Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-07-10
ExOEI;1sE1gT WEATHER PREVAIL
Ed AND a GOOD PROGRAM
WAS CARRIED OUT

m. The house was filed by iarge
and appreciative audience. Members
Of the G. "A. r. were given seats on
the stage.
The city band opened the program
with an excellent number, followed
by . selection by quartet composed
Of Misses Marie Cannon, Rose Zalou-
dek, Madeline Simonet and Jessalyn
Hall, with Miss Celia Cannon as ae-
companist. Mayor Fortier then intro.
duced Rev. Frank Atkinson, who gave
9 short talk on Independence Day.
Misses Marie Cannon and Jessalyn
Hall then sang a auet. Mrs. Chas.
Farrow read the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence and Miss Elaine Ruth sang
q solo, for Whicheher sister, Miss Ell
vira Ruth, played the aecompa animent.
Rev. Fr. Reardon Of Minneapolis
eloquently delivered the Grafton ) of
the day, which was very well received
by. all present. He said good citizen
ship was real evidence Of patriotism.
That it was glorious to die for one IS
principles, but it was still better to
live for ones country.
Before closing his talk he paid a
tribute to the G. A. R. veterans, living
and dead, for what they had done to-
ward making the United States a free
nation governed by free people.
Sports
Beginning at l O'Clock program OF
sports was pulled off, in which many
liberal prizes were awarded. The fol-
lowing were winners in the various
events: zs
& Girls 50-yard dash-Regina Della
hunt, first $1.00; Helen Olson second,
soc.
. Motorcycle race-Wm. Liebl, first,
$500; Christ Ellefsen. second, 5000.
. Standing broad jump-Lawrence
Longley, first, $500; Otto Irwin, sec
Sond, $1.00. @
Pole vault-Lawrence Longley, nrs,,
$500; A. Lindahl, second, $500. s:s
Running broad rjump-Otto Irwin,
first, $500; Lawrence Longley, second,
.$l.O0. 90. ..',:'s.,55. 's.15.. II :
B Men : 1oo-yard dash-Lavrence
Iaseneley e33:0e; Del Bettefs; sec-
sond, $500; Otto Irwin, third, $I.00.
Boys 75-yard .dash-Joe Wenz1,
first, $500; Leonard Lepinski, second,
$10O.
Bull in the ring-Alvin Gierok, $500
Tug ug-of.war-East side, $500.
Ball throwing contest-Ed. Ploof,
first, $500; NJ. Lemanczek, second,
s$l.OO. s:s s5
/ Three legged race-Becker and
Peterson, first, $500; Muncy and Bat
sters, second, $1.0O.
+ Running high jump-Lawrence
Longley, first, $500; Otto Irwin, Sec
ond, $1.00. 7.-s
The baseball game between the To-
cal team and the Minneapolis @Colored
sGOphers took place after the program
of sports. Mention Of this game and
the Sunday game are given in another
column.
A large number Of people took ad-
vantage Of the offer by the owners Of
Maple Island to picnic there. The ls-
land was in the hands of the Civic
league, and several members Of tins
organization were on the island durine
the day and made it pleasant for the
children. The citv band cave a con
cert on the island from 5 to 6 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
At CLOCK in the evening the hose
race was pulled off, companies l and 2
being the only contestants. Hose Co.
No. carried off high honors and was
awarded the first prize of SIS, their
time being SO seconds. Hose company
No. getting the second prize Of $40.
In reeling the hose for the race Hose
Co. No. by mistake put on an add1-
tional length, which caused them to
fail at making the hose connections.
No. afterward made an exhibition
run with the right amount Of hose, and
got water in 35. .3-5 seconds. The con-
test would have been a very good one
had the mistake not been made In reel-
ing the hose.
The dances at the Harrison & Peter
son and Progressive halls were well at
tended. Nelson's orchestra furnished
the music for the former and Bastien's
for the latter.
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