The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-06
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WELL CARRIED
!. on BY / ! /. LEGION
Entire Days Program Was
@ s Well Attended by People
From Out of Town
ADDRESS BY, CULVER :,
4; HELD LARGE AUDIENCE
Dance at .Armory and Fire
work. Were Features Dur
=. &, ing Entire Evening
ADDRESS BY, CULVER -,
;.s HELD LARGE AUDIENCE

and the Juvenile band, this city cele-
brated independence Day in a man
-ner which saIely and sanely speaking
was decided success, The program
as arranged by the Ralph Pracie post
of the American Legion and backed
by the loca. business men contained
many interesting features which
went to make an entire day Of patrl-
otto celebration for this city.
The bulk of the forenoon's pro-
gram consisted of number OF con-
tests and races which proved to be
very interesting and which furnished
varied entertainment for the numer-
Gus SPECTATORS. Bemidji was the host
to hundreds of people yesterday VINO
came here from the neighborlng
towns and villages by team, automo-
bile and train. . = -
The program of the afternoons
.events. was: featured by an address ss
a ~ John NJ Culver; who held e s4afss
audience spellboupd. during the en-
tire Deriod of his talk. All VINO
heard him express the feeling that 2
hetter and more forcible talk for such;
a occasion could not beSmade. Those
who failed to attend missed one OF
the best events of he entire days
program Following number OF vo-
nal selections by the Harmontck Glee
cinb and "a number Of solos in add
ton to the concert given by, the Be
midi Union band, the crowd was
escorted to the foau park where Be
midi crossed bats in one OF the pest
baseball games played here this sea-
son. At the armOry where dancing
was held during the afternoon ana
there was a large atteno-
-ance and this form of entertainment
proved to be very popular with the
local people and the visitors.
The armory during the evening,
after the concert by the Union Band
at Library park, was packed with
dancers and spectators and all ap-
,peared to have had an exceptionally
good time Dancing continued I'M
til 2 o'clock this morning. Shortly
before 10 O'Clock a display OF fire
works was shown from the Crookston
Lumber company's boom on Lake Be-
midi. The display failed to show up
al we'll as was expected since the we'll
laid pans faied to mature. Arrange
ments were made early in the even
ing for the display on the log boom
since the original plan for the
staging of the display from barge
on the lake was given up. After
everything was set and the time for
the beginning Of the display ap-
preached, the wind shifted and caus-
ed the two blooms which were being
used to? separate enough to retard
the firing of the exhibit. However
the display was shown as we'll as pos
sible under the circumstances, con-
,sidering that one one man was knock
ed into the lake by an exploding
bomb and another burned slightly
about his clothing. No harm was
done to either and, the boys who had
charge of the fireworks endeavored to
do their best with the display.
: The prize winners in Inc contests
during the day are as follows
-. Egg race-First, George Van
Camp; second, Chester Rouse.
~. Girls Race first, Agnes McGhee
second, Dora Jordon. - ~. -:
" Boys Race First, Arthur Moran ;
second, Elmer Clark ]. s5as /
" Bicycle Race first, d. Tharald-
son; second, Robert Graham.
4. Cracker Il Eating Contest - First,
Melvin Moen ;tseco nd; Elmer Clark.
Tire Changing Contest First, Geo.
Kusba second, Roy Webster.
1OO-yard Dash (free-for-all) First
Sidney Bryant; second, Harold Hay
ner. = -. ,@s:%
Prize to family coming greatest
distance by team-F. J. Evans, south
Of Solway. i"
Prize to largest family - Andrew
Mcdaniel (nine children).
Best decorated cars = First, Be-
midi fire truck; second, Chief Daley.
: Most comically attired person in
parade-Mrs. Mary Gamble.
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