The Alaska daily empire., 1917-06-30
Big DoingS Will Start on Tuesday Evening when Young America to
 Have Swing.
PARADE ON THE FOURTH
Baseball Games Will Be Held in Afternoon
 and a Big Free
 Dance at Night.

! lIHuSelneHlS Ol tHe CitiZeil5 anu fioi tors It was the opinion of the com mittee that where too many events ire included in the program people | do not get an opportunity to see ev erything, and if they do it tires them , put too much for real enjoyment and for that reason the events this year have been cut down.
 There will be something doing most of the time from Tuesday night until the end of the big dance on the night of the Fourth People will be enabled to see everything and still leave the housewives plenty of time to prepare their meals with put hurly burly efforts.
 Sports Tuesday Night
 On the night of July 3rd, commenc. ng at 8 o'clock, a large number of races for children, both boys and girls will be pulled off on the big op- en space on the Pacific Coast Dock. This place was chosen by the com nittee on account of the size of the space and also for the fact that here is plenty of elevated space which will allow spectators to view he events without crowding the con sestants.
 The winners of the races will be paid their money on the spot i'm nedately after the race and this will give them some spending coin for the Fourth.
 The contests for the children will oe under the control of the Juneau Women's Club, acting in conjunction with the sports committee of the Fourth celebration. Prizes for each event will be $1 for first, 50 cents second and third and fourth prizes of 9 cents each.
 races and boys races. The first girls race will be for five-year-olds and each succeeding year will be given a race up to and including he girls thirteen years old. Thus he girls five years old will have one race, the girls six years old another md so on. The same course will be followed out with the boys.
 In addition there will be a peanut race for girls and oHe for boys. a tricycle. race for girls, a barrel roll ng contest for boys, a pie-eating contest or race for native boys and shoe and stocking race. The com mittee to handle the children's s sports has been appointed and con sists of Lloyd V. Winter, Grover c. Vim, Robert Bruce, Sim Freiman md Royal Shepard.
 Morning of Fourth
 On the morning of the Fourth, starting promptly at 1O:30 o'clock, the big parade will start from the city dock Major P. w. DavisOn, mem Der of the Alaska Road Commits sion and commander-in-chie of Alas ka National Guards, has been chosen with W. w. Casey to act as Marshal of the Day. The committee is plan ming to make the parade one of the days features and with this end in view has issued a cordial invitation to all business houses of the city, auto owners, and auto drivers to CO., operate with them. A cordial invita- ton is also extended to all fraternal organization and lodges to partici- pate in the parade. The band will be the parade.
 Prizes For Floats
 Prizes will be given for the best float, the best decorated private auto, and the best decorated commercial car in the parade. The Fire De- partment with the two fire trucks. the police department. the Elks in their white suits, the mining men of the district, the Women's Club, school children. and the autos of the city are expected to participate/
 The parade will start at the City Dock. promptly at 10:30 o'clock and the line of march will be up Frank lin Street to Fourth, along Fourth to Main. down Main to Front, along Front to Franklin and return to the City Dock where it will disband.
 Afternoon Sports
 The ball games will be started on the Juneau grounds at o'clock with four teams in the race for first prize The soldiers team from Fort Sew ard. with a good bunch of rooters, will be on hand; the Perseverance team, with the miners in a solid body to cheer them on. and Thane with the mill men to root for them will all be there. In addition the Juneau team with the people of the town backing them will be in the bat tie to the finish. At least three games will be played.
 Evenings Amusement Following the end of the ball games there are couple of hours with nothing doing to allow people time to go to meals. At seven o'clock the fire bell will hit one tar and the big new auto fire truck will leave it's quarters at the city hall and proceed to the Pacific Coast Dock where demonstration of it's