The Havre herald., 1906-06-22
EAGLES HONOR HAvRE
At the Largest Meeting of Any Secret
Ever Held i'm the State, Havre Is
Chosen as Next Meeting Place.

Helena, June 19.-The parade of the
Eagles here tonight was the feature of
the convention of that society, which
began yesterday and which will con-
clude tomorrow with the election of
next years meeting place. For this
honor, Great Falls, Havre and MisSouls
seem to be the principal contestants.
while there is a movement on foot to
perpetuate the plan, adopted last year
at Anaconda, of electing the president
the aerie where the convention is held
to the office of state president. This
being followed, F. w. Zeitz Helena
will be the new president The matter
has not been determined as yet.
The parade tonight was by far the
most gorgeous ever seen in Helena,
with a single exception, the celebra-
ton of the capital victory. It is esti-
mated that there were fully $500 Ea-
giles in line, including severtl bands,
many drill teams and every automo-
bile in the city. The parade was un-
ique,in that it contained no horses,
this being done in order to avoid ac-
cidents.
There were 29 red fire stations along
the line of parad, and more than 400
pounds of red fire were burned, inaddi-
tion to $500 15-ball Roman candles.
The parade formed at the Auditorium
and traversed the principal business
streets of the city. It was witnessed
by immense throngs.
Two business sessions were held
during the day.
The Helena Record of Wednesday
has this to say of the musical portion
of the program:
The musical portion of The Eagles
convention was augmented this morn
Ing at o'clock by the arrival of the
crack band from the hustling town of
Havre, in thei olive uniforms and
loaded down with badges which en-
phasized the hard fight being made by
that city for the next convention
The visitors were welcomed by State
Capital band with fanfare of musica]
greeting and were escorted in honor
to the musicians headquarters on
Main street, where they were given a
royal welcome. Members of the two
bands began Immediately to fraternize
and in half an hour all were good
friends
Accompanying the Havre band were
forty or fifty visitors from their home
city, together with many visitors from
Great Falls, Choteau and other cities
of northern Mont, who likewise were
taken in tow the reception commit
tee and escorted to the Auditorium.
Later in the day the Havre band
formed and paraded the streets, their
music causing no little surprise in the
public mind, no one being prepared for
such high-class music from the deni-
zens of the north.
The band consists of twent- five
pieces, under the leadership of James
A. Gordon, and is composed of the fol-
lowing players: Alfred H. West, w. c..
Kester, W. R. Kaperwick, George
Hanks, William Maughn, j. w
Vaughan, W. w. Wilson, Georg
Hart, Rueben Houser, William Wilt
ner, n. E. Gourle, Frank Maughan,
George Meers, Frank Wild, John
Fisher, Frank Woodring, VIM. Koch,
Jack Maughn, Joe Maughn, P. D.
Jamison, drum major.
Following the appearance of the
HaVre band on the streets, the State
Capital band made it's appearance and
proceeded to the various newspaper
offices in the city, where each was SER
anaded in turn, as a graceful compli-
ment to the press for the efforts made
upon their part to make the conventio
a success and give it due publicity.