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Show Gala Time Promised Independence Day PROGRAM FOR THE DAY. I I & t Salute at Sunrise. f 9:00 a. m. Grand Street Parade of Floats and Automo- T biles. J 10:00 a. m. Patriotic exercises at Casino Theater. T 1 :00 p. m. Free dance for children at Peterson Hall. T 2:00 p. m. Athletic Sports at Ball park. T 4:00 p. m. Fast Baseball game at ball park between Eu- T reka Miners and Gunnison Legionnaires. f T 8:30 p. m. Grand display of Fireworks at High School T T building. j 9:00 p. m. Grand dance at High School auditorium. : : : : : : : : : : : : .;. .;. $ $ .;. $ .;. .;. for-all horse race will be staged. The race will be for a quarter of a mile and $5 for first, $2 for second, and $1 for third place will be given. After the races further sports will be given at the ball park. Albert Newman, chairman of the sports committee, and to whom application for entry must be made, states that there will be things doing. The program pro-gram will open with a "pick-back" wrestling match. This is a new one and the contestants will ride horses bare-back with only a bridle to guide his steed. The one wrestling his opponent op-ponent from his horse wins a $1.50 cash prize. A 100-yard dash between fast men follows. Prizes for this event will be $2.00. Men over sixty years of age will be allowed to compete in a race for a $2 cash prize. Broad jumpers will compete for $1, a fifty-cent and twenty-five cent purse. There will be many prizes offered of-fered for races in which children will compete. The age limit is placed at 13 years and boys and girls will be allowed to compete. The women will not be forgotten and a test as to carrying eggs on the track as in the kitchen, will be made. In the race it will be required, to win a prize, to make 25 yards, high speed, and carry an egg in a spoon. Dropping the egg disqualifies the contender for a prize. At four o'clock the concluding baseball game between the Eureka Miners and the Gunnison Legionnaires Legion-naires will be staged at the ball park. This number, will, without doubt, be a whirlwind contest. The two teams are strong and both will "go after the bacon." Do not miss this number. Visitors to Gunnison will be offered of-fered the pleasure of enjoying a splendid display of fireworks. At 8:30 the pyrotechnical display will start and some interesting and The stage is set, a splendid program pro-gram has been arranged and Gunnison Gunni-son City will be thrown open to the public starting next Tuesday morning morn-ing and ending with the chimes of twelve o'clock Tuesday night. The keys will be turned over to the God-f God-f dess of Liberty, who is yet to be named, and the city will belong to the ruler and the visitors. Not for many years has Gunnison made such elaborate plans for the celebration of Independence Day and by the interest shown by all it is a foregone conculsion that Gunnison Guard Mount, Post 104, will crown itself with glory in staging festivities festivi-ties on that day which will please all. With the first sign of "Old Sol" in the east, a firing squad will sound a salute announcing the arrival of the day of festivities. The salute will be the signal for "everybody'- up and doing. At nine o'clock the parade will be the opener. It is proposed to make this feature a big one. Many of the business houses are busy arranging ar-ranging appropriate floats for the occasion and some splendid exhibitions exhibi-tions of art and decoration will greet the visitors. Immediately following the parade the doors of the Casino theater will be thrown open and a splendid, but not long, program will be given. The program arranged is as follows: Selection by Band "Star Spangled Banner" Invocation Bert Bigler Vocal Solo .... Mrs. Elmer Nielson Fifteen Minute Address Parley Christiansen Selection Quartette Band Selection, "Memories of War" Duet Mes- dames Christiansen and Halverson "America" . . . . Audience and Band The little folks will not be forgotten forgot-ten and after luncheon all "kiddies" i will be the special guests of the Le gion Auxiliary at a free dance at Peterson hall. The dance will begin beautiful pieces have been secured for the occasion. To conclude the day's celebration a big dance has been planned at the High school auditorium. This number num-ber is to be given by both the mem-1 bers of the legion and the Sunday school. A special orchestra will furnish fur-nish music and prettily decorated booths, attended by charming ladies, la-dies, will supply cool and refreshing drinks and appetizing ice cream. In addition to the dance on the night of the Fourth, the members have arranged a dance for the evening even-ing of July 3rd. This dance will be equally as good os that arranged for ! on the following night and those at-; at-; tending are assured of a royal time. DATE GUNNISON FOR THE FOURTH! at 2 o'clock and splendid music for the occasion will be furnished. In addition to the dance, which is to be free, the legion members .will give each visitor a free treat. The News man is not allowed to tell, but everyone every-one attending the dance will receive an agreeable surprise. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the big events of the day will start. Tht committee arranging for the sports has gotten together some "thrillers'' as well as some laughable and amusing amus-ing stunts. As a starter there will be a Ford auto race and for the win ner a prize of $6 will be given; for t. second, $3, and third, a dollar. The race course will be from Rosenvall's garage to the corner of the Gunnison Valley bank. Following the auto races a free- |