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Show NEPHI READY FOR THRONGS AT STAMPEDE Cowboy Parade Will Ooen Three-Day Celebration Celebra-tion Thursday ' NEPHI After months of arduous preparation by energetic ener-getic committee workers, Ne-phi Ne-phi is ready to welcome the throngs expected Thursday at the opening of the Ute Stampede? and the mid-summer hand contest, to be held here July 0, 10, and 11. Invitations to attend the huge ten ten I Utah celebration have been extended to Governor Henry H. liloofi, the mayors of all Utah cities, and numerous other celebri-t celebri-t ies. ra.ni dn Thursday A cowboy parade at 6:30 p. m. Thursday, in which Nephi business houses and community organizations organiza-tions wil lenter floats, will open the festivities. The parade will be in four divisions, according to Gilbert Gil-bert Bailey, chairman, and will be headed by the Queen of the Ute Stampede and her two attendants. Rodeo contestants will occupy a prominent part in the parade. The opening performance of the big championship rodeo will start at 8:15 Thursday night. The Ute Stampede committee has spared no expense to make the rodeo one of the best ever held in the state. "One hundred and seventy-five head of the wildest livestock obtainable ob-tainable in North America, Brahma Brah-ma steers, wild barebacks, high-twisting, high-twisting, sun-fishing broncs, fleet calves, Mexican long horn steers, and world's champion cowboys will be seon in the rodeo," says Dr. P. L. Jones, general chairman of the Stampede. i Famous Killers I Among the many famous riders! already here, ready for tomor-1 row's opening performance are ! Everett Bowman of Fort Thomas, Arizona; Pete Knight of Denver, Colo.; Hugh Bennett of Fort Thomas; Leonard Wall of Wilton, Arizona; Frankie Schneider of Hanford, Calif.; Alvin Cordon of Helena, Montana; Lloyd Saunders of Burbank. Calif.; Charlie Jones of Odessa, Texas. To make the rodeo complete, Everett E. Colburn, one of the outstanding arena directors of the world, will have charge of the rodeo. Colburn is arena director of the Texas Centennial rodeo and the Madison Square Garden, world championship rodeo. A fireworks exhibit will conclude con-clude the show. The cowboy parade Thursday night will be preceded by the All-star All-star baseball game between two picked, teams comprising the outstanding out-standing players of the Utah Industrial In-dustrial league and the Central Utah league. Last year the Industrial In-dustrial leaguers won the game, 5 to 4. Several Provo players will be in the Industrial team lineup. 50 Bands Coming More than 50 bands will compete com-pete in the band contest which starts Friday. Junior bands, drum and bugle corps and Class C bands will compete Friday morning. morn-ing. Class A and Class B bands will contest Saturday morning. Among the Utah county bands announced as entrants are Provo high, Pleas-at Pleas-at Grove, Payson, American Fork, and Spanish Fork. Marching and concert playing will be judged by Harold W. Roberts, University of Southern California band leader; Clarence Hawkins, Salt Lake City, leader of the 145th Field Artillery band, and George Jay, director of the Ogden Union Pacific band. The second rodeo performance will be held Friday at 3 p. m. Among the many specialty acts is a death-defying Roman jump by Louis Tindall, standing on two horses while they jump over an : automobile. Friday night there will be twenty-two rounds of fast boxing at the fair grounds. Saturday afternoon there is a |