Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-19
FLAG RAISING A
GREAT SUCCESS
Tremendous Crowd Present
For the Occasion.


weather Tuesday one of the larg-
est crowds ever seen in the town
was present for the fiag-raising ex-
ercises. Had the weather been
good, there is no doubt that the
crowd would have been two or
three times larger. Hundreds of
people from the neighboring towns
and all over this portion of the
state had planned upon coming,
had the roads been in condition
for auto travel, but heavy rains
for several days before and snow
storm that morning spoiled the
roads for motoring.
The entire program-as adver-
tised-was carried out in full and
received the highest praise by ev-
erybody for it's excellence and in
tensely patriotic spirit. Every
body who took part in the long
program performed their respect
i've parts so we'll that to compli-
ment any particular one would be
unfair. 1t is safe to say that the
only bad feature or misft of the
whole affair was the weather.
The weather being too rough
for conducting the exercises out
side-as was the intention-the
entire program, with the exception
OF the ceremonies at the raising of
the two flags, took place at the
Orpheum.
Outside of the flag-raising the
principal feature of the day was
the brilliant and mastery patriot
ic address of Judge James F. ALL
SHE of Coeur d'Alene. In the
most forcible language he told of
the duty of every American citi-
zen at home in regard to the de-
mands of war. His address was a
strong appeal for Liberty bonds
and other war activities. While
the capacity of Orpheum theatre
is about 400, it is estimated that
no less than 700 people crowded
into the building-every seat and
every inch of standing room be-
ing taken. All who were fortu-
nate enough to hear it, pronounc-
ed this one of the greatest speech
es they ever heard. Fully 300
people were unable to get in, and
later the Judge favored these with
a short address from the platform
at the flag-pole.
Hayward Shields neatly per-
formed the duty of marshal of the
day. Dressed in a gorgeous mill
tary uniform and riding a spirited
horse, General Pershing himself
could not have performed this job
better or with more dignity.
M. M. Belknap ably performed
the duties of chairman of the day,
and announced the program and
introduced the speakers.
The Cottonwood Band furnish
ed excellent music for the occa-
sion, while Miss Mabel Carscal-
Ian ably presided at the piano
for the glee club and school chill
dren's songs and exercises.
Lieut.. Governor Parker was to
have delivered the address of well
come, but his duties as governor
at Boise made it impossible to be
here. AS a substitute-and a
good one-Geo. M. Robertson
was prevailed upon to make the
welcome address, which he did in
a most interesting and creditable
manner. In a few well-chosen
words Mr.. Robertson referred feel
ingly to the fateful day-on April
10Th, a year ago-when the first
contingent of Cottonwood boys of
Co. E (21 of them) left here for
Boise and the war. He called at
tention to the creditable showing
of so small town as this-with
less than a thousand people
sending already 48 young men
the perfection of splendid man
hood-to uphold the flag and fight
for liberty, freedom and civiliza-
ton.
Only three veterans of the Civil
war are left in this vicinity-A.