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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-07-03

The following is list of the items
of damage done by the storms in the
different townships of this county, as
reported to the county board Monday
afternoon by the chairmen OF the town
supervisors:
Leray.
Stone culvert, Madison lake outlet
between sections II and 20, this is a
double culvert, ten feet across: steel
stringers; gone.
Wooden bridge, twelve feet across
sections 25 and 36, jenkins culvert
across county ditch No. 2; gone.
\ Wooden bridge, called Soukop, sec-
lions Is and l6, fifteen feet across;
practically gone.
South Bend.
Badly washed and damaged but the
township officers think they can take
care of all damages.
+ Garden City.
Meservey ford bridge, steel, ninety
feet long; gone.
Stone culvert, section %, sixty feet
long.
Stone culvert, section %, thirty feet
long. Both near E. w. Bunce place.
Stone culvert, section Ia, forty eight
feet long.
Pipe culvert, section Ia, twenty -four
feet long.
Stone culvert, section IA, twenty feet
long.
Stone culvert, section "a, twenty
four feet long.
Stone culvert between 25 and 26,
twenty-four feet long.
Culvert over county ditch No. Is,
between sections Z and 8, twenty five
feet long
Stone culvert near Warner Scott
place, sections 20 and 80, twenty-four
feet long. y.
Repairs on two stone culverts south
Of village section 81, badly washed.
Stone culvert on the Swan place, sc
feet long.
Fill at new bridge must have new
steel span. Approach gone.
Cambria.
Steel bridge over Little Cottonwood
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Monuments and Cemetery WORK
The MankatO Marble
a se Sona1 1sne Works f f r. saI'
June ~. 10, %, 1909
ORDER FOR HE AIRING APPLICATION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
Eprfh In 70

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
Earth.-ss. In probate Court.
In the matter Of tho estate of Betsey John
son, deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Anna
Johnson of the County of Blue Earth.
representing among other tlings
that Betsey Johnson, late of
the County of Blue Earth. in the
state OF Minnesota, Oh The I4th day of Nay
a. d.. 1913 at the county of Blue Earth,
died lnteState and being an inhabitant of this
county at tile time of her uearn, leaving goods,
chattels and estate within this county and that
The said petitioner is a daughter
of sal deceased. and praying that admins
tration of said estate be to herself
granted: .a.
1t is Ordered. that said petition be heard be-
fora said court on Saturday. the 18th day of
July, A. u loGS at 10 O'Clock IN. at the
probate Office. ia tha court house. in Mankato,
in said county. And all persons interested in
said matter are hereby required t. appear at
said time and place and show cause. if any
there be, why said petition should not be
granted.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs Of said deceased and to all persons
interested by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to
said day of heariug in tha ii ankato Free Press,
weekly newspaper. printed and published at
Mankato. in said county.
Dated at Mankat0. the 5th day OF June,
A. ID 1867.
BY the Court.
probate Court seal VIM. f. HUGHES.
Judge of Probate.
]. A. Flittee. Atty.
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mountain territory, insuring at all
lines highest home market for all
Grain and feed produced. Butter, eggs
and cream always double the price Nm
central states. Pleasant, healthful eli
mate. open hearted, genial and sociable
people. ~ ~ II
The present price of water rights is
$50 per acre. Terms one-fifth cash and
the balance in annual payments at
SIX per cent or one-thrd cash and the
entire balance may run five wears at
six per cent The state board of land
commissioners have authorized the
price to be raised to $40 per acre for
water rights and it is the intention
of the company to raise the price of
water right within thirty days. Thirty
dollars in the ground floor price and
if you want to get in you must act
at once.
This is the safest and surest and
the best real estate investment ever
offered to the homeseeker or the specu-
lator in the state of Minnesota. The
soil is of the very best character
The water right is absolutely abundant
and-the company now nave a force of
$50 men building a great reservoir
which will impound 10000 acre feet
of water or enough water to cover &c.
600 acres of land one foot ztleep. This
great reservoir, together with the nat
ural flow of the stream, which will
take care of all of this land until
the first of July will be more than
sufficient In fact, the stream provides
from four to six times the amount
of water the purchasers of these water
rights will ever need.
