Imperial Valley press., 1920-07-06
THOUSANDS
RESORT TO
JACUMbA
FOR 4TH.
Crowd Estimated at 5000
Gathers at Mountain Re-
sort to Witness Big Three
Day Celebration.

Thousands of Imperial Valley peo-
pie spent the Fourth Of July at ia
Icumba Hot Springs. All rooms and
Accommodations were taken weeks
ahead of time. Saturday night, it is
estimated, there were 5000 people at
the mountain resort. The business
men of Jacumba gave a celebration
which far exceeded anything yet given
for Imperial Valley. There was
something to do every minute of the
three days.
Saturday there were horse races,
swimming races, diving contests. auto
races~an dancing. Imperial Valley
tpeople began arriving Saturday morn
ling and there was steady stream Of
sars~ on the mountain grades all day
Tand night. The management Of the
large casino had jazzy new orchestra
in readiness and there was continual
dancing for the young folks.
At 11:30 Sunday morning the Won
derful odor Of barbecued meat greeted
the tourists and people began con-
gregating early for the big feast.
There was plenty of meat for every
one and the Indians were given a
great part of it for their feast.
Sunday at 2 o'clock the horse and
ber of enries. The first place was
a cow pony race. There were a num-
ber of entries. The first race was
taken by R. Pinto, an Indian; second
place by A. M. Mccain. The first
prize was $35 and the second prize
SIS. The next race was an Indian
pony race in which r. Pinto again
won first place with a prize of 500.
Next was the classified pony race,
which was won by Bob Mccain with
a prize of $50. The last horse race
was free-for,all Indian pony race.
in which nearly all the Indians with
their ponies entered. Sam Ignacio
won first place with a prize of SIS.
The call then went out for all en-
tries for the auto race. The track was
one-half mile and very bad in some
places, but in spite of this the cars
made an average of 35 miles per
hour. The first place was taken by
Walter M. Titus in a specially built
Ford. Second place was taken by
another car which was built by Titus
& Bashore radiator works. Both the
winning cars were built by that firm.
The first prize was $25 and second
prize $40.
At A o'clock Sunday afternoon the
swimming races began. There was
a fine exhibition of swimming and
diving. Most of the prizes We're won
by the soldiers stationed at Campo.
From that time until about 8 o'clock
in the evening there was dancing at
the Casino building.
At o'clock the Indians congregated
on the beach and gave a picturesque
demonstration of their war dances.
From that time until early in the
morning the Indians played a game
which they called peon, which is in
teresting in the extreme and which
held most of the attention during the
night because of the weird sounds
which came forth from the game.
Monday morning at 1880 more au-
tomobile races took place. in which
Titus again took first place in the
Titus & Bashore car. After the first
race B. NJ. Vaughn, part owner and
manager of Jacumba, challenged Titus
to mile race, Mr.. Vaughn driving
his Chevrolet. Titus won the race
very easily.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
championship wrestling bout between
Herman Stroh, champion of the army
and navy and Dan Coff, the Balkan
Lion, took place. The first fall was
gained by Coff in 16 minutes and 50
seconds. The second down by Stroh
in minutes and 4 seconds. The
third down by Coff in minutes. After
the, bout Stroh challenged Coff to
another bout to be held in Jacumbs In
three weeks. There were two good
preliminaries before the main bout.
There was dancing all three nights
lasting nearly all night.
Jacumba Hot Springs has proven
itself. to be the finest resort for Inn
perial Valley people. both because OF
it's proximity to most Of the towns Of
the valley and for the splendid ac-
comodations with which the manage
ment serves its patrons.