New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-29
Program for the Big Woodmen
Picnic in June is Now
Complete.
Balloon Ascensions, Competitive
Drills and Military Parades
Slated Among the
Attractions.
Congressman Hammond to be the
Orator on the Second Day
of the Festival.

charge the work of affording enter
tainment for the thousands who will
visit this city during the big Wood
men picnic in June have completed
their labors, as far as arranging the
program of exercises is concerned, and
it must be admitted that they have
done their work WE'LL
While the published program by no
means covers all that is to be seen by
the visitors throughout the three days,
standing alone by itself it offers more
than enough.
In short there is an abundance and
variety galore, and then some.
On June End, the first day Of the big
gathering, the program will be as
follows:
l:30 p. M Grand Band Concert by
the End Regt. Band of New Ulm.
800 p. m.-Baloon ascension and
parachute leap at North German Park.
500 o. m.-Summer Festival and
Band Concert at Turner Hall Park.
Wednesday,, the second day, will be
given over largely to parades and
competitive drills; but by no means
the least important of the many fea-
lures offered will be the address in the
forenoon by Congressman Winfield
Scott Hammond. The official schedule
for the day includes:
1870 a. n.-Grand Woodmen Par
ade, participated in by Woodmen
Camps and Uniformed Teams from
Southern Minnesota.
l1:30p. m.-Address at German Park
by Hon. w. S. Hammond, Member of
Congress from Second Congressional
District.
200 p. m.-Fancy Drill by ladies of
Wild Rose Camp No. $50 r. N. A.,
of Lake Crystal, MINI.
2:30 p. NV oodmen Competitive
Drills, participated in by Woodmen
Teams from Camps of Southern Min
nesota. First prize, $50; second prize,
$25.
$3.50 p. m.-Woodmen Tug-of-war.
Prize, $40.
400 p. m.-Baloon Ascension and
Parachute leap at North German Park.
700 p. m.-Grand Automobile Par
AIDE. Prize for best decorated machine,
$25; second prize, $40.
Sunset Military Dress Parade.
s p. m.-Band concert by numerous
bands including Second Regiment
Band.
For Thursday, the third and closing
day Of the festival, the committee has
arranged for one of the biggest events
ever pulled off in this neck of the
woods grand military parade to be
participated in by military companies
from New Ulm, ST. Peter, Mankato
and Redwood Falls. Here is the line
up for the day as it appears in the
official announcements:
500 a. N. Military Guard Mount.
1000 a. m.-Band Concerts.
200 p. m.-Grand Military Parade,
reviewed by Gen. Jos. Bobleter and
staff, participated in by the comp anies
from Mankato, st. Peter, Redwood
Falls, and New Ulm, Burg's Battery
and other military organizations.
400 p. m.-Balloon ascension and
parachute leap at North German Park.
500 p. m. Band concerts. Confetti
night.
A conference of the governors of all
the states, cabinet officers, justices Of
the supreme court and leading mem
bers of congress will be held at the
White House week after next to con-
slider the all important question of the
conservation of the country's natural
resources. Special guests OF the pre-
sident on this occasion will be James
j. Hill, Grover Cleveland, John Nit
chell, Andrew Carnegie and William
j, Bryan.
Chas. Spalding, the Lamherton clti-
zen who returned only few days ago
from a sanitarium at Battle Creek,
Michigan, and whose illness for
months had occasioned anxiety among
his friends and relatives, died Friday
noon, the funeral being held from his
Lamberton home yesterday forenoon.
Mr.. Spalding was son-in-law of Mr..
and Mrs. Colt. Retzlaff of this city
and through his connections with this
WeIl-knOWn family he eniOyad an a.
quaintance with the people of New
Ulm that was extensive and intimate.
Moreover ne was esteemed by all who
knew him.