The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29

or Lake sOTySldi, Wlllldm just anu
Paul Kunkel of Rapidan and others
from this county returned home yes
terday from Milwaukee where they at
tended the national dairy show. The
gentlemen have been absent week.
DR.. w. A. Rubel of Washington, d.
c., who is visiting at the home of his
parents at st. Peter, was in Mankato
yesterday calling on friends and class
mates. DR.. Rubel was graduate of
the normal school in ninety-onc and
since that time has spent five years in
professional work at Cape Town, South
| Africa.
New Ulm News: Miss II. M. Phil
lips, for many years teacher in the
Mankato normal school, has been the
guest of her niece, Mrs. Critchett, for
the past week and Mrs. j. M. Sulli-
van of Minneapolis, spent Sunday and
the first part of the week at the
Critchett home. Mrs. d. A. Swan, of
the Mankato Normal School will spend
Saturday in New Ulm, the guest of
Mrs. Crichett.
E. R. BEEN, formerly division pas
senger agent of the Great Western
road with offices in Redwing and
who recently was appointed division
passenger agent at Omaha has receiv-
ed another rapid and distinct promo
ton. A circular has just been issued
from the office of the general super
intendent announcing that Mr.. BEEN
has been appointed station supervisor
with headquarters at Chicago. His
duties will be to have general over
sight over the conduct of the compar-
ny's business at all stations on the
systems.
| r. w. Sears and Miss Sears, his sis
ter, were in this city a short time
last Thursday, says the Redwood Falls
Gazette. Mr. Sears has retired from
the Sears Roebuck management
although retaining some STOCK,
in the enterprise, and was here to look
over the extensive improvements put
in the past year on the farms near
Wabasso in which he has invested
jointly with w. H. Gold of this city
Mr.. Sears has sentimental as well
las business interest in. the scenes
of his initiatory work in preparing
for the building up of the great mail
order house which bears his name, and
looked up his former acquaintance
there of fifteen years ago as well as re-
visited the scenic points of interest in
the city.
Owatonna Journal Chronicle: The
difficulties of the Dan Patch Air
Line so far as August Wendtlandt, who
served an injunction on the company
on the Goth, is concerned, were very
quickly settled, and the grading crews
get to work Saturday ON Mr.. Wendt-
landt's place, that19 gentleman having
been satisfied. Contractor O'Neill in
forms the Journal Chronicle that the
report that he was throwing up his
hands on account of the several in
functions served is utterly without
foundation, and that on the contrary
is entirely satisfied with conditions
and has had no idea of quitting He
says these Interruptions are such as
are met by evry railway en-
terprise and nothing out of the
ordinary whatever. He is positive that
there will be little or no delay in
the construction of the line and is
going ahead with his work without
thought of Encouragement. Mr.. ONeill
is advertising for teams in this issue
of the Journal Chronicle, and is anx-
ious to secure all the teams possible
which is the best of evidence of his
confidence and interest in his work
A little joker that may De expensive
to the state was discovered yesterday
! by the public examiners department
: in the law providing for the taxation
of freight line companies. A test suit
will be started in the courts to deter,
mine just what the law means and
how much of the property owned by
these companies may be taxed.
The 1907 legislature raised the tax
rate for freight line companies by pro
viding that they should pay a 4 pei
CeHt IdA vi luCll SlOoS cal IliiSS
(which shall be in lieu of all taxes
upon all property of any freight line
company so paying the same"
The public examiner, in checking uE
the books of the companies, contends
that this tax should be in lieu of al
other taxes upon property used by the
companies in their freight business
There are several companies that are
mainly freight line companies and own
considerable property, real estate and
otherwise, which has nothing to dc
with their freight business. The public
examiner thinks they should pay tine
regular ad valorem taxes on this prop
erty, but the companies point out that
the 4 per cent tax is in lieu of other
taxes on "all property"
Then, again, some companies, like
the meat packers, do not organize 8
separate company to own the freight
line, but run it as part of the mair
company's business. The suit will de-
termine just what part of the prop
erty the per cent tax covers.
! RichIand Star: The present week
/ has been marked by the large mum
Der of sugar beets marketed here. II
is estimated that in the aggregate
shipments will amount to fully ffteer
corloads, the yield having been good