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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23

having made a brutal assault upon
Hammond A. Meyer at the Rapidan
dam September ). He accordingly left
his, train and boarded that for the
twin cities, and kept an eye on Mrs.
Coles movements. When the train
reached Minneapolis he followed Mrs.
Cole from the train and his expecta-
tions were realized as Mr.. Cole was
on hand in the depot to meet her. Mr..
Phillips stepped up and placed Cole
under arrest and brought him back on
the next train, his wife and child ac-
companying them.
Cole Claims Self-Defense.
Cole stated that Meyer struck him
first, and that he had struck Meyer
but once, and that Meyer had fallen
against some boxes and cracked his
ribs. The affair took place i'll a shanty
and here was no witnesses, he said.
Cole consulted with C. O. Daley.
When arraigned this forenoon, he plead
ed not guilty, and his preliminary hear
ing was set for Friday at 10 a. M,
and his bond was placed at $500, in
default of which he was committed to
the county Jail.
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good deal different from what it did
before the tile drains were put in
There are 100 acres, of which about
100 acres is good, tillable land, roll
ing, and with rich, productive soil
The crops this. Year have been fine
On d thirty one acre field of wheat
1920 bushels were threshed, aud Oh all
eight acre field of oats 630 bushels
were threshed. This is all the small
grain raised The corn has been cut
and is q good crop. Considerable land
is devoted to melon patches, vegeta.
bles, etc, and there is q fine pasture
where Il splendid herd OF cows feeds
Seven COWS are MIXED. and The butter
used in the institution is made on the
premises, and often there is milk to
be sold. s-
Everything Neat and Trim.
Mr.. Mullen has everything about the
farm neat and trim. He has one hired
man, and only two of the inmates arc
able to assist little with the work
There are at present twenty-threc in
mates, eight women and the rest men,
All are aged people, without relatives
able to care for them. At the poor
farm they find a comfortable home
wherein to spend their last wears.
Mrs Mullen keeps the house in
first class shape, neat and clean. The
food is ample and well cooked, and the
inmates are fortunate to be so well
looked after. If any of them need
the care OF a doctor, the county
physician is required to give them
medical attendance free.
One of the inmaes is blind, and most
of them are deaf. Some have been
in the institution several years. The
rooms are tidily kept, the floors Shin
ing, and the beds inviting The bath
and toilet are clean and tidy.
An abundance of canned fruit and
vegetables is being. put up by Mrs.
Mullen and her daughters, against the
winter. Mr.. Mullen has the entire
basement whitewashed and neat and
clean, and the steam heating plant
ready to start up at any time.
Poultry and Turkeys.
On the farm is a goodly amount
OF poultry, hens, turkeys, ducks and
geese. The egg supply comes in reg
ularly. The hogs are one of the fea-
lures that Mr.. Mullen delights to show
visitors, and they certainly look good
for spring porkers. The windmill is
supplemented by "a gasoline engine, for
use when the wind is not blowing.
The machinery is all properly housed
in a large barn. away from the eff
fects of the weather. The horses are
well groOmed.
The entire appearance of the farm Is
that of we'll kept, prosperous place.
Mr.. Mullen has made good as over
seer, and is bringing in more income
from the land than one would expect.
He and his good wife are a hospita-
BILE couple, and make visitors welcome
The road to the poor farm has been
graveled most of the way and is like
a floor wherever the gravel was spread
The county has provided well for its
poor, and has no need to worry, like a
good many of the counties of the state
are doing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR LEA
CUE WERE AT PLAY.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Little folks who have spent a prof
liable summer in caring Tor gardens
flower beds and tie cleaning up OF
alleys and barnways, assembled at the
public library this afternoon to re-
ceive the, prizes that were awarded
them by the judges for work well
performed. 1t was a happy gathering
OF the members OF the Junior league
Appropriate exercises were rendered
and in the absence of Mayor Meyer
Professor Norby presented the prizes
rs follows:
The Prize Winners.
First Ward-Flowers. Floyd And
Sorenson, 80 cents; Agnes Samuelson
30 cents. Yards-Clarence Anderson
50; Floyd Andregg, 81; Mabel Soren-
son, 80 cents; Gustaf Gustafson. 90
cents.
Second Ward-Flowers, Alfred and
Edward George, 81; Irene johnson, sc
cents; Katherine Quinn, 80 cents; Ag-
nes kruse, 80 cents. Yards Mace.
line Bosky, So.
Third Ward-Flowers William And
erson, So; Anna Krost, $50: Ernest
Eichorn, $l.50: Ruth Walser, 80 cents
Yards, Edwin Westhof, So; William
Alworth. 50; Curtis Snow, 81
Fourth Ward Flowers, Janet True
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30 cents; lvyl Bedwell, 80 cents Yards,
Harrison Sehmitt, So; Abel Hovig, 81.
Fifth Ward-Flowers. Earl Otto. 50;
Elmer Slama, 80 cents; Chas Hancock.
30 cents. Yards, Clifford Russell. So;
Frank Otto, 30 cents; Herman Weick
ing, 80 cents; Mary Kennedy, 81
Sixth Ward Flowers, Blanca, Hell
en- and Ruth Hendrickson, SO; Henry
Wigen. 30 cents; Eleanor and Oscar
Larson. 30 cents; Ruth Gunstrom, so
cents. Yards. Janice and Starr Shook,
50; Blanca and Helen and Ruth IIend-
rickson. 81; Ruth Gunstrom, so cents;
Rose Polchow. so cents.
Winner Of the Castor Plant.
The five dollar gold piece for tallest
castor plant was won by Eleanor,
Louise and Mary Holbrook whose speci-
men was eight feet eleven inches high.
Mary Burton. Floyd Andregg and Sic
mon Nostdahl follow closely with eight
feet five inches. eight feet, four inches,
and eight feet two inches, respectively.
The plan of Judging the gardens this
year was changed somewhat from last
years by the addition of committee
at large who visited the ten places
i'll each ward recommended by the
judges first appointed to each ward.
This committee not only inspected the
gardens and lawns, but made careful
inquiry as to the actual work the chill
dren themselves put upon the premises.
The prize money was apportioned ac-
corlingly.
The judges were particularly impress
sed by conditions in the first, second.
fifth ANA sixth wards where many
of the finest gardens were cared for
wholly by the children oft6ntimcs UNI
der anything but encouraging condi-
tions. In some cases many pals of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23

