Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-07-06
SUCCESSFUL
CELEBRATION
LARGE CROWDS ENTERTAINED
HERE YESTERDAY BY FOURTH
OF JULY COMMITTEE
FAILED TO GET AN AEROPLANE
First Aviator Cancelled and Barnard
Wanted $500 for Exhibition.

In spite of the short time given the
Fourth of July celebration committee
to prepare for a celebration and the
fact that the committee was disap-
pointed in securing some of the at
fractions of the day at late hour
and had no time to arrange for sub
stitutes the largest crowds that have
gathered in Bonners Ferry for many
day were on hand yesterday and ap-
parently were well content with the
lamusements and entertainment. The
day was ideal and there We're no mis-
haps of any serious nature to mar IT,
The work of the peace officers
was efficient and there were few in
toxicated people to be found at any
time of the day on the streets.
One of the disappointments of the
day was the absence of the advertised
aeroplane stunt flying and the much
looked for opportunity TO ride in a
flying machine. The members of the
Fourth of July committee were per-
haps more disappointed in the failure
to secure an aviator than were the
Fourth of July crowds
The aeroplane stunt flying and pas
senger riding was advertised in good
faith after Aviator Tex Rankin. of
Spokane, had agreed to bring his plane
here and had been on the ground and
selected landing place in the NAL
com Bruce clover field on the south
bench.
The committee had agreed to pay
Rankin 5000 to come here and give
his exhibition and he was to make all
he could on the side taking passengers
in the air at $15 per trip. On Ran
kin's return to Spokane he found that
he would not be able to secure in
surance on the new plane he had just
bought and so he wired here cancell-
ing his engagement. ID. G. Nc Donald,
the head of the Fourth of July commit
tee, Immediately wired to Spokane to
get another aviator and talked to a
man by the name of Barnard who
agreed to come here for $500. This
was $100 more than the committee had
on hand but Mcdonald decided to pay
it rather than disappoint the crowds.
He told Barnard to come and he would
get the $780, Barnard motored here
Saturday night, viewed the landing
field, said it was 0. X. but demanded
an additional 5000 for his services, evil
at his mercy and would have to come
across. The committee figured that
they were being held up" and that
$500 was unreasonable and out of the
question as it is known that aviators
make daily trips of 100 miles and re-
turn for only $100 and carry passen-
ger with them. Mr.. Mcdonald and his
committee worked all day Sunday in
an effort to get an aviator here to fill
Rankin's engagement but without sue
cess and at last decided that the event
would have to be postponed until some
other time.
The entertainment started at ten
o'clock with a concert by Walden's
band This organization also gave a
pleasing concert in the evening.
The sports were held in the vicinity
of the court house and held the in
terest of large crowds all day long.
Practically all of the program of the
day was carried out in full. The com
mittee put on several horse races and
mule bucking contest in addition
to the regular attractions and during
the day Edward Cook, professional
street entertainer, entertained the
crowd with a line of jokes and tricks.
The special attractions were put on
at the last moment in the effort to
compensate the crowds for the disap-
pointment in the the non-arrival of the
aeroplane Oliver Campbell was in
charge of the various athletic sports
and contests.
Several contestants had been Sc
cured for the log rolling contest but
these pulled out at the last minute
and so this part of the program was
partial fizzle.
One of the features of the day was
the display of fireworks in the eve
ming The display lasted for about an
hour and was one of the best displays
ever shown in this county. d. G. Nc
Donald was in charge of this feature
and was very successful in securing
many pretty novelties and in firing
the entire set without misbap of any
kind. He was assisted during the eve
ming by II. b. Kinnear
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John Clark Funeral
The funeral Of John Clark, who died
1 n.