Willmar tribune., 1921-07-06

The celebration in the city on In
dependence Day was an unusual sue
cess. The day dawned clear and
fresh and thruout the business section
as early as five o'clock could be heard
the sounds of hammers in the construc
ton of refreshment stands and floats.
About four o'clock salutes were
fired near the city and announced the
opening of the day of celebration.
People came out early to witness
the monster parade and the usual de-
lays which attend almost every par
ade kept the crowd waiting until short
ly before eleven o'clock when the
procession finally set in motion. The
parade was great composition which
the brains of decorators and men with
invent. It contained over sixty ele-
ments.
A Monster Parade
Preceding the parade by a half a
block was the city police, mounted
At the head of the parade was "Old
Glory with w. H. Toilette of Atwa-
ter as Standard bearer, mounted on
his fine horse, BILLY F." This beau
tiful animal carried himself with the
style and grace which the dignity of
the occasion required.
The Willmar Band in their new
fine uniforms headed the first section
which consisted of the following units
The G. A. R. veterans in automobile;
The Spanish-American war veterans
and members Of the Sophia L. Rice
Ladies Auxiliary; The Legion float,
The 40 Honpmes ct Chevaux 40 men
and s horses) "society" among the
Legion boys which had its origin in
the box cars in France; and the Red
Cross float. The Kandiyohi Public
Health Association also was repre-
sented in this section. The second
section consisted Of the various city
departments including the city coun-
Gil; the tiremen and their truck; the
city street department., Street Sprink-
Ter No. 3. The State Highway depart
ment had two of their caterpillar trac-
tors with graders in the parade.
The next section headed by the
Raymond band was made up of Labor
and other organizations. These were
as follows: The Brotherhood of Ry.
Clerks float; Bricklayers and MasOns
Union on foot; Green Lake Lodge R.
B. C. A.; Great Northern Garments
float; Central Labor Union float; Car
penters Union in work aprons and
caps, on foot.
The business and industrial section
was the largest and consisted Of over
twenty-five floats many of which were
very beautiful The following firms
were represented:
Nelson Bros. Cement Works.
Carlson Bros, the Rexal Store.
(Battleship.)
The Ladies' Store.
Willmar Cooperative Nero. Co.
Willmar Sash and Door Factory.
Gilbert Insurance Agency.
Farmers Security State Bank.
Berkness sLundberg Co.
Willard Storage Battery (Handy-
Lewis.)
Mems Clothes Shop.
Hoaglund & Diffendorf.
Model Clohing House, (Uncle Sans
Hat)
,Elkjer Co., (Dog-on Good
Clothes.)
New London Milling Co.
-, Stacy Bros. Co.
Mari-Posa Beauty Parlors Gutter
fy)
Willmar Tribune GA girls repre-
senting the "a townships of the coun
ty)
Gamble-Robinson Co.
Palace Grocery.
Central Minnesota Produce CO.
Kallevig Bros. & Baklund.
Peterson & Wellin.
Nelson Bros. Laundry.
Dreamland Theatre.
Industry was represented by al
emblematic float all in white statuar!
effect.
The fifth section headed ;. by th'
Grove City band was horse show
Maier Brothers of the Blue Ribbol
Stock Farm rode two of their beauti
full Morgan horses and Miss Berth
Maier drove her favorite team of Shet
land ponies hitched to float, follow
ed by a number of Shetlands riddel
bv little boys Master Shellman mad
a good showing on his riding horse
Next followed group Of boys o.
horseback and then came the rae
horses. s>~'..>
The next section was the comic
and the ''star" rig was a sulky abou
seven #. high.
An unusual feature was band
s'real' Zulus with drums and bolo il
struments. An outfit pushed by pom
and labeled '.92 B. c." created a goo
deal Of merriment. Wash day tro'
bles" was one good one, and He
Dog another. The "Priam City Fot'
grafst,'' taking" a wedding coup]
took the cake.
One fellow, unable to buy: bugg,
for his horse or gasoline for his aut1
mobile got along very nicely by hitcl
ing Old Dobbin to the car. Thea
was several other merry makers il
Guiding 9 couple Of ~rubes' on foo