New Ulm review., 1922-08-16
FORT HILL HAD
FARMERS PICNIC
FOUR HUNDRED FARMERS HAD
PLEASANT PICNIC AT
=. FORT HILL.
MUSIC, SPEAKING, CANOEING,
SWIMMING, EATING,
DAYS PROGRAM.

-Four, hundred farmers of south
eastern Brown county had; a very
pleasant picnic at Fort. Hill park last
Sunday afternoon. Alfred Helling and
Ole Synsteby, both of the Hanska
neighborhood, were in charge Of the
affair. t.s a
Lunch was served all afternoon, and
the hot weather made the refreshment
stand do boom land Office business. 4
Mount Pisqua Orchestra.
Delightful music by the Mount
Pisqua orchestra of Hanska was the
feature of the program.
County Commissioner John M.
Johnson opened the speaking progra N
with few remarks, whereupon he
introduced l. M. Kalnes of the New
Ulm Reuiew. Mr.. Kalnes opened his
remarks by extending an invitation to
all those present to come to New Ulm
for the big five-day celebration of the
60th Anniversary Indian Massacre
held this week, Aug. Is to- 20, and
spoke briefly on the old pioneer heroes
of the stirring days of 1862.
4 ~ Present Day Problems.
He then discussed present day
problems of the farmer and described
a recent visit to the farm of Magnus
Johnson of Meeker county, farmer
labor candidate for governor, and how
he found Mr.. Johnson running the
gasoline engine and cream separator
after milking his cows. Hetold of the
conversation with Mr.. johnson and
how the Meeker county farmer ex-
pressed his conviction that a farmer
must organize to get better deal in
the market places of the world, to get
paid for what he does, as we'll as
raising two blades where one grew be-
fore. It doesn't help much to raise
the extra blade unless you get at
least little pay for it. First, we must
organize to get better pay for our
work and then it will be time to, speed
up production. The mention of Mag
nus Johnson's name brought a big
round of applause showing that the
Meeker county farmer candidate for
governor has host of friends in south
eastern Brown county.
| The Story of The Dog.
The speaker discussed the propa-
ganda from certain sources urging the
farmer to change from grain farming
to dairying to make farming pay
Then when you have all changed over
they will reverse the propaganda
when there is an overproduction o1
dairy products and cattle and tell yor
that to make money on the farm, yor
must go more into grain farming. II
this way they promise you prosperity
lin the future always, he said. II
illustrate this point, the speaker tolt
a story Of cartoon or funny strip tina
luC uau11Sou dS q CI4AO. Lie ScIlcS Y
|pictures showed a boy who had hitche,
a. dog to his express wagon, but th
dog refused to pull. The boy used hi
whip, but the dog stubbornly la,
down and refused to pull. FINAL,
the boy had bright idea. He tied
piece of bologna sausage to the end q
the whip, sat down in his expires
wagon, and hung the fresh bologn
out over the end of the dogs nose
This started things moving, but n
matter how fast the dog ran, tn
| bologna was, still just out of reach
They hang the bologna. in front of tn
farmer to make him pull the othe
fellows wagon" said the speaker.
/ The Solution.
| The solution is for the farmers
organize, stick together, and elect me
from their own number to represen
: them in the legislature and in govern
ment otherwise. That is the onl
way to get anywhere.
After the speaking program, peopl
enjoyed themselves at the beautif,
lake, canoeing and swimming. Othel
strolled under the beautiful trees (
lolled around on the grass, visitin
with neighbors and acquaintance
and in general enjoying the great ou
doors at this beautiful park.
.. MRS. AUSTIN'S FATHER