New Ulm review., 1922-10-11
MORE THAN $4,000 COLLECTED CELEBRATION COST s762o77
JUNIOR PIONEER ORGANIZATION HAS NOW MORE THAN
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ITS TREASURY

Altho it was generally understood
that there was a surplus from the 6Otk
anniversary celebration of the Indian
Massacre and Home Coming which
was celebrated under the auspices Of
the Junior Pioneers from August II to
20sinclusive, no one, except those who
audited the bills, had any idea that the
surplus amounted to approximately
$500 after returning $500 to the city
But this is. what the committee, con-
sisting of Dr.. j. P. Graft, Otto Oswald,
Adolph Meile, Alfred j. Vogel and
George Marti reported at the annual
meeting of the Junior Pioneers Satur-
day evening. To be exact the amount
left over, after paying all the expenses
and returning to the city the sum of
$500 advanced to guarantee the cele-
bration, s1488.47 was left and will be
turned into the Treasury of the Junior
Pioneers. .......
Where 1t All Came From.
In its report the general committee
gives credit to the various sub-com-
tnittees who worked early and late and
thereby made it possible to make such
a splendid showing. The finance COM
mittee of which George Marti was
chairman probably deserved special
mention, because they succeeded in
raising a larger sum even than was
raised ten years ago when normal con-
ditions prevailed. The individual
voluntary subscriptions totaled $780,
20. The largest returns, however,
came from the committee on conces-
sions which turned into the general
treasury of the celebration committee,
the tnunifcent sum Of $4,553. %. The
ladies' auxiliary turned over to the
general committee the sum Of $97.19
realized from food sales and card
parties. Besides that the ladies spent
some money on new rustic furniture
for the log cabin. The total receipts
aggregated the sum of $9,109.24.
The Larger Expenses.
The expenditures were in keeping
with the. receipts. The report of the
committee proves without question
that it takes money to stage a celebra-
tion Of the kind put over by the Junior
Pioneers and other citizens in August.
The highest individual expense was
for the bands which cost $950.90,
Printing and advertising aggregated
$815.18 and the floats and decorations
$846.O5. The expense in connection
with the Morton Indians was $867.1a
and the athletic exhibition at the Fair
Grounds cost $505.41. The sum Of
$6O8.44 was expended for the enter
tain1nent of the Shriners.
Some of the attractions were not
money-makers, but this was something
that the committee could not foresee
On the whole the financial showing
made is very creditable and must ap-
pealto every one, especially if it is con
sidered that the heavy rain Sunday
evening and the light rain the day
before cut down the receipts materially
Those who followed the celebration
lclosely estimate that the surplus
would have been a thousand dollars
more if Jupiter Pluvius had not gotten
on the job when he did. Ten years
lago the committee in charge was able
4 to return to the city only the sum o1
$4,000 whereas this year they returned
1.-THE full amount advanced. The
Junior Pioneer Treasury was enriched
/ by only $74 ten years ago and thi.
lyear it is augmented by nearly $500
The receipts i and disburse lfoll
the celebration Bstt Ra I We're a. follows: s. ,s2is
Receipts.
Sale Of badges y. s479.sl
Cash on hand, Junior Pioneers 159.7|
Il EdSCeT NAOHudy gDdACc {---s-- 1lo.S,
| Ladies Auxiliary 9 97.1'
Individual subscriptions 3,590.2,
Receipts from concessions 4,553. q,
se,1os.24
Disbursements.
Printing and Advertising $815.1
I. Floats and decorations 1850
], Bands 95O.9
u Orchestras 3l7.9
j Expense in connection with
4 Morton Indian Show 867.1 4
\ Expenses in the Athletic ex-
shibition. Fair Grounds ! & 505.4