Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-07-07
All Parts Of Emmons County Repre-
scented in Vast Throng Assembled
for Fourth Of July. Linton Victor
Over Hazelton in Ball Game.
Floats In Parade High Class, But
Few In Number.
Harry Haugse lStages Spectacular
High Dive" When His Car Backs
Into Beaver Creek from High Bank
in Presence Of Hundreds Of Specta-
tors. No One Injured.

Seeman Park again demonstrated
it's pulling power" yesterday when
approximately FIVE thousand people
from all over Emmons county, and
from neighboring counties, assembled
there to celebrate the Fourth Of July.
A detail of a dozen or more Legion
men were kept busy handling the
crowd, parking the cars, and keeping
The roads into the park clear. No
serious accident occurred, although
Harry Haugse had narrow escape
when his car backed down the steep
Lanx right in front Of the pavilion
and disappeared below the waves of
Beaver creek in thespresence Of a
large crowd after supper. His son
was in tn car with him: They were
both fshed out. with material injury
ether than, an unexpected bath.
The schedule was carried out as adj
vertised except for the high dive at
1880 a. M. That fell through be-
cause of minute attack Of
"temperamentalfty the part Of the
chairman Of the commit in charge
of that event. However, the Haugse
4thigh dive" partly made up for it.
The parade at 1880 q. m. did not
have as good . bunch Of floats as was
hoped for, but those in line were most
excellent. Kremer Bros. had tan
dem truck, representing the "old and
the new way" in turning out the FAM
iy wash. The rear truck carried a
tired-out old wash lady hanging on a
wash board The front truck carried
the new way. system, gas engine
propelling power machine while the
housewife" superintended the opera
tions with little exertion. L. E.
Feinstein had beautiful float repre-
eenting battleship which bonibarded
the kids that followed along with
oranges. Rechtle's store entered a
aoat from which fire-crackers were
heaved to the kids. Bredberg & Gill
aespie and the, Northwestern Garage
had nifty floats among the others in
the procession. "A squad Of uniform
ed service men escorted the Legion
colors, the band leading the procession.
w. Kyes was impressed as marshal
of the parade and handled it in good
/ shape.
8 Following the parade. the mann
moth crowd already assembled in town
\ began to line up at the park. "a
string ofscarsxa mile long waited
their turn to secure parking space.
AT noon q very fine musical and lit
erary program was put on at the pa
svilion under the supervision of Mes
DANES Sauer, Smith and, the Misses
Frances Cameron and Laura Petrie J.
The next hour was devoted to picnic
dinners, the tables under the
trees were all IN use by large picnic
parties from other towns. The band
then put on a concert, number Of
the Hazelton band boys helping out !.
Then came the ball game between
Hazelton and Linton, 100 automobiles
being lined, up in the park, besides
hundreds who did not attempt to take
3 their cars iii. g B{ d. sB@s 33 n
The game was called aobut 8 p IN J.
& Hazeltons was first up, and set their
4 rms i wild by starting off with two
scores. The two Kalberer boys and
4 Tifin got on, and two Of them scored
when Bennett hit for two bases over
left field Linton came back with
two n their inning when Otto Becker
and Pexie got on and Streeter drove
them IN with = double Neither side
{ Ssapred IN the second, and Linton drew
5de more IL the last half Of the third
when shier and Petrie got on,andd
Shier scored while Streeter was being
( retired q ! first & n the fourth Haz-