The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-28
DIR. John Lee Coulter of Fargo
Gives Principal Address
0f the Day
SHRlNERS TAKE PART
Short Talks Given by Other
Prominent Men-Affair
Very Successful
We go to fight the enemy"
The enemy was brave"
He was foolish"
"Hc died there"

So sang number of Red men in
the death chant for General Custer,
the Yellow Hair. and his troopers
who died with him ut the Battle of
the Little Big Horn, fifty years ago.
Inc occasion was the cOmmemora-
ton of the fiftieth anniversary of
the event Of. which they sang, spon-
sored jointly by the Chambers of
Commerce Of Bismarck and Mandan.
The program, which was staged
yesterday at the site Of old Fort
Abraham Lincoln, was we'll attended.
No close estimate could be made Of
the number, but there were cars
galore, grouped about the speakers
stand in a great crescent.
The principal speech Of the after
noon was delivered by DR.. John Lee
Coulter of the state agricultural col
leRe at Fargo. 1t was the last speak
ing number on the program.
The speaking ceremony opened
with an invocation by Rev. G. ".
Stewart The prayer was followed
with the singing of America, in which
the crowd joined. led by Henry Hal
verson.
Judge A. NJ. Christianson, chairman
Of the committee in charge of ar
rangements, introduced the several
speakers.
Shriners Entertain
Previous to that. the first part Of
the program was given, featuring the
work Of the FL Zagal Temple Band,
drill by the Arab Patrol, selections
by the Shrine Bugle and Drum Corps,
two selections by the Shrine Chant
"a pc al nCts h,, -
Temple Band
The first number on the speaking
program was that Of introduction by
Judge Christianson who spoke Of the
memories of our land. calling atten-
tion to the sesquicentennial Of the
Declaration Of Independence and the
centennial anniversary Of the death
OF Thomas jefferson. He also refer
red to the stern test which this coun-
try successfully withstood in the
Civil War and stressed the idea that
government exists by human effort
and sacrifice. He also referred to
the setting forth Of General Custer
on his i'll fated expedition in 1876.
almost hundred years after the
Reads Messages
He read messages which were sent
to him from President Coolidge.
Secretary Of War Davis, and Sccrc-
tary Of the Interior Hubert Work,
after which he introduced the special
representative Of the war department.
Major General B. A. Poorc. who de-
scribcd our heritage from Custer.
"The Army has always stood as
the strong arm Of the Government"
declared General Poorc.
HIv fnrnnr times ~ Vuav nd
vance guard and made possible the
winning Of our great Western EN-
pire."
Coming into more modern times,
General Poore pointed out the func-
tion of the army at present. as n
training school for citizenship. as
furnishing instructors in time of
need to the various training camps.
TO the militia and the reserve corps.
and as being the backbone of our ma
tional defense.
He declared that the army turns
out into civil life every year. thirty
or forty thousand men, who make
useful citizens and who are better
citizens because they have been in
the army. He concluded by observ-
ing that the army has served the
country we'll and deserves we'll Of the
country, both in war and in peace.
Like those gallant. officers and
men whose memory we honor today.
and like the gallant Six Hundred at
Balaklava, it IS "Theirs not to rea-
SON why: theirs but to do and die"
he concluded.
Indian Talks
The address of General Poore was
followed by short speech delivered
in Indian by "No Two Horns," a
scout and mail Garner of the old
days who first saw "Old Glory" fly
ing over the battlements Of Fort
Abraham Lincoln.
The old Indian delivered his speech
in the Indian language. Major A. 3.
Welch acting as interpreter.
Said. 1.-TWO Horns after giving
some account of his youth, 81 am as
brave az you. You had to send me
with the mail through places where
it was dangerous to 60.
"When sent my young men across
the ocean to defend my country, !
did great thing. They did not have
to 60. They volunteered"
But the warrior heart OF the old
scout was pleased at last, rejoiced by
peace, and in the closing periods Of
his speech. he expressed the hope
tnaC 'Cho Wnivcs Will i've h0pplly IN
the land of "nly people," and that
their happiness NAV last long time.
He added the hope that he may ret
live a long time to see it..
Miss Clara Peltier, the nightingale.
Of the Turtle Mountains, gave two
solo numbers, accompanied by her
instructor, Miss Marjory Best.
Stevens and Hannaford
John r. Stevens, railroad builder
and designer Of the bridge over the
Missouri At Bismarck. spoke briefly
Of his experiences and was followed
by J. NJ. Hannaford, vice chairman
Of the Northern Pacific, ON the d.
veloping Of an empire.
4 Mr.. Hannaford beGan his railway
service IN the traffic department and
his talk displayed IN Intimate knawi-
edge Of the devslopments Of the
lContinued o. paSs four.