The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-08

FREE PRESS
At least one Mankato saloon was
open yesterday. In fact it was doing
regular Fourth of July business
when one of the policemen dropped in
by way of the back door which was
standing wide open.
The officer came upon four or five
men drinking out of a bottle near the
rear entrance, while twenty-five men
or about that number lined the bar
and kept the bartender very busy.
The saloon in question is located
near Walnut on Front street. The
matter was reported to Chief Pond by
the patrolman. Mayor A. G. Meyer is
attending municipal conference at St.
Louis. No action was taken in the
matter today.
IL mas been rumored for some time
that the lid was not down as tight
as might be. Common report was,
however, to the effect that at least
one saloonkeeper was religiously obey
ing the Sunday law, but there were
Others who were not so particular.
Some of the latter said they would pre-
fer to keep their places closed on Sunday,
but their nearby competitors were not
complying with the statutes and when
they all paid the same license fee, one
was as much entitled to keep open as
another.
The men in the place visited by the
officer yesterday afternoon were rather
noisy, and one of them was badly in
toXicated.
Sioux Falls, S. d., Oct. 4.-Register-
ing for 100000 acres oI agricultural
and grazing land in South Dakota and
adjacent territory in North Dakota
began today and will continue until
October %. The land is to be opened
under the lottery system, and the six
towns designated as registering points
are Pierre, situated on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad: lie Beau, on
the Minneapolis & ST. Louis, and Aber-
deem, Mobridge and Lennon, on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
road. Bismarck, on the Northern Pa
cific railway, is the only North Da-
kota point which will be able to get
any of the favors of the registration.
Estimating from the number of regis
trations at prior land openings in the
west and northwest, it is believed that
fully two hundred thousand intending
homesteaders will register for chance
to obtain farms of 100 acres each.
The land to be opened will be suffi-
Gent in quantity to furnish farms of
100 acres each to about 400 home
steaders. All the land lies west of
the Missouri river the river being the
eastern boundary of the Cheyenne
river and Standing Rock reservations.
The territory to be opened will be APP
proximately one hundred miles long
in the two states, and for miles wide.
The fall Jewish holidays, including
eight days feast of tabernacles or har-
vest festival, which is being celebrated
now, will be concluded this week. The
last day is known as the Shmini At
zereth, and with the orthodox Jews
falls on Friday. The local Jews, who
belong to the reformed church, will
observe Thursday as the last feast
day.
Rev. Theodore Wolff, the local rabbi,
will preach Thursday night on ''The
Commandments and the End of the
Year"
The Jewish holidays began Sept. p
an dincluded the day of atonement,
when all Jewish people 60 to the syna-
gogue and atone for the sins of the
year, feast season closes with the feast
of Tabernacle or booths, of which
Thursday and Friday are the closing
days.
After these festivities are concluded,
there will be no general period of
feasting or religious observance until
next spring, when the feast of the
Passover will be observed.
Drunkenness as a fifth offense was
the charge on which S. B. Thompson
was to have had hearing in the
court this morning, but the
case was dismissed by Special Judge
w. r. Geddes upon motion of County
Attorney Plymat.
Thompson was charged with being
drunk on Sept. Is, in complaint
sworn out by j. Z. Swartout, and was
first arraigned on Oct. 4. He was in
toxicated when brought into court at
this time and County Attorney Plymat
swore out complaint charging him
with drunkenness as sixth offense.
Thompson was lodged in Jail pending
his hearing set for today and the war
rant was not served.
1t was reported today that Thonp-
son has promised to move into Iowa
with his family, and to keep the peace
and refrain from the use of intoxi-