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An enjoyable bowling party Was
given Tuesday n chi at the Brun4 wick
bowling a1iey by number Of the
Younger members Of the Jewish social
circles III honor Of Misses Hazel
Marks Of CINCINNATI. Miss May Blu
tl.enthal Of Pine Bluff Miss Irene
Go)dSal; Of Chicago Miss Irene Prai
1ie of Little Rock and Miss Hoffman
OF Ramsey, y l. The luncheon was
served by CuIleys cafe and the occa=
sion was most enjoyable one for all
August Tha'heimer and Harold Blu
thenthal were the moving factors in
getting up the party Miss Marks is
the guest Of Mrs. II. {. Bmthenthal
Miss Prairie is the guest OF Miss Fan
ME Kaufman. Miss Hoffman the guest
of Mrs. Chas. Neil and Miss Goldsall
the guest Of Miss Fannie kaufman.
CadwelI-H Holt.
The maraee of Miss Amanda Sand
ers Ca!dweu and Mr. W liam Edwin
Holt, Jr., will take place tonight at
$50 O'Clock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-05

If you want DR.. a B. Loving, call
Coon and Bedell's drug store.
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QUOTATIONS.

quotations.
Corrected daily by G. G. Taylor
and company)
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
Charming Mankato.

The Daily Republican is urging the
dwellers in Redwing to take more pride
in their lawns and the appearance OF
their yards, both front and rear. The
public buildings, too, The Republican
says, should be surrounded with beau
tiful grass plats. go to Mankato and
see the library lawn. 1t is simply beau
tiful. Red Wing can and must do as
WE'LL" eXcaims The Republican. The
Redwing newspaper tells that which is
true. The Mankato library lawn is Il
beautiful spot and is an excellent model
for other cities to pattern after.
1t is notable that lawns generally in
this city have been beautited within the
past few years. The improvement of
the streets and the influence welded by
the Civic Improvement league have had
their effect on residents. May the good
work continue. Mankato's reputation
as pretty city is fast reaching out
over the northwest, and eastern people
who visit here are not slow to repeat
to their townsmen the many charming
things that can be said of this place
when they return to their homes. But
there is work to be done yet. There are
bad spots that should be eradicated, and
the united efforts of those who take
much pride in The looks of the town can
accomplish the result There are not
only lawns and yards that could be i'm
proved upon, but many of the streets
need a brushing up. They should be
redeemed from the holes and the ruts
which mar their appearance and makes
driving over them a disagreeable fea
ture for those who enjoy getting about
for the purpose of gazing in rapture up
on the beautiful things on every side.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
Colonel Watterson GrilIs the Gar.

Colonel Henry Watterson is quite sar-
castle in his reference to the ear OF
all the Russians whom he dubs Il per
fdious little reptile" The colonels,
views on the peace meeting and the pro-
posed new assembly of the ear are eN-
pressed in language that is liable to
scorch the paper upon which it is pen
ned "All the maneuyering of the
court is to deceive the people and pro-
cure delay" said the noted kentuckian
to an interviewer. They have no idea
of surrendering anything of their alb
solute despotism and enormous wealth.
If there is no reign of terror expiating
ages of despotism, there will be revo
luton to bring about a more constitu-
tional form of government for the coun-
try, either through the reigning dynasty
or by raising from the wreck OF this dy
nasty a new race of popular agents
maybe with NJ Witte at the helm"
In regard to Chinese exclusion, Mr..
Watterson said: what we want to do
in the United States is to drop the idea
of racial superiority, which would deny
the blessing of free government to ev-
erybody except ourselves-to repeal out
right and promptly the infamous Chi
nese exclusion act and to cultivate
friendly relations with all the tinted
peoples.
''Only fifty years ago the japanese
were supposed to be the merest bric-a
brac of people, peachblow vase very
beautiful to look at, but sure to 90 to
pieces the first time it was struck.
"The Chinese are a mere huddle of
squalid tribes and not a homogeneous ma
ton at all, but they are slow and solid
people, who, under the lead of the Jap
enese, may develop wonderfully. They
may develop 100 years hence into
new world, more potent and splendid
than this of ours"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18

