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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

The residence of Adam Herr, the
old Bradley place, several miles
north of the city, was entered by a
burglar Saturday, while the family
was working in the fields, and suit
of clothes, a pair of shoes and stock.
ings, two handkerchiefs and pocket
knife were stolen. The robbery oc-
Cured in the middle of the day, and
was reported to the police in the
evening. There is no clue to the
thief, as no one was seen about the
place.
1t is possible that the burglar was
the same man who attacked Miss
Kranz in L. Hauck's store. No trace
of this man has been secured by the
police, although they have made
thorough searches of the tramp jun
giles and other places.
The police say that for some rea-
son or other there are more idle
workmen drifting to the city than
ever before. This may be due to an
announcement in a Minneapolis en-
plOyment agency that men are want
ed here at 1925 day. This is an
unauthorized announcement, so far
as can be learned. This same
agency called up the North Star
Concrete company and asked whether
it wanted men, and it told the agency
that it could get all the men it
needed in MankatO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30
Thomas

erts, Mankato; Mrs. Thomas J.
Jones, Minneapolis.
Glass Under Thirty: Miss Esther
Evans and Miss Sarah Evans OF
Jerusalem church, and Miss Gather
inc Williams of Salem church.
Glass Under Twenty: Miss Blod,
wen Edwards, Lake Crystal; Miss
Blodwen Evans. Mankato, and Miss
Irene Morris, Minneapolis.
Glass Under Sixteen: Ida Will
Jams, Lake Crystal; Edith Jones,
Lake Crystal.
Glass Under Fourteen: Miss Helen
Owen, Minneapolis; Miss Ida Will
liams and Miss Edith Jones of Lake
Crystal
The total number of candidates
was sixty-nine. The prizes and di-
plomaS We're awarded to the success
full ones by the secretary, Rev. d.
Jones at the afternoon service today
Secretary of Examinations.
Rev. John ID. Jones was elected
secretary for the annual examinations
next year.
The examiners are: Seniors Rev.
ID. Edwards; under thirty and
twenty, Rev. III. p Morgan; under
fourteen, CarodoZ G. Jones.
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From Fridays Dailv.

From Fridays DaIv.
The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist
synod for Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Iowa and Canada, which has been in
session for several days, adjourned
last night, after the most interesting
and successful meeting that it ever
held. The attendance last night was
very large, and Rev. Thomas Will
Jams of Wales gave an elegant SER
mon on 1.-The Outpouring of the
Holy Spirit" His text was from
Zachariah, 4-6.
The music that was furnished
throughout the synod deserves spe-
cial mention. 1t was in charge of l.
N Griffith, and consisted of congre-
gational singing.
Fifty Delegates Present.
The synod was attended by about
fifty delegates, but several hundred
Welsh people came in from the sur
rounding towns and country to listen
to the sermons and proceedings OF
the business sessions.
ne SyuOu . dCllOH O1 Iuo I0ul
perance question consisted of pro
viding for the appointment of com.
mittee to work in the interest OF
temperance.
Rev. William p. Owen left today
for Powell, S. D., and from there
will go to Plana, s. d.
Will Preach in Lake Crystal.
Rev. Thomas Williams went tC
Lake Crystal Sunday forenoon. He
will preach at Bethel church, in But
ternut Valley, and in the afternoon
at Salem church, at Butternut Sun
day evening he will preach at Lake
Crystal
A resolution was adopted congrat
ulating the pastor and board of trus
tees and the church upon the condi
ton of things as to the church edi
fee, and also thanking the ladies fol
their entertainment of the delegates
and others.
The Prizes Awarded.
The following are the prizes award
ed for the annual examinations:
Senior Class; Mrs. w. c. Jones
Lime Springs, Ia; Mrs. Fl. q. Rob
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Mr.. Mullen of the state nigh

