The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-06
LABOR'S GREAT DAY FINDS
THE GARDEN CITY PREPARED
TO ENTERTAIN ITS GUESTS

At . O'Clock this morning a weary
but successful Labor day committee
crawled into bed after a month of
steady work with everything pertain
ing to the big celebration today in
first-class shape. Nothing has been left
untouched and nothing less than an
earthquake can now keep the day,
from the time the first division of
the parade moves out onto the avenue
until the last scrap of Whitley Wat
sons big steers has gone the way of
all good beef and Home, Sweet
Home" has been played at the dance
In the pavilion. from being a roaring
bowling success. Thousands of visitors
are expected.
The program as it stands has been
but little changed since the COM
mittee first announced it through The
Missonlian and since that time the
committee has labored increasingly on
each section until the whole thing Is
as near perfect as it is possible to
make 1t.
The Parade.
The morning will be started, of
course, with the street parade. Every
union in the city is to appear in this,
most of them with representative
floats, and great many business
houses have const cucted floats for the
parade. The committee has also stat
ed that several automobiles have been
loaned for the parade and that all
others which are brought to the rem
devious at 3 o'clock win be greatly ap-
preciated by those who have the pa
rade in charge. The parade viii form
at $3.50 sharp at the corner of Hig-
gins avenue and Front street. The
first division will form on East Front
street resting on Higgins avenue and
the second on West Front street rest
ing on Higgins avenue
From there the parade will march
up Higgins avenue to Main street: on
Main street it will go west To Woody.
on Woody to Railroad avenue, on
Railroad avenue, east to Higgins av-
enue, on Higgins avenue south 10 Main
street. on Main street east to Pattee
street on Pattee street north To speak
ers' stand on Higgins square. OPP
posite the Northern Pacific depot.
The men will march in the following
Grand Marshal f. F. Trump. mount
ed staff. fire department, platoon of
police, carriage containing Mayor Lo-
gan and speaker Of the day. Hon. II.
II. Parsons; carriage containing city
officials and guests: Missouia band;
with president of council, G.
E. Feidman, and chairman of gem
eral committee, George W. Scott: Rail-
way Clerks local. coal miners. visit
Ing locals and members. brewery
horseshoers and blacksmiths,
workers, structural iron wosk-
ers. walters and mattresses. cooks, |
Federal Labor Union No. 4s. team
sters. assistant marshall and mounted /
staff, Missoula JUROR band. Labor |
day committee, plasterers. sheet metal !
plumbers. electrical workers, |
clerks. Typographical union. |
engineers, hricklayers and |
building iaborers. bartenders,
business floats.
The Exercises.
The parade will disband at Higgins /
square and the exercises of the day |
will be started from the speakers |
stand. George W. Scott, who is to .
act as chairman for the day. will make /
ais opening remarks half an hour
after the parade has dishanded and /
after his speech the program will be /
given as follows:
Inyocation-Rev. j. W. TAFT
charus-Missaula Maennerchar.
Welcoming address-Mayor Andrew /
Logan.
Ehorus-Miss0uia Maennerchor-
Address of the day-Hon. Harry II. !
Parsons
Ameriea"-Missoula Maen- /
lerchnr and assemblage.
Balloon Ascension.
At 11:Ga, promptly after the exercises
Ire over. r. c. Mcclellan. who has