The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-29
HEAR THE EAGLE SCREAM
NATAL DAY CELEBRATION
North Yakima Prepared to Properly
Recognize the GLORIOUS Fourth"
Program-Liberal Prizes.

The various committees appointed
among the business men to prepare Il
program of exercises for the Fourth of
July celebration met Monday evening
and completed the most important fea-
| lures of the occasion. Those having the
matter in charge confidently predict
that the celebration will set new pat
tern for such events in central Wash
ington.
The day will be heralded by salute
of sixteen guns at sunrise, and by the
time tine people have been thoroughly
aroused from sleep, the carnival will
begin. A procession, through which wi
be discriminatory scattered three brass
bands and other enthusing features. will
be the first event. the line of march be-
ing over all the principal business
streets. Various social and fraternal
orders have already expressed the deter
mination to take part in the parade,
which will be largely augmented from
the ranks of the 20OO school children of
the city and environs. A large aggre-
CATION of floats and other novelties will
add largely to the interest and amuse-
ment of the procession.
The procession will form at the cor.
ner of Second and A streets at i
o'clock a. NJ, and the line of march will
proceed south on the first named street
to Chestnut; thence west to First !;
thence north to A; thence west to
Front; thence south to Yakima avenue.
and thence to Naches avenue. where the
formal program will be conducted. The
following prizes have been announced bv
the committee:
For the best decorated block along
the line of march S25
For the best decorated float ...... 25
For best decorated bicycle. ....... 3
For best lodge display, including
number and costume. ....... %
For best Uncle Sam. ........ 3
For best sustained character. .. 3
For best Goddess of Liberty. ... 3
For best decorated carriage. .. )
For best decorated pony outfit. .... 5
For largest family in the procession. 10
After appropriate addresses by promi-
nent speakers, and other exercises from
the grand stand, adjournment will be
taken until 1870 p. m. when will begin
the program of sports announced by tine
committee, as follows:
To be held at l:3O p. m. on Third
STREET.-THE eating contest. prize 81; Egg
race, prize 81; Girls race under ii wears
of age, prize $l.5O; Boys race under :
years of age. prize 81; Maiden Ladies'
race, over 30 years of age, prize $40.
To be held at 2 p. m. on Second
street-Boys' race, under Is years of
age, prize 50; Squaw race, prize So; Re-
lay race, 300 yard, three men in each
team, open for teams from valleys ad.
jacent to North Yakima. prize $40;
Shetland pony race, prize S..
To be held at $3.50 p. M. on First
street-Fat mems race, prize So; Race
for men over fifty years of age, prize
S3; Indian race, prize So; Japanese race.
prize So; Boys under IL years of age.
prize $3.50.
10 be held at p. m. on Front
street-Barrel race leach man to fur.
nish his barely, prize 81; Wheelbarrow
race leach man to furnish his wheel
barrow, prize $3.50; Sack race. prize
81; Negro race, prize 81.
At $3.50 o'clock a match game of base
ball will be played between the league
teams of North Yakima and Ellens.
burg, Immediately after which will oc-
eur the grand balloon ascension. In
this connection, the committee states
that it is trying to arrange for two as
tensions, one to occur earlier in the dav.
display of fireworks. the like of
which has never before been seen in
this section, will begin as soon as the
satisfactory stage of darkness has ar
rived. and the committee wishes to EN-.
phasize the fact that this feature of the
days events will be worth travelling
miles to see.
The day will close with a grand ball
at the armory, under the Joint auspices
of the Yakima band and Company f.