The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-06-17
LEGION DAY A
BIG DAY IN MlLBANk

The day success in spite of the ef-
forts Of the weather man to stop it.
From 10 o'clock in the morning until
late in the night at the Carnival dance
the Legion Boys gave the people
something to see and enjoy.
immediately following the band con-
cert, Prof. Ray, of the Aberdeen Nor
NAL school gave a splendid talk on
Americanism, the Legion and kindred
topics to crowd Of people who brav-
ed the hot sun to listen.
The Minstrel parade was the big
hit of the day. Special efforts were
made and the result more than pleas
ed the crowds that lined Main street
from the Court House to the 81. HUI
bert hotel. The Scout band led fol-
lowed by the Girl Scouts and the
Million Dollar. chorus of the Minstrel
in a gayly decorated truck. The end
men Of the show, coons, of course,
were riding mules and horses and
made The crowd roar with laughter.
Quite a large number of black face
families and parade followers came
next. The prize of the parade was
undoubtedly Lloyd Mellum, who was
q girl bareback rider. He was dress
ed in white with ribbon around his
head and mounted upon big black
horse. (And smoking a cigarette.)
One of the old time automobiles was
driven bv DR.. Dornbuscl,, but had to
he towed by rope. \ hack full of
blackface jubilee singers entertained
with their southern melodies and dis
chords. A Ford chassis, disguised as
a Rolls Roice, with complete "still"
guaranteed to make the pure and un-
dulterated II of per cent came next.
DR.. Dornbusch got a little free adver-
tising by having car in the parade
"Dr. Dornbosch on a Hurry-up Call"
Harvey Trapp led the old buckskin
that towed the car, which was piloted
by Slim Carlson. On it were all the
instruments used by the doctor in
clndin. the cross-cut saw, axes, crow
bars, hammers, chains, and medicine.
At the end came the Rube Rana, ably
directed by A. A. Blonaquist who is
a postmaster in the art. The band
was ar eight-piece band and the
music they played was characteristic
of such an organization
The narade was right on schedule
time. as. was everything on the pro-
gram, with the exception of the
stunts on the plane, which neces-
sarily had to be postponed because of
the high winds and was held at $50
in the evening.
At 1.30 the plane took to the air
and after circling around and climb
ine to high altitude, did the tail
spin, loop-the-loop, nose-dive and 9TH
er fancy flying. The wind made it
doubly hard Cor this performance.
The wrestling exhibition between
Burns of Bristol and Aiker of Sis
seton came next. 1t was fine exhibi-
ton OF the wrestling art and the
many people who had never seen a
match before We're greatly interested
in it. Aiker took two straight falls
the first in II minutes and the second
in minutes. Burns was somewhat
by being outweighed..
The boxing exhibition came next,
between Harry Larson, Milbank, who
Is night clerk at the hotel and Harris,
who was light weight champion Of
Minneapolis in 1920. The MiIbank
boxer was somewhat outpointed .bv
Harris, altho he put up a game figEgs
and the crowd thoroughly enjoyed ohe.
exhibition. Before the exhibition Com
mander Manchester explained that
the matches were exhibitions of the
and boxing arts and were
not decision or Knockout matches.
Some people gained the idea that it
was to be a prize fight, which is for
bidden by the laws of the state.
At z o'clock the band gave another
concert near the chautauqua tent and
Immediately after the concert the big
Minstrel show was given. Quite a
Of people took advantage of
the fact that the side curtains had to
be raised to give the people inside
who he'd paid their admission some
air and saw the show free of charge.
In-as-much as it costs money to put
on a show Of that size and it was q
home talent production whereby the
Legion expected to gain revenue to
pay for some Of the free band con-
certs, flying circus and o.her expen-.
ses, quite little money was lost thru
this source.
A large crowd attended the dance
at the fair grounds pavilion after the
show, and danced until late hour.