La Junta tribune., 1909-07-10
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The summers sun arose d all it,
glory ON the morning Of July Sd to
gladden. the hearts Of our nautotic
citizens throughout the bsasttful day
which we chose for the celebration
OF the glorious Fourth. ~ tha, day
came on Sunday this year. and peo-
pie out here in Gods country are al
ways ahead and never behind times.
Early In the day q few OF the bust.
ness men OF our town set of a few
reminders and all went well until
train No. / came in on Its way from
Chicago TO Los Angeles. and stopped,
when the hearts Of the people stood
s,ili for the instant, as Mr.. Doerty.
the operator. announced the fact that
the expected shipment Of Ice for
the celebration failed to arrive. But
luckily the Ice cream came. and our
energetic. patriotic people were not to
be fooled out Of their enjoyment BY
the first disappointment Of the day,
And about eight O'Clock they began
to gather In. coming In all kinds Of
conveyances from the shirt sieeved
pedestrian 10 George Smiths brand
new top buggy. And all proceeded
tn the beautiful grove on the banks
OF Temp creek. near the old horse
ranch, where the immense crowd Of
men, women and children. lads and
lassies, amused themselves By sing.
ing and other amusemsnts which had
been prepared In order to entertain
the crowd. II was soon learned, how
ever. that the section foreman At
Aver station was the owner OF Z
small piece OF Ice. which vas At
once sent for and put to work cool.
Ing a barrel OF lemonade. of which
all partook free Of charge. - there
had been donations made to defray
the expenses Of the day. The noon
hour being near At hand the ladies'
brought together their well.filled as
ke,s loaded with all the good things
the ingenuity OF woman can contrive
They spread II out on the nice, clean
table linen upon the beautiful green
grass OF the national park. The an.
nouncement being made that the
feast was spread the multitude par.
took thereof with delight. and when
all had been satisfied the ice cream
was opened and all again partook to
their full capacity. After dinner the
time was spen, In social conyersa.
tion uniil abou, $3.50. when they all
departed for their several homes TO
make ready for the dance al Mr..
Lawrence's hall that evening. The
sun was slowly sitting In the golden
west, the cool. soft breeze OF even
ing was gently blowing from. the
oreenhorn mountains. when our ear
caught the sound Of many voices
singing In sweet tones one OF our
most beloved national airs II came
nearer and nearer In the dusk and.
behold. We saw the gay. ligh,hearted
dancers coming In procession. head
ed by George Smith and lady They
drove direct to the hall and no soon
er had they arrived than the music
started. The floor was filled with
eight couples and the dance vent on
and on. When the midnight hour
Was drawing nigh a band OF Ute In
disns came In and requested 10 enter.
tain the crowd for q few minute.
with their native dance and music.
which favor was gladly granted by
Mr.. Lawrence. and the Indians took
the floor for about thirty minutes.
and all agreed after the Performance
that the Utes are good entertainers-
After the Indians departed ths o..
chestra played again and the dance
went on until about the third hour
Of the morning. when the dascsrs
all departed for their several ho0es. /
NY CFnham anent the Youpfh IN