The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-03
JUNEAU READY TOCELEbRATE;
 OPENS TODAY
Town Takes on Holiday Appearance as Fourth of
 July Program Opens


 celebrate the country's natal day Ill true American fashion. From this evening until the annual Fourth of July Ball is over tomorrow night the community's entire activities will be devoted to the celebration. The American Legion smoker to- night, band concerts, patriotic ex- ercises, races and other sports for the kiddies, baseball games and an aerial exhibition are the high lights in this years program. Visitors from nearby out-of-tow points were arriving today to stay over until Friday morning. Two steamships, the Admiral Watson and Queen are scheduled to arrive early tomorrow morning with capacity passenger lists and will remain in port most of the day.
 Concert This Evening
 The City Band and American Legion Drum Corps will open the celebration this evening, the former with music in the downtown sec- tion and at the Fair Building, and the latter to parade before the smoker.
 The Legion fight card, one of the features of the celebration, will be the first programmed event. It will be staged at 830 o'clock to- night in the Fair Building.
 At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the City Band will give an open air concert at the intersection of Front and Franklin Streets, and at Il a.. m. move to the Palace Theatre for the patriotic exercises, Hon. John Rustgard, Attorney General of Alaska, will be the orator of the day at the exercises His subject will be "rhe Transition of Democracy Miss Muriel Jar man will read the Declaration of Independence.
 Sports Tomorrow F. M.
 At 12:3O D. m, the sports for youthful Juneau will be staged at City Park, and the band will play there during the afternoon.
 Following the kiddies races, prob ably between 2 and 2:30 p. m., the holiday baseball game will be play ed. The Moose and Elks will play for the $50 purse hung up by the Chamber of Commerce. The other two league clubs, the Legion and Douglas, play in the Island cele- bration, the game starting at 12:3C D. m. Local fans can make the trip on the ferry leaving from here at 11:45 a. m. and return immeo lately after the game.
 The special Army and Navy game on the official program for tonight had to be cancelled. It was an nounced today that the soldier team from Chilkoot Barracks hac found it impossible to get away on account of being on the target range. Photographic advices iron the Army post said some 60 mer were expected to come to Juneal on the Torrance today but the bal team could not get away. Neither would it be possible for the pos command to participate in any par ade or put on it's formations a City Park as has been done 1T former years.
 Give Aerial Exhibition
 Sometime tomorrow afternoon probably about 4:30 o'clock, thu four Naval planes comprising th' Navy Aerial Expedition will tak' the air and give demonstration showing formations and othel maneuverS.
 The concluding event on the cele bration program comes tomorrow evening at the Fair Building whel the annual Fourth of July Ball vii be held.
 Weather Man R. c. Mize was no overly optimistic today regarding the weather outlook for the Fourth He was hoping for the best unde the circumstances but these wer not what might be termed propitious The forecast was cloudy with shower tonight and Thursday and mod crate southeasterly winds. How ever, MT. Mize added, the weathe chart for tomorrow res m b l e closely that of today and condi tions might not be worse thai today's.
 Will Decorate Streets
 The downtown section this after noon was taking on a genuine holi day air. Merchants were decorat ing their stores with flags an bunting and it was expected almos every business house would be be decked with colorful flags by morn ing. And by morning the street will also be decorated with bunt ing, crews being put on tonigh by Mayor Thomas J. Judson t do the work.