tres, lecturng with moving picture
shows of his former desperate acts.
Sontag Has Taken on Weight.
w. III. -Groh. the contractor, saw
Sontag at theatre at st. Paul Sat
urday evening, and was told by Son
tag that he was coming to Mankato
for short visit. Sontag does not
look much as he did years ago, when
a resident of Mankato. He weighs
about 200 pounds and is much older
looking. Then he went by his right
name of George Content. His mother
married Mr.. Sontag, and he adopted
this name when OH the road with the
Sontag- Evans gang of desperadoes.
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water day were carried from wells
to remote corners of the gardens.
The civic league wishes to call spe-
cial attention to the little oasis in he
wilderness OF shops. at ll6 East Plum
street which the Bosky children have
taken care of and to Ernest Eich-
orn's roofearden.
Professor Sperry Speaks.
Superintendent Sperry of the pub
lie schools delivered remarks as did
also Miss Maud van Buren,, president
of the Improvement league The little
folks sang America" and this was
followed by the taking of a group
picture of the prize winners for the
Floral Mission Annual, published at
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
AT THE UNION DEPOT
MINNEAPOLIS.
from Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Daily.
Osmond Cole, better known as Eat
ty' Cole, was arrested at the Union
depot in Minneapolis, Saturday after
NOM by Deputy Sheriff G. G. Phil
lips, aud was brought to the city
and placed i'll the county Jail.
Mr.. Phillips had taken the p. M,
train for New Ulm. and while sitting
in his car happened to look across
in the Omaha train for the twin cities,
leaving at LOS D. m. He noticed
Mrs. Cole sitting in one of the cars,
and il occurred to- him that her hus-
band had sent for5 her and that if he
followed her he would find her hus,
band who was wanted on the charge OF
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
game IS TO Be AS TAME
AS THAT OF P|NG-P0NG
NEW RULES MAKE FOOTBALL
SAFE AND SANE.
They Will Have First Try-0ut Today
at Carlisle, Where the "Dusky"
Warriors of the Famous Indian
School Are to Begin Season;
R0oters Likely to Frown On the
GridirOn Contests Hereafter.

