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Show LABOR DAY PARADE DRAWS THOUSANDS Streets Lined With People as the Union Men March From Lower Twenty-fifth Street, Headed by a Band Afternoon of Sports at Glenwood Dra-WB Large Crowd. The Labor day parade was something some-thing of an Improvement over that of last .jcar, there being several hundred hun-dred persons in line, together with a number of floats Tho eent drew an Immense crowd down town and the streets were lined throughout the route of the procession. The parade, under tho direction of Grand Marshall E 0. Seiver and his aides, John Brill and Walter Fair, was divided into three sections. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, howeer, the divisions were so far separated that the connection con-nection was almost lost, the crowds closing in around the end of the first division under tho impression that all had passed. In a fe wminutcs the noxt division put in an appearance. The procession was headed by throe "Jeesco" employes, who towered tower-ed above the crowds on stmts, dressed In Scowcroft "Never Rip" o oralis and jumpers Then came tho grand marshall and two platoons of police under Chief W. I Norton fojlowed by the fire apparatus of the two departments lead by Fire Chief A. B Canfleld In tho auto-chomlcal runabout. The hose carts, chemicals and the big fire truck were doco-rated doco-rated for the occasion and the men wore arrayed in their dress uniforms. Next came the Ogden City band of twenty pieces leading a delegation of street car employes, numbering a scoro or more. Then came John Scowcroft & Sons Co.'s display of seven decorated automobiles filled with young women employes of the overall factory, each dressed in white costumes and bubbling over with enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. They carried a banner reading, "United Garment WorkcrB, Local 107." Following theso workers, camo 150 former shop employes who still aro "out on strike." Two disconsolate donkey b wero Included in the crowd, one bearing the legend: "Jackass But No Scab." Denny Smyth's decorated automobile automo-bile followed the "strikers" and then camo a float of tho Becker Brewing & Malting company drawn by four horseB. Th float contained a complete com-plete bottling outfit and bottles of the amber fluid woro Bhown In actual process of filling and corking ao the wagon proceeded. Following the wagon were the members of the . Brewory Workers' union to the number num-ber of twenty-five. Tho Cigar Makers' unicn, Local 367. came next with thirty-five uniformod men; then Tilloteon'a broom factory float containing a fine assortment of broom straw and specimens of the company's product. Tho Barbers' union with thirty men in uniform was followed bv a similar number of the members of Local 430, Carpenters and Joiners union "Undo Tom's Cabin" of white canvas can-vas mounted on an' express wagon and containing a burnt-cork edition of Mrs. Stowe's hero, was the unique advertisement of Tom A. Hawk, "the oldeBt exproBsman In Ogden." Hawk drove the outfit In person and stated to Inquirers that he had been on the ob for twenty-five years. Next came thirty uniformed members mem-bers of the International Brotherhood Brother-hood of Electrical Workers. Local 31C. followed by a Haopy Hooligan and Policeman float advertising In-termountaln In-termountaln Perfecto sigars. Decorated Deco-rated wagons followed representing the Jogalong Transgor company, Seager Meat company, Columbia Club cigars, tho Saturdav Evening PoBt an dthe Washington Meat company. com-pany. The parade started from the foot of Twenty-fifth street and thon proceeded pro-ceeded north on Washington avonue. At Twenty-second street the parad-ors parad-ors counter -marched to Twonty-fourth Twonty-fourth street and disbanded bHwcen Washington and Grant avenues. At 1 o'clock a great crowd had gathered at Glenwood park to -witness the program of sports, as follows: fol-lows: Race, boys under 10 years Knifo. Race, girls under 10 years Box of candy. Race, boys under 13 joars Pair roller skates. Race, girls under 13 veare Pair" of gloves, Raco. boys under 1G years Ball and bat. Raco. girls under 16 years Bottlo ot perfume. Race, ladles und?r 80 years Parasol. Par-asol. Race, men, free for all Hat Race, married ladles Hand bag. Race, fat men, over 200 ponnds Box cigars. Three-legged race, boys under 16 One sweater each. Potato race, girls under 16 Pair kid glovos. Egg race, married, ladles Gold hatpin. Pie-eating contest, boys under 1 1 Fifty cents. Apple-biting contest, girl6 under 14 Fifty cents. Nail-driving contest, married ladles Sot cups and Baucers. Oldost union card on ground Derby Der-by hnL Largest union family on ground 100 pounds flour. Relav race for ball players In uniform, uni-form, two toams of four men each, street car tickets. Relay race, for men in citizens clothes, two teams of four men each street car tickets. Men's raco first prize. Z street car tickets, second prize, $1 street car tickets Thrco-legged raco for men First prize, S3 street car tickets; second prize, SI street car tickets. Bojs" race, under 1G years First prize, $1.50 Btreet car tickets; second prize, 51 25 street car tickots; third prize, 75 cents street car tickets. The relay races will bo run on tho baseball diamond Two men, representing repre-senting the contesting teams, will be stationed on each base and will run In opposite directions. Tho program Includes a baseball game betweon th Woodmen of the World and the Owls. The teams lineup as follows: W. O. W. ' Owls, Butterfield c Williams Ford lb Purdy Kane 2b Linan3 Shupe 3b . Pruit Taylor ss Roach B. Mortenson If Callahan W. Mullor cf. Glerse P Muller rf ...... Glasmann Petzold ..p Shipley Allen Greouwoll A. Mortensen Van Bentehom J. L. Stono, umpire. on |