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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
HERE JAN. 4 and 5.

The fourth annual convention of
the Farmers Grain Dealers associa-
ton of Minnesota will be held in
this city Thursday and Friday, Jan.
uary and 5. The headquarters
will be at the Heinrich hotel. The
following is the program for. the
meeting:
Thursday, January 5-1:3O p. M,
call to order, l.. A. Smith, Truman
president; invocation, Rev. w. N
Jameson, pastor Methodist Episco
pal church; song, male quartet; ad
dress of welcome, Mayor A. G.
Meyer: response and annual mes
sage, President Smith; reading OF
minutes of last meeting. R. L. John
son, Austin, secretary; appointment
of committees, President Smith; re
port of secretary; report of treas
urer, J. F. Delaney, Woodstock; ad
dress. Cooperation Hon. Miles X
Culver, st. Ansgar, representing tht
American Cooperative Journal; ad
dress, Farmers Elevator Companie:
and How They Should Be Organized
and Operated" S. A. Dalton, Mime
apolis; 8 p. M, music; address, H
A. Patterson, president Mankatt
Commercial club: address. "Wha
Shall the Harvest Be-" Carrie
Vaughn Anderson, representing Amer
lean Cooperation Journal, Eagl
Grove, Iowa.
Friday, January $3.50 a. M, dis
! cussiOn of managers of farmer ele
vatOr companies in Minnesota; re
port of credential committee; repor
of nominating committee; election o
officers and directors; address, ''BeI
efits of Cooperation" Hon. E. G
Dunn, Mason City, Iowa; iritrodut
ton of officers and directors and
short talk by each; 1880 p. M, re
port of committee on resolutions
open question. Our Experienc
with Farmers Elevators as Lsret
tors" discussion led by H. ]. Farm
err. O.. o. Distad, A. O. Lumber, I
w. Werdin; address, Cooperate
and Progress in the Agriculture
World" Harry F. Atwood, Chicago
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16


they began playing the slot machine.
That is, two of them did, while the
third member of the willy trio took
his position at the crank side of the
machine, for obvious reasons, as
later developments revealed. 1t did
not take very long before they had,
to use the expression, busted the
machine" and the astonished bar
keeper, who could not explain their
singular good luck, was asked to
hand over the cold cash for the
Chips" paid out by the gambling
device, which he did.
Second Place Visited.
A second saloon was visited and
here their strange good luck seemed
Ito stay with them until they were
we'll under way to clean up all the
cash inside the machine. At this
juncture one of the saloon patrons
spoke up and remarked to the bar
keeper that he had never before
seen slot machine that paid out
fifty cents for every nickel put into
the slot, and the latter averred that
it was also revelation to him. Up
on closer examination it was found
that the third man, standing at the
side of the machine, had cleverly
bored small hole through the
wooden case and with a thin iron
rod controlled the operating chan.
mel which contained the coins. 1t is
claimed they got away with over a
hundred dollars, but this amount is
probably overestimated.
Strangers Were Elected.
The strangers were promptly eject
| ed, but this did not deter them from
playing their smooth game in other
saloons. Gradually, however, the news
of the depredations was passed
around and the owners of the slo
machines which had been tapped or
ganized themselves and with mum
Der of their friends tracked the
strangers to a saloon on South Min
nesota street Guards were station
ed at the rear door, whereupon the
party went inside and readily recog
nized the strangers. After brie
argument free-for-all fight ensued
which resulted rather disastrousl.
for the slot machine tappers, wht
were later obliged to consult a loca
physician in order to have them
selves patched up" They left tn,
same day on the 1870 westbount
Northwestern passenger, but faile,
to leave their address.
Slot machines have on several oC
casions been ordered removed by tn
city authorities and for a time thei
faces were turned to the wall an
others were stored in back rooms
They are fruitful source of reve
nue. and pay a dividend equal t
Standard Oil company stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
MANKATO FREE PRESS
knew him. His demise will be sim

