The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-04
BIG CARN WAL
DRAWS HUGE
CROWDS
STREETS ARE THONGED TO
WITNESS PARADES-MANH
FLOATS IN LINE.

The big day of the big celeora-
tion is on.
Opening with the sacred con-
cert Sunday, continuing in the
beautiful automobile parade yes
terday, and the flash of fire
works and procession of bicycles
and motorcycles last night, the
elimination of the endeavors for
a big time came this afternoon,
when Chief Fraser and a squad of
his tallest and straightest blue
coats in their new grey helmets
marched down the street and
headed the great Fourth parade.
1t is the biggest Fourth Taco
ma has ever known. More effort
and more money has been spent
in preparing for today than ever
before in the history of the city.
And it showed in the parade.
The floats are magnificent, the
arrangements complete and Taco
mas safe and sane celebration a
success.
Practically every nation was
represented in the parade; the old
veterans and the young soldiers of
Uncle Sam were in evidence; the
civic development of the state
was shown in appropriate floats;
the commercial activity was dis
played; the grave and the gay Of
modern goth century civilization
in Tacoma was we'll depicted in the
great pageant of color and beauty
that moved majestically up and
down the streets of the city where
apparently 100000 eager specta-
tors thronged and cheered.
This afternoon the scene of
activity shifted to the stadium
for the great athletic carnival.
This is a combination of military
tournament and athletic field
meet, and the entries are the best
in both civil and military life.
Double Show.
Coincident with the athletic
meet in the stadium comes the
water carnival on the bay just off
the stadium, where the big horse
shoe audience can witness the
entire program. Thus the people
are being entertained by a great
two-ring circus, one on land and
another on water.
All these festivities, however,
are in the nature of preparation
for the climax tonight when Queen
Monica will be crowned at the
stadium with all the pomp of a
real coronation and with more
fun than any real queen ever had
in her life.
Following the coronation there
VIII be a program that will keep
everybody Interested.
With perfect weather conditions
an immense crowd was on the
street early today to see the big
carnival parade and to watch the
events in the stadium later.
From the point of view of the
interest awakened the carnival has
proved a success already.
To the celebration tonight an
admission fee of 25 cents for
adults and 10 cents for children
will be charged, all having car
nival pins, however, being admit
ted on the badge.
Beautiful Decorations.
The parades of yesterday and
last night were good. 1t was the
most beautiful series of pictures
ever seen that appeared in the
auto parade yesterday when the
big buzz-wagons smothered in
roses and other decorations swung
through the crowded thorough
fares. The motorcycle procession
viewed by about $1,000 last night
was another exemplification of the
possibilities in the way of decora-
tion.
The prize winners in the auto
mobile parade yesterday we're:
= First, George B. Handle; second,
William Virges; third, George D.
Dickson; fourth, George Hubert.
Handle received $50, the Packard
and Pacific Car company cups;
Virges, $50; Dickson and Hubert,
$25 each. l.. H. Long received
$50 for the best decorated Stod-
dart-Dayton.
In the motorcycle and bicycle
parade the winners were: First,
!. bicycle, Earl Allen; second, Otis
Edmonton; third, Ruth Albertson.
For motorcycles, first, Ray Pack
ard; second, e. B. Sands; third,
w. r. Freeman.