The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-27
MOHAWK VALLEY TOWN Will
CELEBRATE FOUNDING OF THE
FIREARMS INDUSTRY IN AMERICA
Three Days of Oratory Paseantry and Games at lon
Y, to Honor Making of First Remington Rifle-Sculp-
tor and Artists to Perpetuate Event in
Bronze and Canvas

med this celebration. There will be
great pilgrimage to the scenes OF
the early Remington activities. The
forge has long since gone-crumbled
and rotted and washed away by the
Iyears-but on the site, well marked
by generations Of dwellers in the
valley, a commemorative tablet will
be placed. And in the village in the
shadow of one of the gigantic Rem.
ington arms factories, there will be
parades and pageants, speeches and
| spectacles, games and various other
forms of entertainment all to bring
back to the present generation
glimpse OF the progress OF one hun
bred years and to emphasize the old
age, "Despise not the day Of small
things"
Three Days Celebration
Three days, August 20, 80 and 81
are announced as the celebration days
by the lion Centennial Committee.
These will be designated, respective
ly. as lion Day, New York State Day
and Industrial Day. Appropriate
programs have been tentatively ar
ranged and details are being care
fully and deliberately worked out
Ilion has an enviable reputation for
doing things on a big scale. So far,
It is known that Governor Whitman
of New York State will be among the
speakers. Other representative men
will also talk to the great crowds that
lion will entertain. Major General
Hugh l.. Scott; Chief of Staff, Unit
ed States Army, will be in attendance
on one day az least.
Just now-three months distant
from the celebration time-the event
is forecasted in many ways for
Instance, in MeDougal Alley studio
New York, Just on the edge of Wash
.ington Square, Albin Polasek, the
Bohemian sculptor, is creating, IL
clay, his conception Of the making o
the first Remington-a striking con
! ception that is splendid in spirit ant
in execution. From Mr.. Polasek
model, bronze statues will be mad'
and presented by the citizens of Ilioi
ITO the Organized Militia of the Uni
ted States, for Perpetual Competi
ton" These statues will be sent Il
the national capitols of each stat
and will be completed for each yea
by the National Guard Companies ant
> awarded for proficiency in marksmal
ship" The model may also be repro
duced in other ways. 1t is safe t
say that no more fitting and graceful
tribute has ever been paid the shoot
ing sport in this country than thu
giving Of these statues.
Poster Contest
"o'ng into another field of art, WI
find the far reaching influence of the
old forge and the figure that domin
ated it, inspiring a select group o
the worlds greatest poster artists
Louis Fancher, G. b. Falls. Rober
J. Wildhack, F. G. Cooper and Fran
kiln Bittner. All Of these leaders II
the poster field are competing in tn,
New York studios for prize Of s100'
In gold offered by the manufacturer
OF today's Remingtons for the hes
poster concentrating the making o
the first Remington and announcinl
the Centennial occasion. This cor
test is unique in many ways, particr
larly because the prize is so larg
:. and the number OF participants s
\. few. II is expected that the resul
10 OF the contest will mark new ret
d ord in the poster field, as the sui
r. ject furnishes the greatest POSSIBLE
ties and offers wide scope for tn
talent OF these master artists. Thes
are days OF poster revival, as ev
denced by the great public interes
in the Newark City competition. an
the prize winning poster in the Rem
ington contest win be reproduced 4
full color and sent to individual sport
men and dealers throughout the er
tire world. The prominence OF tn
judges who are to select the winnin
poster: Mr.. ]. II. Chaplin, Art D
rector OF Scribner's Magazine; Mr.
A. C. G.. Hammesfahr, General Mar
ager OF Golfers Weekly, and Mr.
Rayard Jones, an artist OF note--i
another evidence that the contest
d ~ the highest grade.
An UNPARALLELED Achievement
- Probably nowhere in the world
rs certainly not in this young countr
'g of ours-has there been parallel I
n this solid century Of achievemer