Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
HURLEY CELEBRATION

The Hurley Fourth of July cele-
bration passed off successfully. The
day was bright and clear and the
heat was not disagreeable. A rain
fell late in the afternoon but this
was hailed by many as the best part
of the day and no crowd ever watch
ed the rain descend with greater
satisfaction. After the storm had
cleared up people were able to go
home and the fireworks display was
made without difficulty.
The day opened with a cannon sa-
lutte at sunrise which proclaimed far
and wide that the big celebration
was about to begin.
The next feature was the indus
trial parade which took place at ten.
1t was the finest thing of the kind
ever pit on in Hurley. Some of the
floats represented much labor and
expense. To enumerate the striking
displays would be to give a list of
those that took part. 1t was dis
play that excited great admiration
among the spectators. Those repre-
sented were Walter H. Carr, H. j.
Lankhorst, Rector Auto Co., Mar
tinson & Son, B. F. Vaughan. j. j.
Mansfield, Turner County Bank,
Urbandale Farm, C. j. Bach, Star
Theater, Fawrup-Nelson Co., E. w.
Browne, j. M. Wray, j. HI. Farms
worth, Jasper Lease, Aliens Agency.
Bank of Hurley, Palmer Livery. D.
G. Ward, Episcopal Guild and posi-
| bly, others we do not now recall.
At ten the exercises at the pavil-
lion took place After music by the
band and chorus Rev. Frank Fox of
Sioux Falls was introduced. He did
not make conventional celebration
address giving his time to extolling
the greatness of this country. In
stead in scholarly and earnest Ian
guage he called attention to the
dangers that threaten our country
from within and which it is our duty
as citizens to eradicate. 1t was
powerful and inspiring appeal for
better citizenship and made deep
impression on those present.
After dinner the automobile pa
rade was the next event. About a
dozen handsomely decorated autos
participated The judges awarded
the prize to the Corkill auto. An
other that attracted much comment
was the w. C. T. u. car.
Athletic sports took the balance
of the day. After a clown ball
game lasting half an hour the game
between Viborg and Davis was
called. Here occurred the delay of
the day. AS the teams got ready to
play it was discovered that neither
had brought along a catcher's mask.
The mask belonging to the Hurley
team had been stolen and a search
disclosed that there was not a mask
in town. After considerable discus
sion it was learned that there was a
mask at the C. q. Sanborn home and
DR.. Sackett went for it in his auto
making the round trip in twenty
six minutes. 1t was an annoying
delay but one for which the Hurley
committee was in no way RESPONSE
BILE as it was not Hurley's place to
furnish the playing paraphernalia.
The game was good one and was
in doubt all the way through. Davis
took the lead at the start getting a
run in the first inning and two more
in the second. Vibo1g had been
barely able to get four men to the
bat and it looked like Davis game.
But the Viborg team braced up and
got a score in the fourth and fifth
and four in the sixth making the
score Of the game 6 to 3 where it
remained to the close. Davis made
a game fight four times getting
men to third base but the Viborg
boys were also on their nerve and
by close play averted scores and
held the Davis team to shut outs for
the last seven innings. Hurley had
players in both teams and rooted
impartially for each. For Davis
Highstreet struck out six and Over.
gard struck out nine for Viborg.
On errors Davis had the worst of il
and several times handed the Whore
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