Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-06-14
Has Your Committee, Mr.. Chairman,
Made Every Possible Arrange
nent up to Date.
Don't Wait for the Last Day or
Depend on Mr.. So
and So.
See Every Preparation Needed Ac
complished Before the Crowd ;.
Begins to Arrive.
what the Committees Have Done.

What the Committees Have Done.
The Fourth of. July, 1889, will be the
greatest IN the history of Bismarck for
years to come. On that day the gentle
men who compose the constitutional con-
ventlon will meet in Bismarck and organ
ize for the adoption of constitution for
the state of North Dakota. The very name
sounds big. and it is. when you look back
over the long years of territorial babyhood.
After the October election North Dakota
will be free, white and twenty-one, quail
fed to vote and hold Office and demand the
rights of state in congress with the pride
and power of free manhood, and not go
begging as heretofore. Yes, the Fourth of
July will be a great day in many respects.
Thousands from beyond the borders of
Burleigh county will be here, from En-
mons. Kidder. Mclean, Morton, Stark, Oil
yer and Mercer counties. Fort Lincoln and
Fort Yates will send their brave boys in
blue, and the magnificent regimental band
of the Twelfth infantry will make the very
hills echo with patriotic music. The Val
ley City silver cornet band, one of the best
in North Dakota, will be here to sound the
glOrtes of statehood music, and measure
notes with the veterans from Fort Yates.
1t is expected that many prominent early
settlers of shis country. before the whites
came, will be here to see the beginning of
statehood for a country over which they
roamed thirty years ago, hunting countless
herds OF buffalo. The members of the con-
vention and invited guests will number
several hundred and Bismarck and Bur-
leigh county will be out in full force to do
honor to all who come. The members Of
the convention and all invited guests will
be the guests of the city. Hundreds Of
farmers from the surrounding counties
have notified TIE TRIBUNE that they are
coming in the good old fashioned way,
with baskets containing plenty to eat, and
it is more than likely that great majority
OF the people from the country precincts
will bring their baskets along and revel in
the unbounded glory and JOY of an old
fashioned picnic dinner. The festivities
will be grand, glorious, hilarious, full of
music and mirth, dancing, horse racing,
foot racing by fat men, bali games and a
grand, imposing parade to the capitol
This parade will be an event that will be
remembered. 1t is proposed that the civic
and military bodies escort the the members
of the convention to the capitol, and, all
who can, witness the opening ceremonies
and temporary organization, after which,
the convention will adjourn and partici-
pate in the sports, feasting and fireworks.
1t is expected that hundred or more
editors will be present to honor the feast
Of glory and flow OF greatness. The North
Dakota editors are grand when pleasant
things come easy, and dreadful in their
wrath. Bismarck will see that everything
comes easy for these slate makers and
slate smashers.
FINANCE COMMITTEE WORK.
The most important committee on all
great occasions is that of finance. This
committee is composed of prominent citi.
zens and they have done their work early
and we'll, as far as any possible additional
expense over that literally approximated
can be foreseen at present. This commit.
tee is good for anything required oft.
COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS.
This committee is composed of energetic
and patriotic citizens, thoroughly capable
and numerous enough for several sub-com-
mittees. How far they have gone and pre-.
pared and provided for a thorough private
and public decoration of buildings THE
So, y L. -L.A. /,