The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-04-17
Business Men Are Coming For
ward Nobly in Response to
Requests of Committee
DELEGATIONS FROM
TACOMA AND SEATTLE
Parade Committee of Women An
nounce Plans Meeting With APP
probation From All to Whom
They Have Been Broached

The great eveni % The week. if not
of the year, will of course be the
Blossom Festival which will be held
here Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
April is, 10 and 20. Late develop
ments are of such character as to
give utmost confidence to those who
art at work to bring the affair to q
successful termination. 1t may be
premature to give credit, but the hon
ors will eventually go where they
properly belong.
The one particular feature upon
which interest now centers is the
parade which is to be held on the af-
ternoon of Friday, commencing at :
o'clock. Mrs. l.. O. Janeck and Mrs.
Robert 3. Hawks compose the COM
mittee looking after that part of the
| festival, and they are now in a posi-
ton to announce that unqualified sue
cess is in sight. There has been u
great change within the past few days.
For a time the business men seem
ed to fail to realize their opportunity,
but all that has changed. The parade
Will be credit to the city and to
the entire Yakima valley.
Thursday night two special trains
will arrive, one from Tacoma, of two
cars, with visitors from the City of
Destiny and Governor Hay and staff,
from Olympia. The other will be a
special from Seattle strictly, from
which several hundred visitors are ex-
lpected to be present.
All classes of citizens are becoming
| anti uitl, -
which means success in every par
ticular.
Following are the names of some
of those who have signified their in
teton to be represented in the
parade.
Seven secret societies-Elks, odd
Fellows, Modern Woodmen, Woodmen
of the World, Knights of Pythias,
Moose, Spanish American War Vet
Grams, Grand Army of the Republic,
Women's Relief Corps and Boy
Scouts.
The stores of the city will have
floats in line that will be worth see
ing. They will pool their forces,
stores of one kind joining. Thus
there will be one float representing
each of the following: Drugs, shoes
clothing, furniture, photographers
cigar men. market men, etc In ad-
dition the following will have floats;
Barnes Woodin company, Yakima
Meat company, u. s. Laundry, Bon
Ami, Yakima Hardware company,
Yakima Grocery company, Capitol
Plumbing company
Fire Department. Exhibition
At o'clock ION Friday evening
will take place a run by the North
Yakima fire department, the length
of Yakima avenue. This spectacle
quantities of red lights, which will be
burned in such way as to enhance
the spectacular effect.
Dances i'm the Evening
Two dances will take place in the
evening, one in Eagles hall in the
up town part of the city. and tho
other at Sumach park. Good music
| will be at both places.
Baseball Game
Immediately following the parade
all are invited to Sumach park, where
a game of baseball will he played be-
tween Bade's Bears of Walla Walla,
a class d team. and Payne's Tigers.
Following is the order for the
parade as nearly as may be given this
morning;
First Division
| Marshal of the Day-W l.. Lemon
six mounted policemen, Crawford s
Silver Cornet band. Boy Scouts, Gov
ernor NJ e. Hay and staff. county
| commissioners, city com missioner
Queens pages, Queens float and foot
men, Princesses in attendance on the
Queen. floats of business men and
others, Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps, fraternal Or
ders, school children, dogs and carts
bicycles and tricycles. Y. NJ. c. A.
band.
i Second Division
| w G. Schroeder, commander, on
horseback; decorated Shetland ponies
with riders. Shetland ponies with rid
ers en- costume, decorated Shetland
ponies, rigs and drivers, Shetland pom
les, and rigs and costumed drivers
decorated saddle ponies, decorate
saddle horses, saddle horses and cos
tuned riders. including cowboys and
girls; decorated horses and carriages
gentlemen driving club, draft horses
Yakima Indians, COmlS Dand.
Third Division
Fred Chandler, commander; dec
GRATED motorcycles, decorated auto
mobiles.
Method of Formation
The various department of the
parade will form on the side streets
from Naches avenue to Eighth street
and an arrangement is being made
whereby the parade will break up on
West Yakima avenue, a limited num-
Der of departments taking each street
to the right and to the left. Every
detail is being worked out so that the
utmost of order will prevail.
/ Another interesting feature that will
be added to the carnival Is the choos-
ling of queen. She viii be chosen
from among the princesses who viii
represent the several towns of the
lvalley and an elaborate ceremony il
lbeing worked out in connection with
the affair. II is proposed to hold the
tceremony Thursday afternoon, tht
first day OF the fete, in front of tht