The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-07-04
DAYS PROGRAM
Is INTERESTING
PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT FOR ALL
Local Band Will Furnish Music Singing
of Star SpaBged Banner win
Close the Day

The stores are closed today and
everybody IS wearing Fourth of July
garb and glad smiles, waiting for the
events Of the celebration of the ma
tion's birthday to begin. The commit
tees IN charge of the events Of the day
have planned a program that will he
/ pleasing and successful and all of Hood
Rivers people, old folks aud young
folks are planning Oh good time even
after the wee small hours Of tonight.
lhe merchants will enjoy the day of
/ rest and will be able to enter the spirit
of the occasion. They have decorated
| their show windows and the exterior
of their stores attractively with flags
and bunting. Oak street will loom up
tonight with the brilliancyrof the red,
white and blue globes placed there bv
the Hood River Gas 4 Electric Co.
The automobile parade will begin
promptly this morning at 10 o o'clock
and all machine owners who are going
/ to enter their cars are requested TO
form in line at 9 80. This is an event
In which the children will be the chief
participants. Have the kiddies at the
meeting place of the autos at the
appointed hour of $50 in order that
they may be arranged and distributed
to the cars.
Immediately after the parade every
body will repair to the Library Park
| green, where the oration of the day
will be delivered by Fred w. Wilson.
Of The Dalles. a large chorus, led by
Mrs. Chas. II lienney, will then sing
the country S patriotic songs.
Don't remain too long at lunch, for
you will miss some of the most anus
ing features of the day. AT one
O'Clock the athletic events will be held
on Oak street.-the fat mems races,
lean men $ races and other comic at
fractions.
At three o'clock the Hood River fans
will march up the hill singing, ooh, |
want to go to the ball game. he
Heights team and the Lower City
aggregation will cross bats for the last
time. However. for those who do not
care to see the horse hide encounter,
band concert will be provided on the
park downtown. The local orchestra,
composed of Fred Vegel A. l.. Page,
| VIII Zolls. Nelson Emery, Webster
Kent, Louis Isenberg, c. d. Nickel
sen, Geo. Zolls, E. A. kincaid. Arthur
Clarke, augmented by l.. r. Dawson
and A. McCully, of The Dalles, and
, Thomas Hill, of GoIdendale, will give
their repertoire. The band boys have
been rehearsing faithfully now foi
several weeks aud dispense the nation
al airs with much ginger
At 1880 the hose races between tn
team of the Dalles and this city wi
y begin Both teams hnve been practi,
ing regularly and each is confident Z
victory.
J. The acquatic sports will close th
i daylight events. These events ol
: water, backed by the Columbia into the
. Hood River channel. have created 1
r great deal of interest.
= In the evening as soon as the firt
| works have been fired from barge or
. the water a powerful searchlight il
, the tower of the Mt. Hood hotel vii
be turned on a large American flag
and Mrs. Henney's chorus and the
! crowd will join in the singing of the
! Star Spangled Banner, after which
the younger people will repair to He'll.
hronner's bail for the dance.
A large crowd of visitors is expected
in the city that day. A launch at
Mosier will make two trips here with
people of that city and the boats from
The Dalles will bring down host of
visitors.