The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-07-07
FOURTH OF JULY
Is CELEBRATED
Committee Believes Nearly One
Thousand Dollars will be
Turned into Park Fund

Although it will be several days be-
fore all accounts have been checked
and audited, it is now known that ap-
proximately $500 will be turned into
the city park fund as result of Ken
newick's Fourth of July celebration.
With celebrations and community
picnics in progress in neighboring
towns the celebration crowd was not
nearly as large as two years ago. Not
withstanding the smaller attendance
the days program was very success
fully carried out and visitors went to
their homes feeling they had been well
entertained.
The patriotic parade headed by the
Kennewick band and a marching
squad of Robert w. Ely Post, Amer
lean Legion, formed promptly at ten
o'clock and led the crowd to the chau-
tauqua tent where short patriotic ex-
ercises Were held.
Exercises in the tent were presided
over by Mayer H. w. Desgranges, who
introduced Scott Henderson, of Ia
coma, as orator of the day. Mr.. Hen
derson as a former resident of Kenne-
wick spoke as to old friends. Depart
ing from stereotpyed form Of Fourth
of July orations, the speaker deliver
ed a brief but masterful address on
the plain duty of the American citizen
in times of peace. He deplored the
tendency of the American public to
depart from those spiritual ideals
which gave the nation birth and found
eloquent and immortal expression in
the Declaration of Independence. He
said there is too much time wasted in
harping on the rights of the individual
and declared it is time to forget in
dividual rights and give greater heed
to Individual responsibility. In the
degree in which the individual citizen
recognizes and discharges his respon-
sibility to society, will the nation be
weak or strong, he declared. There
can be no individual right save that
which springs from individual respon-
sibility, and the great problem before
the nation today is to arouse the clti-
zen to his or her responsibility, he
said. Mr.. Henderson voiced the hope
that in the future the greatest tribute
which can be paid to an American cit
izen will not be, she gave his life for
his country" but, "He lived his life
for his country"
During the afternoon the celebra-
ton crowd found plenty of excitement
on the base ball grounds where the
Kennewick and Pasco ball clubs
staged their annual adiamond classic" )"
and the boys from the hills scratched
bucking bronchos fore and aft. No
trophy was offered this year for the
best exhibition. Each rider received
five dollars whether or not he pulled
leather. The exhibition was pulled off
without accident, every broncho
bucked and every rider stuck.
Old, young, fat and slim folk found
fun at the foot races along Yakima
street which We're run in time for the
celebrants to eat bite and relax a
little before paying a visit to the
American Legion carnival on Second
street. This was undoubtedly one of
the premier attractions of the day and
one of the best money-makers. There
We're games, stunts, confetti and fun
galore. Under the able direction of
Stan Graham and Joe Peterson the
evenings entertainment was well
planned and carried out. With L. E.
Johnson fittingly begowned and
wigged, as Judge, a lively corps of
clown cops led scores of petty mis-
creants before the bar of justice and
the park fund grew fatter with each
new. capture. These We're the only ar
rests of the day. Chief Jack Dale
and his crew of special deputies Were
not called into action and the city
Jail was the most lonesome place in
town.
Throughout the day the Boy Scouts
worked liked Troians peddling soft
drinks and nicknacks and incidentally
added lot of trees to the park. Char
ley Haas, big and little, operated a cof-
fee urn and sold lunch boxes which
had been filled by the ladies of the
community.
Following the close Of the Legion
carnival a jazz orchestra entertained
at the open air dancing pavilion.