Morris tribune., 1913-12-19
POPE COUNTY WINS
ATTENDANCE H0NORS
CORN AND ALFALFA SHOW
SETS NEW RECORDS.

Speakers Work Indoors and Out
to Entertain and Instruct
Crowds. Association Estab-
fishes Precedent by Adopting
No Resolutions.
West Central Minnesota turned out
enmasse to take part in the closing
festivities at Morris Friday and the
states first corn and alfalfa exposition
literally closed in a blaze of glory.
People from all over the 10 coun-
ties and outside thronged into the city
TO see, listen and learn, and a score
of men acknowledged to be leaders in
the movement for a redirected agri-
culture were on hand and worked dur.
ing the day and evening to instruct,
entertain and cheer.
A conservative estimate of the
number of visitors during the day was
$500 and to entertain and care for
such an increase in towns popula-
tion requires some work and unusual
. cooperation on the part of the resi-
dents.
Morris and the West Central De-
velopment association rose to the Oc
casion, however, and streets. build
ings and homes were all turned over
to guests.
CROWDS BEGIN To COME.
Early in the day people began to
arrive in automobiles and the first
special train from Willmar and Ben
son added a large delegation to the
big crowd already on hand. 1t was
seen at the time that the attendance
records of the other two days would
be eclipsed. but no one was prepared
for the avalanche Of people that de-
scended on the town from the Pope
county special, arriving about 10 80.
4. More than /, 200 fares were collected
on this train, and, accompanied By
three bands, this crowd paraded the
streets of Morris and created sensa-
tion.
A, D. Anderson and others of Glen
wood, had been working quietly for
two weeks to arouse interest in the
corn and alfalfa exposition and to get
up a monster delegation for the last
day which would insure their winning
the silver loving cup offered by the
officers of the association for the
county sending the largest number of
people to the exposition. Stevens
county was not allowed to compete.
Swift, Grant, Traverse and Big Stone
counties had been running neck and
neck with Pope for the honor of win.
ming the trophy, but when they stood
on the side lines and watched the
crowd of Pope county supporters &c
by, all threw up their hands and ad
mitted without further argument that
the loving cup would be in the place
of honor In the GlenWood courthouse.
POPE WINS THE CUP.
The attendance from one county OF
over ], 200 people on one day is some
thing before unheard of and shows the
unusual spirit that has been aroused
throughout this section. The people
realize that they can gain much from
an attendance at the meetings of the
association, and they have reached &
stage where they are willing to put
forth effort to gain anything that will
be of advantage to them and the com
munities in which they live.
SPEAKERS ALL DAY.
Four and five meetings were being
conducted simultaneously during mos
of the afternoon and evening, and il
spite of a lack of facilities for the
massing of large crowds every one
had an opportunity to see and heal
the distinguished speakers, to examine
the largest and best display of corr
ever gathered together in Minnesota,
to get new inspiration from the uni.
versity farm school exhibit, to study
and get practical information from
the county agents and specimens OF
their work; and, more than all else,
no one of the thousands who were ir
Morris went away without taking
with him a new conception of what
community life and cooperation car
really accomplish for the common
good.
Sr-
During the day there we're several
lectures on the growing of corn, al
many more on the value of alfalfa
and the proper methods for its cultiv.
alton. Professor H. r. Smith of the
College of Agriculture gave severa
talks and some demonstrations from Z
platform erected on one of the mair
streets, emphasizing the great need