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/ereEDFOUR CITIES UNITE IN FINAL FESTIVAL FOR IOWA DISCOVERYBurlington Voyageurs, in Montrose Fete, Praised for Making Greatest Trip in Iowa's History.Mllly WIIUAM NMHOIX.Four cities whose histories are bright pages in the early annala of Iowa united In a great anniveraary celebration at Montroae. la., yesterday to commemorate the :60th anniversary of the com In* of Marquette uad Joliet to that historic spot and the meetinK thore of the first humans they had seen In their exploration of the Mississippi.The Burlington voyageurs had a leading part in the fete, and at Montrose ended their long symbolic voyage down the Mississippi from the mouth of the Wisconsin, a triumphant event.The importance of this commemorative journey, the first of its kind that has ever been undertaken by a city of Iowa. and one of the most suc-the history ofish J.rn ceseful pilgrimagesofmyinar«*Inthe United States, was fittingly recog nixed In two great Jubilee receptions Wednesday, the first at Ft. Madison and the final reception at Montrose. ,hei When the shrill call of Indian war-or\ rlors echoed from the cliffs of Bluff I Bark at Montrose late yesterday r«,d afternoon, that was both a farewell Ply j to Marquette and Joliet and a signal on- to the throng of spectators that the onJ barbaric, colorful pageant of Indian to i ceremonies was at an end and the j i ten-day seml-qulncentenary annl-;ry ! versary cel« biation of the discovery of in- J Iowa became history.True, tlu-r* was one final event, the• reirul ’ erection of a marker at the siteiis-70.oseSirr.IMSledId-lt;i 1ue IJ !e- Jten i »o.l | • w [ he i as ply i lesof'the first school In Iowa, taught by Berryman Jennings, of Nashville. t»n [ami on.-half miles from Montrose. |The Keokuk chapter. 1. A. It . con ducted this ceremony and tin school I children of the Gate City, directed by • Mrs. I* Mat less, enacted a clever pageant. Mrs. Kllzabeth Balling, r ( presld.-d and Professor Sampson of U'edar Falls s|oke. The Municipal Uind of Keokuk played at intervals I during the .lav and the appropriate i music was one of the pleasing features of the celebration.Students Give 1’ngrnnt.The Montroae pageant was given byTRACY IS THRU WITH BOUT FOR WORLD’S TITLE i= *CorT!Wanienttrenifcourtscixlnbeverforetjt’oi of th. ing nBusiness Executive of Demp-sey-Gibbons Fight Suddenly Withdraws Support.beverj d rastt i t he c I ships | prlvat could and s allies I be im»{, 1UShelby. Mont.. June 27. Dan Tracy, pioneer Great Falls mining man and hotel owner, suddenly withdrew from the position *»r executive in charge of the business management of the Ilempsey-Gibbons tight early tonight. Tracy saidhit. withdrawal was due to his Inability to adequately protect the new capital put into the promotion at the time the second 1100.900 Installment was paid Ik-mpsey. June 15. Mayor Jim Johnson, treasurer of tin* fight, said Tracy's withdrawalwould not prevent the holding of the students of the Iowa Wesleyan college \ 1 °'1?-at ML Pleasant, and while the num-j Money Not In Sight,ber of participants was so much! Tracy was placed In charge of the■edlarw.rf-ied*r-atsmaller than the large cast of the Crapo park pageant that a just comparison runnot be made, the f.atur** of the drama were similar.Marquette and Joliet, this time im-ptritonaiPil by college students, were met by Indian warriors when they landed at the foot of Itluff Park and were conducted to th* Indian village whose tepee# were pitched on a gentle declivity thatbusiness management of the fight ten day» ago at the request of the Great Falls business men who contributed to th. 1100.1*00 installment due Dempsey at a time when it appeared that the money would not Im- raised.I came here to see ihat the Gr«-at Falls men who have $17,000 tied up in this tight, get their money back,” Tracy said. It'a not in sight now and1Illyaeries the si to enl prohil vessel water was r provtc eustnr found even I ad* r *1 ments policy provl. such » No goveri Inforr the si fromhowevmightdays.Montro.se r* sidents be-f I'm going back to report to themj Meve whs near the place where Per* am thru with any further connection Marquette stopped 250 years ago. | with the fight. I can not say whetherThe Frenchmen were conducted be- th* Great Falls people will send some-fore the Indian chief and kindly re- lodv els. here to represent them. reived. Food was served to them and la-avr* lor Great Fall*.,lhe peace pipe passed. As this token, Tia, y fof 0m|,I of good will was passed fronnndstyto Indians the braves of th* tril-e danced an*! in the Iwckgrnund the women of the tribe swayed In unison to the heat of the Indian drum.The chant of th.- French boatmen, as they rowed th*- • xplorers up the rlv.-r to the meeting place and a song by an Indian girl were pleasing features of this program and the large crowd that witness* d th.- pageant well pleased and praisedw .rlt;skillful way In which It had been en- j acted.Greatest I'.vcnt in Iowa History.The formal w.leome to th* Iturlinr 1 ton voyageurs and th* speaking program for the anniversary w.-is giv-n at 2 o’coek In Bluff Park. In opening i Dr. Benjamin F. Hhainhaugh. chairman. said:I want »o thank Ben II Wilson. Tracy Garrett and th. Burlington voyageurs for the wonderful success of the river Journey that slgnallz* *1 this gr. at celebration.It is the great**' in the history of Iowa.Seriously an honestly these menI Tracy left for Great Falls tonight, explorers Whether Tracy's withdrawal leaves the business affairs of the fight en tlrely in the hands of the orlglnul pro meters, was uncertain tonight, a'tho tli.-y assume*] immediate charge after Tracy announced his retirement.Fred tb-arics. a former Great Falls bank • ashler, who came here with Tracy to assist In auditing the l*o«ks and handle other financial affairs, probably will remain here for a few days at least, he said.theNo Consideration GivenOffers for Prize FightPar rnce* er stsSecret tnry 5 the tr* Blair * Prohil a ml t rhtef lieadqi Of Cut rone lult; tween hert. o comm.If should that aforeignlines.Bj Tkt At’ociaUd Frtta.Shelby. .Mont.. June 27.—No consideration Is being glv. n to offers for the Dempsey-Gibbons bout ut this time. Jack Kearns. the champion's manager declare.] today, in connection with an offer from Jack Iteddy. St. Paul promoter, guaranteeing I*»-mp-sey $200,000 and a privilege of fifty per cent of the rec.ipf* for the bout there.The vision quarter several tanee tpreclpl clgn gc One ship o' under i the n. the I n ther infcloioioJotQ e _nniinn rivn n rFour Jurors Accepted in “Jury Fixing” TrialNe v f*»reign French Star, n
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1923
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