Show JULY 4 It I Huge Crowd at act P Patriotic Exercises Honoring Nations Nation's Birthday at Liberty Park Park T 6 It i- i it 7 o n 3 L fh I 1 y f L Li kF t i rt 4 b v t M r r I y y r 1 r d y tS f y t I f f F rf 1 y I J s 's i- i n T m KS 0 A Y t i y a S FITTING ClIMAX TO 10 CITY'S CELEBRATION A liON v c Crowd Est Estimated at Fills Bonneville Park to toto Capacity to View Big Pyrotechnical Exhibition in Evening Ev ning Parade and Patriotic Exercises Features of Earlier Festivities Honori Honoring n ng g ag a Nations Nation's Birth BirthO O ONE NE of the greatest Fourth of July J c celebrations ever staged in Salt Lake came carne to a close at 11 o'clock last night at the conclusion of the mammoth mammoth mammoth mam mam- moth fireworks display at Bonneville park From the sunrise salute until nearly midnight the citizenship of Salt Lake mingled together gether in commemoration commemoration com commemoration com com- of American independence indel and tho the restoration of peace to the world Under the able direction of the members of the Salt Lake lodge of Elks every part of tho the program was conducted according to s schedule The morning parade typical of the da day moved at the app appointed hour It was vas representative of the day Thousands attended the patriotic exercises at it Liberty park in the morning while the youngsters held the boards at the park in the afternoon Not ot a sin single lc accident marred the thedas I days day's activities a th A near accident oc occurred ocI occurred oc- oc I during the fireworks program when one of the shells exploded on the ground Three persons were badly stung b by flying gra gravel l. l but hut examination examina examina- examination tion at tho emergency enc hospital revealed reveal reveal- ed cd no serious injuries Members of the city comm commission who made the c celebration celebration cele cele- l bration on a large scale possible w were e also bus busy Je yesterday aiding the committee com com- committee committee com com- wherever it could A special sp meeting of the commission was held at the part park yesterday In order to fa facilitate ft fa- the cir efforts of the Elks in balancing balancing bal bal- the days day's program The Tho celebration celebration cele cele- bration bratton launched by The H Herald HArald fi financially fl- fl supported by the business firms and the city commission and ar arranged arranged ar- ar ranged and executed b by the Salt Lake Lale lodge e of ot Ellis Elks was as one that Salt Lake City will lon long remember Celebrate ni nt Park Salt alt Lakes Lake's q reverence to the spirit of ot 76 6 was pas made last nf night ht at Bonneville Bonne park h by 2000 2000 The signal e ans fo the tho Goddess Godde 9 of fit Liberty Illuminated tji the s slues skies in glaring patriotic c colors lors Twenty ty thousand OI voices CS saluted the c can n flag as it unfurled Itself to to the setting sun sun 1500 feet amid air Fort Forty Forty- thou thousand and hands clapped a n welcome to the allied colors as thc they floated to toward toward to ward the west That Is Is the spirit In 1 l. l h t IA annl- annl I I which WHICH the me me e a U u of the nations nation's freedom Th That ThatIs t Is th the spirit of nt patriotism as It come conic to Salt Lake ake and a i world at peace Never o in the history of ot the thc city h has s there been lINin such n a p patriotic spectacle sever Never in In th the history of the stale h have havethe the citizens had such an to watch such a n display of or patriotic fireworks s. Never er did the residents of the city so demonstratively cly welcome the return of or peace pence In such stich echoes of or patriotism rn It was an effort to revive rC the thou thoughts of or our tor forefathers rathers Expert Direct I DI I The display afforded the public through the generosity It of ot leading busIness business business bus bus- iness men of the city It a chance to see ee what chemic tl science has done during the thc four years of or war var Not a break bret inthe lit in the tho formerly planned pro program ram marred the tho evening even in Under the supervision of the EJk Elks Elks' lodge e. e the tho display even the thC entire day tay ir f programs was carried out with liJe regularity Alfred Alois AlDis one of ot the greatest s pyrotechnical experts Ilert of or tho the notion nation i I directed tho the display A Assisting g him himi I i were t n R corps of Italian assistants from the thc laboratories of some of the largest cst concerns In Sn America Under r the dIrection direction direction tion of ot Mr Ir Alois AJol who has made a t study of ot fireworks the money spent Continued on Page Pae 2 FIREWORKS IS FITTING CLIMAX TO CELEBRATION d Gt Gather ler at iI Bonneville c Park to Witness Big ig Exhibition Continued d from page 1 b by Salt Lake to witness the tho display vas as well Invested Estimates of oC the crowd made by the police and members of oC the Elks Elks' club were ver The entire park Including surrounding the he nc ball ballpark ballpark In ing the grounds rounds park enclosure was WUI packed Tor lor clocks blocks blockson on all sides thA Bonneville park pare parked automobiles two 0 deep Parties ParlieR totaling vere re held on the f It t tand and north bench to witness the ex x cx- hibit For miles around the city re reports reports re- re ports porta came that the blaze of oC the demonstration could be seen lIeen The e c plo lon of oC some of the tombs lombs could be heard for miles l I In the lark ark th detonation was walt ta to 11 at the fireworks display Bonneville park parl st st one ne of oC the bombs fired explode el 1 In front of oC ofa a a. group of spectators gravel gratl so 80 heavily heIl as ns to rL e tho the legs of ot three The bomb was apparent apparently ly defective It Il was supposed d t. t to ex- ex pode high In tho the air tIr nut failed to do so 80 striking tho the b woe ro e U tion n. n Those who wore struck k WHO wt-ro rushed to tho the emergency hospital aJ Aside c from tearing their garments no TO ma- ma damage was done Those ThoS who tr treated a u ar tho the emergency f nl tho thu ex explosion ex- ex of oC the thc bomb In the Iho cro j uro Tom Brown Drown of ot the Ell Ells Elks lodge and Mr lr and ond Mrs P P. J Hanson One of the features feature at Donne Bonneville park was waa tho the lowering of or Old Glory at sunset Charles Prick Frick and Lloyd Llod Douglas marines lowered tho the nr fl |