The Mankato free press., 1921-09-02
ICOLB[RT IN ADDRESS
Popular Priest Spoke At
Garden City Fair
TIES THAT BIND FOLK
NeighborIy Love and Good Fel-
IoWship Is the Theme OF
Speaker

Rev. Father William Colbert OF
.Winnebago addressed the spectators at
the Blue Earth county fair at Garden
City yesterday afternoon. His talk
instilled into the hearts and minds
of his listeners the true value Of
neighborly friendship and the extreme
necessity of standing shoulder to
shoulder. II assure you it is always
a pleasure toJ attend the Blue Earth
county fair" he said with his happy
smile that is one Of the admirable
qualities of his splendid personality.
Father Colbert is man with a per.
sonality big enough to reach out ana
grip his audience with such force
that the listeners are sorry when he
fnishe shis talk, and go miles to hear
his next one. 1T is sort of a perennial
freshlet, and inspires the atmosphere
with neighboriy feeling and good
will, that the Creator intended should
exist among the rational creatures OF
this earth. yt
Yesterday being Iowa day, Father Col
bert told of the society that has been
formed to Iowa people who have
swooped down on Minnesota to turn
that the Tiles that Bind" is the ex-
planation for the existence of the
iowa reunion each year.
Peep Into Olden Days ~
Let us take peep into the olden
days when the pioneers formed the
advanced guard of civilization, when
they were rearing up structure that
developed into a mighty and soul
satisfying commonwealth, which
oix tn nd ort
which we feel are so necessary today.
1t is well for US to remember that
these things are not the reward OF
any merit on our part, but rather the
result of the sublime faith and in
spring self reliance of the pioneers,
the men and women who made pos
sible the high degree of comfort We
are enjoying" He paid an elegant
tribute To the old settlers who fought
the battle OF progress with many odds
against them, surely he was awarded
by seeing the pleased expression
that came upon the faces of the old
pioneers. who listened to him. I'VE
of the present are ready to confront
our problems with the same courag-
eous spirit which was displayed OF
old. We should prove ourselves to-
day worthy of the inheritance given
to us, and certainly We will not balk
such way that it means action"
concluded Father Colbert.
Iowa Visitors were Welcome
Iowa visitors were welcomed by
big banner at the gate of the grounds
yesterday, and it is estimated that
several hundred were in attendance.
They wore ribbons with Iowa printed
on them. The attendance yesterday
was not as large as the second day, IN
ly about three thousand admissions
being paid yesterday. The fair was
concluded with dance in the evening.
One hundred school children were
weighed and measured each day by
the Public Health : association, AMI
about twenty five babies were weighed
and measured yesterday, and seventy
five the day before by Miss Krogstad
the city visiting nurse of Mankato.
During the afternoon yesterday
group of people with the Garden City
quartette sang a group of songs in
compliment to the Iowa people being
present, and then in honor Of the
Minnesota people. -..
Much excitement centered about the
ball game between Good Thunder and
Vernon Center, when the Vernon Cen
terites refused to play saying that the
other team had with them some play
ers that they did not have the day be-
fore. After much arguing-base ar
gument-Vernon Center played under
protest, and lost the game with a score
of to O.. The fans enjoyed the argu-
ment and the game, for what is base
ball without an argument or two.
Boys and Firls Active
Boys and girls were active all during
the day, and in the afternoon the boys
having dairy calves on exhibition par
AIDED about the grounds. Pictures
were taken of the different calves with
their owners. Forty boys and girls of
the county took part in the dairy
Judging contest, and three rings OF
dairy cattle were judged, each con-
testant writing his or her reasons for
placing them. The winner will re-
were busy, and the team winning the
first prize consisted of Violet Kauf
man, Mildred Ore, and June Barker OF
Mankato.
Laura Jones. Anne Seeley and
Elizabeth Pritchard of Lake CrJstc:
carried off first prize also. Thess
two teams will take part in the can
ming contest at the State fair. The
second prize was awarded to a
Lake Crystal team, Esther James,
Isla Dodds and Anne Seeley. Carol
Neitge of Mapkato took the third
prize. and the fourth prize was CIV
en- to Helen Kleinschmidt, Irene
Peterson and Clarence Nelson OF
this city. Other prizes in club work
will be announced next week. Soma
of them were not determined yes
terday.
Red Ribbon, owned by George
voss, took first place in the running
race yesterday; Star Shot, owned by
A. j. Laurisch took second money,
and Nellie NJ, owner George Bartt,
came in for the third place. In the
harness race Lady Rex took first
money, owner Frank Thurston; CO.
no, second place, owner George
Watts. and Marble Heart third. own
er George Watts. The time in the
running race was about fifty one
seconds. and in the harness race
one fourteen and half.
The sixtieth annual Blue Earth
County fair will go down in the his
tory Of the association as being one
Of the most successful ever held.
Twice as many concessions were on
the grounds, more people visited
the. fair, and the weather certainly
could not have been more ideal. The
exhibits excelled those of any pre-
vious fair, and the chicken pie din
ner was the best ever