
Belield got the short end on a decision
at first calling Howell safe, when, to the
crowd, he was out by a mile.) The locals
got in two runs and tied the score.
BeIfeld managed to get another run
in the sixth but in the last half Dickinson
grew fat on its own good work, and the
errors of the visiting team, scoring three
runs. Dickinson scored again in the
eighth making a total of six uns. One
run in the ninth wa the best that Bel
field could do, and it was not necessary
for the locals to play the last half Of the
ninth, the score being s to; 4 in favor Of
Dickinson. In all the, games this season
it has not been necessary for the Dick.
inson team to play the last half of the
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