Philadelphia, September 2l.-Foot-
ball under the new rules vii! have its
first try-out today at Carlisle, where
the dusky warriors of the famous In
dian school will begin the 1910 sea
son with Lebanon Valley. The red
skins are said to have strong eleven
this year and the braves are dream
ing dreams of winding up the season
as the holders of the football honors
of the nation. In the opinion of ex-
perts, the new rules will give Carlisle
a considerable advantage, as the game
is bound to be more open. Today's
contest will be of the nature of pre-
liminary to the. first important game
of the Carlisle schcdue-that with
Villanova, to be played Saturday at
Harrisburg. The Villanova aggrcga
ton is a. strong one, and many ex
perts will travel to the Pennsylvania
capital to see how the new rules work
out in fast and hard game.
Reds Have Lengthy Schedule.
The Carlisle reds" have lengthy
schedule this year, including games
with all the great universities of the
east, outside of New England. SYRIA
cuse October Is, Princeton at Prince
ton on October %, Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia on October 20, Virginia
at Washington on November 5, Navy
at Annapolis on November II, Cor
nell at Ithaca on November ~, and
Brown at Providence on November "a
The University of Pennsylvania foot,
ball squad is hard at work on Frank
lin field this week and the candidates
will be whipped into fairly good shape
by Saturday, when the season opens
with Ursinus. The Quakers will 90
up against their first hard PROPOSE
ton at Providence the middle of next
month, when they play Brown aniver-
sity.
Much Safer Game.
One thing is certain, say football
authorities who have been watching
the Quakers at work, the football
games witnessed this fall will be very
different from those Of the past The
Ptohlallon Oh mass pay, TIE restrlc-
tons as TO the forward pass, the rul-
ing out of the forward tackle, and the
division of the game into four fifteen
minute periods will all operate to
make football much safer-and, some
dis9runtled experts add. as exciting
and thrilling as croquet or checkers or
the Jackson-J efiries fight
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
MANKATO YOUNG MAN DIES AT
SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

From Saturdays Daily.
The Sioux City Journal publishes
the following story OF the death of
Tony La Ncrtes:
Tony LII Nertes, assistant to Il
snake charner, died of the vrulent
bite OF one of the, reptiles with which
he had been playing at three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, just one hour
after he had been, placed in the hosp-
tai. La Nertes was bitten while the
freak show with which he had been
working was in Osmond, Neb., Wednes-
day He was not brought to Sioux City
until two o'clock yesterday afternoon
lie died at st. Nincent's hospital.
Had Been Warned.
Mrs. Lee Doyle was the ''charmer"
extraction. She often had admonished
La Vertes to stay out of the cage He
laughed at her fears. The woman was
permitting the snakes to coil around
her body The little tent was crowd
ed with the curious spectators. The
man picked up one of the big rattlers.
but it slipped out of his hands. When
it struck the floor, it swung around
and sunk its fangs into the right arm
of the assistant, catching him just be-
low the elbow.
The snake that bit La Nertes had
been sick for a week and its mouth
was a mass of sores that were driving
it mad. When an undertaken took
charge of the body of the reptiles VIC
tim at the hospital. the tongue was
flying in and out of the mouth after
the horlifying fashion of a snakes
tongue.
Relatives Unknown
What the name of La Vertes' rela-
tives are or where he lives is unknown
to the undertaken or the hospital au,
thorities. When he was placed iii the
hospital he was too ill to give his
name. The Doyle woman left Sioux
City Immediately after his death. She
said she would get into communication
with his brother, whom she thought
lived in Minneapolis, and returned this
morning with the name. She went to
Osmond to stage her Show again.
La Vertes' body now is at the Gum
undertaking parlors.
Doctors at Osmond treated the man
but gave up hope of saving his life, so
he was hurried to Sioux City OH q
Burlington train. The poison injected
into the mans arm by the snake had
a long time to get in its. deadly work
before the man came to Sioux City.
Had he been brought here Wednesday,
the local doctors declare. there might
have been some chance of saving his
life.
Stranger to Snakes
The injured man was accompanied to
Sioux City by Mrs. Doyle and her bus.
band He had been with the Inez show
for Il week. BY profession is con
tortionist and tumblcr. He was ''fll-
ing in with the Incz show Us assist
ant to Mrs. Doyle. He ha6 never han
died snakes before his engagement
with the Inez show, and the other
actors in the performance declared that
his unskilled handling of the biz rat
tier was the direct cause of his being
bitten.
La Nertes is the injured mans stage
lame. He is not Italian. as his name
indicates, but is thought to be of Ger
man pareptagc. His. home is said to
be in the east. He is forty-two years
of age.
La Vertes was known in Mankato as
La Bertus, son Of W. L. Taylor of this
city. He was a well known acrobat
Home couldn't aBgega TO- some men
if they were ON life raft in mid
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
TILE DRAINING HAS IMPROVED
THE PLACE MUCH,

From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
A Free Press reporter had the pleas
IRE of visiting the, county poor farm
yesterday and was shown over the
farm and through the buildings by the
gentlemanly and efficient overseer,
James Mullen. The farm looks
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
w. H. GROH TALKED WITH Elk
BANDIT IN ST. PAUL.

