The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
THAT CROW BANQUET
More Than Thousand People Gather
at the Armory to Enjoy the
Celebration Program.
Instrumental and Vocal Concerts, Ice
Cream, Smokes, Short Ad-
dresses and Dances.

Cream, Smokes, Short Ad-
dresses and Dances.
AS announced in last weeks Union
the crow festival to celebrate in
friendly spirit the result Of the county
seat removal election was held at the
armory on Friday night. Preceding
the festivities street concert by the
Princeton band and Crow quartet Of
Minneapolis constituted a very pleas
ing preliminary. Suspended from
staff on the quartet car was a crow
quiescent-a bird that had been ruth
lessly assassinated to lend more en-
chantment to the color scheme.
The program at the armory, an
nounced by Fred Newton in his usual
happy vein, followed. He was assisted
in his opening remarks by a laxative
crow which had been borrowed for the
occasion and was imprisoned in cage
on the stage. Cav, cav, caw!"
screamed the bird; @frightful place
this; let me out; gimme mouse" Or at
least it sounded like that
The hall decorations consisted Of
crows pendant-crows that will never
bother the farmer again and dead
woodchuck, brought in by Sid Grow, to
vary the somber monotony. With five
live Crows on the stage and number
of dead ones strung along the front of
it the woodchuck constituted a happy
contrast.
The Crows opened the program with
"a couple of selections and the Prince
ton band followed with two more, and
then musical numbers were alternated
by these two organic ations for an hour
or more. During this concert, which
was excellent in every particular,
cigars and cigarettes in plenty were
passed around to the immense audience
in fact smokes were lavishly dis
tributed throughout the evening. A
spirit Of good nature prevailed and
everybody was in happy mood.
Mr.. Mcmillan gaye = short talk in
which, among osiies things, he said
that Princeton had for long time con-
Guided that it could not keep the court
house forever and there would have
been no opposition had it not been for
prevailing conditions high cost of
material, road building expense, etc.
This was the reason it was thought
better to postpone the proposition I'M
til a more favorable time. He said
that clean campaign had been con-
Quoted by the taxpayers association,
that no stones had been thrown at
Milaca or any other part of the coun-
ty and that those engaged in the fight
against removal could look everyone
square in the face even unto the peo-
pie Of Book. He felt, he said, that it
is better to lose than win by the use
Of questionable methods. We have
come here in good fellowship, with
no i'll feeling toward anyone, he con-
tinued, and stand for a greater Mile
Laos county, a greater Minnesota and
a greater America. (Applause.)
Rev. Milne, in short speech, said
we have lost the county seat and must
make the best of it. We have for
sometime been expecting to see auto
mobiles arrive to cart away our rec
ords and now they are virtually here.
But we do not want back house for
our county capital at Milaca-we want
a 100000 building that we shall be
proud of. Rev. Mines discourse was
interspersed with number of humor-
Gus anecdotes which dovetailed into
his talk and he kept the audience in a
happy frame of mind throughout.
Musical selections followed and a
recess was taken in which everyone
was served with ice cream and half
hour Of social intercourse enjoyed.
During this period the Crows went to
Odd Fellows hall, where a, number of
ladies were giving stag party, and
played several dance selections.
Upon their return several ladies,
some attired in mems clothing, put in
an appearance, assembled to the stage,
chased the band boys off and gave a
series Of dances which brought vocif-
erous applause. Mrs. AL. Escherich,
wearing military, uniform, looked
like a soldier who had just graduated
from West Point-some, classy mill
tary bearing all right.
A jig by Mrs. Viola Branchaud lin
male attire) and Louis Jesmer was
one Of the features of the evening.
They are certainly some jiggers, and
the way they ratified off those steps
would make many Cork Irishman
ashamed Of himself. Encores were
numerous and applause thunderous.
| The Crows were then prevailed up
on by the ladies to return to the Odd
Fellows hall and discourse more dance
music, and there the dizzy walt