The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-31
Marked Success of Garden
City Fair Noted
EXHIBITW ASLARGE
Plenty Of Things For Sight
seers To Feast Their
Eyes Upon

StOSe iSSl evening uuueF tue most
favorable conditions. Yesterdays
showing consisted of a number OF
snappy ball games between high
school and grade school teams. The
game Thursday afternoon between
Truman high school and Garden
City II 81 school resulted in a vic
tor ior Garden City by a score of
L. to 4. Madelia high school de-
fe2ted Mapleton high by a score of
Z 10 l. Yesterday morning Lake
Crystal grade school defeated Gar
den City grade school by a score of
IL TO 10. This last game was UNI
pired by David Crane, president of
the Garden City fair. At the close
of the game he was presented a Gu
Cumber, three stalks of withered
rhubarb and carrot by Ora Swan,
TO reward him for his fair decisions,
The game between the two winners
Of the first days contest ended in a
victory for Madelia high by a score
of 8 TO s, but not until eleven in
nings were played. The game was
tied in the eighth inning and Meth
er side scored until the eleventh
inning. when Madelia turned the tide
Of battle in its favor by bringing In
one score.
The last game Of the day was be-
tween Eagle Lake and Vernon Gem
ter regular teams. This game which
also proved to be good one, re-
suited in a score of 8 to in favor
OF Vernon Center.
The Horseshoe Contest.
The horseshoe pitching contest
uirich of Good Thunder carried off
high honors with a score of 6S points
out of fifty shoes. L. Parsons OF
Truman was q close second with
sixty three points out of fifty shoes.
J. Stubbe Of Medic township came
in third with sixty two points.
Cattle judging, a stock parade
with all kinds of livestock was held.
al one thirty, with Henry Krause on
horseback and the members of the
Amboy band and the Ladies' band
of Winnebago leading the process
sion. Professor T. A. Erickson, state
leader of boys and girls work deliv-
cred a very practical talk to the
boys and girls in the afternoon,
complimenting them on their sue
cessful work.
All of the visitors to this years
fair are unanimous in their praise
of the meals served on the grounds
by Mrs. Hugh Norman and Mrs.
Edward Mutt of Lake Crystal and
the ladies OF the Baptist church of
Garden City. Chicken pie cooked to
: a nicely with all of the fixings was
20 be had in both places All of the
ladies connected with the serving of
meals on the grounds are to be con-
graduated for the. excellency of the
food, and the prompt manner of
serving il.
Fancy Work Exhibit.
Mrs. Hugh Norman, superinten-
dent of the fancy work department,
in a statement to The Free Press,
said that the exhibit was the larg
est and best in the history of the
fair. There was keen competition
Mrs. H. A. Alleman of Mankato,
one of the judges in this depart
ment, was both pleased and sur
prised at the large and artistic dis
play of fancy goods. Mrs. c. L.
Kennedy of Mankato, was kept very
busy yesterday and the day before
judging the culinary exhibits, which
she said were excellent in every
way.
In the fancy work department is
an oil pointing of Rapidan as II was
before the Northern States Power
plant was put in. This is from the
brush of Mrs. T. Rodgers Of Rapi
dan. 1t was reproduced from two
old kodak photographs and memory.
1t is painting that should be Sc
cured by the Blue Earth historical
society.
Boys and Girls Department.
The Boys and Girls clubs of the
county, the canning teams, and the
bread teams certainly did them
selves proud at Garden City fair
FOL rxT1 OLE no
ia their work a Mankato fair next
week. County Agent l.. e. McMil
ian and his able assistant, w. E.
Durbahn, boys and girls club agent
are to be congratulated for the ex-
cellent training they gave the boys
and girls throughout the county. Two
of the boys will represent Blue
Earth county at the state fair. These
two enterprising young men are
Glenn Yaeger of Good Thunder, who
carried off high honors with his fine
Guernsey calf, and Oscar Goransor
of Lake Crystal with high grade
Holstein calf.
In his address to the boys and
sor T. A. Erickson complimenteo
them for the enterprise shown.
In the first year class Holster
calves, Milton True Of Amboy was
first; Jack Mccormack Garden City
second; Oscar Goranson, Lake Crys
tai, third; Letha Goranson, fourth
Clarence Wiedenheft, fifth; Harold
Visher, sixth.
In the first year Guernsey class
Glenn Yaeger Of Good Thunder wal
first; Chelsea Pratt of Mankato
second; and Carl Gilman of Garder
City, third.
- George Gilman showed some d
his club heifers winning secont
place in the open class. :.
In the second year Holsteins, Har
ry Visher took first place; Jack Nc
Cormack, second.
Third year Holstein winner
were: Oscar Goranson, hrst; Clar.
ence Wiedenheft, second; Ralph
Mccormack, third; Milton Trewe
fourth; Harold Visher, fifth; Clyde
Mccormack, sixth.
Third year Guernsey winner
were: Chelsea Pratt, hrst; Richart
Roberts, second; George NJ. Gilman
third, and G. A. Gilman. fourth.
= President David Crane and Sec
rotary A. d. Mccormack In state
ments to The Free Press yesterday
expressed themselves as more thar
pleased with the success. OF the fair
they were especially pleased with
the singing OF Mankato OrpheuI
Climb on Thursday night. Every