News from the

April 26, 1919

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COUNTY MOBILIZES FOR VICTORY CELEBRATION

Soldiers Day Jubilee Brings Record Crowd of Patriotic People to Pomeroy

WAR VETERANS CITY'S GUESTS

Men in Uniform Hold Free Passes to All Games and Amusements and Get Free Eats

Paying homage to the returned sol­diers and boosting for Victory bonds in Pomeroy Monday, was almost the entire population of Garfield county.

A number of cars came in from Co­lumbia county, also, and added their loads to the crowds that thronged the streets and there were some in at­tendance from both Lewiston and Asotin.

If the management of the celebra­tion had possessed the prophetic pow­er of Uncle Sam's Weather Chief it could not have picked a better day.

Parade Is Imposing

The parade, led by the band and followed by the large body of soldiers in military formation, commanded by Sergt. Bennet, with the liberty bond float and decorated cars following formed an attractive and creditable beginning of the Victory jubilee. Marshals of the day were N. O. Baldwin, and A. G. Greene. The committee on arrangements, for the commercial club, consisted.of E. C. Cluster, Dr. C. H. Burkhart and J. G. Morris.

After the crowd reached the park the program, beginning with an in­vocation by Rev. John Huggins, was carried out as previously published.

Reads Honor Roll

Senator E. V. Kuykendall presided. He read a list of the names of the nine Garfield county heroes who made the supreme sacrifice—those who were killed in action and those who died of disease in army camps.

On the first list were the names: Thomas Jackson Grahamm Harry J. Millerm Marshal Smithm Robert Craig. Those who died of disease: Raymond Stephenson, Kenneth Briggs, Elbert Anderson, Cecil Russell, Fred Brunton.

Judge T. M. McKinney, of Walla Walla, delivered an interesting ad­dress, lauding the great service per­formed by the American forces in the world war, and paying a glowing tribute to the personnel of the A. E. F.

Soldiers Tell Experience

Discussing their experiences in the world war were Harry Bartlow, Ches­ter Victor and Alton Crumpacker, all of whom fought the German in France. Crumpacker charged the army officers generally with gross misconduct, ill treatment of soldiers under their command and neglect and mismanagement of the wounded, es­pecially at Brest, where, he declared, wounded soldiers died for want of proper care. He also denounced the Y. M. C. A. in scathing terms.

Chester Victor gave an interesting, brief sketch of his service, telling of the bomb explosion which buried him under dirt and debris from which he was extricated by his companions, who dug in and unearthed him none too soon to save his life.

Harry Bartlow talked entertaningly of his active service on the Argonne front, where he was wounded, and of his long siege in the hospitals. Neither Victor nor Bartlow uttered any words of denunciation either as to the conduct of the officers or the work of the Y. M. C. A.

Flag Drill Pleases

The flag drill by 16 girls, under the direction of Miss Lois Buchet was a credit to all connected therewith— well executed and nicely adapted to the occasion.

Baseball Gets Record Crowd

The baseball game between the Pomeroy and Lapwai Indian teams gave much joy to the largest crowd that ever witnessed a ball game in Pomeroy. Manager A. J. Buchet re­ports gate receipts aggregating $262. The Indians were paid $75, leaving receipts for baseball purposes amounting to $187.

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