Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-16
one and everyone.

5 one and everyone.
Saturday, "Harbor Day." really Is
the big day of the carnival. In the
, morning program OF water sports
including 10 events, water races, q
tug of war, comedy stunts, IN the bay
and CREASED pole contest VIII be held
along the bulkhead, with u cash
awards ready for the winners. A %
bill will be placed at the top OF the
creased pole for whoever cllfpps IL ilrsl
i Mayor John L. Bacon will be on hand
to referee many of the events. Barge
and motorboat races are also under
consideration.
The "Kewpies' and the "Skinnies'
will play a baseball game in the sta
dunn Saturday afternoon. Minimum
weight for the keWpies has been fixed
at a mere 220 pounds, while the Skin
nies must not weigh more than l2O
pounds. A keg of root beer Will be
! placed on third base, to becom" the
! prieZ of the first base runner to leacn
third A real baseball contest viii fol
low between two picked teams from
the l.. S S. Charleston and the naval
air station for the championship OF the
local service league. Another tug OF
war, this one between teams of fiotilia
No. of the naval air station, viii be
pulled. A reasonable charge for tie
stadium athletic events will DC made,
proceeds from which will go u the
community service fund to aid service
men and their families.
What is expected to be ono OF the
most spectacular events ever staged
in the county will be on in the evening
at the harbor when the Illuminated
water carnival will be held. An old
barge, dccrepit but good for the par
pose, has been purchased by the ear
nival committee to play the leading /
part in the display. The barge will be
filled with packing boxes, soaked with /
kerosene and set afire. While whistles
of all the crafts in the harbor scream,
the fire tug William kettner viii be
rushed to the scene and the streams
of water from the boat will be played
on the blazing tug. A searchlight dis
play is billed for S7.45 o'clock. Search
lights from the destroyers and other
vessels in harbor will be played on a
cloud of smoke created by special
smoke bombs Many of the lights will
be screened with colored slides, and
the result will be aweinspiring. As
$3.50 hundreds of dollars worth OF lire
works, bought especially for he oeca-
sion, will be shot off under the super
vision of Fire Chief Louis Aimgren .
and his fireworks committee.
Sunday the only event of major inn
portance scheduled is the entrance n I
the harbor of the three. oil-burning /
warships, the Arizona, the Oklahoma |
and the Nevada. These vessels, the
last word in modern fighting ships,
have been part of the Atlantic fleet
and are just now being brought to the
Pacific in accordance with Secretary |
Denby's plan for an enlarged and mod
ernized Pacific fleet. They are ordered
to San Diego just for the carnival, as
it had been planned to send them di-
rect to San Francisco. The squadron
is thought to be the biggest group of
ever sent into this port.
Two dances will conclude the carni |
val Monday evening. A formal ball for
army, navy and marine officers and
for civilians will be given in the civic
auditorium, beginning at $3.50 p. m.
An open air dance for enlisted men
will be held in the plaza.