The elevation is 1900 feet, Just the
same as at Greeley, Colorado, where
fortunes have been made raising po-
tatoes. A little lower than Fort Collins
where fortunes have been made in
feeding sheep; the same quality of
soil; the same climate as Fort Collins
and Greeley have. Lands at Fort Col
Inns and Greeley are worth 5000 to
$4O0 per acre and the lands at Doug
las. within ten years will be higher
than either point for we grow the
sheep right on the ranges adjacent to
our town to eat up our feed.
We have oil and gas, deposits which
will speedily build up manufacturing
center and these things tend to raise
and control the price of lands ada
cent thereto.
Our excursion leaves Minneapolis
Tuesday, July 18th. and Tuesday July
2lst, and we want you to join us
and look the situation over. Beautiful
pine groves within a few miles with
mountain streams. furnishing the best
trout fishing in the world. Take your
outing where you can enjoy camping,
fishing, hunting, beautiful shade cool
days and nights, close to nature and
at the same time invest in the best
and surest land enterprise on the
market today.
Write us for circulars and informa'
ton. This is the best investment we
have ever offered to our customers.
Join our excursion sure July Z.
Why not owp a $4,000 farm in a
couple of years ssf s.r at
THE BORCHARDT LAND CO.,
433 Andrus Block,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Irc crop will pay for the land and
W.rer
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COUNTY BRIDGES THAT
ARE DAMAGED

river, section 10, forty eight feet, gone
Steel bridge, section IL on tubes
Channel changed, leaving bridge high
and dry, T...
Steel bridge near William Evans
house south of Cambria station. Piers
practically gone. ....
Timber culvert near the Evan Har-
ris place, twenty feet long, gone.
Timber ,culvert near the Charles Es-
penson place, between sections 20 and
80, twenty feet long, gone.
Decoria.
Stone eulvert, Gust Hall, twenty feet
long.
o. E.. Treanor culvert, twenty four
feet long; bridge needed.
Ballard culvert at southwest corner
section 20.
Camel culvert in south half of Sec
tion Ia.
Small culvert on John Felber's land
in section 4.
Pipe culvert on main Kennedy bridge
road, first culvert south of bridge; was
thirty inch pipe
John Little culvert in south part of
section 10, timber culvert.
Goethe Hill and Pearson ravine on
Lulsdorf farm These hills are in bad
shape.
The fill at Ziegler ford bridge. Pro-
tect the stone pier; at west end OF
bridge. q
Two stone arches, one at Lyle Mill
er's, west end.
One at northwest corner section g.
east end
Pleasant View bridge. Danger of cut
ting out the north pier.
Bad caving down of river bluff OPP
1posite Lyle Miller's residence.
Rapidan.
Two stone culverts near Flo farm
Hole washed out thirty feet wide
and ten feet deep.
Hole washed out thirty feet wide
and eight feet deep.
Eighteen inch pipe 'culvert at Miller,s
on main road, washed out eight feet
deep and forty feet wide.
McDuffie's stone culvert,. fill gone and
wings opening.
Pinkham culvert, near Baker bridge
double arch culvert, gone.
Stevens culvert on Mankato-Good
Thunder road, gone
Bartsch on same road north OF Stew
ems culvert, all gone.
Redemski culvert, section 30 and 81
long culvert, about 4x5 opening orig
inally, reported badly damaged Fill
gone. So 43t n nas 8
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June -. 10. .G-19oS.
ORDER FOR HEARING APPLICATION
FOR APPOINTMENT OF AID
MINISTRATOR.

STATE Or MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth-SS. Ia Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Sherman W.
Brunson, deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of
Sarah Almina Simmons of the county of Blue
Earth. representa- among other things. that
Sherman w, Bruuson late OF the county of
Blue Earth. in tie State of Minnesota on the
3lSt day of January, A. o. 1903. at Dayton,
OHIO died intestate, ard being an inhahi-
tant of this County at the
time of his death, leaving goods. chat
tells and estate within this county. and that the
said petitioner is daughter of said
decreased. and praying that administra
ton of said estate be 10 Sarah Almina
simmons granted:
1t is Ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore said court. on Monday. the 9th day OF
July. A. d., 1903. at 10 O'Clock a. M, at the
probate Office, in the court house. in Manka-
TO- in said county. And all persons interested
in said matter are hereby required to appear
at said time and place and show cause if any
there be. why said petition should not be
granted
Ordered further, that notice thereof be Civ
en- to the heirs of said deceased and to a. per-
sons interested. by publishing this order once
in each week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing in the Mankato Free
Press. weekly newspaper, printed and pub
lished at Mankato. in said county.
