The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
OBSERVATIONS ON
VIDA CELEBRATION

A man who was there turns in
some more news about the big time
held at Vida July 4th. Everything
was carried out that was advertised
on the bills, and not one break in
their program from early morning
until the next morning at six when
the big dance came to a close. Just
one steady stream of sport all day
long, and Chairman Young had to
call off the riding of three horses
and five steers. The racing was fine
and a good many fast horses were
entered. The broncho and steer rid
ing was as good as could be seen any
where even in the larger places.
"The streets were well decorated
with the Stars and Stripes, and no
matter where you went there were no
charges for anything in the line of
sports. 1t was an ideal day for a
celebration.
t"The first thing in order was a
short address of welcome by VIM.
Young. chairman of the day, and he
made it plain to everyone present
that there were no doors locked and
that the business men had all thrown
away their keys the night before and
that the hand of welcome was reach
ed out to everyone. He then intro
duced Attorney John Graham of
Richey who gave the people a very
fine address. Then came the sports.
'The first thing to take place was
foot racing by the men, then by the
boys, then by the women, then by the
girls. Next came the three-legged
race by the men, then a tug of war
by the Sand Greek boys and those
from Nickwall. The latter won the
box of cigars. Then dinner was
served, after which there was a con-
~tinuous line of sports-horse racing,
ball game, broncho and steer riding
until shutdown. After that there
was the jitney dance until nine
O'Clock, when there was a fine dis
play of fireworks for an hour. Then
the regular dance started and lasted
until six o'clock the next morning.
'There were no accidents during
this "a hours of good time and no.
thing to mar the affair in any way.
A home brew man stopped just a
little too close to the hall and the
smell of the moonshine drew the at
tention of Sheriff Floyd Davis and
Undersherif King, and soon the
moonshine man was presented with
a pair of bracelets, one fastened to
his wrist and the other to the car,
which made a resting place for the
booze mar until morning, when he
was given a free ride to Circle along
with his four gallons of moonshine,
So mo~onshiners had better be care
full when in that vicinity, as the peo-
pie of Vida will not stand for the
sale of liquor at any more of their
dances. They say that they hope
this incident will be a fair warning
as to the treatment that may be ex-
pected by other b%ootleggers.
"The way the people were taken
care of in Vida in regard to eats and
was certainly great. Only two
were serving refreshments
the pool hall and Charlie Mason, who
conducted a stand and sold eats and
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Soren-
son of the White Cafe were also
there with a stand 100 feet long and
a live bunch of walters. There were
also two long tables spread out on
the lawn and these were full of peo-
pie all the time. Chris fed $500
people that day and was sure there
with the goods. 1t sure made one
think there were lots of worse places
to live in than eastern Montana when
one saw the big truckloads of food
and drinks coming in from Wolf
Point to Vida on the morning of the
Fourth, and the great crowds in cars
Wolf Point, Richey, Circle,
Weldon, Hamblin, Paxton and Nick
wall. Some even came from a dis
of over SO miles. Why wouldn't
one feel as though he would like to
i've in or around Vida, as he rode
along and saw the wonderful fields !
n their green coats, of wheat, oats,
rye, corn, clover and alfalfa? 1t
surely makes one feel as though their
chances were as good here as any
where else. Vida has two good sized
general stores, a good bank with the
radio station in that section,