Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-30
Council Bluffs
PARK TO HAVE BIG FOURTH
Dr. Buxton Invited to. Deliver
Annual Address.
GRAND FIREWORKS PROGRAM
Fark Commissioner Graham Has
Arranged for Display that Will
Take Two Hours to
Send Off.

Mayor Maloney, Park Commissioner
Graham, the Commercial club and the
Retail Merchants association have joined
in the effort to have an old-fashioned
Fourth of July celebration in Council
Bluffs this year. The merchants have
all agreed to close all their places of
business during the entire day and con-
tribute most literally toward defraying
the expenses by using part Of the funds
heretofore wasted on the now tabooed
Take advertising. Groceries, markets
and other provision stores will be kept
open late Wednesday evening for the
purpose Of accommodating late shoppers,
but when the doors are once smut they will
remain closed until Friday morning.
Fairmount park will be the center Of
the more elaborate ceremonies and the
point where the program will be carried
out during the afternoon and evening
This will include band concert through
out the afternoon and at least one pa
tr1otic address. The decision was reached
last evening to invite DR.. Buxton, the
new rector Of St Paul's church, to de.
promptu Memorial day address so greatly
pleased those who heard it and it came
apparently so easy that the committee
in charge Of the programs preparation
felt that it would not be placing DIR. Bux.
ton at great disadvantage by inviting
him upon such short notice again to
please the multitude.
Fine Fireworks.
In the evening Park Commissioner Gra-
ham has promised the finest pyrotechnic
display that has yet been provided by the
i commissioners. A larger amount of
! money has, been expended and the pur-
chases made at wholesale earlier than
usual in the season. The supply is suffi-
ciently large to require about two hours
to display. Greater encouragement than
usual is to be given family gatherings
and picnics In the park during the day
and evening. There are hundreds of
pleasant and secluded hooks in the big
park where such gatherings may be held.
The number of such places has been
greatly increased by the wider distribu-
tion of the park water system, which
may now be secured on the hilltops and
glens.
There may be some changes in the pro-
gram made today or Monday, but the
principal events in the athletic contests
are represented in this list, each winner
to receive a handsome prize:
Fifty-yard race for girls under u years
of age.
Fifty-yard race for boys under u years
of age.
Fifty-yard race for young women over
16 years OF age.
iFifty-yard race for young men over 16
years OF age.
F1fty-yard sack race, open to the world.
Ftfty-yard fat mems race.
Fifty-yard lean mems race.
yThree-legged race for boys.
Ball throwing contest for girls under Is
years of age.
Broad jump for boys under Is years of
age.
Climbing the creased pole open to all
except professionals.
The following committees were ap-
pointed on arrangements and execution:
Committee on Prizes-W. A. Stone,
Mayor Maloney, L. L. Evans, o. B.
Towne.
Committee in Charge Of Athletic Events
-R. H. Huntington, E. E. Minnick,
Timothy Flood, W. c. Boyer, G. ]. Hard
ing Frank Beebe, L. L. Evans, r. B.
Wallace. B. M. Sargent, T. A. Barker,
J. T. Kelley.
Committee in Charge of Program
Mayor Maloney, T. D. Metcalf. r. H.
Doolittle, NJ F. Rohrer, William Fisher,
W. A. Stone, A. W. Huber, o. B. Towne