important organizations, have united to
promote the adoption OF reciprocal trade
treaties with foreign nations. These
influential bodies are now conducting Il
campaign of education by circulating Il
great quantity of informing literature
throughout the entire United States
demand, directed especially upon the
senate, for the prompt negotiation and
ratification of reciprocity treaties in or
der to avert the reprisals with which
the principal European nations now
threaten us.
1t is remarkable how widespread
among people of all classes throughout
the country. and particularly among the
agricultural and manufacturing inter-
ests. the sentiment for reciprocal trade
relations with foreign countries has be-
come. but as. after all, the accomplish
ment of this purpose rests with con
oress. the only effective way for the peo-
pie to make their wishes known is for
every merchant manufactures. and agri-
cultmist to write personally to his rep
resentative in congress, expressing his
views and desires in this matter.
A reciprocity congress will be held III
Chicago Aug II and Is. The purpose
of this gathering has been explained at
length in these columns. 1t is to be Il
business men and farmers convention.
1t will not be the gathering of politi
clans and those who are possessed OF
ling winded theories on the tariff ques
ton. This congress will ask the repre-
sentatives and senators to adopt reel
procal treaties in line with the policy
advocated by President Roosevelt who is
heartily in favor of trade expansion,
and he realizes that this can be accom-
plished only through the establishment
of friendly trade relations with foreign
countries.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18

people living outside of the cities. 1t is
not known that the government OF
the island has turned its attention to
developing the resources of the soil and
is having experts prospect the different
provinces test the. land andsleport upon
its value rs a producer. Samples of soil
have been sent to the United States for
analysis as to adaptability for raising
fruits. vegetables, sea island cotton and
other things. Experiments are being
carried on by graduates from the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington.
The writer of communication in the
Atlanta Constitution says there is more
good soil in Cuba than in the valley of
the Nile, and that not one-siXth of the
productive area is used. \ portion OF
the island is mountainous, but the soil
is good to the tops of the hills. The
close proximity of Cuba to the United
States will in time make it our great
winter fruit and vegetable garden.
Whatever concerns it concerns us and
its development agriculturally will be
advantageous to us.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
Farmers and Stockmen to Rule.

The National Reciprocity Conference
to be held at Illinois Theatre, Chicago,
commencing at $3.50 a. III. on Aug. 10,
is an assured success, more than 500
delegates having already been named
The most gratifying feature presented
by the roll call will be the fact that
more than one-half of those who have
been designated to attend the confer
ence will come with credentials from
agricultural or live stock organizations
thus demonstrating that the corn belt
farmers and the ranchmen of the plains
and mountains are at least awake to
the danger by which they are threat
ened; and the interesting point is that
probably 50 per cent of those who are on
the firing line in this movement are pro-
tectionists republicans representing
agricultural interest. who decline to
tamely submit to the further dictation
of the representatives of certain spec
tally favored industries.
That few enormously and thor
oughly selfish beneficiaries of tariff leg
islation have all these years been i'm,
posing upon the good nature and the pa
thence of the middle west in this mat
ter of applying the protective principle
is known of all men. That these power
full interests will do their best to stihe
tariff revision in the west goes with
out saying. Their emissaries are even
now seeking to belittle and discredit
the Chicago conference, but the thought
full farmer or stockman will not be
fooled by the misrepresentation and
falsehoods of those who see in this
movement the beginning of the end of
Millionaire domination of the councils
of the nation in important matters af-
fecting the commercial welfare. If our
friends of the American Protective Tar
iff League, having the unlimited backing
of the fairfield giants of our industrial
system, are wise they will cooperate
with the moving spirits in the Chicago
conference. rather than open cam
paign of opposition. There is going to
be new tariff legislation: soon and
along conservative lines in the interest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18

