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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Don't Knock; Boost.

The Duluth Herald delivered a lee
ture few days ago on the "knocker'
1t said that the whole tribe of knock
ers" is a pestiferous outfit anyway, but
about the most contemplate of the fam.
lily is the fellow that consistently
knocks" mis- home town. The consist
ent booster" is worth fifty of him any
day to any town.
A community is not mere collection
of houses and people that happened to
come together in the same Neral
neighborhood 1t is vastly more ? than
that. 1t is something with individual
ity, with its good points and its bad
points, something to love, to be proud OF
and to work for. Its individuality is
the sum of the characteristics of its en-
yironments and of its constituent hui
mainly Whether that individuality is
good or bad depends upon whether its
elements are good or bad. Every good
element tends to make a good town, and
every weakness tends to make the town
weaker
The man that is proud of his town
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

and that is willing to work for its up
building is a valuable element, while
tine man that sits back and ''knocks"
is worse than worthless. He is trait
or to the community that. shelters and
feeds him.
But to criticise the weak points in a
community and to endeavor to strength
en- them does not make "knOcker."
The best booster" is the one that sees
the weak points and helps to make
them right. 1t is the one that contents
himself with nowling about the bad
things, and that never attempts to i'm
prove conditions, that is the real
"knocker."
A real "knocker" in community is
like rotten brick in a building. He
is an element of weakness, and if there
are enough like him they will cause
the structure to crumble away and de-
generate into heap of ruins.
Boost" but don't KNOCK" your
home community.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
MEETING OF ODD FELLOWS,
Will be Held in St. Paul Three Days,
June 13, IL and IS.

The meeting of the grand lodge of
| Independent Order of Odd Fellows will
be held in st. Paul three days, begin
ming June l3. Sessions will be held
mornings. afternoons and possibly eve
nings. at the old state capitol. and de-
gree work will be conducted evenings
at the several lodge rooms.
The principal matters of business to
come before the grand lodge are the
election of deputy grand master and
the ratifying of several proposed amend
ments to the constitution The contest
for the position of deputy grand master
at the last annual election was so close
that it will come before the grand
lodge The three candidates for the of
flee are George Meyer of Minneapolis,
George Scherer of Mankato and c. l..
Kellogg of Red Wing.
One of the proposed amendments to be
acted upon gives the grand master pow
er to grant country lodges the privilege
| of admitting members for less than the
regular fee which is $40. 1t is urged
! That the amendment will be a benefit
to the country lodges and the
order in general. 1t is argued that many
good members can be secured in this
way, who otherwise would never Join
the order.
| Vim Powers. grand master. will res.-
ommend that the general lodge fund
and widow and orphan fund he con
soiidateG. This will simplify the Imam
ces of the order, as the new hospital re-
Gently erected at Faribault in connec-
tion with the Odd Fellows home and
/ the home itself can be supported by
the one fund instead of two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Farmers and Road Making.

The Duluth Herald states that a
week ago Sunday the settlers west of
Ashawa, one of the newer settlements
in st. Louis county, got together at a
neighbours homestead and before the
meeting had closed they mad decided
what roads were absolutely necessary
and had arranged to have them built.
Every man present, with one or two
exceptions, according to The Ashawa
Northand Farmer, subscribed two weeks
of his time, and many more that We're
unable to come have since followed their
example, so that ample labor is avail
able to complete the necessary work.
That is the proper spirit to exhibit.
Ashawa is made up of the right sort
of people. Residents of older settled
communities could profit by their ex-
ample.
The Herald, referring to the farmers
of Ashawa and the meeting held by
them says that there are many commu
mites that would have turned that
neighborhood gathering into an indigna-
tion meeting. which would have con-
tented itself with saying things abont
the county commissioners because they
did not come ont and build those roads,
and which would have continued to be-
wall the fact that the county board
was derelict in its duty instead of turn
ing in and building them in the time
consumed in waiting
If the farmers everywhere were to
take up this matter of road building as it
should be done, poor highways would
soon be thing of the past. And it
seems passing strange that the farmers
do not interest themselves more i'm this
subject when it is considered that they
would be the ones who would receive the
benefit.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
If the school were held at the hall. A

