Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-06-15 | Page 2 | Patriotic at Boise; Flag Day and Fourth

PATRIOTIC AT BOISE; FLAG DAY AND FOURTH Special to The Tribune. BOISE, June 14. Arrangements aro well under way for a gorgeous but sane Fourth of July celebration. The state Chautauqua will bo in session so that tho 'city will ho already idled with guests when the festal day snail arrive. In the morning at Ktversido park where the Chautauqua sessions will bo hold there will bo athletic sports Including a ball game, while In the afternoon, fcynator William li Borah will deliver the oration ora-tion of the day. The spectacular features cljstor around the parades, two of which have been planned. In the morning there will bo a general parade of every organisation In the city. Tho business will respond to the spirit of tho day and bo represented ny brilliant and original floaU, mo government gov-ernment troops stationed at tho barracks and two sections of the stato militia will rival the policemen in showy uniforms; the pioneers who tolled in Idaho while the streets set off for tho march were but sage brush will ride with honor; the goddess of liberty who will bo crowned on the Saturday night prececdlng will reign on a throne establlsned In a stately automobile, au-tomobile, and bands will bu placed to make a continual shower of music. Already Al-ready contracts have been signed with the rllgh School and Columbian bands of Boise and tho bands of Caldwell, Emmett, iN'ampa and the famous Walla Walla cavalry cav-alry band. In the evening there will ho another parade which will rival those of the Portland Port-land Rose festival. When tho cool of the day has come, and during the long twilight twi-light tho visitors will bo entertained by a vision of a hundred or more floats, automobiles au-tomobiles and carriages "decked In flowers and bcarng daintily gowned women and children. The mayor has ordered the streets lo bo cleared during tho parades and the public thoroughfares given over entirely to the participants and tho gaiety seekers. Flag day was fittingly observed today under the auspices of the two societies, Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. In the afternoon exercises were held at the Plnney theater at which Harry Keyset-and Keyset-and W. II. Gibson made tho principal addresses. Tho two societies held a banquet ban-quet at the Owyhee In tho evening, the two presiding officers of tho order, Colonel Col-onel M. W. Wood and Mrs. C. W. Pur-cell, Pur-cell, acting as toastmaster and toast-mistress,.