, 1922-08-07
ENTERTAINING PROGRAM
CARRIED OUT SATURDAY
IN PICNIC DEDICATION

Ceremonies and picnic entertain
menr incidental 10 the erection and
dedication q a sign for b public
Al He!I's Hair Acre by the mem
hers Of the Casper Kivan-s club
was gone through with SATURDAY
with a strange mixture
Of the sublime ard the iudicrous.
About seveaty-five persons were
o-esent at the festivities which had
been announced for several days
previous. and 20 which the public
in general and the members OF h
Rotary club. Lions club. and Casper
Motor cub In particular vvers in
yited. Many were prevented o
attending hy business reasoas not
having found il convenient to ave
n city on Saturday afternoon.
Il is generally conceded that
George Jarvis represented the Lions
club and THAI Harry Mccormick
wa there In behalf OF the Rotar-
ians. Mr.. Foote. secretary OF the
Kiwaniz club OF Lander. together
wiki Arthur Munssn and William
HaEsns were visitors from h
city.
A. a whole II wa n lively crowd.
and. thanks to the Kiwanians, there
was something doiuE every minute.
A load OF supplies had been taken
out IN the morning. which included
thirty watermelous, an unknown
quanzity OF lemonade. and coffee.
and a ny tent.
Harry Black arrived on the Scene
al 23O. and Immediately enlisted
--H-a~- - 9asnr aThn~u fm
erecting the tent. Tables We're
placed beneath it and under those.
the Rlluring melons.
As soon as a sufficient number
had arrived, Harry Durham and
George Jarvis started hostlities by
forming two baseball teams. Il
is conservatively estimated that the
number on each side sornewhnt OK
coded the conventional nine. hut
there was plenty OF room in the
field for the excess players
An indoor BASEBALL was used to
prevent caalaldes occurring to the
players or spectators. Even with
this p-recautium, Charles Hoffhine
succesded IN securing n battlescar
unpleasantly closs TO his eye. The
assistance Of Or. Carpenter was i'm
mediately called and the game con
ttnued. No record vas kept OF the
contest. w. d. Haselmire claims
that the sides were unevenly
matched because tho umpire played
ON the side OF George Jarvis.
A gradual depletion in tho ranks
was noticed and IL soon became
evident tina the large number Of
players was retiring 10 another part
Of the grounds to watch Harry u
ham dig postholes for the placing
of the sign, A dozen or. X
wanians helped Mr.. Durham with
their advice and other forms OF as
sistance. Stanley Griebel was the
next to perform and did some very
c-ommendable work with he saw
and hammer. although he was not
alone in his.
When the a'gn had zen erected
facing the highway everybody read
the words painted thereon. which
were as follows: "Hell's Half Acre
built by Rivanis club of CaspN
Tourists are invited to go down into
this bowl and are reminded that the
formations have never beer dis
Au1Dtu OF NhilU2LAA4ta ny II tAAAGtA VA
Wyoming. You are invited to help
US preserve this phenomena"
Another sign of smaller dimen-
eions was to have been placed e
It TO give the history Of the place
as far as known, but this did not
arrive IN time
The honking OF innumerable au-
tomobiie horns called the rest Of
the crowd to sign for the dedication
cerernonies.
w. d. Alley was chairman of the
occasion. a very dangerous position
for anyone. The speeches were linn
ited to three minutes, owing to the
extreme lateness Of the hour.
r. C. Gather was called upon for
the dedication speech. Mr.. Gather
spoke briefly and to the point. He
told of the Kiwanians as builders.
That they were builders of clubs.
OF members. and of communities
was the point of Mr.. Gather, The
speaker reminded his audience Of a
few OF the things that the club had
done, making a humorous refer
enoe to the sign. which announced
that the Acre was built by them.
He wound up with the words of
dedication. giving the sign to the
public.
]. s. Mchling. president OF the
Casper Motor club and a loyal XII
wanian, gave a talk ON THE Signs
Of the Times Mr.. Mechltng as an
active member OF both hub was
able 10 give a very comprehensive
view of the event. beginning with
a discussion of the general work of
the Kiwanians. he next approached
The question OF highways. Of nodes
Of travel. and of signs. The i'm
portant signs of the times said
Mr.. Mechlng.' are the road signs