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Show PICNICS JP PARK STUNTS F0RJUR1H Celebration In Salt LaKe ! Chiefly R?marKabIe for Absence of Noise. jLAW ACAINST SALE I OF FIREWORKS OBEYED ! I Resorts Will Be Busy and Many Plan Excursions ! Into the Hills. i - Trow present indications Salt Lake City will have a "safe and sane" : celebration of the Fourth of July next j Tuesday. , The safe and sane celebration may 1 not Just strike the fancy of the small : boy and some of the larger ones and w ill doebtloae mesa rose business for" 1 the doctora, the hoapltals and even the undertakers, but It will save many a heart ache in many a home. I The ordinance panned by the city : council over a year ago ia now in ct-i ct-i fvt TTd if there ia any of the dangcr-t dangcr-t on kind of nreworku aold in thia city between now and the Kourtb it will be in violation of the law. Acting Chief of Police U. I.. Hhaunon said tnia aft ernoon that aa far a the police detriment de-triment was concerned the ordiuauce would lie enforced to the letter. " There will be no sale of fireworks in thia city in violation of the law if the police department can prevent it. Nor will there be tnv of the old time gamea of tiring dungeroun bombs aud hrei-rackera tu the buainens district," aaid be. i That it ia the intention of those who in the paat have aoid tbia kind of stuff to obey the law ia evident from the fact that there i none of the usual before the Fourth " displays in the various stores of the city. Some of them have tome kind of fireworks, ao called, such as fire balloons, bal-loons, Koman candies and the like, but there ia a total absence of bombs, giant crackers, toy pistols and a dozen other kinds of noijaiiiakers that in the past have made life miserable for the peacea blv inclined citizen, t.i aay nothing 01 the killed and in.tured. First Really Quiet Tear. The fight for a "safe and anc" Fourth waa started in the east twelve vears ago. but did not reach Halt Ijike 'ttv-Mnwicient force e do much gond until a little over a year ago. when an ordinance was introduced in the eitv council prohibiting the sale of dau- ?erous Itceworks in this city There had ong beein ordinance against the sale of toy pistol, but it was very much of m dead latter. Owing to the fact that a number of Ike large wholesale dealer of the city bad already received large consign-of consign-of fireworks and much of the stuff had been sold to retail dealers, the council practically agreed that the ordinance should not be rigidly enforced last year. At the time the dealers were given to understand that the ordinance would be in full effect before another celebration cele-bration of the nation's natal, day arrived. ar-rived. That the dealers realized that the council meant what it said ia evident evi-dent from the fact that while several carloads of fireworks were abipped into this eitv for the celebration of a year ago there has been less than a half carload car-load brought in this veer and the deal-era deal-era sav that all of the goods will come within the meaning of the law on the subject. Happier Celebration. The mere fact that Salt IJtke t iv will not hve the usual fireworks with their attending in.inries and nerve rack ing noises must not he taken to mean that the people of this city will not have a good lime neat Tuesday. The chances are that per cent of them will have the best time that thev have ever had on .lulv 4. They will not be awakened before midnight by a lot of youngsters and kept awske until it is time to get up the next morning. Mothers and fathers will not be worrying wor-rying every minute of the dav lest one of their loved onea be brought home with a finger blown off or an eye in-jured in-jured so that the sight can never he restored, or with powder marks on their fare that will last as long as life. Blf Day at BmotU. The nearby resorts and canvons of Mall l-ake I 'it v will b the mecca for thousands neit Tuesday. Each of the various resorts ia preparing to handle record breaking crowds. Thousands will go to Maltair, and the same will be true of Lagoon. At Wandamere a salute of thirteen guns will be fired at 10 o'clock in the morning ia honor of the thirteen original origi-nal statea. Iter a program of sports including hasebsll, swimming and oat races will be pulled off. In the after noon and evening there will be races ia the motordrome. A display of fire works will be given at night. The card at the Salt Palace track for Tneadav night promises to be one of the biggest drawing carls of the season. Emigration canvon will draw thou i Minds during the dav and evening anil ' the companv has msde arrangementa for i special ear aervice commencing early tn the morning aod continuing until near , lv midnight, jrtaherman Leaf Today. ! The fishermen will be in their glory. I Hundreds of them will leave the city ' tonight or tomorrow morning for a 'three day outing. Many of them have secured leave of absence for Monday. 1 and will not retura to work until 1 Wednesday morning. Htreama in I'tah I and saanv"in Idaho that can be reached ion three day trip that will he lined 'with disciples of lzaak Walton. I city Creek tanyon will be the mecca I for hundreds of families that do not ,eare to take a long trip, but prefer to I walk a few miles and under the shade of the trees apead the day with their ' friends. I The Epworth league of toe city have united to celebrate the day by holding a basket pienie ia Wildwood ravine which is to tha east of the old Country club grounda aa Ninth South and .Eleventh East atreet.' Mrs, Marv E. Oilraore. tha ow-sor of the property, has given the leagues the I free nsa of the-beautiful grousds for tha day. Tba committee ia charge ia larraagiag a program which will inrlude a number of sports and musical aad J jltUrary aumbera. J |