Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-08-01

Preceding Mayor Henry E. Lague.
Miss Alice Lilley headed the par
ade bearing the key to the city. X.
X. Mitchell. who is president of the
Commercial Club which has foster
ed and promoted the Stampede to
its present glorious proportions,
rode behind the mayor. Next came
several floats, then Troop A made
formidable group of horsemen.
More decorated floats followed as
did the pioneer stage coach. Both
Bowen and Center communities en-
tered floats. The Center float rep
resented the agricultural center of
the valley and fifty advertised peas,
pigs and prosperity.
The official list of prizes award
ed on the floats and decorated cars
Is as follows:
Community church or educational
first prize to Bowen district, award
S25: second prize, Adams State
Normal School of Alamosa. award
SIS. In addition to the cash prize
Bowen received the silver loving
cup which will be held until the
next stampede at which time il will
be turned over to the next first
prize winner.
Bowen community also won tho
first prize in agricultural and live
stock float, first award 500. Cen
ter was awarded second prize the
award being $50.
The Women's Auxiliary to the
American Legion won first place
and the award OF s35 for the best
decorated float of any social order
carrying no advertisement. The
Tinago Camp Fire girls of which
Mrs. l.. d. Wallace is guardian and
director won second place In this
contest.
First place In the decorated float
or auto carrying individual adveS-
tisement contest was won by The
II. II. Bakken Lumber Company
and second place by the Wallace
State Bank. The prizes In this were
3?5 and Sl2.50 cash.
Loren Ssnderson won first money
on the best juvenile float or dis
play the award being SIS In cash
Wilma Faye Sanderson won second
place and the prize OF IS.
First money on the best decorat-
ed automobile was won by Mrs.
Boyd Wallace who drove Buick
car decorated with American Beauty
roses. Mrs. Gulzow won the sec
ond award. The prizes In this sec
tion were. first $25, second IS.
Warren Jones proved the best
clown In the parade and was award
ed the So prize. First money on
the best comedy float was won by
Warren Gilbreath and schacffer.
The judges ON the parade were
S. H. Howe. wade II. Free and A.
NJ. Collins. The committee ON ar
rangcmon,H with Willard Wood as
chairman included J. T. $, Maxwell.
Elmer Johnson. Gene Davis and
Chns Mahi.
Bin Pridmorc managed the coach
and four which was a genuine old
stage coach brought here from New
Mexico. In the coach were several
well known townrpcopic In gonuin.
costumes OF tho sixties which ara
tho property OF Del Nor,c members
OF the San Juan Pioneer Associa-
,ion. The coach and costumes will
be used In the San Juan Pioneer As
socistion pageant to be staged at
sawuache In tho near future.
Another clever get up was the
immense Poland China hog from
Bowen which had n float all his
own and was piacardcd as Bowcn's
rootcr for tho Skill Stampede.
Bowen district also contributed an
attractive float.
Tho "Thlr.ty-six." = clown band
scxtet created no end OF fun
throughout the day with their
antics and sccordians. In fact the
"Thirsty.sIx" were taken for pro-
fsssionais BY many visitors. The
ssxtetts inciuded Henry oestssieid.
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