The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-12
OF
 4Th IN MAK|NG::
 MANY FEATURES
FAIRBANKS WILL HAVE BETTER AND GRINDER FOURTH
 THAN EVER

Fairbanks will as usual, celebrate the Fourth ol July. And if the plans oi the Fairbanks Commercial club mature, it will be a bigger, better and grander Fourth than ever. l That is. it will be more like the oldtime celebrations held here. when big purses were given for every event The only difference will be- that the events will probably not be so numerous, although there will | be many features. In this manner the club hopes to be able to make every event a drawing card for the i best contestants aTailable as all will have a chance at the big prizes.
 The Fort Gibbon band will be here. That is assured the Com, mercial club having been so noti- fled by Captain S B. Mcintyre, the K O. at Fort Gibbon. So will i the ball team and rifle squad. it had been planned by the club to make the Fourth of July celebration l a Preparedness celebration as we'll i in view of the fact that like cele- i brations are now being held all over the country, and it had been l hoped that the entire garrison of Fort Gibbon could come here and 1 give a military exhibition for the event Captain Mcintyre, however 1 has wired the club that the coming here of all of the soldiers from the post is impracticable But that does not necessarily mean that the pre- paredness parade has been knocked in the head, for it may be held
 The chief events as now planned 1 for the celebration, will be the horse races. the ball games, the tug of war and the childrens sports. And ! then, or course there will be the 1 nCidentals. It is planned. however, to give most of the big prizes for the three big events.
 And if the plans of the promoters of the horse races mature, the races will be better than any ever seen i here before The races will be in the hands of the park commission. l And a guaranteed prize of $25O in 1 cash for the free-for all has been offered, together with an offer of 1 s1 900 as a side bet. This offer i has been made in order to get horses here from distance. if possible 1 The horses which will defend the i laurels of Fairbanks will be those old standbys, Chocolate and Mon tana
 It is understood that there is a horse at Iditarod which beat old ! Ignatius, the horse which cleaned up so much money here in early days And Dawson is also said to have a horse which can beat any thing ever brought north. It is against these horses that Nair1anhs sports are willing to bet their money in support of the running abilities of local horses. particularly Choc- olate.
 Then there will be chariot races, mule races and pony races, good substantial prizes being offered. And it is also stated that one of the big drawing cards of the entire cele- | hn hrnnphn hllck contest. a well known local mule skinner and former buckeroo hay ing agreed to ride anything brought to him for a specified sum for eacn animal And he will bet on his ability to ride them all too. It IS understood that there will be con siderable money bet that this buck eroo will not be able to ride cer- i tain mule now in the camp.
 A good series of ball games Is expected. The soldiers from Fort Gibbon are coming, and they have always had a team which made the Fairbanks bunch get down and work | III ldCl, they Cd1 iSu oiA tiiS iio"A' one year. And then it is 1Xpected that a team from the Alaskan En- gineering commission gangs at Ne mana will be here and that Brooks will also be represented. A good sized purse of prize money is to be put up for this event.
 One of the big events, Of course will be the tug of war This event is usually entered into with cor- siderable enthusiasm, particularly by the men from the creeks. And it is therefore expected that all of the creeks will be we'll represented Teams from Nenana, Fort Gibbon and Brooks are likewise expected to participate.
 Complete plans for the celebra- tion of the Fourth have not yet been announced. It is known to a certainty, however, that every effort is being made to make the occasion one long to be remembered by those who happen to be here enjoying holiday in honor of the birth of the nations independence.
 Leo Rogge, the upper CleaTy creek operator, was tried for wantonly killing dog in commissioner $