Dated at Mankato. the Sth day OF July.
A. d., 1903.
BY the Court,
Probate Court Seal WIN. +. HUGHES,
Judge cf p""ha-'
S. b. Wilson, hit0TTev
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IRRIGATED LANDS IN WORLD
FAMOUS NORTH PLATTE
VALLEY
- + T. + = .sA+ + = Aa : : + T. 1890 = = :

All within ten miles of Douglas,
the county seat of Converse county,
Wyoming and adjoining the Nebraska
state line. Twenty five thousand acres
of water rights under the Carey Act,
which is an act of congress, to be
sold to settlers and purchasers at 80
cents per acre.
The title to the land is, made by the
state of Wyoming to the settler The
water rights are guaranteed by the
state. The state acts as trustee for
all funds until the state engineer goes
over the completed work and APP
proves the ditch and reservoir. The
30 cents per acre for the land goes
to the state of Wyoming to maintain
its state land board, which protects
the interests of every settler and ev-
cry investor and sees to it that the
settler and purchaser gets a square
deal and a fair deal and that the
delivery of the water for irrigation
is according to contract So
The ditch, reservoir and all inn
provements become the property of
the water users when nine. per cent is
sold and it will be turned over to
the water users within twelve months
Water tax each year for maintenance
ought hot to exceed fifteen cents
per acre as estimated by the state
engineer. The soil produces abundantly.
Oats l25 bushels per acre; wheat sixty
bushels per acre; alfalfa seven tons
per acre; sugar beets eighteen to
twenty-five tons per acre, with high
est sugar test; potatoes 800 bushels
per acre of best quality; barley eighty
bushels per acre; spelts 100 bushels
per acre. All vegetables and garden
crops grow in greatest abundance.
Douglas is the county seat with
1900 population, good court house.
good twelve grade high school, all
churches, good stocks of merchandise,
two strong national banks with $780,
600 deposits, electric lights, sewerage,
water works, r. f. d. mail delivery,
telephone, and telephone can be had
by all settlers at once. Splendid oil
field within two miles of our land
with flowing wells. Cedar and pitch
posts. poles and fire wood free upon
government lands Good building lum-
Der except for finish at $l4 per thou
SAND at the saw mlllS WlIalH JWeHGy
five miles and good roads to haul it
on. Millions of tons of coal. The
strongest natural gas field in the state
of Wyoming within eight miles of
town. Within sixty miles of Douglas
the greatest iron deposits in the
world of its kind and the same de-
post from which the Colorado Fuel
& Iron company gets all of its raw
material and this iron can and will be
shipped to Douglas and the gas and
coal will enable us to build up the
greatest manufacturing center in the
Rocky mountain territory. Local COM
panies are now arranging to pipe this
natural gas across the center of our
irrigated tract into the town of Doug
las and all settlers can use gas in
their homes for both heat and light
at price so cheap they cannot af-
ford to use coal on the basis of SO
per ton.
Two hundred thousand sheep per
year are shipped from Douglas and
vicinity Oh the ranges and Dclglas.
is destined to become the greateso.
sheep feeding station in the Rock
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Fairmont Sentinei; A few days ago
a young man living near Mankato
named Max Suess, lost ibis life while
trying to save a couple of girls from
drowning. He was the sole support
of widowed mother The Free Press
has started a subscription paper for
the benefit of the poor woman. The
common dpeople with 'mnfear Of God
and love of mankind lin their hearts
always respond literally upon such
occasions. 1t proved to be true in
the Sentinel office ON "a similar oc-
casion recently when relief funds were
left in our charge for cyclone suffer
ers. ~-a iso3F 80
The plutocrat who is anxious to
GIVE away part of his tainted
wealth for the special advertising of
himself would take different method
of furnishing reheft to- the widow:
Carnegie would ipresent a hero medal
withs his ohalpes and pug phiz stamped
on one g sibe, Rockefeller might endow
college in honor of the poor widows
son, \but honest John Smith and Bill
Jones >go down into their jeans and
give the hard earned dollar that they
need to relieve the distress of others.
