The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-13
Free Program Includes Log
Rollers, SelUig, Tue Parades
Is Industrial Floats Signed
for Opening Event at
$3.50 a. m.
BAND CONCERTS ALL DAY
Machine Gunners, Boxing, Free
Acts, Boxing, Accordion
Contests Planned

Lured by carefully prepared pro-
gram of free attractions, several
thousand persons from the territory
surrounding Redwood Falls are ex-
pected here Tuesday to enjoy the
Scenic City Midsummer festival.
Many committees, working over
time, completed arrangements for
the program Tuesday evening and
declared the success of the event
will depend solely upon the weather.
The program will open with an in
dustrial parade at $3.50 a. m. More
than Is floats have been promised
for this feature and some novel ideas
are being worked out.
Following the parade, Conrad G.
Selvig, congressman from the ninth
Minnesota district, will give the adj
dress of the day. Mr.. Selvig recently
returned from Europe where he made
thorough study of economic condi-
ton during a four months visit. Be-
fore his advent into politics he was
in charge of the state agricultural
school at Crookston and is a close
student of farm conditions. He will
talk from the portable band stand
down town.
Log Rollers Coming
A two hour program by a champ
ion troupe of log rollers is the feat
ure of the afternoon schedule at Lake
Redwood. Wilbur Marx, who has
held the world title in the sport since
he was 16-years old, and his troupe
of four rollers will do all the antics in
their repertory.
The troupe includes Jimmy Run
ming, seven-years-old, Robert Toma-
shek, 15-year-old boy champion; and
Clifford Anderson, Canadian champ
ion. Besides contests they will roll
on roller skates, roll three foot ball
and perform on stump log three
feet long. This sport, once popular
in lumber camps is believed to be
entirely new in this section.
The water carnival also will include
swimming races for boys, girls and
adults with cash prizes, diving ex-
hibitions, speed boat races, surf-board
riding and life saving demonstrations.
After the water program several
crack gunners will give a machine
gun demonstration at the lake US
ing tracer bullets so the bullets may
be seen from the time they leave the
guns until they hit.
Pajkma Parade Planned
The second parade of the day is
scheduled for p. m. and will include
a variety of entries. A pajama style
section, doll buggy, cart and tri-
cycle section and a comic section are
planned with cash prizes in each
group. The Better Flower and Card
en- club will have charge of the doll
buggy section.
The evening program will include
concertina and accordion. contests
with cash prizes offered and many
contestants are expected. Boxing
exhibitions, saxophone quartet, a
male quartet, the Lavinder Sisters,
acrobats, and other numbers have
been booked for the evenings enter
tainment. AL Menke will play for a
dance at the Blue Goose Pavilion in
the evening.
Parking will be restricted on Sec
ond street from Mill to Jefferson and
on Washington from Second to Third
all day and the space will be taken
up by concessions, a merry-go-round
and other entertainment novelties.
The Scenic City band will play all
day,