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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
Those Pesky rlicrobes.

Scientists will persist in throwing the
gray matter fairly oozes out of his head
has made the startling discovery that
danger turks in strawberries and its
choice condiment, cream. Now just
think of it. Microbes, unlimited in num-
Der, and as vicious and deadly as it is
possible for them to be, have made a
resting place on the surface of the ber-
ries which are brought daily to market.
After figuring sharp these scientists have
reached the conclusion that two hundred
grams, which is equal to about half
a pound of the fruits which enter large
ly into warm weather consumption sus-
tain upon their surfaces bacteria in the
following numbers: Huckleberries, 4O0,-
600; damson plums 100000; yellow
plums, 10000; pears, 100000; goose
berries, 100000; strawberries, 2,OOO,-
600, raspberries, 100000; grapes, s.
VVO,OOO, CuIldHlS, ll,OUO,OOU, cnelIleS,
100000. The degree of alarm which
these large figures may warrant doubt
less depends in great degree upon the
kinds of micro organisms which go to
make up these appalling totals, remarks
The Duluth News Tribune. On that point
we are left to our own conclusions. The
man who takes the trouble to count 12,-
100000 bacilli on half a pound of cher
ries has done all that may reasonably be
expected Of him.
And ttis is not ALL 1t is claimed that
milk of average quality has been found
to contsin 1868 miligrams of dirt and as
many as II 1897 600 bacteria to the quart
when fresh from the COW. After twenty
four hours the number of bacteria has
so increased that in a cubic certimeter
SIT 100000 have been counted-or at
least guessed at. And still more-cream
is caid to be even richer than milk in mi
crobes. Notwithstanding this array Of
figures the people will continue to par
take of berries and cream and bid de-
iance to the scientists-and the microbes.
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GARDEN CITY NEWS.

Grandpa Clough and Mrs. M. NJ. Clough
and children left for Plainview last
Wednesday where they will visit rela-
tives.
The Garden City band and ball team
will play at Mapleton the Fourth.
Miss Allie Osgood visited in Lake Crys-
tai over Sunday.
Miss Eleanor Wood and friend from
Mankato visited Mrs. S. A. Richardson
last week.
Miss Maud Cooper of Mankato visited
with Miss Beth Fairchild a part of last
week
Mrs. Frank Pew and mother visited in
Garden City one day last week.
Mr.. Smith arrived Wednesday from
Washington to visit his daughters, who
reside in this vicinity.
Mrs. Yates of Minneapolis visited her
sister, Mrs. Julia Thurston, last week.
Albert Beer of Judson was in town
on business Thursday.
Chas. Peterson and wife returned from
their camping tour the last of the week
Mrs. Hollenback is visiting her brother
Chas. Rector
Rush Coffman and family have moved
from the tenent house on Mr.. Parker's
farm into their house in town.
William Norton, who has been visiting
ii the northern part of the state, return
ed Thursday.
Mrs. Elsie Austin's baby, who died Of
whooping cough at Mankato the 26th Of
June, was buried in the Garden City
cemetery last Sunday.
Mrs. Goldenstar and Emery left Tues
day to visit relatives in the east The
former will visit in Ohio and Mrs. Emery
will visit in New Hampshire.
John Chapman lost a valuable horse
Monday night.
w. A. Friends blacksmith shop receiv.
ed narrow escape from fire last Wed,
nesday. The roof caught fire by spark
from the chimney. A number of mer
happened to be ON hand and all worked
with a will or the building would have
gone up in flames. The damage was
slight, few shingles being burnt of
the froof.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03

ed to win strictly upon its merits. There
was genuine Republican enthusiasm, but
no heart-aches are among the results OF
yesterdays gathering at Des Moines.
The tariff plank is one which the Re-
publican party can tie to. 1t is in line
with the principles of the party and
it shows that the Republicans of Iowa
are not taking back track on the ques-
ton of protection.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
MUST PAY TAXES.
Court Decides in B. & L. Assn and
and Rice Lake Cases.
From THURSDAYS Daily.

IIOm IuuISudy DdlIy.
Judge Cray has filed his decision in the
case of the state of Minnesota against
the Mankato Savings and Building asso-
citation He decides in favor Of the state,
requiring the defendant to pay the taxes
of the old Mankato Building and Loan
association for the last year of the lat
ter's existence.
The decision is based on the ground
, that the taxes of the old company was
Just, and that the officers and members
! of the old company, for the purpose of
. evading the payment of the tax, formed
|, the new company and transferred the
property of the old to it with like intent,
carrying on the same business.
The court orders the new company to
| turn over to the sheriff certain mortgages
and notes to the amount of $4,000 to be
sold under the execution, and the sheriff
/, is to report to the court any sum re-
ceived in excess of the amount required
to extinguish the judgment. The lat
! ter amounts to little over $4,000. The
company is restrained from disposing Of
these mortgages and notes, and if they
have been disposed of since the trial
! the company is ordered to deliver the
proceeds to the sheriff.
/ The decision is about as sweeping as
| it could be.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
KERNS AND HEBRON.

