The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-07-29
GREAT THREE DAYS cELEBRA-
TIoN, BEGINNING ON TUES
DAY. SEPTEMBER 18TH.
TAFT TO LIFT THE GATE
SPEECHES. SPORTS, EXCURSIONS.
PARAoEs AND THE WESTERN
SLOPE FAIR At MoNTRosE.

Montrose. Colo.-At 1l:l5 a. m.
Tuesday. September 2sth, President
William II. Taft will open the head
gate of the Gunnison tunnel. which
will allow the waters from the Gunni-
son River to rush through the longest
underground waterway in the world
and from there spread out over the
uncompahgre valley and eventually
lrrigate 10000 acres of the most fer
Ile land in Colorado.
In case President Taft cannot come.
arrangements are being made for him
20 open the headgate by touching an
electric button while sitting in his Of
ice at the White House in Washing
ton.
The grand celebration in connection
with the tunnel opening will continue
Tor three days. on the same date OF
the twentieth annual Western Slope
tair at Montrose.
Tuesday. the opening day. is the Of
ficial opening day OF the tunnel
Wednesday is Delta and olathe day
and Thursday is ouray day.
The completed program for the
three days celebration follows:
800 a m.-Reeeption Of visitors
and meeting OF special trains escorted
by the Montrose band and Company
Z. Colorado National Guard.
1890 n m.-Leave Montrose by spe
cial trains for west portal OF Gunnison
tunnel.
ll:o0 a. m.-Salute by batteries
from Denver. Colo. Cannons used Will
be those captured by the First Colo
rado regiment from the Spanish al
Manila
II:l5 a. m.-openins of the head
gates to Gunnison tunnel by President
William II. Taft
li:25 =. m.-Remarks by Governor
Shafroth.
1875 n. m.-RemArks by Senator
Horace T. De Long OF Grand Junction
ll:to A. m.-Remzrks by Senator
John ]. Tobin. secretary Water Users
Association OF Montrose.
ll:45 a m.-Remarks by /. w. Nc
Connell. supervising engineer of the
u. S. r. S.
so a. m.-Return to Montrose.
1915 p. m.-Dinner.
100 p. m.-Music by visiting bands
and ringing of all bells and blowing OF
all whistles in Montrose. Song. Amer.
ica." by 1000 school children, led by
1880 p. m.-Address by Hon. John c.
Bell. from the band stand
l:i5 p. m.-Remarks by A l. Eel
lows, engineer. Denver.
1850 p. m.-Remarks by Hon. A r.
King. Delta. Colo.
2:15 p. m.-Remarks by Arthur p
Davis. chief engineer reclamation
service.
2:30 p. m.-Grand parade: military.
civic. Industrial. societies. school chill
dren. national, state. county and city
officials.
$3.50 p. m.-Sports: athletic, etc.
i:3O p. m.-EXhibition of Montrose
fire department Daylight run and
water test.
7:45 p. m.-Address by Judge NJ. s.
Bailey.
500 p. m.-Grand electrical illumi-
nation on Main street. Montrose.
Sis p. m.-Remarks by Senator
Guggenheim.
$50 p. m.-Illuminated parade.
$500 p. m.-Grand pyrotechnical dis
play.
Following is the program for Delta
and olathe day. Wednesday. Septem-
Der 2sth:
$500 a. m.-Trip to the orchards
near Montrose.
1000 a m.-Arrival special train
from Delta. Paonia. Hotchkiss and
Grand Junction: parade through the
principal streets
1880 a. m.-Athletic sports and
baseball at fair grounds.
1880 a. m.-Grand exhibition OF
products of the land under the Gunni-
son tunnel project at the Western
Slope fair.
1880 D. m.-At the fair grounds.
horse racing, wild west exhibition. etc.
parachute leap by Prof Ivy Baldwin.
7:3O p. m.-Open air concert by
local and visiting bands
7:45 p. m.-Masked carnival on
Main street and Cascade avenue.
$50 p. m--Ffre department drill
and contest between Montrose and
other cites.
Ouray day program opens Thursday
September so, at 500 a m. with a
visit to the orchard lands near Mont
rose.
s:45 a m.-Arrival of special train
from Ouray.
1000 a. m.-Baseball game at the
fair grounds.
1880 p. m.-Racing. athletic sports.
wild west show in front of grand
stand at fair grounds.
4:30 p. m.-Balloon ascension and
parachute leap by Prof. Ivy Baldwin.
1880 p. m.-Open air band concert
Nine men rode in a bicycle road race
from Fort Collins to Loveland and
back a few days since. the winner.
John Adams. making the round trip
in l hour. 26 minutes 30 seconds