Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-03
EVERYTHING is READY
FORE MONSTER JULY
q FETE
UP TO WEATRERMAN
ONLY POSSIBLE SETBACK CAN
COME FROM RAiN--ExPECT
1000 SOLDIERS TO BE IN LINE
OF MARCH DURING PARADE.

Nothing but pouring rain or ter
rife storm can prevent Ottawa from
staging the biggest celebration in the
history of the city tomorrow spe-I
cial executive committee composed OF
representatives of all the organiza.
tons in the city has been working for
months making plans for this day o.
days. and a fund of several thousand
dollars, raised by public subscription
among the people Of the city, has been
utilized to put across a fitting cele-
hration to welcome home the men who
responded TO their countrys eau
when they were needed.
Soldiers Have Right of Way.
EVERYWHERE about the city soldiers
and sailors in uniform will have tn"
right of way, while the civilians will
give them the honor due them, Every
man who can lay claim to a military
uniform has been requested to wear
It. and it is thought there will he few,
If. any. returned soldiers or sailors on
the streets tomorrow In civilian cloth
ing.
Redecked in Gala Attire.
The city has taken on Il gala attire.
and probably never again in the his
tory of the town will the streets be
so beautifully decorated. Chicago
decorators were hired by many 81 tn
merchants to decorate both their show
windows and the exterior OF thcir
buildings. while the streets have been
strung with festoonS Of red, white and
blue and American flags. The down
town streets have been decorated
from She extreme south end of tn"
loon district 10 St Columha's Church,
while Columbus. La Sale and Clinton
streets have been decorated with tn
national colors at every street inter
section Merchants have We'd with
each other to see who could turn ou'
the most beautiful displays, while
every window Of the Molonoy and
Central Life buildings and the cOur,
house have been decorated.
Expect 1000 Yanks.
Two thousand uniformed men ar"
cypccted 10 he in town during the d?V
and to take part in the parade, whi'e
,he lowest estimate placed on the
dav's crowd has been 25oN0.
Fetc Starts at 10 O'Clock.
The celebration will start in tn
morning at 10 o'clock with q drill by
the High School Cadets on the north
side OF Washington Park and will no'
stop until 1870 at night, when the
big street dance to be held around tht
mark will be brought a close. At
O'Clock the big street narade ald his
toric pageant will take place Most
cf the organizations are keeping the
nIans for their floats q secret, hu
from the elaborate preparations whicl
have been made by the float commit
tees during the past weeks there vii
not he a single float in the line o
march which will not be worth max
ing a special trip uptown to see The
reviewing stand will be placed on tn
Rcddick Library grounds. while acros
the street, in Washington Park
h,eachers have been erected where tn
living flag, composed of 326 youn'
women from West Ottawa, will be sta
toned during the parade. As the pa
rade stops the floats will surroun'
washington Park. where they Will re
main stationary for fifteen minutes
while The children from the lnd2pcnc
ence float. decorated by the North OF
tawa Improvement Association Wi
leave their feat and dance the VII
sjnia reel between the flag stand an
the reviewing stand.
The Parade.
One Of the attractive features of tn
narade which was not announced o
The Official program will be full
co,,ipped army ambulance, This an
buance will remain on duty here du
ing the day assisting the three Ike
Cross emergency stations in carin
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