Alfred Lind had the misfortune to cut
off his young colts foot in mower a
few days ago. The animal had to be
killed -
I. f. Jefferson is building a house on
his farm in Belgrade for E. S. Eldred
his ther-in-law so the latter can live
near his daughter in his declining years
A fine program is being arranged for
the celebration and picinc next Saturday
at Kerns. Music and singing patriotic
songs and ten minute orations from a
number of speakers. All are invited to
come and help make the old Fourth a
success.
Those who were crying for rain are
now crying enough.
Haying was in progress until the re-
cent rains.
Small grain is somewhat lodged in a
good many places.
T. Hodson sold to David Goodridge
an enterprising farmer of Belgrade, a fine
shorthorned bull last week to head his
fine herd of dairy cows.
A Mr.. Spencer is assisting Mr.. Erick-
son in the creamery. The other helper
had to quit on account of his health be-
ing bad.
The Oshawa farmers are now taking
their milk to their own creamery. 1t
started up again last Wednesday after
being closed for over week for repairs.
Jesse Keen's family spent Sunday in
North Mankato. Their baby is quite
low
The ice cream social at the Hebron
parsonage last Thursday evening was a
very pleasant affair. About eighty-five
persons were present. A full program
was rendered and about $40 raised. All
had good time, Wishing a similar af-
fair might be repeated.
Mrs. T.. A. Durham of North Mankato
and daughter, Sadie, visited with the
family of B. E. Drake last Saturday in
Hebron.
Mrs. Harper of Mankato visited the
family of her son, Charles Goodell, last
Saturday.
Mrs. Tuttle of Appleton, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drake,
for over a week, returned to her home
last Friday.
Wesley Hendley brought some cattle
in CORTLAND last Saturday.
Iver Stone, one of the wealthy farmers
and bankers of Brown county. visited T..
Hodson last Friday and Saturday and
looked over his herd of shorthorns with
view to making an investment. His
herd bull is an animal from this herd.
Miss Ruth Rash, who works for Jesse
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HE WORKED ST. PETER.

st. Peter is considerably stirred up
over the action of William Davidson who
was paid $500 to move his cigar factory
from Sleepy Eye to that city, he agree
ing to employ given number of hands
the year around and for certain num-
Der of years. All went well until last
Friday, when Davidson left town, taking
the manufactured stock with him, leav-
ing the balance with William Silverberg,
one of his workmen. Davidson also left
the st. Peterites in sad fame of mind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
LIBRARY ELECTION.
1t Will Be Held on Third Saturday
in July.

From Thursdays Daily.
The annual election of members of the
public library board will be held on Sat
urday, July 18th. The place selected is
the children's room of the new library
building, and the hour from 1880 to $3.50
F. m. The law makes it the duty of the
secretary of the board to select the place
and hour for holding the election, and
Secretary Patterson has done this. He
will also post the notices for the cleo
ton in three public places.
The members whose terms expire this
year are Miss Iceberg, DR.. M. B. Wood
and Jno. C. Noe. 1t is understood that
all are willing to accept a reelection, and
as they have made most efficient mem
bers it is not likely that any opposition
will develop.
Ladies can vote at this election.
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LOOKING FOR ROOM NUMBER.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
A travelling man was writing his name
on hotel register in st. Peter when
a bedbug put in his appearance and slowly
meandered across the page. The travel
ing man gazed at it moment or two in
surprise and then expressed his dissap-
/ have been bled by Louis greybacks
and concoted by southern spiders, but
I'll be hanged if 1 ever slept in hotel
where the bedbugs came up and ascer-
tanned the number of my room. | guess
I'll go down and sleep on the railroad
bridge. "-Ex. Ill
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PRICES WILL GO UP.
From Fridays Daily.

from fridays DAILY.
The physicians of Nicollet and LIE
Sueur counties have decided to raise their
prices. At the last meeting of the Nicol
let County Medical society, consisting
of Nicollet and LIE Sueur county physi
clans, it was decided, by the adoption of
resolution, to alter the fee bill and
make the same to conform to prices
charged for the same work in neighbofing
counties and the surrounding territory.
The reason assigned for the increase is
the increased cost of living and the fact
that prices heretofore charged by To-
cal physicians have been much lower than
in surrounding territory. New schedule
will go into effect after August, l.-St.
Peter Herald.
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RuraI School Consolidation.