of the school were held at the hall. A
| large crowd was out when Principal
| Setcheld began to distribute the prizes
won nj the mornings contests. At the
| conclusion of this part of the program,
f. Dudley Parsons in behalf of the
friends of Mr.. Setchfeld presented him
with silk umbrella. The recipient re-
| Sponded in n little speech thanking the
citizens for their appreciation. The pro-
gram that followed was appreciated.
The various drills, revealing the faith
| full work of the teachers and pupils
were much applauded especially the pri-
mary butterfly drill. RecitationS by
Misses Pearl Phalin and Mary Mccoy
era and Foster WolcOtt. a reading from
Mark Twain. by Grant Rasdall. IA
ghost dialogue by Ralph Hilton. Pearl
Phalin, Dollie Wolcott. Mamie An
drews. Grant Rasdal and Gerald Cald-
well were perhaps the best numbers
Little Marjorie Fitzlotf. aged four. gave
a selection that brought the house
down.
| Miss Howard of Vernon Center has
been engaged to take the position va
/ Gated by Miss Odjard. The latter to-
gether with Misses Freeman and Ander-
son leave Wednesday for their respec-
| tive homes. Their work has been much
appreciated by the school patrons. Miss
| Freeman will teach at Sherburn next
year.
Miss Cora Mullen. VINO is teaching in
the Gilmore district. wss the guest nf
Mrs. Larson part Of last week
Mrs. Brown of Amboy is visiting rel
| atives iii this community.
The Royal Neighbors gave a reception
on Memorial day evening for Mr.. Setch
| field who soon leaves st. Clair.
| Mr. Herman Froelich, home from
Hamlin medical college, is taking the
census of this township.
| Mr.. Corts and Frank Ario nave left for
Sioux City, there to work on the rail-
road
Mr. Arthur O'Connor and Miss Joseph
inc Buschena will be joined in wedlock
on Wednesday. Rev. Father Sherlock
officia ting.
| Mrs John Fitzloff entertained a party
of friends Sunday on the lawn of her
home
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Standpatism and Revision.

The Winona Republican and Herald in
recent issue makes the statement that
''some of our esteemed contemporaries
have accused The Republican Herald of
being stand patter,' and we must
conferss we really don't know whether
we are or not"
The Republican and Herald cOntinu-
ing says that it wants to see the Unit
ed States continue to move onward and
upward; to continue its industrial and
commercial expansion, etc" and to
maintain this one must believe in stand
patism. or words to that effect.
| No one will attempt for moment to
dispute what the Winona newspaper has
to offer regarding the industrial devel-
opment of this country; but there are
some mighty good republicans who have
faith in the ability of the party to
rcadjust some of the tariff schedules
without disturbing the industries or
creating business stagnatiOn. 1t is not
the desire of the revisionists to break
down the republican policy of protection.
nor do they believe for an instant that
IA safe or some revision would bring
about such a disaster.
The Republican and Herald concludes
its editorial with the following para
graph:
at is worthy OF note that the only
time in the history of the past fifty
years that business stagnation. indus
trial idleness and an Impoverished peo-
pie confronted the nation was wnen the
government set aside the practical Am
erican policy of the republican party for
an economic dream-the same kind of
an illusion that some of the newspapers
are chasing today, which is a general
onslaught on the protective tariff, so
that the government and people can buy
in the foreign markets cheaper than
they can at home. The "stand patters'
say now to this suicidal policy in the
face of the wonderful progress the coun-
try is enjoying and we believe the
"stand patters" are pretty nearly right. .
This is but an argument used in an
attempt to scare those good republicans
who have faith in the statesmen of the
party to bring about revision minus the
terrible effects pictured in the above. There
is a vast difference between the demo
cratic idea of free trade and revision
of schedules as proposed by those re-
publicans who do not believe in certain
industries milking" the government
and the public longer. Those industries
must, as President Roosevelt put it
so tersely get their feet out of the
trough"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
The. Paramount Issue.

1t is taken for granted that every
citizen is interested in the discussion
of the good roads question and the prop
osition that the government of the Unit
led States shall cooperate with the
states in highway construction and i'm
provement. There are always polit-
ical questions of Importance, of course;
but the question of good common roads
is paramount to them all as an Geo.
nomic proposition, because it reaches all
classes and callings in town and coun-
try. 1t is pregnant with interest to the
consuming population of towns and
cities, and to railroads, manufacturers
and tradesmen as WE'LL But the weight
Ter consideration is, that church, school
and farm interests must inevitably be
retarded while read conditions remain as
they are today. If the American home
is to be preserved, the American farm
must be fostered The logic of this de-
duction will readily present itself. Ii
ignorance is the parent of superstition
and superstition shuts out the light
from the soul that should be free, then
the progress of civilization and the
wholesome growth of the religion of the
Lord depends upon the universal spread
of education in the land. The higher
schools and colleges are doing a grand
work, but the free common schools are
the more important, because they are
the schools of the masses in which are
laid the deep and lasting foundations
for coming lives of usefulness and for
the betterment of mankind The COM
mon schools are the schools of the rural
population. Whatever tends to better
these schools, to make them stronger
and of higher curriculum, to give greater
efficiency and better discipline, and to
make them easily assessible all the time
should be the concern of every patriotic
citizen. Nothing can possibly conduce so
much to these results as improved high
ways. Neither rural church or school
nor yet the farm, can flourish where i'm
passable roads abound, and if these
cannot flourish our free institutions will
soon or later topple and fall. The ques-
! ton of national aid to good roads is
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

