Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-08-31

Fine Display Of Floats on First Day
49,. Of Roundup

Fino Dfspmy OF ffoa8 on rirst Day
/ Of Roundup
Crowds OF people In bright colored,
holiday clothes, packed the streets
Tuesday morning to view the big
parade which preceded the Round
up. There was a change in the an
nounced line of march but the crowd
| followed the music of the band ana
saw the procession pass on one street
or another.
First In the line were the cowboys
and cowgirls on their ponies, The
Abilene Boys Band followed and
next came a little white prairie
schooner, drawn by Il donkey. In
site were two pioneers, man and
a woman and In the back there
swung bird cage. This foa, was
from ViOla's Sample store.
The Boy Scouts Of troop A had an
attractive float, decorated to repre-
sent a camp In the woods and the
scouts were the campers. After this
float camp DIR. CARROTS wild west
boys, all in wild west costume.
A pioneer bar room scene COM
prised one float which attracted
considerable attention and old timers
said 1t looked like the real thing.
Texas street was well advertised.
There was car with banners adver-
Using the firms on the street. A
typical old blacksmith shop followed
on q float, back Of an old prairie
schooner. Young's vuicanizing shop.
also Of Texas streets carried a spin
ming wheel In the back Of an auto.
mobile. tFk
Two vciocipede riders came next.
Then the Broadway markets float
which was a two wheeled cart In
which a half grown calf was riding.
The Girl Scouts followed with
camp fire float. H. B. Peatling of
Talmage drove decorated Ford
truck. The Haffa Electric company
had a decorated car with an electric
fan In. operation on the radiator. A
Chevrolet coupe and Oldsmobile
followed. ~
The clown car was next. 1t was
delapidated old Ford smeared with
white paint and running on all four
rims.
Cases float was a most attractive
one. On the four corners of it were
jardeniers filed with white and vel
low flowers and there was a lattice
dome Of yellow and, white over the
top of the truck under which Chuck's
orchestra played.
The ]. G. Penny float was sedan
wrapped entirely in white and decor
ated with yellow flowers. In the
back and in front Of the car curved
were arranged to give the
effect Of gondola.
Chappell's Music Co. had float to
frontier days and children
were dressed like frontiersmen.
The Davis Shoe store float was an
other which was exceptionally artis-
tic. The float represented an Indian
camp. Children dressed rs Indians
were seated about and another little
Indian was posed on spotted pony.
The FOrdsOn tractor was feature |
by itself. 1t was driven by two men
III cowboy costume, one riding the
radiator.
Elwick's truck carried huge
paint brush.
The Peoples store had beauti-
full float, car decorated with sun
flowers on ground Of white.
Another artistic float was that of
the Abilene Tractor & Truck Com
pany. On the front Of the truck was
4 big flying eagle and on the body
If the truck stood a spotted pony
ridden by cowgirl. The sides Of
he float were decorated in blue and
white.
EichOltZ's car was decorated in
white and green and made an at
-ractive exhibit.
The Kansas Cash stores had
ar decorated in yellow and white.
The Federation Of Women, WO-
mems Auxiliary and w. X. c. all had
decorated cars or trucks. The Klean-
I'll had its truck decorated as did
Mike Nemzer. T. A. Darling had
lis car decorated and ]. l.. Wilson
lad a decorated coupe. Duckwall's
lad a decorated car.
The hospital drive was advertised
~ a float representing the interior
# hospital with two nurses in at
enhance.
Pioneers of the cattle days rode
n cars In the parade.