Mr.. Mullen of the state nigh
commission, who accompanied George
M. Palmer, County Surveyor Brooks
and County Commissioner Madigan
out on the Minneopa road Saturday
afternoon, found the road very bad
ly in need of repairs. He thought
that the foundation of the macadam
was still in good shape, but the sur
facing worn off. He did not favor
spiking it up, but though that II
the right kind of gravel could be
found with binding qualities it
ought to be used over the road, in
Guiding the hills, but on the latter
the driveway should be SO crowned
up as to shed water into the gut
ters instead of letting it run down
the stony hills rough enough to hold
gravel.
Mr.. Mullen was taken out on
the Indian lake road and shown tie
there, and thought it criminal negli-
gence on the part of the county
board that it had not acquired five
or ten acres of this gravel. He
took some samples to test. He said
that with a traction engine it could
be hauled cheaply to .he Minneopa
road, which would be haul OF not
over three miles.
Another plan is to ask the Omaha
road to haul Woodstock or other
gravel, as it has offered to haul
certain amount free for use on
state roads The Woodstock is a
very fine gravel.
Mr.. Mullen thought that the san
Gy sections should be given a stone
foundation, with gravel above.
1t is to be hoped that something
will come Of the meeting. The state
will pay one-half of the expense OF
fixing the road
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n II. Olson, cashier of the Citi-
zens State bank, st. Peter, is mail
ing out entry blanks to the produc-
ers of corn in Nicollet and LeSueur
counties for contest to be held
this fall in st. Peter by the merch-
ants and business men.
Prizes of various kinds are offered
for the best ten and twenty-five ears
of yellow and white dent. Among
the larger prizes is silver loving
cup, valued at SIS by the Citizens
State bank and a $25 cash prize by
the Nicollet County Land company.
The committee in charge issue
the following explanation circular:
Corn culture is receiving more
and more attention from the farm
ers of this section of the state. In
past years Minnesota has not been
regarded as one of the great corn
producing states, and corn has not
been one of it's leading products.
the necessity of adopting varities
and methods of cultivation to a
cooler climate have made it more
difficult for growers to produce this
crop profitably than in states lying
to the south. Vast progress has
been made, however, and if it con-
tinue in the same proportion the
time is not far distant when corn
will take it's place as one of the chief
crops of Minnesota An indication
of this is found in the fact that the
acreage planted to corn is rapidly
increasing.
"In other states interest in corn
culture has been stimulated by the
organization of corn growers as
sociations, and by holding of corn
contests, and in this way it has
been demonstrated that the yield as
we'll as the quality of the product
can be improved to a very marked
degree.
"Within the past two years the
same methods have been adopted
in Minnesota, and the merchants
shown their interest in the move
ment by arranging to hold an an
nual corn contest. The first of
these will be held in the early fall,
(the date to be decided upon very
shortly, and it is hoped that the
holding of the competition will lead
to the organization of a corn growers
association embracing the counties of
Nicollet and LeSueur.
Farmers in both counties are in
vited to compete in the first con-
test That their cooperation may
be secured and that the contest may
be made success, this pamphlet
is issued At this time the rules
governing the contest cannot be
enumerated, but they will be pat
termed after those which have been
used in successful contests in other
communities. To make it an object
to corn growers to exhibit, the bust
ness men have offered an attrac-
tive list of prizes"
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From Tuesdays Daily.
Vern Pickle and Morgan Chapman
OF Eagle Lake ran away yesterday,
and are thought to have started for
Montana, as they have expressed
much interest in that state of late.
They are twelve year old boys, and
each armed himself with revolver
before starting, but it is not thought
that either took much money.
Vern Pickle is a son of John
Pickle, and Morgan Chapman is a
son of Mrs. George Chapman, who
lives three-fourths of a mile east of
the village, and whose husband died
recently. Young Chapman attended
the Pleasant Grove school in this
city last year, with younger
brother.
Free Life of Plains.
1t is believed that the boys have
an idea of going to Montana and
taking up claims, and no doubt the
free life of the plains appeals to
them, as it is possible that they have
read some enticing stories. 1t is sus-
pected that they went away on the
blind baggage Of a passenger train
yesterday. Mrs. Chapman is quite
worried over the disappearance of
her son, but Mr.. Pickle believes that
the boys will return as soon as they
have had a taste of the world and be-
gin to get homesick and feel the
pangs OF hunger ~gnawing at their
vitalS.
The police station in this city was
notified last night, and requested to
be on the lookout for the boys, but
no trace of them was found.
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The June settlement has been per-
fected at the county auditors office.
The municipalities OF the county get
the following amounts: City of Man
kato, $24,626.72, besides $1,77939 for
the public library; st. Clair, S175.09;
Eagle Lake, $142.04; Madison Lake,
$64.4G; Mapleton village, $1,791.14;
Good Thunder, $42.0S; Amboy,
$SS11O; Vernon Center, SS71.71;
Lake Crystal, $2,143.63.
The principal school districts of
the county receive the following
amounts: Mankato, $1S,915.99; Gar
den City, $5S6.26; Lake Crystal,
$3,330.S0; Vernon Center, $401.71;
Eagle Lake, $2O7.11; Madison Lake,
$756.27; Good Thunder $1,02235; Ma
pleton village, $2,27S.22: Amboy, ST.
270.76; ST. Clair, $645.20
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From Saturdays Daily