Another foe of the CRATER and the
money changer, the trust manipulation
and the political hireling, has entered
President Roosevelt's cabinet. Charles
j. Bonaparte of Baltimore, grand nep-
hew of the great Napoleon, is made Sec
rotary of the navy.
Mr.. Bonaparte is not a politician of
the machine stripe. He is not an of
fee seeker, nor a spokesman. He has
served the public well in various ca
pacities, but in every instance the pub
lie called him forth from private life to
placed upon his shoulders the burdens
they were convinced he could successful
ly carry.
President Roosevelt has, by this APP
pointment, given further evidence that
he wants men about him who will assist
him in carrying out his policy of con-
Quoting public business without graft
and dishonorable methods.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09


NOV it and sell it to livery stable
in the neighborhood for 3d.
These are only few of the many in
stances of his stinginess related by Mr..
Curtis. Nothing ever gave him so much
misery as parting with even penny.
Sage is now ninety years old. He
has plenty of money, but he has few
admirers. His life has been devoted to
the accumulation of wealth, and not to
the gathering together of those price
less jewels-true friends. He has the
reputation of being miser, and if all
that is sal dof MIN is true he has right
ly earned that title.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Talking eberhart For Governor.

Senator A. o. Eberhart for governor
This is the latest talk in POLITICAL cir
Giles. Some friend of the senator was
in Minneapolis recently and talked te
The Journal concerning the man who
started the railroad rate investigation
The Journal refers to the interview III
the following way:
The second district may have can
didate for the republican nomination fol
governor. Senator A. o. Eberhart OF
Mankato is being groomed by some OF
his friends in southern Minnesota, and
NAV be entered in the big free for all
next summer.
"While talking about the railroad rate
issue" said friend of Eberhart's to-
aAy, why not take in consideration
the man who conducted the legislative
Investigation last winter That inves-
tikation, which bore fruit in those i'm
rtrtant railroad bills, was started on
melton of Senator Eberhart, and he
served as chairman of the joint com
mittee which conducted the important
inquiry He directed the work and hand
led the bills in the senate, where If
anywhere they were in for trouble. His
record at the two legislative sessions;
in which he has served is irreproacnable,
and if railroad regulation is to be the
important issue of the campaign next
year. as the friends of c. +. Staples
claim. there is no one who could more
fittingly be placed at the head of the
state ticket than Senator Ebernart.
"His appointment would be strate-
gle move for the party, for Eberhart
would he strong right where Governor
Johnson's greatest strength lies. The
Mankato senator is a native of Sweden,
coming to this country when ten years
Adolphus college at st. Peter. He is
only thirtyfour, younger than Cover
nor Johnson, and would be emphatically
a young mans candidate"
The man interviewed limited that
some work was already being done to
stir mp Eberhart sentiment, and that
results would soon begin to appear.
Senator Eberhart. when spoken to
this morning with reference to the ar
ticle quoted above stated that the ar
ticle was undoubtedly suggested by the
one which appeared in that paper short
lily before. "While 1 appreciate very
much the kind wishes of those who have
suggested my candidacy" said the sen
ator, lit seems to me that it is al
together too early to consider such cam
paign matters. 1t is not a question OF
getting candidate, but of getting one
satisfactory to the entire party, and
while it is the privilege of anyone to
aspire for political preferment, in thi:
case the success of the party is al
stake, and the party as such should bt
carefully consulted"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
| Government Meat Inspector.

Would be very welcome to our place.
1t would be the best advertisement we
could get. Our shop is always clean
and conducted in a sanitary manner.
Our meats are fresh and healthy.
Therefore any report that an inspec-
tor might make would only add to our
reputation as a first-class meat shop.
j. p. Schweitzer, 3l9 South Front.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
MIR. Heinze,s Announcement.

