Willmar tribune., 1921-07-06
THOUSANDS THRONCED CITY IN
1 BIC JULY FOURTH CEIEbRA TON
Picturesque and Impressive Parade In
! Morning Contained Over
Sixty Elements

another in a Maxwell in the antique,
etc.
The procession's tail end was few
decorated cars.
The parade judges awarded the
prizes as follows: s,>a~ -.%--. :
Most beautiful f1oat-Hoaglund &
Diffendorf, decorated auto, Prize $50
Most Unique float-Palace Grocery,
Coffee mill with three little dusky
Java girls in hopper and three Mocha
lads in drawer. Prize $40.
Most comical fioat-"Priam City
Fotografist" Prize SO.
The parade was formed on Third St.
and the line OF march was west on
Becker ave to Eighth st. w. and East
On Litchfield ave to Sixth st. E.. The
crowd on Litchfield ave was so large
that it was a hard thing for the po-
lice to keep the street open.
At. II o'clock Raymond and New
London crossed bats at the ball park
with the former nine winning by the
score Of s to 1. Raymond was thus
awarded the purse of $3.50. >,
Events OF Afternoon
The aeroplane from Appleton did
not appear disappointing many who
! expected to see some special aero
battles of the air.
Horse Races
Three horse races were staged in
the early afternoon at the Fair
Grounds track and attracted large
| crowd estimated at 1900. The gate
receipts amounted to about 500. The
races were one mile heats. In the
first race of the 1920 class Rome c
owned by A. w. johnson of Atwater
came in first, Billy Sunday owned by
P. B. Olson of Grove City, second,
John Gund owned by Balder Flaten
| of Atwater third, and Onward Patch
owned by. Wanner and Murray of
| Willmar trotted in last. Best time was
1926.
The $500 class ran in the second
race. Miss Gano owned by w. H. Fol
| lette of Atwater was awarded first
honors, Nancy A. owned by J. s. An.
! derson, of Atwater, second, Grace
! Hughes owned by George Witness Of
Wf1Emar third and Bon Amt Boy OWE
ed by Dr. Wanner of Willmar fourth
and Maud L owned by HI. r. Loudly OF
Atwater finished last. Best time was
2:48.
The third and last race was for the
1880 class. Pauline, owned by Edmund
Backlund of Kandiyohi came thru
first, Nut Burn owned by P. B. Olson
of Grove City, second, Todd A owned
by VIM. Lester of Spicer came in third
The proceeds of the races were ap
| fvpov7 re
the races.
The judges were George McBroom
of Atwater, o. M. Porter OF Atwatel
and C. X. Robinson of Willmar. VIM
| o. Johnson officiated as clerk.
The promoters of the races were w
H. Toilette, A. w. Johnson, H. II
Loudly of Atwater, P. B. Olson OF
Grove City, and DR.. Wanner, d. A
Murray, w. Ellstrom and Mr.. Wills
of Wil,mar..
The reason given for no running
races was that no entries were made
before the day of races and no run
ming horse owner would sign up 1ol
a share Of loss, had such resulted:
Free vaudeville acts, consist
ed of a high diving dog, a trio o.
male singers and trio of singers anc
actors. These acts contained var
iety of performances.
The foot races which were schedul
ed were not carried out as planned.
keystones Defeated
At four o'clock the ColOred Key
stones and the Willmar City team me
in the second game, of their two gam'
series and resulted in a victory fo'
the locals by score of 16 to TO-
Vaudeville acts on the pavilion a
the corner of 4th st. and Litchfiel
avenue again entertained the GROVE
in the evening. -
Wins Ford Car : s.s=t-
| At 8 o'clock the American Legion
gave away the. Ford for which ticket
to the number of three thousand ha'
been sold. Twenty-Five numbers wer
drawn from box and the number
> read. Then these twenty-five wer
> deposited in a special box and one b
< one drawn out The twenty fifth nun
Der was CLOS which Oscar Docken 9
Willmar possessed. He was Gale
up on the platform and introduced
:, The Legion received in proceeds O
the sale of chances some $500 whic
> more than paid, for the Ford.
i ~.< Fireworks And Dance
:. The fireworks display which too
place North of the tracks opposite th
Great Northern station began at min
= O'Clock and was viewed by thousand
The display contained large nrmbe
of stationary and special features an
a. few rockets. The display was II
L deed brilliant. S*sEt*:
= The bowery dance began early j
the evening on the large pavilion col
+ structed between the Railroad Par
1 and the elevators on Pacific avenu
J. Dancing continued until two o'cloe
e the following morning.
The Wilfmar Municipal Band, Il
7, Raymond Band and the Grove Cit
: Band furnished music thruout the ds
i and all organizations did creditab
e work.
i The police report no disorders /,
|, unmannerly conduct during the da