The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-29
BUSINESSMEN GIVE PRIZES FOR
JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION

| Arrangements have been completed
for events to be held in Minot next
Tuesday, July 4, according to an
nouncement made today by the Minot
| Association Of Commerce. Every eff
fort is being made to have the parks
of the city patronized that day and
events arranged will be held in the
parks.
At 1O:3O a. M the boy scouts of the
city will meet and march thru the
business section Of the city to River
side Park where flag raising exercis-
es will be held at II a. m. The exer-
cises will be under the direction Of
Scout Commissioner D. D. Riley.
From 11:15 a. m. until 1890 o'clock
there will be a series of swimming
contests at the swimming pool and
afternoon an hours recess to enable
those present to have picnic dinner,
program of athletic events will be
run off. The swimming and athletic
events will be under the direction Of
tiliated with the city parks.
The Association Of Commerce has
received ready response from busi-
ness firms of the city for prizes for
the events. The list Of contests and
prizes are as follows:
Swimming Events
20 yards, free style, boys: first,
swimming suit by Anderson Drug Co.;
second, flashlight by New York Fur
niture & Hardware Store.
| 20 yards, free style, girls: first,
| silk stockings by Samuelson's Shoe
! Store; second, box Of candy by Camp
| bell-Tompkins.
| so yards, free style, men: shirt by
The Mems Shop.
Cracker race for boys, swimming
suit by Leland Drug Store.
Cracker race for girls, fancy SWIM
ming cap by Leland Drug Store.
20 yards for women: first, hand bag
by The Fair; second, toilet water by
Benno Drug Co.
20 yards, fat men, Shirt by Tho
Shirt Shop.
Plunge for distance, men, Box Roi
Tan Cigars by Stone-O -Ordean-Wel
Co.
Plunge for distance, women, Gin
derella locket and chain by H. L. Win
ters Co.
Underwater swimming for distance,
men, box of Chancellor cigars by
Gamble Robinson -Minot Co.
Athletic Events
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pocket knife by Jacobson & Fugelo;
second, baseball bat by Taylor Drug
Co.
SO yard race, girls under 12: first,
stockings by New York Dept. Store;
second, stockings by Leland Depart
ment Store.
rs yard race, boys under 16: first,
hat or cap by b. & R. Store; second,
baseball by Minot Hardware Co.
rs yard race, girls under l6: first,
silk stockings by Leland Department
Store; second, silk stockings by New
York Department Store.
20 yard three-legged race for boys
under Is, hose by Boston Store.
20 yard boys sack race, baseball by
Ward Drug Store.
so yard sack race for fat men, any
tie in M. G. Olson Co.'S store.
40 yard race for ladies', Kewpie
doll lamp by Walkers.
400 yard relay race for boys teams
under 20 years, caps by j. c. Penney
Co.
Watermelon eating contest for boys
under Is, watermelons donated by
Ward Fruit Co., prize, five tickets to
''Reported Missing" by The Strand
Theater.
lucIc Will also De Two special events
for boy scouts. One will be relay
swimming contest and the other
tug-of-war. Each troop is urged to
enter a team and special prizes will
be given the winning troops.
The Association of Commerce has
arranged to furnish free ice cream for
the smaller children at Riverside
Park. The Elks have been asked to
furnish a committee to pass out the
ice cream cones.
The Baseball Games
The Minot baseball team plays two
games at home July 4, the Northern
Pacific Ry. team from St. Paul being
the opposition. One game will be at
3:15 p. m. and the second at $50 p
m. The Minot Community Band has
been offered a share in the gate re-
ccipts of the evening game to play
hand concert between p. m. and 6:30
p. m. in the baseball park.
Park board officials expect several
hundred families to motor to Minot
and picnic at Riverside Park July 4,
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