Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-04

| Inc regular COUullLee on JlG
cherry fair met in special session
last night and performed a great deal
of business. Following is the line of
march for the industrial parade anl
the list of sports.
Line Of March.
The cherry fair big industrial par
ade will form on Thursday at 10:30
a. m. Floats form on Liberty north
of Court and the line Of march will
be south on Liberty to Ferry, west
on Ferry to Commercial, north on
Commercial to Court, east on Court
to Twelfth. south on Twelfth to
State, west on State to Commercial,
north on Commercial to Marion
Square, where the golden keys of
the city will be presented to King
Bing and Queen Ann.
Program OF Sports.
Each day of the fair there will be
a program of sports at 2:3O p. m.
These will be on State street east
and west from Liberty street. They
will consist of 100-yard dash, open
to all; 100-yard race for boys under
16; 5O-yard for girls under 12; So
yard race for girls, open to all; 100
yard slow bicycle race; 50-yard back
ward foot race, open to boys under
16; egg, obstacle, barrel, sack, Wheel
barrow and three-legged races, also.
Each night there will be fireworks at
9:S0 On Friday there will be 100
yard race for the Cherry City cham
pionship. The prizes for this will be
a gold medal for the winner and a
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At the meeting the display COM
mittee reported 10 entries of cher
ries to date. Royal AIMS will be
about perfect. The principal eMfb-
its will be from Marion and Polk
counties. There will be five displays
of Bing and Lambert cherries.
Marion Square will be decorated
with streamer lights all leading to
the central pavilion, which will have
many arc lights and several hundred
Japanese lantern drop lights
The hour for the automobile par
ade was changed from 1O:3O a. m. to
2 p. m. on Friday. Decorations were
reported progressing well under the
direction of Professor Schneider.
All to Decorate.
1t was expressed as the sense OF
the cherry fair committee that all
business houses be decorated with
the cherry fair colors or the national
colors-red, white and blue bunting
and that every store should be dec
Grated
Friday was made Portland day and
a committee will go to Portland We'd
nesday to arrange for the excursion.
The concessions committee re-
ported selling 5000 stand privileges.
The Salem, Dallas, Victor Point aud
the Salem high school bands have
been engaged. The Little German
band of Portland will play all day
Saturday.
The baby show and parade has re-
! celved nearly 100 entries and will he
/ held Saturday morning at Il There
will be Shetland ponies and dog
teams. The parade will he around
the court house and postoftice
squares. The national guard will be
on duty.
The committee extended an invita-
ton to the Woodburn militia COM
pany to act as guard of honor for
the baby parade, their expenses to be
paid and a band furnished.
The U. G. Shipley company has do
mated 100 Cherry City pennants for
purpose of decoration of autmobies
and floats. The sum of $15 was APP
propriated t. aid the Woman's club
in fitting up q rest room in the base
ment Of the T. S. National bank, and
on motion $25 was appropriated to
build a float showing the cherry
packing industry
There will be a platform built in
Marion Square for comlcal amuse-
ments afternoon and evening The
Liberty quartet will sing and there
will be two good free vaudeville
stunts of an hours duration each.
There will be water sports ar
ranged for Friday evening at $50 at
the foot of State street. The day
sports will be pulled off each day at
I2:30 p m.