Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-07-07
American Legion Put
On A Real Celebration
Fine Weather, Big Crowd and
Splendid Attractions Were
Features of The Day

Favored by as fine a day for a
Fourth of July celebration as ever
shone out of the heavens, the Ameri-
can Legion boys gave Eagle River and
vicinity a demonstration of what a
real celebration should be, and one
that in point of attendance, good man
agement and real pleasure for all has
seldom been equalled here.
Starting off promptly with James
Oberholtzer's cannon salute at sun
rise, an event Jim hasn't missed for
at least ten years that we know of,
and ending with the band boys dance
in the evening, the whole days pro
gram went like clockwork, without a
hitch or accident of any kind to mar
the fun
The band began their work with the
raising of the colors at eight o'clock
and from then on rendered appropriate
music for all the various events of
the day, ending with a splendid con-
cert at the fair grounds in the evening
preparatory to the Legions display of
fireworks.
At the bridge at nine o'clock the
swimming races took place, followed
by log-rolling exhibition by Max
Ewald. This feature proved to be
quite an attraction for many who had
never seen such an exhibition of
skill as the old time river men were
accustomed to staging in the pioneer
days of the numbering industry in this
part of the state. The days of the
| river men are passing and a revival of
their water sports serves to recall a
period in the history of this town, and
in fact every town in this northern
part of the state, that should not be
forgotten
Following the water contests at the
bridge, the program moved to the fair
grounds where all the other various
races and contests that make up a
real celebration were put on, includ-
/ ing tug-o-War, foot races, pie-eating
contests, and a host of others that
| took in grown-ups as well as the
younger generation And all day long
the merry-go-round, a never failing
source of delight for the Riddles, did
/ it's share toward the days pleasure
The airplane booked for the occa-
sion flew in from Milwaukee in good
time, making the trip in three hours
and ten minutes, and after it's arrival
was busy giving exhibition fights and
carrying passengers over the lake re.
gion.
The big event of the afternoon was
the ball game between the colored
Illinois Giants and the Eagle River
team resulting in a victory for the
former by the score of eight to four
1t was a splendid exhibition of base
ball all through and one that gave the
fifteen hundred or more people who
watched it, many thrills.
In the evening the band concert kept
the crowd assembled until the fire
works wound up the days outdoor
events. This display was a big feat
ure of the program. Numerous SET
pieces, including the Stars and Stripes
the American Legion emblem, Niagara
Falls and others with a full connie
ment Of sky rockets, bombs, star
shells and all the other pieces that
go to make up a complete pyrotechni
cal display, finished up the days OBJ
serVance on the nations birthday in
true style.
Following the fireworks the band
boys dance at the opera house took
care Of the crowd until the early hours
of next morning, closing up a calebra
ton that seldom has been equalled
here in years gone by.
Only those who have ever partici
pated in preparing such program
know of the work connected herewith
and the Legion can feel that what they
did was fully appreciated by the hun
dreds who spent the day ia Lagle
River.