There has been very little if any
change in the duration of mans life
since the days Of the patriarch; that is,
some 1000 or 5000 years ago. Every
one did not attain to great age in those
days, any more than they do today, for
various reasons stated in the Bible.
Abraham lived to be l75 years old, but
his two younger brothers appear to have
died before him. Abraham's wife,
Sarah, lived to be I27 years old; Isaac
lived to be $50; Ismael lived to be 1877 ;
Jacob lived to be 1877; Joseph lived to
be 10; Kohatt lived to be 1873; Abraam
lived to be l37; his son Moses lived to
be 100; Aaron was three years older
than his brother and died some years
before him; Joshua to he 10. The
number of persons reported i'll 1900 as
centenarians and over was: England,
10; Ireland 57S; Scotland, 46; Sweden,
10; Norway, %; Belgium. ); Denmark,
2; Switzerland, none; Spain, 40l; Ser
viafi 575; France, 2I3 This is not by
any means complete list, only some
countries are given, but it helps to
prove that we should live to be 100
years or over and that we do not do
SO was not the plan or intention of the
Almighty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18

Lakefield Standards Gus. Widell of
Mankato, has been made general on
the staff of Governor johnson, presum-
ably for his services to the democratic
Mr.. Widell bolted the republican nomi
nees and Joined the democratic ranks,
and it was freely stated at the time that
the reason why he did so was that he
was of the same nationality as johnson.
However, that may be, it was with eX
IRENE regret that his friends witnessed
his exit from the republican party for
which he had worked so faithfully in
the past and which had in return so
signally honored him when the oppor-
tunity offered. He is a genial, whole
souled fellow, and his detection a serious
loss to republicianism in southern Min
nesota. And we can only say that what
is our loss is a democratic GAIN
The Free Press is informed that in the
appointment of Governor Johnson's staff
politics was not considered, and that
Mr.. Wiidell, who was colonel on ex-
Governor Van SAINTS staff, and later adj
vanced to that of Brigadier General,
was continued as such by the present
governor in response to requests from
leading members of the militia over the
entire state.
Mr. Widell has for several years been
enthusiastic in his efforts to assist the
militia of this state, which has cost
him much time and money. This, added
to the fact that Mr.. Widell is universal
~ liked it is but naturally that he
should be continued in the honorary po-
slton of Brigadier General on Governor
Johnson's staff
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
The Hanska Herald, after briefly re-

The Hanska Herald, after briefly re-
viewing the history of the Liscom-
Campbell murder cases, as told in The
Free Press, comments as follows: 1T is
claimed by some early residents that
Mankato people hold this old grudge
against New Ulm, hence there never
could be IA conviction of Brown coun-
ty murderer i'll Blue Earth county,
where there is a desire to force the
odium of UNPUBLISHED murder on this
county," Mankato people had but a
vague recollection of the famous cases
until the story was told over in The
Free Press. There are no hard feel
ings here against New Ulm. The tale
was given simply as historical resume
of facts that had never been fully pub
lished before.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18