There are cases of distress which SYM
pathy, hero worships,i and college
diploma will not relieve the hungry
or clothe the, Naked.
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June o. July 3. l0-190S.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth.-sS. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Isaac y.
Ewing. deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Emma
II. Haskell. admini-tratrix of the estate of
Isaac n. Ewing, deceased. representing
among other things. that she has
fully administered said estate. and
praying that a time and place be fixed
for examining and allowing the final account
of her administration, and for the assign
ment of the residue of said estate TO the par
ties entitled thereto by law.
1t is ordered. that said account be examined.
and petition heard. by this court, ON Monday.
the 10Th day of July. a. ID. 1908. at III
o'clock a. m.. at the probate office in the city
of Mankato. i'm said county.
And it is further ordered. that notice there
of be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy of this order once in each week:
for three successive weeks prior to said day or
hearing i'm the Mankdto Free Press,
weekly newspaper printed and Published at
Mankabo in said county.
Dated at the city OF Manliato. the 9th day
of June, A. d. 1907.
BY the Court:
probate Court Seal.l WIN. +. HUGHES.
Judgeof Probate,
S. b. Wilson. Atty
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From Tuesdays Dailv.
1t is stated that the upper course
of stone was taken off of the Lake
Crystal dam the latter part of last
week, watch accounted for the vast
amount of water going over Minneopa
falls. There has been a great deal
of controversy over the height of the
dam, some wanting it kept where it
was and others wanting it lowered.
There was question what was the
legal height. Some claimed that it
was sixteen inches too high, and 9th
ers That it was not high enough. The
upper course of stones is said to
have been eighteen inches thick, and
the middle stone was first taken out
and then the whole course. This re-
suited in lowering the lake, which
had overfowed the land of those who
wanted the dam lowered.
The lowering of the dam resulted in
the overlooking of the low lands along
Minneopa creek from the lake to the
falls. Some excellent land was mum
dated. and it is said the owners are
wondering who is going to pay them
for the damage done. They hold
that if the dam was to be lowered,
it should have been When the water
was low, so that they would not
have been damaged.
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tiplicity of consulates at towns but a
few miles apart is no longer necessary
or desirable.
Consulates were also established az
towns which at the time had some i'm
portance from consular standpoint,
as at Gaspe, Quebec, once thriving
center of fishing interests but now an
unimportant and remote village. Other
consulates were established without
reasons apparent to the department,
as in the case of Japala, Mex, which
was created without the recommends
ton of the department and for no rea-
son known to it.
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mer, and the latter's friend Earl Err
landson, and the regimental prelate,
Rev. w. S. Emery of North Mankato,
returned last night from camp at Lake
city. The Third regiment was in camp
for ten days, but while the weather
was bad, little time was lost as the
boys turned out in the rain and car
ried on their drills.
One day twister came and made a
water spout in the lake, but did not
strike the camp, but nevertheless Col
onel Johnson's tent and the tent of
the lieutenant colonel were blown
down.
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of poor ................... "A.
Lyle Corrugated Culvert Co., cnl-
vert pipe .................. 1873 :.
Mankato Gas & +. l.. Co., light
to court house and Jail. -. 10.
Mankato Citizens Tel. Co., rental
Mankato Second Hand Mercan,
tile Co., goods to poor farm, g.
Madigan, II. W., hauling cul-
verts ,..... a.
Moore, +. j., goods to court
house ................. 3.
Mohr, Chas. H., goods to poor. B.,
Mullen, Tena A., labor at poor
1arm o..
n. w. Tel. Co.. rental for June l3 :.
Odiard & Knoff, goods to court
mousse .....-......... s..
Owens. d.. r., goods to poor. TO-.
Randall, Thos. & Son, goods to
poor ......t... ..-....... % =
Roberts, R. c., goods to poor. TO-.
