The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-17
WHEELS FOR THE FOURTH
A Charming Procession Could
Easily Be Arranged.
A DELIGHTFUL SPECTACLE
h Copper City Limited Is Appreciated,
The Rye at Plains Is Eight rect High.
Everybody Chipping In Towards
the Celebration OF the Fourth.

Missouis. June 16.-"If the wheelmen
OF the city will take hold OF the mat
ter in earnest. the bicycle parade at
night on the Fourth will be one of the
finest displays that Missoula ever wit
nessed." said c. A.. Barnes, who is
chairman OF the wheel parade COM
mittee. to-day. There Is no limit to
the possibilities in the arrangements
Of wheels and their decoration for a
turnout like this. / witnessed the Jour
nails parade in New York that celebrat-
ed the arrival of the overland bicycle
courier message In New York. and 1t
was the most magnificent show that I
ever saw. The wheels were decorated
with flowers, lanterns, bunting and
everything that could be pressed INTO
service. There were wheels coupled to-
gether in twos and in threes n tours.
There were tandems alone and Joined
with others, and there were moving pa
vilions mounted on wheels at their
corners. and there is no end to the COM
binations that were made by the en-
thusiastic riders of the big city. hope
that the Missouls riders will take hold
OF the parade in earnest and make IL
the feature OF the days celebration that
IL ought to be. With Higgins avenue
n the bridge decorated and illuminat-
ed. and the long line of wheelmen and
women In holiday attire, n their
wheels trimmed with lanterns and other
decorations. the pageant will be the
finest thing that was ever seen in the
state. We hope to Interest all wheel
men. and IL there are any of them who
want to know more about the prepara-
ton of their wheels. ! will tell them
all that ! know IL they will come to me.
What we most want Is for every rider.
man, m or child. in the city. to
agree to take part in the parade. Then
we Will have a big thing that will
wind up the day with a hurrah."
II never appreciated any recent in
novation as much as ] do the Copper
City Limited" said T.. l.. Bonner last
night. Il went to Deer Lodge this
morning and spent four or five hours
there, took the return limited and got
HON to dinner this evening. l re-
member when the round trip to Deer
Lodge required tour days and a lot OF
roughing 1t. The change is an excel
lent one. and the new train ought to
do a business hat will make IL a per-
manent feature OF the service of this
division. IL Is a handsome train. m
the people appreciate IL. The business
hat IL does will increase all the time
from now till winter. and there is a
permanent line of business that ought
to maintain such a service the year
round."
That rye of ours at Plains Is now
eight feet high, and Is still growing"
said Colonel MCGOWAN at the hotel to-
day. When ! was up here last IL was
only seven n a half feet tall, but now
IL Is more than eight feet. This is a
fact. as you can see for yourself IL you
will come down to Plains and ook over
the field. That is not the only thing
Is doing well down there, either.
Our native strawberries were i'm the
last Sunday. and there were
nexer any better berries than they were.
The yield his year will be a big one.
and there will be more fruit sent out
from Plains than most people believe
there. We are coming out all
There is one thing about this collect
ing for the Fourth this year" said
Webster of the finance commit
lit is the easiest collecting that
anybody ever had to dc. We have not
called upon anybody who was not will
ing and anxious to help out. The SUBJ
scriptions have been liberal, and II is a
OF everybody help. and that is
What makes IL good.