The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Wood Had
Fine Time On the Coast
Prom Thursdays DaiIs

from Thursdays OaiiS
turned yesterday from three months
spent in the west, having enjoyed IA
delightful trip and visited many points
OF interest. DR.. Wood, vino Is an ex-
pert on Guernsey cattle, was in
charge of the exhibit of the Edgemoor
farm, at Santee, California, seventeen
miles out of San Diego, and displayed
the fine herd of twenty Guernsey cat
tie at the San Francisco fair, where
they captured eighteen hundred and
twenty-five do'lHrs i'm premiums. Live
stock was entered in competition
from all the coast states. the eastern
states being barrel by quarantine
regulations on accCu Of the hoof and
mouth disease. Dr. Wo ID also entered
the same herd at tho state fair I'm
Phoenix, Arizona. whore they captured
all the first premiums.
Trip to Pert and.
Later DR.. and Mrs. Wool took a trip
to Portland, Oregon. GH' although he
did not exhibit the herd there, the
northern circuit my he made next
year. While In California Mrs. Wood
rpent most OF her tii1e 1T Long Beach,
California, as tho guest of her niece,
Mrs. J. ID. Hurlis'on. formerly of this
city. She al~o spent a week I'm San
Diego as the gun,t of Mrs. ID. d.
Smith. wife OF DR.. Smith, also former
residents OF Mankato. Enroute to
Portland, Oregon, she stopped off at
s,edford, Oregon, where she visited
Mrs. T. J. Gardner, who recently re-
moved to that city from Mankato.
DR.. Wood was greatly impressed by
the beauty of the worlds fair Just
closed.
Crowds at the Fair.
Mrs. Wood and were at San
Francisco during the last week of
the fair" he told a Free Press re-
porter this morning, land the crowds
were much larger than they were in
October. The weather was good
much better than 1t was the previous
month. The San Francisco fair was a
wonderful thing, and the most artistic
worlds fair ever planned. The scenic
and architectural effects, and coloring
were magnificent.
Business conditions were fat In
Portland. worse than at any other
place. although they are complaining
of hard times I'm all the coast states
Tho fairs enlivened California, but
hear that since the fair closed bust
ness conditions are very bad The
country around Portland Is a good
fruit raising and dairying belt, bu,
the farther east one goes the better
the times arc.
| Cowboys In Evidence.
| AT Phoenix, Arizona, which Is
about the size OF Mankato | realized
that the day of the cowboy was not vel
past. as there were cowboy contests
roping steers, fancy riding, ETC., ever,
day OF the fair. There are reserya
tons OF Indians not far from the cap
itai, and while the state fair was IN
progress an Indian day was held
when all the Indians who came were
admitted free. The Indians came ant
camped near the town to be ready fol
the great day. and several thou.
sands were In attendance on Indiar
day. Phoenix lies In the Salt River
valley, which Is irrigated by the bis
Roosevelt dam. and they say there I.
enough water in the dam to irrigat,
the valley for three years. even II q
didnt rain a drop. The land is yer,
good under irrigation, and Il Is a won.
derful dairying country"
Dr. and Mrs. Wood, speaking o
Mrs. A. r.. Clark. said that the for
mer Mankato lady was now almost