The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-09
BLACKFOOTS FOURTH OF
JULY CELEBRATION

The celebration at Blackfot wa.
conducted just as advertised in pre-.
ceeding issues Of this paper, and
Everything turned out well. The pa,
lrade was not so large In point oil
numbers as it should have been, but
the program at the fairgrounds in
the afternoon was probably the bes,
ever given there, 1t began at !
O'Clock and continued until 6 without
any hitch or Interruptions. There
were. no accidents and all went mer'
lrily. Two or three persons narrowly
escaped being hurt, there was some
difficulty in keeping the race track
clear at times when interest ran high
and one auto under poor control
struck couple of buggies when the
crowds were coming out of the
grounds. Miss Margaret Neelan was
thrown from one of the buggies by
the collision and slightly injured.
At one place by the ringside lot
|of fellows were sitting and leaning
on the fence when 1t started to fall
into the ring, Some of them grabbed
the front of an auto that stood close
to the fence, and tried to save them
selves from falling. The pull c. this
load of humanity started the car and
it followed on, running part way over
the pannel and pinning one fellow
under it. The car quickly backed
up and the victim scrambled to his
feet While he was under it, it look
ed like the proverbial steam roller
flattening its victim, but happily he
was not hurt.
The races with cars and motor
cycles were the newest features of
the day and excited much interest.
They did not quite touch the mile-a-
speed, the track being fiat and
dusty.
The number of people at the
grounds was perhaps the largest ever
assembled. The grandstand and
bleachers were filled early and hund-
reds were turned away. A large
number of autos parked in the ring
and many vehicles around the outer
ring, all filled with people. Those in
charge of the days entertainment de-
serve great credit for the manner in
which everything was conducted. The
police force were unable to entirely
control the use of firecrackers and
pistols on public grounds, but no ac-
cidents resulted from the violations
of the mayors proclamation against
them. Many of those who used them
Unfortunately were guests from
the country who did not know of the
rule against them, and the officers
did not feel like using harsh mea-
sures with those whom the town was
trying to entertain A few of the
larger boys took advantage of this
situation to embarrass the officers as
much as they could. and they are
pretty we'll listed for surveillance
throughout the year to give them
chance to be good If they will, or to
be dealt with according to their de-
serts IL they show a disposition to
take rod" just because they have
been given an inch.
The matter of drunkenness so COM
mon nuisance few years ago was
out of mind that day.
One fellow who loves whisky was
'ound very drunk in the shade Of a
'ence, and he was taken into custody
md fined $40. The officers found
'ew bottles of booze hidden about the
grounds. A few fellows drank some
Ind took care to carry the load so it |
would not be offensive to others. The
fireworks were very beautiful, the
weather. clerk was considerate, the
Icores of prizes were paid in cash to |
he winners, and the committeeman
md their assistants in every depart
nent merited the gratitude of the
,ublic for their part in giving the
lays pleasure to all comers.