The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-01
BROOkINGS
TO BE MECCA
OF THOUSANDS TOMORROW AND
SATURDAY..
JOY-FEST AND RACE MEET
NATIONS BIRTHDAY WILL BE
PROPERLY CELEBRATED.

Saturday the days of our big Joy.
Fest and Race Meet. With no cele-
bration within miles there is no ques-
tion but what Brookings will be call
ed upon to entertain the biggest
crowd in her history. The commit
tees in charge nave completed their
arrangements and as we have stated
before, 1t now seems to be up to the
weather man. The weather the past
week has been clear and warm and
we may reasonably expect continu-
ance OF the same brand Already a
large number Of horses are in the
city for the races and that feature
should be among the best for the
two days. =, III,
| Word reached the Joy.Fest COM
mittee yesterday that there was a re-
port being circulated that the carni-
val attr; ctions would not be here.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. Manager lie Won of Sioux
City, who brings the carnival attrac-
tions is already here and the carni-
val and free attractions will be on
deck to entertain the people tomor-
row morning, just as advertised. Mr.
lie Won will have charge of the diff
ferent attractions and will make all
announcements. Another rumor
which the committee wishes denied
is that the carnival and attractions
will be at the fair ground. The en-
tire list of carnival shows and free
attractions will be located on Main
street and the people will not have
to go to the fair grounds to see them.
The scale of prices fixed for ad-
mission to the race meet at the fair
igrounds rs as Eoifows Children
under ten years, free; from. ten to
fifteen, rs cents; adults SO cents.
All automobile owners are request
ed to have their machines at the
court house grounds next Saturday
at one o'clock sharp to participate in
the big auto parade. The committee
extends cordial invitation to every
owner of machine to take part.
Most OF the machines will be nicely
decorated, but whether you decorate
your car or not you are cordially in
vited to get in line.
Brookings has advertised safe
and sane Fourth" so it is up to the
youth Of our city to do their part
in keeping that promise BY a little
care most of the usual Fourth of July
accidents can be avoided. Every boy
likes to properly celebrate this great
event, but to do so it is not neces-
sary to sacrifice any part of his anat.
Iomy.
Fire Marshall Craft gives out the
following on the less dangerous fire.
works:
On every Fourth Of July more than
600 buildings are burned and more
than 200 persons killed by exploding
fireworks. AT the same time a mum.
Der of children are burned to death
by the igniting of their clothing and
more than 1000 fingers and eyes are
lost.
To get ready for the Fourth. trash
In yards or areas should be taken
away or made wet; stables and out
houses should be kept closed and
cellar windows tightly shut.
Since chlorate of potash, q high ex-
plosive, took the place of gunpowder
In fireworks, the kinds and amount of
explosives each contains has been
kept secret. Now, the manufactur-
ers. fearing the enactment of laws
prohibiting the sales of fireworks of
Iall kinds altogether. have furnished
to an expert in fire dangers the chem
ical facts which follow They hope
that only those whose compost.
tions shows them to be the most
deadly will be prohibited.
The common torpedo has In it a
wafer, like the cap OF toy pistol.
holding chlorate of potash. On this
are a number of pieces Of gravel
When torpedo strikes anything Tor.
chilly the blow from the gravel ex-
plodes the chlorate. A large and
mere dangerous torpedo has IN II
chlorate, phospnorous and chloride
of antimony.
i A boy lost three fingers BY trying
to drive nail through q street c6r
torpedo. They. are made q chlorate
and sulphur with ground glass ~