Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-06-26

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Minister Of Agriculture, Of Alberta,
Canada, when that gentleman was
again called to the platform. Mr.. Mar
shaH's subject was "The Will to VIM,
and IN spirited address he once more
captivated the audience. He said he
was in Belgium when war was de-
clared, and said he was surprised to
see how quickly and with what deter
mination the Belgian farmers had
turned from their peaceful pursuits to
the grim work of warfare. A people
that had developed the Belgian draft
horse and made him the best in the
world, and whose farmers were also
the best soil cultivators in the world,
he felt confident would also make
splendid fighters as they amply proved
by their ability to check the furious
German onslaught while England was
mobilizing her army. He had wit
messed the exciting scenes in Trafalgar
Square, London, when the question of
war was discussed by the British
parliament and how when war was de-
clared there was a tremendous rush
for the recruiting stations. There was
no lack of will to win the war. The
allied nations are determined to win
this war for freedom and democracy
and he hoped that when it is done,
militarism will be banished from all
countries. AS long as one nation is al.
lowed to maintain a large standing
army some jackass will always be
found to fire a shot that will precipi-
tate fight. The war will have as one
result the bringing about of a better
understanding between all English
speaking peoples. The address thruout
was replete with patriotic sentiment
and all who listened to the eloquent
| words of the speaker were stirred to-
greater enthusiasm and love for their
country =.
Big Patriotic Pageant on Friday
Friday, June p, was one of the big
gest days in the history of Warren.
The big patriotic parade advertised for
that day drew large crowds of visitors
to the city, estimated variously from
1000 to 5000 people, All will agree
that this pageant was the biggest thing
that has ever been pulled off in War
rem. Much thought and labor had been
expended in making and decorating the
numerous floats. To F. A. Green is due
great deal Of credit for the excellent
arrangement of the parade everything
moved along in orderly fashion, with
out friction or confusion. lsn~e-
The Warren Battalion Band and
Home Guard led the parade which
formed at the Washington school, fol-
lowed by the Machine Gun, the Crook
ston Juvenile Band, and then num-
Der of floats featuring the activities Of
the Red Cross, such as the Surgical
Dressings, Hospital Work, Sewing and
Knitting, etc., etc. Nearly all the Red
Cross organizations in the county were
represented in one way or another, also
a float with lady personifying the Red
Cross as 'The Greatest Mother in the
World'' attracted a great deal of atte11-
ton. The Alvarado Red Cross had "a
float in the shape of a boat in whicl1ya
number of workers were seated; 1This
float was very much admired. But Ne
cannot describe each Red Cross float
separately, there we've so many of
them. All who saw. them could not
help but be impressed by the, maglli-
tude of the humanitarian work carried
on by the Red Cross. The Happy
Hikers, Liberty Loan squads, Boy
Scouts, all with flags and banners,
made fine showing as they marched.
/ A novel attraction was the old Red RI
yer cart; made wholly of wood without
a particle Of iron IN its construction.
An OK pulled the art in which sat j. s,
Hilleboe holding the lines. The Mar
shall County Federated Clubs had "a
float and every Individual club in the
county, about>20 in number, was repre-
scented in the parade. The Pioneer
Land and Loan Co. had an artistic
float decorated with grain, symbolic of
the valleys greatest industry. The
Alvarado band showed up well in the
procession. The. Northwest School Of
Agriculture had several floats, one of
which displayed a small model of the
proposed building for winter fair at
CroOkston. The Boxville Farmers
Club had two or three excellent floats
that showed the character of the work
in the Boxville Consolidated School.
The live stock in the parade was the
real thing without any camouf1age
The Spaulding Dairy Farm showed a
Holstein bull, and three fine calves on
float. Franks Bros. showed a fine
string of Herefords and the McCrea
Horse Co. paraded their stately Bel
gian stallion. G. n. Morkassel showed
some fine short horns. Very striking
banners and mottos were carried in the
stock division of the parade. =.
AS the pageant moved down Johnson
avenue it presented most imposing
sight that will not soon be forgotten by
those who had the good fortune to see
it. The great pageant will be preserved
for all time on the moving picture
SCREEN -.
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