The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Will Be Held Here On February
24-25 and 26
from Mondays Dairy.

from Mondays Dairy.
The dates of the Southern Mime
sofa Better Development League corn
show. and the Blue Earth county
Turc Seed association meeting. which
were To 10 held here Tn February
Il. Is. and 10. have been changed.
owing 10 tho fact that they were
found to conflict with the dates OF
The Rcd River Valley improvement,
| Caruo. which is To hold its show on
these Gales.
The Southern Minnesota Better
Development League and Blue E:art,l
County Pure Seed Association have
decided to held their meeting In this
city on February q. - and 2G. AM
'he Minnesota Crop Improvement,
Association will hold their anruaI
meeting in this city i'm conjunction
with the other two organizations. on
the same dates. Secretary J.. -
Eeets OF the Southern Minnesota
Eetser Development League returned
sunday morning from st. Paul. where
he attended the state Agricultural
meeting. and while there he talke
with e. W. Glotfelter. of Watervirlc
president OF the Minnesota Crnp I'm
provemcnt Association, and with {
p. Bull of the state agricultural col
lCsc. who is secretary If the associa
ton. These gentlemen stated tina
hey would join in tie meetings 10
be held here. as they thought il
would be 4 good thing to hOll the
meetings OF the three organizations
I'm conjunction, and had heard the
very favorable reports from previous
meetings OF the Development League
with these three meetings combined
into IL a record breaking attend
ance Is expected in Mankato en- those
dates
While ut st. Paul Mr.. DCets had
personal interviews with Governor
Hammond. President Vincent of the
state university, State Auditor !. O. \
Preus. E. u. Craig. the ncwly electei
president CT the state fair board.
Clifford Ellis. Fred Sherman. ".
Mackenzie. and Professor Bu'l. Each
Of these gentlemen definitely prom
iscd TO be president during the com.
ing meetings.
. Governor Hammond will be here
Friday. and will speak On the gen.
eral development CT the work ir
which the organizations are engaged
President Vincent will be here on
the afternoon and evening of Feb
riary %. and during the evening
SESSION will speak on community
fpirit: State Auditor ircus will lie
liver an address at one of the SOS
s!ons on Friday.
! Many valuable prizes are leinp
secured to be given as premiums
for the different exhibits. and {;
! y list of them will sOGn be given
cut.
. \ special departure during Ike
coming convention will be the Boys
Corn contest. open to all boys who
were in the acre yield contest for
the state fair this fall. The boys
number q thousand. all from south.
crn Minnesota. and they will he
iiNItth ny fttiEostT U. ~. t~TfthSpN,
in charge OF that department for
the state agricultural college. TO
compete for prizes at the corr show.
The many prizes offered will prob
bly, bring a large response from the
boys. Professor Erickson stated to
Mr.. Deets that he believes the boys
exhibits would be one OF the big
features of the corn show. In talk.
ing with a number OF people from
southern Minnesota. who were pres.
ent at ithe state agricultural meet.
ing. Mr.. Deets found that all seemed
to be planning on attending the
coming convention i'm Mankato. and
a very large attendance will prob
ably be present from the southern
section Of the state particularly.
From Mondays osirv.
Chicago. ILL.,, January 1S.-
: James Morrison Darneli, the
"much-married minister" may be