The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-07-26
BURKE AND DIVIDE COUNTY
DRAFT MEN, ENTERTAINED

While everybody was willing to
admit that the patriotic demonstra-
ton given the selected men who left
Burke county from this city on
June "a proved a tremendous sue
cess, those who attended the dem
onstration held last Monday were
also willing to admit that the last
one in every way was way ahead Of
the first one. It is estimated that
there were fully 500 more people in
the city last Monday than there were
at the former celebration, making
nearly four thousand people pres
ent, the program was better, as was
also the parade, and everything else
connected with the affair. What
few mistakes were made in our first
effort were corrected in the last,
and it seemed that the various COM
mittees went after things with
more confidence and enthusiasm.
We do not think that there was a
single person present Monday but
what was glad he came, and will
come again the next time celebra-
ton is held here. NO grating of
any kind was allowed, and every
The first unusual noise to be
heard during the day which indi-
Gated that something out Of the or
dinary was to be held in the city
was when the Coteau band arrived
and the members scattered over the
city and each commenced playing
some kind of a tune. Each men,
Der was dressed as comically as
possible, and it seemed that each
member was a born clown. This
greatly amused the children and
this aggregation was surrounded by
the younger generation during most
Of the day. Later in the forenoon
the members of this band got to-
gether and gave band concert on
Main street. For over an hour
there was continual music on the
street, as just as the Coteau band
finished playing a piece the Seimers
Band of Bowbells played one. The
Bowbells band consisted of about
80 pieces, and the Coteau band OF
about Is.
The grand patriotic parade was
formed at the school house from
which place it moved two blocks
south, and then two blocks east to
the corner of the Donovan Bros:
store and then north two blocks and
then back. This part of the pro-
gram was no doubt more enjoyed
than anything else. The parade
was headed by Mayor J. w Moore,
and he was followed by two Civil
War veterans carrying large Amer
ican flags. Next came the Seimers
band in uniform, and then veterans
of the Spanish-American war and
the present war and the selected
men who left that night for the
training camp. Next came six small
girls dressed in white carrying a
large American flag, and then fol-
lowed floats consisting of Red
Cross workers. One of these was
a Red Cross ambulance showing
woman holding an injured child,
large number of Red Gross mem
bers, and another Red Cross ambu-
lance. Then came a numoer or
Soldiers of the Kitchen" showing
women dressed in their kitchen uni
forms carrying "Save Food" signs.
The Northgate Red Gross was also
we'll represented and marched in
body. Northgate was also repre-
sented with Soldiers of the Kitch--
en-" Columbus was represented
with a large banner. A feature In
the parade which probably attract
ed more attention than did any 9TH
er was a big drayload of children
under five years old, and this float
was decorated with a number OF
signs advising the public to buy war
savings stamps to protect the young
who could not protect themselves.
The baby wagon was followed by
Flaxton float which carried many
patriotic signs, and represented
practically all of the various ways IN
which the citizens of United States
were asked by the government to
help in the war. This boat was
exceptionally we'll made up and
showed considerable effort on the
part of the Flaxton people in getting
it up. The two townships repre-
sented in the parade were Lakevlew
and Lucy, both of which showed
cars properly decorated with pa
triotic signs. All the above men
toned floats were followed by the
Coteau band which was continually
attracting a great deal Of attention
from the younger people and chill