The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-06-19
BOOM,
BANG,
Mammoth Assortment Fire
works for Fourth
Demonstration Will Be Rec
d-Breaker

dependence uhy ttleDIdLlou viii pIOb-
ably be the mommoth pyrotechnlc
display scheduled for the evening.
The fireworks will be discharged from
barge in the Willamette river oppo-
site the business district of the city,
It being thought this arrangement will
give all an opportunity to witness the
exhibition. which will also be grander
for being held on the river. Unique,
snowy, gorgeous, spectacular, wonder.
fui and other similar adjectiyes will
be required for fitting description of
this feature of Salem's celebration, for
there is no use discussing the matter
the fireworks display will be the
most complete and the grandest ever
witnessed in these parts.
The general committee that is ar
ranging for the celebration appropri-
ated $1,000 for fireworks alone, and,
under the direction of Chairman John
Maurer, of the committee on that fea-
ture, that amount has been judiclously
expended for large assortment of
explosives. There are bombs that
boom, Dewey chasers that chase, rock
cts that pierce the heavens, etc, etc,
in fact every kind Of contriyance
known to the ingenious mind or the
enterprising mind of the manufacture
er of Fourth Of July goods, is repre-
sented in the assortment secured for
Salem's celebration.
The fireworks demonstration will
not be reserved entirely for the even
ing. There is in the outfit a quantity
of Japanese day fireworks, that will
be touched of during the street pro
cession and exercises Of the morning
The main program of Salem's grand
pyrotechnic display will include thir
ty numbers, besides about 5000 worth
of other explosives. The bulk Of the
work of the committee on fireworks
was assumed by John Maurer, who has
been working faithfully to the end
that this feature may be the most at
tractive one of the celebration, and
much credit will be due him for the
success of the display.
The initial number Will be the dis
charge OF six mammoth aerial ma
rooms, which ascend from 500 to 600
feet into the air and explode with
report equal to that of an eighteen.
pound cannon.
A grand opening exhibition device
Welcome-will be the second mum
ber. This is a set piece of wonder
Gus beauty. IL commences with an
illumination of crimson and green,
mutatlng to the word Welcome" in
letters of yariegated lancework, above
which is an arch of brilliant colored
jets and suns with golden rays, ter
minating with artillery salutes.
Another feature of the display viii
be the ascension of six 2.pound as
teroid rockets, each releasing mani
moth duration stars, suspended from
parachutes, They float through the
air for u long distance, and change
colors several times before entirely
disappearing,
The program will also include:
Italian sunset Flag OF America" cal
lope or whlstling rockets, salvo of
Neopolitan shells, which discharge in
imld air three different times, display
ing alternate red, white and blue stars
and gold rain; twinkling star rockets,
exhibition device "The Grand Round"
bombshel rockets, surprise boxes,
willow tree rockets, exhibition device
Revolving Fans" trailing star rock
cts. two Plcols mines. electric shower
rockets, exhibition device "Trlplet
American Star" cOrnucopia rockets,
! emerald illumination, devil among the
tailors. shooting star rockets. dis
charge Of batteries, exhibition device,
Magic National Star" jeweled
streamer rockets, Egyptian whirl-
winds, burst of golden clouds aerial
flower garden, diamond chain rockets
prize cometic rockets and grand finale
exhibition device 60 Home" The
concluding number Go Home" will
prove a splendid and appropriate clos
ing piece. Il commences with a hex
a gon vertical wheel mutating to the
words Go Home" in letters OF Grim
son, azure, emerald and orange, the