The Lamar register., 1899-06-28
THE FOURTH AT CRIPPLE.
Preparnrations Being Made to Paint the
Whole County a Bright Carmine.

The streets of Cripple Creek will re-
semble rivers of fire on the nights of
July 3, and 8, for Teller county in-
tends TO celebrate Independence Day
as no other town in the state has ever
celebrated it before. New and novel
sights will be seen. There Will be a
mock eruption of yesuvius, in the II
Elimination of Mt. Pisgah, which
reaches an elevation of 1880 feet
above sea level. Cords of dry timber,
saturated with kerosene, will be fired
from the lofty erags above the city, III
order that the light may be seen for
some hundred miles or more, and in adj
dition, several barrels of red fire will
be burned. Great reflectors are 10 be
placed on the sides of the mountains,
to throw the rays Of light as far into
space as possible, for there will be no
moon on these three nights, and II is
figured that, IL the weather is equally
clear all over the state, there is hardly
place in Colorado from which the re-
Election of the great fires should not be
seen. This is the most novel plan ever
resorted to in a Fourth Of July celebra-
tion.
But that is not all, for Cripple Creek
will have so many entertainments of
different kinds, that 1t will be impossi-
Bile for one man to witness them oil.
There will be tournament OF paid
and volunteer fire departments, min
ers' drilling contest. glove contest,
wrestling match, watermelon eating
contest pie eating contest, egg con
test, climbing creased pole and chasing
creased pig, foot races, base ball, a
cake, walk, a battle royal, three mon
ster parades. masked carnival at
night. masked balls, n patriotic speech
by Hon. James r. Belford.
IN artfa,-to I'm To tp hp un1pt- The
direct supervision of Mr.. Il. IL. Martin,
who for twenty-seven years made n
success of the grand celebrations that
formerly have been given in Pueblo on
the same dates, Mr.. Martin now being
n resident OF Cripple Greek. In add
tlon there will be 100 smaller sports,
OF all kinds, and the committee mas
succeeded in getting the cheapest rail
rosd rates for the occasion ever grant
ed to any city of the state outside OF
Denver Special trains will run on all
roads, from all parts of Colorado. the
tickets to be good on afternoon trains
OF July 2 and returning on night trains
OF July 5, making practically hye-day
limit for passage to and from the
greatest gold camp on earth.
Thousands OF dollars worth of ire
works viii be lighted on Gold Hill, so
that the pyrotechnic display may be
Crirr,,- creek, Nothing like 1t has
ever been known In n mining camp be
fore, and all of the contests Will be
open TO the world.
Chief Roberts of the Denver Fire De
partment will bring his team from
Denver-the same team that went to
Omaha and walked off with the prize
there-while there will be exhibitions
by the Fire Departments from all over
INx., aiNr- n H.
der work. which many people have
never seen. and n roping contest for
cowboys.
1t is expected that 10000 people will
visit the caty during the festivities,
which will be without n parallel in the
history of the state, in magnificencc
and In gorgcousness. The expenditure
of money will be on lavish scale and
Will amount TO over $4,000, for every
business house in the city Will be
smothered In bunting and flags, and
the windows will be gaily decorated,
while there will be decorated buggies
and private turnouts of every conceiv-
able description on the streets.
Everything will be free-there will
be no charge for anything. The prize
fight-everything, will be in the pub
lie streets, and everything will take
place In the city. except the roping
city park, distant from the city one
mile only.
There will be bands and drum corps
and jolly good time for every person
| who visits the city on this occasion,
the first celebration held in the new
county of Teller.
For the benefit of visitors, there will
be established a bureau of publicity
and information. where Il list of room
! ing and boarding houses will be given
/ to all inauirers. for room and board
1 can be obtained in Cripple Creek as
/ cheaply as in any other portion of the
/ state.
! Suburban trains viii run every few
1 moments to all parts of the district,
/ and the electric line will make a spe-
cialty of excursions over the hills, pass
! ing the greatest gold mines in the
| world, conveying the passengers up
| wards TO nm altitude of 11,0S5 feet
! above the level of the sea.
| G. c. Gillctt Going to Central a mericn.
Kansas City, Mo-, June 21-Grant C.
| Gillett, the Kansas cattle plungcr
whose failure last winter for nearly
| 100000 caused a sharp furry in
financial circles, is reported to have
suddenly left chihuahua, Mexico,
| where he has been in the hotel busi-
/ ness since his flight from his creditors,