During the summer months we will
be prepared to furnish very excel
lent quality of ice cream to our friends
and patrons in Mankato. Orders will
be taken and promptly filled in bulk or
brick cream for family use, parties. and
other gatherings. We appreciate your
past business and solicit a continu-
ance of it. f. G. Heinze, 405 South
Front.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Buster Brown Suits.

Buster Brown suits, children's
wash suits, and knickerbockers, at
Stern & Co. Dress your children COM
fortably during the hot weather We
have some temporary bargains in chill
dren's clothes That will make it worth
your while to stop in our store when
down town. ID. S. Stern & Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Take Advantage of This.

We have some double bargains this
week bargains in price and quality.
Our summer millinery is replete with
pretty things for the ladies, misses and
children. We have used our best judg-
ment and taste in selecting our stock
and feel that we have succeeded very
WELL Mrs. Reedfeld, 624 North Front.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Too CONSCIENTIOUS.

Some photographers are too con-
scientions. They depend toe much on
the camera. We combine TIE science oil
photography and our own 'aleat in the
work we do. The result is very sat
isfa.iory picture and a good likeness
1--WE have the ability and the facility
Blissenbach Studio, los North Front
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Base Bali Scores.

We have a supply of score cards for
base ball which we will be pleased to
furnish free to all who wish them. Club
managers can obtain supply by call
ing or by mail. Also have fine line of
supplies of all kinds and are headquart-
ers for anything in the sporting goods
line. j. A. Lewis & Sons, Mankato,
Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
It Is Not Too Late,

To get your wall paper. Yon can get
better bargains than ever now. We
have large variety of patterns that
we wish to close out, and will make
prices accordingly. These are not odds
and ends but some first class things.
They are going this week, so Took at
them. w. X. Buffham, 400 South
Front.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Jackson Street Milliner.

In our hat department we are show
ing a nice line of new sailors which are
in great demand. Also new duck hats.
Special prices on all trimmed hats.
Come in and see them. 1t is very con-
venient.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Wanted.

Competent girl for general homework.
Apply III State street. Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09

In baseball parlance Togo made safe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-12
WALL STREET REVIEW
sPEcUI.AToRs HAVE THE MARKET UN-
 DER cONTR0L.
No Radicsl Change in ,Ccnditions ThougR the Stringenf Demand for Money Was Relaxed to Some
 Extent.

New York. Dec. .I.--The stock market re- mained under ready control of the specu- lative organization today and there vas vigorous advance in prices even in the face of offerings that looked formidable. There
 no TsdcaI change in condition; from demand in the money market was somswhas reIs.ed. but by no means dis.iPsted 2 and ed from purely speculative continued appre- hensive of the capacity of the money mar some further convulsions in the department of loans for speculative purposes.
 the M Standard % railroad if stocks rsinfcrcsd the s feeling of confidence over speculation. At ts. S tsn ss bro.. M makes ns ss 1.d nS strong sustaining influence In the whole the hs rssion of new record levels showed some % caution and a disposition to feel their way n the stss ss feet on the market xss quite psrcsDtiSi:. Pacific and southern Pacific also showed . naturally close sympathy. Other western in spite of the good promise of the winter wheat crop contained in the government's g
 Sh S soST for dns1s ao in Psei1is The sRsSgia.,ys sdvsnee . .na in seo was also made of the discussion of the labor The n N ssT ,s. Tsrs 1aa the price at an earlv date.
 prominent in the days speculation. both on the stock exchange and in the ,r curb mar mar ed Copper, reflecting very heavy profit talk ing. The latter rebounded strongly on of fe copper' % but % closed % unehanssd. changed The The mar ket for the metal In London was very The m fss but their beiated advance was effective In sustaining the late market. The action of interest of government bonds due January l. to be paid on December IS was not re i've replenishment of the money market. But great stress was laid upon 1t by the specula- tOs s os as m so ass the at hts command for the benefit of tn"
 The excess of revenue collection thus far this month already amounts to almost that much and is expected & to be as mueh Ts , more re the discount rate Of the Imperial Bank of Germany was expected. The open market day and exchange on London made . fur ther decline as It did also in Paris; There cline in the London discount rate and gold was marked up in that market Foreisn s sern ts e especially affected in response to the action of the bank. The sub-Treasury continued to absorb funds from the banks but 1t was reported that considerable remittances were received from Canadian points.
 The taking of profits on the day increas- de the frregularity of the market towards the close. especially in the industriais and the close was decidedly irregular with prices in some cases at tho lowest and generally below the best.
 Bonds were irregular. Total sales par value S2,95o GOO. United States nsw 4s registered declined 1 and new As. coupon M per cent on call
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