Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-08-26
LABOR DAY DOINGS
EXECUTIVE Committee Is COM.
PLETING ARRANGEMENTS.
Mayor France will Deliver the Annual
Address. HOquiam to Join in the
Parade. Basket Dinner Will be
Held at Electric Park. Dance in
the Evening

The executive committee of the
Grays Harbor Trades and Labor
Council, consisting of e Olson. Jas
Gilbreath, b. l.. Hamilton, w. c. Jud.
son and George Hamilton, assisted by
the various subcommittee, have
completed arrangements for the La
Dor Day exercises which are to be
held in this city Monday, September
2. George E. Gibson is to be mar
shal of the day, and b. l.. Hamilton
of Aberdeen and H. A. Livermore of
Hoquiam are aides.
This committee, with the various
subcommittee in joint session, decid-
ed to make the day purely. a Grays
Harbor celebration and with this in
view, the members decided to request
the Hon. Eugene France, mayor of
the city Of Aberdeen, to make the
address for the day. A special COM
mittee was appointed to wait upon
Mr.. France, who consented to act. w.
c. Lloyd, fifth vice president of the
Washington State Federation of La
Dor, and the organizer of many of the
unions on the harbor, was selected
as escort for the speaker of the day.
The parade will begin at $3.50 in
the morning. The unions of both
cities will assemble in Aberdeen at
$3.50 and take their places in the
line of march, according to the Off
cial program which will appear in
next weeks Herald. The Hoquiam
unions being guests of their Aber
deem brothers, will be given the posi-
tion of honor at the head of the line
of march, following the speakers
carriage. The order of formation will
appear in the next issue of this pa
per. The parade will pass from f
street down Heron to K, then COun-
termarch down II to Market, thence
east on Market to the Opera House
where the exercises will be held. The
HOquiam unions arriving on the cars,
will form on f, between Wishkah
and First, facing south. The Aber-
deem unions will form on Market
street, between f and G. and around
on G, facing south.
After the parade and exercises at
the Grand Theatre, adjournment will
be made to the park, where a basket
dinner will be held and the sports
s,t. ut 4 ,t 4. hIn
tee, consisting of f. +. Hite, George
Gibson and C. w. Prindle, has ar
ranged an entertaining program,
features of which will be two run
ming races, so yards for youths and
100 yards open for all. \ wheelbar
row race, sack race, threelegged
race, fifty yard race for girls, pie
eating contest, pole climbing con-
test, and baseball game between the
Aberdeen and Hoquiam union men,
and tug of war between the team
sters of Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
Generous cash prizes will be given
for all these events. The evening
will close the day with a grand ball.
The ball committee consists of Miss
Lena Turk and Messrs A. l.. Silvey,
Joe Morrow and J. +. Scott, and four
members selected by the Hoquiam
Trades and Labor Council. Guards
for the day, elected to assist in main
tanning order during the program,
were as follows: W. A. Brisco and
NJ L. Cagley of Hoquiam, and L. l..
Alexander and J. A. Graham of Aber-
deem. Arrangements are now COM
pleted in every detail and all that is
necessary to make the day memoir
able one is that Jupiter Pluvius, the
god of the weather, furnish a proper
day for the occasion
President Roosevelt has issued the
following executive order from Oys-
ter Bay:
eft is hereby ordered that all per