The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-30

and assured the people present that
II the money could not De raised
that the 81. Paul association OF com
merce would assist in furnishing
funds. Mr.. Jackson's speech was
given three cheers and a, tiger.
George p. Dayton.
Another of the twin city speakers
. was George p. Dayton. the Mlnneap
oils merchant. After having had q
dinner which consisted partly OF
= alfalfa products he suggested that
there be added to the expression,
"All Hail King Corn" the words
And Queen Alfalfa" lie declared
the southwest to be all right and
the northwest TO be coming.
1.-The Farmer" was the subject OF
Robert Carmichael's toast. Mr.. Car.
michael Is from Pennington, and
seems perfectly satisfied to remain
farmer.
Fl. r. Dawes of South Dakota, the
man who judged the corn. spoke
highly OF the grade OF corn shown
but had no praise for Jim Hills
thousand dollar ear. "That ear OF
corn is an insult to every corn grow
er in the United States" he emphatic
ally declared. THE thousand dol
lars which was paid for II should
have produced an ear of corn which
would have produce an ear of corn
which would have been so perfect
as TO attract world wide attention
at lies there in its coffin and should
be buried.
! City and Country.
Attorney Franklin z. Ellsworth Of
this city spoke thus: Outside OF
the states of Colorado and New
York, | believe Minnesota has the
greatest problem of a civic nature
than any other state In the union"
He referred to the corporations
which are in control OF the big.
gest industries of the state. lie said
further that the spirit between the
city and the ciuntry was wrong II
1t in any way prevents their work
ing in perfect unison. The league
can find no greater work than i'm
righting such condition. We should
all regard ourselves as citizens OF
the state. rather than as citizens OF
a city or citizens of the country"
c. w, Gillian of Window said that
the land in this part OF the state
was almost OF no value when he
came here as u boy forty-two years
, ago. and that at the present time
II. is almost as valuable as Illinois
land. He told of his pleasant ex-
rerience in Mankato the first time
he came here, or Insurance Commits
sIoner Smith giving himself and his
brother attention and hospitality lat
the Clifton house simply because
they were small boys and were
travelling alone.
winona Wants the Meet.
Following the program OF toasts
Mr.. Carmichael made a motion to
the effect that the location OF the
next annual meeting Of the Develop
ment league be left to the discre-
ton OF the executive committee with
recommendation that IL be held in
Mankato. Mr.. Tawney OF winona
seconded the motion. but said that at
any time winona would be glad to
entertain the convention II II would
care to come to that city. Mr.. Car.
michael'sN motion carried.
The motion closed last nights
session OF thu convention, the Min.
neapolis and st. Paul delegation
leaving at $3.50 for their home
cities.
Yesterday Afternoon Session.
There were many short talks at
the triple convention yesterday.
These brief addresses covered q
wide field.
! Professor N. z. Hanson OF Brook.
ings, s. d.. a traveller of wide ex-
perience gave an address on 1.-The
Far East" Mr.. Hanson. I'm refer
ring to It's being county agent day
at the convention, said that United
States was far behind Denmark In
the work of cooperation and agri.
cultural advancement.
During last year Mr.. Hanson was
sent to the far east as an agricul-
tural explorer by the state of South
Dakota.
II have been much Interested I'm
Durham wheat and alfalfa particu-
larry, and on my recent trip to Rus
STA | found native alfalfa which
grew in a climate OF extreme cold
and heat.
1T grew on high, dry upland
That sort of land is In our western
states. also found some native
, red clover growing in this country
of extreme temperature. We -often
hear Of winter killing red clover,
hut this was In country with as
severe winters as we have.
THE only trouble with red clover
and alfalfa Is TO get your seed from
the right place. Nature can do a
job that man cannot. These grains
cannot be acclimated In few years.
II also found a millet there which