The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-11
Trains, Interurbans, Hacks,
Cars, Motorcycles and
Wagons Bring Stream of
Visitors to Wayne Summer
Resort.
Late Arrival of Band Causes
Delay in Beginning Pro
gram With Parade of En-
trants in First Water Car
nival.

Eager to participate in the dedica-
tion Of Morton Lake and Park. thou
sands swarmed the groves and fields
this afternoon in the first big celebra-
tion of its kind ever held in Richmond.
the formal opening of the new park.
Early in the morning, picnic parties
started to form and by noon there
were a dozen big picnics in full prog
ress throughout the park. There
were no hooks overlooked and every
bit Of shade was utilized as protection
against the hot sun.
There were hundreds Of visitors
from out of town who arrived during
the morning. Because of the distance
from street cars and the heat of the
day, the biggest portion of the crowd
did not arrive until about o'clock.
Directors of the park company look
upon the day as a success in every
way. Indications are that the sale Of
lots will be amazing and it is believed.
that with the easy terms offered, most
of the lots yet available will be dis
posed of in the next ten days. Prac-
tically all the lots on the north side Of
the lake have been sold for some time
those on the south side are selling
rapidly.
All Boats Busy.
Boating proved a popular sport for
the day and all boats on the lake
were busy. Courses for the swimming
and boating races had been marked
A few OF the entrants in the races
and contests were out praCticing pre-
vious to the opening OF the contests.
Most Of the entries were not made un-
til a short time before the program
was scheduled to open.
The parade Of boats headed by the
band, which was scheduled to take
place at lis o'clock was delayed al
most a half hour by the failure of
the band to assemble. The band was
placed on the big passenger boat when
TIE members arrived
The parade started at the landing
The boat bearing the band proceeded
slowly up the south side of the lake
followed by about thirty other motor
boats, row boats and canoes. The pa
rade as witnessed from the banks
was an imposing spectacle 1t was
made slightly shorter than planned be-
cause Of the lateness of the band
Although Main street merchants did
not cooperate with the lake and
park company'S plans by closing their
stores, many smaller merchants gave
their clerks a half holiday by closing
at noon. Many groceries and other
small stores closed from II noon until
o o'clock tonight announcing that
hn Of hat for
short time.
Deputies al the court house were
given a vacation this afternoon al
though several of the officials remain
ed in their offices. There was little
business transacted as it had been
announced that the court house would
be closed. There was no session of
court. although the clerks office re-
mained open.
Entries in the races this afternoon
We're:
Canoe Race zone PaddIe.)
Ferguson, Necdham, Brown, Aiken.
Palladium Race.
TOmlnSOn, Smith King Hoffman
Nnisler Lebo, Brown, Aiken, Sedge-
wick
Speed Swimming Contest.
Burr, Coleman, HawekOtte, Clapp.
Endurance Swimming Contest
Burr, Needham, Coleman, Parker, c..
Parker Simms.
Mems Swimming Contest.
Haw exotic, Clapp. WoOdgate, Rea-
gen.
Boys Swimming Contest.
Huddleson. Benz, Coleman, Coates.
Parker. GaarWOOd
Girls Swimming Contest.
Livingstone, Huddleson, Fitzgib-
bOns.
Fifty Yard Free-for-alI
HawekOtte, Reagan, Livingstone.
Clapp.
Exhibition Fancy Diving
Leighton, Needham, Hawekotte, Sui
livan, Weber, Winslow, Brehm.