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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
SALES OF STATE LAND
About Three Huodred Thousand Acres
to Be Disposed OF.

In the approaching month of June
and July, 100000 acres of Minnesota
lands are to be sold by the state audit
or. Fred ID. Sherman, superintendent
of the state immigration department
has prepared booklet describing the
lands which are to be sold and which
also contains an explanation by State
Auditor Iverson of the method and
terms of sale. A copy of this phamphlet
has been received by the Enterprise
and any person interested can look it
over if they wish to by calling at this
office. The lands offered for sale are
located in Itasca, st. Louis, Carlton
Aitkin, Crow Wing, Clearwater, Bel
trami, Cass, Hubbard, Wadena, Todd,
kittson, Marshall, Polk, Rosseau, Red
Lake, Becker and Pine counties, in the
northern part of the state The land
10 "oi" az P"oic "ucIloh W Ihe hlSheSC
bidder. Only fifteen per cent of the
price is required to be paid at the time
of the sale. The balance may run forty
years at four per cent if desired. This
offers rare opportunity of acquiring
land for a home at very moderate
outlay. The lands are among the best
in the state, which means among the
best in the world, for the purpose of
farm homes. These opportunities in
Minnesota will not always be obtainable
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
QUARANTINE ESTABLISHED
Local Health Officials More Careful
Than State Board.

The orders of the state board of
health to the effect that smallpox was
not to be quarantined after Jan. is
being disregarded in this city, and the
local health officials are being commend
ed for their disregard of so radical an
order. The first case of smallpox to oc-
cur in Mankato this spring occurred sew
eral weeks ago. The party was strictly
quarantinei, and has now recovered and
been discharged. The only other case
that has. occurred is that of Mr.. Neu-
bert, the saloonkeeper in block Ia who
is now down with the disease. He is
also quarantined at his home
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
GARDEN CITY GOSSIP
News Notes and Personal Mention
From the Village.

Mr. r. D. Jones of Lake Crystal was
in town on Tuesday.
The regular meeting of w. c. T. T..
will be held with Miss Myrtle Mills
April %. This will be a work meeting
to sew for the Children's Home at st.
Paul All ladies interested in this work
are invited to help with material and
work.
Mrs. Evelyn Hewson of AmbOy was
visiting with Mr.. Kings folk last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gilman are the
happy parents of a baby girl.
Frank Close and family of Akeley,
Mimi, are visiting in town few days.
George Hyde and daughter have moved
into the residence vacated by Theodore
Rector.
The w. c. Il. L. met with Mrs. Charles
Rector on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Kendall were
Mankato callers on Wednesday.
Miss Clara Boynton returned from her
visit to Minneapolis Tuesday.
Miss Laura Tressler visited her pa
rents in Blue Earth a few days last
week.
Mr. Hyde was a Mankato caller on
Wednesday.
The Methodist Episcopal church barn
caught fire Tuesday evening and was
burned to the ground and nothing was
known about it until morning. The
cause of the fire was an incubator which
was running in. the barn, owned by Rev.
KiIlam. The incubator was about to
hatch chicks. A COW and about forty
chickens were burned to death, all of
which belonged to Mr.. Killam.
Ward Bixby Jr., day operator at
WilbauX, Montana, who has been visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
BiXby, the past two weeks, returned
to his work Monday, accompanied by
Edw. Chapman, who has obtained work
in the depot at the same place.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
NOTICE.

/ will still retain the exclusive agency
for Mankato and vicinity of the fol.
lowing specialties, namely:
Masury's Pure Linseed Oil Paints.
Bells Elastic Metallic Roof Paints.
Monarch Malleable Steel Ranges.
Quick Meal Steel Ranges.
Buck Stove and Range Co.'s Heaters
Jewel Heaters, Quick Meal Gasoline
stoves.
Vass Bros complete line, namely
Ocean Wave, Automatic, Eclipse, High
Speed and Sunshine Washing Machines
Moore's Perfect Clothes Wringers.
Union Lock Field and Poultry Fence
The White Coaster Express Wagon.
The EXer- Catch Iron Auto.
Village Blacksmith Cutlery.
Capitol Lawn Trimmer and Edeer.
Stransky Imported Steel Enamel
ware.
Eclipse Bread Maker and the worlds
famous Alaska Dry Air Refrigator.
f. J. MOORE,
1923 South Front street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
Grand Commandery at Austin.

