The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-06
ENTERTAIN large ;.
CROWD The fourth
PEOPLE COME FOR MANY MILES
TO ENJOY FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION.
WEATHER CONDITIONS ideal
MORRIS BADLY DEFEATED BY
LOCAL TEAM IN BASE
BALL GAME.

BALL GAME.
The Fourth of July celebration held
in Sank Centre Tuesday brought one
of the very largest crowds assembling
in this city for number of years.
The rain of the early morning made
things look a bit discouraging, but
the clouds cleared and by 1890 the
day was ideal for celebration purpos-
eS.
People came from long distances for
the celebration and they appeared to
enjoy themselves to their hearts con-
tent.
There was never a celebration given
in this or any other town but what the
committee was more or less criticized
after the event was over for failing to
do some things or provide some sort
of entertainment that the particular
individual fancied should be provided.
At joint meeting of the CONNER
cial Club and citizens generally it was
unanimously voted to celebrate this
year. Mayor Hennemann was en-
powered to appoint committee to
solicit funds. He interviewed many but
they all passed the buck, so to speak,
by refusing. Finally the writer and
B. F. Dubois, of the First State Bank,
indicated to the mayor that they
would see what funds could be raised
1t was the understanding in the first
place that the celebration should be
given under the auspices of the Fair
Association, and any benefits accruing
should go into the sinking fund of the
fair.
At meeting of the fair directors,
B. F. Dubois, Asa M. Wallace, r. E..
Hansen, M. D. Aygarn and J. J. Weis-
ner were named to handle the cele-
bration. The committee met and dis
covered that instead of having in the
neighborhood of $7O0 to prepare en-
tertainment (the amount usually rails
ed) there was $408 available; later this
amount was increased to about $3.50.
They did not feel that they could af-
ford to take chances arranging for the
expenditure of a great deal more mon
ey than had been subscribed, and the
present celebration cost approximately
$475.
In securing the free acts the COM
mittee felt that the farmers could en-
joy these while it would be impossi-
BILE for them to stay and witness the
shooting off of a small display of fire.
works in the evening.
The crowd attending the celebra-
ton was made up very largely of
strangers-many of them coming for
many miles, and unquestionably there
was more money spent in the city than
in any one day for many years. There
was also some intoxication-this was
to be expected as Sank Centre is the
only wet town for many miles to the
west, north and northeast. The police
under the supervision of Chief of
Police Fish handled the crowd very
well, indeed, under the existing con-
ditions. A couple Of bad niggers
caused some trouble in the evening;
this story is covered elsewhere.
The concessions were of the usual
character to be found at state and
county fairs, celebrations, etc. All
were given strict injunctions that they
could not operate any money games.
These came under the direct supervis-
ion of the writer and, as far as we
have been able to ascertain, no at
tempts at flimflaming the visitors
were made.
IL is moral certainty that there
will be more or less ntoxication in
Sank Centre at all public gatherings
as long as the city remains in the wet
column. No committee on earth could
have prevented this.
The free acts were high class, Will
lis and Willis performing very diff
cult feats on the slack wire, while
Harry Davis is juggler par excell-
ence. The street sports came i'm
mediately following the ball game and
everything advertised was given ex-
eept the motorcycle race. The bad
condition of the race track made this
event dangerous and the committee
called it of.
The winners in the various races
were:
Mems 100-yard free for all-H. M,
johnson, first; Jesse Rose, second;
Angus Irish, third.
Fat Mans Race. Z. Klein, first;
Paul Domke, second; v. Dombovy,
fhird.
Girls race-Leona Evans, first;