El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-11
Juarez Sends Word It's Float
viii Be Prize Winner;
Motorcycles in the Parade.

Rapidly the Os-Aple Jubilee ceIe-
bratiOn as taking shape. The commit
tees which met at the chamber of
commerce Thursday night. reported
much progress. The military features
Of the celebration are being taken care
of by Gen. L. Z. SteeYer, and he has
assured the committees that his part
Of the program viii be in shape. The
program for the maneuvers and review
to be held at Fort Bliss has been made
ready, as has also the military parade.
The Os-Aple parade, of which Gen.
SteeVer is the chairman, is receiving
many entries of clubs, societies and
floats and promises to be even larger
and more spectacular than the one of
last year. Gen. Steever viii have his
military in the parade, and it has been
arranged to have the reviewing stand
erected at the corner Of San Antonio
and Stanton streets in the corner Of
City Hall park. From here the seven
judges will select the winners Of
the cups and many prizes which are
being offered. The judges have al
ready been chosen by the committee.
but their identity IS being kept a Sc
cret and not until after the close Of
the Os-Aple jubilee viii they be made
known OF the seven judges, however,
three viii be women.
High school to Have Floats.
Prof $. NJ. Alexander, of the high
school was present at the meeting
Thursday night and said that the high
school would have at least two floats
in the parade. one of them will be
Of the athletic teams dressed in their
uniforms and the other viii be of the
girls dramatic society, the members
dressed in costume TO represent Shal1-
spere's women characters. Also 1r.
Alexander said that other clubs of the
high school, would be in the parade
but would march.
flying squadron of motorcycles
will precede the parade through the
streets Already so motorcycle en-
thusiasts Of the city have consented
to decorate their machines and enter
them in the parade, and a cash prize
Of SIS has been offered BY the com
mittee for the best decorated machine.
The motorcycle parade will begin
with the regular parade, but on Sc
count Of their speed. they will go
through the streets ahead of the 9TH
erS and will act as an emergency bril-
gade, having their machines equipped
with fire eXtinguisher TO be of ser
vice in case Of any floats catching fire
or if there are any fires along the
line of march This viii keep the fire
companies from being called.
Juarez to Be Represented.
Col. Juan n Medina, JuareZ's for
mer mayor, notified the committee that
Juarez viii be represented with a
float and that the citizens Of the city
are contributing literally toward it.
Col Medina has been working hard
arranging for the Juarez float and ex-
poets to have a prize winner. Last
year JuareZ won the silver cup for the
best OutOftOWn display in the parade
Medina has also arranged to have the
neatly uniformed agricultural college
boys of Juarez march in the parade
with their fife and drum corps and also
to have one of the Mexican. military
bands of the city in the parade
Charles Brown, who is in charge OF
the Boy Scouts. is being urged to
have the members Of the organization
parade with the other clubs.
The committee members who are
making the Os-Aple Jubilee arrange
ments viii also be in the line OK
march. being i'm the lead All viii
be mounted and dressed in uniforms