The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-09-28
FEsHMTF AT PIXIES PEAK
CELEBRATION or rs DIsCOv-
cry BY LIEUT.. PIKE.
Thousands Gather 70 Commemorate
Its Discovery a Hundred
Years AGO.

Colorado Springs. Colo. Sept "a
! With the city gay in the bun and
/ white OF the revolutionary period the
/ national colOrs floating from almost
every building and the strain Of mar
1 tai music resOundIng through the
streets from early morning. the Pike
/ centennial celebration, commemorate
L ing the discovery o. Pixies peak By
| the man whose name It bears, opened
/ here today.
The chief feature OF the day and
I the chief military display OF the
week. was the parade Of infantry, cav
airy and artillery, followed BY mem
bers OF the @. A r., Colorado national
school cadets and other local military
organizations which moved from the
Colorado college campus at 10 a m.
and proceeded through the streets Of
the city. Cowboys, Indians and Colo
RADIO pioneers also had conspicuous
positions IN the parade, the column
being fully two miles in length and re-
curing an hour to pass the reviewing
stand where Vice President Fairbanks
reviewed the parade
Vice President Charles Warren
Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks arriv-
ed In the city at s o'clock and were
escorted TO the Antlers hotel BY Thorn
as F. Walsh OF Colorado and Wash
ingtOnl whose guests they are to be
during the entire week CONGRESSMAN
F. E Brooks and several other promf-
nent citizens OF Colorado SPRINGS also
acted as the official reception commit
tee for the vice president. The sports
OF the week opened this afternoon
with the first games in the polo tour
nament on the grounds Of the Chey-
enne Mountain Country club Teams
from several western cities, including
the regular army team from Fort
robinson, Neb-' are entered in the
tournament.
The principal indoor feature OF to-
days programme was the holding Of
patriotic exercises at the Grand opera
house beginning at 2:3O this afternoon
under the auspices OF the Daughters
OF America Revolution and National
society OF Colonial Danes OF Ameri-
ca Conditions for the Pike centen-
NAL at least so far as the first day
was concerned could not have been
more favorable had they been made
10 order. A glorious Colorado sun
rise, garbing in red and gold, the peak
which IS m reality the center of at
traction for the assembled guests,
ushered in the day and the weather
continued fine.
Two band concerts for the multi
tudes and military reception for
those who care to attend are the at
fractions for the evening. The Mid
land band OF this city, with which its
director, H 7. Irvine, was the first
Colorado regimental band during the
Philippine campaign and which played
"a Hot Time IN Old Town while
marching on Manila through the surf,
viii discourse music at the North
park The Twenty-ninth infantry
band viii play at the Antler's hotel
from until 10 o'clock this evening.
The official reception to Vice President
Fairbanks and the visiting military
officers at which the hOnors will be
done by Governor Mcdonald and local
citizens viii be held at the Antler's
parlOrs beginning at 9 D. m. and the
ballroom Of the hotel will be the scene
Of military ball beginning at 10
O'Clock.
The address Of Vice President Fair
banks which is the chief feature Of the
indoor programme for the week, will
be relivered at the Grand opera house
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
GOOdland People There.
Colorado Springs is 1S5 miles west
Of GOOdland, and as there is always z
large amount Of travel from this city
to Colorado Springs. people Of Good
land very naturally take quite an in
terest in the celebration, so near at
hand over the Rock Island. So quite
a number Of the Pike centennial ex-
cursiOn tickets were sold at this point, |
and among those that went we have
heard OF the names Of County Clerk
Wilson Peters, County Superintend-
ent James P. Phillips and Charles
Norman.