of our export trade, or little later by
a popular revolt that will bring the
whirlwind. If the overgorged infants"
who claim to possess Il monopoly of all
knowledge on the subject of what con
stitutes Il fair and decent application
of the protectice principle, do not show
Il disposition to yield a little something
while they still have IL chance to do it
by agreements with their fellow repub-
licans, then they may as well be told
now as later that they will drive tens
of thousands of voters who have stood
by them III the past into new and radi-
cal company. The handwriting now
stands out boldly on the western wall
Bumper crops are in sight. We will
again have corn and cattle, wheat and
hogs to spare in vast abundance. We
want the markets of continental Europe
for our agricultural surplus, and the
Chicago conference should voice Il de-
mand to that effect that can be heard
even within the senate chamber. Let
every delegate be in his seat on the
morning of the 10th. This is public
work calling for little sacrilic per-
haps of time and money; but the fight
has to be made, and every farmer and
stockman should be willing to do his
share as a good citizen. The west will
some day claim her own and get it.
Breeders Gazette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
GROWING Of CELERY
1t is Given a Start In Mankato
With Bright Prospects.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
MankatO has new industry, that of
celery raising. 1t has been gone into
SO quietly that few have heard of it,
outside of the dealers. Z. V. Waters
and Charles Weber have four and a
half acres of this plant in just north of
the city, on the flat between the Mime
sofa river and the stone quarries.
They also have four acres of tomatoes
and cabbages. There are 5000 tomato
stalks and 10000 cabbages, in various
stages of advancement.
Heretofore the celery supply of the
city has all been shipped in and there
appeared to be good opening. Messrs.
Waters and Weber secured an ideal
location for the growth of the plants,
loose, peat soil, with springs just
above. These springs were drained into
bitches and the bitches run all through
the field. By this means the entire field
is readily irrigated, and the soil is such
that the water soaks i'll for half a
block from the bitches, getting the
ground wet clear to the surface. The
place is surrounded by bluffs and trees
and is Il hot one, but great for growth.
The firm has raised 100000 celery
plants. They are in all stages of growth
from plants ready for the market to lit
tie ones just coming up. As they grow,
the dirt is piled around them to bleach
the stalks, and when they are finally
pulled they are placed in trenches with
a little loose dirt over the roots, and
then covered up, to become brittle and
further bleached. After remaining there
two weeks they are taken out, the roots
cut off and the plants scrubbed in
spring water, piped to the cleaning place
for the purpose, and then tied in
punches of dozen each. These punches
wholesale for thirty to forty cents. The
first were placed on the market this
week.
A ready sale for the entire crop is
anticipated, as the local grocers and
other dealers have contracted for sup
plies, and the balance will be handled
by both the fruit commission companies.
A Minneapolis company has also agreed
to handle the product.
The quality of the celery is certainly
fine. and it seems to exceed in flavor the
famous Battle Creek celery 1t is brit
tie and luscious 1t is intended to mar
ket from 1000 to 1000 plants day
from now until Dec lst, the later for
the Christmas trade.
The farm has given employment to
several people. Mr. Webber knows all
the ms and outs of celery raising, With
two bull dogs and rifle he protects the
field from the hobo camp near by.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
W|LLV|EW THE FALLS
Governor, State Treasurer and
Attorney General.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
DIR. j. w Andrews, c. n Andrews and
Thomas Hughes returned last night
from St Paul, where they interviewed
Governor johnson and Attorney Gen
eral Young in regard to the purchase
of land at Minneopa falls for a state
park. The committee presented its
views to the state officials in regard to
the land that ought to be secured for
the park, and which is not as described
in the bill The officials thought that
such land should be secured as is need
ed to make the park what ii ought to
be, but there was some little division
of sentiment as to just how to do this.
1t was thought that some method could
be devised to get around the law, which
makes an erroneous description OF the
land to be secured for park purposes.
Governor Johnson, State Auditor lver-
son and Attorney General Young will
come to Mankato some day next week
and look over the falls property to see
for themselves what ought to be in
Guided in the park, and to get an idea of
land values there If the weather is
pleasant they will ride to Mankato i'll
an automobile, stay over night and re-
turn next day. Governor Johnson is
anxious that the other officials should
that it is the garden spot of the state.
There is reason to believe that the
purchase of the land for park purposes
can be closed by Sept. LIST.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
Harvesting Less Expensive.

