Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-07-02
PROGRAM BEGINS TODAY
All Completed for Big
Two Days Celebration in
Dallas.

attend today and tomorrow. The busl-
ness houses and residences are in gay
holiday attire. and the streets will
blaze with electric lights both tonight
and tomorrow night. The merchants
have shown commeudable interest in
the celebration, and in addition to
preparing many beautiful floats, have
decorated their store windows in
strikingly beautiful and appropriate
manner.
With perfect weather prevailing, an
enormous crowd Of people Is expected
to visit Dallas today and tomorrow.
Excursion trains from Falls City,
Monmouth and Independence will
accommodate the people ofthose towns,
while a special train from Airlie
tomorrow morning will bring a large
crowd from the Luckiamute country.
TODAY'S PROGRAM.
10 a, m. Procession will form on
Main street in front of Courthouse
Square, headed by Stockwell's Band,
and march to City Park. where the
following exercises will be held:
Call to order, by DR.. 7. V. B. EN-
bree, President of the Pioneer Associ-
alton.
Address of welcome, by Mayor FL. @.
Eakin.
Vocal solo, by Mrs. E. J. Metzger.
Prayer.
Reading minutes.
Roll-call of deceased pioneers.
Music, by choir.
Address, by Glenn o. Holman.
Music, by choir.
Picnic dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
ID. m. Assemble for short speeches
by pioneers, awarding prizes and
election Of officers.
Prizes-chair to Oldest pioneer chair
to Oldest person who is pioneer;
chair to oldest pioneer couple.
The association will then adjourn to
give its members an opportunity to
attend the afternoon sports and games.
Saturdays program will open at
sunrise with the anvil's roar, the
explosion of bombs, and all other var
ieties of deafening and nerve-rack-
ing noises peculiar to the celebration
of the great American holiday. 1. v.
Lynch, the veteran powder man, will
have charge OF this part OF the pro-
gram. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that the people of Dallas will not find
it necessary to wind their faithful
alarm clocks tonight, for the celebra-
ton management guarantees that the
town will be awakened at an hour that
will not give even the earliest bird
= cause to complain that he has over
slept. Following is the
SATURDAYS PROGRAM.
5:O04a. m. Salute of 81 guns.
|. 9:45 a. m. Parade. Line Of march
, Form on west end of Washington
street: move east on Washington tc
Main; north on Main to Oak; east or
Oak to Jefferson; south on Jefferson
to Court west on Court to Main nortf
on Main to Academy; west on Acad
emy to city park.
1915 a. m. Procession halts OF
"a ain for balloon ascension. Order o
I parade: President Of the day, speaker
: reader and chaplain In carriage
band; Liberty car; floats; militia
autos: citizens in carriages and oil
foot.
II 100 a. m. Exercises at the park
Music-Band.
Invocation-Rev. M. E. Spahr.
Chorus-Italla.
Reading of Declaration of Indepen
4 dence.
Chorus-The American Hymn.
Oration-Hon. @. N. Macarthur, o
Portland.
Solo and chorus-The Star Spangle'
Banner.
12OOa. m. Noon intermission.
I.OOp. N. Plug ugly parade, bur
/ Iesquing the features Of the morning
I one; also second appearance OF adver
tising floats.
1:3O D. NJ. japanese fireworks
college campus.
Continuous band concert until 4 sc
1:4Op. 10. Boys baseball game
Falls City VS. Dallas.
s.OOp. m. Bear hunt The anims
/ will be treed on the campus, after Al
exciting chase through the streets an
the nearby hills. all in plain vie
from college grounds.
Il $50 p. m. Ball game-Dalias Vi
Independence.
III 73Op.m. Hose race on Main stree
III Band concert on Courthouse lawn.
III 7:4Op. N. Relay race.
III 75O .. m. lOO-yard race, free FOR q
III 500 D. m. lOO-ysrd dash for boy
under IA
III s:IOpm. Barrel race.
III 300 p. m. Fireworks at collet
campus.
III Arnold's shows snd merry-go-roun
will give coounuous performanc'
during the day and evening.
III JudgeJ. Z. sIbley and W. J. Kaert
nanaOers OF the Plug Ugiies, or u