The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-17
FIGHT IS ON FOR THE
HEAD OF STATE FAIR


400, will gather in the twin city
this week to attend the fifty-fourth
annual meeting of the Minnesota Ag-
ricultural society, to be held at the
Minneapolis court house January a.
10, 16 and II. Besides the regular
program of the main society, there
will be departmental meeting and
session of various affiliated societies
which are n constituent part of the
general society.
Politics, as ever, will bubble at
the sessions. Officers for the year
will be elected at the Friday morn
ing session January II. and there
are three mentioned already for the
presidency. These are the incum-
bents, c. w. Glotfelter of Water
vile, J. Farrell of Carver and John
J. Furlong of Austin.
Attitude of GlotfeIter.
Mr.. Glotfelter declares he is not
an active candidate, though his
friends believe he will accept the
office if it is offered without a fight.
Furlong. who has sought the office
before, will be after it this time and
friends of Farrell are urging the
candidacy of the Carver man. There
also will be elections 10 fill the vice
presidency, which is now filled by
Eli Warner Of st. Paul. Two men,
bers of the board of directors will
be chosen to succeed F. w. Murphy
of Wheaton and Thomas Garfield
of Lake Park Friends of the two
men are urging their reelection.
The delegates, at their business
session, are expected 10 petition the
legislature for appropriations to
construct an agricultural exhibit
building on the fair grounds. The
fair board already has submitted the
request in its report. The legisla-
tors also will be asked to provide
funds TO finish the roof on the grand
stand and to build additional barn
sheds for the housing of live stock
exhibits. There is some talk also
of asking for a new administration
building.
Bring Counties Into Competition.
Effort tO bring more counties into
the onmroti+ion in agricultural ok.
h'hi+s at tho fair is evnentnd to be
-~ode a. the session Of tho Minnesota
Association Of Federated County
Fnirc which will meet Thursday
morning dovn'ino the forenoon see-
sion TO routine business The after
noon PROGRAM includes many sub
iects touching the interest Of The
farmer. Tho fair association will
hold IT'S annual banquet 1T the
Commercial club at $50 .. m
Thursday.
The Minnesota Field Crou Breed
ers' association. which has been
waging a campaign for better seed
is expected to see some of its eff
forts crvstali7ed at the meeting
Wednesday. The field crop breed
ers will push their work of co-opera.
tive seed clubs in the state.
The Minnesota Live Stock Breed
ers' association also will meet We'd
nesdav and will hold a banquet at
the Commercial club in the evening
A meeting of the Minnesota Perch
eron Breeders association will be
held Tuesday afternoon.
The general society will open its
sessions at 2 p. m. Tuesday with an
address by President Glotfelter.
st. Paul. January 13.-Members of
the Curling club of ST. Paul are
rapidly completing arrangements for
the northwest bonspiel. which will
be staged at the local clubs rink
from January 20 to % inclusive
With entries from more than one
hundred Kinks, this years spiel prom.
ises to be the largest and most sue
cessful ever staged in the United
States.
The various committees which
were appointed to arrange 70 the
details looking for the staging of
the big bonspiel are working over
time and each chairman reports
that his men are meeting with con-
siderable success and the st. Paul
business men are subscribing liber-
ally to the fund which will be used
10 entertain the out of town guests.
With the various railroads offer
ing a fare and one-third rates to
st. Paul for the bonspiel, several
hundred out of town enthusiasts
and their friends are expected to
visit here during the week of the
twentieth. The coming tournament
promises to be one of the most rep
resentative ever held, Kinks from all
parts of the northwest being en-
tered.
From Far Away Vancouver.
From far away Vancouver comes
the report that at least two and
possibly four Kinks will compete.
Canada and the Canadian northwest
Will be represented by more than
forty Kinks, and the stane beavers
from across the border are confident
OF carrying away the lion share of
prizes and jewelry in the various
events. Winnipeg, Vancouver, Bran
don, Moose Jaw and Calgary are
the Canadian cities that will be
represented in the mammoth bon.
spiel.
The Winnipeg curriers' are plan
ming on a special train to st. Paul
and their party will be composed
or about twenty Kinks. Many of the
granite beavers will take along their
families. and all in all, the followers
OF the Scotch pastime, have visions
of big time
President Stewart has received a
number of letters the past week
from the curling clubs of Grand
Rapids, Detroit, Milwaukee, Portage
and other cities, requesting him tc
send entry blanks and full details
of the spiel to their clubs.
modations at Club House.
Visiting curriers' will find the fin
est accommodations nossihla or III.