The Greeley tribune., 1908-07-08
Day Usllered In


The day opened with great
BANG, and every boy in town jump
ed from bed with fight in his heart.
believing that Jimmie. or Beany OF
Slim had come the sneak act on him
and had swiped the big cracker that
he had hidden away under the bed
just on purpose to open the Fourth
properly.
off where the soldiers live. Then he
remembered. it was surely the
Fourth of July at last, and that was
the way the program in the Tribune
said the day was going to be open
ed, National salute at sunrise fol-
lowed by reveille.
Gradually more of the stock
noises OF Fourth of July We're ad-
ded to the first signs, and the fes-
tivities in town were on.
Out country way there was just
as much activity. The boys there
were used to being up with the sun
and they didn't need cannon to
awaken them, nor bugle to tell
them that it was Fourth OF July.
They were up and at the chores
when they heard the distant gun.
The hired man was milking, dad was
puttering with the horses, and there
was sizzling sound and pungent
l,tt
palmer than words that the eggs
and bacon were on the stove Ma
and the hired girl were rafting tin
pans, getting ready for the milk that
would soon be coming in big buckets.
Everywhere there was activity.
Nv ney. there Buck, you long
tailed son OF COW. get through that
gate there. Molly, shoo. there the
whole bunch OF you. get into the
pasture" And with that the gate is
closed on the dairy cows and the
half grown calves, and the chores
are all done,
Now for breakfast, then hitch up,
and away to Greeley to the big
doings The parade will not be un-
tu $50, but gee whiz. there will be
all those soldiers coming in from
Fort Collins. Ault. Fort Morgan and
where not? There is the uniformed
rank fellows from Cheyenne. the
nose companies from various towns.
and all the bands. There will be
plenty going on around the depot
for an hour or two.
Then all those fine decorations.
all the different things in the park;
all the little shows, the man with
the red and blue balloons, the hurdy
gurdy. and geewhiz what isn't there
that a fellow might see, even If there
wasn't another thing? There will
be the drum corps from Denver. the
kid band from Longmont. and all
those big, nice horses. and geewhiz
we ought to be there now.
So the big day was started.
Making UP the Parade
But the boys of the city and coun-
try were not the only ones that were
busy early in the morning. Every
committee man having part in the
was on deck early to
see that the plans they had been
working on tor several weeks did
not miscarry at the last.
Messengers darted here and there.
carrying instructions from General
Churchill to other cimmit-
tees VINO were III tue Ilelu. Neueiai
Brush. in charge of the big parade
was hurrying about. and chasing a
a dozen aids on fleet horses.
hurryinK up a section here holding
back another there. shouting and
sweating madly but not mad
Here band comes marching
down the street to head one division
Of the parade. No, they got to the
wrong place. Bands nearly always
do. because they have too many
bosses. They are the only ones In
the whole parade that draw pay for
their show. so everybody bosses
them. and chases them around.
All. here come company OF sold
iers. spick and span in the natty uni
form. keeping perfect step to the
hip. hip. hip of the officer. They
aren't lost. and even II they are no.
body dares to boss n company of
soldiers.
There is also n big bunch of Japs
looking soldier-like. Wonder II
hey can fight.
Here is n lot of G. A. II. men.
We know they can fight for we
have tried them.
Wen bet all those soldiers, and
he Japs too can fight. II all this
was in earnest. But IL all 80 dew