The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
SHOW At GARDEN CITY
PROVES DRAWING CARD
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Two thousand people had gather
ed on the fair grounds at Garder
City by three o'clock yesterday
afternoon. AS the thermometer went
up the people poured in and the
grounds presented a merry scene by
the middle of the afternoon
The weather was the cause of &
number of exhibits not being take1
to the fair, but every department
had very good showing which
held the attention of the visitors
Floral hall was thronged all day
A stove in it made the building
popular place. 1t is seldom neces
sary to have a stove up at county
fair time, but it shed welcome
warmth yesterday.
When the train arrived from Lake
Crystal three coach loads of people
fiocked to the grounds. There was
large delegation from Mankato
There were 232 family tickets sold
today, besides the large number oi
single admissions.
Fine Stock Parade.
There were about 125 head of cat
tie exhibited and it was a splendid
collection. The exhibit included
lightweight Guernseys. They are
owned by George Gilman, T. c.
Norman, Lucius Moses, Hugh Nor
man and George Richardson. Every
stall of Guernseys was high grade
and were in splendid condition
One little Guernsey calf put in its
appearance in the stall there yes
terday morning. The stall was en-
closed with a piece of carpet and
the little calf was being looked
after carefully
Randall Brothers of Lake Crystal
had fifteen head of high grade Hol
stein, and Herman Schultz of Gar
den City also exhibited a herd OF
Holstein.
William Maker of Lake Crystal had
two Swiss cattle there. They are
unusual in this locality and were
attracting good deal of attention.
Peter Buss exhibited Red Poll
Angus, George Norman had Black
Gallaways, F. A. Winger had Roam
Durhams and Fred Hemingway
had Durhams.
There were twenty-five pens of
swine, Duroc JERSEYS. Poland
Chinas and Chester Whites. ". A.
Buckles had five pens of Duroc Jer.
seys, F. M. Washburn had six pens
of the same kind, John Gerlich had
five pens of Poland Chinas, r. A.
Folsom six pens of Poland Chinas,
George Richardson one pen of Ches.
of Poland Chinas.
twenty Shropshire sheep. The only
other person exhibiting sheep was
George B. Gilman, who had three
pens of Shropshires.
Ninety Head of Horses.
There were about ninety head of
horses entered and made remark.
able showing. Reservations were
made for about twenty more which
were not brought to the fair be-
cause of the wet and cold All of
the livestock was judged by J. P.
Voak and e. O. Rustad of the state
experimental farm, who stated yes.
terday that there were horses ex-
hibited there which were worthy of
competition at the state fair. The
men who exhibited at the Garden City
fair have for a number of years
made speciality Of their horses
and are becoming widely known for
them, not only in this vicinity but
throughout the state.
There was large display of gar.
den products and OF grains. Robert
Hall had an exhibit of vegetables
from his farm that deserves special
mention. The exhibit included mel
ons, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes and
number of other varieties, all of
which were of excellent quality.
The only other farm exhibit was
that of Charles Peterson, proprietor
Of the Garden City Ginseng farm.
Mr.. Peterson displayed some of his
ginseng and all kinds of other veg
etables. 1t was very attractively
arranged. Mr.. Peterson stated to
The Free Press that about $10O
worth of ginseng had been taken
on Tuesday night. His best gar
den was not touched, it lying nearer
the house than the one which was
robbed. Mr.. Peterson said that he
had no suspicious as to who the
thief was.
Great Big Squash.
Stanley Jones has on exhibit a
squash which weighs 102 pounds.
1t is some" squash There are a
large number of monster pumpkins
and one freak gourd which is about
five feet long. 1t might easily be
mistaken for some musical instru.
ment from it's shape
The vegetables were judged by
Professor McMullen, teacher of agri.
culture in the Lake Crystal high
school.
The display of poultry this year
was very small. ~
In Floral hall there were some
interesting things. Perhaps the. ex-
hibit which attracted the most at.
tention was collection of fifteen
oil paintings by Mrs. Ada Hall, who
is now dead. This group of paint.
ings is from a collection of seven.
ty-five painted by her and owned
by William Hall of Sterling. The
collection exhibited includes a mum
Der of landscapes, including wa.
ter scene from Canada and another
from near the Lake of the Woods
There are several animal studies
one CT which is an excellent copy
of "The Monarch of the Glen" ami
group of cattle.
The ones which are particularly
appealing are copies of Psyche al
the POOP and Paul and Virginia
Mrs. Halls ability as a painter OF
tho human bndu ond fooo $50. e..