MEMORIES: 100 years ago
THE BIG TRACK MEET
the First Meeting of the Marion County League was a Great Success
All roads in Marion County led to Marion last Saturday, bringing hundreds of people, young and old, to witness the first meeting of the Marion County Athletic League.
A special train from the Santa Fe brought 150 from Florence and about half that number from Burns. Soon after dinner a big crowd came down from Lehigh and Hillsboro. The morning train on Rock Island brought a large delegation from Peabody and after the visitors from the smaller schools over the county arrived the city presented a lively appearance. A majority of the business houses decorated in the colors of the Marion high school, red and blue, and the mingling of the white and red of Florence, the black and orange of Burns, and the blue and white of Hillsboro, made a pretty sight as they marched about the streets waving their colors and giving their class yells. And they proved that in the line of development their lungs had not been neglected, and in all probability, more school pride was engendered last Saturday through the field day exercises than any other way.
For months the different high schools had been preparing for the event. To take part in an event, first, close application to study that the required work in school was done, then it was necessary, to win in the class events, and every member of the school that could possible do so, came to Marion to see the final test.
The officers of the League are, President, Dr. G.P. Marner, Marion; vice president, Supt. W.D. Ross, Peabody; secretary, Supt. A.B. Cope, Hillsboro; general manager, Supt. C.E. St. John, Marion.
Peabody sent no contestants for honors at the track meet, but was ably represented at the oratorical contest in the evening at the auditorium.
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Special car "Yellowstone" passed through Marion last Saturday, over the Rock Island, filled with prospective investors on their way to inspect the properties of the Denver, Laramie and North Western Ry. in northern Colorado and Wyoming. The Company have many investors in Marion County.
Dick Williams is the proud owner of a colt foaled two weeks ago, that from the standpoint of ancestry is considered the finest in this part of the state. The colt's dam is Carnival Queen, sired by Sidney Dillon, an Indianapolis, Ind., horse.
The masquerade skate Wednesday evening was well patronized and some of the costumes were great. And although there was a professional costumer in town we venture to guess that the "gold dust twins" were original. The Indian chief and his squaw, cow boys and cow girls, and his Satanic majesty, fat boy and sailor boys, cadets, Simon, the clown, and other clowns were represented. There were several pretty costumes in red, white and blue, and many good ones hard to describe. One black face was an exceptionally good skater. The band played merrily and at unmasking time there were many surprises. The little girl in white was one of our young married ladies, the squaw proved to be a boy and the rest of the unmasking was just as much of a surprise.
Mr. Busch, the brewer, says the prohibition movement that is becoming general throughout the country is "insane and idiotic." Mr. Schlitz, Mr. Pabst, Mr. Annheuser, Mr. Blearaye, Mr. Rednose, Mr. Drunkanddisorderly very likely feel the same way about it.
The courthouse clock, for which everybody has been so patiently (?) waiting to be installed, has been shipped from the factory and will be in service within two weeks.
Marion citizens are invited to take part in the twin city natural gas jubilee at Strong City, May 6, '08. Natural gas will be turned on that day and a big time is assured.
Dr. William Kelsey of Monterey, Ind., who is visiting E.J. Kelsey and family, was a pleasant caller at the Record office Monday. The doctor has given a great deal of time and study to soil culture and plant life. He is a great believer in alfalfa as a crop but considers red clover a much better fertilizer. He also stated the general condition in Kansas is much better than in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, from a business standpoint as well as crop conditions, and it would not be a very difficult undertaking to persuade the doctor that Kansas is the best state in the Union.
