The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-27
FAIR AT MEDO WAS
Great BIG SUCCESS
LARGE ATTENDANCE AND THE
DISPLAY SPLENDID
Livestock Showing Excellent;
Number Very Fine Addresses
Delivered

NuIIiDtT very JIHt huuIoSScS
Delivered
Addresses by Judge w. L. Comstock
DR.. ]. w. Andrews and Mrs. H. A.
Patterson of Mankato formed an i'm
portant part of the program of the
Medic fair on the closing day last
Saturday. Nice weather and the eff
forts of the community had combined
Ito make very pleasant fair this
year, and several hundred people
were in attendance during the two
|nayS of the fair, number being pres
ent from Mankato, Mapleton, and 9TH
er places in addition to the people of
Medo and Pemberton. The Farmers
|club of Medo, under whose auspices
the fair is given, is to be congratulate
ed on a successful and interesting
flair this year.
The prettiest event of the pro-
gram Saturday afternoon was the
Red Cross parade, which was cred
it to both Medo and Pemberton. The
floats were beautiful and the ladies
sang patriotic songs as the parade
passed along in front of the fail
grounds.
In the big exhibition tent were
some very fine exhibits of farm prod
school work, and fancy work. Dur
ing the afternoon a Red Cross sale
was held on the grounds, at which
live stock and many other valuable
gifts to the Red Cross were auction
ed off by Mike Ryan with excellen,
results for the Red Cross.
nip Boys and Girls Club Work.
The boys and girls club work
showed splendid results, the calf anG
pig, clubs scoring some high marks
j. S. Jones of the university farm
acted as Judge, and the followine
awards were made. the scores being
based on sixty per cent for comfol :
nation, fifteen per cent for dairy
gain, ten per cent for cost of gain
and fifteen per cent for records:
Elsie st. John, first, with a score
of 90.2; Gerald Neary, second, score
1911; Ira Buo kholz. third. score SOL
the winners who had very fine
calves were Walter Buckholz, Leslie
st. John, Archie De Remer, and Jean.
cite Strobel. Gerald Neary's cal
showed a record of '265 pounds o.
gain per day, remarkable showing
| In the pig contest John Strobel wor
first, with a score of ninety one pei
cent and Harold Groll won second
with a score of seventy seven pei
cent.
af The Livestock Awards.
! Live stock awards were made az
follows:
i Cattle-James Atchison, first OF
Herefords.
/. Harry Neary, first and second, Dur.
/ hams
Marian Rickert, second on Durham
John Groll, first and second on two
year old Hereford heifers.
John Emoopen. first and second OF
/ Holstein calves.
Cleo Richart, first on Guernsey
calf.
Louis Hobza, first on Shorthorn un
der one year; second on Shorthorr
over one year.
| Louis Severson, second on Short
horn
M. Bollings, first and second or
sheep.
John Strobel, first on Poland China
hog.
Arthur Groll, second on swine.
Louis Germo, first on two year ole
draft Percheron.
Charles Gross, second on two year
old draft Percheron.
George Buckholz, second on Dur.
ham bull; first on Durham heifel
over one year.
Victor Severson, first on Percher-
on colt.
Clifford Blaisdell, second on Per.
cheron colt
Elmer Severson, first on yearline
colt
Louis Germo, first on two year old
driving colt
Jacob Groll was the superinten
dent in charge of the live stock de-
partment
5te The Culinary Department.
In the culinary department the fol-
lowing awards were made:
Light loaf cake: Mrs. Charles Mer-
ickle, first; Mrs. Elmer Severson
second
Light layer cake, childrens' class:
Lucille Richard, second; no first.
Dark loaf cake: Mrs. Elmer Sever
son, second; no first.
Dark loaf cake, childrens' class:
Maud Buckholz, second, no first.
Dark layer cake, childrens' class.
Cleo Richard, first.
Rock cookies, childrens' class: Cleo
Richard, second; no first.
Rocks: Miss Nail Ward. first !.
Mrs. John Severson, second.
Light cookies: Mrs. P. C. Oftedahl.
first.
Light cookies, childrens' class: Lu-
ellie Richard, first.
Dark cookies: Miss Elsie st. John.
first.
BARK cookies, childrens' class:
Cleo Richard, second; no first.
Pie: Mrs. James Atchison, first:
Mrs. William Ward, second.
Mrs. Fred Buckholz was superin-
tendent of the culinary department.
The School Department.
In the school department the prin-
cipal awards were: :.
Miss Gladys Rinerson, first in eighth
grade arithmetic; Blossom Southwick.
second