From Tuesdays Daily.
George Content, alias Sontag, the
ex bandit and train robber, came to
Mankato this afternoon to visit his
former friends and rela tiyes. He was re-
Gently released from the California state
prison at San Quentin and is
now on the stage in vaudeville thea
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
An Excellent Woman Died at Her
Home in Mankato Town



Mrs. Martin McHale passed away at
ten o'clock last night at her home
i'll ManIato township. three and half
miles southeast of the city, after
long illness. She returned week or
so ago from Minneapolis. where she was
operated upon. Everything possible
was done for her, but without avail
The deceased was born in Massachu
sets and was fifty nine years of age.
and had resided in the city and county
for many years. She is survived by
her husband and several children. She
was an excellent woman Industrious.
and good wife and mother, and
thought everything of her home. Her
death causes much regret.
Funeral services will be held at nine
o'clock Saturday morning at st. Johns
Catholic church, and the interment
will be made at Calvary cemetery.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
cRowtEY's LIQUOR Ii.
CENSE. ~

The press dispatches announce
that at a special meeting of The
City Council at Crowley on Tues
day night license ordinance was
Introduce fixing the saloon license
for 1911 at 81, 200 in addition to
the state and Federal license.
Saloon license IN Crowley was for.
merley $4,000.
Thus has Crowley swung around
the circle. The old low license
gave away to a high license Of
more than average proportions.
Then followed prohibition for a
season Now abe il trying a md
die course. Yet, her people are
not unanimous IN judging what il
The best policy.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
SCHOOL MIDDLE.

New Orleans now has her
"school muddle." We've had ours.
So have the State Capital, Lafa-
yette, and number of other
towns. The Crescent Clty is
! showing some spirit in the matter.
The people have started a pretty
warm fight and are showing some
determination. BY sticking IN
compromislngly to it they will win
There are frequently two phases
to such questions-one, the letter
of the written law; the other,
equity. Here, as now in New Or
leans. the fight was brought be
tween these two issues. The
higher authorities mot altogether
Unanimously attempted to fastpn
upon the people the political acts
of certain adherents by the force
Of their own Interpretation of the
law, regardless Of equity. Fortu
nately the wise inter ventiom of
the State Supreme Court settled
matters along the line Of equity.
Marvellous as it may seem, the
State superintendent, who has oc
cupied position in the fore front
of our troubles here, afterwards
about faced and became a latter |
day apostle of the demands of our
School Board.
In New Orleans it is much the
same The constituted civil and
school authorities are attempting
to defend their acts against the
demands Of an outraged commune
y. 1t is law vs.. morals.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
ONPR0FlTa Bile CROPS.

The government y rstimata
places the 1910 wheat c,op at hnl
100 600 hrshcis. valued AT SG,'l,
i2',ooo The yield pc, acre 10
/ placed at lis bushels. This ia
low IA compared with laat YEA, y
average Of - 8 huahels. or tho
ten year average of IL bushels.
AT the average price per hushe'.
W cents, the average returns per
acre are TlO.S5 The average
producer ol wheat vas in poor
business IN 1910 Five dollars
rent for the land would leave A., 80
for seed, fertilizer. preparation Of
land. seed sowing harvesting and
'hreshing Allowing ~ 80 e.,
seed but 81 30 would be left for
profits and work IT in worth
about 10 pc, cent Of the crop to
thesl' it. which leaves $3.9l FOR
preparing the land. for fertilizer.
sowing, for harvesting ana FOR
profits
The average wheat grower waa
IN starving business " that
crop il bls dependence. his family
will grow hungry unless he works
ont for bread and meat this win
ter. And the farmer and his
name must be legion. who projnc
ed less than the average Yield is
a heavy loser Each acre Of
wheat was a liability. a milestone
to his progress.
There can he no prosperity on
the farm unless it comes from
some other source than farming,
while average and less than aver
arge yields are produced. The
will stick. the dwelling
will go unpainted. the gates will
drag, scrub stock VIII pick over
the scant pastures. farming will
be drudgery.
Make field of an acre. or Ave.
len or twenty acres. so it will pro
luce more than The average.
Make this small part fertile. so
hat it will produce n profitable
'rop; one that will pay for pro
tuction and leave balance.
Keep this small amount fertile
ND each year add tn il until final
Y the entire farm Will be p,oduc.
ng a paying crop.
L. 4 NEEL. IN the Southern
gricultur,st.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
HOW TO GATHER SEED
CORN.

