The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
|n0rySvi||c Begins
TrjcnniO| Jubilee
Patriotism Vies With Hospitality While
Crowds Flock Into City
ISpcciol Dispatch TO The Call


MARYSvILLE, July 2.-Primped and
clad in its Sunday best the city OF
Marysville. host to thousands of Wis
itors from the surrounding country,
began this morning it's three days cele-
bration of the fourth of July. Chico,
! oroville and Sacramento, as well as
the numerous small country towns.
have contributed to the crowds which
are thronging the streets of the city,
filling the hotels to overfowing.
! The city has been preparing for the
three days festival for many months.
Thousands of dollars were contributed
| by prominent citizens to the fund
which has made the celebration pos
sible. Orders We're sent out to clean
up the city, and rich and poor alike
! set about the task. Mansions and
cottages have been painted anew, lawns
have been trimmed, back yards cleaned.
vacant lots put in shape, and Marys-
vile today boasts of itself as the ideal
'spotless town.
CELEBRATION TRI-ROTARY
The fourth of July celebrations are
given each year in turn to Chico, Oro-
vile and Marysville. This year it be-
executive committee Immediately be-
gan plans to hold celebration the
peer of any given in the past. Prep
arations have been made to house
nearly 10000 visitors. and from the
attendance during the first day it is
believed that before Monday night
there will be fully that many strang
ers in the city.
Several blocks along the two main
\ streets have civ fn ho
carnival city which with it's free
shows and unique entertainments
proved immediately the magnet. The
booths were thronged with pleasure
seekers, young and old, from the mo-
ment the celebration began.
At IL o'clock this morning the three
| day program was begun when De
| Nobla slid out on the high wire at
Second and ID streets. Immediately after
noon Leon and Leon, the aerial aero
! bats, began their performance. The
| largest crowds eongregated at Knight
| park at o'clock in the afternoon to
watch the matinee race meet under the
auspices of the Yuba and Sutter driving
| club. Some of the best trotterS and
PAGERS in the state participated in the
| meet.
| CROWD IN ABANDON
Numerous other attractions were
| scattered throughout the afternoon and
early evening, and the day ended in a
grand promenade and carnival la
| fiesta" along the principal streets. Here
! the crowd broke loose from all re-
| straint, threw confetti by the barrel,
and gave itself up to unmitigated joy.
| The fun lasted until midnight, and
| when the last of the merry crowd had
| gone to prepare for the morrow's pro-
| gram sidewalks and streets were piled
/ high with confetti
| At noon tomorrow series of sensa-
| tional aerial acts in the center of the
| city will inaugurate the second day OF
| the celebration. During the afternoon
| 75 or more of the best blooded stock in
! the state will compete at Knight park
| in the second of the matinee races
! Knight park has a mile track, acknowl-
| edged to be one of the best on the
coast, and members of the entertain
ment committee look for the establish
| ment of some new records, should con-
/ ditions be favorable.
! At Westside park in Oroville, just a
mile away, will be held an amateur
! field meet sanctioned by the Pacific
| athletic association. The races will
range from the 100 yard dash to the II
mile mara thon. In the latter Is con-
| testants are entered.
| Before the literary and patriotic pro-
| gram is rendered on Monday the big
| parade will be held. This will be under
| the direction of Grand Marshal Frank
| Atkins, assisted by a. cavalcade OF LOT
young men and women.
GODDESS TO LEAD PARADE
Miss Clara Brannan has been selected
as the Goddess of Liberty, and viii
lead the al1egorica1 section of the pa
rade in a float emblematic of freedom
Following. in gayly decorated floats
will be Estella Norton. representing
1t. lf toto ic- 40
dine as Columbia" and Elizabeth
Kinch as California.
With its many floats and marching
organizations the parade will be more
than mile in length. A dozen allie
gorical floats representing the spirit
and patriotism of our forefathers viii
be one of the features.
Local Chinese will carry in the pa
rade their huge dragon nearly a
block long. There has been much ri
valry between the Chinese and Japa-
nese colonies, and each will have G
section in the parade. Each is en-
deavoring to make its section more
unique and more beautiful than the
other.
The well known Indian brass band
from the General Bidwel ranch vii
render a sacred concert during the
day. Following this will come an In
dian war dance by members OF tribe
that has been brought into Marysvill'
from. among the foot hills
COMMITTEES AND PROGRAM
Following is a list of the fourth o
July committee with the complete pro
gram for the three day celebration:
/ W. s. johnson. chairman: J.. *. Kelly, finance
d. L. Bryant music; J. J. Brass. dance; Jack
son Waste, public comfort; r. II. Jones. pub
licity; r. F. Watson. secretary: A. l.. Brown
amusement: c. L. Bowen. decoration; Floyd Sea
| we'll goddess: L. B. Crook, horrbes; NJ NJ
| Marcuse, concessions.
Saturday, July
wire act, Second and d streets.
1870 p. m.-Leon and Leon aerial acrobats
D street.
D. m.-Matinee race meet at Knight park
under auspices of Yuba and Sutter driving club
8 .. m.-Balloon ascension and parachute dro
by Professor Saunders. acknowledged the mos
daring aeronaut the Pacific coast.
1880 p. m.-Band concert, Second and
streets.
/ 7:45 .. m.-De Noba and his high wire act
| Sis p. m.--Aerial act. Leon and Leon.
! p. m.-Grand promenade, Carnival /
! Fiesta
Sunday, July
12:15 p m.-Sensatonal high wire act b.
De Noba. Second and d streets.