The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-03
Cattle Ropins and Broncho Bust
ing Will Be the Fourth Of
July Attraction
RANCE STEERS AND
OUTLAWS ROUNDED UP
Baseball, Music, Oratory, Fire
works and Other Big Features
Promised by the Old Timers
There to Their Friends

Cow punching and branding, bronco
busting, roping contests and such
things are the form which the Fourth
of July celebration will assume al
Wiley City. There are some thousand
or two range cattle from which to
select likely fighting specimens, and
along with the roundup are number
of outlaw ponies which will be forced
to be patriotic and to assist in the
celebration of the nations birthday
anniversary. Any roper or rider
wMite, red or colored. who thinks he
can sling moose or ride straight up
some Of the four-Iegged specimen
which will be at Wiley City, is wei.
come to step in and take his chance
The hot iron boys are sharpening up
for their work.
All Kinds of Races
Such contests as Lave already been
spoken of will be for the amusement
of the great bulk of the spectators, but
there will be big list of athletic an ]
comedy events for those who desire to
participate and thus share as we'll as
watch the fun. There will be foo,
races for fat men and thin men and
fer women of like proportions. There
Will be races for the children and FOL
the adults and for those who are ath-
letic and for thoseWho are not. Egg
and Wheel arrow and sack races will
be other features and Wiley City will
get out it's strong men to meet those
of Tampico in a tug of war and .nere
will be creased pole for the mos,
skilful climber
~ IN Grotc Specially Made
~ The; celebration will start in earl,
in the morning I'M the famous Racket
grove, vwhidh was planted in 1872 es
pecially fforsl the present occasion
James promisingsa city for the neigh
(. borhood. in 1912. One of the morning
features will be speechmaking, wner
the orators Yin turn loose some old
fashfonNg oratorical fireworks. Mr.
Wiley at 10 O'Clock win deliver an ad
: dress of welcome, followed bya sons
session land, that Y addresses by Hon
"A. j. Splawn and DIR. Granville Low
ther. Then will come big dinner
served from IL to 1875 O'Clock, booth
to be erected at var. BUS Place!
Throughout the grove frr,i.e purpose
Ladies' and So-,;lc,s
Mss Greenwalt Mrs. MarNs am
others will present readings ans
speeches Immediately after dinner
when also there Will be an exhibition
drill by Company C o. the Nationa
Guard of Washington. Later in the
day there will ge ball game in wnicr
the teams of Wiley City and Selal
will be pitted against each other, snc
1t Is expected that two or three hun
dred Selah rooters will be on tn,
ground to cheer their team on to vic
tory. Supper will be served at 63(
O'Clock and at 1880 O'clock there will
be started dance. to music by Wren.
orchestra AZ BIC ! ssssia continue anti
the last part!c:..r mt has fallen faintint
q 4 II +
n q TiY,y,4Ss iHd cars
II IA mehhtef tditplayt OF up to- dat,
fl. works will be a feature of thu
Transportation facilities. which ar,
h as snears 10 being perfect as it As pos
sible to make, are promised for tn,
day. These x4A be hourly cars aftel
S:1o a. m, with. special car service in
terspersed, and there will be fret
transportation service from the Wiley
City termi- is of the car line to thu
grove. The same service will be pro
vided for the close of the day, tina
those returning may have just as goot
accommodation as they got going out