New Ulm review., 1922-08-09
INDIAN BOOSTERS
SPREAD The NEWS
AUTO TOUR OF RED DEVILS
INvADEs PEACEFUL
S...= ..... b. HAMLETs.
KIDS SCARED BUT TICKLED
EVERYBODY COMING TO I
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NEW #OLM. $%s
New Uln was again effectively put
on the: map Tuesday when bunch
of boosters for the 6Oth Anniversary
celebration of the Indian Massacre
started off in the n rorning with nine
bucks" and the Hofmeister Band to
visit sixteen villages and travel over
$50 miles to bring it home to the people
in the towns visited that New Ul:n is
going to have real celebration next
week. *& 49, :,.
Great Enthusias m. IT.
: If the enthusiasm manifested along
the line counts for anything then it is
a safe guess that in the towns visited
there will be hardly corporal's guard
left on the two big days of the cele-
bration to take care of the home town
while the rest of the people, including
the children, will be here in New Ulm
seeing the biggest celebration scheduled
in Southern Minnesota this year, pro-
vided enough "Tin, Lizzies'' can be
scared up to bring the crowd here.
Indians Huge Success.
Without question the Indians were
the main attrac ction everywhere Who
ever conceived the idea Of taking
Indians along on the booster trip and
then picked OFT the bunch that r.ade
up as Indians is entitled to a {old
medal and t1en sore. A con :rittce
OF ten or for tiat natter even HI nd
red, could not, if they had worked on
the proposit: on for a whole month,
have picked out a bette. set of rem
for the parts of Indian than were
selected on the spur Of the :rc:rent.
They were so we'll gotten up, that it
took even their friends sore tine to
-l.ake OFT who they were. The noble
chief was i:rpersonated by none other
than Fred Christensen and none
could have carried himself better or
showed the dignity of his station to
greater effect than F1itz did. He was
the noble chief and he had with him
eight braves that played their parts
SO well, that the real article from the
! Morton Agency will have to step some
to cone up to then. The others were
{ Alfred Marti, beater of the to:n-tom,
Willard Vogel, Ernie sHagberg, A. N.
Besnehn, Walter Muesing, Harry
Forster, ,Reinhold Kunze and Elmer
Haeberle. ~ =
/ Visited seventeen Towns.
The boosters got tnder way shortly
! after 1880, Jack Forster leading in his
red fire wagon. There were at least
! rs cars loaded to the bri:n. The first
| stop was made at Klossner. Then
came Lafayette, Winthrop, Gaylord,
Arlington, Green Isle, :nburg, Nor
! wood, Young America and Glencoe
| where the noon hour was spent from
| one to two. After dinner the follow
ing towns were made: Brownton,
Stewart, Buffalo Lake, Hector, Fairfax
and Gibbon. - <% 49,!
| Practically the same program was
carried out in every town. The siren
7 whistle of Forster's car, the honk of the
other cars, COW bells and sleigh bells
let the people know that something
unusual was approaching and they
were soon ready to receive their un-
expected visitors. The first thing
done upon entering the town was to
start the boys and men out. to dis
| tribute advertising matter for the
celebration and the Brown, County
Fair. The band assembled promptly
and furnished some classy music and
j then came the stunt of the Indians.
| They pulled off war dance that would
i turn the real Indian green. with envy.
After the war dance was ended they
would squat around their chief and
Il he would address the assembled throng
III "a the Indian language which was
Il translated into the American language
ASA cordial invitation for all the good
i peopleSof the town: to cone to New
i Ul:n's Hone Co:ring and 60th Indian
j Massacre celebration from Aug st
j 18th to August Goth. In some towns
j 1.-The program was changed triEe.
i Sometimes the Indians would .,rix with
| the native population and try to over
i CONE tie scare that possessed most of
i the kids. Some of then screamed and
/ Iran like Jack rabbits. At one Of the
i Estops Ernie hypnotized q few of the
i kids and they took hold Of his hands
j and went thru9W:th hin tEe<f first steps
Il Of the Indian dance, one of the boys
II folding a horse pistol in his left hand
i with the n uzzle pointing to the ground.
Il Tired, But Happy. .,;
i It sure was some trip. Part Of the
I|Way the roads were very dusty and
j NEARLY every one was disguised by IA
Il layer of fine dust when they reached
j ho:re, shortly after seven o'clock,
i somewhat. tired, but happy and CON
i tented because they knew that they