The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-05-23
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
IS PLANNED FOR fALLON
Many Novel Features Being Mapped
Out Including Parade, Floats
and Evening Mardi Gras

An announcement that will be re-
eeiyed with genuine satisfaction by
our community is the Fallon will
have a Fourth of July celebration.
This was determined upon at a
citizens meeting held last Friday
evening at which there was most
enthusiastic approval of the plan ex-
pressed by all present
The financial and advertising val
ue of such celebrations to any city,
as stated by one of the speakers can-
not be accurately known, but based
upon the estimates canservatively
figured at least $4,000 was lost to
Fallon last year through the depar-
ture of many of our residents who
sought the attractions offered else
where One of the merchants re-
ferred to the depression which in
yaribly followed these excursions to
other localities, making the state
ment that there was full month of
reaction as a consequence. The meet
ing was unanimous in the purpose
to prepare a program of such an ell
aborated character as to make the
day one long to be remembered.
Many novel features are being map
ped out and the plans for the parades
and floats are such as to insure a
success for the celebration far be-
yond any previous event of this
character
Amongst these features and one
to bring to a fitting close the out
door festivities is a Mardi Gras
Fiesta to take place in the evening
on the Main street. This is to be
featured with a parade wherein the
most grotesque costumes will be in
evidence and where confetti will be
showered in abundance. The COM
mittee in charge of this part OF tho
programme has been busily at work
and promises an evening of enter
tainment that will eclipse anything
heretofore attempted in this vicinity.
Voting contest for he Queen of the
day will be inaugurated this week
and boxes will be placed for the re-
eeption of votes in Morris & Loring
Drug Store and az Laveaga's Ice
! Cream Parlors. The committee has
arranged for a series of Jitney dances
commencing next Saturday night to
be repeated each succeeding Satur-
day night until June 80.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
President, j. P. Fay; Secretary,
c. NJ. Way; Treasurer, Ghas. Everett.
The following committees were
appointed:
Finance: Captain II. A. Clarke,
G. E. Bingham, Fred Fischer, F. @.
Bryant.
Amusements: Senator W. A.
Keddie, W. II. Reayis, Harry Yetter,
E. B. Loring, Ernest R. Hursh. F.
Hartman, F.G Hough.
Parade; W. H. Reavis, C. M. Way,
Capt II. A. Clarke, DR.. Ed. F. Dun
bar.
Reception: Mayor E. S. Berney,
W. H. Wallace, Fred Grob, Fred
Fischer, C. E. Bingham, Geo. ]. Ken
ny, Senator w. A. Keddie DR.. G. M.
Gardner, F. G. Hough, A. L. Haight.
Music: Fred Marsh, Harry Clin-
ton, Clyde Jewett
Dancing: F. p. Steinbro k, E. r.
Hursh, Fred Saunders, Capt. H. A.
i Clarke, p B. Kinney, Ira l.. Kent.
Fireworks: j. B. Conley, w. G.
Rawles, H. A. Shellard, George c.
/ Coverston, F. f. FRANKIE.
Concessions: C. NJ. Way ]. w.
Flood, Reay Mackay.
Decorations: Paul Laveaga, B.
c. Archer, W. ]. Beacon.
Mardi Gras: Harry Yetter, H. A.
Shellard, W. H. Reavis, Z. r. Hursh.
Capt. II. A. Clarke, Barney Ackland,
P. B. Kinney. John Post, Johnston
Price, George Dobbs, Fred Fischer
District Committees Saltwater:
F. j. McDermott Hazen: George
Dobbs, Frank Coffin; Wonder: Judge
T. A. Mcneil.
Publicity: f. l.. Bingham, D. e,
Williams, j. p. Fay.