Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-07-06
The Celebration.

Fourth of july celebration eve,
held IN Linton was the one pulled
OFT day before yesterday The pro.
cesslon was of good length, III,
iloats well prepared. and the streets
filled with people.
The procession was worth ,,inp
long way to see. There was .
large number of floats and autos
all nicely decorated.
About the 'cutest" thing among
the floats was a boys wagon, NIGEL,
decorated, big pretzel being the
leading feature. and representing
the Home Bakery. Two of Mr.. Der.
theaus young sons pulled the Wagon
and two of their brothers followed
1t as an escort.
After the procession the crowd
adjourned to the bowery. where the
exercises took place. The address
of the day was made by Attorney
Lane, and it was ably given. full Of
patriotic fervor and interesting and
instructive. The Declaration Of In.
dependence was read by ATTORNEY
Coventry. The popularity of the
exercises this year lie in the fact
that both of the gentlemen named
are of English birth, though no one
natlve-born or of native born anccs-
try more thoroughly appreciates tn.
opportunities this country gives.
and none is more intensely Ameri.
can In his principles. than the ren.
tlemcn named.
w. f. Petrie received first and
Smith and Irvine second for best
decorated building.
j. III. Reamer received pennant
for the best-decorated auto.
N. +. Dale received the first prize
SIS, and Ira Burge second. 81. for
best-decorated farming. Mr.. Dale
also received the prize for the En-
mons county farmer coming the
longest distance.
The base ball game heween Pollock
and Linton was hot contest, and
was nip and tuck all through. TIL,
score stood to o in favor of Linton
until the ninth inning, when Pollock
made an earned run, and followed i,
by a home run on long drive to
right by The jolly Coppersmith,
bringing in a man on base and the
batter. winning the game by 3 to 9
The greased-pig incident took
place at the ball park, and the
squealer was taken by John Kelsch
who got S..
Two of the six balloons sent out.
one each day, before the Fourth,
were found by Earl Haggard and
Bonnie Meyer, who each received a
dollar.
The Record has not been able to
obtain full list of the prizes in the
races that took place on Broadway
for the reason that there were many
entries in most of the events, and it
was impossible for the judges or TIE
reporter to get full list of the win.
ners. The list is taken from the
checks issued that have been pre-
sented at the bank. In the wheel
barrow and three-legged races the
checks were issued in the name of
but one of the partner" contest
ants, and hence the other name could
not be obtained.
The tug-of-war was between Lin.
ton and Strasburg, and was won by
the former.
The fat mems race was won by Il.
o. Nickel, first and Henry Miller,
second. So and 81.
Free-for-all, 100 yards-Won by
Earl Moves. Frank Lovelace second,
Tony Baumgartner third. Sc, 81
and So.
Boys dash, so yards-Fjrst to
George Silbernagel. second to Earl
Mewing. third to Peter Reich. So,
So and ST..
Girls race, so yards Elsie May
Pettis first, Ruth Biegler second,
Catherine Casson third. So, 81
and 81.
Sack race Anton Baumgartner
first, John Haveman second, Michael
Casson third. So, So and 81.
Wheelbarrow race Maurits Van
Soest first. Ed Seeman second. 81
and 81.
Three-legged race Glen Nickel
first, Tony Baumgartner second. So
and 81.
Boys dash. so yards Herbert
Meppin first, Dan Kelly second,
Egidi Keller third. This was for
small boys, and the prizes were ST,
75c. SOC and 25c.
George Pettis won the shoe race.
First prize So. We could not ascer-
tain the second.
During the afternoon and until a
late hour at night dancing was car
ried on at three different places in
town, and all of them were crowded.
Everybody was we'll satisfied with
the celebration. Those who attend
ed from outside of town expressed
themselves as we'll pleased with the
entertainment provided. and Linton
people are satisfied because their
efforts we're appreciated. The crowd
in town was a big one, majority of
the people present being Germans.
Everybody was good-naturcd, and
all did their best to make the cele-
bratlon success.