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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
COLORADO.
Summer Tourists Low Rates

The various western lines are now an.
nouncing special new rates to Colorado
points for the summer months. This pre-
sents a fine opportunity for visiting 9
picturesque and interesting section OF
the United States. The trip will afforl
a realization of the wonderful progress
of the west in its commercial develop
ment and particularly in its railway ser
vices.
1t was no longer ago than in the siren
uous days of 81 that Colorado was first
made a territory and its capital city
named for Gen. j. W. Denver, Kansas
Governor. 1t was not until 1870, that
the first Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line train entered the city
and six years later, in the year of the
Centennial Exposition, that Colorado was
admitted to the Union.
Great changes have taken Place since
that time. Today Colorado is one of the
brightest stars in the nations galaxy
and thousands of visitors each year enter
her borders as tourists, or in pursuit
of the agricultural, mining and industrial
opportunities which the common wealth
affords in tempting profusion.
The passenger department of the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway announ
ces summer tourists rate of $4,000 fol
the round trip from Chicago to Colorado
points, and similarly low rates from al
points east.
The Uuion Pacific and Chicago
northwestern Railways maintain a
double daily train service between Chi
cago and Denver, only one night en- route
from Chicago and the Central States
and two nights from the Atlantic sea
board. The trains are equipped with
buffet, smoking and library cars, Pull.
man drawing room sleeping cars and free
reclining chair cars. Dining cars, meals
a la carte. The best of everything.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
FRIENDLY PARTING.
D. 7. Bowen No Longer Fills the
Office of Chief Of Police.

From Thursdays Daily.
The handsome oak rocker which the
police force and the city hall janitor,
presented to Chief Bowen late yesterday
afternoon, bore the following card; ''To
D. I. Bowen as token of respect from
his old friends and associates of the Man.
kato police station. May you live long,
happy and prosperous, is our wish to
YOU"
Mr.. Cuddy presented the chair with
some well chosen remarks, and Mr..
Bowen responded happily, expressing his
friendly feeling for the men whom he
had worked with at the city hall, and
thanking them for their assistance dur
ing his term of service.
Mr.. Bowen retired from office at mid
night, and Jno. Donahue will be appoint
ea his successor tomorrow night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
Entitled to Commentator.

County Attorney Wilson is entitled to
the commendation of the people who be-
lieve in law enforcement for the move
he has made to bring into court persons
who are alleged to have openly and wan
tonly transgressed the statutes OF this
state. An opportunity was given the
city authorities to try to enforce the
law regarding the saloons. Nothing was
done beyond an issuance of verbal order
that the saloons must close from ten to
twelve o'clock Sunday morning and even
this edict or request, or whatever you
might designate it, was not obeyed. The
instructions to the saloonkeepers that
women must be kept out of the Wine
rooms did not have much more effect up
on them than water upon ducks back,
and The Free Press is reliably informed
that on last Sunday several saloons in
this city were the rendezvous for females
whose characters are not of the best.
When the grand jury meets in June
there will be laid before it a mass of
evidence which has been collected by
County Attornew Wilson. In such in
stances as these the grand jury is the prop
er sort of an institution to have i'll
connection with the work of investiga-
ting the laws attractions.
There is a wide field for the grand
jury to cover, if that body feels in
clined to do so. 1t should act in fear
less manner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

The western Missouri court of appeals
has Just decided case which is in
teresting to ministers and laymen. 1t
was an unusual action, and probably the
only one of its kind on record. This
court decides that member of the
church congregation is not liable in law
for the payment of the pastors salary
and that minister of the gospel must
depend upon the good consciences of the
members of his flock for his pay, and has
nc legal hold upon them for it. This
decision was made in the suit brought
by Rev. j. H. Rife against the congrega-
ton of the First Baptist church of Mon
roe City. Rev. Mr.. Rife was engaged
at salary of $500 year, but was not
paid that much, so he sued for the bal
ance. The clergyman won his case in
the trial court, but the court of appeals
reversed the Judgment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
Censor of Bills.

