The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-15
WOLVERINE WILL
CELEBRATE z, 3, A
Bathing, Boating, Dane
ing, Pro gr a m s,
Roundup, Fishing

Wolverine is Bingham county's
most beautiful canyon. Cox's reser-
voirs are situated near the upper
end of the canyon fifteen miles from
Shelley, and twenty miles from
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot. 1t is
reached by taking the Taylor creek
road from Idaho Falls, crossing a
divide, with good roads all the way.
The road from Shelley leads over the
same divide and from Blackfoot the
road leads in thru the main canyon
thru good auto roads. All these
roads are being put in good condi-
ton for the celebration.
The Reservoirs
Cox's reservoirs are built along
the stream and there will be boats
and boating, fine groves for camp
ing, lunch stands and food supplies,
truck service for keeping up supplies
and bus service connecting with
trains at Shelley.
Warm Water Bathing
Bath houses and bathing suits and
warm water plunge 25x70 feet in
size and a steam heating plant to
keep the water at suitable tempera-
ture for bathing will be in operation
day and night.
Provision will be made for pastur-
ing the stock belonging to visitors
in an enclosed field, All the enter
tainments will be covered with can
vas and ample provision will be
made to shelter people in case OF
storm.
The Roundup
On the afternoons OF July Q, and
under the management OF I. 9.
Anderson will be staged full run
of the sports of the roundup, by
some of the best cowboys, cowgirls
and Indian riders in the state. There
will be horse races, Except Sunday
bucking horses, bucking bulls, buck
ing steers, roping contests and trick
riding on the race track n a great
natural ampitheater in the woods
quarter of a mile from the main re-
sort. The audience can sit in the
great semi-circle in the shade of the
quaking aspens and look down on
the sports in the ten-acre arena.
Evening Entertainments
Music, songs and dancing, bathing
and refreshments will be supplied by
the management thruout the after
moons and evenings, by local bands
and orchestras, and the whole scene
will be lighted with electricity. A
girls glee club will add to the charm
of the events, and guests of the oc-
casion will be invited to give read
ings, songs, and short speeches to
round out the great free-for-all
social event. Plain-clothes deputies
will be in the assembly and care will
be taken to check any tendency to
disorder or offense to good taste.
Dancing will begin on Saturday
evening and will continue on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings. On
Sunday evening the program will be
devoted to sacred music and gen.
eral literary program such as may
be supplied voluntarily by the
visitors. A beautiful Edison with
sacred and patriotic records will be
used for the occasion, and visitors
are urged to take with them such
stringed instruments as they will for
use in the volunteer entertainment
of Sunday afternoon and evening.
| Visitors will be asked to make up a
I four-minute program for period
each evening, consisting of series
of jokes and rapid-fire speeches
about four minutes each.
Admission to the ampitheater for
the afternoon program will be 80
cents, children 25 cents. Baths in
Guiding the use of suits, 25 cents;
dancing, 10 cents and boating 81 per
party of an hour or less. All the
social events will be free.
For further particulars apply to
T. C. Anderson at the Moore & Jones
real estate office, Shelley, Idaho.
adv.