Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-05
L abor Day Pageant Finest
Ever Presented by Local
Organized Labor Bodies
Clean Orderly and Well Disciplined Citizens Parade Augustus
Streets Drawing Much Commentator Bouts at City
Hall and Events at Driving Park

f1ourishes as it is managed. Labor may
contribute its best and the business
may have abundant capital, but it
must be properly managed. All three
uniting and working in harmony pro-
duce satisfactory results"
| Mayor Viles then made brief refer
ence to the 54-hour law (Which ap-
plies only to women and chidren) and
said the voters of Maine were going
to stand by the bill next Monday; that
with practically all the skilled work.
men of Maine working only 4S hours
per week it seemed to him that the
| women and children should be safe
guarded by at least a 54-hour law.
He also mentioned the workmen's
compensation law, which he said was
step in the right direction but that
| it would need amendments and re-
! vision. Another subject which he
touched upon was the departure of
the troops for Texas and said that the
people of Maine were proud of them;
that if there must be fighting there It
would find the men from Maine ready
and eager for the fray. In closing he
| said:
I'VE have the goods and we must
all boost for Maine and for Augusta.
| The city deserves your boost more
| than this. The labor organizations are
strong: they are wholesome; they are
accomplishing good. congratulate
| You upon this splendid showing to-
Gay of the different branches. May the
day be a pleasant one to you and may
the great cause of organized labor pc
strengthened and benefited"
Mayor Lund was then introduced
and spoke at some length to the gath
ering, and though, the rain, which the
column had encountered on the way
down town had apparently settled in
for the afternoon, he held the greater
part of his audience until he had con-
| cluded. He spoke in opening of the
| 54-hour law, which he strongly advo-
Gated and his speech in the main was
in behalf of organized labor Mayor
Lund is forceful speaker and full
Of energy, and he was given close at
tention during the time that he was
speaking.
Following the conclusion of Mayor
Lund's address the several organiZa
tons were disbanded and left the
square to enjoy lunch and to get ready
for the afternoons sports at the Driv-
ing park
Sports at Driving Park
The track meet held at the Capital
Driving Park in the afternoon was
quite we'll attended in spite of the rain
and all of the events scheduled were
put on according to program. The
records made were very good when the
muddy track and slippery getaway
are taken into consideration.
. . The first event was the Seward dash
Tor boys under T. years of age, and
was a popular event, about 20 start
ing, and the race was run in three
heats, the winners being Turner. Ter
rell, and Soper first, second and third,
respectively. The second event was the
loo-yard dash. which was won by Ra-
ker, WOOD and Smith Cooper. in order.
the time being u seconds, fast enough
When the bad footing is allowed for
In the shot-put, about dozen en-
tries were finally narrowed down in
competition to L. T. Goodman, Baker,
Wood and Wohl, who finished in Just
/ that order, Goodman putting the shot
S6 feet and inches, Baker So feet and
) inches, Wood "a feet, 5 inches. Ba-
ker also won the 446-yard run, the
time being SO seconds for this event,
and second was taken by Fred Best.
third by Terrell. Baker, who figured
prominently in nearly every event,
was a Bates man in the class of IA
and is fine athlete. The running high
jump was entered into by 10 contest
ants, and the four who made the finals
were Boardman. Butler, Weed and
Wohl. which is the order in which they
flnlshed, Boardman getting first with
5 feet, one inch, Butler doing five feet
| and Weed four feet II inches Given a
good take-off, these men would have
gone to five feet six or more. Board
man is a former Bowdon man and
the others were all good athletes
Boardman also won the obstacle race
the funniest event of the day, the con-
testants, six in number, having to run
20 yards and get into a potato bag,
which they tied on with a short cord
then hobbled % yards in the bags, got
out of them and crawled under a ten
mis- net stretched lengthwise along the
ground (Which is some job, then run
% yards and crawl through a barrel,
hnally rolling the barrel to the finish
line. Boardman went at this method
ically and won by a good margin, Rog-
ers ard Terrell being scored second
and third.
The final event was the mile run,
and there were six entrants, Lane, a
former Bates man. winning with rs
yards to spare. Kimball Fisher being
second and running fine race, Fred
Best, third.