Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-15

Two thousand dollars appropriated
by the city council Of salt Lake to as
sist the committee having in charge the
safe aud sane" celebration OF the
Fourth Of July this year viii make
| possible the success OF the celebration
ON the lines hoped foi by the members
OF the general committee. who met Tues
day evening at the Commercial club
and decided on the general program for
the day
II viii begin AT 10 o'clock at Liberty
Park, where patriotic airs viii be
played by the band. This will be fol-
lowed by the impressive ceremony OF
raising the FLAG. Al II o'clock an eX-
cellcnt musical program viii COM
mcnCe consisting In part OF: Invoca o.
ton; song. The Star Spnngled ham
ner;" reading OF Declaration of indie
pendence pledge of allegiance: song.
"Our Flag by a chorus OF children;
solo. Flag Without ID Stain" address
medley OF patriotic airs; singing OF
America"
In the evening there will be fireworks
on q large scale. probably from Capt
tol hill. During the day there will prob
ably be a balloon ascension and para
chute jump. with baseball. basket ball.
and other games.
The city council has been requested
TO prohibit all Use Of firearms and ex-
plosivcs from midnight OF July 3 until
after midnight OF July I.
At tho meeting Tuesday evening the
following members of the committee
were present: Carl 4. Badger. chair
man, f.. A Wedgwood. j T.. Game, g.
j Freund, y r. Redman. Miss Ethel
Paine, Mrs. Mary p, Loomis. f.. p.
Midgley and ID, Il. Coomhs.
NECESSARY EVIL" NO LONGER.
How / wish the Fourth was overt"
Who has not heard that exclamation
Who has not at times felt IL? The
people have submitted to "A kind OF
celebration that has become more and
more nuisance and a menace peo-
pie have thought the day with its at
tendant noise. fires and accidents was
an ordained and perhaps necessary evil,
TO which II was unpatriotic to object
There was also a feeling that no other
practicable way to celebrate the day
existed.
For years the Chicago Tribune has
published the number OF deaths and
accidents occurring on the Fourth OF
July, During the six years ending
with 1908 there were 1916 killed and
1880 seriously injured, besides the in
Vulnerable unreported minor accidents.
Gradually the horror Of so many
deaths and Injuries made people Won
der II they could not be avoided
few years ago Everett II. Barney
Of Springfield Mass. began TO give
$1,000 annually for freowTks. Parades
paseants, and historical scenes were
arranged The program for the day
was planned TO interest the foreign
races, such as the Greeks and Italians
n s well as those Of longer residence In
the country. The day was given
greater Significance and meaning than
ever before and the novel experiment
attracted wide attention.
The policy ~ restricting the use OF
giant frecrackers, bombs. and blank
cartridges spread rapidly. In seven
states the sale Of explosives for the
Fourth H. now limited In cleveland,
Ohio. In 1908. 10 people were killed
I'm 1909 with a modified form OF cele-
hrating the dnv not one death resulted.
Throughout the country the fatalities
i'm 1909 decreased. This year over 20
cities. large and small In all Darts Of
the country arc planning a quieter cell
SPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT.
Some feel that those urging that In
dependence day be celebrated in an
improved and safer manner are SEN
timental set of ''mollycodles." to use a
notorious term. This is far from true.
Last year a Brooklyn barkeeper. who
had heard nothing of the work in other