The grand commandery, Knights
Templar, of Minnesota is meeting in
Austin and arrangements are made to
entertain delegates from all the COM
manderies of the state. The business
meeting was held in the afternoon and
banquet served at the Auditorium this
evening. w. H. Laird of Winona is next
in line for grand commander of the or
der and will no doubt be elected to that
position.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
TREND OF TRADE.
Reported Daily by the Wisconsin
Grain and Stock Company.
(lncorporated)
Hog and Cattle Market.

Chicago-HOgs, $4,000; left over, g.
965; prices shade lower. Light, S6.5Oa
500; Mixed $6.45a6.67; heavy, $6.25a
$685.; rough, S625aG.4O. Cattle, $4,000;
market geenrally steady. Sheep $4,000;
market steady to 10 cents lower.
Kansas City-Hogs, $4,000. Cattle,
10000. Sheep, 1000.
omaha-Hogs, 5000. ICattle, $4,000.
Sheep, $500.
South st. Paul-Hogs, $500; market
steady to 5 cents lower Good heavy,
$G.3Oa6.35; good light, S635a6.42; good
medium, $6.25a6.35; mixed. S6.20a6.40.
Butcher cattle, steady; stockers and
feeders steady. Sheep and lambs, steady.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
LETS BIG CONTRACT
Great Western Road to Fill in Its
Ieestle Across EAGLE Lake.

Secretary Spencer OF the Mankato
Commercial club has learned that the
Chicago Great Western road has set
aside 100000 for the improvement OF
it's roadbed in the vicinity of MankatC
the present season and will soon have
learned that the road has awarded the
contract for filling in its trestle across
Eagle Lake, making solid roadbed al
of the way. This will be an improve.
ment of very permanent nature, as
well as costly.
1t is said that new steel will replace
that on the line between this city and
Randolph.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
FANS HOLD Meeting.
Plan to Organize Base Ball Team in
Mankato.

A number of the best base ball play
ers of the city held a meeting at the
Y. M. C. A. last evening and talked
over the matter of organizing base
ball team to be known as the Man
teams from surrounding towns. 1t was
decided to form an organization, and TIC
do this another meeting will be held
later in the week. Ten players were
present last night.
This is move that will have the
approval of those who like to see good
games of ball.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
PREVENTS AN ACCIDENT
Partially Blind Boy at Tracy Stops a
Runaway Team.

Tracy, Mimi, April 24.-EarI Anselm,
high school student, succeeded in stop
ping runaway team, dashing toward
the railroad tracks.
Misses Jennie Carlow and Marie
Rogers, who were driving, lost control
of the horses and had narrow escape
from being overturned several times.
Anselm, who is blind in one eye, was
the only one of dozen who succeeded
ins stopping the team before it reached
the railroad tracks, where several en-
oines were switching.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
KEEP TAB ON L0NG-HAIRS
st. Louis Barriers Notify Customers
When Tney Need Scissors.

st. Louis, April 24-St. Louis long
hairs-men who neglect to visit bar
Der shop as often as is necessary-art
receiving postal cards bearing this state
ment:
II think it is about time for you tt
get your hair cut.-Your Barber.
The barber has compiled list of hi:
regular customers, keeps tab on date
when he cuts their hair. Unless they
visit him again within three weeks he
sends them postal card.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26

There Is more Catarrn In this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together. and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For. a
great many years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local RENE
dies, and by constantly falling to cure
with local treatment pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Hall $
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.. is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from ten drops
to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. They offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case it fails 70 cure. Send for
]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
fi0n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
FOR The MODEL BUILDING
Appropriation Of Sixty-five Thousand
Granted Mankato Normal.

Friends of the Mankato normal are
greatly pleased at the action of the SEN
ate which increasing the model school
appropriation from $4,000 to $4,000.
This latter sum will insure the construc-
ton of a building in proportion to the
attendance in that department of the
school.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
Satisfied With Small Change.

