Arizona republican., 1913-07-14
HANS HERL|CK
 HAS A PARTY
Entertains Phoenix Scandi- navian Society on His Splendid Ranch East of Town at Grand Water melon Feed

Nearly all the sturdy Norsemen who are now making Phoenix their l home met at Hans Herlick's ranch | yesterday afternoon and proceeded to l enjoy one of the best picnics of the i year. WatermelOns galore topped off l with the best cantalOupes grown in | the Salt River valley were the nrin- l CipaI item on the bill of fare and if
 the number consumed is any criterion 1 the feast was an entire success. l Although the members of the scan 1 GinaVian society predOminated, other l nationalities were represented and v ere treated with the same royal l hospitality that the genial Hans is ] noted for. Among the other nations i represented were France, Germany, Denmark and Holland, and they were made to feel that if they were not members of the same country aS their hosts they were at least mem bers of the next best.
 Blue-eYed maidens and matrOns joined in the harmless frolic that fol- lowed the first feed of melons and in a short time the scene represent ed as nearly as was possible d sec tion of the country of fijords trans planted bodily to the sunny valley of
 the Salt river.
 Hans was kept busy the early part of the day showing the visitors over his ranch and many of them were
 visibly impressed with the wonderful
 productiveness shown on every hand
 Hans with very grave face in
 formed most of his visitors that the
 two-story dobe house to their left
 was the ruins of an old castle erect
 ed by the prehistoric races that first
 made portions of this valley to bIos-
 som like the rose
 The visitors came to the ranch in
 wagons, hayracks automobiles and buggies and Hans with his corps of assistants were kept busy for several hours cutting the melons into con venient section so that the eater
 would not get the juice into both ears at once. or else they were in formed if this was not done the big house on the Tempe road would have tC enlarge it's accommodation for tunateiY. however. there were no catastrophes of that kind
 After every one had eaten all the melon that they wanted the race mee, was then declared open and entries
 were quickly made for the fat mans race, the plump ladies' race the diff ferent children's races and the equal l suffrage race. In the last named race the lady and the gentleman had to run a trial heat and the winner was handicapped the number of yards tha' they had won by. Then the final 1 heat was run and the winner had to run the winners of the other heats i This race caused much excitement ard the name of the winner was not 1 announced.
 Many of the games played wer1 l the old games of the Norsemen and l the instructions were given in the 1 language of the old country" All l the games called for strong physical | eXcrtion and much mental effort ana l are no doubt the cause of the strong 1 physique and mentality that the l Scandinavian races enjoy.
 During the afternoon many regrets !! were expressed that \. P. olson. the | popular contractor who was injured | at the NOll building. was not able to 1 be present and all present hoped that 1 he would soon be able to once more 1 take his place in the activities of the ] society. Among those who enjoyed | the hospitality of MT. and Mrs. Her lick were: Mrs Robert Federsen. Fred Karls Mrs. BOlin, Carl Lind strom. Q. R. Lindstrom, Mrs. Lind strom, MT. and Mrs. Erie Hansen. A. $ Hansen, Nels Kalgaard. Miss Clara Anderson. Miss Sigrid Anderson. Francis Lindstrom the Misses Olson. Dr. Nielsen. MT. and Mrs. Holmquist. Henry SOller and Mrs. Soller Miss Helen Van der Las was also present and was the guest of Mrs. Herlick ir the auto party.
 Coming back to town the happy but tired crowd amused themselves singing the beautiful songs of the Northland alternating with some of 1 the standard songs of their adopted country On their arrival in town 1 the wagon party serenaded their host up with q tiger that must have been heard as far as Mesa