The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-10-04
from THURSDAYS Daily.

| trom THURSDAYS Daily.
James West, one of the prosperous
farmers of Madelia, was in Mankato
today on business. Speaking of the
price of farm products this fall, Mr.
West said that farmers could not com
plain this season as good prices pre-
vailed on everything that they hat
to market. why" said Mr.. West, u
used to haul load of oats to town
and get a check for so for it, but
now the same load nets me $53.
The price of wheat is $l.04 ant
prices on other grains are in proper
ton.
| Frank Hidde, the Poplar street Ice
man, made good hit Tuesday wher
he bought through NJ. G. Willard''
agency, Lot 5 in Block in Cummings
addition, corner lot adjoining his
ice houses, abutting on the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul and Chicago
Great Western railways, and acros:
the street only from the Omaha road
This will enable him to enlarge his
business, and to ship out to Other
POINTS as well as in on all four roads
without hauling, cheaper and better
ice than can be got here such winter;
as the last one.
Frank Koenen, proprietor of the
Meadow Lawn Poultry Farm, made
seven entries of poultry at the st
Peter fair, and got first and second
on mammoth bronze turkeys; first or
Toulouse geese; second on Barred
Plymouth Rocks; first on White Ply
mouth Rocks; first on White Wyan
dottes. and second on S. c. W. Leg
horns. The premiums amounted tc
$3.50 in cash and so cents worth Of
Pratt's poultry food.
| Effie Sauer, four year old CIR
from Vernon Center, was brought tc
the city last night suffering from
acute appendicitis, and was operated
upon at one of the hospitals at mid
night. The child's condition is very
serious. as the operation was too long
delayed.
Miss Tillie Meilke of Good Thunder
was operated upon at local hospital
this morning for appendicitis.
C. H. Billings of Eau Sale, Wis.
general organizer of the American So
ciety of Equity, the great farmers
union, which is having such q
growth in all parts of the country
will address the farmers of this vicin
| ity at Williams hall, Saturday after
noon, Sept. %. All farmers are In
vited to come. there will be no adj
mission charged.
Dominick Ulman, who was yesterday
bound over to the grand jury on the
charge of assault with intent to com
nit rape, this afternoon applied to
Judge Cray to be admitted to bail
The application was made through his
attorney, W. r. Geddes. and the court
granted the request, and fixed the bal
at $1,000. A bond was furnished
| signed by William Ulman, father Of
the defendant, and Fred Kron, and
was approved by the court, and VI
man was released and accompanied his
father home. He has been confined In
Jail ever since his arrest on Sept. 2.
During the protracted storm We'd
nesday night six cows were killed or
NJ. J. Ryan's farm mile south OF
Smiths Mill, says The GAINESVILLE Ar
gus They were huddled together un
der clump of trees where they were
found in the morning. Two were in
sured in the Iosco company and foul
in the st. Clair company. This being
the case Mr.. Ryan will not lose ma
terially by the accident.
Search for George Shostag, the st
Clair saloonman who disappeared or
Monday night, has been abandoned
Parties secured the woods and al
the secluded spots in and near the
town and failed to find any clue tt
him. The feeling is growing thai
Shostag has not committed suicide
but has left the country, but why hi
should do so is a mystery that ne
one can solve.