Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-07-09
Little Elk

AllllC Ekk
The Glorious Fourth is over
and we are alb settled down to
our duties of farm life.
AL Needham of Tum Tum
passed throug the Little Elk val
ley Friday, the I'd, on his way to
Eddyville to celebrate.
Ralph Pepin of Chitwood was
up our way the I'd, with his new
Ford after a load of people TAX
ing them to Eddyville for the
picnic.
Dewey Standard of Dallas is
visiting his mother and sister
here for two or three weeks.
The grange picnic and Fourth
of July celebration at Eddyville
the I'd was pulled off and was a
great success in every way.
The day was ideal, the crowd
was good, there being between
three and four hundred people
attending, and all had an enjoy
able time. The program was
fine, the Grafton was excellent
and was appreciated by all; the
dinner! Well, only those that
were there could possibly tell
anything of the immensity of It
all. This ! can say, there was
plenty and to spare. The pro-
gram was as follows: Song,
America" by all; prayer, Rev.
T. l.. Jones of Salem; solo, Mrs.
Lois Wakefield; Yankee Doodle,
Richard Boynton and Kenneth
Loudon; recitation, Metha PEN
tico; solo, Miss Bois; story,
Winifred Mcbride; flag salute,
Johnny Mcbride; song, "The
Little Elk choir; recitation, by
the little girls of Eldyville; song,
Star Spangled Banner" choir;
song and story, Jim Ross; ora
ton, Prof. Frederick Berchtold,
OF O.A.C., subject, "The Prob
lens Of the American People. I"
The Professor is a very forceful
speaker and did his subject full
justice and was fully appreciated
by all, and those that did not
hear him missed a treat. Then
came the ball game between Elk
City and Little Elk. There were
only seven innings played and
the score was eleven to two in
favor of Elk City. The other
sports were pulled off in good
shape and were as follows: so
yard foot race, for boys, 10 years
and under, was won by Allen
Birdwell, 1st, Jimmy Perry, ID;
50-yard for boys is year. was
won by Young Daniels, LIST, Ken
meth Loudon. I'd; 100-yard for
boys Is years, was won by Dam
iels, 1st, Coda Pentico, I'd; 90
yard, free for all, was won by
Brown Wakefield, 1st, Billy
Simpson, second; 100-yard free
for all, was won by Brown
Wakefield, 1st, Roger Loudon,
I'd d;relay race-team for Elk
City, w. Simpson, Millner, v.
Jacobson, Gus Jacobson; Eddy
vile team-Roger Loudon, C.
Mcbride, l.. l.. Mcbride, Brown
Wakefield, and the race was won
by Eddyville. In the gray-haired
class, 100-yards dash, S. T. Lou
don, after a hard fought race
captured the grand champion
prize Of 10 cents, with G. G. Nc
Bride not over a mile behind and
receiving the second prize, the
price OF a small lemonade. The
little girls race was won by the
Cooley sisters. The standing
broad jump was won by Millner,
lst; Roger Loudon, I'd; running
broad jump was won by Roger
Loudon, 1st, Clare Mcbride, 2.
The last, but not least, was the
potato race on horseback. The
winning team-Walter Parks.
Eugene Girdler, Brown Wake
field, w. F. Wakefield; losing
team-W. J, Cline. Red Lehn
Bud Carrow, Glenn Aldrich.
This race was very exciting all
the way through and showed
skill in horsemanship. w. r.
Wakefield, with his fine horse,
Scott" did some excellent
work and w. f. showed great
power Of endurance for he got
his leg skinned from hip to
ankle but he cheered his team
on to victory. Taking all in all
1t was a fine time, everything
went along smoothly. The