The San Francisco call., 1905-06-15
ORATOR CHOSEN
BY COMM I TEE
Samuel Shortridge to De-
liver Natal Day Address
to Citizens of Oakland
FINE TIME ASSURED
Arrangements Made for Big
Display of Fireworks on
Shore of Lake Merritt

OAKLAND, June 14.-Preliminary ar
rangements for the celebration OF the
Fourth Of July In Oakland are now COM
piete, and the executive committee in
charge cf the programme for the day and
evening will devote the remaining time
to the perfection Of the details of various
features of the celebration Samuel NJ
Shortridge has accepted the invitation OF
the COMMITTEES to act as orator Of the
day. and double quartet under the di-
rection of Clement p. Rowlands, will fur
nish the music for the literary exercises.
1t has also been proposed that number
of views appropriate to the occasion be
displayed on a screen in the Macdonough
Theater during the exercises.
Harry G. Williams. chairman of the
finance committee. has already secured
subscriptions to the amount of $500. and
several of the largest contributors to the
last celebration fund have not yet been
heard from. He says that when the COM
mittee has completed It's work he is sure
the amount available for the celebration
will be fully as large as that Of last year,
when $500 was secured for the celebra-
tion.
The afternoon and evening committee.
through its chairman, Fred Sinclair, has
decided that the best location for the dis
play of fireworks in the evening will be
on the shore OF Lake Merritt. rather than
in the City Hall Park, or on float in
the lake.
A ladies' committee has already been
organized to take charge of the serving
of refreshments at the Willows after the
parade, and a number OF applications
have been received from local fraternal
and civic organizations to take part in
the parade. 1t will be held in the morn
ing and will be followed by luncheon
served by the ladies' committee at the
Willows. Immediately after the luncheon
the literary exercises will be held at the
Macdonough Theater, and these will be
followed by the field events and the re-
gatta on Lake Merritt The display Of
fireworks in the evening Will end the cele-
bration.
HAYWARDS, June 14.-The committee
in charge of the Fourth Of July celebra-
ton has received a communication from
Captain George F. Wethern, the officer in
command of Company F, Fifth Regiment.
n. @. c. of Oakland to the effect that
the invitation of the committee to the
members of the company to take part in
the Fourth of July parade has been ac-
cepred and that nearly the full strength
ot the company will be represented in the
line of march. The members of the De-
gree of Honor of Haywards will also be
in line and will be headed by float, as
will number OF the other fraternal or
ganizations of this and some, of the sur
rounding towns Harry Bradford has vol
unteered to organize a drum corps. which
is guaranteed to add to the noise If not
to the music of the celebration. The
finance committee reports that up to date
s154l 80 has been subscribed for the cele-
bration, S72s 90 having already been placed
in the hands Of the committee The dec
Grafton committee has secured the serv-
ices of a San Francisco firm of decorators
to furnish the flags and bunting for the
streets, and the work of hanging these
will be commenced in few days.