The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-10-13

The convention will convene at
10 o'clock Thursday morning and
General Il: A.. Williams, former
chairman Of the city commission,
will deliver the address on behalf
Of the city. The delegates, which
are expected to number about 200
will then take up the business for
which the convention has been
called and will continue in session
until late Thursday afternoon.
Convention at Auditorium
In the evening, the delegates and
other former service men will be en-
tertained at boxing exhibition at the
auditorium. All of the delegates will
be given seats of honor in the ten front
rows while other former service men
will be seated free of charge in the
balcony The boxing bouts are being
staged by the Knights Of Columbus as
part of that organizations peace time
program in keeping in touch with
those who were in the service during
the war. Jack Healow of this city
has. charge Of the boxing arrangements
and has secured several speedy. fight
ers> including Tom and Mike Gibbons
to tenter the large crowd that is ex-
pecteda at the auditorium to witness
the fights.
The second day of the convention
will start Friday and it is expected
|that the business session will be, COM
pleted in the afternoon. In the even
ing the delegates will be entertained
at dinner by the Bismarck post. All
officers of the local post, as we'll as
all war workers from this county will
be asked to join with the delegates at
the banquet. ..
Dancing Friday Night
In the evening of the final session
of the convention, the local post will
give several free dances for the for
mer service men and visitors who are
expected in the city on the last night
Of the three day entertainment. Two
dances will be held outside weather
permitting and several will be held
indoors at the armory and the Winter
Garden. ~.-.
The committee in charge has ar
ranged to have the First North Dakota
band from Lisbon of twenty-five pieces
here, the band arriving Tuesday night
and will play during the Homecoming
celebration Wednesday,. The Elks
band OF this city also has been en-
gagged, the committee announced today.
Several private orchestras have been
retained to furnish music at the dances
on the last night.
The committee has requested the
city commission to have Main street
between Fourth and Fifth streets and
Broadway between Third and Fifth
streets especially cleaned up for the
outdoor dances Friday night. Besides
this, the committee has also requested
the city authorities to have the white
way" illuminations all turned on dur
ing every one of the three evenings.
G. A. r. to Attend
A special invitation has been sent
to all members of the G.. A. R. to at
tend the convention on both days it is
in session by the local post of the
legion and seats will be provided the
fighters of 1866 so that they can hear
what the fighters of 1917-1918 do at
their first state convention.
Practically all entertainment fea-
lures during the three days will be
free to former service men and the
only pass they will need to gain ad.
mittance will be their legion card.
Finance officer Harrington reports
that there still are number of these
cards as we'll as American Legion
buttons still awaiting owners.
Capt. A. A. Jones, commander of
the Bismarck post, and dispatcher of
the 500 has wired all agents along
this division asking them to send in
ten ducks each for the banquet that
is to be rendered the delegates at the
banquet on Friday night.
Asked to Register
. The War Mothers request that every
former service man who expects to be
in Bismarck Wednesday to register at
Harris & Co., Immediately so that the
women will know how many Yanks
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