Show children hildren enjoyed the tile ik rf IVA ath of july celebration although the tile fourth of july cele oration bration in Eure eureka kawas v as not conducted upon as lavish a plan as it has been in former beals yet it will lorg be le ie by the children of the tile camp as they certainly had bad an enjo enjoy able time fhe rho moment od old sol lose from out of the far WL gatch mountains IF J brinton ran along the row of dynamite charges prepared for the national ba sa lute and to lobed them off shortly alter after the eel oe of the last shot hot 8 had died away in the distance the child cr lid ren began bean be an to gather on main street impatient and eager in anticipation of the good time still to follow keeping up a continual fusillade fusi lade of fire crack ers and amusing the older I 1 eople with their harmless pranks and jokes the eureka city band which made a splendid appearance appe appeal alance ill lit the new kacki uniforms fell in at the 1 cifa I ta hall and discoursed national airs for about an hour aftel which they repaired to the residence of mayor mitchel and played several selections mr mitchel thanked the members in a few well chosen words and they afterwards marched back to the city hall where they dispel sed until later in the day the exercises at the I 1 D DS S church were attended by b a very large crowd and the p program ro g r am given below was ien i en dered in a N e ery ry p pleasing leasing macnei music alusic by the band music columbia the gem of the ocean by the chur oh address of welcome maor may or A L mitchell music star spangled banner I 1 I 1 by mrs airs thomas cat ball and the choir reading of tl it e 0 declaration of in dependence miss anabel mooney the orator of the day was lion ed ward pike and the exercises were brought to a close by b tion by the bai bat d As me day da was dreadfully dread illy filly hot and running races especially on the hot streets was w as more of a hardship than a pleasure to the boys and girls john morley morle and oscar I 1 corslund w who ho had charge of that part of the tile celebration boned the biggest part of the it ons until six 0 CIO kin the evenn g at 30 the 1 0 ot s NN cut to the ball ground and I 1 ailed la ed A splendid game of ball the tile and dud yOUl gebb team tl air jarr opponents by the score of 5 runs to 3 at first f the bigger boys led by three runs but if the grit ot odthe thel little chaps told and their good fielding resulted in their not allowing their opponents another run from the fourth innings to the close of the game cash anes more v ore awarded to the winners of all the races contests etc the elks pavilion was crowded i it most to suffocation at the free dance given there for the children but all of them greatly enjoyed the generous ai at d lavish distribution of candy nuts fruit and lemonade this I 1 art of the program w m as handled very sue suc cess fully by john ivey joseph phillips and W NV eccleton 11 bieck eck leton 1 the races in the e ening caused a great deal of fun full for everybody as a they consisted of the three legged w race sack races cracker and potato races and the egg race tor for the ladies adies the tug of between two teams of boys u was as a hotly contested event and created considerable excitement there were many a other amusements for the little folks and the manager of the opera house john hupfer as aisted in entertaining the children by gial giving ng a free matinee for all children hildren under ten years or age this drew out a crowded and interested house X abor mitchell and others upon the tile various committee having charge of the celebration did thir their work well and they deserve the hearty ap precia tion of the citizens of eureka i As usual eureka was extremely A t lucky as there was not a serious ac aident reported |