Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-05

ficult one. owing to tho large number
Of worthy entrsnts. t,
One Of the. more attractive floats
was that Of the Casino theater. which
would have been a prize winner had II
been possible Tor the Judges 10 have
found n way TO classify it. II was not
however, Admirable to any of the four
divisions. II being held that the the
aters could not be classed with mer-
chants.
The judges, ina making selections.
were obliged to take into consideration
the success of the entrants In repre-
senting the business In which they were
engaged or the nature OF the society
represented. g
Large Delegations In Line.
Lodges were represented by large
delegations OF members, the Elks max
ing an attractive appearance with high
blue hats and blue and white umbrel-
Las. The Knights OF Columbus. the
Woodmen and the Renekahs also were
represented by large numbers.
Following the soldier section were
the members Of the War Mothers, a
society which shared with the soldier
boys fhe greatest applause. .t
Scores of business interests were
represented with floats and at the rear
of the long procession was the hugh
government truck, given to the county
for road Improvement with the under
standing that Marshall county accepts
federal aid for hard surfacing. There
was marked contrast between the
giant army truck and the one-mule
team, htched to q covered wagon. and
driven by the old timer who "got there
or busted" and usually busted on the
highway. The object lesson. furnished
by the woolworth Company, had its
effect.
| Program at Fair Grounds.
The program at the fair grounds
lasted virtually thruout the day. The
feature of the program was the. thirty
minute flight of r. c. Borkland, for
merly with the British aviation corps
who came here in place of Lieutenant
Diggins, who was unable to come to
the city. Borkland made a flight in
his Canadian training plane, remaining
| In sight of the great crowd at the fair
grounds. as well as the entire popula-
ton of tho city tor full half hour.
Borkland's machine is a bipfane, with
an eight cylinder. 90 horse power Cur
tiss engine. HN''
| Among the other attractions were
two baseball games. a pacing race.
trotting race and horse and pony race
The morning exhibition game, between
two teams OF the Twilight league, was
!! won by the Durham Company nine,
which defeated Cooks Imperials, II to
2.
In the afternoon the Independents
defeated Melbourne in close and in.
teresting game. The score was to 2.
and was won by the local team in the
seventh inning, after the teams had
scored two runs each in the first In
ming. Rohde. pitching for the indie
ponds, hurled a good game after the
opening round, when the visitors scor-
ed a brace of runs on three hits.
Fireworks Attract Thousands.
The two harness races were between
horses Of the fair grounds stables and
were closely contested. A race between
a horse and a pony, was won by the
pony owned by Rube Clay.
An excellent display Of fireworks In
the evening closed the days program.
The crowd for the evening was much
larger than that OF the afternoon. thou
sands of persons watching the display
from automobiles parked on East Main
street and for long distance along the
Twelfth. avenue road. The display con-
sisted largely ofpaerial bombs. giant
rockets and a few set pieces. ss
Ad Club Thanks Citizens.
r To the many citizens who aided. FL
financially and with labor making the
day q success the AID Club desires to
extend it's thanks. The club member
ship greatly appreciates the efforts OF
those who donated literally to finance
the celebration and those who aided In
fpatroling the streets. forming the par
fade, caring for the veterans in the re-
viewing stand, and in" conducting the
.program at the fair grounds. '-
Miss Donna Cooley, Of Chicago, ar
rived in the city Thursday evening to
visit at the home Of her uncle, J. v.