knew him. His demise will be sim
cerely regretted.
Eugene Gerstenhauer was born
May 2. 1884, in Rhoda. Theuringen,
Germany, and learned the printing
trade at Weimar, Germany. In 1850
he came to America and worked as
a typesetter at Buffalo, N. Y, Erie,
Pa, and Chicago.
Came to Minnesota in 1856.
In 1856 Mr.. Gerstenhauer left Chi
cago and located at New Ulm in
Minnesota, where in association
with Lambert Maggie he established
The Minneapolis Freie Press, now
The New Ulm Pioneer. When the
Civil war broke out he enlisted in
the First Minnesota battery and serv-
ed for three years. 1t was while he
was away at the war that the In
dian massacres occurred, and his
wife removed from New Ulm to
Chicago, where they had formerly
resided. After his war service Mr..
Gerstenhauer also went back to Chi
cago, and became foreman there on
the Illinois Stats Zeitung, holding
this position until the big fire that
nearly wiped out Chicago. After
that he held a similar position in ST.
Paul.
Founded Paper in Winona.
In 1873 he came to Winona and
| founded The Winona Adler, a Ger
man paper of influence, which he
continued to publish for some years
until it was absorbed by the West
licher Herold, founded by the late
Joseph Leicht somewhat later. At
the time of the absorption Mr.. Ger
stenhauer entered the employ of
Joseph Leicht, and remained with
the Westlicher Herold until the first
of September, 1909, when advancing
years and poor health caused him
to resign his position.
| At that time he went to Chicago
expecting to make his home near
his son Robert, but the associations
of more than quarter of a cen
fury in Winona caused him to have
longings to return to his old home
here and he came back last May tC
remain until his death. He has
been in very poor health for more
than a year past Dropsy was the
immediate cause of his taking off.
Active in City Affairs.
During his long residence in Vino
ma Mr.. Gerstenhauer became widely
known. He was particularly prom
inent in the German circles of the
city and none knew him but to es
TEEN. He was for many years &C
lively connected with the Philhar
monte society and was for severa
terms its president. He was con
nected with both the singing ant
turn sections of the society. II,
was also an active Druid.
He is survived by wife, VIII,
more than two years ago suffered /;
stroke of apoplexy and has sine,
been an invalid, two sons, Rober
of Chicago and Gus, who makes hi
home in the west, and two daugh
tiers Mrs. George sGerlicher of Pasa
dena, California, and a younge
daughter residing at the Gerstenhau
er. home in this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
GUIDE TO THOSE WHO SEND
. PACKAGES VIA THE MAIL.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
a list of dont's has been issued by
the postOlfice department: which is
helpful to the sender and ought to be
carefully read and adhered to. Fol-
lowing is the list:
Don't forget that marking Christ
mas parcels Don't Open Before Christ
mas" will enable one to send them
ahead of the rush" and insure timely
delivery.
Don't do UP a parcel with such poor
wrapping paper or in such fimsy
manner that the wrapper may be cas-
lily torn and separated from the con-
tents.
Don't fail to put your name and ad
dress, preceded by the word from on
the upper left hand corner of every
piece of mail.
Don't fail to give the full address
street and number Tor box, town,
postoHice, rural route, and state of
destination.
Don't mail a parcel without prev
iously weighing it to ascertain the full
amount of postage required.
! Don't mix handkerchefs, neckties, or
! other articles of merchandise in pack
ages of printed matter unless you pre-
fer to pay the higher rate of postage
OH the whole.
Don't seal or wrap parcels i'll such
I a manner that their contents may not
be easily examined, unless you intend
to pay letter rates of postage.
Don't use one and two cent stamps
for postage on heavy packages. Use
larger denominations to save trouble
in afrixing them and time and work in
the postofl'ice
Don't deposit packages on top OF
street letter boxes, or they may never
reach the postoffice.
Don't use tags or labels exclusively
for addresses, as they are liable to be
come separated from the packages
Don't seal up packages containing
photographs, pictures, Christmas cards
New Year cards, and mark then
photo only" books" or printed mat
ter" as the sealing will subject then
to letter rates of postage without re
gard to the contents.
Don't hesitate to write any form o
; presentation or merry Christmas,
Happy New Year," compliments 0
the season." OF any writing of tina
; nature-or an impcrsonal character
with your name. 1t is especially pro
vided for in the postal regulation.
Don't fail to register valuable arti
cles. The government iusurcs thei
safe delivery and the extra cost is bu
10 cents.
Don't mail sealed packages of mer
chandise to Canada, Mexico or Cuba
The rates to those countries for sue
matter are the same as in the Unite'
States, viz, one cent per ounce whe
: unsealed.
Don't mail parcels of merchandise t
foreign countries except by the parce
post system and only at the mai
postoffice or carrier stations-rate l
, cents per pound, limit of weight
pounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH YESTERDAY.

