Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1910-06-16
HOORAY FOR
THE FOURTH
Grand Celebration to be Carried
Out By Local Business
Men.
PLAN TO BE PRESENT
Sports--.Music---Firew And Parad,
Part of The Big Factor. in The
Coming Event.

The inauguration of the anniversary
of our great nations birth will be
celebrated in glorious style In Hot
Springs. Beginning at sunrise the
vale of Minnekahta will be set rever-
berating with the morning salute of
forty guns and an anvil fusillade. At
S:l5 band concert in city park will
begin the days festivities.
Program.
Salute at sunrise. Forty guns. Com.
mittee: Bert Bowman and Harvey
Groves.
S:l5. Band concert at city park. Com
mittee: e. P. Long, Joe Roth.
$50. Parade; $50. lst prize, s25;
2nd prize, SIS; most comical, So
l0:l5. Ball game.
l:15. Band Concert.
1:30. Speaking Committee: G. F.
Sage, Chas. Stewart.
200. Hub and hub race, 200 yards,
$50. Committee: G. B. Avery, Z.
Allen.
2:l5. Boys foot race, under fifteen
years, 100 yards. So; 81. Committee:
A. G. Bowman, Joe Lessard.
300. Girls foot race, under fifteen
years. Fifty yards, So; 81. Committee:
Jess Spencer, VIM. Wolf.
2:30. Boys novelty pony race, rider
under fourteen years. Saddle, bride,
ride 100 yards, turn stake, ride to start
ing point, take off saddle and bride
and place where you started from.
$40; So Committee: Geo, Marty, G
Murphy.
$50. Sack race, free for all, 100 yards.
s5; $500. Committee: Otto Strom,
Theo. Cable.
300. Shoe race, free for all, So; 50 80
Committee: j. Mueller, +. Tillotso n
3:lO. Mems foot race, free for all,
100 yards, $40; $40 Committee: Roy
Eastman, q. P. Long.
3:2O. Obstacle race. $40; So. Com
mitt: j. Mueller, H. Groves, G. b
Avery, L. G. Allen.
$3.50. Fat mans race, over 2OC pounds
IS yards. $40; s5, Committee: ]. FL
Peterson, Cal Dalby.
$40 Girls tug of war, under five
feet, ten on each side. $40. Committee:
Rex Putnam, Roy Eastman.
$3.50. Three legged race, 100 yards,
free for all, IS; 81. Committee: Il.
Ferguson, j, Holden.
400. Pie eating contest, under fifteen
years, So; 50. Committee: Wayne
Moran, Vim. Wolf.
4:l0. Slow horse race. horse wins
200 yards. $40; So. Committee: L. o
Shirley, Jay Holden.
4:2O Blind fold wheel barrow race
thirty yards s5-s2. Committee: Otto
Strom H. Groves.
4:30. Tug of war. ten men on side
| $50. Committee: f. Tillotson, l.
Englebert
4:45. Girls egg race, under ten
thirty yards, So; 81. Committee: Wn
Connor, Tom Violin.
4:55. Boys potato race, under ten
So; 81. Committee: G. B. Fargo, Geo
Marty.
5:l5. Water fight to finish, $50; S25
First water, 80 Committee on judges
G. B. Avery, E. P. Long and G. F. Sage
$50. Fireworks. Committee: L. E
Highley, L. Englebert, Joe Lessard
q. P. Long, Bert Bowman.
A good fast ball team will be brough
in to compete with the Hot Spring
team. Excursions are being arrange,
for with the two railroads and tn,
celebration is to be widely advertised
From the start of the program Their
will be something doing all day
The athletic tournament and hors
races will be impartially judged by th
committee and everything will be don
to make this the only celebration il
the Black Hills. This year the parad
will be one of the big features. As
special attraction for out-of.town visit
ors there will be dancing, swimming
picknicing and side trips to the nearb
points of interest. At night after th
rush and hustle of the days fun. ther
will be an elaborate display of firework
from some prominent part of tow
This Fourth, by the cooperation O
the commercial club and flremen. is {
be the best and most enjoyable fet
ever attempted by local people.
SCHOOL OFFICERS MEET.