That mysterious some one who wrote
a letter to The Minneapolis Tribune
arguing against the consolidation of the
rural schools, is afraid that were the
rural schools to combine the requiem
mass could then be sung over the COM
mon school system of this country. The
Free Press is not quite ready to
agree with the mysterious parsonage
who hides his identity behind the
three stars. There has been much good
said in favor of the consolidation of the
rural schools, and, too, by people who
have the welfare of these schools at
heart. The little Red School House.
is all we'll enough in sentiment, and
verses rich in their sweetness have been
written of the old school house by the
roadside. Often when we think of those
old dingy walls that many tired pupils
eyes have gazed at for many days at a
time, there comes to us tender memories
OF the past, but at that we would not
care to have repeated the experience pass
ed through within those cramped quar-
tiers where sunshine and pleasantly were
an unknown quantity. The Free Press
is opposed to fads and their kindred NUS
ances. There have been introduced into
the school curriculum studies that should,
ir our opinion, be left out. There Is
room for change, and there is every
reason to believe that boards of educa-
ton will in time eliminate those things
from the courses of study that have no
rightful place therein. But the rural
schools are not what they should be,
and the improvement can be obtained
only through consolidation, betterment
of conditions and the introduction of
methods which would result benefcially
to them. The children who attend the
rural schools are not receiving all they
are entitled to in return for the amount
of money that is expended in this state
for education. The Free Press has no
fear but that the democracy of the COM
mon schools would be maintained under
consolidation as well as if the present
district system were to continue.
1t is true that the idea of our common
school system is to give the many an
education, and not the favored few.
For that reason we believe that it would
be for the best interests of the people as
a whole were the rural schools consolid-
sted. ?
1t must be borne in mind that rural
school consolidation is not a new thing.
In many states in the east it has been
tried. has reached out beyond the expert
mental stage and is success beyond the
expectations of those who were it's
strongest advocates.
While The Free Press finds an oppor-
tunity now and again to criticise our
schools, yet it is ready to declare them as
being the best in the world Nothing ex-
eept that created by Divine hands is
perfect The public and normal schools
are not perfect, neither are the universe
ties, but they are doing an excellent
work.
The American people are to be trusted.
As they have always been able to right
wrongs, so will any glaring imperfections
of our schools will be righted as time
goes on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

From Thursdays Daily.
Ida M. Strong tt VIM. d. Tipler, lots 6,
7, s and 10, block Amboy, for $500.
Ross Bates to Ohm E. A. Beck, nR,
neH, and swA, ne4, sec. IA, Vernon Cen
ter, for $4,000
Philander 7. Shpherd to Kate Depue,
lot II, block 2, Shepherds Sunnyside adj
dition to Lake CYstal, for $3.50.
Ella Hopkins = Joseph and Edward
Engesser, lot II, block 4, Amboy, for
$4,000
John Walters tt Reece Thomas, seven
acres in lot A, SETON %, Cambria, for
$l75.
John Baxter to Annie Ewing, lot IL,
and north forty fet of lot IL, block 10,
Lake Eagle, for SIS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
COW TOOK POISON.
North Mankate Mans Bovine Shows
~ Liking Tor Paris Green.

From Thursdays Daily.
While Lorenzo Keene was sprinkling
some potatoe vines with Paris green, on
his land in North Mankato Tuesday, w.
S. Albrant's COW ate up the entire re-
mainder of the package of the poison as
il lay on the ground near the fence. MIR.
Keene did not notice this proceeding un-
til the COW was finishing her meal. A
veterinary surgeon was summoned,
but the COW diel yesterday morning.
Mr.. Keene told Mr.. Albrant to go to
his farm and pick put the best COW there
to replace the dead one. This was most
fair and honorable on the part of Mr..
Keene.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
TRAFFIC RESUMED.

From Thursdays Daily.
The passenger trains on the Chicago &
Northwestern road began to run over
the short route to New Ulm this morning
for the first time since Monday. Traffic
was again interrupted by the sinking
down of the road bed over the sink hole
that has given trouble several times be-
fore, In order to get around the bad
place, a new track has been laid skirting
around the sinkhole, and it is over this
that trains are now running.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
Bennett Cup Is Won BY Deknyff, the
frenchman.-
Over 100000 Spectators See the
| "Red Devils" Speed.
Treaty Covering Naval and Coal
Stations Signed at Havana.
Baron Won Sternburg Is Appointed
Ambassador of Germany.
Especial to The Free Press.]

