The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-06-11
CELEBRATION
JULY 4
Committees Appointed at Mass
Meeting to Make the Arrange
mentS. Another rIeeting
Will Be Held Tonight. A
Big Time Coming.

Whtefish is going to celebrate the
Fourth of July in fitting style. This was
decided at a mass meeting held in Ma
sonic hall last Friday night. J. II. Crum
was elected to preside over the meeting,
and ii. C. Wegner, as secretary.
The meeting had been called bya COM
mittee put out by the Chamber of Com
merce, and this committee reported that
they had canvassed the town and found
that practically everybody favored hay
ing celebration, and most of the citi-
zens seemed quite enthusiastic about the
matter.
The sentiment of the meeting seemed
to be that there should be two days
celebration, Sunday and Monday, July 4
and 5, Sunday being designated as lake
day and Mondays celebration being held
in town.
Various features were discussed, such
as baseball games, races, Japanese sports
and fireworks, and an executive com
mttee of five members was appointed to
have charge of everything. The mem
bers of this committee are j. E. Skyles,
f. j. E. Bugg, Percy F. D,dds, DR.. j..
A. Tillett and f. A. Southwick.
After the mass meeting the executive
committee held a meeting and appointed
subcommittee as follows:
Finance Bugg, c. A. Matthews,
Silas Shut.
Arrangements-Dr. J. A. Tillett, r..
w. Larter, Rev. D. B. Mcknight, DR..
II. r. Houston. II. C. Anderson.
! Sports-E. A. Southwick, JOS Hamill
N. E. Kester, j. D. Perdue.
Printing-Percy F. Dodds, c. f.
Clemens, T.. II. Snyder
japanese Sports and Fireworks-J. f.
Skyles, Geo. Midzutani, NJ. NJ. Hori, S.
Bando.
Another mass meeting will be held to-
night, when the various committees will
be expected to make reports.
COMMITTEES MEET
On Wednesday evening the various
committees met in the council rooms and
many points in connection with the cele-
bration were discussed. The only dis
couraging feature was the report of the
finance committee, not enough money
having been raised to properly hold a
celebration. 1t seemed to be the opinion,
however, that many of the subscription
slgners would increase their donations,
so it was decided to go ahead.
The program in general way was de-
cided on at this meeting. Sunday, July
1, will be an excursion and picnic day on
the lake. with such other features as may
be decided upon later.
Monday, July 5, will be spent in town,
and the features will be japanese
wrestling tournament, a baseball game
and fireworks.
Last year the japanese wrestling tour
ii'ihSiie oii' hiC"oihS, WHICH, ullcy lttT-
nished, cost $3.50, only 500 of which
was paid by the American citizens of the
town, the little brown men putting up
the balance. George Midzutani and NJ.
NJ. Hori, representing the japanese,
were present at the meeting, and stated
that the performance of last year could
not be repeated unless the American
citizens would contribute at least $500, as
many of the japanese had moved away
and they could not raise as much money
as before. AS the japanese athletic
tournament and fireworks are features
which the committees were anxious to
secure, it was determined to raise the
$500 for the japanese, who will add tc
the sum by raising probably $4OO or more
among themselves.
The tournament will be held on tho
baseball grounds, probably about II
: O'Clock on July 5, and lasting until abou,
3 O. clock in the afternoon, and no ad
mission fee will be charged. Everything
will be free except the baseball game
which will follow the athletic tourna
ment.