The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
DID WE CELEBRATE?
WE Il SAY WE DID.
THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN
EARLY IN THE MORNING
AND LASTED UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

The Community Band assisted by
the youth with his noise making de-
vices brought out the peopl. early
Saturday morning for the celebra-
ton of the 14Sth birthday of this
great Nation.
The celebration was under the
auspices of Frank Lozar Post No.
Z4o, American Legion and a fine
program had been arranged for the
Gay. AT o'clock, the parade was
formed at the City Hall. The
parade was composed of the colors
and color bearers; the Community
Band; Civil and Spanish-American
veterans; city and school officials
Boy and Girl Scouts; American Lee
gion and Legion Auxiliary; citizens
and children with flags; decorated
automobiles and bicycles; police and
fire department.; representative and
business floats and an almost end
less array of what is termed cali
thumpians.
Parade prizes were awarded the
Girl Scout car depicting the Evolu-
ton of the American Girl aid the
float of the w. H. Jeffrey family
representing the Spirit of America.
Owing to the large number Of cali
thumpians, neither of which showed
a great degree of ingenuity in the
costuming or preparation, the judges
decided that none were entitled to
the single and group prizes hung
up for this event and four Of their
number which had been singled out
as the best of the lot received one
dollar each.
After the parade had traversed
the principal streets of the city a
halt was made at the Community
Center where the children were
each presented with a small prize
of a dime or a nickel. After pat
riotic selections by the band, jerry
A. Harri read the Declaration Of
independence to the large crowd
assembled after which H. Russell
Browne made one of the best pat
hiotic and historical addresses lis
tened to in this city in some time.
Mr.. Browne dwelt on the birth of
the nation and the matters leading
thereto, the affairs of the nation as
administered in our form of gov
eminent and concluded by throw
ing a few telling bombs Of good
tcommon sense into the ranks of
the Soviet loving dieiples in this
country in comparing conditions
here at present with the conditions
. in Russia where the Soviets have
had full sway for some time to the
utter devastation of the country.
At II o'clock the committee in
charge started the sport events on
the program. Clarence Chinn won
the 100 yard dash for men quite
handily. Races for both boys and
girls followed in rapid succession
and the children's races kept the
crowd in excellent humor, each
child running being given a small
prize. The horseback race and the
horse back battle for boys attract
ed considerable attention as did al
so the potato races and the three
legged races for boys and girls.
After the lunch hour the bicycle
races for boys and girls took place.
At 2 o'clock the crowd went to the
ball park where a fungo hitting and
Dase running contest Tor prizes par
ticipated in by ball players from
the two teams was held. Twenty
boys INDUCED in the pie eating con-
test and as many more fShed money
from plates of flour with their
faces. This furnished considerable
amusement for the spectators. The
grand stand was filed to tie last
seat and the crowd overfowed on
to the diamond and among the cars
parked on three sides of the
grounds. The ball game between