Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-07-08
CELEBRATION NOTES.


"a. NJ. and closed with the canoe
race in the evening. The whole da.
was devoted to rapid succession o
events, none Of them Of particular IN
tcrest but all amusing and OF suffici
ent novelty 10 keep up the excellen
feeling which animated the larg
crowd of people all day.
At $50 the Single Packers con
test took place on Fifth and Wash
ington streets. Lawrence Cote!
beat the worlds record held by Jo
Foner of Everett. At the packing
contest of the A.-Y.-P. Exposition
the best time made was ID minutes
and all four contestants here bea
that time. Cotfcy's time YVES con
siderably less than ten minutes
Chas. Strange, 10 minutes ID sec
OndS; AL Wagner, IL minutes; ALFRED
Monham. Il minutes; Lawrence
brought the champion honors to thu
Richardson mill.
The WheelbarrOw race between
Archie and Charles Churchill, or
Fourth street between Washington
and Franklin, was won by the for
mer, but no time was announced.
Albert Stenger won the pony race
on Adams, between Fourth anC
Eighth. Fred Seisse, was second
the two boys being the only contest
ants
The parade was the main feature
of the day. The Grand Army Veter
ans led. preceded by the band.
Olympia Aerie No. % Fraterna
Order of Eagles made a fine showing
and carried of the 1st prize for theil
float.
the handsome float of the YeOmer
was an object of universal admira
ton, and vas very close COMPETE
ton with the Eagles for the prize
Young America" was a gaily
decorated auto owned by Frank Ken.
ney, with pretty bevy of children
as the browning beauty.
Then came the Rexall auto of the
Hill Drug company, which is never
behind, from which two charming
young ladies dispensed fans and Rex.
all souvenirs to the assembled multi.
tude.
The Woodmcn of the World made
a creditable showing in their striking
regalia. A barrel borne aloft bore
an inscription indicating its plethora
of members and wealth of money
1858 lodges, 6l5, 3O4 members and a
barrel of $l3, 033, 7S5.
The fire company concluded the
parade.
There were Al entries at the baby
show:
franklin Parker, a full -bloOded In
dian boy took the prize for being the
handsOmest year-old boy.
Handsomest baby three months old
Carl Wiechtel.
Heaviest baby six months old
Donald Wristley.
HandsOmest baby one year old
Malcolm Mcclure.
Handsomest girl, one year old
Viola Walker.
Handsomest boy three years old
Louis Nommensen.
Handsomest girl three years old
Jessie Perkins.
Handsomest red-haired boy-Ger-
aid Ward.
Hansomest red-haired gill;
Bennett.
Handsomest pair of twins,
Ebna and Thelma Gray.
The log-buckin& contest was won
by Glenn Whipple, working in McIn-
tosh's camp. in the afternoon; official
time, 4 minutes 30 seconds. winning
over Maggie. another husky bucker.
They cut u log about 36 inches in di-
ameter.
Ed. Mckay won the swimming
contest. There was no other entry
and Mack" walked off with SIS for
6 minutes and 80 seconds work over
course of about 400 yards.
No contestants appeared for the
creased pole or log rolling feats, al
though $25 hung temptingly high for
the same.
The boat race in the afternoon Gre
ated considerable interest. In class
A, % feet and under, not over y
horse power. the FrOlic belonging to
]. B. Dana, won, with A. Schmidt's
Montana, second. The time of the
former was IS minutes q seconds
and the Frolic rs minutes and q
seconds. In class b, % to 40 feet ia
length, the Judix, owned by C. B.
White and Oscar Circuit, won; time,
81 minutes 38 seconds; A. J. Hide
Orant's Model was second; time, 40
minutes 48 seconds. In the Class Z,
Of speed boats. the Peter G., belong
ing 20 Frank Schmidt, and the Out
law of H. G. Richardson. contesting,
failed to run on account of some dis
agreement as to handicap OF the
Peter G. 1t is said the race will
still be run,
The Indian canoe race was an ex-
citing and Interesting feature of the
4th OF July celebration out on the
bay. Some visitors, however, re-
GREETED about the poor view afforded
them owing to the presence of inter-
vening objects. Not being familiar
with the situation. they did not know
where to find good view points. The
next time this matter ought not to
be overlooked.
The Eagles Baseball team defeated
the Yeomen OF America, in one
sided contest. at Athletic park. the
morning OF the 4th by score OF 10
to 0. In justice to the Yeomen it
should be stated that while the
Eagles have good team their oppo-
nents had only pickup team, mere
ly to make o contest.
The Senators won game Of base
ball ON the 4th. beating the Rarhees