The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-06-23
BAYLOR PICNIC
WAS A HUMMER
Fifteen Hundfed People Attend Big
gest Farm Bureau Event in His
tory of Valley County.

Gems joining INc crown u 4,OUU peOpIc
who enjoyed themselves at the big
North Country Farm Bureau picnic at
Baylor. It takes cooperation to make
any event great and the cooperation of
the North Country Farm Bureau COM
munities and the city of Glasgow made
the Baylor picnic a real event.
The weather was favorable and the
roads fair and the people from nearly
every part of the county attended.
The one busy place was the free
ice cream stand. The city of Glasgow
furnished free ice cream to the child
rem who attended the picnic and there
was lots of it and no boy or girl need
ed to leave the picnic grounds without
a fill on ice cream at the expense of
Glasgow. The program Of the day
was in step to music of the Glasgow
band which was very important
part of the days program.
Tom Coleman was Genearl of the
day and managed affairs in most
satisfactory and businesslike way. He
kept the crowd together and the sports
coming. Nothing Jagged, everything
went on high all day and the picnic
committee deserves great credit in
placing Mr.. Coleman in charge as he
was the man for the place.
A big red I. H. C. truck rolled up
main street and stopped at Mr.. Cole
mans command and then the crowd
was ordered to 60 to one side in favor
of the wind and the speakers got in
to the truck and the speaking program
started, President of the Farm Bu-
reau, Peter Peterson making the first
address on the value of farm life and
the advantages of it over city life and
its surroundings. Mr.. Peterson in
troduced the State President of the
Farm Bureau, Mr.. Stafford, who ex-
planned the State Farm Bureau organi-
zation and the value of it. Following
Mr.. Stafford was Chester C. Davis,
State Commissioner of Agriculture.
Mr.. Davis gave most interesting dis
cussion of the work of the State De-
partment of Agriculture and how it
wanted to work with and for the farm
ers of the state. He explained the
work they had done on marketing and
outlined their present program on the
same subject. This closed the speak
ing program and the General of the
day hurried the people east to take
part in the sport program that the
committee had arranged. In moving
the preliminary ball games were play
ed as follows: Avondale and Wild
poco po1,1o, oxI Koncoe Nol1o1,
The score, Avondale and Wild Rose-6,
Kansas Valley and Baylor. The
first event to entertain the people was
tug -of-war. This was a very even
ly balanced and the sides held their
own for long time and finally the
Wild Rose heavyweights got the rope
moving their way and won the event.
The ball game, Opheim VS.. Glasgow
was very close and kept the people on
their toes. The game was a five in
ming game the score, 5-4 in favor of
Glasgow. The bucking contest was
real exciting with good active horses
in the field. The contest was close
with J. M. McNeal winning first and
L. Martin second.
The free for all horse race always
starts the crowd on the run and they
sure saw good one Thursday. The
half mile was run first with Ben Fag-
an taking first money, Dove Clauson
second. The quarter mile race money
went to VIM. Cooper and second mon
ey to Dove Clauson.
The ladies' quarter mile race was
won by Edna Wimple, second by Erma
Hedman.
In the mems foot race William Ward
carried off first money and Edna
Wemple carried off first in the girls
foot race.
The committee, Ben Pagan, Phil
Evarts, H. C. Fox and Melvin Henry,
showed unusual ability in the arrange
ment of the program. The people were
continually amused, one event follow
ing another closely, and the entire pro-
gram going off without hitch. To
manage a crowd of nearly 1900 peo-
pie and put across complete pro-
gram takes some management and the
people who attended the picnic take
off their hats to the management.
HERE FROM LARSLAN