The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02
THE EAGLE WILL SCREAM
Great Preparationsfo for Missoula's
Fourth Celebration.
H. F. BARTINE THE ORATOR
A Programme of Sports in the After
noon-The Day Will Wind Up
in Great Blaze OF
Glory.

preparations been as extensive for the
celebration of the Fourth as they are
this year. independence day will be
an ebullition of patriotism all over this
end of the state and the eagle will
scream in all keys and chords. At Mis-
soula the celebration will open in the
morning with the firing of the sunrise
salute. 1t is expected, naturally, that
there will be earlier demonstrations
than this, but the sunrise guns will
mark the beginning of the official cele-
bration. Then, in the morning, will
come the parade, in which local civic
and military societies will take part,
together with the fire department and
city officers. There will also be a lib
eral display of floats, illustrating his
torical scenes, which are in course of
preparation by the committees. The
merchants will be represented in good
shape by displays in this parade and
there will be a bicycle battalion that
will contribute much to the success of
the parade. 1t is the wish of Marshal
Sloane that all wbeelmen who care to
take part in the morning parade be on
hand that they may be assigned to a
position in the line.
The Grafton will be delivered this
year by Hon. III. F, Bartine, ex-con-
gresham from Nevada. This will be
from the speakers stand in the court
house yard. The programme at the
court house will be an interesting one,
including the reading of the Declara-
ton of Independence and musical Sc
lections. John Mcguire has promised
to recite brakes Address to the F ag"
at this time. Following the grafton
there will be an intermission for lunch.
Arrangements have been made for
those who desire to picnic in the spa
cious grounds of the court house. After
lunch the programme of athletic sports,
which has already been published, will
be carried out under the direction of
Coroner Hayes and Otto siegel
The day will wind up with a blaze of
glory. The city will be illuminated in
good style and the bicycle carnival will
be the finest thing that was ever seen
in Montana. There will be hundreds of
illuminated and decorated wheels, or
namental floats, floral designs and 9TH
er attractive displays on bicycles in the
line. Higgins avenue will be a blaze
of glory and the wheelmen will do
their best to give a fitting ending to
the day. At the conclusion of the car
nival will occur the display of fire
works, which will be the finest ever
seen in Missoula. The day will wind
up with the firemen's ball at the Union
opera house.
At Hamilton the citizens have ar
ranged Ior grand celebration that
will eclipse all of their previous eff
forts. They will have two of the most
celebrated orators in the United States
Hon. C. S. Hartman of Montana and
Senator Pettigrew of Dakota. In adj
dition to this there will be fine pro-
sramme of racing and athletic sports,
with fireworks and the other accom-
panments. The whole upper Bitter
Root and much of the lower valley will
be in Hamilton this year to celebrate
and the day will be second only to the
memorable occasion when Bryan visit
ed the town. The citizens committee,
under the able direction of John Mel
son and his associates, has made elab-
crate arrangements for the entertain
ment of Hamilton's guests and the
day will be an especially pleasant one
this year. The people of Hamilton
have more than the usual cause for
celebrating this month They were
threatened with the temporary extinc-
ton of their chief industry by the high
water not long ago, and, now that the
danger is past and they are relieved of
the mental strain that thew have been
under, they will enter into the spirit
of the day with great zest There
should be large attendance from the
outside. Hamilton is prepared to take
good care of all visitors and the place
Is a pleasant one.
Stevensville, the oldest settlement in
the state, will be in line, too, this year.
Her brilliant red, white and blue pos
tiers have been in evidence for several
weeks and they tell a story as alluring
as that related by any circus bill that
was ever hung. The old town will re-
new her youth this year and proposes
to show that she is still on the map.
The speaker of the day will be Mas
ma Billiard of Helena and the music
will be furnished by Esmay's band of
Missoula.
Philipsburg proposes to set Granite
mountain afire this year and to cause
the reflection of the gaudy red that
she will paint things to be visible for
miles around, There will be a regular
old fashioned Fourth up there, and
those who have had experience with
| celebrations at Philipsburg know what
| that means. There will be orations, of
| course. There will be races over that
| course in the smooth Philipsburg
| street that has witnessed so many hot
| contests, and the whole town will be
| alive. This has been a good year for
| the Burg and the people will Guido
| themselves in their enthusiasm this
| month.
| Missoula is already we'll decorated,
but the beginning is only as yet. Mon
| day will witness some further displays
| that will eclipse the elaborate decora-
| tions of a year ago. The store windows
are bossoming out in fine style and
| the exterior decoration of the larger
| buildings has already begun. They tell
| story about a young Irishman who
| is employed at one of the local stores,
| who threatened to resign his position
| If the plans that We're originally pro-
| posed for the decoration of one of the
| show windows were carried out. This
| plan called for a central group of fig
| ures representing Uncle Sam and John
| Bull shaking hands. He positively de-
clined to be party to any such scheme
! as that.
| The list of prizes that has been Of
| fered for competitors in the bicycle car
| nival Is as follows: Grand prize for
| best float, $25; Illuminated wheels, SIS