The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-04
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IN RED, White AND BLUE
Butte Arrayed in Bewildering
Masses of Bunting.
FLAGS ARE EVERYWHERE
All Ready for h Big Celebration-Fin-
ishing Touches to the Preparations.
The Lin of March as Finally
F~ixed-Orator Hartman.

Butte is clothed in red, white and
blue. Up inc down Main, East and
West on Park, Broadway and Granite.
is a flutter of national colors. All pub
lie buildings are decorated except the
school houses. All business houses are
decorated and many private dwellings.
1t is hoped that every house will to-day
display a flag. a strip of bunting or
something to show hat the great ma
tional day is remembered.
The decoration of Main street is elab-
orate and very becoming. Festoons of
the national culors are stretched across
the street ~diagonally at the intersec-
tons of Main and Park. Main and
Broadway and Main and Granite.
From these ~festoons are suspended
hundreds of incandescent lights of red,
white and blue. The telegraph poles
are also decorated. and altogether the
street displays a very gay and patriotic
appearance.
A slight change has been made in the
line of march. 1t has been decided to
march east as far as ave-
nue. instead of merely to Arizona street,
as ii is desired to give the people of the
eastern part of town a nance to see
the parade without coming to the cen-
ter of town. AS finally arranged, the
line of march will be as follows: East
on Broadway to Oklahoma avenue,
south to Park, west to Washington,
north to Granite, east to Alaska, north
TO Quartz, east to Main, south to Park.
west to Montana, north to Granite and
the court house, where the parade will
rest n participate in the literary ex-
ercises of the day, after which the pa
rndo will rah fn tho ANn1ftnrf.atr N nd
be dismissed.
In the published programme the name
of Assistant Marshal w. f. Deeney,
leader of the first division, was mad
v%ertently omitted. -.
Cy Perkins band of Hayseed Rubes
has volunteered its services to lead the
300 comical W~hangdoodle Brownies.
The band will occupy its hay wagon.
The mayor has given orders for East
Broadway n East Park street to be
rolled this morning before the pa
rade. -
An additional subscription of 81 has
been received by the committee from
Rev. r. II. Lounsberry.
The days programme in brief is as
follows:
Parade at 10 a. M, followed by exer-
cises in front of the court house. Hon.
Charles S. Hartman will deliver the
Grafton, and Hon. Wilbra II. SWEET will
read the Declaration of Independence.
Three united bands will play the "Star
Spangled Banner" and America"
while all join in singing.
From l to 3 p. m. the Boston and
Montana band will give an open air
concert from a band stand which has
been erected at the corner of Main and
Broadway. >
At 3 p. m. there will be the races at
the track. Ganke's band will furnish
the music at the track.
At s p. m. the Alice band will give a
concert from a stand at the corner of
Broadway and Idaho streets.
At 8 p. m. the grand display of fire.
works. They will set off from the top
of the little butte at the head of Idaho
street.
The celebration began last evening.
A greeting to the Fourth had been adj
vertised to take place at midnight, but
some of the celebrants e~ncroached on
the Sabbath day a little and started
the gloriication early in the even
ing.
Butte will be a warm baby to-
day!
General Curtis has decided that So
cieties and organizations participating
in the grand parade shall have an OPP
p~ortunity to review the profession. He
will therefore halt the parade on Main
street and countermarch the entire col
umn between open ranks from left to
right.
The whangdoodles will receive their
marks at s o'clock this morning in the
lot in the rear of the Auditorium.