Edward Atkinson suggests, III The
Springfield Republican, the incorporation
into the state system of Massachusetts,
OF an office whose occupant should be a
draughtsman of bills brought before the
legislature, who shall scrutinize them to
detect errors of phraseology, of consti-
tutionality, of unrecognized c0ntradic-
tons of inconsistencies with former
laws; performing duties akin to those
OF a like functionary of the British parlia-
ment. No BILL" Mr. Atkinson says,
presented either by the government, the
opposition or by private members of
parliament, can be brought before the
house of commons until it has been sub
iected to thorough revision by the Off
cial draughtsman, in order that the
phraseology of the bill may be in exact
accord with its purpose and i'll order that
it may not conflict with any other stat
utes in a manner not previously known
10 the promoters of the measure"
The ST. Paul Dispatch, commenting on
the suggestion of Mr. Atkinson makes
these timely remarks:
THE latest session of the legislature of
this state gave cause for need of some
such official Two acts leave two depart
ments hung up, unceratin if they have
legal existence or not. The fish and
game commission is legislated out, and
ii by the same act, and so is the dairy
commissioner. One act had to be vetoed
by the governor because of its clear
conflict with the constitution, and an
other, which received his approval, is
even more subject to the same objection.
In another the insertion of a word of
negation, in a sentence sufficiently con-
fused without it, makes the act OF doubt
full validity These are instances that
are mere outcroppings, readily discovered
on cursory reading What remains of
questionable construction may be inferr
ed from past experiences, where courts
have had to construe the antiquities pat
ent and latent of laws enacted without
attention to lucid expression.
"A popularity of the British rule, Mr..
Atkinson says, is that all bills when in
troduced and sent to the draughtsman.
are wholly unprecedented, that work be-
ing a part of his functions. Misplaced
marks of punctuat ton have played havoc
frequently with enactments. In Massa-
chusetts, where all culture is focused,
the use of semi colon instead of COM
ma closed the bars of every hotel in the
state. A comma inserted where none
should be, has often entirely changed
the purpose of a law And then there
are the capabilities of enrolling clerks to
muddle laws, of which Minnesota has
had ample experience. After all, when
the common complaint is of too much
legislation, it may be well that there is
no provision for the scrutinizing of bills
by some deft official, and that thereby so
many laws come to naught after all the
trials and tribulations of their passage
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

After all there is something in the sug-
gestion of The Minneapolis Times that
it might be good idea to let the race
problem alone for year or two and let
it solve itself. The Times sagely re-
marks that the black boys who are sun
ming themselves on the ievees of the
south or working with dignified DELHI
Grafton the plantations are not bother
ing half so much about it as some people
who never wandered beyond the suburbs
OF Boston
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
BIG LAND DEAL,
Twelve Million Dollar Transactions.
Minnesota Men Are Interested

For $l2,000,000 Minnesota capitalists
yesterday purchased 100000 acres of
land in the Canadian northwest.
The transaction which is one of the
largest transactions ever consummated in
the United States or in the Canadas, in
cludes the entire grant of the Canadian
Northern Railway company. Not an acre
is exempted.
The completion of the transfer, word
of which was received by interested par
ties in st. Paul late last night, was ac-
ccmplished in Toronto yesterday after
noon by Col. A. d. Davidson of Duluth
Associated with him in the purchase are
A. D. McRae and George G. Howe, also
OF Duluth; A. r. Davidson of Little Falls,
Mimi; d. H. Mcdonald of Fort Dap
pelle, and A. j. Adamson of Rostern. n.
w. T., and George f. Piper, F. E. Kens-
ton and ". d. Douglas, all of Minneapo-
lis.
st. Paul will be made the distributing
point of this unprecedented transaction,
and as soon as the required formalities
can be completed new company with
paidup capital of s5,OOO,OOo, to be known
as the Manitoba & Saskatchewan Valley
Land company limited, will be organized.
Offices will be maintained in England
for the purpose of interesting colonial
ton and settlement on the new lands
The lands which Col. NJ. Davidson and
his associates have secured are located
in the choicest part of Canada and in
clude everything in that line owned by
the Canadian Northern railway, which
| is the Canadian extension of the North
ern Pacific railroad. The road extends
from the boundry line of Winnipeg, and
its branches tap much of the northwest
territory. The only railroad lands now
intact in the Canadas are those con-
trolled by the Canadian Pacific Railway
company.
! The head offices are to be opened in
St Paul at once, and branches, with
thousands of agents, will be established
all over the United States. In land
circles, st. Paul is considered as receiv
ing unusual prestige from the deal.
This is the second big Canadian land
deal in which St. Paul has figured, the
first being when over 100000 acres OF
land in the Saskatchewan valley was
purchased and put on the markets..
Paul Daily Globe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

The colored editor of The Richmond
Va, Planet puts it before the people in
this manner: ''When we present petit
tions to congress and pray for relief, we
are told to go to the courts, because
legal questions are involved. When we
90 to the courts we are told to go to
congress for relief, because it is politi-
cal question. When congress grants any
of the relief prayed for and the southern
white folks take it to the courts, the
courts decide that the act of congress
is unconstitutional"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
VINEGAR is BAD.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
j. G. Fowler of Mankato, representing
the state dairy and food department,
was in this place Thursday last. While
here he condemned a grade of vinegar
which is being sold by Mankato house
under a guarantee. The wholesale deal
ers have been called to brown halt and
will be compelled to put up the state fine
imposed. OF course the retailer being an
Innocent purchaser is let out. The Off
Gals of the department have instructed
the agents to report every case of viola
ton. In other words the commission is
strictly enforcing the law as it should
do.-Janesvill Argus.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
AMONG THE SPORTS.

