Show on celebrates OH DAY 1 ilia he one hundred forty anth anniversary of the ibe nations birthday july ath was wab fittingly observed by this city with a celebration apprel nafe at to the occasion following rig the daybreak salute the thet thing butz winch which first attention illien tim was i 0 a miniature I 1 parade arade staged by tie lie primary kiddies cos turned as a for the pageant which they presented out on wednesday edday evening before and lead by the scarecrows scare crows of 0 the pageant who burlesqued the carowan parowan band the general parade was sm decidedly above the average with a number of beautifully decorated deco floats and the fart eight laes la es represented fp tad by an equal number of young ladies arrayed in white lute with red washes sashes jud and mounted on be hareb horeb and 1 lead 11 by bv albert adams adam aiho ir made a very vely nn P posing mg of the luv day k birst 1 I second third and bounth an prize of 10 00 7 io 50 3 00 rod and 14 50 iier is for the best floats tu to ill hie ones occupied by the ot of ahi liberty george and martha wash birton gam tre the tr e B B club C h ind and it the relic society respectively A very splendid program characterized the meeting anti and the after noon con sports nere re very aurb enjoyed especially by the kiddies for whom they were parti curl designed contrary to out our last week 8 announcement M mr taylor miller rather than almon orion represent t ed uncle sam and his brief briefs speech perch in tile the meeting together with that by mrs gwen III gurr gorr who as s till th chief speaker of the occasion are deserving decrying of special mention the george and martha bil attlia washington flost float a coach driven by david rich aids as the colored id I d cinna c coAch inna and paul M and mary adams as george V beaud and martha Alini gion was rather a oil unique ique oue one A graild betl it tile the evening concluded the ti davs festivities |