The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-08-10
Butter Should BE Laid
Thick for Veterans.
IT'S BEST THAT Is MADE.
But There Is Rumor That the Res
taurant Men Will Combine to
Raise Prices.

the butter thin Tor the old soldiers. Let
every Grand Army man who comes to
Minnesota have his bread well buttered,' >
begged Governor j. A. Johnson of the
committee of the Woman's Relief corps,
and it was in response to his request
that the women raised the amount of
butter for each of the refreshment booths
for the Grand Army parade to twenty
pounds. That will make a total of 260
pounds, and every pound will be of the
best butter Minnesota can produce and
will be furnished by the state dairy com
mission through the courtesy of f. Is.
Slater. the commissioner
The bread that this butter will spread
is probably the most costly baked in
Minneapolis, for it is made in the labor
atories of the Pillsburg Washburn mills
in the most approved manner known to
of a chemist and baker, who make bread
every day to test the -four. The Pills
bury Washbun company has promised
to furnish all the bread that 10000 vet
Grams can eat, and every loaf will be as
crusty and brown as science and culin-
AIRY skill can produce.
The boiling of coffee for this army of
men promised to be something of prob
lem, but it was solved by quick wit
ted woman who has unraveed many a
tangle for the w. r. c. She thought
of the largest boiler that could be OBJ
tanned in the city and then a commit
tee interviewed Chief Canterbury of the
fire department to ask for the loan of a
fire engine That is why H. S. Tuttle,
master mechanic of the fire department,
will make coffee at the rate of ten gal
Ions every fifteen minutes.
The big engine will be placed in a
central location and will boil water fast
and furiously, and as soon as it reaches
poured into the huge coffee boiler, which
was presented to the fire department
by Mrs E. A. Russell, and in a moment
it will be ready for distribution to the
thirsty veterans.
There will be thirteen booths and it
is expected that from 500 to 1000 old
soldiers will be served at each booth
with the exception of that for Minneso-
ia, where 5000 veterans will be cared
for by the Daughters of Veterans.
''The Commercial club has offered to
pay for the coffee, the Crescent cream
cry will give as much buttermilk as
we want, and now if we can find someone
to furnish the sugar and cream we will
not have much to bother over" said
one jubilant w. r. C. woman as she re-
counted the list of gifts
Almost without exception the men and
women in the different districts have
been glad to offer the use of their lawns
to the federation of corps, which has
charge of this refreshment for the old
soldiers. This is really no small gift, for
Il lawn means considerable to its owner,
who has watched its growth with anx-
ious thought, and the velvety turf will
not be improved by the trampng of the
hundreds of visitors and the erection of
a booth, but the comfort of the veterans
is more important than the beauty of a
lawn to Minneapolis people.
The booths will be handsomely decor
ated, for the different corps will enter
into friendly rivalry as to which shall
have the most attractive resting place
The Daughters of Veterans have chosen
the sweet pea for the Minnesota booth
and every comrade who visits it will bear
away cluster of the fragrant blossoms.
The state tent will be erected in the
yard of the Kelley institute on Tenth
street, where the ffty-seven Daughters
of Veterans will be assisted by a mum
Der OF corps women. Any daughter of
q veteran, who is not member of the
order but who wishes to assist in serving
the veterans, will be gladly welcomed at
the tent. Mrs. Agnes c. Davis, president
of the arrangements, which were made
at a meeting of the tent this week, when
seven new members were mustered in.
Drinking water will be as plentiful
and free as air in Minneapolis encamp
ment week. Hundreds of water barrels
with cups and plenty of cold artesian
water will be stationed on street corners
about the city, and everybody may drink
his fill
The sodawater fountains and pop fac
tories are planning to keep well ahead
of the demand for soft drinks Practical
ly all the soft drinks are made in the
city, and the manufacturers are willing
to work day and night if necessary to
meet the demand.
The saloon men say they will conduct
business on the usual lines. They ex-
pect to close at midnight, they say. and
to be closed the Sunday before and after