The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-07-05
A
GREAT SUCCESS
MObridGe Entertains Large Crowds
for Three Days in Most
Hospitable Manner.
Committees TO Be Highly COneratu.
lated on the Way Every.
thing Went Off.
Visitors From All Over This Section
OF the State We're Highly
Pleased.

With the limited amount of time
and space at its disposal, it is
practically impossible for the News
to give the big three-day celebra-
ton in this city on Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday Of this week
the write up which it deserves.
For sometime past the various
committees having the details Of
the affair in charge had been busy
arranging for the entertainment
and amusement of the guests at
the affair. An excellent program
for each day had been prepared
and the last two or three days prior
to the celebration was given over
to decorating the city in holiday
attire. both by the committees and
by private individuals. One of
the most impressive features OF
decoration was the arrangement of
electric lights on the streets.
Wires were strung across the
streets on which lights We're strung
making a total Of about two hun
dred and fifty additional lights on
the streets throughout the city.
This one feature alone added very
much to the convenience of every
body and besides presenting a
mos beautiful sight served the
purpose of showing visitors in the
city that Mobridge has an electric
light plant second to none in the
northwest.
When the celebration opened
Wednesday morning there was a
large crowd in attendance, which
kept increasing all day with the
arrival of every train. BY evening
every available room in the city
was occupied and everyone was
ready for the big day of the cele-
bration. On Thursday the city no
doubt entertained the largest crowd
in it's history, people being here
from Aberdeen, Selby, Bowdle,
I1oyen, Lennon, Mcintosh, Nc
Laughlin, Isabel, Timber Lake,
Faith, Dupree. Eagle Butte, Pol
lock, Mound City and all the more
immediate towns and villages. On
Friday the crowd was not so large
as On the previous days, although
there were several hundred people
in attendance. The weather
through the three days was simply
great. Rains Tuesday night had
cooled the atmosphere, which re-
NAMED very comfortable until late
Thursday afternoon, when it be-
came rather sultry. Local showers
Thursday night again cooled things
and Friday was very pleasant.
The people were entertained
with the ordinary races and sports,
vaudeville, baseball, dancing, ETC.,
Of which il is impossible to make
detailed mention. However, The
News wishes to take advantage Of
this occasion to compliment the
band upon the excellent music
furnished throughout the entire
celebration. The boys have only
been organized a few weeks and
have given IA couple of open air
concerts. But It would appear that
they have been doing some excel
lent practice work, as was evil
denced by their harmony in play
ing during the celebration. In
short. their playing vas a revela-
tion to all who heard them on their
last appearance in public.
The Loyal Order of Moose gave
a bowery dance III the new Good
man-Pine building, which was
largely attended through the three
days of the celebration.
Probably the most interesting
numbers on the program were the
baseball games. Wednesday after
moor Selby and Isabel played, the
score resulting 10 to 4 in favor of
Isabel. The game was a good one
as far as general playing was con-
cerned, the scores being made
largely on errors.
The game between Mobridge and