The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-10-30


paved streets, splendid schools, SUI
perb hotels, splendid parks, and
churches that have long since BAN
ished the brute humanity and have
brought forth instead fearing
and God-loving people.
We went down there to boom
Minnesota. We did it. That tire
less worker, George Welsh, had no
sooner placed his foot in the hotel
lobby before he commenced setting
up a table on which was displayed
the products of Minnesota soil, and
from which Minnesota advertising
matter of all classes was shot out into
the hands of the farmers of the
south, Of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and
other states, as though from Cat
ling gun. Minnesota was there, and
was the only state there in the boom
ing business. The thousand or more
farmers from Oklahoma the boys,
who had been extending a welcome
to dad, but who were burnt out by
the sun without rainfall, gathered
round, and the genuine farmer dele
gates from other states, were there,
all looking at the diminntive exhibit
and receiving the pamphlets adver-
Using Minnesota and all of Minneso-
ia. The show and agitation was
kept up to midnight each night until
every dad and son were shown the
sight and had seen the literature.
Representatives from other states
wondered why their immigration
board had not made a showing.
while little Oklahoma got busy the
next day scattering improvised dim
inutive tracts, in a vain endeavor to
check the inquiry about the North
Star state.
We attended just one session of
the farmers congress. That was
the session on Friday. President
Stahl, who was the whip boss of the
whole affair, gave the right-of-way
to jollying big advertisement for
Oklahoma city, state or territory.
My old college friend, Eric Olson,
sat to one side of me, and remarked,
after two hours of this crusade,
Don't get impatient, Schmahl: this
taffying will soon end. and we will
get down to business. Jacob Rooms
of New Auburn, we'll known in Red
wood county, was there, and turned
pale on the jollying racket. We
finally resolved to let, Eric Olson act
as our committee on credentials, our
committee on resolutions, and if
there was anything more to fill, Eric
YVES also to fill that, and vote the en-
tire state, and we whirled down to
the hotel to look for cooler rooms
and more entertaining specialties.
1t was hot for we northerners
down there. We had on our north
ern summer outfits, but even then
we kept our coats and vests unbut-
toned and spread out our arms as do
birds on excessive warm days. The
thinnest of gauze. with sleeveless
and knee length underwear was
what was shown US for an Oklahoma
style, and while we did not invest,
we at least learned that Oklahoma
costumes are not all bullet proof.
Oklahoma is to be admitted as a
state ere long. The people have
adopted constitution, to many par
agraphs of which there is severe
criticism, but as President Roosevelt
says, they ought to know what
they want" In the vote they also
adopted prohibition, but the liquor
men, and the conservatives down
there, told us that it would be many
a day before Oklahoma would have
total prohibition. Ibelieve that con-
dition still prevails inNorth Dakota.
l regretted not being able to 90
over to. Kingfsher, where number
of former Redwood people reside.
Inquiries among the delegates from
that section brought the information
that they were all doing nicely, and
particularly enjoying themselves
basking in the sunshine of the south
and of what we all hope will be hap
piness. j. A. S.
District Court Next Week.