The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-25
ANNUAL CELEBRATION or CANA
DIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY
HELD AT FRENcHToWM.
PEOPLE THERE
Great Crowds Visit Old Town in Val.
ley and Enjoy celebrated Hospitality
of Its lnhabitants--Fieid Events Are
Fun Off and Valuable Prizes Are
Awarded to Winners.

| st, Johns celebration for 1909 is
| past and gone. 1t was the best vet
| held and reflects credit ON all the men
| concerned in preparing for the event.
| In spite OF the representations Of the
! pessinists, the day opened bright and
ele&r and many We're the people from
Butte and Anaconda who came to
| frenchtoWn for the occasion. The
| special train from the two cities
which arrived in Missoula at 1D.45.
was crowded with several hundred
freh~hmen, most of them members of
st John the Baptist society, and
Their wives. Arriving in ErenchtnWn
~ about noon, a parade was formed
aud marched to the pavilion. which
mad been erected for the occasion.
The Parade.
Ihe parade, headed by the Missoula
band, formed at the Frenchtown depot
Among the participants In the parade
was float representing st. John TIL )
Baptist, the precursor of Christ, in his
youth, the part of ST. John being
taken BY young son of Romulus
l'eschamps, attred in sheepskins and
was drawn by a sheep.
Arriving at the church. d mass was
celebrated. II was a beautiful and i'm
pressive affair The celebrant was
Rev. y NJ. Venus Of the Catholic col
! iege ot Helena. He was assisted by
Rev- Father De Siere OF the Catholic
church Of Butte and BY Rev. Father
Irivelli Of Missoula. Father De siere
delivered an impressive sermon. taking
as his subject The St. John the Bap-
| tist Society" He declared that the
| F'renchmcn should unite Tor their own
sake and that they should all be loyal
to the Catholic church Ills sermon
was on the motto, United We stand.
divided we fall
Dinner Is Served
~ the conclusion Of the services in
the church, the many visitors ad-
Johfned to the refectory, which had
been erected especially for the oc-
caslon. Here the visitors We're served
with lunch that would be hard to
surpass. A. couple of hours were spent
IN feeding the several hundred people.
after which the exercises of the day
We're begun. The first event was the
baseball game between a team COM
posed of citizens of FrenchtoWn.
Huson, Missoula and Iron Mountain
and an aggregation from Butte and
Anaconda
The game itself was an uninterest
ing one, although a number Of good
plays We're made. The final score was
painful, 20 to / in favor of the valley
team. The only real exciting event
1fra ,P +
was struck in the head BY a pitched
bail and for while was thought to
be badly hurt; this turned out to be
untrue ana Mr. Lemlre soon recovered.
Field Event.
The field sports We're next run off.
They resulted as follows:
Seventy fiye-yard dash. bows unaer
L years-Abert Marion of Nissoula
first, Thomas Matthews of Missoula
second.
Seventy five yard dash, boys under
16 years--Erank Heyfron OF Missoula
first, Frank Singer of Missoula sec
ond
seVenty-fiFe- yard dash, mems race
E. Q, Marx of Missoula first, George
of Missoula second
Twenty -hve-yard dash, girls under
II years-Loretta Longpre of Huson
first, Bertha Loisele of Frenchtown
second
Twenty five yard dash; girls under
16 years-Stela johnson of E,yaro
hfst; Loretta Longpre OF Huson. sec
ond
Three legged race-Joe Paulin and
Comb havoie of F'renchtoWn, first;
Frank HeNfron and George Stinger OF
Mlssoula, second.
Riding bucking horses-Albert Paul
in of Frenchtown. first; Isaac Ther-
riault of FrenchtoWn, second,
Pole vauIt-Frank Heyfron of Mis-
sonIa, first; j. Conlon OF Missoula,
second.
Running high iump-C Johnson of
FrenchtoWn. first.
Running broad jump--C. Clements
of FrenehtoWn first.
Horse race. running, half mile
Charles Longpre, first
Trottne race, half mile Richard
III, driven by John Hamel, FIRST.
Bicycle race, Missoula to French-
toWn-olle Cordz, first. Frank Harris,
second.
Pie-eatins eontest-This. the most
of all to the spectators was
won by Charles Latin of I.othrop:
Frank Beavers of Missoula, second.
Best looking young iatly at the cele-
bfatlon-Miss Laura GNr OF MissoHla.
The Dance.
The field events, While exceedingly
Interesting, probably attracted less at
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