The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-11-16
CITY SHOWS JOY
At PEACE NEWS
COLVILLE'S DEMONSTRATIONS
LAST ALL DAY-BEGIN
WITH BIG PARADE
Community singing, Municipal Bon
fire, and Burning of Kaiser, All
Help to Draw Crowd

Colville has been accused of being
an icicle when it comes to demon
strating her feelings. 1t may have
been true, but the icicle surely thaw-
ed out and completely melted when
news of the signing. if the armistice
reached here at 9 o'clock Monday
morning. The town went wild with
excitement. Dignity was forgotten
in the uproarious celebration which
followed the good news.
All the bells which the town boast
ed were set ringing and every one
wished there were more of them.
Whistles blew; out came the family
gun from each house to add its part
to the making. Then, out
from the house and business houses
came the people and parade was
started. Mother" Dingle started
the parade by ringing a huge COW
bell and calling everyone to fall in,
until the procession was three blocks
long,
This was no orderly, quiet parade.
1t was a demonstrative, clamorous,
irrepressible mingling of grown-ups
and small boys, carrying everything
from circle saw to a tin whistle to
help express their feelings. Soon
the band members assembled and led
the march. They wound their way in
serpentine fashion through the muddy
streets or down the sidewalks as suit
ed their fancy, marching and counter
marching for over an hour.
"The Star Spangled Banner" was
sung as it never was before here,
when the crowd stopped at the cor
ner of First and Main streets for a
community sing, led by Miss Violet
Hallowell. The most jubilant mem
bers of the mob Joined hands and
danced in big circle around the
band, the musicians themselves doing
regular sailors hornpipes as they
played. A truck load of young peo-
pie drove to Grin, waking the peace
full country along the way with their
cheers and songs. 1t was a morning
Colville will not soon forget.
A municipal bonfire on Main and
Astor was the scene of the evening
jubilee. Boxes and wood were piled
high and the blaze lit the streets for
some distance. A platform had been
erected for the speeches and singing.
Rev. Leonard Carver, with his usual
eloquence, spoke of the meaning of
the day, not only for America, but for
the entire world. The people cheered
when he asked them in closing to eel
ebrate the day by giving to the
United War Campaign fund for the
men who had fought to make peace a
reality. There was gathered togeth-
er one of the largest crowds Colville
has ever seen and they eagerly signed
the war fund pledge cards. Miss
Hallowell led the community singing
with the aid of group of girls who
were with her on the platform.
Then came the burning of the kais-
er, an image of whom had been erect
ed by Jim Hendricks on top of pile
of wood on First and Main streets:
As he burned the people sang and he
finally toppled over, withered arm
and all, while the air rang with Mar
seilles. A. May, well-known French
born American, sang the chorus of
the national song of France with the
French words. When he finished
he told the people that the kaiser was
afraid to surrender to the conquering
generals, but had "taken to the
woods" He added that if he were
over there he would take his gun and
hunt the Kaiser to the "last ditch"
but he would "get him."
1t was late hour that heard the
last OF the explosions and gun shots
with which the people of Colville ex-
pressed their great joy at the news
of peace for America and the world.
Cars full Of cheering people drove
up and down the Main street of Col
vile all Monday morning Many OF
them were Ford peace parties.
Miss Violet Hallowell marked time
so vigorously with her arm in the
community singing, that on the
morning after" she thought serious
ly of advertising for maid to do her
hair for the next week.
The Flu and the war seemed to
have been somewhat confused in the
peoples minds Monday. They seemed
to think the flu was ended just be-
cause the war was, and no one