Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-07-07
CELEBRATION
BIG SUCCESS
Weather Man Smiles On Legion
and Troopers and Large
Crowd Is Result
CONTESTS EXCITING;
SOME AMUSING
Fine Parade Leads the Program
Many Floats and Autos I'm
Procession

Favored with perfect weather, the
celebration put on in Ladysmith the
Fourth by the American Legion and
Cavalry Troop B entertained large
crowds of people and was a big sue
cess financially.
The celebration was conducted on
different plan than the old-time Fourth
of July celebrations and several num-
bers on the program were entirely new
to Rusk county people. The program
was carried out at the fair grounds
and the race track was used for all
the contests, except the ball game. The
grandstand was filled to capacity and
the race track and the baseball dia-
mond was lined with crowds of pleas
ure-seeking people of all ages. Sew
eral refreshments stands were on the
grounds to supply the wants of the
people in eats, drinks and smokes. The
Ladysmith band furnished lively mu-
sic, which is considered necessary for
all successful celebrations.
AS times change, programs change,
and this celebration would be called,
perhaps the modern kind. There was
no speeches and no reading of the
Declaration of independence. supposed
to be regular features of Fourth of
July celebrations, and some of the
older people remarked the omission
But this celebration was conducted by
young people, whe- wanted action all
the time.
The Parade
The only forenoon feature of the
I occasion was the parade between 10
and II o'clock in the morning. This
was not so cOlOrful, as some like
events in the past, but it was signifi-
can't of the occasion and a creditable
feature of the day. At the head Of
the procession was properly the ma
tiOnal emblem, Old Glory, carried by
a color bearer and guarded by two
color guards Following in order were
the Ladysmith band, Troop B., mount
ed. and preceded by their troop cOlOrs.
Then came automobile floats and dec
grated cars of individuals, all carry
ing gay parties. The Ladysmith fire
department was represented by mem
bers with the "red devil chemical
truck The following business firms
and houses had decorated floats in
scribed autos in the parade: Pure Oil
Co, Benson Bros. Rusk County Bank,
Commercial Hotel, Ellingboe's, Lee,
Handy Grocery, SpurgeOn Stringer.
The rear was brought up by small
bunch of mounted cowboys.
The float of the Service Star Le-
giOn was one of the most notable
and of particular significance on
this occasion which was sponsored by
the American Legion and the Troop,
because the Service Star Legion is an
auxiliary, and the idea conveyed was
ons in which all should be interested.
1t has to do with the memorial to be
erected in this city for the soldiers
of the late war The figure of the
soldier represented the statue, while
the four female figures represented the
four relationships to the soldier-the
mother, the wife, the sister, and the
daughter.
Fairgrounds Program
The first event was a ten-mile mo-
torcycle race, with three entries. J.
f. Hintermeyer, a Ladysmith motor
cop, riding a Henderson four-cylinder
cycle, was an easy winner over Roger
Wood, of Weyerhaeuser, who was
second, on a Harley Davidson, and
d. B. Allen, of Eau Claire, third, on
an Indian. Hintermeyer had more
than a half mile lead at the finish.
The pyramid riding stunt, in
which six men rode three horses, three
Of them standing ON the shoulders of
the other three, in pyramid form, was
an exhibition seldom seen outside a
i circus. The hOrsemen passed the
grandstand twice, once with the horses
trotting and once with horses run
ming.
The free-fOr-all harness event was
won by V. v Miller's grey pacing
mare taking first and third heats Dr.
J. e. McDermid's black horse got Sec
ond place and Earl Growers bay PAGER
third position.
In the relay auto race, Ed Fults in
Dodge was an easy winner over
Earl Smith in Ford. Five men
rode in each car, and at the quarter
post the cars were stopped and the
occupants had to get out and run
!, Ground their car, get in and drive
"on again
"Pa" and willie" contributed the
clown act of the program, staging a
mule race, with the racers hitched to