The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-07-02
STAGE IS ALL SET
FOR THE FOURTH
Bemidji's Big Two Day Celebration
Is Attracting State Wide Atten-
tion-Big Crowd Coming.
PROGRAM is NOW COMPLETE

Baseball, Horse Races, Balloon As
tensions, Motorcycle Races, Auto
Races Are All Included.
Everything Is now in readiness
for the big Fourth and Fifth of July
celebration on Bemidji's program.
The committees have worked hard
and diligently to complete arrange
ments and those who know predict
that all will be conducted with
neatness and dispatch.
Reports from the surrounding
towns and country are most encour-
aging and indications point to a
record breaking attendance from our,
neighboring districts.
Keen interest is being taken in
the water baseball game, which will
be a contest between the Markham
hotel mermaids and the Bemidji
Beauties. Large RATS for bases
have been constructed, the mines all
picked, the umpire chosen and every
member keyed to the highest pitch
for a hard struggle. 1t will be a.
sight worth seeing.
The automobile races, motorcycles
races, balloon ascensions, horse races
and other features including the big
automobile parade will be pulled off
on jig time and not one disappointing
feature among the entire lot
The Program for Two Days.
PROGRAM, JULY 4, 1918. 4
Cannon Salute at Sunrise
$3.50 a. m. Band Concert on Street.
Bemidji Military Band
$3.50 a. m. Grand Auto Parade
Prizes. First Second
Best decorated cars. $40. 90 SIS.
Most unique decorated /
cars ............. 10. 90 500
Most eomical decorat-"ztsz q zs55ii a I'd z.s
ed cars .......... 10. 90 500
Old cars ........... 800 200
Line of Parade.
The parade will form on Irvine
avenue a short distance beyond the
cemetery. The cars will be lined up
in the order they arrive and when
they pass by the Markham hotel the
judges will award the prizes.
The route has been outlined as fol-
lows:
Drive from the cemetery south on
Irvine avenue to Third street, on
Third street to Bemidji avenue, on
Bemidji avenue to Second street, on
Second street to Beltrami avenue, on
Beltrami avenue to the Union depot
turning on First street to Minnesota
avenue, on Minnesota avenue north
to Fourteenth street, on Fourteenth
street to Beltrami avenue, south on
Beltrami avenue to Second street, on
Second street to Bemidji avenue,
north on Bemidji avenue to Twelfth
street, east on Twelfth street to Lake
Boulevard, south on Lake Boulevard
to Fourth street and west on Fourth
street to the end of the pavement,
where the parade will disband.
loop. m. Band Concert on Street
Bemidji Military Band r
200 p. m. Base Ball Game at Fair
Grounds. Big Bemidg vs..
Crookston Lumber Co., for
purse of $4,000 60 per
cent to winner, 40 per
cent to loser.
400 p. m. Auto Races
Races to start at p. m. sharp. All
races to be governed by A. A. A.
rules. FL
First Race-Cars Of 80 hp. or Less.
Three miles, one heat. a.
Five to enter, three to start.
winner .''.'.. - 10 w
Second IL w
Second Race-Cars of 30 hp. or Over.
Two Miles. Best two heats In
three. ....s. .....>... .....:
Five to enter, three to start.
winner ......... $500. -. W
Second ..........."... 1000
Third Race-Slow Race.
Free-for-all. One heat once around
track on high speed.
SloWest car .$lO 90
Next Slowest car ). -. ...... 500.
Conditions for Slow Race.
Each driver to be accompanied by
Judge appointed by committee.
Driver must not touch shifting lev
pers or clutch after crossing starting
line.
Driver killing engine or stopping
,car disqualified from continuing race
and must Immediately get out Of
way Of other cars.
No one allowed in car but judge
and driver.
6:OOp.m. Grand Balloon Ascen-
sion and Parachute Jump
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