The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06
The Greatest Crowd In The History Of
: Our City Was Here for The Fourth
Celebration Was A Great Success.

Minot's Fourth Of July celebration
was all that was expected OF 1t and
more. The greatest crowd ever visiting
the city came in to celebrate and to
attend the races one of the principal
attractions being D. G. Dorman's Be
riot monoplane. Undoubtedly . large
percentage Of the 10000 visitors In
Minot on the fourth came out Of cur
stty to see this machine. The 1ide-
pAsaent believes that we have made =
conservative estimate Of the crowd
ascending the celebration. It was with
ssst any question the largest crowd
4hatS ever isttssd Minot. Main street
was paclDd With pesple from one end
to the other. Thousands were to be
found on the side streets Thera were
hundreds in all parts Of the city dur
ing the day and evening
Not an arrest was made during the
entire day There were few who ap-
peared to have looked upon the wine
when 1t was red, but as they molest-
ed no one, they were not detained.
The crowd was good natured. They
were busy There was something do
ing all day long. i
At day brean there was salute of
either seventeen guns OF seventeen
hundrd, We don't know which We
counted to thousand and then quit.
Some energetic fellow down Valley
street started action at ten minutes
past twelve on the morning Of the
fourth and there wasn't any sleep for
the Inhabitants Of that part Of the city
during the remainder Of the day. nv
The crowds came pouring into the
city the night before the fourth and
the hotels were tared to their evry
limit. Many were unable to find beds
at all, and q large nmber didn't
care because they didn't come to Mi :
not to sleep anyway. One fellow who
grew weary was found sleeping sere-.
nefy on the sidewalk on Main street
and he was up bright and early to
participate in the celebration.
Every train brought hundreds.
There never were so many autos in
the cit at oyne time tefors. Several
autos came from 4 distance Of ,
couple Of hundred miles. There were
visitors from all parts of the state,
and every town in northwestern North
Dakota was represented oy many
ritizens.
Tho musia was furnished BY .he MI
Tot and Surrey bands. Our own band
. too we'll known TO need any words
Of praise. Surrey has an excellent or
anizgation and was here twenty strong
u In this band there are many young
..s;farmers who demonstrated that they
sknsw how to do something "esides
I'LL the soil. n
H Co. d. from Williston was here with
thirty members, in Kahki uniforms.
The shelter tents were pitched on the
site Of the Armory to be, and the
boys were given a workout on the
lawn OF the Central school.
This was one of the sanest fourths
we eerv saw in Minot. There was an
absence Of the large cannon fire
crackers and the canes that make so
much disturbance. There was but one
accident reported, little girl being
injured slightly with fire cracker
Most Of the stores closed during the
day and practically every store clos
ed during the afternoon. This was
the case with many Of the stores dur
ing the afternoon of each day Of the
races. :.
lMinot showed that she has many
hOsp1table c1uzens VINO lnvlted tnous-
ands to their homes and housed them
and entertained them to the best Of
their ability.
In tn eafternoon, the largest per-
centage of the rocwd attended the
races. The buses and autos we're taxed
7 to the eryv limit, and many had to
walk out to the fair grounds. This
year, the charge for carrying passen-
ger was only 25 cents which proved
popular with everybody.
During the afternoon : number OF
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