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Show Fourth of July Is To Be Celebrated In First-Class Style July 4 will be celebrated in a patri. otic manner at Mount Pleasant. All citizens will decorate their homes and business places with flags and appiopi iate emblems for this occasion. occa-sion. There will be no lavish expenditures expen-ditures this year as has been the custom in former times, put the program pro-gram will be carried out in spirit and deed. The raising of the flag and the firing of salutes will take place at sunrise. There will be no parade this year, for various reasons. The program will be given, at the Elite Theatre at 10 o'clock a. m. ' Mayor Daniel Rasmussen will be master of ceremonies. . The following follow-ing program will be given: Music, Band; Invocation, James W. Anderson; Violin solo, Lenna Brown; Reading of Decoration of Independence, Indepen-dence, C. W. Sorensen; Piona solo, Mabel Borg; Oration, Rev. R. B. Norton; Nor-ton; Vocal solo, Francis Jensen; Benediction; Music, Band. A program of sports will be given on the Church grounds at 1 o'clock as follows: Boys between 10 and 14 years: Soda Cracker eating contest, first prize $1.00, second 50 cents. 100-yard 100-yard dash, first prize $1.00, second 50 cents. Shoe race, first $1.00, sec. ond 50 cents. Boys between 14 and 18 years: 100-yard dash, first $1.00, second 50 cents. Tent pole race, winning side receives one case root beer. Potato race, first $1.00, second 50 cents. Bicycle race, free for all, first $2, second, $1. Girls, between 10' and 14 years: 50-yard dash, first $1, second 50 :ents. Egg and spoon race, first $1, ?econd 50 cents. Orange race, first - V-- ... - - - - iV-aj;-- i- t ". - ' . The accompanying photographs give an idea of present appearances at the reservoir. They were taken expressly for the Pyramid by Lewis Larsen of Fairview, and are the only ones to appear in print, other papers of the State having been content to give written descriptions of the real Source of the catastrophe. The Pyra. mid car made the trip to the dam on Tuesday, carrying, besides Mr. Larsen, Lar-sen, Burke McArthur and J. M. Boy- den. The trip was made in exactly one and one-half hours from Fair-view Fair-view and was without untoward incident. inci-dent. It was made for the sole purpose pur-pose of securing the pictures and data of the occurrence. The upper left picture is the dam looking from above. At the left center cen-ter is the valve tower and behind it the standing portion of the dam. A"t right center is the entire opening, with a broken piece of the cement $1, second' $2. Girls between 14 and 18 years: Hoop Rolling contest, first $1, second sec-ond 5 0 cents. Three-legged race, first $1,-second 50 cents. Egg and spoon race, first $1, second 50 cents. Wood " chopping contest, free- for all ladies. Youngest child on ground 5 0 cents. Oldest person on ground, $1.00 Fat Man's race, 50 yards, 200 pounds or more, first $1, second 50 cents. Tug-of-War, 12 on a side, Roy Christensen, Nels Nielsen Tanner, captains, who ..will choose teams. Prize, a case of root beer. A children's dance will be conducted conduct-ed at the Armory Hall immediately after the sports. It will be free to all. k'.- . -'-""-v- " . .-.3 core standing. The ledges on the right are bedrock. The figures of the two gentlemen in the picture give a fair idea of relative distances. The upper right picture shows the canyon below looking from the top of the dam. The cement outlet through which water was taken after af-ter passing through the valve tower above the dam is shown near the front center. The lower left picture shows the break in the dam and the remaining: remain-ing: portion, looking from below. The cement outlet and tower both appear. ap-pear. High up on the left is the overflow ov-erflow spillway of the cement core. The reservoir proper lies over the bill behind this part of the dam. The emptied reservoir is shown in the last picture, wilh Brook's canyon can-yon in the background. Note the slimy, muddy appearance of the surface, sur-face, and the waterline. f .'-.' - ' r |