The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-26
r FOURTH OF JULY PLANS ARE NOW
 TAKING SHAPE
CELEBRATION WILL LAST THREE DAYS, STARTING MONDAY
 BIC TIME DUE

One week from tomorrow is the Fourth of July. And it is to be ap- propriately celebrated in Fairbanks In fact it k thought that the com ing celebration will go down in his tory as one of the greatest ever
 held here. It will at least be an occasion to be long remembered if the plans of the Fairbanks Commer- cial club materialize.
 The celebration is to start on will be three days of undiluted | pleasure. The program has not yet
 been arranged. and the day and time of day of any certain event therefore cannot be stated al this time, It l. known to a certainty however, that there will be ball games, horse races, tugs of war and all other sports of like na- ture, cash prizes for which will be
 offered by the committees. And
 the cash prizes will be very sub stantial from the point of the amount
 oi money they will represent
 The Fourteenth infantry military band from Fcrt Gibbon will be one of the drawing cards of the celebra ton. It is not often that Fairbanks ans are given chance t lsten [,
 a real band, consequently the arrival of the soldier musicians in Fairbanks | is being awaited with great interest by the unsteady inclined. The baud
 made a big hit here last year, but | it had at that time been organized , but a little more than six months. | Consequently it is expected to do
 better than ever this year, after | having had a years more practice.
 With the band from Fort Gibbon will come the baseball team and rifle squad The baseball team is
 coming to contest with the local
 teams, the Marquettes and Van i Dycks, while the rifle squad will shoot for a substantial prize with Fairbanks marksmen at the Birch
 hill range of the Panama Rifle club Capt. Samuel B. Mcintyre. commanding officer at Fort GibbOn,
 has wired here stating that some of the soldiers who are coming are musicians, ball players and eX | pert marksmen, and asking that all
 events be arranged for their con venience This is being done by the Commercial club.
 There will be at least one baseball
 game on each day of the celebra l tion. Fairbanks will be represented 1 by two teams this year instead of
 a nine of picked players, as in | former years. Which will give the | soldiers a much better chance of winning the prize of $l00 put up | by the Commercial club for the " lIIiltl Ol lllt SCl ltS Oi SdllltS IL is probable that another $100 will be added to the prize money also, as number of business men have agreed to interest themselves to
 that extent along baseball lines, over and above their regular Fourth of July donation. Whether or not | there will be baseball teams from Nenana and Brooks is not known as yet.
 Another big drawing card will be i the tug of war. It is understood that this event is to be participated | in by several teams from the various
 creeks, the reports being to the effect that the teams are now train | ing strenuously each evening. The l first prize for the event is $2OO, put | is understood that Chatanika is out with a challenge to any team in | the Panama Valley to pull the rope | for side bet of S1 500. The second ] and third prizes are $1O0 and $5o l respectively.
 1 Another big event Will be the
 horse races. Always interesting by
 reason of the fact that there are
 two good race horses here, further ! interest in this event has been arous-
 ed by the rumor that there will be
 one and maybe two dark horses en- | tered Rumor says that one Of
 these fast racers is to come from
 Dawson and another from Iditarod,
 but the report has not been verified There will be two dances held
 during the celebration, Both will
 be at the Auditorium. On the ev-
 ening of the third there will be the
 grand semi-annual dance given by