From Mondays Daily.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Judge J. E. Porter
were held at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the Presbyterian church,
and were largely attended by the
friends and neighbOrs OF the de-
ceased. The A. o. U. w. lodge at
tended in a body, marching to the
residence on State street and &C.
companying the remains to the
church, and then escorting them on
foot as far as the Episcopal church
corner, where the members entered
conveyances and were taken to Glen
wood cemetery, where the interment
took place.
Paid Tribute to Dead.
The A. o. U. w. lodge had
charge of the services. and Rev. T.
Ross Paden preached the funeral
sermon, containing a handsome and
deserved tribute to the deceased
Rev. Paden referred feelingly to the
honesty of Mr.. Porter and his up
right character; his genial manner
his quiet and unassuming demeanor
his courtly ways, and said that sc
far as he could learn no one has
ever spoken i'll of him. This IL
itself was tribute to the man, and
few people could enjoy such an
honor.
Several Song Selections.
Several selections we're rendered
by the church quartet composed o.
Mrs. Patterson, Miss Mansfield ant
Messrs. Brett and Thomas. Thu
services were very impressive. 4
large number of floral tributes were
given, including a. beautiful wreath
from the grand lodge OF the A. Q
| u. w.
The active pallbearers were W. 3
Davies, Judge, w. l.. COmstock, j. h
Jordan, G. G. Krost, T. w. Hart ant
J. G. Fowler, and the honorary pail
bearers were Judge A. r. Pau
Judge Lorin Cray. Judge w. +
Hughes, Andrew Anderson, F. M
Currier and c. o. Daley.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Frederick X. Lowell to +. Leslie
Cooper, 11a acres in nwA, neA,
section 26, Vernon Center, for 500.
Rudolph Pomenske to Zuel, Wood,
Golf, Co.,. M, neh, section rs. and
WIZ, sen, section %, Lyra, for
$500.
Ole Peterson to Paul Peterson,
lot 5, block 80, city, for $1,000.
Lee C. Thompson to Frank p.
Jefferson, lots Is and 16, block 1872,
West MankatO, north OF Front street
for $3.50.
Frank L. i Jefferson to the city Of
Mankato, same.
Arthur j. Whitman to Abe l.. Mil
Ter, lots 16 and II, Moreland, Free
man & Bucks addition, for $500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
GIVES NAME OF THE STATION
Device That May Be Put Into Opera
ton on Railroads.

