The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1913-07-11

r. G. MASTERTON Mgr.
crowd adjourned for dinner. a very
large number Of the visitors had brought
lunch along and pic.niced under the
trees in the groves or on private lawns,
while numerous others enjoyed the hos
pitalities Of citizens at private residences.
Some families entertaining from twenty
five to fifty guests:
Then the visitors went to the Base
Ball park. The grand stand was crowd
cd and carriages, autos. and people cover
ed the spare space on the grounds. The
ball game was rather slow. The first
two innings went against Perbina, but
after that Pembina braced up a little and
then 1T was rather one-sided. The score
card appears below.
The athletic sports seemed to make
unusual interest to the spectators. Dur.
ing the last three years, Pembina has
developed about dozen boys, who make
superior team of athletes. They are
now mostly college boys and are making
good in this line at the various institu-
tions which they have been attending.
The presence of the Indians at the ath-
letics added considerable interest. A
war dance to the music of tom-tons was
novelty to large part of the specta-
tors. The young bucks also entered in
some of the events, but they were not in
1T in the contests with the white boys as
athletes. The results of the events are
gwen below. Quite soon after the ath-
ietic program began, about four O'clock,
the rain, which had been threatening all
the afternoon began to fall gently, and
the most of the events were pulled off in
the moistness, but as the spectators in
large numbers stayed on the grounds,
the program was carried out to compile.
tion as advertised.
Some of the more amusing features
were the buck and squaw races. But in
the case Of the latter, the Indian ladies
seemed as coy as their white sisters, and
only for the strenuous exertions Of the
chairman of the committee, backed by
his two hundred and odd pounds of mus
Gle, the crowd would have missed lot
of amusement. However, when the la
dies started to run they ran all right.
In the following list there has been no
attempt by the reporter to do hardly
more than to list the number in the pro-
cession and briefly indicate something of
the style of each. Many of the floats
were very elaborate and must have cost
considerable labor and some money.
The universal comment Of the spectators
was to the effect that it was magnifi-
cent turnout for the size of the town.
It is also possible that we may have ac-
cidentaly missed one or more, but there
is enough to show that there was GER
tainly ''some procession
Morning Pageant and Procession
Marshal Of the Day, Mr.. F. NJ. King,
in decorated buggy.
Neche Military Band.
Pioneer Express. Business float on
automobile, devils printing 4th Of July
p1ograms.
Several Decorated Autos. The Wright
and the Conmy autos were particularly
finely decorated. The former in pure
white with swan on the front. The
latter was in floral decorations Of dark
green and yellow. There we're also many
other autos though less elaborately trim
med:
Pony Business Float. T. r. Shaw.
City Pharmacy.
Large Business Float. Kneeshaw &
Langton. Children in swing.
Business Float. ]. B. Parker. Fruit
and refreshments. j5D
Decorated Float, Chorus Choir.
About twenty singers, singing patriotic,
songs along the route.
Decorated Buggy in purple and white
colors. Driven by Miss Leathers.
Business Float, R. H. Lowe. Sewing
machine and clothing. s
Business Float, a. D. Cayileer. Fruit
and refreshments.
Colored Band q Pickaninnies, City.
Marshal, Akers. ss i8sss
Business Float, Thue = Melvin. Anto.
mobile repairs.
Fancy Float Thue 4 Melvin. Cannon
Uncle Sam md clown. is's
Businsss Float. King 4 Booker. Hard.
xIsrs and furniture. I, Rash- day ma-.