The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-09

number of the ladies of the w. X, e..
1t made very pretty feature of the
program Following the opera house
program the people sought the enter
tertainment that pleased them most
and there was plenty going on, with
athletic contests, ball games and
other attractions in all parts of the
city.
Several Fires During Day.
The fire company responded to three
alarms during the day. The first one
was at the H. l.. Spencer Wholesale
house on First avenue west about six
o'clock. Smoke was seen coming
from the basement windows. 1t was
q thick white smoke and smelled like
burning pine. An alarm was imme-
diately turned in. With the arrival of
the fire department it was learned
that the smoke was the result of an
attempt to burn some damp paper IN
a furnace in the basement The draft
was poor and lie basement floor had
become filled with smoke.
The second alarm was to care for
the burning shanty that formed part
of the Indian massacre exhibition.
The third alarm took care OF the
blaze occasioned at the southeast cor.
ner of the park, where the fireworks
took fire and caught other property
in the locality. Will Jacobs lost quite
heavily in goods in his stand. A
stand owned by Terry Lawrence op-
posite the baldauf store, was also
burned earlier in the evening, but the
loss was small.
The residence of James Phillips,
south of the city, was totally destroyed
by fire about twelve o'clock noon. no
| one was at home at the time and the
origin of tne nre is not known. The
loss was complete. The total loss OF
building and household property Will
be about $1,000.
The Downing Hotel was on fire ear
ly Saturday morning. A large paper
balloon was sent up imperfectly filed.
1t alighted on the corner of the roof
of the fourth story and started blaze
that might have, been attended with
serious consequences but for the fact
that it was discovered soon after it's
start. A porter mounted to the roof
had the blaze out.
No Balloon Ascension.
The balloon ascension that had been
advertised for $50 o'clock proved to
be a fluke. The balloon caught fire
| as it was almost filled and was com
pletely destroyed by fire. Professor
Hourihan, who was to have made the
ascent and parachute leap, could not
be found when the balloon was ready
and young man named Howells vol.
unteered to go up. While these de
tails were being arranged the balloon
caught fire and worse outcome Of the
business was happily averted.
The balloon was an old patched az
fair that has been in storage in the
city for some time, with freight char.
ges lodged against it. The charges
were paid and the balloon loaned
for the occasion The loss of the big
bag does not represent a great
amount of cash.
The Athletic Sports.
The program of athletic sports was
under the direction of the Y. NJ e. A
and was held about the park imm.
diately following the opera house pro
gram. The winners were as follows:
One hundred-yard dash for boys un
der 16 years-Dwight Abrams first;
Walter Henley second. Time l2H
| seconds. 10
One hundred-yard dash; men-first
Dwight Abrams; second. Roscoe Wood
ruff. Time Lao seconds.
Relay race around park-Oskaloosa
high school team, Woodruff, Buffers
and Abrams, first; Y. NJ. c. A. EN-
ployed boys. second. Time 491a.
| Rope climbing contest-Curtis Van
voorhis, first. Time 2S1k seconds.
Creased pole-Harry Sellos, first.
These sports entertained large
crowd and much fun was furnished by
the efforts of the contestants in sew
! eral of the numbers.
The Indian Massacre.
An interesting number of the even
ing's program was furnished by the
local lodge of Red Men and Company
F, |. N. G. Inc Indians made spec
tacular attack upon the shanty OF a
pioneer killed the settlers and were
on the war path when they were at
| tackad NV .the troons coming IN the