The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-07-10
FIVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE ENJOY
CELEBRATION
4th of July Crowd was Record
Breaker and the Celebration
a Hummer
.AyIATOR IS BIG FEATURE
Everything Simply Jazzed Along from
Sunrise Until Cocks Crowed
the Fifth

The inst Fourth of July followin,
the great World war will long be re
membered by the citizens of Kenne
wick as red letter day in the com
munity's history. 1t brought tn.
largest crowd that was ever .assem
bled within the boundaries of the city
it marked the advent of the airplane
into the life of the community, it was
the occasion of the public's first for.
NAL tribute to the returned soldiers
sailors and marines of Franklin and
Benton counties, it bespoke new spir-
itsof cooperation and neighborly feel
ing between the peoples of Kenne-
wick and Pasco, it was a day of whole
some and whole-hearted patriotic re-
creation unmarried by accident, quar-
rel or unpleasantness, it was Kenne-
wick's first celebration since 1872
and it was hummer.
The attendance is estimated at 5000.
The people came from Finley, Hover,
Plymouth, Richland, Hanford, White
Bluffs, Konea Benton City, Pasco,
Connell, Mesa, Kahlotus, Washtucna,
Lind, Burbank, Alfalfa and Wallula,
from the Horse Heaven hills and from
the Valley. The three ferries across
the Columbia and the one across the
Snake were taxed to the limit. The
Pasco Kennewick ferry began cross
ing celebration visitors early In the
morning of the Fourth and they were
sfn crossing at o'clock the morning
of the fifth. At 10 o'clock the morn
ing of the Fourth there were forty
automobiles waiting on the Pasco side /
at the local ferry and nineteen at Tim
mermaf's ferry near Richland. AS a |
result of the congestion many of the
Franklin county visitors were unable
to reach the city until after the events
OF the morning had been pulled off.
The day was the hottest of the year
to that time. The heat, however, was
not oppressive and the people were
thoroly acclimated, and SO well did
the comforts committee do its work
under the direction of Mrs. E. M. Sly,
that the large crowd was not distress
ed by the patriotic ferver of Old Sol.
Rest rooms had been provided at diff.
1erent places in the business district, |
lawns and shaded parkings in the resi-
cent sections and the little Hotel Ken
newlck park were thrown open to the
VISITORS and hundreds of them spread
tner lunches under the trees for both
tne noon and the evening meal. The
work of this committee of ladies and
the hospitality of the owners of the y
shaded lawns brought forth much fa- .
Vorable comment from the visitors. {
The one disappointment Of the day II
was the inability of Major F. r. jeff G
iey to reach the city and deliver the, a
ADDRESS of the day. Otherwise every y
event on the program was carried Y
0ot as scheduled. The Fourth awoke a
WIN bang. At four o'clock in the q
morning the noise committee, headed a.
~ Marvin Carnahan got busy with II
'ne sunrise salute. There was dyna-
and more dynamite until the IL
Nnele town and countryside was al
awake. We
Inc parade, which far outdid all nc
- ,mer parades in this city, formed tn
= o'clock at the Washington street 1t
,unooi. = The line of march was along oil
!, |" asnlngton to Second, up Second to
- rmeAmley, out Mckinley to Third, up Ell
sAfa 70 Seventh and back to Second ao
.u aoWn Second to the speaking stand Oh
: eae Hotel Kennewick park. The an
h., ys.aoe was headed by Capt. J. W. tn
). .ne,s' marshal of the day, and Chief &C
~ lonce George Sheppard, mounted. gu
!, ,aen came the Pasco band, followed di1
: car in which the colors were an
r'ed by S. M. Henderson and A. C. Inf
ol. .e civil war veterans. Behind the COZ
M marched platoon of soldiers
,orn sailors commanded by Lieut.. S. j. Ns
,sr, president Of the Kennewick las
!. .e Club. Then came the marines ing
y = = a.tractively decorated car driven no.
o,,. '. Coull. The marines were fol- lei
: 0y the Boy Scouts on bicycles.