Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-11-20
news OF minnesota.
THANKSGIVING Proclamation,

upon 4 DAY set apart Tor tnat pur-
pose in the closing of each year, it
is the custom of the people of the
nation and state to engage in a spe-
cfal festival Of praise and thanks to
the Giver Of all good.
Wherefore I, John A. Johnson, gov
ernor of the state of Minnesota, do
hereby designate Thursday, the 28th
day Of November, as day of Thanks
giving.
"The year now drawing to close
is replete with evidences of divine
goodness. The people of Minnesota
have enjoyed material prosperity;
farm, forest and mine have yielded
abundantly. There have been no visi-
tations of fire, famine and pestilence,
and the countless benefits showered
upon us during the past twelve months
call for our fervent gratitude. The
prevalence of health and the fullness
of the harvest, the stability of peace
and order, the growth of fraternal
feeling, the spread of education, and
all the countless blessings that tighten
the path of life's wayfarer-all these
are cause for rejoicing and praise.
above and beyond the material
wealth that has come to our state, we
should reflect with grateful hearts
upon the moral uplift that is every
where apparent. In the great civic
awakening the regeneration Of the
public conscience, we have reason for
o. hot &c do inc
that there will be less worship of self,
less love of power, less lust of gold,
less weakening of faith, and that the
return to honesty and honor will lead
easily and inevitably to the walk Of
virtue, the way of happiness, the path
of glory.
"Out of financial storm, resultant
from the stress of an era of fraud
and frenzy, will come the sun, rising
from the darkness serene and smiling,
marking the muddy pools along the
way.
with the approach of that new and
better order, let us hope and believe
will come more abiding faith in free
institutions, liberty less tinged with
license, progress more glorious, and
unto Him who holds in the hollow of
His hand the fate of nations, and yet
marks the sparrow's fall, let us lift
our hearts commencing ourselves, our
children, our country to His infinite
mercy and care.
John A. Johnson, Governor"
Profitable Convention.
CrookstOn-The fifth annual con-
vention of the Red River Valley Dairy
mems association closed In this city
recently. This has been by far the
biggest and most successful conven.
ton yet held by the association. The
body was organized with five mem
bers, and now numbers hundreds, and
the convention just closed was attend
ed by dairymen from all over the
state It's success has been due large
ly to the efforts of Joel P. Winkjer
| inspector for this district of the state
dairy and food department, who will
leave the first of the year to accept q
position in the United States dairy
department.
Mr.. Winkjer was presented with q
solid silver water set, including large
| silver pitcher, goblet and salver. The
| following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
| President, Prof. William Robertson
Crookston; first vice president, c. B
Goodale, Fertile; second vice presi
dent, F. S. Whirry, Crookston; secre
tary, G. L. Austin, St. Hilaire; treas
urer, C. o. Carlson, Erskine.
Copper Is Found.