The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-30
MAPLETON.
From the Enterprise

~ 40 ACPoioOo oh1o Alllp buu. lOSU
several hundred bushels of grain in
his granary by overheating. The grain
was of the crop--of three years ago.
There is lots of talk of more farm
telephone lines. One is wanted out
into Medo and another to Grapeland
The only way to get them is to push.
The contractor on the Danville- Medic
ditch has about two miles of the work
completed. The ditch is about eight
feet deep and twenty-five feet wide.
The contractor has something like
twenty teams at work on the job.
Mr.. Chas. Harzberg, the popular and
able manager of the Beauford cream
cry, has purchased Mr.. S. Garvin's
fine farm in Lyra township. The farm
consists of POI acres The new pro-
prietor will not move onto the place
for year or TWO. The price paid was
$11. 800.
The town of Decoria hasa good sized
road war on hand as the result of an
order from the town board making a
change in the Mapleton- Mankato road
The action of the board was remon-
strated against by large number of
the farmers interested but to no avail,
consequently suit has been COM
menced by James Ballard and sixteen
others to see if the road cannot be left
as it now is
Mr.. Frank Krause for long time
the gentlemanly clerk at the Stahl
house, Mankato, came home Friday.
For the past several months Mr..
Krause has been troubled with the
rheumatism and despite all he could
do the disease has grown worse and
one OF his hands is now 80 effected
that he can hardly useit. After short
rest at the home farm Mr.. Krause ex-
poets to go to Mount Clemens, Michi
gan. or some other health resort in
hopes that the baths will help his case
Mr.. Thos. J. Fogarty of Oakland is
the new station agent. Mr.. Fogarty
is one Of the old stand-bys of the
Milwaukee road having been in their
employ continuously FOR over twenty
years. He is very pleasant gentle
man to meet and will no doubt give
good satisfaction to the public. Mr..
Movery, the ex-agent, will take little
rest after which time he expects to &C.
cept a station on the main line.
Arno Kranhold, who has been the able
assistant at the depot forrthe past two
years has accepted the station at Oak
land.
While at the mill Saturday morning
| our old friend Mr. Fred Miller became
mixed up in a runaway which proved
to be quite. serious. He was driving
a team of colts and while putting a
sack of -four under the seat the ami
mails started up and before Mr.. Miller
could grasp the lines he was thrown
out and quiet badly bruised, severe
cut under the left eye being the great
est injury. At that point the flesh
seems to have been ground and crushed
80 that it will take some time to heal
His injuries were dressed by DIR.
Kreuger The team was caught up
town but not until they played havoc
with the buggy.
| VIM. Kruger met with a, dangerous
accident last Friday night and for a
while it was feared that his injuries
would prove fatal. He had been to the
country after load of hay and with
the assistance of Henry Pagel had just
unloaded the same at his home.
Throwing his pitchfork; off of the
wagon and supposing that it had fallen
over on the ground he jumped after it,
not noticing, in the dark, that the fork
had stuck up straight in the ground,
and landed on the handle of the fork,
the end of the handle penetrating tbs
abdomen and pushing the intestineE
upward. but fortunately not penetrat
ing them. His cries brought Mr..
EPagel to his assistance and he was re-
/, moved TO the house and DR.. Schecfil
called. The doctor on examination
found the injuries Of delicate an(
dangerous nature and necessitating {
number of stitches to sew up the in
jured parts. We are glad to report
that Mr.. Kruger is now on the gail
and If nothing new presents an appear
ance will soon be. himself once more
As was indicated by the interview
! in last weeks Enterprise, the people
, of this community were not inclined
| to put so, 600 into an addition to thu
, present high school building. Wher
they voted Sc, 600 for the purpose they
allowed every dollar that they consid
cred good Judgment to put into an ole
building and when the bids were open
ed and it was found that the work
could not be done within the appro
, priation there was a radical change OF
sentiment and many of the most ar
dent supporters of the addition plal
r came out publicly in favor of new
, building. If $40 900 was necessary 70
f an addition, they were ready and will
ing to put twice that amount into
permanent, modern structure. and as
q consequence the vote on Monday nigh
was no surprise. Seventy-two vote
q were polled, and of that number blu
q IL favored voting the additional appro
;. priation of 81, 900, go registered thei