The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-26
GUESTS AT BIG BANQUET
YOUTHFUL FARMERS HAVE
REAL FINE TIME
Names of the Prize Winners At
The South ST. Paul
Event

ST. Paul, November 19.-Last
night more than 800 children from
different sections Of the state who
South st. Paul Live Stock show par
ticipated in an entertainment given
at the st. Paul Athletic club at which
loving cups 2were presented to the
Juvenile contetants. Members of the
Farm Bureau federation were also
guests OF ST. Paul business men.
Following a twelve course dinner,
which drew CALCULATIONS OF awe and
delight from the Riddles" an elab-
crate program Of entertainment in
Guiding professional singing, dancing
and sleight of hand. made the occa-
sion one which never will be forgot
ten by the youthful attendants.
After the program. Mayor L. G..
Hodgson presented the winners of the
stock show with loving cups for their
various exhibits. The winners were:
Albert Conzemius, Hastings; Gerald
Sullivan, lie Sueur Center; Carl G..
Ash, st. Vincent; Verne Steihl, Al
bert Lea; Carl Oelke, Blue Earth;
Selmer Stensland, Mabel, and Vir-
ginia Seaman, Belview.
1uO6C OClhc Vi due
apparently are not to be outdone as
juvenile beef makers in Minnesota.
Twelve year old Carl upheld the
family honors yesterday when he
carried off the grand champios ship
OF the Junior Live Stock show at
South st. Paul, with his Aberdeen
Angus yearling, duplicating the per-
Torrance of his sister, Mildred, at
the 1919 show.
Mildred was on hand again yester-
day, too, a close second to her
brother in the Aberdeen Angus year
ing class. Had she beaten her
have got into the grand champion
ship contest and may have given
her the grand prize for the second
time.
Albert Lea Youth Wins.
In the dairy breeds. Verne Steihle
OF Albert Lea, carried off the grand
championship with a Guernsey; Sell
mer Stensland of Mabel, Fillmore
county, exhibited the best fat hog, a
Duroc, and Gerald Sullivan Of LIE
Sueur Center, lie Sueur county took
first prize in the lamb class with his
Shropshire.
A large gallery Of interested spec
tators from all parts of the state
remained throughout the judging to
see the winner picked and they ap-
plauded generously when the blue
ribbon was laid across the glossy
back of Gold Dust" Carl Oelke's
entry in the show.
Judging Takes All Day.
The judging of the several hum
dred calves. pigs and lambs entered
by the boys and girls Of the state
took nearly all day. The event at
tracted hundreds of country people
to South st. Paul and the keenest in.
terest was displayed throughout the
day. Fl. H. Kildee Of Ames. Iowa,
and w. J. Kennedy of Sioux City,
classes I'll ass tie judges had difricuify ID ii
picking the winners, so well finished
were the animals. The awards by
classs as finally announced are:
Junior yeariings--AiI Breeds.
with Aberdeen Angus; second. vir-
ford; third, Mildred Oelke, Blue
Earth. with ABERDEEN Angus; fourth.
Herbert HALFWAY, Dodge county,
with a Shorthorn; fifth. Dale Simp-
SON, Butterfieid, with an Angus.
Calves-AiI Breeds.
First, Elmer Isakson, Springfield,
Brown county, with Hereford; Sec
ond, Albert Conzemius, Hastings,
Dakota county, with Shofthorn;
third, Lyle Crandall, Randolph, Da-
kota county, with Hereford; fourth,
more county, with an Angus; fifth,
Truman Johnson.
Grade Hereford YearIinas.
First-Virginia Scanlon, Belview,
Redwood county; second. Robert
Cook, Hastings, Dakota county;
third, Randolph Buchan, Fairmont,
Martin county; fourth, Joseph Isak
sen, Springfield, Brown county.
Grade Shorthorn YearIings.
First, Herbert Hallaway: Dodge
Adoiph wogensen, Tyler; fourth,
Lawrence Grimmel, ortonville, Big
Stone county.
trade Aberdeen Angus Yearllngs
First, Carl Oelke, Blue Earth,
Faribault county; second, Mildred
Oelke, Faribault county; third. Dale
Simpson, Butterfeld. Watonwan
county; fourth, Alvin Nesbit, Wi
mona county; fifth, Russell Bone.
Beardsley, Traverse county.
Best County Herds,
Herefords-F1rst. Brown county;
second, Martin county: third, Cot
Aberdeen Angus-F1rst, Walton
wan; second, Redwood; third, Rock.
Shorthorn-First. Dakota; second,
Dodge; third, Lincoln.
Dairy Calves-Grand Champion.
Verne Steihl. Albert Lea, Free
born county, with Guernsey.
Hoistein Ye1riings.
First-Signe Bergerud, Fergus FAILS,
Otter Tail county; seconc. irene Sat
urn, Fergus Fans.
Tof1e.n caves.
First, Monica Zuin, Galloway, Beck
er county; second, William Steele, Al
bert Lea, Freedom county; third, Vic
tor Anderson, Eden Prairie, Hennepin
county; fourth, George Hanney, Am :
boy, Blue Earth county; fifth, Floyd
lvermilyea, Dexter, Mower county.
Guernsey Calves.
First. Verne Steihl, Albert Lea,
Freeborn county; second. Ruby Conk-
lin, Thief River Falls; third; Einar
Larson, Detroit, Becker county: fourth,
Pearl Conklin, Thief River Falls. Pen
nington county; fifth, Robert Frtzzell,
Eden Prairie, Hennepin county.
Brown Swiss Calves.
First, George Minette. Sank Center,
Stearns county Only one entry.
Fat Hogs.
First, Selmer Stensland, Mabel,
Fillmore county, with Duroc: second,
Gordon Savers. Pennington, Dakota