Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-27
GRAND ARMY VETERANS and LADIES Own The CITY,

the town. s* @5ss
Owing to the non-arrival until this.
afternoon of Adjutant General Rowe
| with the records of the department,
and of the vice commander, it was
! impossible to hold a business session
of the G. A. r. this morning as plan
ned, and the meeting went over until
tomorrow morning, as a consequence
the visitors improved the opportunity
Iof visiting the capitol and other points
of interest before dinner. Several,
who had been members of the legisla-
ture or who had been here years ago,
took walks about the city and were
emphatic in their praise Of the many
improvements noted and particularly
mentioned the handsome and tidy ap-
lpearance of the residence part of the
lefty. The many new building in
course of erection and those recently
built caused favorable comment, and
contrast with former conditions
President Hare of the local Relief
Corps, drove General and Mrs. Tanner
and National President Adams about
the city in the morning and other citi-
zens performed like courtesy for other
of the visitors.
Owing to the late arrival-nearly 2
lp. m.--of the N. P. train from the
least the meeting this afternoon at
Patterson hall was late in opening.
This meeting was in the nature of a
lreunion Of the Grand Army and Relief
Corps and was open to others than
members of the orders. The hall was
filed to it's capacity and the addresses
by General Tanner, Mrs. Adams and
others were greatly enjoyed.
This evening the 18th annual camp
fire will be held in Patterson hall. be
Iginning at o'clock, Corporal Tan
Iner an Il President Adams will make
their principal addresses at that time
4 land there will be. other features pleas
q ing to AT among them recitation by
Y Little Miss. Marion Mercer Of Lari
mere. who is probably the finest child
? amateur elocutionist in the state
This little miss and Comrade John F
Briggs, of Wahpeton, dressed as Gun
lcle Cam" and miss Columbia" led the
grand parade of the veterans at Bos.
ton a few years ago and were &C.
claimed along the entire route and
pictured in all the city papers of Bos-
Iton and New York. There will also
be music by the local band and after
the program an informal reception to
1.-THE national and state officers of both
veteran bodies. All are cordially in
Ivited to the campfire to listen to the
tspeeches and meet the visiting veter-
ans and the Relief Corps ladies.
This morning at K. of P. hall the
w. r. C. held the first session of it's
annual business meeting, presided
over by State President Mrs. E. E.
Porter of Jamestown. The hall was
filed to its capacity, was beautifully
decorated for the occasion and in
ICOHUludtlou VAIL tlt lduleS was
bright and beautiful. The meeting
was an enthusiastic one evincing the
splendid condition of the order. This
afternoon the Corps met with the
G. A. r.. ~ f@
So far as could be obtained before
1 the train came in from the east this
afternoon the ladies attending the con-
vention were:
Fargo-Hattie e, Durfey, Mira Boil
ton, Elizabeth Wood, Amelia Geary,
Josephine Folsom, Malissa Barnes,
iCelestia Smith, Lizzie Young, Mary
IStilwell -.
Grand Forks Ella NJ. ,sprague, Min
ME Mallory. d.. 4
i Jamestown Elizabeth e. Porter,
! Amanda Freese, Clara Wright, Ida
1 Wright, Cara Petty, Ella Thompson,
IRilla Herbert, Dora Kurtz, Jennie
tBigelow. i.
i Larimore Chariot Hewitt, Mary L.
Wilson. Be- $s.. /
Wahpeton Mary b. Lane, Anna
Braun, Eliza Herrick, Anna Roger,
Julia A. Lisk. Lizzie Joselin.
Tower City Emily Barrett,
! Lisbon Lucindy Curtis, Carrie A.
Johnson, Sarah hanson. Retta Coach,
Emma Mendenhall. Ellen vosberg.
i Devils Lake Clara Mckee, Frances
I Dixon, Hattie NJ. Thompson.
Il Grafton ELLEN McKenzie, Jennie
i Ball,
Minot-- Susie BeNoyer, PAMELA
Emerson
AT the Atheneum the local relief
lcorps have established dining hall
and the old veterans and ladies are
Il being fed on the fat Of the land which
s. IS a pleasant way OF caring for the
q visitors Most Of the ladies have been
L furnished rooms at the homes OF the