The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-02
TOUR Of STATE FAIR
Worth Ones While to Spend a
Day at Big Show.
Everything Under the Sun Is
Exhibited There.
Mankato Represented in Manu-
features Department
Big Crowds Will Be in Attend
ance All the Week.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

the Twin Cities on the opening day, yes
terday. The Chicago Great Western
train left as usual at 6:20 o'clock on
both Sunday and Monday morning,
many people preferring to go up on Sun
day as that gave them two days in the
Twin Cities instead of one. The wealth
er was ideal being neither hot nor rainy
and the journey through the beautiful
country traversed by the Great Western
was certainly delightful.
Most of those who went up to ST..
Paul on Monday morning, lost no time
in taking the union depot loop line at
the corner of Sibley and Third streets,
and thence transferring to the Como In
terurban- Harriet branch, every car of
which is labelled in large letters, "To
the State Fair" That is the line which
brings people to the fair from all parts
of both st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Among the Mankato people who ex-
changed greetings on the grounds yes
terday were E. c. Willard, assistant sup
of the gates; Ralph James,
Alex. Thuemmler and Dick Thompson,
all stationed at the grand stand gates;
1 HI. Sickle; Carlos Boynton; Gates Phil
lips; Mr.. and Mrs. John Farmer; Thorn
as Lukyn; Ralph Jones; A. L. LOOMS
and w. S. Albrant, both of North Man
kato, and both stationed at the gates
of the fair; G. A. Tidland of North Man
kato, Fred Gerlich Jr and Ross Brown,
all enrolled as guards, to assist the
Twin City police in keeping order; Alex.
Sumner; the Misses Bangerter; Louis
Mayer; Henry Thielen; Joseph Ruder;
George B. Caldkell; and Mr.. and Mrs.
Parke Garoutte, accompanied by Mrs.
Garoutte's brother, Charles Dewey of
City.
Certain features of the fair, of course,
attracted especial attention on the part
of the people of Mankato and vicinity.
In the manufacturers building, Mayer
Bros. had on exhibition two specimens of
their work in the form of two fine trip
hammers. Power was furnished to these
machines by means of a gasoline engine,
which ran all the machinery in that
quarter section of the hall. A forge was
also kept in full blast for heating of the
irons, and all day long demonstrations
of the workings of these hammers were
made in the presence of large gatherings
of interested sightseers from all parts
of the state. Louis Mayer, John Thelen
and Joseph Ruder were in charge.
Mankato may well be proud of the
horse exhibit of Robert Burgess and
Thomas Lukyn. This was the largest
and finest display in that entire depart
ment, vast as it was. Burgess & Lukyn
have on exhibition fifteen stations, in
Guiding the Shire, Percheron, Hackney,
Belgian and Coach breeds. All of these
horses are huge and in the finest of con-
dition. Ten of them weigh over a ton
apiece. The exhibit couples half the
space of one entire barn. The stalls are
decorated with blue, white
and saffron bunting, and with wreaths
and chains of red, white and blue, the
ones that adorned the front of
The Free Press office on the day of
the big Woodmen's picnic.
1t was with no small amount of local
pride that the visitors from Mankato
gazed upon the magnificent exhibit of
the Creamery Package Manufacturing
company, located in the dairy building
and managed from the Minneapolis Of
fee. Few people outside of Mankato
are aware of the fact that that great
company, whose main headquarters are
now located at Chicago, and which has
various parts of the west, is an offspring
of Mankato. 1t was here that the house
teen years ago, establishing the factory
that still exists in the city, and which
has extended its line of production into
butter frkins and all sorts of packages,
such as are used in creameries. G. H.
Higgs, Mankato man at that time,
was one of the prime movers in the or
ganization of this company. Today he is
the general superintendent of the COM
pany's whole system, and has his office
located at Chicago. c. P. Cooper, man.
ager of the Minneapolis house, and Wal
ter McBroom, now auditor of the COM
pany at Chicago, both were Mankato
boys, who entered the employ of the in
stitution at Mankato before they were
grown, and who have won advancement
step by step. The exhibit is in the
charge of F. S. Stone, E. NJ. Nerhaugen
and M. ]. Cort, all of whom are known
in Mankato. 1t includes a Babcock
Wizard tester, a Disbrow combined
churn, harrington and Boyd cream ripen-
ers, a Twentieth Century Milk heater,
Sanitary milk and cream watts, an Ideal
skim milk weigher, a 5000 pound AL
pha milk separator, and Harrington du-
pick pasturizer. This pasteurizer is