Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-23
COMMITTEE OF 100
PLANS HUGE 4TH OF
JULY CELEBRATION
Military Program, Outdoor
. Sports, and General JOIE-
6catiOn On Tap

With a sunrise salute of q guns and
all of the military maneuvers which
attend full-fledged army camp, in.
cluding reveille, guard mount aud set
ting up exercises, the first annual All
Oregon Fourth of July celebration to
have been held in this state, under the
auspices of the State Fair board, will
be ushered in at the State Fair Grounds
on July and will continue over until
midnight of July 5.
At meeting of the special commit
tee on arrangements, composed Of Sec
retary A. H. Lee of the State Fair
board; Mrs. Edyth Tozier Weqtherred,
member of the board; J. A. Kirkland,
of Albany; E. G. Keyt, of Salem; A.
A. Staats, Independence; sam Bush
and N. K. Shinn, Fair Grounds; DR.. A.
G. Smith, of Salem, tentative arrange
ments were made for the hoIding of
this big celebration, to be held IN con
junction with the Salem Cherry fair,
and plans were outlined for The most
elaborate program of entertainment
ever attempted in this city.
The program for each of the two
days. celebration will include horse
racing, foot racing and all sorts of
indoor sports, for which attractive pre-
miums will be offered; band and other
music will be provided for the race
course, grounds and pavilion, speak
ing, etc, and the evenings viii be pass
ed in dancing and other 1lIms Of
wholesome amusement. There will also
be dancing during the AFTERNOON of
each day. Another meeting of the
committee will be held on Thursday ev-
ening of this week to decide upon the
music for the celebration.
Ed Werlein, of Portland, win act as
chief marshal of the two days events,
assisted by E. B. Duffy and ". P.
Strandborg, of the Portland Nuts; Su-
perintendent r. Z. Lee Steiner, of the
State hospital, will have charge of all
decorations, interior and exterior: Theo.
Roth, of Salem, will furnish the fire
works subject to the approval of the
general committee, and special com
mittee of "Four Score and Twenty"
representative business men and citi-
zens Of the state, will have general
charge of the entire celebration.
Camping privileges win be extended
free of charge to all who desire to make
their headquarters at the Fair Grounds,
For the purpose Of raising funds to de-
fray whatever expense attaches to the
celebration nominal entrance fee of
25 cents will be charged which entities
one to all of the free features Of en-
tertainment to be furnished, including
the grand stand at the race course All
light refreshments to be served upon
the grounds will be under the control
of the fair board.
The two big brass cannOns, which
decorate the state house grounds, Will
be borrowed for the occasion to fire the
national salute of 81 guns at sunrise
upon each of the two mornings of the
celebration. 1t is also proposed to make
a semi-military event of the celebration
and to this end an effort viii prob
ably be made to induce the miltit com
panies of Salem, Woodburn, Dallas and
Portland, to camp at the grounds and
perform various camp and field name
uvers for the entertainment Gnd edu-
cation of the visitors.
The big committee of "Four Score
and Twenty" to have general Charge
of the big celebration, in the nature Of
patrons and patronesses, has been par
tally named as follows:
c. c. Colt. E. L. Thompson, Walter
Holman, W. J. Hoffman, Phil Metschan,
Jr, John F, Carroll, Clark Letter, Mar
shall N. Dana, Paul Chamberlain, A. A.
Disdue, w. c. Bristoll Gus c. Moser, II.
G. Bronner, Paul r. Kelly, George A.
White, G. c. Chapman, Mark Woodruff,
W. W. Cotton. J. NJ Scott, William
MaeMurray, w. D. Skinner, A. D.
Charlton, w. B. Strandbourg, Ed Wer-
lein, all Of Portland; Z. B. tongue,
HillsbOro; J. R. Hurley, Jacob Bux-
ton, Forest Grove; w. w. Percival,
Roscoe Stats, J, S. Cooper, p. NJ.
kirkland, Independence; J. G. Ham
nell, Hugh Cummings, Walter Kline,
Corvallis; D. /. Keyt, Perrydale;
George Taylor, A. L. Fisher, Bert
Westbrook, Fred Nutting, Albany;
Ralph Williams, Dallas; Rev. A.
LOuick, Sublimity; S. 0. Rice. Mt.
Angel; W. P. Furth, Crabtree; John
T. Hoblitt, Silverton; W. +. Nelson,
Junction City; Ebert Bede, Cottage
Grove; W. R. Brown. Amity; a. c.
MeKinnon, McMinnville; A. q. Prill.
SeiO; Ed Briedwell. MeMinnville:
NJ. c. Swanson, Sheridan; DR.. Harry
Hickman, Gervais; j. NJ. Poorman,
Woodburn; f. f. Brodie, Oregon City;
+. W. Haines, Forest Grove; Ed Cory,
Carlton; Grant B. Dimick, Oregon City;