Arizona republican., 1910-09-14
JuNIA PATR|OTICb
 IS READINESS
Celebration of Anniversary of Mexican
 Independence Begins Tomorrow.

i. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock 1 will be ushered in the big celebration | of Mexican independence, for which | the local Mexican colony has been |. preparing for weeks Everything is in readiness and the members of the Junta Patriotica MeXicana assure the public that they have arranged for two days of continuous amusement and patriotic entertainment
 The early festivities tomorrow will consist of a hose race in front of the city hall at 10 o'clock, followed | by foot races and other sports. There will be Indian dances at various places and at frequently recurring intervals during the day. A band concert will be in progress at the city hall from 10 a. m. until D. m
 Tomorrow evening the oratorical eX- ercises will take place in the Patrick hall, on West Washington street, be- ginning at o'clock. During these exercises the star Spangled Banner" and the Mexican national hymn will be sung by a specially trained chorus of twenty-five young ladies. The orators of the evening will be Gov ernor Sloan. Judge J. II. Kibbey, B. F. Marks, George Purdy Bullard, M l.. GuZman and Ricardo Bruno, the Mexican consul in Phoenix. Six-year- old Edward Acuna will give a rccita- tiuIE
 The full day celebration will begin on the morning of the 16th, with the firing of a salute of twenty guns at 3 a. m. At a, m. the Industrial Liberty band will parade to the MeXi- can consulate on Second avenue, where the official representative of the MeXi- can government will be serenaded.
 At 9 o'clock will occur the mag nificent street parade for which much effort has been expended. It will be headed by the Industrial Liberty band, the Arizona camels will participate aand among the spectacular floats will be the following:
 United States.
 Mexico.
 America, Justice and Liberty.
 Float-bearing girls who will sing the Mexican national hymn.
 Float carrying thirty girls attired in red. white and green, representing all the states and territories of Mex leo.
 Other features of the parade will be the Spanish-American alliance, the Indian school band and the fire de- partment
 The parade will proceed to Seventh street where it will disband and the cars will be taken to Eastlake park, where a scene of festivity will con- tinue until evening. This will be called a garden party and among it's features will be dancing all day in the pavilion, for which there will be an extra charge of 50 cents; a base bah game between Alvord's Jewels and the Maroons, for which there will be an extra charge of 25 cents. The rest of the entertainment will all be free. and there will be Yaqu dances, sports, contests, booths for all man ner Of refreshments, tomalcs, etc. etc. There will also be some free horse racing outside the grounds
 In theSevening a gran baile nacional will be held in Patrick's hall, to which all are invited. This will be the closing incident of the celebra- tion
 The junta is selling tickets, printed | in the national colors, for 90 cents | each, that admit the bearer to the | speaking exercises on Thursday night. l to the park on Friday and to the 1 grand ball in Patricks hall on Friday | night. This is considerably cheaper | than the single admissions, and the | junta hopes to dispose of q great | many tickets between now and Thurs day morning. As mentioned above, | the day dance and the ball game at | the park will call for an extra ad- mission fee.