New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-06-12
PLAN TO OBSERVE
INDEPENDENTLY
NEW ULM WILL CELEBRATE THIS
YEAR BUT NOT IN THE
USUAL WAY .
JUNIOR PIONEERS DEDICATE
PIONEER LODGE AT THE
TURNER PARK

New Ulm is to have a real, live, up
and coming Fourth Of July celebration
this year, and yet it is to be a safe
and sane affair at the same time. Can't
be did? Well, just. wait and see. 1t
all came about very suddenly. The
building committee in charge of the
ereetion of the log cabin which was
built in memory of the old pioneers felt
that the natal day Of the republic would
be the opportune time to have the
dedicatory exercises, and proceeded to
get things started.
Committee In Charge
Acting on the suggestion, the executive
committee of the Junior Pioneers held
meeting Saturday and at that time
decided upon the Fourth as the day for
the dedication and the following COM
mittee was appointed to make the
necessary arrangements: Robert AL
brecht, Fred Behnke, Fred Hamann,
John Henle, Carl P. Manderfeld, George
Marti, William F. Meile, Fred Pfaender,
John H. Weddendorf, Otto Wieden-
mann, Miss Alice Haeberle, Mrs. L. B.
Krook, Miss Antonio Schlumpberger,
Miss Elfrieda Toberer and Mrs. Otto
Wiedenmann. This committee met at
the log cabin last night for the purpose
OF perfectlng an organization.
=, Commercial Club Will Help
About the same time that the Junior
Pioneers were discussing the adviSability
| Of celebrating the 4th with dedication
of the log cabin, members of the Com
mercial Club were discussing the adj
visibility of staging a mammoth parade
for that day to impress upon the people
the true significance of the day on which
the Colonies declared themselves free
and independent from the mother coun-
try.
This matter was to have been dis
cussed at the meeting of the Commercial
Club which was called at the club rooms
Monday evening. Owing to the fact
the rooms were being used for other
purposes and on account Of the oppressive
heat, no meeting was held. This matter
was however discussed in an informal
manner and the general vi understanding
is at this time that the Commercial Club
will cooperate with the Junior Pioneers
in making the celebration success.
History of Memorial
Resolutions to build the memorial
we're adopted at meeting of the Junior
Pioneers held two years ago and it was
planned at that time to put it in the
Fair Grounds. Opposition however
manifested itself to the erection of the
building there and the committee in
charge finally decided to defer action
until the next annual meeting as their
request to erect it in North German
Park had also been decided against.
| At the annual meeting last year it
was decided to secure permission from
the County Board to erect it on the Court
House Square and if such permission
were not forthcoming, the committee
was empowered to select site which
in their opinion would be suitable.
Altho the County Board endorsed the
erection of memorial they felt that the
Court House Square was hardly suitable
for this purpose and so advised the COM
mittee. It was then that the committee
asked the New Ulm Turnverein for per-
mission to erect in it their park, because
that was the only place that the com
mittee felt would be acceptable. This
permission was granted and the COM
mittee, consisting Of Henry J. Meyer,
Otto Heymann, Fred Setter, Charles
Stolz and Herman. Held Immediately
got busy, secured the necessary logs and
proceeded with the construction.
s, Il s Regular Old Timer 4
The building is Is feet by "a feet and
is, built as nearly as possible like the log
houses Of the early times. It is built
more substantially than those in the
SOS and COS and is according to Dick
Pfefferle big enough to have been used
as a hotel in the good old days. The
logs were all furnished gratis by members
of the Junior Pioneers and they are the
best that their timber afforded. One
of the logs, rock elm furnished by the
John Kruger family, is one Of the best
logs that has ever been brought to market
here. According to Rudolph Borchert
who did the building, this log was worth