The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-26

VIM exhDlIeu sSOuutSSS EleLcitJ
Arts.
Glass 2 for cows of two year
and under three: One. E. R, Elmer!
Nellie Abbekerk. also grand cham
Of Arden Farms, Ramsey county
with Changeling, Ormsby Echo
Three. C. e. Overstrud of North
field who show ed Valley View It'd,
Gisella.
Glass 8 for females one year ant
under two: One. Merle Woolsol
of Amboy, Aagie De. Kol Lyons
Two. Nina Woolson, Aagie Katydit
Lyons. Three Charles E. Walkel
of Glencoe with Walker Acres Alice
Oak.
Class for females under one
year: One. Hunter Brothers o.
Mortified with Jessie Lee sylvia
Two. ]. A. Christensen Of West
brook showing Pet De Kol Ormsby
Burke. Three. A. F. Wendtland &
Son of Mortified with their OrmsbJ
Immediately following the judg-
ing of female stock Of the judges
took up their work on bulls and
In the class for aged bulls. all
over three years, Stensrud Brothers
of Watson, MINI. won with Duke
Pietertje Korndyke Ormsby the
fourteenth. Second prize went to
D. w. Snyder of Hallock, Mimi who
exhibited Hello Kappipje Tidy
Prince. There were only three en-
tries in that class and for that rea-
son only two prizes were awarded.
In the class for bulls under one
year. Sloan Brother of GLENDALE
took first honors with their Ormsby
Sensation Martha Segis. There was
Judges for all these classes were
W. S. Moscrip of Lake Elmo, who
has won considerable fame as a
Judge of livestock and has worked
in the National Livestock show on
numerous OCCASIONS. The other
Judge working today was Axel Han
son OF Savage, MINI. who has also
long been well known in livestock
circles and is thoroughly versed In
the business of classifying cattle.
Disnitaries On Hand.
In the string of visitors there
were more dignitaries on hand than
could be counted on the legs of a
centipede. There were cattle men
and men from allied industries from
all parts of the northwest at the big
meeting here today In addition to
the two men who judged the ami
mails at the fair grounds there could
be found Dr.. Christopher Graham OF
Rochester, vice president of the
state association; c. E. Overstrud
of Mortified a director; Earl d.
Oliver to whom was given the cred
il Of having the finest grade herd in
the state on his farm near Amboy.
He reported that his best cow gave
something over $4,000 pounds of
milk and $40 pounds OF butterfat
last year.
There was George w. Johnson Of
the Belgrade road who bred the COW
winning the blue ribbon in the aged
COW class and Dr.. M. B. Wood who
brought both the sire and the dam
of the same cow to Minnesota E.
]. Cooper of Chicago a worker in
the Hoistein extension bureau and
a specialist in Boys and Girls club
work was here and seemed to take
more than the layman's interest in
the splendid victory of the Woolson
children. There we're no less than
seventy FIVE boosters from Amboy
who kept the air filed with their
efforts to let the world know that
Amboy was here with vengeance.
II. e. Bailey of River Falls, Wis.
was on the grounds today and he
was accompanied by A. D. Cookson
of Cob, Wis. and Manchester, Eng
land who will without doubt cop
the prize offered for the man farth-
crest from home while attending
the meetings here. There was also
C. D. Stevens of Minneapolis and
these three proved to be livest kind
OF live wires from the moment they
got into the enclosure.
Theodore Williams was on hand
with his bell and his live stock in
surance advertising but there were
none were more in evidence than
Mankato's own Holstein booster, J.
G. NARROW
state President Here
E. T. Winship. state president
was another Of those who put in
busy day from morning until even
ing, Herbert Sohre OF Good Thun-
der was the official. ribbon dispen-
ser and he was at all time subject
to call according to the judges. An
other interested participant in &C
tiyities was Fred W. Schaffer of
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, director
of the dairy division of the Sioux
Falls Savings bank and its 200 as
ISOLATED bank. He is heading the
million dollar dairy campaign that is
under way in his state. Frank T.
Price, business manager OF the
Holstein- Friesian World publica-
ton devoted to the breed published
in Syracuse, N. Y. also was on hand
for the Big show.
There were many other lumnaries
whose name will be found in the
programs of the big entertainments
that are yet on the bill for the re-
manning days of the affair.
All Is Free Tonight
At the Orpheum theatre tonight
at eight O'Clock there will be an
elaborate program OF fun and frolic
and this event is open to the gener-
al public and is entirely without
charge. A real list of entertainment
features has been arranged and 1t Is
promised that there will be not a
dry moment in the proceedings.
Register For Calves
There are to be given away five
purebred calves to those who regis
ter their names at the booth erected
for that purpose in front of the pa
vilion at the fair grounds. The
calves have been donated by NARROW
& Randall of this city, F. H. Sohre
e. Son of Good Thunder, A. NJ.
Brush & Son of Amboy H. q. Sails
berry Of Amboy and Earl Oliver, also
of that place.
There will be a silver cup to the
county registering the largest num-
Der of visitors and all these compe-
titions are urging every locality to
make the best possible showing in
the parades and at all the events.
Parade This Afternoon