The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-07-08
Fourth Observed at
Many Celebrations

That the Fourth of July was cele-
brated by most of The people is ind;-
Gated by the reports from the cele-
brations in nearby towns around here
and the Hartford Beach celebration
was not the smallest by any means
Teopie who have visited the park for
several wears, and attended all of the
large gatherings say that it is with
eus doubt the largest that the park
has ever held.
Prospects for good day went
gnmmerlng wien one Of the heaviest
aoWnpoufs o. rain that has visited
this section Saturday night.
Sunday was cloudy with showers OF
ram, ard .he loads were in bad con-
d'tson. Tie Fourth was warm and
the sun shown brightly and after the
INST ie'v cars had made the trip to
tie park, the roads soon became fair
~ passable. and before evening hun
dreds OF cars made The trip.
Various est mates as to the number
of people who attended the ce'ebra-
ton have been given, ranging all the
way from 5000 to $4,000 people.
The stands, booths, boat house, hotel
and dance pavilion were kept busy all
day long. In the evanine the doors
OF the dance hall had 20 be closed to
discourage any more from trying to
crowd the place. The boats We're busy
all day and The beach was alive with
swimmers.
Tie baseball game scheduled for
the morning was pcatnon2d and was
played off in the evening. Revillo and
Vernon Cefter bateled slow but
close aan1e, ending IN the 10th inning
IN a dispute over play that would
have given she Vernon Cente,. aerra-
cation the game.
Milbanlz and peeyer started their
game about s:20 Nick Pesehone,. in
the pitchers box for the locals, struck
o}t tae frs three nlan 20 fare him,
gathering six strikeouts in the first
three innings. Grice. pitching for
Feavar. Waited t,po laen and or an
overthrow Milbank tallied frs. With
three r1er on bases. however, tie Idle
retired. The god Of luck favored the.
feeyer Indians and they grabbed OF
ln7poasible plaNa ard hits Three lad
e1srqrs ln succession hg tlilbank pave
P6eFeT q good lead In tie seventh
the sore WIS tied, I,a fl-e Peaver
aH.o crossed the plate FOR two more
tallie& N the eighth and tie game
ended Z to 5 in favor of Peever. Tie
diamond was n tho worst of condition
being a hay field when not used II 4
ball field. TIE heavy rains had made
It Wet and siippe1y ard the hest of
efforts we're without avail.
The fans crowded ollt on tie field
end n7ado pleFiar aonbly hard. The
fys that would have been good "outs''
on baseball 3iafnoad, went foT home
1uns 9r tlat Eeld because The fielaer:i
'el g spend several minutes hunting
rsf'cf tho Fo~l aa automobiles that
were also in sIe outfetd.
The Peever acsre cation, as vsel, a.
the 9eeYer fQas wore eStrenolv proud
Of the victory they carried back with
them. They offered considerable IL s
ducenent to the locals for another
game which wi)l le played ca 4 pasa-
ball tieia and should be good game.
The large crowd was handled re-
marEab!y well, and no accidents were
reported. TIE traffic police had the
cars marked away 50 that the largest
possible number could ge5 in.
Reports from the Watestonn ca,e-
bratien say that it was the largest
ayel aeld and The noss successful. The
.Appieton, Madison, Dawson, Grace
s|iie ard other celebrations IN Mime
sota drew large crowds The Aber-
daen celebration drew large crowds
as well a. sight seers who came TO
see Inc damage done by the high
wind which visited That section on
Saturday night
The fainfa'l on Sunday had a psv-
eological effect upon the people. 1t
saved may thousands Of acres Of
grain from being burned UP by the
continued hot weather. This fac.
coupled with the fine weather Of the
Fourth made it a good celebration I
day and from reports, people certain
u took advantage of it..