The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-13
Stories From Home and Elsewhere.
From Mondays Daily.

from MONDAY DaflV.
Manager ICharles Griebel of the Man
kato Theatre today received by mai
IA large and handsome gold ring, tn
gift of the L. b. Early company, bill
posters at Deadwood, s. d., in appre
cation of Mr.. Griebel's kindness t,
them on several occasions. The rim:
was manufactured from the yellow
metal extracted from the mines whicl
have made DeadwOod famous. Tn,
void band is mounted with two golC
nuggets, is plainly incribed with Thu
word Deadwood and a log cabin, rep
resenting the first one in that city, il
neatly engraved on the sigma. Mr.
Griebel has reason to feel proud o.
this substantial gift. He will prize i
very highly.
A statement issued at the postoffic'
department in Washington Shows thai
there were l,522 rural routes in OPP
Grafton in Minnesota on Sept. 3, ant
thirty-seven petitions for establish
ment pending. Since rural service was
first put in operation there have beer
1922 petitions filed for establishment
of routes in Minnesota, of which 35;
were reported on adversely.
Fire Oh the Goodrich farm, Lime
town, leased and operated by Robert
Powell, destroyed four stacks of oat:
Just after twelve o'clock today. Il
is suspected that spark from The
traction engine running the thresher
started the blaze. The threshermeI
were at the house preparing for din
ner when the fire was discovered an(
they made run for the scene, bu
the flames had succeeded in eating
up the stacks. About $215 worth o
grain was burned. Part of two stacks
had been threshed. Mr.. Powell car
ried no insurance on his grain. Th'
threshing machine, owned by JOIN
Meyer of Limetown, is damaged t.
the extent of $50.
Rochester, Sept. Dorchester and vi
entity was visited by heavy thun
derstorm Friday evening, causing con
siderable damage in and about the
city. Lightning struck several houses
and large trees and set fire to the
barn and granary on the Chesterland
farm. owned by C. p. Lowell, of Min
neapolis. The stock was rescued, but
machinery and contents of granary
was destroyed by the/ fire.
Washington, Sept. 9.-The prefer
ences of people of the northwest for
laborers of different nationalities are
plainly shown in the reports that are
coming to I. V. Powderly, who is
looking after the work of locating
conducted under the i'm
migration division of the department
of commerce and labor.
Mr.. Powderly is receiving many let
tiers from the people of the north
west, and the universal demand is fol-
Germans. Scandinavians and Holland
ers for work on the farms. The
farmers of the northwest show their
preferences for these nationalities in a
very decided manner, and it is doubt
full whether the special requests fol-
labor in that section could be filled il
all the immigrants of those nationalties
were directed there, without regard
to the wishes of the people in Other
sections.
But from the states in the middle
west. the east. Pacific coast and ever
the south there are large requests fol-
immigrants to be directed there. The
call is for thrifty and industrious
men to work on the farms, and liv'
ING better than the immigrants have
had in their own countries is promised
to all who can fulfill the desired con
ditions.
John p. Hage of Hanska met a
couple of ''con" men in Minneapolis
Saturday evening and came off loser
by S. and 500 check. The con
men matched coins with Hage and
as he was not wise to their game
he soon was out his coin.
Hage was walking about the street
when he met two affable men. They
gained his confidence and finally sug-
gested a 'little game They took
him to a dark spot, place where
they were free from danger. Hage
won for a time and then lost con-
sistently until he was broke. His
experience was much the same as
that of Herbert Ward of South Da-
kota, who was buncoed out of $1,000
several weeks ago. The only differ
ence was Hage matched coins and
Ward threw them at a crack.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Sept. ct de-
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