The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-27
BARKER MARSHAL OF PARADE
Running Race is Reserved for Farm
ers' Horses-Schedule Will Be
Strictly Followed During Day.
FIREWORKS DURING EVENING
Affair Will Bring Hundreds Of North
ern Minnesota Residents to City
Is Attracting Much Attention.

Plans for Bemidji's monster
Fourth of July celebration and al!
de tail arrangements We're completed
Friday afternoon by the committee
at a meeting held in the Commercial
club rooms, ard the entire program
will be carried out according to
schedule.
The committee appointed it's sub
committees, selected the judges for
the auto parade. the judges for the
races at the fair grounds, let the
contract for repairing the race track
and such other details necessary to
carry cut perfect program.
Barker Marshal of Parade.
T.. A. Barker, president of the
Merchants association, under whose
direction the celebration is being
held was chosen marshal Of the day
and will head the big automobile
parade. Mr.. Barker has been an en-
thusiastic worker in the preparation
OF the Fourth of July program and
should be given every assistance and
cooperation in making this celebra-
ton the best ever held in Bemidji.
Given Head Of Street Events.
j. X Given Of the Given Hard
ware company, was chosen chairman
Of 70 in nh nf thn
mornings program on the down.
town streets. He will be assisted
by Fred Brinkman, P. A. Nelson and
Charles COminsky. All those who
wish to take part in any Of the races
of events to be held on the streets
during the morning, should report
to Mr.. Given or other members Of the
committee, sometime before the
Fourth.
Programs will be supplied everyone
and in addition to this they are
printed in all three of the newspa
pers of the city in complete form. 1t
is the plan of the various committees
to pull all events off on schedule time
or pass them up.
The committee in charge of the
races and sports at the fair grounds
is as follows:
E, Fl. Denu, chairman, c. w. Jew
EFT, e. A. Barker, Charles Cominsky,
j. X. Given and P. A. Nelson. All
those who wish to enter any Of the
races are requested to report to g..
r. Denu or any member of the COM
mittee as early as possible En-
trants for the automobile races must
be in several days before the Fourth.
Farmers To Race.
The running race will be confined
strictly to farmer horses.
This event belongs to the farmer and
it will be strictly carried out as
SUCH Several have alreadf signi-
: fled their intention Of. entering the
race and from present indications it
looks as if the fight for first place
will be an interesting one.
The judges for the races, Thomas
Symons, Len. Crothers and r. Fl
Schumacher will occupy the stand
across from the grand stand from
where all announcements will be
made. These men will act as Judges
for all the races.
Eugene Berman will see that
the baseball game starts on schedule
time and will assist Manager Dial!
in the work of clearing the field fo1
action. The purse to be played for
between the teams of Thief River
Falls and the Bemidji Athletics, i:
5000, the winner to get SO per cent
and the losers 40 per cent. Thu
Athletic club will pay each of tn
Bemidji players $500 cash, win o.
lose. r.
Evening Program.
G.. w. Warfield will have complete
charge of the evening boat race pro
gram. which will be held on the wa
ter front near the city dock. H
has already outlined the course q
the motorboat race and will ancho
bouys with large numbers on eac]
which may easily be seen from tn
shore. The race will be a handica
affair and each boat will bear larg
number so that it may be designate
by the spectators.
Entrants for these boat race
should be made known early as pos
sible. Already some have expresse
desire to enter and the comp1et
list should be in the hands of Nj
Warfield before July 3.
h Fireworks at 8 O'clock.
fla. Megroth, of the Megorth Va
riety store, and w. A. Elliott of tn
Fair store, will have complete charg
Of the fireworks display. They Wi
anchor a large barge out in the lax
from where the fireworks will be ez
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