Ballishannon, Ireland, July 2.-The in
ternational auto race for the Bennett
cup began this morning at seven o'clock.
1t is estimated that 100000 spectators
occupied points of vantage along the
course. Deknyff, representing France,
finished first at 5:34 this afternoon; dis
lance 36S/ miles. Several contestants
were seriously injured.
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The court has filed decision in favor
Of the defendants in the Rice Lake case.
This is the case of F. w. Wingen and
others VS.. Geo. May and Earnest Ruege.
The plaintiff brought suit to have the de-
PENDANTS required to erect dam three
and half feet high in the outlet of Rice
lake, they claiming that the natural out
let had been lowered that much.
The court holds that there was no
proof that the outlet is lower or higher
than the natural outlet.
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BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED.

The town board of town of Decoris
will meet at the town clerks office Mon
day, July 9th, at 10 o'clock a. m. to let
the building of stone culverts in town
to the lowest bidder.
June 22d, 1908.
oLEIANDENGAARD,
Town Clerk.
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BRIDGE is SAVED.
Cable Mill Bridge Will Not Fall
! Down.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Auditor Weaver received word this
afternoon from the foreman who has
charge of the work at the Cable mill
bridge, saying that the bridge is now saw
&c and asking that the commissioners of
the county meet there Saturday. This
will be pleasing information, as it means
the saving of the best and most ex-
pensive bridge in the county. 1t was
thought to be almost impossible to save
the bridge from topping over into the
river when the high water went down,
and only engineering skill has saved it.
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DID NOT CARE TO PROSECUTE.

From Thursdays Daily.
The negro who was accused of enticing
three boys. away from their homes was
released late yesterday afternoon, and
got out of the city as soon as he could.
The Saltwater authorities telephoned
that the parents of the boys did not care
to prosecute the fellow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
ALL BIDS REJECTED.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The Amboy school board received bids
Saturday afternoon for the erection OF
four room, two story brick addition to
the school building there. The bids were
all considered to be too high, and were
all rejected The lowest bid was &c.
665, by Neitge 4 Larson of North Man
kato.
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DIR. DRIvIR's LECTURE.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Ihursday,sDaliy.
DIR. John Meritte Drivers familiar
figure stood besie the pulpit in the M.
E. church last night, where for several
years he guided he flock that gathered
last night to her him deliver his lee
ture on sThe ABlo- Saxon and the Flu
ture Rulership oil the World" The lee
ture was given Tor the benefit of the
North Mankato Methodist church, and
was well attened. The lecture was
listened TO with huch interest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03
SIGNED THE TREATY.
Naval and coaIing Station Bases
Fixed Upon BY Cubans.
Especial to The Free Press

Especial to The Free Press.1
Havana, July 2..-The treaty covering
naval and coaling stations bases and
the treaty placing the Isle of Pines
wholly under Cuban sovereignty was
signed today at noon.
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HE WAS WANTED.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The New Ulm Review prints a story
of one c. w. MCGOWAN, stranger, who
awoke from a debauch in that city and
gave himself up to the sheriff, claiming
that he was crook and was wanted at
Marshalltown, Iowa. The man was held
for a day or two and the New Ulm Of
ficer not receiving any word from the
Marshalltown authorities, released him
Yesterday word was had from the Iowa
town to hold onto the fellow.
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"WIL KOMMEN" The BARON.
Van Sternburg Said to Be Appointed
Ambassador of Germany.
Especial to The Free Press.l

Especial to The Free Press.1
Berlin, July 2.-The semi official North
German Gazette today announced that
Baron Won Sternburg has been definitely
appointed ambassador of Germany at
Washington.
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Iowa Republicans.

Much to the chagrin of the Democrats,
who had looked for a row, the Iowa Re-
publican state convention passed off
with that degree of harmony which is
characteristic of great party determin-
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We have given all our lightweight sum-
mer wear notice that it must move out.
June goth is the day. Henry E. Hance,
223 South Front street, Mankato, Mimi.
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NOTICE.

Commencing July lst we will pay 4
per cent interest on deposits.
MANKATO SAVINGS BANK.
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The Albert Lea Tribune refers to John
A. johnson as the Cicero of st. Peter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-03

keene, was quite sick the first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kranz lost their
infant child last Thursday The inter
ment was at Nicollet last Sunday.
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The News at Eagle Lake last week
stated that young man named Alvord
married. This week the paper said the
report was unfounded, the young man de-
nying the charge.