--.e Montgomery, Ala, Advertiser Of
recent date speaks in glowing terms OF
the work of Louis Polchow, who is pitch.
ing for the club of that city this season
In game with the Nashvilles he held
the opponents down to only three bases
or balls, and striking eight of them out
These strikeouts came at critical times
The Advertiser says that young Pol
chow certainly made great hit with the
fans"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
DISCUSSED RAILROAD RATES.

From Thursdays Daily.
Attorney c. n. Andrews was in st.
Paul yesterday, where he attended a
meeting of the railroad and warehouse
commission, and the representatives of
the municipal league. An effort is being
made to secure readjustment of rail
road rates. Considerable testimony was
introduced showing what rates prevail
between points in Minnesota, and were
compared with the rates for like dis
tances in Wisconsin. The rates in Min
nesota are higher than in Wisconsin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
JUDsoN Jorr1Nes.

E. n. jones sold registered short
horn bull calf to j. w. Wigley last
! week, also graded calf to o. S. Hughes.
H. p. Roberts of Mankato is canvas
irg the vicinity representing the New
York Life Insurance company.
j. c. Roberts wears a smile ON his
face since the arrival of baby girl at
his home. All are doing nicely.
The Jerusalem church is undergoing re-
pairs and repapering and painting. A.
Smith of Lake Crystal is doing the
work.
d. H. Evans little boy is on the gain
but is quite weak yet.
Robert Buckley, the ex-mail carrier on
, route No. 5, is now working for Evan
Williams.
Charles GsDavis started on his service
for Uncle Sam as mail carrier on route
No. the first of this month. He bought
the outfit of ex-carrier No. f.
The honorable board of county COM
missioners will meet at Judson station
the 18th of this month for the purpose
OF looking over the location where the
road has been laid and to talk over the
bridge matter.
The infant child of Mrs. Ellen and
Robert Owens died Saturday and was
buried Sunday afternoon at Jerusalem
cemetery.
William ]. Jones is home again to re-
main for short time.
1t is believed fully three inches of
rain fell during Sunday and Monday.
Ponds of water are to be seen all over
the country.
Miss Cassie and Hugh A. Jones were
at New Ulm last Monday consulting DIR.
Stricken.
w. S. Lewis and Evan Roberts were
over to Lake Crystal last Monday.
Conner Evans will soon leave for North
Dakota where he has quarter section
of land He intends to be gone a
couple of months.
Miss Hanna Rowlands of Mankato
spent Sunday with friends and relatives
in this vicinity recently.
B. James and John Williams intend to
take a trip to Canada soon and purchase
more land there.
DR.. Williams of Lake Crystal has gone
to New Orleans.
H. r. Roberts has erected a small
machine shed on his farm.
C. L. Thurston is around buying hogs
and cattle. He finds it quite task to
pick up a corload so he reports. The
farmers have been pretty well sold out
of their young stock and hogs.
Seeding is all completed excepting some
few low pieces of land which will be
sown into barley. Owing to the heavy
rains many farmers will be compelled to
plow their corn ground without manur-
ing, the ground being SO soft.
H. Fuller has his store and dwelling
completed, except the painting.
R. S. James has added an addition to
his store, in the shape of a machine shed.
He will handle the Champion binder and
mower.
Z. n. James has returned from
Rochester where he went with L. M.LeWis.
The latter underwent an operation for
appendicitis. Mr. Hugh Jones of Lake
Crystal, has also gone there for the same
treatment. From the last report they
were doing nicely. o. 7. Jones and wife
are rejoicing over the arrival of baby
boy at their home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
GAVE HIM THE MARBLE HEART.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
A promising young man of the town
is said to have recently rented a house,
supplying it with all the necessary fur
niture with which young couple is
usually in need, bureau, table, stove, etc.
A months rent was paid in advance.
Monday he returned the key with the
statement that the jig was up and that
he did not desire the building. The only
mysterious thing about the deal is that
the young. man will never know what he
has escaped.-Janesville Argus.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
May 15.22.2s. 1903.

