The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-07-10
THEY land
BROUGHT THE FAMILY
JULY FOURTH SHOWED BIGGEST CROWD EVER
ASSEMBLED IN DlCKEY COUNTY
Nothing But Praise for Those Who Pulled Er O-It Was
Patriotic, Good Natured Crowd, Everyone
Bent a RolGcking Time

Dent ON q no
Oakes asked everybody to come on
the 3rd and 4th and we rather guess
they came.
It was the biggest crowd that ever
came together in Dickey county.
There is no way of estimating. how
many people were here. nor is there
a way Of estimating the number Of
automobiles. Every street and alley,
not roped of, was filed with We
hicles, not in one part of the city but
all over and ran in all directions out
of the city.
It was some throng to take care of,
but it seems the Oakes people Just
We'd with each other. and the coun-
try people of this vicinity, in taking
care of the visitors. It was a good
uatured, pleased crowd. Everybody
seemed to be out for good time.
and by the remarks and the way
things passed OF. we rather guess
they had 1t.
II the weather had been made to
order. it could not have been i'm
proved on. The inch and half Of
rain on the End Just lifted the spirits
Of the citizens, after six days Of
warm winds from the southeast. The
roads were a bit muddy for distance
drives. but they did not stop people
coming from so and 60 miles away.
A hot sun beat down, with floating
clouds once in a while to hinder the
strong rays Of Old Sol. It was hot
enough for the ice cream and pop
venders to do a rafting good busi-
ness, and the eating houses and
stands had all they could do to hand
out meals and sandwiches to the
hungry.
The. bowery was the popular place
for the older ones In dancing and the
younger ones had big time on the
merry.go-round alongside. The or
chestra and the circling organ had
swell time in keeping up with each
other. but noise did not seem to in
terfere with anything for it was part
Of the program.
Our Boys -.
There were 397 of "Our Boys" reg
istered at the Boys Booth. While
mostly from this section there were
boys who served from states all over
the country. While everything" was
free to the boys, many Of them did
not feel that way and partly paid
their way, wanting to help in the big
gest celebration that was ever pulled
OF in the county. They liked the way
they were treated and were unstinted
in their praise. The old veterans
mingled freely with the younger
folks and ate and swapped yarns
with the look of extreme satisfaction
on their faces.
The Ball Games
AS pretty ball game as ever was
pulled of Oh the Oakes diamond oc-
Cured on Thursday between the
home team and Cogswell Neither
side scored until the 11th inning,
whan Cogswell ran in four. Chet.
Mcintyre nscyed star game on third
base, but at critical time was a lit
tie far ahead and a swift one from
the bat struck him a hard one on the
forearm, the ball passing to the spec
tator's bench. Young America, who
wanted to assist in the game picked
up and threw the ball into the dia-
mond. When the Cakes boys recov-
cred the game had been won by Cogs.
well. Score to 0. Fisher and Tracy
were at the points for Oakes and
Stadola and Wolstad for Cogswell.
The interest in balloon centered
around the game with Glendale ON
the afternoon Of the Fourth. There
always is a feeling of rivalry with
our county seat neighbor. and they
have never been allowed to get the
best Of us. even in ball game Both
teams were braced for the fray, and
there was some money in sight IL
things looked good. But Glendale
spoiled the works In the first inning
by running score before the oppo-
sttion had woke up. Erwin cracked
the ball first time and put one to the
credit Of Ellendale in flrst inning. In
the seventh inning Glendale put two
more to her credit and then 1t looked
lost to Oakes. It could be seen at
this time that all Of Glendale was
here for they stood up and yelled
real lively. Glendale was not quite
sure yet, for she had gone up against
Cakes once before in the last half Of
the ninth in a rather disastrous fash
ion-and had remembered. Oakes
tried to rec6up here every man and
woman Of the Cakes Countrygwas ON
their feet-and cut loosef but the
best that could be done was one