The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-01

patriotism was. This was one speaker
that was urged to. continue over his
time. He was former President Of
the international organization. He said
that the Red Cross saved both France
and Italy and restored the morale OF
| their soldiers through its care for the
sick and suffering families in their hour
| Of great need, and sent the soldiers back
to the trenches satisfied that their fami-
| lies would be we'll cared for, and hence
! had no worries on this score.
He spoke of the wonderful welcome
| that the Y NJ. G.. "A. boys extend to the
arriving troops, showing their good spir-
| it by, throwing apples at the boys on
the boats as they landed. He said It
worker to be a preacher and illustrated
| by quoting program for a Sunday
| service he read on bulletin board of a
Y. NJ. c. A. hut, to-wit
! at II O'clock. Base Ball at $3.50.
Cigars and cigarettes on sale all the
time Don't forget the prize fight to-
| morrow. Monday night"
A returned Canadian. a former preach
er, said he had two. great questions
| from which to decide his course Of ac-
| ton Whether he should remain in
| Canada and try to help the people get
| to heaven or go over there and help send
| the Kaiser to hell.
Wednesday afternoon and evening was
spent at Electric Park, nothing like it
any where on this continent. I will
quote the newspaper report of that day:
"A patriotic festival at Electric Park
| with more than 5000 guests present,
| and a "win-the-war" rally at Conven-
ton hall with a crowd Of 5000 parti-
days program of the International AS
ISOLATION Of Rotary clubs last night.
AT both the park and spacious hall,
patriotic demonstrations were in evil
dence continuously. Several bands, in.
| Guiding the Fort Riley Medical Officers
training camp musicians and those from
| Chicago, Cleveland, WaXahachie, Tex,
and Quincy. played the latest war songs
| numbers.
| 'The Rotarians proceeded to the park
| about the middle Of the afternoon and
paraded before moving picture machines.
forming a procession half-mile long.
The Rev. e. Leslie Pidgeon, interna-
tional president, and Mrs Pidgeon, led
the parade, and bands in costume were
delegates from England, Scotland, Cana
da, Cuba and Hawaii. The Canadians
carried a large banner containing the
flags of the allied nations
| The Los Angeles Rotarians carried
poinsetta parasols; the Wichita delega-
ton wore sunflower hats, while the Min
neapols visitors drew cart on which
stood flag containing 800 red, white
| Omaha war tank appeared in the center
1 Of the grounds.
| About $3.50 o'clock the guests seated
| themselves at lengthy tables in pa
vilon fronting the park lake and par
| took of an old-fashioned New England
baked bean supper, furnished by the
! New England Rotary clubs. One thous-
! and pounds Of BEANS 400 loaves of Bos-
| ton brown bread, $4,000 pickles and one
barrel Of sugar shipped here for the oc-
| caSiOn were consumer.
| 1.-Two hundred Kansas City Minute
circle women prepared the box lunches
at the park yesterday morning. Greater
Kansas City and Leavenworth ROtarians
| donned aprons and served the beans. iced
| water and iced coffee"
Thursday was Rotary a living force
| in the Club.
! Governor Harding of Iowa made q
patriotism and interspersed with fun.
He said lets put the word damn both
| before and after the Postdam family.
| He said we have only one great task
| before us at this time, and that Is to
drive Kaiserism and all that it repre-
sents from the face Of the earth. Be-
cause it is antagonistic to all that Ro-
tary represents. Christianity and Kais-
erism can not live in the same country.
The spirit of Rotary is: IT am my
| brothers keeper"
Furthermore. that any man who can
| play golf can hoe corn and any man
| that can hoe corn and will not when
there is corn to hoe, is q Stacker, and q
golf ball Is something a man chooses
when he is too old to chase anything
else.