The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
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Everything Is Set to Entertain th|
Bio Crowd at Leon on July 4th. i,
Come and Have q Good Time.
If the weather is favorable you
will see probably the greatest CROWD
ever in Leon on July 4th, for there
is no other celebration in Decatur
county this year, and everybody II II
coming to Leon % aat1;na The committees aTnr9t
in shape for the comfort and amuse-
ment Of the visitors. After securing
make a flight, one was finally con
tracted for with the Miller-Scales
Aero Company, of Waterloo, who
Leon either Thursday evening or
Friday morning with a plane. Dur
ing the forenoon of the Fourth the
aviator will take up passengers who
, want to experience the sensation OF
a flight in an airplane, making a
charge for each passenger taken up:
He will also give an exhibition flight ht
from Leon to Mt. Ayr, having con.
tracted to make a flight at that
place during the afternoon, and then
flies back to Leon in the evening
and puts on second exhibition
flight The contract provides that
he is to receive no pay unless the
flights are made, and and . y everything s ing
yesterday morning letter was re-
ceived from the company, saying
one of their machines had been dam
aged in making flight in Minnesota
and they had to send another one
from Waterloo to replace it, ana it
was barely possible that they would
would do the best they could to be
here as contracted for. This state
ment is made so there will be no
misunderstanding in regard to. the
matter, and we don't want to adver-
tise an airplane which will not be
here, but it is impossible at the time
on Wednesday to give anything. more
their contract the airplane will be
here, as the money is provided for
and the committee have the signed
contract for its appearance. 1t may
be here and it may not so don't
blame Leon or the committee ii 1t
There will be two balloon ascen-
sions, Prof. Coffey, going up in, the
afternoon and making a parachute
leap, and in the evening he will make
another ascension, with fireworks
and bomb shooting from the balloon
before he makes his parachute leap;
O'Clock in the forenoon, four bands
having been contracted to. pay all
day, the soldiers and sailors will
march in uniform. $50 in prizes for
the best floats in the parade are of
fered, s25 to first, SIS to second and
$40 to third: There is also $50 in
autos in the parade, s25 to first, SIS
to second and $40 to third.
e The memorial services for, sol
diers, sailors and marines will be
held at Harvey Park at 10:5J
o'clock, the memorial address being
made by Hon. Frederick Smith. OF
Kansas City
The afternoon and evening will be
devoted to contests which will be in
charge of the soldiers and sailors,
and the boys are promising some
good stunts.
The following is the program for
the day:
Anvil Chorus at Sunrise.
9:00-Band Concert.
9:3o-aParade forms on north
Church Street.
1O:00-Parade.
10:3O-Memorial services for SOL
diers, sailors and marines at Harvey
Park. Address by Hon. Frederick
Smith.
12:OO-Dinner for soldiers, sail
.ors and marines.
1:00-Band Concert @p
1:3O-Program at Harvey Park.
Addresses by DR.. Mexican, of Des
S:00-Competitive Foot Drill,
Manual of Arms, and 100 yard dash.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines COM
peting.
3::3O-Water Fight.
4:O0-Balloon Ascension and Par
.achute Leap.
4:O0-Base Ball Game at Axes
Park, Leon VS.. State House team of
Des Moines.
Evening Program-Balloon Ascen-
sion, Boxing Match, Boy Scouts En-
tertainment, etc.
A number of athletic contests and
other features are being arranged
for the Afternoon and evening the
time for which has not been definite
ly set at the time the county papers
went to press
Plenty of band music all day and
evening.
Lorin Tullis, of Decatur, marshal
" ". W A. uaf Hopkins, of Lamont, chair
man If tho dav