Little Falls herald., 1922-07-07
MANY ATTEND
CELEBRATION HERE
INDEPENDENCE DAY DREW BIG
cRowD-PRoGRAM WAS
GOOD ONE

Little Falls held "safe and sane'
celebration July Fourth and everything
went off nicely from start to finish.
The prediction that one of the largest
gatherings of people ever seen here
would be witnessed was not in the
least an exaggeration and the fact is
that a man from Texas won the prize
for the person coming from the longest
distance and entering the automobile
parade.
Although the streets were jammcd
with automobiles and the sidewalks
with pedestrians from early morning
until late at night only one serious ac-
cident was reported. Philip Kliber, 10
years old, Of this city, was hit by car
and seriously injured. Mention of this
accident appears elsewhere in this is
sue.
The automobile parade marked the
opening Of the celebration, at 10 a. M,
and although there was nothing elabor-
ate about it many found it quite inter
esting. The parade was concluded at
Pine Grove park and patriotic exer-
cises were held there Immediately fol-
lowing. The program consisted of sci
ections by the juvenile band; ritual by
officers of the American Legion Post,
S. r. Simonet presiding; an address on
"Selling America First,' by Howard
J. Wisehaupt Of Cleveland, Ohio and
the reading of "America s Creed' by
katrine Fortier. Cards with the Greco
printed on them were distributed to all
the children free.
Mr.. Wisehaupt spoke mainly of the
great need of Americanization work in
this country, pointing out that it is to
the interest Of the citizens of the Uni
ted States to see to it that the foreign
ers are properly educated and made
good citizens. He also dwelled at
length on the manner in which this
country IS looking after it's disabled
war veterans. He called the members
of the present Congress lot of rum
mics and crooked lawyers and he .ex-
pressed the hope that in the future the
people will find out from candidates for
congressional seats what they stand for
before e]ecting them to office.
After the patriotic exercises free ice
cream, sandwiches and lemonade were
passed out to several hundred children.
sports contest for children under
fourteen years was then pulled of,
with prizes to the winners. The tug
of-war between East Side and West
Side boys was especially interesting.
The West Side boys won. At 2 p. NJ,
d program Of sports for boys, girls and
men was pulled off downtown, also a
bicycle rage and mems tug-of-war.
The boys pony race was pulled off on
Fifth street southeast and this event
proved very good.
The baseball game between Little
Falls and the Colored Bufaloes Of Min
neapolis drew crowd OF about eight
hundred people but the game proved
somewhat unlnteresting as the visiting
team was no match for Little Falls, the
local boys trimming them II to O.
"Red' Vincent of Swanville pitched
for Little Falls and the colored lads
were unable to solve his curves. Muir
fit at the receiving end for Little
Falls did good work. The Little Falls
players did some hard hitting, getting
several corking singles and one OF
two doubles and three bagger. kcu
Rasicot got the triple.
The water sports were pulled Oft in
the river just above Broadway bridge
early in the evening and many re-
marked that they were the best part
of the entire program. A baseball
game in the water featuring many
swimming races and diving contests
proved very amusing and from express
siOns heard, there will be more Of these
turing the summer.
At dusk the large crowd gathered at
the fair grounds to witness the fire.
works display, which was fairly good.
After the freWork were over a large
number of people were entertained at
dancing on the pavement in front of
the court house until midnight, entirely
free. Music was furnished by the city
band. Many also took in the dance at
Venners new hall.
Following is a list of the parade
prize winner:
Car Of prettiest girls (six or more),
driven by Mrs. Jos. Medved.
Car with the largest family, driven
by Genore Pelkey.
Car with the largest number of girls
under - years of age, G. F. Virnig.
Car with the largest number of boys
under y years of age, Ed. Cash
<Thirty- three in cary.
Car driven by the oldest person,
William Parshall.
Car, with the least equipment, on
it's own power, Warren Graham. (Ford
chassis.)
Oldest car, running on it's own power
1914 Case from South Dakota.
Car having the largest license mum
Der, F. A. Wilson, Alamo, Texas. Ii
cense number 72o,5s9, Texas.
Car having come tho longest dis
tance, F. A. Wilson, Alamo, Texas
owner.
TWO SMALL FIRES TUESDAY
The j. R. Briggs house in Little
Elk, occupied by the Jos. Eidenschinl
family was slightly damaged by frt
Tuesday. The blaze, which was con
fined to the roof and is believed tc
have been started from 1recrackers