The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-26
MEETING OF STATE
BODY IN MANKAIO
SPLENDID GATHERING OF
CATTLE BREEDERS

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PARADE ISBIG FEATURE
Interesting Program Will Be
Carried Out At orpheum
This Evening.
'Black ard Gi.itr furnished tho
motif for decorations and The sub
ject for conversation today sId yes
terday afterno. before the big
IIolstein dairymen's meet sg was
called at ten Gel ,ck or .ae mrs: o.-
fetal part Of thu two day program.
Early yesterday afternoon business
houses Of this city began making
their window and advertising chan
ges to conform to the occasion and
In dozens of stores the merchant
save up entirely his own scheme of
advertising to donate his BLACK and
White" publicity for the common
SouSS on ING lnOOty Iudt lQCIcnccI
dairyiug through the use of pure
eventually increase the prosperity of
the entire community. Guests for
ehe meetings began arriving last
night but il was not until this morn
ing that the large contingents set
out for this city.
Today streamers hoated across
the main thoroughfares and every
where the black and white scheme
was In evidence. Mankato had made
preparations to receive her guests
In fitting style.
Black and white dairy cattle, and
black and white decorations were
certainly In evidence today on the
streets of Mankato. In addition to
the Blue blooded" Holsteins, mer-
chants Wed with each other In dec
Grating their show windows with
Holstein colors.
Perhaps the most elaborate dis
play made Is that put on by the
National Bank Of Commerce, which
has an attractive booth In the ro-
photographs Of Holstein cattle and
everything that goes to demonstrate
what the BLACK and White" dairy
cows are doing for the community
in the way of auditing wealth and
health to the babies and children.
In the window display, which was
made by Emil A. Boie, he has the
enlarged and tinted photograph OF
his eleven month old girl, Miss
Stella Boie. Beneath this photo
graph Is a placard announcing that
Mamma fed me on Holstein milk. 1"
If outstanding health in the features
of the child was caused by Holstein
milk, the little lady is certainly the
personifcation robust childhood,
which speaks wonders for the Hol-
stein tactical fluid. Banners and the
slogan, Let US all boost for better
livestock" made up the rest OF the
rest Of the display. Other banks
in the city did not fail to make ap-
propriate displays, featuring the
convention.
In addition to welcome" signs
sees the black and white color
scheme carried out in every line Of
goods displayed along the street
Black and white stockings, shoes,
dresses, and even ladies black jew
elry displayed on snow white satin
is TO be seen in the show windows.
Confectioners not to be outdone,
have many toothsome displays in
their windows in predominating
Holstein colors. Yesterday all or
the lamp posts from one end of the
business section on Front street to
the other were decorated with black
and white banners.
Mankato As Hostess.
Mankato Is acting as hostess to
one of the liyest conventions that
it has ever been the good fortune
of any city in Minnesota to be called
upon to entertain and this occasion
is the annual convention of the
Minnesota Association of Hoistein
Breeders who began arriving in this
city in large numbers yesterday
afternoon and whose numbers have
been rapidly swelled throughout
the day by other incoming delega-
There was not an idle moment in
the whole day for the Holstein folk
after they arrived in this city. The
first thing that greeted visitors was
the decorative scheme in Black and
White which was used in every
conceivable fashion as a tribute to
the great breed Of dairy cattle In
wose name the present activities
the bill proved to be an event in
which the interest was largely CEN
tered on dairymen and that was the
judging demonstration at the Man
kato fair grounds.
Grand Champions Of both males
and females were chosen by the
judges who examined all cattle
brought out for show and competi-
ton in the ribbon awards. The
grand championship Of all females
went to e. r. Emery Of Stanton,
MINI, who entered his two year
old COW, Lady Nellie Abbekerk.
Males were led in the judging by
Duke Pietertje Korndyke Ormsby
the fourteenth owned and shown by
Stensrud Brothers of Watson, MINI.
This bull was also the winner of the
blue ribbon in the class of aged
bulls and his election to the grand
champion was only matter OF a
moment after the other champion
males had been assembled for the
final choosing of the judges.
Club Children Winners.
Without doubt the most popular
decision of the judges was that
which gave the first and second
prizes in the heifer class to two Am
boy children in the county club d.
vision. Merle Woolson was the
lad who carried away the blue rib
bon with his Aagie De Kol Lyons.
He was closely, pressed for first
honors by his sister, Nina, aged
thirteen, who took second place in
the same class with her Aagie Ka-
tydid Lyons. These children re-
ceived the calves year ago in