La Junta tribune., 1902-07-05
slos,ous .ousrs OF Ju.v.
Essvbedy cstsbsstse. osss Sews
Noise, Ned . eooa Time sns
Went Nosss SstisMsd.

| hoSA SSSsJ ySes "O"sS ySesSs -
least the mind OF man now living
knowcth not to the contrary. We
celebrated in La unts this year.
The celebration opened some
where about midnight oi the day
preceding. and for twenty-four
mortal hours there was a per
petual hzz, boom and bang, more
or less accentuated by the cannon
ade department presided over by
Colonel Reed. who demonstrated
the fact that he is an artist in his
particular line and believes in
making all the noise he can on
this mundane sphere. The grand
finale was the Mount Pelee dis
play OF fireworks under the super.
vision OF Mr. Hawkins and a score
of assistants known to fame as the
rising generation.
People from the adjacent coun
try and surrounding towns COM
menced to arrive early aud before
! noon there were some thousands
parading up and down our princi-
pal streets. The parade was the
first thing upon the program. and
the most conspicuous thing about
lit, outside oil the marshals and
the decorated carriages, was it's
brevity. II did not take more
than an hour for the procession to
pass any given point. The parade
was headed BY the grand marshal,
Colonel r. G.. Dalton, and the
assistant marshal, Colonel Jerry
| Shaw. Both were dressed in their
best suit Of clothes, and looked re-
splendent in gorgeous uniforms.
with "a snow white plum upon
their gallant crests. They we're
followed by the La Junta Rube
| Band in a varied assortment OF
costumes. Then came the float
of the Woman's Relief Corps,
with Uncle Sam and the Goddess
of Liberty IN evidence. a hack full
OF cripples from the railroad hos
pital, Woodmen OF the World,
decorated carriages, etc.
Immediately after the parade
the Fourth OF July orAtion was de-
livered IN the court house park by
| fudge S. Harrison White, oil
Pueblo. which teemed with pa
triotism, love OF county. and pride
in the heroic deeds OF our ances-
tors. Next followed the event OF
the day to most people-the bar
becne. II was we'll patronized
and decidedly popular with the
masses. The program for the
afternoon opened with the balloon
ascension and parachute jump by
Prof. l.. K. Spences, OF Pueblo.
The ascension was one OF the hn-
est ever seen iE this or any other
cline and there could not have
been more peTfecl day for the
event nor more perfect and beau.
iitul exhibition. The professor
came down by the parachute route
without mishap and landed in
the river--what there was OF it.
The winners iu the afternoon
sporting events were as follows:
Foot race, 100 yards, Ed Daimler,
FIRST; +. Z. Wolf, second. Foot
race, 100 yards. boys under fif-
teen, Will Burns, first; Joe Pol
lock. second. Sack race, Zoe
Thompson, first; Jack Polk, sec
ond. Potatoe race. Ray Burns,
FIRST. Best float. Woman's Relief
Corps. Best comic float, Inn
Polk and Tom Morris. Best dec
grated carnage. Miss Nora
Hodges. Best turn out OF local
lodges, Woodmen or the World.
Team pulling contest. II. Nance
las, first; E. P. Donahue, second.
4 While the sports were in pro-
4 gress FIRE alarm was turned in
and the department gave an exhi-
bition run that looked like the
real thing. The run was from the
hose house TO the hydrant at the
southeast corner Of the court