Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-05
Industrial Parade was Feature
Of This afternoons
Amusement
Exposition Building and Down
Town Streets Crowded
with Visitors


afternoon when tn he last special train
got in over the 500, bringing about
one thousand happy excursionists,
swelling thee rowd to about eight
thousand
At the time the big industrial par
| ade started three or four thousand
people gathered on Main street near
the reviewing stand, and when the
Fourteenth Regiment band began to
play the jam filled the street for
square in each direction.
800 day is redeemed in spite OF the
unfavorable weather." declared the
exposition management as the great
crowd surged around the exposition
building.
! Mandan contributed many visitors
although an accident to the ferry pre-
vented many automobiles from par
ticipating in the parade. There were
at least twenty of those expensive
vehicles beautifully decorated for the
occasion that could not get across
the river, but the residents OF Man
dan came over on the trains.
1t is believed that with favorable
weather condl- 'ons fully 10000 visl-
| tors would have arrived in the city TO-
| day. AS it was the number fell on
nearly one-half. But the big crowd
| made up in enthusiasm what it lacked
in size and the general verdict was
that it outdid Northern Pacific Day
| in a number of particulars.
| Wells and Mclean counties sent
! the largest delegations.
The exposition building was packed
to its capacity all the afternoon.
Industrial Parade.
The supreme feature of the enter
tainment provided for the visitors,
! however, was the second big indus
trial parade which started at
o'clock The parade was scheduled
| to start earlier. but was held up
pending the arrivals OF the speclal
| trains which were little late.
The parade was one of the best that
| has ever been seen in the northwest
! and was more varied in its chaEacter
than the one of a week ago. 1t ex-
tended nearly two miles in length.
| It would have been still longer had
there been more autos entered. The
Mandan autoists had expected to
come over in a body, aEd got as far
as the river. where tey discovered
! that the high E;nd had put the ferry
! temporarily out of commission and
! they could not get across, which fact
, was Just as much of disappolnt-
ment to them as to the local Off
! cials. There were @eWer local autos
entered in the parade than was ex-
pected.
| First Section.
The parade was headed by Sheriff
Frank Barnes and Chief of Police Nc
Donald, both mounted. They we're fol
lowed by Grand Marshall w. S. Cas-
selman and his staff who preceded
the regimental band and the First
battalion r4th U. S. Infantry. The
machine gun platoon and the wagon
train followed, and they in turn were
followed by the Bismarck Fire depart
nent.
Second Section.
The section section of the parade
and societies. Prominent among these
were the boosters from Wells county
who came down in one of the special
| trains.
Third Section
The third Gection comprised the
Ladies cavalry. headed by Miss Belle
Ward. The ladies presented very
handsome appearance.
Fourth Section.
! There was noticeable increase in
both the quantity and quality of the
floats in the parade which made up
| the fourth section. This section was
one of the larSpSt and best, outside
of the military division, in the entire
i procession. The floats apeared in the
following order.
| Bismarck Grocery company.
Gussner's meat market.
Gussner's grocery.
Goodridge-Call Lumber Co. The float
represented a freight car full of lum-
Der.
Bertsch & Dirlam. auto and machine
repairing. Mr. Bertsch drove an auto
! mower which created considerable in
terest.
Mandigo's Quc:ty Store. This float
| was driven by little tot who was
evidently master of the situation.
The Capital City Bottiing Works.
This firm had three floats in the par
ade. One represented the first year
the firm started in business, 1889. The
second showed the manner of making
bottled goods, and the third was the
CONTINUED On page s)