The till of Thiess' saloon, Eranklin,
was tapped on Tuesday of last week
while the owner had locked up > attend
a funeral There was S25 in the till
at the time but the burglar was sat-
isfed with 1928.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
Millionaire Will Build Dormitofy.

University girls will have a dormitory
but it will be built by a Minneapolis
millionaire and not by the state. Sena-
tor Albert Schaller of Hastings an
nounced in the senate that he had it
both from President Cyrus Northrop and
j. L. Wyman that Minneapolis man
whose name he was not at liberty tC
make public, would build dormitory
for the university.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26
GRAIN QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Cash Close

No. Hard 8I14@S5:No 1 North ern 83A@s4
No: , Northern SlA@S2; No.3 Nor 1900
No.3 Yellow Corn 401404l4: No.3 Corn 370l3s
No. 3 White Oats 40h: No Oats 37h03sas
Barley 5S06S
Rye'6I40644
Flax l,I6A
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26

1t should be remembered that the dog
licenses come due again May l, when
new tags should be procured, and the
license fee paid. Those who do not care
to renew their licenses can turn their
dogs over to the police to be killed and
buried.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26

Itch cured in thirty minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails.
Sold by Lack Drug company, druggist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-26

Senator Works introduced thirteen
bills during the present session.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29

Prosecuting Attorney Herrn
left Sunday for Melbourne, where
the lizard circuit court convened
Monday.
The collector has not yet issued
1,400 tax receipts. The people
are paying taxes this year as
slowly as has been known in
years.
The clerk during the month of
March has licensed only four
couples to marry. During Feb.
ruary only two marriage licenses
were issued. f
j. A. Justus of Lebanon town
ship was here Saturday looking
after some business matters.
While in town he paid the Record
Office substantial visit. -
| Representative E. B. Andrews
has introduced a bill in the legis-
lature to prohibit the sale OF
wines or intoxicants within ten
miles of the Ash Flat college.
Mrs. Ben l.. Griffin, wife Of the
state secretary of the Farmers
Union, died at Conway Sunday Of
heart disease, very suddenly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffin lived al
Hardy five years ago.
Our old friend E. J. Russell OF
the Maxville section was a visitor
to town Saturday. He is just
recovering from an attack oi
pneumonia. He says there is
considerable sickness in his
neighborhood.
Joe Green, the Johnson town.
ship negro, who took a change
of venue to lizard county at the
last session of the circuit courr
here, plead guilty to the charge
of selling whiskey at Melbourne
Thursday and was fined $50 anG
the trimmings.
James G. Sims Of Lave CreeE
township informs US that wolves
have been killing young stock ii
his neighborhood lately. There
are several wolves in the pack
Mr.. Sims says, and the people il
the community are unable to ge
close enough to get shot a
them, They have been hunted
with hounds without results, ex
cept that the dogs have farce
badly.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29

The County Farmers Union
was in session at Highland last
Friday and Saturday. The prop
er authorities have failed to
provide US with any news of the
meeting.
Judge John B. McCaleb and
Lyman F. Reeder have formed a
partnership for the practice OF law
at Batesville. This will be one
of the strongest law firms il this
part~of the state.
II Messrs. ?. J. Young and Sons
are working every day on the
piers for the new bridge across
Strawberry river, two miles north
of town. The bridge was shipped
by the makers several days ago
and will be unloaded at Hardy.
The bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Andrews organizing
school district "a into the Eve.
ming Shade special school dis
trict is now a law, having been
signed by the governor a few
days ago.
Frank Graddy killed a large
coachwhip snake Friday and,
noticing an unusual protrusior
about its body, an examination
proved the fact that his snake
ship, in raiding some hennes
doubtless, had swallowed the
imitation of hen egg made ol
porcelain.
Within the past three weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Shaw o.
Ringgold, Texas, former resi-
dents of this county, have los
two daughters, aged 1 year anc
8 years respectively, both o
whom died of measles. Mrs. Shav
is a daughter of Judge and Mrs
j. W. Smith of this place.
G. M. Horton and Bud Metcalf
both of whom live about twC
miles south of town, had a dis
pute that ended in a fight las
Monday. The men are neigh
bors and the dispute arose owe
the possession of a 5-acre piece
Of land. Neither was seriousl,
hurt in the scrap. Horton was
arrested Monday on a warran
charging assault and batter.
sworn out by Metcalf, and tn
trial is set for today in Esq r, J
Davidson's court. 4
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Arh
February ~, 1871

