The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-07-09
Fourth Of July ut the Csttsnw.sd

One of the jolliest outings ever
held In Sedgwick county was enjoyed
i by some so people. young and older,
little and larger. at the Cottonwood
Ranch on last Saturday.
July Fourth was an ideal day for
| an outing. Fleecy clouds floated be
tween the earth and sun while gentle
wind made the day almost perfect AMI
Il early in the day autos loaded to the
limit with men and women, boys and
girls, lunch baskets and outing para
phernalia. proceeded westward to tie
Cottonwood. Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Par
ker's beautiful ranch, located just east
{ of the Jumbo reservoir, and when tic
!! guests arrived they found that their
host and hostess had been busy pre-
4 pairing for their guests: The yard
had been beautifully decorated witt,
b flags and bunting while a flag pole in
4 front proudly bore aloft a monster
''O!d Glory. Long tables and seats
had been built along the bank of the
4 creek that flows Just back of the ranch
houses and in the shade of the Cotton
4 wood trees from which the ranch gets
its name.
From the arrival of the guests till
noon the most of the men fished at the
dren simply enjoyed themselves in the
cool and the shade. And then came din
ner Never did we so wish in all our
lives before that our capacity was e.
quail to our appetite as on this day.
We never realized before that so many
good things could possibly be packed
Z into lunch baskets and be spread up
on one table and that table was almost
q as long as city block and when final
d ly all had eaten their fill, and it took
quite awhile, we thought of the par
able we had read in our younger days
/ that the fragments were more than
the original amount.
j There was no pre-arranged pro-
\ gram of amusements but as seOn as
II some of us had commenced to mag
Inc that we were feeling little cas-
Ter move was made toward the barns
and we found number of saddle hor-
ses and ponies saddled and bridled
and ready for any of the ladies and
children who cared to ride and we bet
1 those horses who have been used to
being rode by experienced riders are
/ still wondering what it was all about.
This sport was no sooner underway
than the men were informed that
! they were all drafted to play base ball
and that was some base ball game.
We haven't list of all the players but
Glen LaSelle and ked Vance were the
=, and And. Petersen for the other side
4 with R. ]. Dobell as Umpire and what
q he don't know about the rules of a
base ball game would fill a big book.
b Adams and Petersens side won Ond OF
3 course the other side had many un-
kind things to say about the umpire
j and but for the fact that a ladies base
ball game was to be played in the
] shade near the house it is feared that
the umpire would have never lived to
tell the tale We adjourned to witness
3 this next attraction proco pronto and
if we were that bunch of men never
e again would we claim we could play
q base ball. the ladies game had the
4 mems game beat in every particular
H Mesdames Vance and Rood were the
battery for one side and Adams and
Reich for the other team while G. A
s Reed started in as Umpire. Did you
: ever umpire ladies base ball game:
Ask Reed. We don't blame the lad
les SO much. his decisions were rotton
and we were rather glad when they
thing that saved his life was his get
A.ing across the creek and hiding in
le potatoe patch until the atmos-
here had cleared. Glen LaSelle was
-. en- elected umpire and at the end OF
nth. inning he declared that the
u A!ames Adams and Reich side had
Then there was the mems tug-of-
war Some tug that and for several
minutes it looked af if it would have
to be called draw but finally one
side commenced to weaken and the
side captained by G. A. Reed drew the
other side over the 10 foot line and
we were ready for something else
Someone proposed jumping the rope
and you would have been surprised
at the agility displayed by those who
attempted this fat reducing exercise
but Bob Adams was easily declared
the champion and we know now ho1