Show PUTU R ON BIGGEST BAY sham battle between indians and emigrant train well staged band music at sunrise monday greeted at salina what is claimed was the biggest pioneer day celebration brat I 1 on ever put across in this s part of the country salina aurora and redmond combined forces for the occasion and at 9 a train of emigrant wagons wound around the foothills east of town encamped in a large flat an and d p prepared re for battle over six hundred cars were parked in a huge semicircle to watch the fight john R olsen a camera man for pathe news reels and his assistant si I 1 air ar A mason lason came to shoot the scenes and were located at an advantageous point for the filming of the event down the road from the cemetery came the express wagon on with over a score of indians whooping after the prize A battle with the emigrants followed the capture of th tha 2 express after the battle the train lined up for a parade through town to the city park at eleven a program was held in the high school auditorium professor harrison R merali was orator racing and other contests were indulged in during the afternoon and at four ogden and salina went to bat in a struggle for baseball supremacy it was a nip and tuck affair until the last inning when a fumbled ball gave salina the game with eight runs to seven for ogden dallas bird made a home run for the local boys in the fourth inning and ogden came in with a homer in the fifth lefty christensen pitched for salina and perkins for the visitors main street was roped off after the game and a street dance ended the days program |