The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-07-06

ton. During the afternoon and eve
ming free dancing was enjoyed at the
large pavilion in the park. The com.
mittee served free coffee to hundreds
at the dinner hour.
Platform Program.
Hon. r. A. Nestos was the orator of
the day. He was introduced by Benz
Lesk, one of Minot's prominent attor-
neys, who was chairman of the sports
and amusements committee and who
was on the job every minute of the
time to see that the celebration was
success. Mr.. Nestos held the large
crowd at close attention for an hour
while he discussed the development of
the country's political freedom and
pointed out the things that this gener-
alton must do in order to keep the
progress unchecked. In closing he
said:
"Let US celebrate and rejoice over
the courageous act of our forefathers
on July Fourth, one hundred and for
ty years ago, and over the wisdom and
patriotism shown by them in the years
following; let us also gratefully re-
member those who, during the last
century, have done so much to make
that liberty more extensive and real
and then, at last, let US consecrate
and dedicate ourselves to the task of
increasing and enriching this liberty
in our respective spheres by working
for large measure Of freedom in our
physical life, in our mental life, in our
social life, in our economic life, and in
our political life, and then, indeed, we
shall have blessed mankind and given
our successors greater occasion to Gel
citrate this day."
Following the address, Model school
students gave representation of a
very pleasing story of the making of
the first American flag. Betty Ross
was represented by one of the girls.
She was dressed in the costume Of the
times and received the committee from
the Continental Congress who called to
consult with her as to the design and
arrangement of the first flag.
Minot's Flag.
The raising and dedication of the
new Minot city flag at the fagpole in
Riverside Park occurred at noon. G..
D. Colcord told the story of the max
ing of the flag and explained what it
represented. Secretary Holbein con-
ceived the idea that Minot should have
city flag following the example Of
many of the larger cities of the coun-
try. President Shaw offered prize
for the best design but there were no
contestants. The Town Criers Club,
an auxiliary of the Association Of
Commerce, designed the flag, which is
a beauty. The first stripe is blue, rep
resenting the blue skies of North Da-
kota. The middle stripe is golden,
mathematical of our fields of golden
grain, and the black stripe represents
our vast fields of Ignite. In the cen
ter within circle appears the slogan
"Why Not Minot?" adopted by the
Association. The outer rim of the cir
Gle is green, representing Minot's won
cerful park system. The flag contains
the national colors. This is the first
city flag adopted in North Dakota and
will soon be on the market to take the
place Of pennants.
North Prairie Wins.
One Of the big features of the cele-
bration was the ball game between the
North and South Prairie teams. They
played seven innings. the North Pra-
irie winning IS to s, getting $50 of
the $50 prize offered. Kells pitched
for the winning team and deserves
much Of the credit for their success.
He has a lot of fancy curves and was
able to outwit the batters. He had
plenty of speed and is a real wizard of
the diamond. He gave the South Pfa-
irie boys but three hits and famed
nine out. Streeker for the South Pra-
iriie showed a great deal of speed but
when the opponents began hitting thew
certainly abused the old horsehide