South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-03
CITY PREPARES To
TAKE DAY OFF To
OBSERVE FOURTH
Wheels of Industry and Com
merCe Will Stop and South
Blenders Will HE to Pleasure
Spots for Sane Celebration.

South Bends industrial and com
mercial wheels Will suspend their
usual grind Saturday and the city
viii join with the nation in "A bril-
liant Fourth OF July celebration.
A real holiday has been planned for
the city. Practically every retail
concern in South Bend will close its
doors either for all OF the day or
during the afternoon. Factories viii
give their employees a rest. Nearly
every business viii suspend opera
tons. Practically the only stores TO
be open will be the cigar and con-
fectionerv shops and drug stores
The day being a legal holiday the
lid will be hammered down tight
on every saloon OF the city City and
county officials will be given a hol-
iday. A short session will be held
in city court to dispose Of the usual
number OF intoxication cases.
The pOstoffice general delivery win
dow will be open until 10 O'Clock in
the morning One delivery Of mail
will be made. Banks will close for
all day and other business concerns
will be among the closed list.
Ball Game Feature.
Features Of the South Bend cele-
bration will be the ball game at
SpringbrOok park in the afternoon
when the HOosiers will meet the
Lansing club for a double header.
The winning Of the two games Thurs
day which put the Benders in fifth
place it is thought will attract un-
usual attention TO the game on the
Fourth.
No special effort has been made TO
make a public fireworks demOnstra-
ton or TO plan a festival day al
though numbers OF private celebra-
tions have been planned. The usual
parades, due TO the extreme hot
weather, will be discontinued and no
celebrations with speeches and pa
triotic music will be held here.
The largest number of people ii
seems prefer to spend the day at
nearby lakes where several ptcnics
will be held. Extensive arrangements
are being made for outing trips TO
Hudson. Pine. Diamond. Maxinkuc-
Aee. Eagle. Chain. Barren and other
lakes. Plans are being made by the
interurban companies for carrying
large crowds. Automobiles will
carry a large number to the picnic
grounds At a number Of them fire
works celebrations will he held.
Celebration at Bertrand.
a safe and sane celebration has
been planned by the former citizens
of Bertrand. north Of here. Large
posters have been placed in con-
spicuous places fOrbidding people
from shooting large torpedOes on the
sidewalks there and other noisy and
unsafe means OF celebrating the day
have been prohibited
Patriotic speeches will be made by
Judge r E Howard of this city and
by others interested in Bertrand well
fare. A basket dinner will be served
at noon and a program viii be pre-
scented In the afternoon under the
direction OF the Bertrand social CEN
ter club Band concerts viii follow
in the evening.
Crusade Lodge, No. Il. Knights of
Pythias, will spend the day at the
Aaron Jones farm. south of the city.
4 program consisting OF a ball game
contests and speeches by different
mem bers has been planned. Two
sides have been named for the day s
contests They will be known as the
Reds who are captained by Earl
Wells and the Blues. Captained by
Michael Kinscheriff. They will be
carried TO the picnic grounds by auto
mobile The u. y. band Will head
the procession which will leave the
city at $3.50 I'm the morning. Fire
works will be displayed in the even
ing Refreshment stands have been
built and "eats'' will be served.