The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-15
WORLD INVITED TO
PARTAkE BIG FEED
Governor-Elect Walton Is
To Serve Barbecue
HIS INAUGURAL PARTY
Oklahoma's New Execut;vs Is
Making Preparations For,
100000 Guests.

oklahoma City, Okla, December
10.--A call for enough provender to
serve 100000 persons two days has
gone out over Oklahoma Governor
, elect ]. c. Walton, democrat. i,as
invited the world at large, to his In
augural party, January 10 and IL, at
the state fair grounds here.
He said he expects his guests to
come by OK trains, airplanes, motor
cars, special trains, riding the rods
and the cushions, afoot, horseback,
and by all available other methods
of travel.
He will serve them barbecue, and
give square dance-on the com
pletely fioored in circle of half
mile race track.
Dan v. Lackey, prize fight promo
ten, is chairman of the committee Of
5000 members arranging the festi-
vities.
Here is tentative list of supplies
for the barbecue, prepared by
Lackey. Five hundred chickens; one
Il ousand turkeys; three thousand
rabbits; one thousand squirrels;
two hundred oppossums; five hun
dred ducks and geese; ten buffalo;
ten bears; ten deer; ten antelope;
live LUuS vi COhOCt uNC1 tOttO VI OoiS,
five toms of sugar; one thousand
pounds of pepper; two hundred and
fifty bushels of onions: one hundred
thousand loaves of bread; one hun
cred thousand buns, fifteen car
loads of fire wood and three car
loads of pine knots for hndling.
Here might be included also,s as
listed by Lackey, three thousand
persons to serve the multitude, and
five hundred expert butchers. slicers
and barbecuers.
Will Ride Costly Horse
The new governor IS to take his
>offioe on a stand Ell ected in the race
track paddock. The two houses of
joibt session on the stand, and
Swear into office the chief justice of
supreme court who will then adj
minister the oath to the chief ex-
ec.live. This is to take place on
JsElarv 2. The two day celebration
will follow.
The new governor will ride $5,-
900 saddle horse, seated on $10,-
600 saddle, in parade which will
start the festivities. The horse has
been promised, according to Lackey,
by Col. Zach Mulhall, of MuIhall,
Okla, and the diamond and ruby
SIuuu6u SUlu uiUuuIcU Sduulc Dy
Col. George Miller of the 101 Ranch.
Both are members of the central
barbecue committee, as is also
Pawnee Bill. Snowman and rancher.
Word has gone to democratic
headquarters in every county Of the
state to enlist all the old fashiored
fiddlers who know how to play
Turkey in the Strow" Other old
timers who specialized in calling
the figures for dances are being
sought.
Adjutant General C. r. Barrett has
promised that units of the Okla
homa. national guard will police the
gathering. From national guard and
regular army sources in the state,
according to Lackey, it Is expected
that enough tents can be gathered
to shelter the visitors.
Specially Invited Guests
Among the specially invited
guests of the new governor at his
inaugural party will be about loco
InCians, representing all the tribes
living in Oklahoma Several tribes
have promised to stage dances.
Governor elect Walton was the
nominee of the democratic party. In
his state wide campaign he prom
Used that If he were chosen for the
OllIC0 sOL CHlSI eASCuIlt6 HIS IuduS
ural ball would be no pink tea
party" for the -four hundred" but
would be a real old fashioned out
door celebration for anyone who
cared to be present The barbecue
will carry out his campaign promise.
Walton's barbecue, however, will
not be- the first inaugural celebra
ton of its kind in Oklahoma. G. III.
Haskell, the first governor of the
state who, In 1907, took the oath of
office three hours after the presi
dent had signed the state hood bill.
gave such celebration at Guthrie,
the form ar state "a initial - -. tI. II