The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-21

and will remain in America six
weeks. They arrived Sunday. Before
their return they will visit lodges
in the principal American cities, in
Guiding Chicago, Philadelphia, Wash
ipgton, Pittsburg and Detroit. The
visitors from Scotland are: James
Strong, worshipful master Of st.
Johns lodge; Andrew Brown, past
master, and John w. Dempster,
junior warden. Mr.. Brown brought
with him the badge of his office, an
exquisite gold chain. The central
link of its forty golden shields and
stars is the official seal of the lodge,
the gift of Michael Canmore, king
Of the Scots in the year 1867. The
chain is insured for $4,000, but its
sentimental value is far above that
price.
From Saturdays Daily.
The good old summer time has re-
turned At least, the hot weather is
back again.
Otto Lamm has purchased hand
some thirty-horse power automobile.
1t is a Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Salet leave tomOr
row for New York to purchase their
fall stock. They will be gone about
five weeks.
DR.. e. J. Davis is better, according
to card received from Charles
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neapolis, where he was operated upon
recently.
The rest room yesterday received
a gift of a handsome and comfort
able oak rocker from the Eastern
Star circle. 1t is welcome addition
to the furniture there.
The state normal summer school
does not have as large an attendance
as last year, but this normal is not
alone in this, as the attendance at
the summer sessions of all of the
normals has fallen off. This is as
cribed to the starting of another
state summer school with an attend
ance of 1900. The attendance at the
normal is about 460.
Arthur Beeman and Fred Jones,
convicted of vagrancy yesterday, and
held for further investigation, were
ordered out of town late in the after
noon. They had hammers and some
solder when arrested, which they
claimed to have found thirty miles
from the city, but the police feared
that they intended to break in some
where and held these articles. The
men claimd to have worked recently.
st. James Plaindealer: Frank
Thompson, the buttermaker at the ST.
James creamery, met with a painful
accident on Tuesday. He and his as
sistant, Joe Thuel, were at work re-
moving large Shaft, and in some
way Mr.. Thompson fell heavily a
distance of about four feet, his left
arm striking an iron pipe. One OF
the bones in the arm was fractured
or cracked and the elbow joint was
badly sprained and bruised. Mr.
Thompson will wear his arm in
sling for time, at least.
all property owners along the streets
to be paved shall put in their wa
ter, sewer and gas connections at
once, before the paving is laid, pro-
vided they contemplate putting them
in at all. To tear up the street
the pavement and a public nuisance.
1t is hoped that all will comply with
this reasonable request. Some have
already done SO. Commissioner Hum
istOn called on a number of the
property owners today and suggest
ed that they put in their connections
at this time.
Fairmont Independent: A trip in
the northern part of the county We'd
nesday of this week, found farmers
most all at work in their harvest
fields. Doubt if the oats exceed one
fourth OF a crop. Cannot understand
how they can cut them as well as
they do. You can notice that the
binders were virtually scraping the
ground. Unless there is rain at once
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growth of stalks, will be a failure, as
it will not ear. They all report great
damage by grasshoppers. Some es-
innate from three to five bushels to
the acre on the ground. Pasturage
none. Tame hay virtually worthless.
A serious condition confrOnts the
people as to this seasons crop. This
is not dyspeptic viewpoint, but a
candid statement. Have not visited
the southern portion of late, but am
told that their crops are much bet
ter in the two southern tier of town
ships in this county.
Vernon Center News: Old habits
are difficult to overcome. Garden
City might at one time have been
prominent candidate for the county
seat town, but by the opposition of
a few, allowed the Omaha to go north
of them and thus laid the foundation
for Lake Crystal, and also cutting
off all chance for the county seat.
At the school meeting called to con-
summate school consolidation of Gar
den City township, this opposition
again came to the front and defeated
the proposition. Here Garden City