The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-03
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FOR mon Ter July
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Every Detail Completed BY Commit
tees for Successful Carrying out Of
Tomorrow's Feature Program.
500 TRAIN TO HOLD OVER
Officials Desire to Assist in Making
Day Great Success and Will Have
Thief River Train Leave at $50
NOT TO BE A DULL MOMENT

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HENDERSON Arrives for Thrilling Ski
Jumps Auto Parade to Bring Out
deliberately Decorated Machines
With several of the best and most
daring automobile drivers listed to
drive in the auto races, fast ball
game, a brilliant street parade, band
concerts, foot races, thrilling ski
jumps, launch races. farmers run
ming race, fireworks and hundreds If
persons from other cities and towns
present, Bemidji's celebration tomor-
row gives promise of being one of the
biggest Fourth of July affairs of the
nOrthW est. So 3
pr 500 To Hold Train.
Officials of the 500 line have given
orders that the Thief River train be
held in !Bemidji until $780,. This
will give the five. hundred people who
are expected to come from points
ong the line opportunity to remain
here during the entire day. Sever
al hundred are expected to come from
Thief River Falls, accompanying the.
baseball team of that city which is to
clash with the Bemidji Athletics to-
morrow afternoon. The game will
be played for a purse of 5000 and
both teams are confident of victory.
Will Be Free To All.
Every feature of the monster cele
bration is to be free to every one,
and nearly one thousand dollars is
in the hands of the committee, hay-
ing been collected by Eugene Berman
aid P. A. Nelson. This amount will
be used in making the day the sue
cess. that.it is sure to be
| Henricson Arrives.
Ready for his four daring ski
jumps, Captain Henrickson arrived in
| Bemidji today, bringing with him his
apparatus which will probably be
placed on Third street, between Min
nesota- and America avenues. He
will make four leaps during the day
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Get a program They have appear
ed in issues of the Daily Pioneer, Be-
midi Independent and Bemidji Sen
tinel. The events Of the day will be
pulled off according to schedule AMI #
any of the attractions are not ready
/ when the time set arrives they will
be left out. The fun will start at 8
o'clock sharp and will continue un-
/ til late tomorrow night, something
s doing every minute of the day. The
!: day will start with 10O-yard dash
and then will come ski jump, pota-
to race dog and cart race, another
ski Jump, another l00-yard dash and
grand street parade. This will all be
held on the down town streets during
the forenoon.
Then the Races.
Then will come the attractions at
| the Fair grounds, starting at 1::3O.
First will be the 15-mile free-for-a1l
auto race, then the motorcycle race,
Australian pursuit race, running race
! for farmers horses and the big base
ball game.
Boat Races at Seven-T Thirty.
The boat races will be held at 1880,
/ Charles Warfeld being in charge,
| Another ski jump will be made at
O'clock, just before the boat races.
Then will come the band concert and
the vreworks, accounts of which are
Given in another column. Chad
Jewett, Walter Marcum, Louis Eek
Nstrum and Frank Koors WILDE among
those who are to take part in the auto
races, while Bert Barker in the ssSil-
I = ! !,
yer. Heels" John Larson in the Del
Marca,'' and Roy Chandler in the
IaPine Cone will be in the launch
races.
Dance in Athletic Hall.
Maurice Ryan, Bud Russell and ~
Murphy will be in charge OF the
dances which are to be held in the
club hall tonight, tomorrow and to-
q morrow evening. The hall has been
4 elaborately decorated for the dances.
Will Holmes will operate the Coun-
try Cub, and dances will be conduct
ed there this evening and tomorrow
3 3 evening. The City Of Bemidji will
make regular trips to the outlet
Booths are being arranged for in
I all parts of the business district.