The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-22
STORIES FROM COUNTY PRESS

STORIES FROM COUNTY PRESS
The Lyra Telephone company held it's
annual meeting on Saturday and re-
elected the same officers for the ensu-
ing year. They also voted to extend
the line about five miles taking in the
following new subscribers: Ed Weir,
John Weir, John Gainor, L. NJ.
Schmoocke, Fred Hike, Henry Store
John, Walter Gavin, James Mountain
and G. Arndt.-Good Thunder Herald.
Walking which is said to be a most
healful exercise, giving health and beau
ty, and which is better for the system
than dose of medicine, or cosmetics for
the complexion, is getting to be quite
fad among some of our citizens, espec-
tally among those who are employed in
doors. We have even heard it talked of
to organize theatre party to take foot
and walkers express home from Man
kato after the show, but we fear the
walk would be too strenuous for the
amateurs. at least.-Good Thunder Her
aid
Steiner Olsen marketed forty five hogs
at Amboy and received check for over
5000.
DIR. Sutherland and Miss Bertha Cavett
were married on Monday The doctor is
one of Mapleton's well-known citizens
and the bride was formerly employed in
the Citizens Telephone company Office at
this place. Her parents live near LIE
Sueur.
Revs. Lowry and Stentz will conduct
revival meetings at Mapleton, comenc-
ing March LIST.
Professor Riddell will speak to a Ma
pleton audience tonight on "Heredity."
The Milwaukee is pushing the matter
of laying new rails on the branch and
a special train and forty men have been
at work greater share of the time the
past week in this vicinity. The men are
being paid $l.75 per day. Mapleton
Enterprise.
In conversation with H. E. Stewart of
Pilot Grove, he informed us that he had
kept strict account of the twelve se1s
he had MIXED, for the past year, ne
product of which had been taken to the
Elmore creamery. The total cash re-
ceived from the creamery was $444, OF
$37 per head. This does not include the
profit from their twelve calves. Dur
ing the year they used all the milk and
cream that the household wanted and
he is confident they "got away with" at
least the product from one cow. This
will make a cash dividend of $40.36 from
each of the eleven cows. This is given
as an illustration of the value of the
dairy cow and the cooperative creamery
association to our Countrywide Earth
Post.
1t is said that the merchants of Della
van will join issues, issue catalogues
and fight the mail order houses of the
big cities.
Born, Dec. 3rd, to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Gerlich, daughter.
Ira Tipler has been offered and refus-
ed SIS an acre for his farm, four miles
east of Amboy. The buildings are small
and old. This is the figure that land is
creeping up to in the vicinity of Amboy
We predicted after the big harvest of
this reason that land in Blue Earth
county would advance five dollars an
acre, but it has gone beyond that figure
l-Amboy Herald.
| Oscar Brown, in building his new
barn on his farm, discarded the ole
fashioned way of building the floor OF
lumber and put in one of concrete. 1t
cost more than a plank one, but in the
long run will be the cheapest. One
great advantage is that it shuts out
completely, rats and mice. We believe
that this is the first barn built in the
county with an entire cement floor. A
number of farmers who intend to build
barns another season, have been to in
spect Browns floor and are very favor.
ably impressed with its superiority over
1.-THE plank foor.-Amboy Herald