The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-08-23

From Tuesdays Daily.
A special election was held at Ver-
non Center yesterday for the purpose
of voting upon the issue of $4,000
waterworks bonds, for the purpose of
supplying the village with a water
system. The proposition was carried
by vote of 46 to Z.
When the proposition was first sub
it was submitted again and was car
ried by narrow margin. At that time
So 600 was voted When the bids were
received, it was found that the sys-
tenn would cost $4,000. 1t was neces-
sary to hold another election in order
to vote the amount needed, and that
was held yesterday.
C. o. Daley was called in consulta-
evening for the purpose of arranging
for the sale of the bonds.
Miss Cora Frankenfield, a former
teacher in the Union school of this
city and a graduate of the state nor
NAL school, was among the injured
during severe storm at Lake indie
pendence. summer resort in the
northwestern corner of Hennepin coun
tv. A dozen cottages were wrecked,
and fifteen persons were more or less
seriously injured. Miss Frankenfeld's
collar bone was broken. Her many
friends in this city will regret to learn
of her accident.
Lake Benton is offering over $1,000
in purses for big race meet to be
held Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 5, and 7. A 2:l7 pace, a free
for all trot or pace, 2:25 trot, run
ming races, specials and other attrac-
lions form only the features-o a full
program. With Lake Benton's splen
did big lake, which is amply supplied
with gasoline launches, row and sail
boats and abounds in fine retreats for
outing parties, this big race meet ought
to prove a great thing for that town.
Mrs. Eugene Atkins and three chill
dren arrived last Friday from st. Paul
to visit at the home of Mr.. Korsell
at us North Fourth street. Sunday
morning she was taken sick with APP
pendicitis, and yesterday was removed
to one of the hospitals, where she
was operated upon last evening. 1t
will be two or three weeks before she
will be able to return home. The OPP
Grafton was an emergency one, and the
patient is doing nicely.
Albert Lea, Aug. 20.-A large force
is at work on the new line of the
alphabet" road, between Cream and
st. Clair. There are nine or ten
miles in this section of the road A
few weeks will see the work COM
pleted and the line from this city to
st. Clair will then be in good shape
for carrying on the heavy traffic that
has been developed. The work of ex-
tending the line beyond st. Clair has
not yet been taken up, and there is
little likelihood anything will be done
this year.
From Saturdays Daily.
The threat that all illegal eXpendi-
lures would be cut off by the coun-
ell, as result of the veto of the
appropriation of $500 made for the
benefit of the fair association was par
TALLY carried out last night. In the
face of this, however, the council
again voted the appropriation to the
fair association, in spite of the fact
that the MAYOR warned it that he
would again veto the appropriation.
Aid. Gary started the ball rolling
when he moved that all arrangements
for the city paying bills for water
furnished to any consumer be can
celled after Sept. l. He would pay
no more water bills for the hospitals
or for the Saulpaugh, not because he
did not want to. but because he had
been told by the city attorney that
it was illegal.
Spoke For Y. M. c. A.
J. H. Spencer, who was present,
asked whether this would include the
Y. NJ c. A. in the list of those whose
water bills would be cut off hereafter.
He was told that it did. He then said
that the city gets value received for
the free water There have been no
drownings in the city this year, be-
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privilege of the Y. M. G.. A. baths
and swimming pool. 1t costs the
Y. M. C. A. more to furnish these
baths free to the children than the
water costs.
Aid. Gary said that the motion
would occept nobody. If it was IL
legal to furnish free water to the
hospitals it was to furnish it to the
Y. NJ. C. A. He was willing to do
nate toward paying for the water
used at the Y. NJ. c.. A. building.
Half That's Done is Illegal.
AID Atchison said that he had in
quired and had found that it was IL
legal to pay any of these water bills,
almost all that the council does is
illegal" he said. "One half of the
business done at every meeting is IL
legal, when it comes down to fine
point. 1t is illegal to hire the use of
the baths