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark'
February 49, 1901
Notice Ia hereby given that Thomas r Lynn
Evening Shade, Ark, has fled notice Of h@ 'h'l
tion to make final Five Year proof In auppoH
his claim, vlsl Homestead Entry No a'a'O' Nv
Sept, 10, 1900, for the welt half northwest quarry
section 10, township II, north, range . west y
that said proof will be made before the o'efs
Sharp County, at Evening Shade, Ark" on "'1
10, 1907. N
lle names the following witnesses TO prov,
continuous residence upon and cultivation @'1
land visi
r. d. Clear. j, W. Williams, Thos, NJ Mayp'"'
Peter Hansen, all Of Evening shade, Ars'
II. II. Myers. Resls'ef
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,

Notice Ia hereby given that joel w. Williams Of
Evening Shade, Arkn has filed notice Of hIa in,en.
ton TO make hnal Five Year proof In support Of
hH claim, vIs Homestead Entry No, eii0e, made
May 10, 1900 for the south half northeast quarter
section o. township II, north range west, and
that said proof will he made before the Clerk Of
sharp County, At Evening Shade, Arb. on April
TO- 1907,
lie namea the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous feaiehee upon and cultivation Of the
land, vis
Robert H. Clear, Thomas Lynn Oliver sehaes,
pe,ef Hansen, all Of Evening Shade, Ark,
H. H. MYERS, Register,
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29


vet, and no one around town
seems much elated at the present
prospects of its coming.
Mrs. W. M. Edwards of Jesup
renews her subscription to the
Record through her son, Craig
Edwards, who was here Wednes-
day.
Tax collector W. o. Smith will
be at Hardy and Williford a
week beginning next Monday and
will not be in his office here until
Monday, April 8.
George W. Mclean, the Hardy
real estate dealer, was in the city
Saturday. 1t was through him
that John Kiefner of Kansas
purchased the Price farm.
No improvement of a lasting
nature has been noted in the
condition of W. D. Cochran since
the Record was printed last week,
on the contrary he seems to be
growing weaker all the time.
The many friends of the family
fear that MIR. Cochran will not
get up again.
! A bill has passed both houses
of the legislature creating de-
positories for county funds in
number of counties including
Sharp, and now only awaits the
governors signature. This bill
provides that the county money
shall be deposited in the bank
allowing the highest rate of in.
terest.
One citizen of Evening Shade
has offered to furnish the post:
and put them up if County Judge
Kelley will order the court house
grounds inclosed with some nea'
picket fencing. The matter coulc
be attended to with but very lit
tie cost to the county, as there are
other citizens of Evening Shade
who will help bear the expense.
Mrs. W. J. Wilks died at hel
home in Sullivan township Mon
day night, and was buried
Wednesday afternoon in tn,
Sharp cemetery, near. Evening
Shade. The deceased, who wa
a daughter of Mr., and Mrs, Ec
F. Grady, had been i'll of con
sumption several months. Sh
leaves a husband, but no chill
dren.
W. C. and Rudolph Brown
president and cashier of tn
Mountain Home Bank, whic
failed some months ago, an
who were indicted by the Baxte
county grand jury for receivin
deposits when they knew tn
bank to be in an insolvent con
dition, have taken a change
venue to the Northern District
Sharp county, and the case wi
come up at Hardy at the Jul
term Of circuit court,
Seven families from Missoul
arrived at Cushman Wednesda
and settled on farms in tn
vicinity Of that town. They ar
rived on the train from Newpor
There were thirty-nine childre
in the party, twenty-four
whom were babies, ranging i
age from q few weeks TO fou
years, The entire party consiste
Of forty-six people, only sixtee
Of whom paid railroad fares, tn
others being under the age limit
-Batesville Guard.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Notice Of Municipal Election,

Notice Ia hereby given that there will be an el.
eetion held In the incorporated town Of Evening
Shade, Sharp county, Arkansas on
Tuesday, April 2, 1907,
for the purpose Of elseting one Mayor one Re.
eorder and Ave Aldermen 10 serve for the year on.
suing, or until their successors are elected and
qualified,
Claude l., Coger, Mayor.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Notice For Publication.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark
February %. 1907.