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June 10. %. July 3. 1879.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNT.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth-ss. In Probate Curt
In the matter of the es .te of Herman
Tiefenthal. deceased. ~
Or reading and filing the Il Sltion of William
A Funk, executor, of the estate of Herman
Tiefenthal. deceased representing. among
other things. that he has fully administered
said estate. and praying that time and
place be fixed for examining and allowing
the final account of his administration. and
for the assignment of the residue of said estate
to the parties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered. that said account b, exam
ined, and petition heard by this court. on
Monday. the 18th day of July. A. ID. 1888.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at the probate office. in
the city OF Mankato. in said county.
And it is further ordered. that notice there
of be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy of this order once ia each week.
for three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing in the Mankato Free Press. weekly
newspaper printed and published at ,Mankato.
in said county.
Dated at the City of Manaato. the 10Th day
ofJune, A. y. 1905
BY the Court.
WM f. HUGHES,
tProba'e fcurt Judge of Probate.
Wa Funk. Atty. u %&
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June 2G-.July 40.

In the District Court of Iowa in and
for Linn County.
In the matter of the estate of
Daniel Mitchell, deceased. In probate.
Notice is hereby given that in the
above entitled estate there has been
deposited in the office of the clerk of
the district court of Iowa in and for
Linn county, certain funds for the
use and benefit of Charles Mitchell
and Florence Mitchell, minor heirs OF
Gideon Mitchell, deceased, who was a
son of said Daniel Mitchell, deceased,
in whose estate said funds have been
deposited. Upon due proof and the
filing of proper receipts said Charles
Mitchell and Florence Mitchell will be
entitled to receive said funds, less
costs and expenses herein.
III. c. RING,
Clerk District Court.
Marion, Iowa, June 22nd, 1908.
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BEWARE OF oINTMENTs FOR CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY.

as mercury will surrey destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the niuSJ1s surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to, the
good you can possibly derive from them
J. Cheney &c Co.. Toledo o.. contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen.
uine. 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo. by +. J. Cheney & Co. Testi-
inonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for const,pa-
ton.
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Nicholas Mcdonald young man of
Winnebago, was drowned Sunday af-
ternoon in the, Blue Earth river, two
miles south of the place. He and
several companions, were in swimming.
Owing to the high stage of water it is
not probable the body will be found
for some time.
Mcdonald came from Ireland, where
his parents still reside, about year
ago, and was working for a farmer
named Blanchard.
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John Schaefer, laborer, died at his
home, 1929 North Seventh street. yes
terday afternoon, of tuberculosis of
the lungs. after an illness of three
years. He was seventy years, two
months and fourteen days old. He
was born in Germany but had resided
for thirty years in Mankato. He is
survived by his wife, but by no chill
dren.
Funeral services will be held T-'rs-
day, at 80 p. m. at the house and
at p. m. at the German lutheran
church, and the interment will be
made at the German Lutheran ceme
terry. -
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THE SUESS FUND

: + + + ! + - + + +
Generous hearted people still subscribing the fund for the
benefit Mrs. The
merits liberal subscriptions by people Those who know Mrs
unit this.
thosew wis to- the wild
of the
of ubscrbe The
Subscription Saturday
crbed There object in holding the list
subscribe well do
this week rs later 49,
Other people will be placed in imminent danger of their lives in
and the the
city should will make
Will be appreciated and
their
possible like mpfesng this upon the rising
generation have chance to do by assisting Mrs Sues
Little subscriptions will be acceptable big If
give perhaps he she dollar fifty cents
or less.
The following subscription list entire:
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Winona. June 30.-The big dry goods
store of III. Choate & Co., was burglar
lied some time between Saturday
night and Monday morning and goods
valued at $1,000 taken, The stolen
goods were mostly silks, but there
were some plumes and silk hosiery
and kid gloves. Only the best were
taken showing that the deed was
committed, by some one who knew the
stock. Entrance was affected from the
attic and down through the elevator
shaft. There is no clue to, the bur
glars. Mr.. Choate offers $500 reward.
rtaIo,6I ,ssE .IoSnsan and san FL.