The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-06-20
Farm Bureau
Has Big Picnic
SEVERAL THOUSANDS ATTEND
ANNUAL GATHERING AT
TROSKE'S TUESDAY.
CoyERDALE SPEAKS.
BIG RICH" ENTERTAINS; PRO-
GRAM HAS MANY GOOD
NUMBERS.
COyERDALE SPEAKS.
The Redwood County Farm Bureau
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st Tuesday staged the biggest pic
&c in it's history, it being the concen-
'us Of opinion that the crowd of about
eight thousand persons was the larg-
est-croaxd lever entertained at the j.
j. Troske farm near Wabasso. The
day was a success in every way, both
from the standpoint of gigantic get
together of the people of the County
and also Of a splendid program of
talks which both interested and in
formed those who were in attendance.
That the day was such a tremendous
success was due to the effort made by
Bureau officers and by County Agent
Lynn Sheldon.
M. N. Sandager of Belview, the
president Of the County Bureau pre-
sided and opened the program with &
very cordial address of welcome, to
which H. A. Baldwin of Redwood Falls
responded in his usual happy manner
The main speaker of the day was
j. w. Coverdale' secretary of he
American Farm Bureau Federation
who spoke at length and with very
good effect upon the various prob
lens which the passent day farmer is
facing. Among these problems was
the question of transportation, both
by cars in the United States and by
steamship to foreign ports. In Mr..
Coverdale's opinion the only way for
agriculture ever to come into it's own
is for it to handle these problems di-
rect, making it impossible for such
hold-up conditions to exist as they do
at present. He spoke of the best of
co-operation as means of affecting
a cure for some of the present day
evils and also gave some interesting
information on legislation past and
pending which will be of value to the
farmer. Mr.. Coverdale proved to be
a speaker of magnetism and spirit
as well as one of bast information, and
delighted his audience.
Theodore Blegen, assistant superin-
tendent of the State Historical So
ciety was present and gave short
address on interesting facts in Red
wood County history and advocated
the idea of an historical society for
the county as one of the best means
of preserving historical records and
articles and of promoting the interest
of the young people in these matters.
w. A. Peck of the livestock COM
mission gave a short and very inter-
esting talk on the eradication Of tub
erculosis and accompanied his talk
with very practical demonstration
of lessons in various parts OF the
anatomy of farm animals.
Music for the day was furnished
by Lamberton's band which gave great
pleasure to those hearing it's music.
The Paxton quartet consisting of Guy
Britton R. M. Campbell, j. j. Pit
finger and Donald Smith accompanied
by Mrs. Sheldon, sang during the pro-
gram. E. A. Richardson of Evans
vile, Ill. better known as "Big Rich
the. Humorist" appeared three times
on the program giving amusing char
acter impresonations and readings,
several of them original productions.
He was one of the very popular fea-
lures of the program. A solo dance
with piano accompaniment by the
Misses Troske was also given.
Following the program big ball
game between Wanda and Wabasso
was played and witnessed by hundreds
Of people who remained for it until
late in the afternoon. The game re-
suited in score of five to two in
favor Of Wabasso.
= Al feature of the very early after
noon program was the sports for the
young people of the county and the
winners in these events were as fol-
lows:
Boys 16 years and over, Donald
Flaig, Sanborn; Glenn Meyers and
Henry Zimmerman, Wabasso. Girls
IL years over, Mrs. F. Schwein. Mrs.
ID. Zimmerli and E. Goodnew, Wabas-
so. Girls under 8, Alma Lee, Wabas-
so, Gladys Roberts, Norma King, Red
wood Falls. Boys 8 years and un-
der, John and Ralph Eichten, Wanda.
Girls 8 years and under. Gladys Full
Ter, Lamberton, Agnes Siefert, Wab-
asso, Georgia Fuller, Lamberton. Boy
8 years to II years, Bernard Zins,
and George Heathcock, Wabasso, Mil
dred Lindquist and Wendelena Park,
Walnut Grove. Boys IL to 16 years
Marion Andrews, George Evans and
Everett Moody, Lamberton. Girls
12 to 16 years, Gertrude Riordan,
Rachel Troske, Minnie Hammer
schmidt, Wabasso.
Hart-Bruer.