Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-03
CITY WILL GIVE ITS DAY
TO ASSIST OTHERS
CELEBRATE
PAGEANT BIG THING
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS TO BE ,UN.
RAvEtED IN ALlEGORY AND
STORY WILL BE THE BIG AT.
TRACTION FOR coUNTY-MANY
GOING TO ROCKFORD.

Ottawa with Characteristic unselfisn
ness. will celebrate its Fourth witt
Others tomorrow No celebrations be
Ing planned for the city there will b,
general pilgrimage of its peopr,
FOR parks and communities nearD,
where a revival of the good Old fash
Toned Independence Day will fin,
great throngs assembled to take par,
in the days festivities.
The big thing herea bouts. Of cours,
Will be the La Sale county pageant a,
Starved Rock State Park, where thous
.ands upon thousands will come from
all quarters of the state TO ioin in
making the occasion iitlingly memora
bic. With cast OF thousand OF
more well drilled talent of the highest
grade 0blainable, the pageant il as
sured 0f being one Of the really biz
undertakings every assumed by the
enthusiastic and patriotic people.
Provisions are being made at Stary
ed Rock 10 handle visitors in leeion,.
and the bulk OF the people will at.
tend the allegory in which Illinois
history for the past century will be
nnraveled for their entertainment ana
edificati0n, All railways are prepared
for accommodating The big influx -.
people, while anto traffic promises to
exceed anything ever before exper.
fenced in and about Ottawa.
Many Going TO Rockford.
With the pageant lasting for three
days, an excellent opportunity is Of
fered hosts Of Ottawans to visit the
cantonment al Rockford A hundred
or more Of the city's automobiles to.
day are beig prepared for the pilgrim
age to Camp Grant, where GodspeeGs
viii be said to the division temporar.
ily stationed there before embarka,
ton for France.
The cars will leave here early in
the morning and reach Camp Grant
in ample time for the big parade at
$50 o'clock Al the Rockford Ottawa
celebration headquarters ii was an.
nonnced by Attorney r. NJ Kelly this
morning there was much difficulty
being met in getting the local parade
f,r IN ipip IN II
was announced that unless some or.
ganiZation could be effected along
these lines, instructions would be is
sned 70 drivers to take their own time
and take care of themselves on the
trip to and from the cantonment.
Safe and Sane.
Ottawa's celebration, as il has been
in the past several years, will be safe
and sane There will be no great
pyrotechnique display, while iirecracN-
ers and other dangerous explosives
are on the city's official tabooed list.
All of the Illegal fireworks today werc
unobtainable IN The city, tho with the
government recommending return
IN the old time celebration It would
not be a biz surprising II many or
the contraband articles were SNUG.
eled into town and shot off, Whle
there has been no promise OF police
forbearance in the matter, 1t Is almos'
certain there will be no monumental
hulaballoo raised. II the boys cut loosr
now and then with snappy bunch or
t,recrackers and other dem0nstrative
toys.
Parks TO Celebrate.
Glenn Park. always favorite resort
with Ottawa folk. viii have its Gus.
tomary July Fourth celebration Man.
ager Joseph Gualano has prepared a
fine program for the day and grea,
crowds are promised at his resort.
sulphur Lick Springs will observe The
day onie,ly, but has been promised
heavy patronage. AT Shabbona parl,
there will be the usual July Fourth
gathering for people of the country.
side. The only big city demonstration
OF the county viii take place at Men
dota, where Hon. Lee O'Nel Browne
or Ottawa IA scheduled to be the prin
cipal speaker Of the day.