The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-07-26

also we'll represented. Powers
Lake was there with number Of
young girls dressed in overalls car
! rying a banner OIL which read
. Farm Gardeners, Powers Lake" !"
These girls were followed by a num-
Der of Bowbells girls dressed the
same way. Some Of the Bowbells
girls were -. more coming
girls were on hay rack drawn by a
team, others on load of coal, 9TH
, ers on farm implements drawn by
,, horses. Next came number of
,, girls each representing one Of the
: allied nations fighting against the
the Grey gas tractor run by Miss
Opal White, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. White Of Minnesota town.
, ship, and the last float in the parade
was Tim Lucy's big load of wool
which he had prepared for shipment.
This wool is without question the
largest amount that was ever ship
ped out of Burke county at one time
The parade took place Immediate
i ly after one o'clock in the afternoon,
and this was followed by patriotic
program which took place on a
: stand constructed in the center of
Main street. Planks were set for
half block down the street to be
, used for seats, as there was not a
building in town large enough to
hold small fraction of the people
present. The program was started
by singing some patriotic songs,
and the Flaxton Choral Club sang
Do q
first speaker was Attorney B. L.
Wilson Of Flaxton who gave very
good talk on why this country was
at war, and what the people might
do to assist the government in
bringing the war to a successful end
ing. Attorney F. J. Murphy of Mi
not was the speaker of the day, and
also delivered a very good patriotic
talk. Mrs. MONIES of Powers Lake
sang a solo which was greatly ap-
preciated by all lovers Of good mu-
sic. Mrs. MONIES is a musician of
considerable ability, and it is al
ways a great treat to hear her sing.
After the program qult5 number
of people went tt the bali park to
/ see, the ball game between the Bow
Ebells aud Portal teams, others went
to the dance, and still others at
tended the movies. The ball game
proved very interesting, and much
enthusiasm was shown by the peo-
pie who favored either side. The
dance proved to be huge success,
and it seemed that practically all
who knew how to dance bought a
ticket and took a few whirls at it,
The total number of tickets sold
was 270. Manager. Mohr of the
Royal Theatre secured an extra
good patriotic feature for this occa-
sion entitled Mothers of Liberty, I,
and this was seen by very large
number Of people.
Supper was served to the selected
men by the members of the Bow
bells Red Cross, and after they had
their fill large number of other
people were served. A large num-
ber of people took The Tribune's ad-
vice and brought their lunch with
them, and as far as we know the
various eating places in town were
able to serve all corners with some
thing to eat during the day.
At $3.50 O'Clock in the evening the
same parade which took place ear
lier in the day was formed again,
and marched to the 500 depot to
meet the Divide county boys who ar
rived in two coaches from Crosby.
These boys started to cheer as soon
as the train pulled into the station
and the crowd cheered them back,
while the two bands kept up the
music continuously. The two coach
es were set off here, and the parade
went back to the stand where an
other program took place. Ex-Ad-
jutant of the First Infantry of the
Regulars of France, Mr.. Demone-
nese gave very good talk on the
patriotism of France, and Private
McNaughty of the 49th Infantry of
Alberta gave a good talk on the war
from the way the Canadians look at
it. Both gentlemen had spent some
time in the trenches and knew what
they were talking about Rev. w.
Greenwood of the 77th Regulars of
Ontario also gave good talk. Dur
ing the short time which elapsed
between the conclusion of the even
ing program and train time the Di-
vide county boys gave the city the