The daily sentinel., 1905-07-05
GLORIOUS EVENT

Grand Junction 80 Something
Doing from Early Morning Un-
til Midnight Monster Parade.
Another milestone in the life
of the great American republic has
been reached and passed, and the
city of Grand Junction undoubtcd-
ly did her part toward celebrating
this one hundred and twenty-ninth
birthday of the nation.
/ Yesterday was truly a great day in
| Grand Junction. The eagle scared
/ high and the fires of patriotism
burned brightly Thousands of peo-
/ pie embued with the enthusiasm at
| tending the nations natal day
! thronged the streets, the parks and
| the fair grounds from early morn
ing until far into the night.
The program of festivities as
planned by the Chamber of Com
merce was carried out with but few
changes, and every feature of this
program proved most popular. The
/ celebration was big success in ev-
cry way.
The festivities really began Mon
day evening, for at that time the
streets were alive with people and
the noise of the cannon cracker and
the flare of the Roman candle and
the swish of the sky rocket were in
evidence everywhere, and Main street
was crowded until a late hour.
The people were awakened yes
terday morning by the sound of the
crackers in the hands of the small
boy who reigned in all his glory yes
terday.
At s O'Clock DR.. E. F. Eldidge had
his large cannon placed in position
on the big sand pile in front of the
new Fair block, and. with two eN-
perienced men acting as gunners, the
national salute of as shots was Civ
en-. The tremendous reports Of the
big cannon were heard for miles
around.
At an early hour the country peo-
Pile and the people from the sur
rounding towns began to come in.
Wagons and vehicles of every de
scription, many jauntily and elabor-
ately decorated in national colors,
poured in along every avenue. II
seemed that everybody in the valley
was headed for Grand Junction, and
all came dressed in their Sunday
best. carrying a great big intention
to have a good time.
About 9 am. the special train run
from Palisade over the Denver IL
Rio Grande arrived in he city, car
rying about 500 passengers. Fruita.
in spite of her local celebration, was
well represented, and DeBeque. Coll
bran and the other towns of the val
ley were well represented
THE PARADE.
Nine O'Clock was the time set for
the forming of the street parade;
but. owing to the fact that many
of the fraternal orders and other so
cieties expecting to take part in the
parade were late in getting in read
mess. the parade was not formed
until nearly 10 o'clock
All along Main street hundreds
and hundreds of people gathered
waiting to view the procession. The
sidewalks on both sides of Main from
Sixth street to Third street were
packed with people, and nearly eN-
/ erv second-story window along Main
had its occupants II was gay and
an enthusiastic scene along the citys
main artery between the hours Of
9 and IL O'Clock.
/ A band stand had been erected
( Immediately in front of the Pastime,
and concert was given by the Grand
Junction band at $3.50 o'clock.
! shortly before 10 am. the big pa
rade started II formed on Sixth
street near the school building,
| marched from Sixth to Grand. east
on Grand to Seventh. south on Sev-
enth to Main, west on Nam to Sec
ond. south on Second to Colorado,
east on Colorado to Fifth, and south
on Fifth to the City park on Ute
/ avenue.
The parade was one of the most
elaborate ever seen in ne city, and
proved delightful to all.
The four marshals of the parade,
handsomely mounted, led the pro
cession. Then followed the G.. A. r.
veterans. ~ in number, led by their
/ fife ana drum corps. Nearly all OF
the old men wore their uniforms and
made a very handsome and impress
I i've appearance.
The Womans Relief Corps was
next in line. Quite a number OF
/ ladies were out and all rode in car
riages which were prettily decorat-
ed.
The big float of the order of Wash
Il ington. preceded by a number OF
members on foot. followed the w.
r. c. The float was attractive and
interesting. An immense portrait OF
George Washington was carried by
two OF the members.
Book Clih Camp. Woodmen of the
World. was represented by about 40
members, marching two abreast The
big flag of Company F. preceded the
delegation II was expected that
Book Cliff camp, being the largest
lodge in the city, would have much
larger representation.
Following the Woodmen came the
Grand Junction band in full uniform.
The selections played by the organi-
zation while in the parade were most
inspiring and appropriate.
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows was better represented than
any fraternal order or society that
participated in the parade. There
were so members of the lodge in
line. The officers of the lodge were
resplendent in their regalia. This
order was also headed by an immense
American flag.
The float of the Eagles lodge at
tracted the greatest admiration
Much care had been given this feat
ure and It was a decided success
: The float was in the nature OF a can
opy. divided into four Or five com
/ partments. and in each compartment
sat a beautiful little girl. The words
Of the motto Of the order were given
position in front of each compart-