Land Office at Little Rock. Ark
February %, 1901
Notice Ia hereby given that David NJ, vi
Of Balboa, Ark, has filed notice Of his intcf
TO make final Five Year proof In support
claim, Wiz Homestead Entry No, si'3s N
April 4, 1901, for the east half northeast ouafT
section Is, township 49, north range . w
and that said proof viii be made before the N
of Sharp county, Ark. ut Evening Shade. Az
on April 10. 1907.
lie names the following witnesses TO prove
continuous residence upon and cultivation o. \
land, viz
]. l.. Powell. s. W. Anderson, W. =, Whi1sd
Geo, Whitlock. all VI Balboa. Ark.
II. II, Myers, I,egissn
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Warning Order.

Sharp Chancery Court, Southern District.
Lizzie W. Mcdaniel. Plaintiff,
VS.
Alvis Mcdaniel, Defendant.
The defendant, Alyis Mcdaniel, Is warned "a
appear In this court within 80 days and answer
the complaint Of the plaintiff Lizzie W, Mcdaniel.
This March 90, 1907.
Arthur Sullivan, Clerk.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Road Notice.

Notice Ia hereby given that the undersigned pc,
ttioners will apply to the April term Of the eoun,
ty Court Of Sharp county for an order reviewing
opening M and laying out n portion Of the old
Ash Flat and l,ateavllle road, commencing At the
Camp Ground spring, In Lave Greek township,
District No, 4 and running in a southeasterly d.
reetoh, terminating at the George W, Bland place
In Washington township, District Mo- ip,
George W, Bland, ct AL,
Petitioners.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.
". II. Price Disposes OF His Large Farm
On Strawberry River.

W, II, Price last Saturday sold
his farm on Strawberry river,
two miles from Evening Shade,
to John Kiefner Jr, Of Garden
Plains, Kansas, This farm, con.
sisting Of 1910 acres Of river land,
Is one Of the most valuable tracts
OF real estate in this county, and
IL improved by u handsome resi-.
denee, good barns, etc. Mr.,
Price also disposed Of his farm
stock, including about twenty
head Of horses and mules, and all
his farm machinery TO Mr., kief.
ner. The amount OF the con.
sIderation Ia not known, but is
believed TO be In excess Of $780,.
600,
Mr., Kieiner has immediate
possession Of the property and
has contracted with Mr.. Price to
manage tho farm during this
year's crop season, as ho will be
unable 10 move with his family
from Kansas until probably early
/ an
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Warning Order.

Sharp Chancory Court, Southern District,
M. n. McCord. Plaintiff.
vs.
W, o, McCord. Defendant
The defendant, w. o, MoCord, Ia warned to ap'
pear In this court within 20 days and answer the
complaint Of the plaintiff, M, T. MeCord. Thia
March 20, 1907,
Arthur Sullivan. Clerk.
by Jasper Justus. ID, G.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-29
Notice For Publication,
Land Office at Little Rock, Arh
trsb IN. lm1,

Land Oihee at Little Rock, ~"
Feb, ~, 1901
Notice Ia hereby given that John A, sande' !
Matthews, Ark, han filed notice Of hla in''w,
TO make final Five Year proof In support "p|
claim, vial Homestead Entry No, s'vea WV.
Feb Il, 1900, for the south half northwest quar-.
northwest quarter northwest quarter and sVaa
west quarter nvrtheast quarter, section w 'VeI
shin II, north, range west. and that said p~,
will be made before the Clerk Of Sharp coun"' I
Evening Shade, Ark. on April 10, 1901 a.
lie names the following witnesses TO proVsa', Own,
continuous residence upon and cultivation "v,
land, vigl
James PEBBLES and John Lloyd Of Matthew
Arh,, j, II, Walins Of pouphkeepsie, AIN" y
Sampson y, aoIr Of smI,hyIlle Ark
H. II, Myers, tepln's'