An invention which will be of i'll
terest to railroad men as well as the
travelling public and which may soon
be seen if it is adopted for general
use by the Milwaukee road, is the
station indicator, invented by X. b.
Skinner, Aberdeen, a Milwaukee road
engineer.
lutionize passenger car methods, dis
pensing with the present custom OF
calling the names of the stations.
The device, which has been patented.
has been tried on several trips i'll
the vicinity of Aberdeen and found
to work to the satisfaction OF all
concerned.
The inventor and two of his fellow
Ienginemen have been working for
several weeks to perfect the inven-
ton. The trial of the new indicator
has been looked forward to with
great deal of interest by those who
knew of it. It's success was crafty
ing to the inventor and his many
friends.
The device consists of a sort of
placard fixed in the front of the car
/ in plain sight of the passengers and
| having an opening in which the name
of each station appears automatically
| in the proper order. When the con-
ductOr comes into the car to collect
the fares after station has been
| left, he works an appliance and the
name of the next station appears in
the opening. Over the opening are
printed the words, "The next stop
ping place is"
| The invention was tried Oh the Mil
waukee line between Aberdeen and
Edgerly by Conductor j. J. Brandt
and worked to the perfect satisfac-
ton of trainmen as well as pasSen-
gers. whom it is said, prefer tue
new manner of calling" stations.
! The inventor is hopeful that the
! indicator will be a practical success.
| He believes that the Milwaukee road
can be induced to install it OH all
Its cars and if so, he thinks that
| the railroad companies will adopt ii
lgenerally. If general use of the de.
Twice is made, the engineers who per.
Elected the device are assured that
they will not have to drive engines
for a living
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
HALL is SENT To CELL
FOR BALANCE OF LIFE
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Whitford NJ Hall this forenoon re-
ceived his sentence for the murder
of George Crook, committed, as
found by the jury, on the evening
of October l, at their home on the
shore of Madison Lake. At 1915 a.
M, Judge Pau pronounced the SEN
tence provided by law for murder i'll
the second degree, of which Hall
was indicted and convicted.
Sentence Moved For.
When County Attorney Plymat
moved for sentence, the court asked
Hall whether he had anything to say
why the sentence of the law should
not be pronounced The aged pris-
oner advanced and said that he
hoped that God would open the eyes
of those who had been instrumental
in his conviction, that they might
see the facts as he saw them. Il
consider myself led as a sheep.
dumb, before the shearer, and that
II got shorn," he said. He declared
that he was innocent of the crime
| of which he was convicted.
C. L. Benedict, attorney for Hall,
spoke briefly, saying that the court
had no discretion, the law having
placed it's limitations upon the pen
:alty for this offense.
! Hall answered the formal ques-
tions as to his age, previous occu-
pations, etc.
| No Pleasure for Court.
Judge Pfau addressed the prisoner,
saying that it was no pleasure for
the court to pronounce sentence. He
wished, if possible, that the neces-
sity for this might have been avoid
ed. He did not wish the defendant
to think by this that the verdict
was not a proper one. He had been
tried by a fair and impartial jury,
who had passed on the case without
prejudice The court could not help
but feel, however, that he would like
to be relieved of the necessity of
pronOuncing sentence on man OF
Halls age. He had no fault to find
with the verdict. If he could do
anything to relieve the defendant he
would be glad to do SO, if it was
consistent with his position. The law
mad fixed the punishment and he had
no discretion.
Sentenced the Prisoner.
: Judge Pau then sentenced Hall to
pass the remainder of his natural
life at hard labor in the state prison
at saltwater He added: 81 wlsi
that it was in my power to sa!
} something that would be more com
forting to you than | have said, tt
lift the scourge and blame from YOU
shoulders, but / cannot"
The commitment cannot be made
7 out for two or three days, and unit
then Hall will remain in the count!
jail He took the sentence as ONT
who had prepared himself for TIN
ordeal, and appeared to be less at
fected than the court was. Hi
: brother and niece were present Il
: comfort him, but aside from then
n and the court officers and two o
y three attorneys and the newspape
men scarcely any audience was pres
+ ent. Hall did not remove his over
y coat and soon after sentence wa
y pronounced he was taken back L
l. the county Jail.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
AGED JOURNALIST PASSED
AWAY IN WiNONA

WinOna, December 12.-Winona
In the death from dropsy of Eugene
Gerstenhauer, who was the pioneer
of German journalism in Winona
and has been connected with news.
paper work in this city since 1873
up to a year ago last September,
when advancing years and poor
health caused him to step aside
from active work. Mr.. Gersten-
hauer was an exceptionally hard
worker in his chosen profession and
was held in high esteem by news
paper men and all others who
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16

