The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-16
MAPLETON.
From the ENTERPRISE

From the Enterprise:
The crop of prairie chickens is said
TO be very good this year and very few
complaints of illegal shooting.
The fire boys received a check for
500. 81 last week as their share of the
state apportionment of insurance pre-
miums.
Mr.. A. H. Turretin, of Mankato, had
charge of the teachers examinations
at his place Monday and Tuesday
There were twenty-five teachers en-
rolled. all applying for second grade
certificates.
The telephone company have already
set large number of their poles and
everybody is more than pleased at
the substantial manner in which the
line is built. They will probably
commence stringing wire about the
first of next week.
Mr.. John K. McBroom, who has
been spending the summer in state of
Washington working for the prohibition
party as state organizer, will return
home in time to resume his school
work at Elgin where he has been re-
elected superintendent at an increased
salary.
The boiler of the Colby threshing
engine, working in Lura township,
caused a little excitement Monday.
The crown sheet blew off while they
were threshing at Mr.. Wallis place
and Geo. Colby was scalded some
what, but was able to continue work.
The neighbors of the widow of the
late John Jones, living near Minnesota
Lake, performed a kind act last Tues
day when they gathered and stacked
all the grain on her farm. Thirty -one
stacks were put up in short order and
| those who participated in the kindly
act left for their homes feeling that
| they had done a good days work in
more ways than one.
A trip through the country and a
number of samples left at this Office
Indicate that corn crop at best will be
very poor. This is no guessing report,
but is the result of personal inspec-
tion. While there are fields where
corn will average very we'll they are
few and far between. The Enterprise
feels safe in going on record by say
ing that this years corn crop will be
the poorest in fifteen years.
In closing up the estate of the late
John Hollenbeck, which amounted to
$40, 900 Mr.. George Hollenbeck of this
place receives $500 for the care of his
father during his last illness in ad-
dition to 5000 in cash and five acre
timber lotin Sterling township, the
widow receives her third, Mrs. Dolly
Hastings secures 5000, James Hollen-
beck of Coffeyville, Kansas $3.50 and
Andrew Hollenbeck of Genoa, Ohm
stead county the balance. The estate
includes farm of 100 acres in this
township.
At the meeting of the village coun-
Gil on Tuesday evening the sewer ques-
tion which has been holding fire for SO
long was taken mp and disposed of in
short order by motion of Alderman
Schweer to construct sewer "a inches
in diameter from the corner of Main
! northward on Second street to the pre-
sent outlet and along Main street from
First to Third street and south on Sec
ond street to the school house, the lat
ter to be Is inches in diameter, and
the cost to be shared by the property
benefited. 1t was voted to engage the
county surveyor to make the necessary
survey and an estimate of the cost of
the work, and to advertise for bids
to complete the work as a whole and
for bids completing the work from the
outlet to Main street alone