The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
DAKOTA JUBILEE
ANNIVERSARY
WILL BE CELEBRATED AT THE
CITY OF YANkToN DURING
COMING WEEK
FIRST GOVERNOR WILL Be PRESENT
Prominent Men and Early Settlers Of
Two Dakotas Will Participate in
the Weeks Celebration

Next week at Yankton the Jubilee
anniversary of Dakota Territory will
be celebrated. The people of Yankton
have prepared a fine program for the
enjoyment Of the big crowd Of early
settlers and their friends and neigh.
bors who are expected to attend. The
principal events on the program are
as follows:
Governors Day
Monday, June 18th.
200 p. M.-GeneraI reception of
visitors at the grand stand.
Speech OF Welcome on behalf of the
State by Hon. r. s.. Wesley, Governor
of South Dakota. Speeches Of well
come on behalf of the City by Hon.
Bartlett Trip, ex-United States Min
lister to Austria; for the Nation, by
U. S. Senator II. ]. Gamble; and Hon.
Otto Peemiller, ex-United States Mar
shall, on behalf Of the Old Settlers.
Responses by DR.. William Jayne. First
Governor Of Dakota Territory. and
Hon. John Burke, Governor Of North
Dakota. Speeches by ~ex-Governors
Andrew e. Lee, Charles N. Herried
and Samuel Elrod.
Tuesday. June 18th.
900 A. M.-Automobile trip for Wis
itors to historic spots around Yank-
ton.
500 p. Mold Settlers Campfire
at Grand Army Hall; music. speeches,
fun.
Wednesday, June 14th.
900 A. M.-Street Parade OF Bands,
Floats. Cowboys and Yankton Indians.
200 p. M.-Speeches at grand
stand, Third and Walnut Streets, by
Hon. William Jayne, First Governor
of Dakota Territory; Hon. John II.
Shober, President Of the First Council
of Dakota Territory; ex-United States
Senator r. F. P%ettigrew, and Mr..
Dewitt Hare of the Yankton Sioux
Tribe.
Thursday, June 18th.
900 A. M.-Automobile trip for
visiting old settlers and invited
guests through Yankton County.
200 p. M.-Speeches at Grand
Stand, Third and Walnut Streets, by
Hon c. j, Holman Of Iowa. builder
of the first cabin In Yankton; ex-
United States Senator r. C. Powers of
Montana; Hon. Doane Robinson, Sec
rotary of the South Dakota Historical
Society, DR.. III. X. Warren, President
OF Yankton College, and DR.. Thomas
Sterling, Dean Of the University of
South Dakota.
Old Settlers Day.
Friday, June 18th.
200 p. M.-Historical Pageant OF
the Exploration and Settlement Of Da-
kota, Yankton College Athletic Field.
Episode I-Verendrye takes posses
sion Of Dakota for France, 1888. Epi-
sode II-Lewis and Clark first meet
the Sioux Indians at YanktOn, 1904.
Episode W-Session Of the First Leg
islature of Dakota, 1862, participated
in by Governor Jayne, President Sho-
Der. ]. T.. Hanson, BLY, e. Wood, and
other of the earliest legislators and
settlers; address by Hon. F. M. Zie-
bach, "Squatter Governor" Of Dakota,
to the Third House" of the Legisla-
ture. Episode IV-The Settlers driv-
en- from Dakota by the hostile Sioux,
1862. Episode Van incident Of the
Sioux Wars.
600 p. Nod Settlers Picnic on
Yankton College Campus with four
bands in attendance. Grand Barbe-
cue, where an OK will be roasted.
Songs and Speeches. Old Settlers
general merrymaking.
Saturday, June 18th.
A general goodbye to departing
visitors.
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