AT c"rniipening time drop all
other business and select an ahun
dance ct seed corn. The process
ia too important to he conducted
incidentally while huskipg. says
Farmers Bulletin No 40. When
selecting seed corn give the pro
cess your entire attention. Get
the very best that ia to be had
and preserve II well. and your i'm
creased yield will return You more
profit than any work you can do
on your farm.
Ihe only proper way to select
seed corn ia from the stalks stand
ing where they grew. az soon ~
ripe and before the first hard
freeze.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
TAKE IT IN Time.
JUST AS SCORES OF NEW IBE-
RIA PEOPLE HAVE.

Waiting doesn't paw.
If you neglect the aching back
Urinary troubles. diabetes, sure.
~ follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieve back
ache,
Cure every kidney i'll.
Many people in this locality re-
commend Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's one case:
Tony Acurso, of Morgan CITY. La.
says: "My back was so painful that
1t seemed az If it would break. II
] stopped or brought any strain on
the muscles of ,hylpshs, suffered
intensely. The lIst sulAen move
ment eau bed sharp<1'ains to dart
through ty body and if I contract
ed COLI. it settled in my kidneys.
aggravfigg my trouble No re-
lief wa 1ouM until heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a
hoX. Ney r0 me of all pain and
Ameness~iW my back and / felt
well until about a month later.
when as the result of strain.
had backache. Doan's Kidney Pills,
quickly removed the attack and
since then there has been no re-
currence of the trouble. There is
no doubt about Doan's Kidney Pills
being an excellent kidney remedy
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
md take no other.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
THREE GATES.

1t YOU are tempted to reveal
A tale some one to YOU has told
About another. make it pass
Before you speak three gates of gold
These narrow gates: First, rs II true
Then is it needful - In yuus mind
Give truthful answer. Aud the next
ls last and narrowest, rs 1t ktnd2'
And If to reach your lips at last
| tpasses through these gateways three
Then you may tell the tale. nor fear
What the results of speech may he.
Anonymous
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19
THE CANAL WORK.

notwithstanding the iuclemeney -
the vsntha, We accepted the klna ~
yitatiau If NJ, Henry Snidet tn Vte't
Tie New iberia Southern Canal, vheie
the dredging ie going on, "n Thursday
afternoon
The dredpe that day had advance
about twenty five feet ~he le - the
field ,d NJ, Il " Mor,ell With The
ruhlie road ONLY about y stones ihrnW
hch,nd ler The d,ppinu has heen eN +
oertinnalv hR,d t,om the cart and
progress haa been ve,v slow
The dam aeruas the canal. built hy
the dredging crew under the 'e'met
city administrations je about q bait
mile ~ more behind the hna' lhe
present operators ~" 9ntinWtttr i've ~
tuah the npret section Ut tive canal
with steam rnnis 50 Nc tn 'ate" tho
dretge ~ y highe, level int the new
work With the ta'einn II the waite,
comes greater stanaue aud the lush
ing runpa seem to I've insufficient IN
capacity to overcome eeerage and cNa
po,atinn and maintained the desired
level Consequently the drehge ia
now cutting about two ieet desret
than the contract calls tnr.
The new sec'ion 10 being finished
With abrupt walls
The duml state irom the brink ~
the ditch, without hattute
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19

Broussardville, from published
statements, is without dust. The
experiment Of oiling the streets
there seems to haze been attended
with satisfactory results. When
Broussardvillians go to Lafayette
on dusty days they marvel at the
conditions patiently endured there,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19

Any lnsntgeni Who wants ~
Join lhn Democratic clutch will he
al a tied IN letter t. full rommu-
ion # he believes that the tariff
Rhnn 81 hn fer revenue onl y: but
any sfaudrattcr will have to ait
on the MI xinua scat until he shows
works mrte fer repentance.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-11-19

One Of the results Of the rail.
road strike will be, we fear, that a
good many little Tommys and So.
siea will have to be told at Christ.
mas that there isn't any Santa
Claus.