The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-07-06
$500 PEOPLE AT the
+ PARK TO CELEBRATE
SOCIETIES Rave AN
IMMENSE CROWD AT CELEBR.A.
TON OF THE NATIONAL
HOLIDAY.


Nearly every person in this cit.
ana vicinity who was looking for /;
place TO celebrate the national holi.
day invariably turned toward Tobin's
park, three miles east OF the city,
where the Catholic societies of the
city arranged for a big celebration.
h crowd Went down in buggies
wagons. carriages. bicycle, motor
cycle and automobile, and the grove
contained a great many vehicles
The first train went down at Sis
and it was loaded to the brim. The
second train was scheduled to GO
down at l0:30 O'Clock, but for some
reason or other the officials could not
get the train OFF until nearly an hour
late, many people waiting at the
depot. 1t looked like a piece OF
bungling owe a very small matter.
The trains in the afternoon were
crowded, and when all were on the
grounds there were fully $500 peo-
pie scattered around through the
grove.
With the thermometer 100 in
shade in the city it was fully that
warmer and then some on the
grounds. The shade trees broke the
heat to some extent and the slight
wind blowing made it appear a little
cooler. .
The church societies had a number
OF stands on the grounds for refresh
ments, and these all did a thriving
business.
The lateness OF the train caused
a delay in the beginning OF the en-
ercises, and it was nearly noon when
william Koch, president of the day,
called the assemblage around the
bowery stand, and Introduced Hon
George A. Silsby, of this city. who de-
livered the address of the day. Mr..
Silsby confined his speech to about Is
minutes, but crowded some interest
ing information into his talk within
that time. He referred to the adop-
ton of the constitution 135 years,
ago and all that it has stood for in
that time; of the marvellous growth
OF the country during that period, lin
which he mentioned some of the in
cidents. He eulogized our forefath-
ers for the wisdom they displayed in
making laws that gave every man a
free and equal chance to live out
he'll lives without restriction, I'M
less coming in contact with the rights
and privileges of others. The result
OF the constitution and the laws fol-
lowing, he declared, made Thine Unit
ed States the best and most prosper
Gus country in the world. He paid
special attention to the west and gen.
eraliized its wonderful resource as
being the most natural in the world.
MIR. Silsby's remarks we're given
close attention. and the speech was
enjoyed.
The crowd adjourned for dinner,
and scattered all over the grove we're
groups of families and friends join
ing in a happy occasion.
The Mitchell band was present DUR
ing the day and rendered some good
music at various time, much to the
enjoyment of the big crowd.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon
the ball game was pulled off. 1t was
between a team picked up in this
city and the Prosper township team.
A big crows was fringed along the
river bank to the west and under,
the trees to east. The teams were
made up of the following players:
Mitchell-Hartwell, Carbelry, Mich
els, F%riganza. WEIGH. Wiley, Berry,
kirkpatrick and Reihsen. Prosper
B. Gard. w. Gard, Miles, r. Gard,
.Swenson, S. Gard, Wilson, Hamlet.
Church. Rogan was the umpire.
With the exception of the errors.
the game was good, both sides scor-
ing mostly on tie errors. Prosper
got a couple in the fifth inning by
and an error of wild throw
Mitchell scored first on an err
ror, and n run was brought in by a
hit. The score was 6 to 3 in favor
of Prosper.
At the conclusion of that game the
knights of Columbus of 'Woonsock-
ct and Mitchell got out on the dia-
.ond for a game, and they played
right to the limit, while the sun
boiled down without mercy. The
Mitchell knights walked away with
game and the big end of the
purse by a score of Z to 6.
Later in the afternoon the sports
lesser importance were pulled OFF,
consisting of foot races, potato race,
etc. These were watched by a por-
ion of the crowd and furnished any
mount of amusement. Prizes wore