What great changes have come about
i'll the way of doing the work in the past
forty years. The manner of cutting
grain has changed more than anything
else and with the change the expense
has been decreased until today harvest
ing is done at about one third the eX-
pense necessary thirty and forty years
ago. At the time hand rake reapers
were in use the help necessary through
the harvest season was driver, man
to rake off, four men to bind and one to
shock. Therefore it will be seen that
seven men were needed to do what a
driver and a shocker will do now. The
work that today costs 81 per day in
the early times would have cost from
$l2 to $40 per day. OF course it must
be taken into consideration that the
machinery costs more than it did forty
years age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
Vile Books on Railroads.

The spirit of reform has struck the
railroads. Attention has been recently
called to the action of the president of
the Milwaukee system disseminating
Sunday excursions. Now comes the am
nouncement that the North Western
system has forbidden its train butch
ers' to sell detective or immoral books
on any of its lines. For this relief the
entire people, save perhaps those who
breathlessly await from week to week
the latest CORY adventures of Dare
devil Dick" will give much thanks.
Of recent years, in this part of the
country, ut least, the chief literary
stock in trade of the train butchers"
has been Bocaccio's ''Decameron,' Bal
zac's 'Droll Tales" and the Albert Ross
series of risque stories, topped off with
the chief offender of the entire lot, On
ly IA Boy" 1t is useless to argue that
Bocaccio and Balzac were two of the
worlds great writers. Their works are
NtllNcu ny llc tldlu DutNHtIH SoitlN
for their immortality, while young peo-
pie who never have an opportunity
either to see or purchase the books
elsewhere have them thrust under their
noses on their journey with nothing else
to do but read. Daredevil Dick"
Mick Carter" "Three Fingered Pete"
and the other heroes of the dime shock
er are available at any news stand, but
The Decameron" and Only Il Boy" are
to be found almost exclusively upon
trains.
If the Pennsylvania system can sue
ceed in putting an end to the vending
of these books and other systems will
follow suit, Il great and good work will
have been done. Once upon "a time
train butchers" found Surgeons Ser
mons" and the effusions of Edgar
Allen Poe sufficient unto the day, but
these works have long ago been relegat-
have cut the Gordian knot by dispens
ing with newsboys altogether. Those
which have not should certainly estab
lish some sort of censorship over them.
The inimitabIe Mr.. Dooley, comment
ing on Pullman car travel, says that
nowadays when he is tempted to take Il
trip he throws two dollars out of the
window, puts Il cinder in his eye and
lies down to sleep on the closet shelf
He overlooked the vile book which has
lures of life on the rail.-La Crosse
Chronicle
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-18
CrOn Rennrt.

Henry Clews & Co. review the crop
situation as follows:
.'The governments monthly crop re-
port on Thursday fully confirmed an
ticipations; and the fact that it eNerted
no greater influence on prices is readily
explained by Wall streets almost in
variable policy of discounting future
events. International authentic inform-
ation-has been so generally available,
showing brilliant grain harvest out
look, that the character of the govern
ment's statement, if it were to influence
the stock market at all, must have been
disappointing. The report shows that
the country is to have bumper corn
yield of wheat The corn yield inter
preted into bushels by the statisticians
of the grain exchanges (by a system of
figuring that has in recent years been
remarkably accurate when compared
with final harvest returns at the close
of the year) gives promise of 2,69S mil
lion bushels. The highest record here
tofore was that furnished by the CEN
sus bureas as the crop of 1899 1866,
10000 bushels. The government it
self furnishes 424,4OO,0O0 bushels as its
preliminary estimate of winter wheat
yield and the cumulative interpreta
ton given the spring wheat promise is
2S5 ,33l 900 bushels; together they in
dictate 709,73l,000 bushels as the total
wheat yield-an increase of more than
157 million bushels over the 1904 har-
vest. Following are the estimates for
the 1905 crops and the official govern
ment returns of preceding crops for a
series of years:
Bushels Bushels.
Corn. Wheat.
1865 1850. 2,69S, 10000 7O9.73l 900
1904 .... 2,467 ,4SQ034 552, 399, 5l1