Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-04-05
GREAT PROGRAM
HERE SATURDAY
PROGRAM FOR LIBERTY
DAY WILL BE A BIG
ONE
EVERYBODY Invited ATTEND
Mayor Wright Will Issue a Pro-
clamatiOn Requesting Ev-
erybOdy in City To
Take Part

The rural schools of the Baxter
Springs community, and through
them all the farmers of the locality,
are being given a personal invitation
today by Chamber Of Commerce COM
mittees, headed by j. W. Kaltenbach
and j. Ben Russell to come to Baxter
Springs on April 6, the great Liberty
Day celebration date, and participate
in the parade at 2 o'clock and hear the
patriotic program that is to start at
2:3O o'clock at the library park. The
parade will form at 1880 and start at
200.
The general arrangements conf
mittee met again last night at the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms. 1t
was decided that Mayor f. l.. Wright
be asked to issue proclamation, re-
Questing all citizens to participate IN
the days ceremonies, including the
parade, asking that all places OF bus
mess and homes be decorated, and
setting aside the hours from 2 o'clock
until 4 o'clock, during the afternoon,
when the stores and other places ol
business shall close. The National
Government and Governor Capper
have made April a holiday, but be-
cause of this being an agricultural
rs we'll rs a mining community, II
was deemed wise by the committee to
ask for a closing Of the stores only
for two hours. Mayor Wright will
also preside during the speaking pro-
gram ut library park.
Rev. Thos. Popplewell, head OF the
music committee for the day, reports
that his band will be used on April u
and also that he is arranging Choir
us and special vocal music.
A committee OF Aessrs. HalN'.
Richardson and Lynch was named TO
notify all merchants, requesting thaI
they decorate their places of business
and also participate in the parade.
1t is requested also that all citizens
who have cars, decorate them for the
parade. In each instance the top OF
the car must he put down.
The Boy Scouts will have q place
of honor in the parade, the arrange
ments being completed at their meet
ing last night with Scout Master Ed
Polster.
Charles Opperman, who is TO be
marshal of the day on April 8, at
tended the arrangements meeting
last night, and has things well in line
for that day. He will name his. as
sistants.
To request the home guards to par
ticipate in the parade, and to assist
in whatever arrangements are neces-
sary, b. X. Baghdigian was named
This will be the guards first appear
ance. AS yet they have not been uni
formed.
Mr.. Kaltenbach was requested to
invite Rev. Orton, of the NJ. L. Church
to give the invocation at library park,
and Mr.. Hannah was instructed to in
vite all ministers of the city to ride in
the parade and to provide an automo-
bile for them, if necessary.
Mr.. ]. ]. Fribley has taken the re-
sponsibility and will have at least
twenty of the G. A. r. members in
line for the parade. An automobile
will be furnished for them and Will
liam Swalley will make the attempt
to have the members Of the Anti
Horse Thief Association, at least siX-
ty strong, in the parade.
Mrs. w. T. Apple, for the Woman's
Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. John
Grifford, for the Red Cross, and Mrs.
BiIharz, for the Navy League ladies,
have all announced that their organi-
zations will be represented in the pa
rade with floats or automobiles, whlle
the Chamber of Commerce will have
a decorated car. Fred Carnes has
been named to see that the union
labor organizations are in the parade,
perhaps with floats or cars. The W.
r. C. has also been requested to have
a car in the parade.
The matter of the public schools
being in the parade has been taken
ND with Superintendent o. M. Rhine
who was given full authority.
The Woman's Chamber Of Com
merce has named the following COM
mittee to arrange for cars in the pa