members of the legislature who are
interested in good roads legislation
with view to discussing what meas
ures should be given attention.
G. w. Cooley, secretary Of the
highway commission, has been work
ing for some time on proposed legis-
lation and getting the ideas of prac-
teal roadmakers on the question. He
recently submitted to number of
roadmakers list of suggestions for
legislation and most of them have
sent answers approving practically
all of his ideas. Some of the sugges-
lions he makes are the following:
Hints for Better Statute.
| Abolish statute labor tax.
Enact a law similar to the one
passed in 1907, providing for county
superintendent of highways, leav-
ing out the unconstitutional features.
Give highway commission joint au-
thority with county boards in locat-
| ing state highways.
| Designate roads as state roads, un-
der the supervision of highway com.
mission; county roads, under super
vision Of county boards; town roads,
under supervision of town boards.
| State to pay 60 per cent, county 80
per cent and town 10 per cent on
state roads.
Respective authorities to be given
control of trolley lines and poles for
electric service
! No trespass on right of way of
state roads.
! No temporary construction on
state roads except by permission of
state highway commission.
| Broken Stone Free. d.
/ State to furnish broken stone free
to all counties and perhaps establish
and operate crushing plants, convict
or free.
Highway commission to be author.
lied to eXpend money for repairs of
state roads from a fund to be pro.
vided.
Compulsory maintenance of state
roads and funds to be provided for
that purpose.
Compulsory inspection of bridges,
These suggestions were discussed
informally at a meeting of the com
mission held Tuesday, but action was
postponed until the conference with
the legislators early this month.
Roadmakers to Gather.
Announcement has also been made
nf no Of ~
Roadmakers' association, to be held
under the auspices of the highway
commission at the old capitol Decem
Der 20 and II. The call, signed by
G. NJ. Palmer, president of the asso
citation; G. w. Cooley and J. II. Null
len, secretary of the association
states that "as there is such gen
eral demand for good roads legisla
ton this year, and as our association
is composed of the representative
good roads men of the state, it i:
imperative that we get together be
fore the coming session, and make
1 such recommendations as may seen
necessary to help the legislature il
drawing up a comprehensive goot
roads law
Roadmakers in General.
The first day will be for rOadmak
ers in general and the second da.
more especially for highway engi
neers. The first days program will
include talks by President Palmer
Governor Eberhart, G.. w. Cooley,
w. Hill, chairman of the highwa,
commission; r. c. Dunn and others
NJ. j. Bowling of Olivia will tell hOy
Renville county won the good road
trophies. c. A. P. Turner will speal
of concrete bridges and culverts. I
P. Wolff will discuss steel bridge
and others will be placed on the Pre-
gram.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
LEGISLATORS TO MEET WITH
HIGHWAY COMMISSION.

From tuesdays Daily.
What promises to be an interest
ing session and one that will give
the good roads movement an I'M
petus, will be held in st. Paul during
the week. The state highway COM
mission has called together several
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16

George Dietz, who succeeded
George Brooks in charge of Brooks
Isalnd, 'at Swan lake, came to the
city yesterday, intending to enter a
local hospital and be operated upon
for gall stones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16

During the past twelve months
there were drank IN the United
States one hundred and sixty-three
million gallons of whiskey. Can
anyone figure out the number of
"chasers" that were consumed?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16

Baltimore and Ohio railroad off
Gals have reduced the time of the
employees in order that the "bloated
bOndholders" may receive their
pound of flesh in the shape OF fat
dividends.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-09-22
Married.

Walter Brown and Madge Ritten-
house were married at the home Of
the brides mother, on East Beech
Street yesterday evening at 5 o'clock
by Rev. Collev, of the M. e. church,
in the presence of the members Of the
immediate families. After the cere-
mony and congratulations the invited
guests partook of a sumptuous we'd
ding supper. The happy couple left
on the o'clock train for a short we'd
ding tour, after which they will settle
down TO the realities of housekeeping,
on South street, their house being al
ready furnished and ready for oc-
cupancy when they return, which
will be about Oct. /. They are excel
lent young people and have the best
wishes of hest Of friends.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-09-22

For SALE-My Short Horn Herd
Bull, Red Ring, (297, ,sl4, year old
red Bull, sure breeder of good quality
and sire. For further particulars in
quire of
f. II. G. BELL,
Marshall, Ohio.