Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-29
Alanogordo

Final arrangements are being made
for the big Fourth of July celebration
in Alamogordo. That the celebration
will be even greater than was at first
anticipated by the men who have tho
matter in charge is assured PNepa-
Tations are being made 10 care for
5000 people on the Fourth, and il is
possible that this number will be eX-
ceeded, for families all over the coun-
~ have made their plans to come to
Alamogordo o nthat day. 1t win be a
great get-together meeting for citi-
zens of the county. Men and women
from one part of the county will be
enabled to meet their friends from am
other part of the county.
The car load Of watermelons or
dered some days ago, which will be
given free to The guests of Alamo
gordo, has been shipped and is eX-
pected to arrive within the next day
or so. The melons will number 1900
and will be sufficient to serve the
great crowd with a quarter or third
of a melon to each person.
Judge j. L. Dale of FL Paso, who is
well known in this section of the coun-
try, will deliver an address. Judge
Dale has lived in El Paso for a num-
Der of years and his fame as an ora
tor Is far reaching.
The Nash jazz orchestra of FL Paso
has been engaged 10 play for the free
outdoor dance during the day and for
the big jitney dance, which will be
held in the amusement pavilion at
night Mr.. Nash personally will ac-
company his orchestra to AlamogOrdo.
He has played several engagements in
Alamogordo in the past and is Well
known by the young people of Otero
eoounty.
The Nfescalero Indian band will rem
DIRE music during the day The band
is an organization consisting entirely
of Indians from the Mescalero- Apache
Indian reservation in the White noun
tains of Otero county. The director
Of the band is an Indian, and the band
will be one of the features of the
celebration.
a baseball game has been scheduled
between the Mescalero Indian ball
team and tho Alamogordo soldiers
team. This promises to be a hard
fought game, as the Indians have for
years maintained a good ball team and
have always held their own with the
baseball teams Of this section of the
southwest. The Alamogordo soldiers
played ball during the time they spent
in the training camps aud are in good
shape for real baseball.
Fred Bradford, who is IN charge Of
the goat roping, states that there Wilt
be quite keen competition among the
cowboys, both from the mountain and
plains sections of Otero county. Arch
Van Wrinkle, who will be in charge of
the horse racing. says that he is look
ing for some good horses to be en-
tered IT is expected that the NSsca-
Zero Indians will bring down some
horses to be run on that day.
"AIl of the committees are as busy
as bees" said Bob Woodwork. presi-
dent of the Alamogordo commercial
club, today. "If this is not the biggest
celebration that has ever been held in
Alamogordo it will not be the fault Of
Z the men who have the celebration IN
charge. No expense is being spared
TO show the soldiers of the great war
that we appreciate the part they
played in making this a better world
in which to live. We can well expect
the biggest crowd that has ever been
gotten together in Otero county, for