ORDER FOX HEARING ON CLAIMS.
cTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blus
> Earth SIS. In Probate Court,
In the matter OF the estate of Griffith J.
Lewis deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate OF
said deceased being this day granted unto
Robert j. Roberts of said county:
II Is ordered that all claims and demands OF
all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance, at
the Probate Office in the City OF Mankato in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day
viz: Monday. the 18th day OF August
A. d.. 1903 at 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon OF
said y.
1t Is further ordered that three months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court or not proven to its satisfaction.
shall be forever barred; unless for cause shown
further time he allowed.
Ordered further, that notice OF the time and
plare at II. arlne aud examination of said
Chains d demands snail bs given by publica-
tioh OF this order for three successive
weeks rior to the day appointed for such ex-
amiration in the u -,nkato Free Press,
weekly news1aner printed and published at
sankato, in said county.
Dated at Mankato the 18th day OF
Maya. D 1903.
By the Court:
Probate Seal.l WM.F. HUGHES.
Judge OF Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
SEVERAL LOTS SOLD.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Davies & Turrittin report several sales
for Walden S. and Herbert L. Hunt of
their property in North Mankato. j. B.
Nielsen g. Co. have purchased lots one
and two, block two, for 5000; Ole o.
Grue takes lots three and four, block
two, for $500; Esther Larson takes lot
FIVE, block two, for $500; and Olof Lar
son takes lot six, block two, for $500. All
of these parties expect to put in boule-
wards and some of them may build later.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

If there is any housekeeping to be
done in the postoffice department the Re
publican officials Will handle the broom
in vigorous manner, and the rascals
will be swept, out so quickly that it
should serve as warning to all govern
ment employees that they must be honest
or Uncle Sam will know the reason why.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

New Workers are claiming a popula-
ton of 3,732,930 at present. The birth
rate for 1902 was S5,643. In 1900 it was
Sl,72l. 1t is pointed out that the cos
population and the large pro-
portion of foreigners in the city may
account for the high birth rate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
Sqslllala':l
3z2 South Front Street
ARE YOU

Satisfied with the TEA you are
using? You can make a little
money 90 far by buying y, ur
TEAS ere.
Our I EAS are pure, pungent,
piquan'. ierit't
We carry the 70 owing var;-
4tiAs in stock: Su dried Japa L.
Country Green Japan. Basket
Fired Japan, English Bleak fast,
Cey. en- 90 org an1 Congou Tea
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
wINTER-cOOPER CASE.

The Winter-Cooper case is on trial
at Fairmont. This is an action brought
by Goldie Winters, to compel Cooper to
support her child. The girl in the case
was, formerly a resident of Mankato.
Cooper is an attorney at Truman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

Recently lady friends of Mrs. Roway
presented her with handsome and sub
stantial invalid's chair which she prizes
very highly and which is very helpful to
her in her present condition. Mrs. Roway
takes this opportunity of PUBLICLY thank
ing the donors.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
COAL MERGER.

From Thursdays Daily.
The Laird Norton Lumber company
has bought s. H. Grannis' coal business
and will conduct it in the future. Mr..
|Grannis will confne his activities to
the handling of the other lines that he
lis now engaged in.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of The Free Press Printing COM
pany will be held at the company's Of
flee in the city of Mankato, Mimi, on
Monday, June LIST, 1908, at 10 "a. M, for
the election of board Of directors and
the transaction of any other business.
L. P. HUNT, President.
E. f. Soaring, Secretary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

Mr. Jett, the bad man of Kentucky,
is described as one of your meek and
lowly looking individuals, with hair the
color of corn kernels and mustache
that would not be the envy of the villain
in Il tank drama. In fact he is said to
be as mild-appearing fellow as ever
carried a bowie knife
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

Joseph w. Folk, the man who put to
rout the boodlers, bribe-givers and bribe-
takers in st. Louis, was presented with
a $4,000 residence by his admiring
friends. He refused to accept the ten
der, saying that he could not take any
more for his services than the law al
lows.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

1 Injunctions are the popular thing at
Omaha. a few days ago the business
men secured an order restraining the
workingmen from doing certain acts and
now the workingmen have just been
granted an order to restrain the business
men from interfering with labor unions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

Mrs. c. E. Roberts, San Francisco,
Cal: Would not be without Rocky Noun
tain Tea in our house. It's great
family remedy. Makes and keeps US
WELL j. G. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

It's like "dip in the fountain OF
Youth" Touches the cheeks so gently
that syouth fingers on the face of old
age" That's what Rocky Mountain Tea
does. 35 cents. j. C. Thro.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

Joaquin Miller, the poet, is not dead.
He is hale and hearty and bids fair to
live long enough to write much more
of his beautiful poetry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

1t is rather early in the season but
the list of the fools Who rocked the boat
and caused drowning accidents is already
quite large.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

1t is now claimed that feas can carry
the bubonic plague. The flea is relegat-
ed to the society of the rat and mos
quito.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15

Because non-union man drove the
hearse the hack drivers officiating at a
funeral in Toledo went on strike. The
undertakers filled the strikers places.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
NOT UNTIL SATURDAY.

Former Mayor Ames will not be SEN
fenced until Saturday. The genial doc
tor is having trouble in securing bail
bond
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
OLD RESIDENT DROWNED.

Eph. Chase, an aged resident of Ohm
stead county, was drowned in Root
river, seven miles south of Rochester.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-05-15
MUNICIPAL HEATING PLANT.

New Ulm is discussing the advisability
of installing municipal heating plant,
says The Review of that city.