The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-31
MAGNUS JOHNSON
DRAWING POWER
Attracted Large Crowd To
Garden City Fair
CREATESBIGLAUGH
Witty and Not Without Force;
His Advice to the
Farmers " ~

With weather conditions ideal
and the attendance the largest for
any one day in the history Of the
association, yesterdays showing at
Garden City Fair was a complete
success in every way.
United States Senator elect Mag
nus Johnson proved to be a great
drawing card in his address in the
afternoon. He was greeted by over
5000 fair visitors who listened to
his address for over an hour with
marked attention.
At the close Of yesterdays exposi-
lion, President David Crane express
cd himself as more than pleased
with the results. The livestock
showing this year is larger, and the
animals of a higher grade than last
year. What Is true of the live
stock is also true of the farm pro-
ducts, the canning exhibits, the
fancy work department and the
poultry exhibit. The boys and girls
club work exhibits made up no small
amount Of the show. These latter
showed that some very good has
been in progress among the boys
anu RlrlS OF LQe county. 3
Among the horse exhibitors on
the grounds, who will also show at
Mankato Fair are; George Watts Of
of Hambeltonians. George Lang of
Mapleton has a number of Perch
erons and Clydesdales, which he in
tends to exhibit at Mankato Fair
One of the large and fine looking
animals in the horse show was an
iron gray stallion Of the Percheron
strain owned by the Vernon Center
Horse company. T. B. Taylor OF
Mapleton will again bring the fine
bunch of Clydesdales he exhibited
at Garden City fair to the Mankato
Fair. ~
Among the shorthorn cattle exhi-
bitors were T. B. Taylor of Maple
ton with six head. The Holstein ex-
hibitors were A. NJ. Brush &-sons of
Amboy; Oscar and Letha Goronson
OF Lake Crystal, who are showing
in the boys and girls dairy class;
together with Harold and Harry
Visher and Clarence Wiedenheft
who also had dairy calves in the
show. Milton Trewe of Amboy had
bis prize heifers, Jewel Colonthus
Ormsby, which took second prize at
the state fair last year and third
prize in the junior livestock two
years ago. Four head of Holstein
we're on exhibition by A. d. McCor-
mack of Garden City.
X. C. Crane OF Garden City had
two Guernsey cows, a. heifer and a
bull in the show. George Gilman
of Lake Crystal and Ed Burk and L.
A. Yaeger of Goor Thunder showed
their fine string of Guernseys.
Carried OF Sweepstakes
s. w. Buckles of Fairfield Farms
near Lake Crystal, a breeder OF
Duroc Jersey hogs went home from
the fair last night a well pleased
man. He should, for he carried of
sweepstakes in all breeds of hogs
with his fine large boar. In addi-
ton to this he took first and second
money on aged boar; second for
sow one year; first on boar six
months; first on sow six months or
/ under and third on sow six months
or one year. y
Leroy Frost of Mankato Route l
took third money on one year old
SOW; and second on Junior boar.
John F. Bell & Sons of Mapleton
with their Chester white hogs took
first and second money on junior
bears; first prize on one year SOW
second on senior SOW pig; and first
on junior SOW pig.
Fred Washburn of Lake Crystal
| carried off sweepstakes with a ifne
large Duroc SOW, and in addition to
| this, first on SOW one year; first on
sow and boar six months; second
On sow and boars six months and
! second on SOW six months and un-
der.
J. l.. Clark & Sons Lake Crystal
took the following prizes with their
Chester white hogs: first on bears
one year; first on sow six months !;
| first on cow two years first. on boar
six months and under one year;
second on SOW six months; third on
| boars six months.
| John Kriel Lake Crystal with a
| fine string of Chester whites second
ON boar one year, sow under two
years and third on boar and SOW
under six months and not over one
year.
first on Poland China boar one year
Glenn Maine, Amboy first on two
year old Poland China boar.
Ushered on the grounds by the
members Of the Winnebago Ladies
band, who furnished good music on
the grounds yesterday, United States
Senator Elect Magnus Johnson was
the center of attraction upon his
arrival at two o'clock. The speaker
was introduced by James Howieson
of Mankato.
81 am not a revolutionist, neither
am I a radical, as some papers would
like to picture me-" said United
States Senator johnson in. referring
| to the supreme court Of the United
States passing on the constitution
atty of acts of congress, "but / do
not believe in giving the supreme
! court too much power In passing on
the acts of congress-, / never did be-
lieve in a one man power and this IL
seems to me is pretty near that
mark. When I go to Washington.
will work to get the farmers on the
same level as the rest Of the peo-