Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-06-16
CELEBRATE
JULY FOURTH
Eagles are Making Many Plans
For Our National
Holiday.
ATHLETIC SPORTS,
BALLOON ASCENSION
Two Base Ball Gamesa=MarSh=
field Militia Company
Invited.

Great and glorious will be the Fourth
of July in our city this year if the
plans, now in the minds of the Eagle
lodge. can be carried out. The eagle
VIII scream all day. the flags will fly
on high, the cannon will roar, the
little boy will shout-in fact, it will
be a red letter day in the history Of
Grand Rapids and Wood county.
Fine Railroad Facilities.
Every Eagle in town is at work
some at this, some at that-but all
pushing shoulder to shoulder toward
one common end-making this years
celebration large enough to include
not only Wood county but neighbor-
ing counties To accommodate
visitors, the committee will secure
excursion rates from the railroad
companies. Grand Rapids is we'll
located for an eagle-spreading ccle-
bration. With four railroads coming
in from all directions, visitors will
find Grand Rapids an ideal place to
celebrate, as far as railroad facilities
are concerned. Nearly all the rail-
roads run their trains so that visitors
can come early in the day and return
home later IN the afternoon. Those
planning to come should see the sta
tion agent of their city or town on
this point that no mistakes may be
made.
Many Attractions Planned.
The committee in charge of the
celebrations can not as yet announce
anything definite, but the SEMI
WEEKLY REPORTER will aim to keep
the public informed as soon as the
plans mature. The militia company,
of MarShtield, may be here, and this
certainly will be great drawing card.
The committee is now in correspon-
dence with the Stevens Point, Pitts
vile and NekOoSa base ball teams,
the plan being to have two games of
ball during the day. Then. too, an
interesting event will be an automO-
bile race.
A balloon ascension is almost assured.
If balooniSt is engaged he will be
compelled to guarantee, by depOsiting
5000, that he will go up twice during
the day providing the weather is rea-
sonably favorable. A 'loop-the-loop"
man and a Vaudeville show and ladies
band are also being communicated
with and may decide to come.
During the day the gun club will
give an exhibition at the river front;
there will be all kinds of athletic
sports at the fair grounds, and the
band will play all day. For those
who are light on their feet a dance
will be arranged at the opera bouse.
Support by Business Men.
The business men of the city are,
as rule, giving good support to the
enterprise. The committee has
estimated that it will take about
$3.50 to carry out the plans, and there
are strong hopes that this sum can
be raised.
Another feature that will add
greatly to the attractivenesS of the
proposed parade, would be the repre-
sentation of the city's business by
appropriate floats. The committee
will take up this question and inter-
view the business men, urging them
to take part in the parade in this
manner.
Militia Company Assured.
The committee received informa-
tion from MarShfield yesterday to the
effect that the militia company of
that city would be in Grand Rapids
over the Fourth, This is good news
to the promoters of the celebration.
AS Marshtield will not formally cele-
brate the Fourth this year, il is
expected that large number of citi-
zenS from the northern end of the
county will be here to help swell the
crowd