The Mankato free press., 1904-01-15

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PICKED FROM THE COUNTY PRESS.
Mr.. Melvin Keith of Sterling and Miss
Louisa Fischer of near West Bend, Wis,
were married Dec. 80.
Mapleton's village treasury is empty
and money must be borrowed in order to
meet current bills.
The young men of Cream are to give
a minstrel show Jan. l3.
Within few weeks Mapleton will
be connected with the Twin City Tele-
phone line and those having phones will
be enabled to talk to many points now
inaccessible, including Minneapolis and
st. Paul. The service to Mankato will
also be better than it has been before,
the line being run direct by the way of
Beauford- -Mapleton Enterprise.
Relief Corp and friends to the number of
thirty gathered at the home of H. M.
Chandler, Wednesday and spent pleas
ant day. Mrs. Chandler was assisted by
her daughters and served sumptuous
repast. If the war stories related of
themselves by Martin Pratt and Alfred
Davis were true, history has failed to
give them justice and the matter should
be recorded for the information of fu-
ture generations that all may know of
the bravery and valor of two of Maple
toms humble citizens. Comrade Chandler
thoroughly appreciated the visit and all
had big me-Mapleton Enterprise.
Grant Hazel narrowly escaped being
killed by his bull last Friday; as it
was he sustained broken shoulder
blade and sprained ankle. He will be
confined to the house for some consider
able time. The bull was known to be
ugly but Grant had always managed
to get along with him until this time.
The next day he was taken to Mapleton
and sold. Sterling Correspondence Ma
pleton Enterprise.
Will E. Cross, having closed up his
grocery business, has entered into con-
tract with Minneapolis wholesale candy
and cracker factory to represent them in
northern Minnesota, and will enter upon
his duties next week.-Amboy Hehald.
Notices have been received by prop
erty owners of the amount of their per-
sonal property tax. Taxes and death
are not to be escaped, but it really seems
that they should be better equalized;
for instance, the farmer with stock,
horses, machinery, household goods, etc.,
that would readily bring from $4,000 to
$4,000, is rarely obliged to pay more
than $500 while merchandise stock of
about the same value rarely escapes with
less than SIS tax. Go farther and COM
pare the real estate tax; vacant 25
foot village lot, worth Sl00 will be as
sessed for probably $75; farm worth
$50 an acre will be assessed one-sixth
its value. There is practically not The
least equality between farm and village
taxation and a great injustice is per-
petrated under the present system. A
readjustment of taxation, based on ac
tual values, would materially reduce
village taxation and would in no way be-
come oppressive to the farmer.-Good
Thunder Herald.
Matters at the Cable Mill seem to be
still in bad shape. All last summer Mr..
Kruer had to be putting in washed out
dams, another break a few weeks ago
necessitated another shut down, which
damage has been repaired, but another
difficulty now confronts the miller; dur
ing the winter the ice has frozen so
thick in the race that now not enough
water can be carried down to operate the
mill. In about six weeks the mill will
doubtless again be running and in the
meantime Mr.. Krueur will give his at
tention to strengthening and repairing
the dams.-Good Thunder Herald.
Adolph Kaul, one of the prosperous
farmers of this vicinity for number of
years, having disposed of his farm to
Robert Speck, departed his sons with
two carloads of emigrant moveables for
his new possessions in Virginia Monday.
Himself and faminly will leave for that
state today. A number of our citizens
are planning trip to that state in the
near future.-Good Thunder Herald.
J.. F. Mertens is to retire from bust
ness in Good Thunder. He has conduct !
ed store there for ten years.
DR.. w. A. Meilicke of Good Thunder |
has been obliged to return to Colorado |