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Show H PROVO CELEBRATES FROfW H DAYLIGHT TO MIDNIGHT B Special to. The Tribune. PROVO, July A. The day opened with H a salute of thirteen guns at daybreak, Hj and' the Stars and Stripes were raised and HJ saluted at sunrise. The day was bcautl- Hj ful, and the- continued bang of the flrc- H cracker and tho report of dynamite in- j Qlcated that the boys had a glorious time. K The races resulted as follows: j 100-yard dosh, won by William Boshard, Hj prize, t5; 50-yard, for smajl boys, won by j tlob Duscnbcry, prize GO cents; ond-fourth j mile foot race, llr.U prlzo $5, won by Al- 1 bcrt Rasmusscn, second prlzo $2.50, won H by William Boshard; mile blcyclo race, i aon by Frank Graham, prize to. Charles Hi A.rchlbold second, 52. uO. Ornn Walker won Hl tho boys' raco, prlzo 50 .cents. Half-mile K foot race, Albert Rasmusscn llrst, J5; B 'Jll Knudson second, ?2.C0. H -The parade, which was under tho di- rcction of John U. Buchl as marshal of tho day, started promptly at 10 o'clock, j rho special features were the "Goddess of Liberty," "Columbia," "Utah," and tho "Thirteen Original States." Theso were represented by Pearl Jones, Lizzie Sum-H) Sum-H) ner, Nnna Bean, and thirteen lltllo girls, 1 Members of the Black Hawk war were llao In line. The programme at the Tab-H Tab-H icnaclo wan a success In every particular Mayor Roylauco presided, and tho follow-B follow-B mg programme was carried out: B America was sung by choir and congre- H ration. Prayer was ottered by Rev. S. IJ. Bogdwln. "Tho Flag Without a Stain" M va3 sung by tho Fifth ward juvenile B ' :hpir. Mayor Roylancc made the open- ing Hpeech, giving brlcfiy a few of tho B most prominent events In the history of !he country. "My Native Land" was sung by Miss Llzzlo Evans, The Doclara- H Clon of Independence was read by Mrs. H Pearl Yates. "Sword of Bunker HIU" was j recited by A. C. Lund. K Andrew B. Morgan dellvored the ora- H '.Ion. He reviewed the history and results B jf Oliver Cromwell's achievements, also tho results of organized effort under Na- H polcon In the French wars. Washington m ivas typified as being tho greatest statcs- H man of the world, and special tribute paid H to him for unsolflshifesH, The Influence B 3f Washington was likened to tho Amerl- B Israelites an inspiration which is felt H throughput the land and permeates even nstitutlon. B Therf was music by Provo band, fol- l owed by the reading of toasts and sentl- K' Jionts by Prof. L. E. Egerlson. "The i atar-Spnnglcd Banner" was sung by Miss B Pearl Borcn Hi In tho evening thcro was a display of H lrcworks and nolao until midnight. |