The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-12-04
GO0D CROP CELEBRATION
Gov. Eberhart and Other Speakers
Assist in Successful Grey
Eagle Celebration.

The hustling, busting village of
Grey Eagle may not be METROPOLITAN
in size or pretention but when. It
comes to doing things it is there with
the bells.
The region around this thriving
berg was blessed with abundant crops
during the last season and the bunch
of live ones who inhabit the same
concluded it was sufficient cause to
have blow out to celebrate the fact.
Action, in that mans town, follows
thought with such rapidity as to cause
ones head to swim and so they
celebrated with great eclat and other
things.
Friday November the 26th, was the
day fixed upon by the management
for the doings and Notwithstanding
the skies were dark and lowering and
ran threatened to fall at any moment
by ten o'clock there was a goodly at
tendance OF farmers and people from
the adjoining villages gathered on
the Square" 1t was also a market
day and the village provided a free
auctioneer and number of teams,
two or three cows, some other stock
and various other articles We're sold;
we did not learn the name of the man
who cried the sale, but he sure was
bird of an auctioneer and it was as
good as vaudeville show to hear
him expiate on the yaerits of the
wares he offered for sale.
The Bank at that place gave as
prize, handsome gold watch to the
party that bought the largest bill of
goods of the local merchants; the Pic
ture Show people offered a barrel of
groceries to the party bringing in the
most people on one load.
Of course no we'll ordered celebra-
ton in these piping times of politics
would be complete without the pres
ence of one or more state officials and
so Clyde Wilke hustled over to Mel
rose and brought over Governor Eber-
hart and Fred D. Sherman, Commits
sioner of immigration, the latter
formerly resident of Grey Eagle
and edited the paper there for several
years, before graduating into a state
official
Fred is no SLOUGH as a spellbinder
but the hand he got from his old
friends and neighbors sort of flustra-
ted him and he forgot to, spell-bind
and in choky sort of way thanked
them for their manifestations of
friendship. The ovation he received
at the close of his remarks demon
strated that his words hit them where
they lived.
Ex-Congressman Frank Nj. Eddy
was cleverly introduced by Clyde
Wilke, master of ceremonies. The
Sank Centre man reminscenced for a
spell calling attention to the fact that
he remembered the time when he saw
no less than 165 deer carcass at the
Grey Eagle depot one day in the fall
of the second year alter the Little
Falls branch of the N. P. was built.
The farmers of that section were
urged to form "stick, brother stick"
club and cooperate for their mutual
Mr. Eddy's quaint humor
made a distinct hit. He retired be-
cause there were speakers to follow |
him who could not speak as well as he |
could, but liked to talk whole lot |
more, and as Franks friends know
that is "going some"
Governor Eberhart gave one of his |
delightful impromptu talks, speaking |
along the lines of his pet theory,
Rural Cooperation, urging the pos
s:bility, feasibility and advantage Of
the residents Of rural communities
along business, intelec-
tual and social lines. He was in his
happiest mood, his address was re-
plete with numerous anecdotes and
amusing personal experiences and the
frequent Interruptions of laughter and
applause, as well as the tense atten-
ton given to every word of his hour
address demonstrated not only his
ability as a speaker but the regard in
which he was held in the community.
After the address an out door re-
,eption was held and nearly every
person present embraced the oppor-
unity to meet the Governor and
shake hands with him.
The reception closed the exercises
and the Governor ond Mr.. Sherman
were driven to Little Falls and re-
,urned to st. Paul the same evening.