, 1925-07-09
Rawlins Celebration

A success? Well, yes; and a grand
one, too, was the Rawlins Fourth OF
July celebration.
Rawlins never does anything by
halves. When she starts to do any
thing she does it to the queens taste,
The deepest chasms are crossed, the
greatest obstacles overcome, and the
scheme, whatever it may be, although
it may lay in embryo for some time,
comes out a bowling success. Such
was the case with the 4th of July
celebration.
A committee started out to solicit
funds to defray expenses, the people
gave up literally and $690.55 was
raised in a short time, For LIBERAL
ity the people of Rawlins cannot be
outdone.
1t would have been almost imposs-
IDLE to have improved on the weather
or the manner in which the eXercis-
es were conducted; everything was
perfect, and the celebration was one
which any citizen can justly be proud
of.
The parade under the direction of
Hon. VIM. Daley, marshal of the day,
and his aids, j. G. Rankin and Robert
Dyer, formed on Fifth street in front
of the Fire Department building, and
marched through all the principal
streets and thoroughfares of the city
of Rawlins. Following is the order
in which the procession marched:
Representation Days of 40; Over
land Coach; Rawlins Cornet Band;
Rawlins Kid Kadets; Boys Hook and
Ladder Co. No. 4; Girl Cadets; Vigil
lance Hose Co. No. l; u. p. Hose
Co. No. 2; Star Hook and Ladder Co.
No. 3; Danish Brotherhood; ]. w.
Hugus & Co. four floats; Pacific
Express Co.'S Truck Wagon; Rawlins
Stone Quarry Float; j. G. Jost's
Sheep Wagon; U. P. Shop Float; S.
McMillen's float; J.. w. Hugus &
Co.'S Flour Cart; wyoming Trans
portation Co.'S Freight Outfit; Gala
t%humpians; Citizens in carriages and
OIL horseback.
The parade was nearly a half mile
long and was a grand sight to be-
hold, presenting as it did a vivid pic
tur of '49-'5O-'51 and rs, at the
time of the gold excitement in Cali
fornia and Pixies Peak.
The days of 1880 and 81 were
represented in the parade by a four
yoke ox team crossing the plains to
California, two miners or ~prospectors
with a saddle horse each and a pack
horse having strapped to him blank
cts, prospecting tools and a lamp
outfit. and a oma and a boy on
horseback, making a complete train
headed for the setting sun. 1t was
a unique feature of the parade and
caused a great lea of comment.
The days of '6S were represented
by a %six-horse overland coach loaded
down with fortune seekers bound for
Gold Hill.
The float carrying Al young ladies'
representing the states of the Union,
presented a beautiful appearance and
could not help exciting admiration
for the National colors as well as
for the color bearers.
The Rawlins Kid Kadets. COM
manded by Master Kleber Hadsell,
drawing a canon, was another at
tractive feature of the parade. j. w.
Hugus & Co.'S floats. representing by
n banner or otherwise Marshal Field
& Co. drygoods as well as many
other brands of things carried In the
store vas very good; S. McMillen's
float, the Pacific Express Co.'S truck
wagon loaded with express boxes. the
shup float on which were black
smiths and machinists at work, j.
q. Jost's sheep camp and sheep. and
in fact everything In the parade was
good and deserving OF special men
ton.