The Ward County independent., 1921-11-17

Hundreds OF Visitors from all parts
Of northwestern North Dakota are
pouring into Minot today and indi-
cations are that the city's accommoda-
tions for lodging and board will be
taxed to the utmost until the fore part
Of next week.
The Corn and Potato Show is open
ing in the auditorium today, the Minot
Carnival opens in the Armory at 1880
p. m. today, the conference of north
H. L. Wilson, Asst. Secretary Of the
War Finance Corporation, opened this
western North Dakota Bankers, with
afternoon in the Association of Com.
merce rooms, and the Grafton and
Williston football teams, as we'll as
many Of their supporters, are arriving
in the city on afternoon trains today
to be here for the State championship
high school football game at Riverside
Park tomorrow at 800 p. m. The
Corn and Potato Show will continue
until Saturday afternoon with speak
ing programs Friday and Saturday at
1880 p. m.
The Minot Carnival will be operat-
ed tonight. Friday and Saturday night
doors opening each evening at 7:3o
pe m. The Bankers Conference will
continue until tomorrow afternoon.
Scores Of men have been working at
the Armory since Monday morning
preparing Il to house the Minot Car.
nival which promises to be revela'
tion 10 Minot people and the visitors
who are in the city. The Carniva!
has been planned for the purpose OF
financing the Corn and Potato Show
a. we'll as popularize q home enter.
tainment. It is made up Of some
thirty attractions conducted by var.
ious civic organizations and lodges
A feature vaudeville program begins
each, evening at 1880 o'clock. The
entertainers for this evening will be
Montgomery 4 Phillips, Swalstead'l
Musical Entertainers, and Helen Will.
son and Judith Frank in society
dances. Each number will take uI
fifteen or twenty minutes. There will
be .. continuous bowery dance with
the. stAusic furnished by the Unior
444S3oros. The Minot Community
Band under the direction Of Johr
Howard. will furnish band concer,
eAch 4TeninR.
II NJ been the plan of the commit.
tees Ia charge Of the carnival moi
% reveal details with the view t
thrilling those present with q seEiel
Of surprises but It has become general.
~ known that the Veterans of Foreign
Wars have fitted up . "trip to Nc
Mans Land" in the basement which
surpassss any effort heretofore made
! in North Dakota towards. bringing
war scenes before the eyes Of those
who did not see foreign service.
The other attractions in the Arm.
cry are also Of high standard and
promise to hold the crowd until the
early hours of the morning. The pro.
gram will be changed each evening 50
as to. enable those who are present
one evening to return another evening
for another round of fun. The big
attraction for Saturday evening will
be the coronation of the Carniva
Queen.
The following Minot young women
will receive votes for Carnival Queen
during the carnival: Bessie Wilson
Margaret Giese, Charlotte Hodgins
Genevieve Vandenoever, Mildred Lie.
berg and Teresa Stenviek.
No Mans Land, located in the base.
ment of the Armory, was prepared
by members of the Veterans Of For.
eign Wars, under the direction of John
j. Curran, who went to France as a
member of Co. A, and was later trans.
ferred to the Headquarters Co., build
ing trenches and barb-wire entangle.
ments. No one should miss going
thru No Mans Land. Everything will
be realistic as war itself. The trenches
and dug outs are exactly as they were
in France during the war. There
are the American, French and German
wire entanglements and the flares to
light up No Mans Land. There is q