The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-09-25
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CELEBRATION HELD IN THIS
CITY LAST FRIDAY ATTEND j
ED BY LARGE CROWD
Last Friday, Sept, 10Th, was one Of
the biggest days ever had in the city
Of B0ttineau, the event being a cele-
bration for the returned soldiers, sail
ors and marines Of Bottineau County.
The first number Of the program
was the dedication Of the Bottineau
County Service Flag, in which there
are something like 750 stars, each rep
resenting Bottineau county boy who
has been in the service. Among the
stars were found % gold stars, these
representing the local boys who have
died in the service Of their country.
The dedication service was conducted
by Rev. Simpson Of the loca'. Presby-
terian Church. Immediately following
this the service men and local band
and the Rolla band went to the Court
House where the .:aly6e was formed
and marched east t. 'rho.ki,,on street,
then two blo,"s south and then north
on Nain street. ....-
FSllowing this an intermission was
provided in which soldiers, sailors and
ma3tes had an opportunity to join the
American Legion, Bottineau Post No.
AZ md we understand that something
like 80 men signed up. !
TAen the service men and band men
were given a free dinner in the Fire
HaH which all the boys say was one
Of TIE best meals they had had for
LONE time. It was served cafeteria
style and took but very short time
to serve all, everything being handled
in an efficient manner.
Al 100 p. M. the large crowd fol-
lowed the bands to the fair grounds
where the balance Of the program was
rendered.
The first thing on the program at
the fair grounds was the drill by pick
ed dough boys in charge Of Lieut.. John
great treat to the people and much
credit is due the boys and Lieut.. Nc
Lean for their work in the drill.
After number Of selections by the
bands Atty. j. J. Weeks; who had
charge Of the program, and who earli-
er in the day gave the address of vel
come, introduced Hon. J. F. T. OCon-
nor Of Grand Forks, the principal
speaker Of the day, who spoke in such
. manner as is only possible for man
Of his great learning. The great ser
vice the boys rendered this country
was taken up and honor and tribute
paid to all who took part. Mr.. O'Con-
nor explained how our boys went to
France to fight for democracy and
how the United States Government is
controlled absolutely by the people and
not by a few as the governments of Eu
rope. Here the speaker branded, as un-
American the attempts Of the minority
members in this country continually
trying to change the laws that the
majority of the voters have expressed
their desire for. At intervals the
speaker would bring laughter from the
large crowd by telling little story
and all in all delivered remarkable
address. In fact we have been told by
a number Of those attending they
could have listened to him for another
two hours.
Following this a tug Of war between
the Army and Navy was held in which
the former were successful but not un-
tily after a hard struggle. The prize
for this event was free membership
to the American Legion to the fifteen
men on the winning team. At $3.50 the
baseball game between Willow City
and .Omemee started and fans had
looked for real contest, especially
after it was known that Willow City
had strengthened their team for the
event but such was not the case the
Omemee boys having the long end Of
IA s 10 1 game, in which two home
runs and one three bagger featured
the heavy hitting.
Immediately following the baseball
game . five mile motorcycle race was
given IN which there were four start
era. The race was with side car and
passenger and proved very exciting.
A. s. Thorson driving an Indian, won
first, Peter Simon, driving an Indian,
second and Lawrence Sheer, driving
! Harley Davidson, third. The other
entry, Peter Cumberland held second
nlaee from the start but for some un-
track Just before the finish and was
eliminated from the money. Otherwise
he would have won second.
The service men were then given
supper at the fire hall and this was,
as II noon, handled ii the same eff
cisat manner and delicious supper
served .
At $50 p. NJ. the big free dance
given IT the Home Auto CO., garage
was commenced and here nearly ev-1
seryone present enjoyed themselves un-
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