The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-07-10
FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED IN FA[[ON
IN THE GOOD, OLD-FASH|ONED STYLE

figures of the occasion. added beauty
and novelty to one of the divisions
of the parade.
The Indian School float was deco
rated in National colors and loaded
to the guards with samples of orig
inal Americans, led by Whitefeather
on horseback, resplendent in head
dress of feathers.
The Boy Scouts. with their khaki
uniforms, lent a military touch to
the parade.
In the decorated auto class, for
which prizes were offered, the first
choice of the judges fell on that
entered by Miss Margaret Dolf, a
runabout all in white with a Red
Cross. Il was q dainty conception
nd deserving of the prize in the
opinion of the crowd. The second
prize was awarded to Hupmobile
strung with roses and entered by D.
E. Williams. On the radiator stood
title John Allen Diihoad dressed as
Uncle Sam, who bravely contrived to
aaintain his dignity on his wobbly
erch despite tie handicap of a tall
At that persisted in going awry to
c omusement Of the onlookers
There were number of hand
ionely decorated machines worthy
of special mention among them that
entered by Mrs. Castleton decorated
n yellow crysanthemums. c. c. Ev-
erett's car with the American eagle
on the radiator cap, and cars enter
ed by Miss Towle. Geo. B. Williams
w. A. Harmon, w. w. Sanford and
Sidney Parsons.
The literary exercises took place
n front of the courthouse shortly
fter noon and were listened TO by
large and attentive audience
Judge E. A. Ducker, of winnemuccs
delivered the oration and II was a
mastery presentation of the cause!
which led our nation to Q participa-
tion in the war and met with g
hearty response from his hearers
manifested by the frequent inter
-uptions of applause. The exercise
consisted of number of songs un-
der the leadership of w. X. Davis,
one appropriate to the times mos
effectively rendered by Mrs. J. F
Richardson, and the reading of the
Declaration of Independence by Mis-
Jean Davis. The Fallon Band, un
der the leadership of e. L. Danfortl
rendered a number of selections.
In the afternoon a number of ath-
letic contests for the benefit of the
Youngsters took place on Maine
street to the amusement of the
crowd and the acquisition of savingf
stamps by the contestants.
The day wound up by a grand
ball in the evening given by the
band boys and which was preceded
by a wrestling match in which How
ard Brown, an amateur lightweight
champion endeavored to throw all
comers up to 160 pounds. Jay
Babb accepted the challenge and con
trived to hold out the required Is
minutes.
The two events that aroused the
greatest interest in the Afternoon
were the water fight between two
crews picked from the department
and the auto race over twelve
mile course in five laps out Williams
avenue. around the race track, Tay
ior. Center and Maine streets.
In tie water fight the team cap
tained by Chief Clark consisting of
Fred FRANKIE, c. J. Sutherland.
Johnston Price, Harry Bussert. Hi
Shellard. Herb Hoover. J. p. Doyle,
and Fred Corners proved the vic
tors. being outgeneraled In the
fluid bombardment. The team cap
tanned by Tom Sanford outstripped
their opponents in getting first wat
er by easily ten seconds. This team
was composed of Harold Bellinger,
Frank and Fred Marsh, Lester
Page, David Erkid, Joe Lagassa and