Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-18

Saturday Big Day.
The real program of the meetinl
started Saturday morning with tn
free vaudeville attractions and tn
speech making. In West Mott at
o'clock Prof. Hoverstad addresse,
a large crowd on farming projects
and told how the yield of the coun
try could be increased and was lis
tened to with great attention al
there is considerable interest in bet
J ter farming methods in Hettingel
| county.
Later in the morning speeches
! were made at the new Mott hotel
where the address of welcome wa;
made by Assistant States Attorney v
H. Crane of Hettinger county. He
told of the past fight that has been
made by the southwestern part OF
the state without the aid Of railroads
and outlined few of the things they
expected to do with the assistance
of the roads.
Thomas Cooper, land commissioner
for the N. P.,was introduced and gave
a short and interesting talk on the
future of the country.
George Stephenson was also intro.
duced and spoke for a short time.
General E. A. Williams. president
of the city commission told of the
pioneer days at Bismarck and COM
pared with the present celebration at
Mott. He was at Bismarck when the
first train arrived and congratulated
the people of Mott and vicinity on
the growth up to the present time.
and predicted for them ii future sec
ond to no part Of the state. Mr.. Will
liams' remarks made a good impress
sion and he was vigorously applaud
ed at the end.
Hon. L. B. Hanna's address was
the feature of the day and he devoted
his entire time to telling OF the past.
present and future development OF the
country. His talk was along practi-
cal lines and he held the attention
of the crowd from beginning to end
and was applauded to the echo.
Pat Norton, candidate for secretary
of state, also made a short talk.
During the rest of the early part
VI Iue lOIcIlOOIl IHClt WCIt illOIc lISC
attractions.
Balloon Man Is Hurt.
The balloon ascension which was
did not take place on &C.
count of the fact that the aeronaut.
George H. Webster of Fargo, had a
fall the first day of the meeting and
broke his leg. 1t appears that Web.
ster did not get his balloon to work.
ing at first and did not 60 as high as
he expected, and he was afraid he
was going to run into some buildings
and started to jump, but his friends
on the ground called for him to 60
m. which he did tor short distance
which was the signal for him to cut
the parachute and drop, he let go. He
was only seventy-five feet from the
ground at the time and his parachute
did not have time to open and break
his fall in the least and he was dash
ed to the ground with tariflic force,
but fortunately sustained only brok-
an leg. 1t was feared for time that
Mr.. Webster was internally hurt but
he was later found to have only been
knocked unconscious with his leg
broken between the knee and the
ankle. Mr.. Webster was taken to the
1otel and put under the doctors care
and later taken to Fargo on special
rain Saturday afternoon, where it is
that he is resting easily and
will be about in a couple Of weeks.
The Baseball Game.
There was a baseball game in the
afternoon between the Mott team
md what was called a Mandan team
which was organized with Mandan
men and some others picked up on
he field. During the first inning
Mott got six runs and that ended
heir share of the scoring. Mandan
cot in four scores during the rest of !
he game. After the first inning the |
1andan pitcher, who was the Pull !
nan conductor on the special train, /
ettled down and had the Spot play
RS at his mercy for the rest of the !;
ession.
Horse Races.
Following the ball game there were
number of running races on a
traightaway track by the ball park,
fter which the crowd adjourned to
he city aagin and took in the pay
hows and the dance during the even
~. The train for Bismarck left at
:: 80 and the run home was made
'ithout incident, the train arriving
ere at about 4 o'clock in the morn
lg with tired but happy crowd of
usiness men who were we'll satisfied
18th the results of the trip.
The Attendance.
There were probably 5000 people
n the grounds Saturday afternoon.
l the morning as far as the eye
ould reach there were long lines OF
.ams and automobiles coming to the
ity from every direction. 1t is es' {
mated that there we're over 300
lachines in the city during the day
nd teams could be seen quartered
n every vacant lot in and around
1e village.
Mott the Spot.
Mott as a city is surely conner.
hey have every line of retail bust {
ess represented there and it does
OF appear to be over crowded at that.
18th the N. P. and the Milwaukee
Dads both running into the city it
bound to become a trading center