The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-25
Roundin & Into Good Shape.

Roundin & Into Good Shape.
That the celebration is be to chuck
full Of interest and excitement 10 fully
verified by the program that will be
presented and it is the intention of
push it through in a prompt manner
and avoiding al needless or tedious de-
lays. They Want to have something
moving all the time from the beginning
of the morning exercises antil the
close of each days stunts. The fol
lowing program is a tentative one but
when the official one is printed for
distribution, it will vary but little if
any at all from this. On Sunday
afternoon there will be 4 game of
baseball between two of the four
places that will be represented namely
Geogetown; Silver Plume, Central
City and Idaho Springs. On Monday
morning at nine o'clock the band
will escort the fire department from
Firemen's hall to the race track on
Colorado street. Arriving there the
first iattraction will be the Hook and
Ladder contest which will be followed
by the Wet Hose contest. 1t is ex-
pected that these will be through by
seleven o'clock. Immediately safter din
ner the double Jack drilling contest
will be pulled off. The place at which
this will be held is not definitely loca-
ted but it is possible that it will be in
the park adjoining the opera house.
At $3.50 there will be a game of base
ball and IN the evening the band will
give a concert which will be followed
by dances at the opera house and Troc-
adero. On Tuesday at 9 a. m. the
juvenile foot races will come off and
there will be two classes, first for the
boys between thsssages of 8 and II and
second for the boys between II and 16.
These will be followed by the Straight
away race open to all teams that COM
peted either in the Hook and Ladder
or Hose contests. On the completion
of these the 100 and 200 yard dashss
will take place and will be open to one
or more members of the companies
that competed for the other prizes. II
there is time the single hand drilling
contest will come off before noon, but
if not it will Immediately follow noon
hour. In the afternoon, the final ball
game will be played at the Association
grounds.
In the evening there will be another
band concert and Mayor George r..
Kimball will give out the prizes from
the band stand. Dances will be held at
the opera house and the Trocadero.
The prizes will be as follows:
First prize for hook and ladder races
$500. Second prize, 500.
The prizes for the hose races will be
the same amounts. There viii: be one
prize of s1OO for the straightaway race
The prizes tor the juvenile races have
not been specifically adjusted bnt viii
be from $500 to $500 in each class.
For the 100 yard dash the arst prizt
will be $40 and the second $40, and tht
same amount of prizes will be awarded
in the 20O-yard dashes.
The first prize for baseball will bt
$3.50 and the second $75. In the double
jack drilling contest the first prize fol
the team will be SIS and two-thirds o.
the entrance fees, while the secone
prize will be $40. and one-t third of tn.
entrance fees. The first prize in thu
single hand drilling contest will bs $5'
and two thirds of the entrance fees
while the second prize will be $25 ant
} one-third of these fees.
: For the best decorated business house
IA prize of $l5 will be awarded and $1'
will be given to the best decorated
dwelling house.
The several committees are as fol
lows:
Executive = Richard White, Be
Wright, Henry Wuetig.
Rock Drilling-Col. A. G. Brownlee
w. E. Renshaw, Fred Nye, Jams'
Bowden, A. H. Roller.
Race Track-W. A. Roberts, w. L
Shaffer. N. H. Brown, John H. Ed
wards.
Baseball-W. T. Cain, Tom Bonner
J. B. Dick, Will johnson, Joe Meyers
Mustered Leach, Sr.
Reception :. Fire Department ant
City Council.
Prsss-v. l. Noxon, ]. T. Mallalieu
Geo. w. Dutton.
The entrance fee in the double-hane
drilling contest will be Sc for each team
and in the single-hand So for each con
testant.
Catching the speckled beauties righ1
:. 4Lo nif,r Iirnifa on Soda creek ia fre.