The Dickinson press., 1916-03-18
MED0RA BRIDGE
TO Be FORMALLY
OPENED IN JULY
BIG FRONTIER CELEBRATION
PLANNED BY COMMITTEE
IN CHARGE.
Celebration Will Continue For Two
Days, July oath and 25th, and
Will Be Big Event.

The Bridge that Boost Built"
spanning the Little Missouri at Me-
dora, will. be opened July -24th and
25th, with fitting ceremonies and with
a feast of attractions which is ex-
pected to bring hundreds of touring
parties from all of the states trav-
ersed by the Red Trail. = &
Dates for the event which will
mark so important a milestone in the
life of the National Parks Trans
continental highways were set at the
first annual meeting of the associa-
;tion held in Fargo this week. The
latter part of July was selected for
the ,dedicatory exercises as the season
when good weather will be most GER
tain; when crops will least interfere
with the attendance of farmers along
the highway, and when travel over
the trail to the Yellowstone and other
national parks will be at it's height.
Frontier Day Planned.
Medora promises a replica of the
famous frontier day and rodia which
it staged last summer as a special
feature for the two days celebra-
tion. The Billings county seat, one
of the last Of the old-time cow-towns,
has at it's command the very best
talent in America; it has splendid
natural amphitheatre, and it is be-
lieved that with the advertising and
publicity which the Red Trail associa-
tion expects to give the event thous-
ands of tourists from all parts of
the middle west can be induced to at
tend.
The committee, headed by J. P.
Hardy, which is to have charge of
the general arrangements, will meet
with the subcommittee in Medora
soon and will complete it's plans. It
is expected that the governors of
Minnesota, North Dakota and Mon
tana, and possibly the chief execu-
:tives of other states, will participate,
and the interest Of big men in the
business world will be enlisted.
There is an excellent possibility that
Theodore Roosevelt, an old-time
Medora citizen, may be "among those
present." and that he may be per-
.suaded to prove such prowess as he
may have retained with the rope.
The committee on arrangements is
composed of the following well known
boosters: w. r. Veigel, Dickinson;
Walter J. Ray, Medora; W. A. Ian
terman, Mandan; L. L. Price, Bis
marck; Frank Hughes, Glendive; T..
Fercwen, Seattle; S. Gilbert, Spokane
and F. Steadman, Minneapolis.
Officers Named.
Officers were named for the en-
suing year by unanimous ballot as
follows:
President-W. w. Smith, Fargo.
First Vice President-W. ]. Ray.
Medora.
Secretary-J. P. Hardy, Fargo.
Treasurer-John Orchard, Dickin-
son. .
w. E. Lahr of Bismarck was named
vice president for Burleigh county,
vice Grant Call, who resigned upon
his removal to Montana several
months ago.
Intensive Organization Planned.
Resolutions were adopted providing
for an intensive organization in every
county along the trail; for the proper
financing Of the organization, in
order that publicity work and other
matters requiring funds may receive
suitable attention; for the organiza-
ton of publicity bureau, which will
see to it that the trail receives its
share of recognition from the press
and recommending legislation which
will assure adequate maintenance for
the trail through all the states
which it traverses.
The meeting was decidedly profit
able one throughout, and the deter
mination of it's members to make
the National Parks Highway associa-
ton more than ever factor in the
building of good roads and a live
force for progress in the county
through which it passes was freely
evidenced.