Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-07-07
The Fourth az Elm poInt

uhIIY buCfe@FIui huu Gp lDVaDle. Ine
weather, though warm, was much more
comfortable than what We have be, u
having for a month tbere Wa an ex.
cetleDt crowd. M excellent program, no
accidents and no Acknowledged
one OF the hest cclsbraIiDns Ia the
many enjoyed 10 Elk Point. The
beautiful court house yard. sch0OlhOuse
yard and private l.wGs, always open TO
picnic parties on such Occasions, with
the magnificent shade which no other
town 10 tho state cIn exceed and hard
ly equal, contributed In large deg rec
10 the comfort aud enjoyment OF the
many present
The boys Of course woke up the
sleeping night At an early hour by the
hrecracker salute. Then a. the trains
began TO arrive the crowds increased,
many coming from WesNf. Id, Jetfer.
son, VermilIIon, Axiom and even from
a. far north as Chabworth. The M.
b. A. band was much in evidence on
the street, giving very acceptable mus-
Ic and plenty Of IT, BY |; O'Clock the
crowd was we'll In and The exercises al
the platform were carried out. Col
Jolly OF Vermillon was the speaker
and he sustained his former good repu.
tati0n before Hn Elk Point audience.
10 The afternt on the sports and races
o. the city park we're the principal at.
traction, though the merry go round
was well patronized all day and the
stands on the street were popular re.
sorts. No charge was made, although
there was fne program OF races and
u good hall game, The crowd was
2 ood naturcd aud orderly, 80 that The
Interference with the contests was as
slight ~ possible in such crowd.
The $50 purse offered for "a green
pace and trot brought out some local
horses and nice lille race. The money
was divided between G, s. kovee, fret:
Geo. Broullette, second; and J. p.
rroskey, third. The auto race had
Two ebtries only, both from Jefferson,
Peter Bruneau winning hrst money
and Q, NJ. Johnson second; purse eos.
The shetland pony race, purse els, was
given, tirst, 10 Frank Clark aud sccodn
money to A. q. Jesaup, Ia the pony
race, Archie JOHN took tirst money, Art.
FIannery second, and John Pnmm
third.
The ball game attracted q good Aea
Of ate ntion, hut was too 0ne-slded 10
be OF great interest. A purse OF $40 wac
hung up and WestRe!d ana Clvtl Bend
were The two teams that struggled for
and cash, The irst innings
we're loosely player, the large crowd
u good deal. The middle
innings we're better contested, the game
going to Civil Bend hy the One-sided
score of IL TO l. Tom. Watson Ot Rich
land oftlctated as umpire and escaped
The balloon ascension in The after
noon was one OF the prett'et sights of
the day and was the most successful
one ever given Ia these parts, The
AeronAut filed the balloon to tho limit
and shot up TO q most satisfactory
height, Il put the Sioux City $4,000,
aeroplAne exhibition OF last week en-
ttrely 10 the shade, The evening AZ
ceneion was not 90 successful, but was
Tar from failure,
Interest la the Jetfries-Johuso bu'.
leslns tntertered with the boys races on
the street, but, With this over, these
we're pulled of With the following re.
sullss
Boys foot race (Gnter Isl ] ConHel,
" took fret money, o.; l. EsliSS, see-
Dad, 81.
Boys race tOader lsl VIM, lolln,
arsl, Ell
Ia The boys sack race there we're
eight eatries, VIM, Jolia coming Ia
fret aud Clarence T0stle second,
Three.legged race, Clarence TOllle
aud VIM, Jolin, tirst, 81
Barrel race, Floyd Miller, arS> 81
ClaNd Rust, second, oil,
The fireworks Ia The evealag, tol.
lowing the balloon ascension, we're
about the best ever seen In sAls section,
They were tot ared or NNtN 10 was
dars enough "a show up ~ good AaVaR>
tage ana Il was really al unusually
good collection, Two dances ere
kept busy until Ire "SmAN hours" aaa
these entertainments rounded eat and
closed up the days celebration, a. Oh,
served ia Elk Point The alsAppeials
ed ones did aol come 10 Ele eolal 10
celebrate this year