The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-05-20
PICKED FROM THE COUNTY PRESS.
Senator A. o. Eberhart will deliver
the Memorial Day address at Mapleton.

the memorial lay ADDRESS at AaPieIoh
Mapleton's high school will graduate
seven this year. The commencement ex-
ercises will be held on the evening OF
June 6. The annual sermon will be de-
livered on June by Rev. Robert Hughes
of this city. The graduates are Nellie
Margie Chase, Rose d. Flynn, Alice E.
O'Connor, Ethel Laura Hill, Marie JOS
ephine Norton, Helen Ivy Sutherland and
M. NJ. Sullivan.
Not so many years ago the u. A. r.
post at this place was fourishing or
ganization, but time has wrought many
changes, and comrade after comrade has
answered the final roll call, until the
present membership is but trifie over
twenty. No matter how much new mem
bers may be desired, they cannot be Sc
cured, as those who are eligible to mem
bership are few and far between. When
a new member is obtained it becomes an
occasion of general rejoicing, time for
the fatted calf as it were. They have
such an event on the program today
when j. H. Cornell is to be formally
mustered into the ranks.-Mapleton En-
terprise.
Thursday Charles Halves departed on
sad mission that of taking his broth
er from Mankato to the asylum at
jamestown, North Dakota, of which
state he is a resident. Mr.. Halves was
at one time located at Good Thunder this
county, and was possessed of an excel
lent legal education being regarded as a
lawyer of exceptional ability. Drink
led to the wreck of his mind and he is
now taken to the hospital in the hope
that something may be done for him.
Mapleton Enterprise.
Hon. Gilbert Guttersen, rural mail
inspector of this district, was in town
Monday, on business connected with the
establishment of route No. 3, and which
it is expected will be started about the
first of August. This proposed route
will run south and east to the Beauford
store, covering in all about twenty five
miles, of which probably three or four
miles will be retracing, or following
other routes. That Mr.. Guttersen has
a difficult position is evidenced in the
desire of all patrons to have the route
directly pass the door-Good Thunder
Herald.
Several new rural routes have been
laid out of Mapleton.
Thunder is now becoming realization.
In other words switch has been es-
tablished in the cut one-half mile to
the north and a steam shovel is getting
out material for the trestle fill near
the Maple river. Quite force of men
will be employed in this work for sew
eral weeks-Good Thunder Herald.
Mrs. McLead of Mankato, an aunt of
d. E. Cross, came up last Saturday to
make him visit. Monday was her seth
birthday. The old lady is quite feeble
and feels that she will not be able to
make another trip to Amboy.-Amboy
Herald.
Charles Quiggle has the dairy bust
ness down pretty near perfection on
his farm adjoining town. His renter
is milking twenty-four cows at the pres
ent time, all good ones. Last winter
he put in a De Laval cream separator
and is greatly pleased with it. He finds
that the calves thrive better on the milk
from the separator than they did on the
milk returned from the creamery. A
year ago l6 of his young calves died, and
he thought it was from the effects of the
creamery milk. He has just put in a
dog power to run the separator. -Amboy
Herald.
At Amboy club has been organized
which is non-improvement, non bipartisan,
non-political, and non-incorporated. 1t
meets regularly every day, forenoon and
afternoon, and their club room is on the
west side. No members accepted under |
sixty years of age; must also be men
game of chess, checkers, and seven-up