The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-01

war. This was one of the out
standing high spots of Hon. Fred
Hadley's address pe-ore the vast
audience at Garden City yesterday
afternoon.
In opening his address, which
was listened to with marked inter-
est. Mr.. Hadley congratulated the
people of Blue Earth county for
the great success of the Garden
City Fair which has been in exist :
ence for the past sixty one years.
He said that sixty -one years was
but a f1ack of dust on the highway
or the universe. but it's a long, long
way In the span Of mans life.
Here the speaker lauded the early
pioneers who settled in Blue Earth
speaker said that it is indeed a
long, long call from the days or
the tallow dip and the tallow candle
to electric lights from the OK cart
to the Ford, but that there were
men there within hearing of his
voice. who lived through all those
stages of modern advancement to
the present time. These pioneers
who laid the foundation for this
rich community, the speaker said
could never be fully repaid for their
noble work.
Mr.. Hadley decried the fact that
in the past there had been what he
styled prof1igate waste of the great
resources God had placed in this
land. The speaker would have peo-
pie halt this wanton waste and
practice conservations of the God
given resources ...|
Directing his discourse to the
fo coli oil haJ
agriculturist wants is a square deal.
The best way to get that is through
the efforts of the Farm Bureau,
The speaker urged upon *his
hearers the necessity of insisting
that the next legislature pass laws
looking toward the proper protec-
ton from forest fires, which de.
stroy millions of dollars worth of
timber and other property every
year. Reforestation was also urged
by the speaker. :
Close Gates To immigration
Mr.. Hadley struck sympathetic
chord with the thinking men of his
audience when he said: I'VE should
close the gates to immigration for
at least from five to ten years so
give time to assimulate the for
eigners within our gates" Many
Oh Ll0 lOtClSucTS mere NJ" w uOL
know of our ideals. Then let's
those people at least the rudiemnts
of Americanism." Here the speak
er gave instances, especially in
Massachusetts where one scarcely
hears the English or American
language spoken. 1t was explained
that those people have no inten
ton of becoming citizens, and
brinning up their children as Am
orleans. Their sole aim and object
is to amass wealth and then go
back to the country from whence
they came to live in ease on the
good American money they have
earned here. In making those
statements Mr. Hadley said that no
did not wish to be understood as
meaning that the reference was for
honest foreigners who intend to
become citizens and bring their
children up under the precepts OF
the American flag.
While bringing out the fact that
at the present time there are three
million men in this country who
would replace the American gov
eminent with bolshev1sm of the
rankest sort, the speaker said that
this is a time that men of action
are needed as badly as they were
in the dark days of the world war,
in order that the government form
ed by Washington may live.
Judge Harry Johnson introduced
the speaker. 49, X
Floral Hall Was Handsome
Floral hall this year which Is in
charge of Mrs. Hugh Norman of
Lake Crystal never looked better.
and never had a better display
within its walls. Mrs Norman in a
statement to The Free Press said
that this years display is the larg
est in the history of the, society.
The Bartlett Music company Of
Lake Crystal has a large display of
musical instruments on display in
Guiding. pianos, monographs etc.
President Will Bryson and Sec
rotary Burt Nickerson of the Blue
Earth Valley Farmers club spared
no pains in placing one of the most
attractive collections of farm prod
ucts in the nall. The arrangement
of the products, and their quality
and color are certainly splendid. In
addition to the farm products dis
played in this booth, there is fine
collection of baked bread. cake and
pastry.
The canning clubs of the county
take up large space in floral hall
with all manner of good things to-
eat which has been properly canned.
The canning display is in one large
group while the sewing display by
the Judson Sewing Club is in a
booth all by its self. The girls in
addition to their needle work, by
the looks of the booth found time to
raise some very fine vegetables etc.
and did some fine baking. The Jud-
son boys are said to have aided the
girls in this work.
The fancy work department is
the largest in the hall, and makes
fine display. .,.-.
Agricultural Display
The agricultural display On the
grounds this season is very fine.
Perhaps the largest exhibitor of
farm and garden products at the
fair is R. J. and A. A. Rausch of
Lime township. These two gentle
men have some especially fine ap-
pies in their display. Other large
displays are also on exhibition.
While the poultry ex hibition does
not look quite as large as other
years, the quality and appearance
of the birds are good. -
There was no need for any to 60
hungry on the grounds. There was
chicken pie galore, served out by
the ladies of the Christian and Bap-
fist churches. - -..-..
Just preceding the address de,
livered by Hon. Fred Hadley yes