For the second time recently, a
wheel came off of one of the deliv-
cry wagons of the American Express
company this forenoon, causing a
runaway. 1t was about ten o'clock
when A. A. Postels was driving
south on Front street, and when
near Main the left front wheel came
off. The horse started to run, and
as the seat was at an angle of
about forty-five degrees, the driver
jumped out. The horse dashed up
on the sidewalk in front of the
Corner cafe, owned by NJ. Jost,
and crashed the thill through the
plate glass window breaking up the
lower half pretty badly. The horse
then fell, and was caught. The ami
NAL was not injured much and Meth
er did the wagon suffer much dam
age. A box of bread was thrown
out and broken, allowing loaves to
be scattered over the sidewalk.
A short time ago, while Frank
Draper was driving along the street,
wheel came off, and the horse
started to run, but he succeeded in
stopping him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30
OBITUARY..

Mrs. Jane Cook Smith was born
in Hampshire, England, September
5, 1912. She came to America in
1885. She was married June II,
1865, to Mr.. Henry Smith of Ashford,
England. She died June 22, 1911.
She leaves husband and five chill
dren, Mrs. Rose Goodrich, Mrs. EN-
ma Grice, George Smith, Charles
Smith and Miss Katie Smith.
She has one sister still living in
England. She was brought up a
member of the Church of England.
She leaves many friends and loved
ones who mourn her departure. She
would have been siXty-nine years of
age had she lived until September 5.
The funeral occurred from the
home of Mrs. Smith on Sunday,
June %. The sermon was preached
in the Kerns Congregational church
and the remains were inferred in the
Kerns cemetery.
Rev: C. A. Sharp of the North
Mankato Methodist Episcopal church
preached the sermon and officiated
at the home and grave.
A large company Of friends and
relatives were at the funeral and
amid a profusion of beautiful flow
ers she was laid in her last rest
ing place.
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Montevideo, Mimi, June 27-Glenn,
the six year old son of w. p. Hide
brand, lost his life in the Minnesota
river. An older brother made two
futile attempts to rescue him.
w. p. Hildebrand is former resi-
dent OF Mankato. He conducted
barber shop on North Front street
and was married to young lady of
this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Hildebrand
went to MontevideO about ten years
ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

The Mankato Cooperative Cream
cry company stands among the most
paying in the state. Manager A. L..
Veigel has just received a report
from the United States department
of Agriculture at Washington
on the creamerieS of Min
nesota This report shows that
the average amount of butter pro-
duced in the individual creameries
of the state is 114,19S pounds and
that the amount produced in the
Mankato creamery is 213,650 pounds
which is nearly twice of the aver
age.
The average price paid to the pa
irons for butter fat is 30.98 cents
per pound, while the amount paid by
the Mankato creamery was $40
cents per pound.
The average cost of making but
ter per pound is 2.46 cents while
the cost in the Mankato creamery
is but 1:95 cents per pound.
The average overrun of creameries
is 1887 per cent, while that of the
Mankato creamery is 21.30 per cent.
All of this reflects great credit up
on Manager Veigel and Buttermak
err Woller.
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From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. H. P. Jensen has, received a
letter from her husband, who was
badly injured in an automobile acct
dent near San Diego, Cal, some time
ago, saying that he has left the san
atorium and is now in San Fran
cisco, attending the International
Sunday School convention, to which
he was sent as a delegate from this
city. He expects to reach home
next week some time. He is still
suffering pain from an injury to his
right arm, and his shoulder was
sprained. Mr.. Jensens many friends
will be glad to see him back safely.
Charles II. Austin, who was driv
ing the car when it went over the
steep embankment,e is also recover
ing, though more slowly, as his in
juries were more severe.
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From SATURDAYS Daily.


The North Star Concrete COM
and steam concrete mixer at Fort
Dodge Iowa, and will bring these
and other paving paraphernalia to
this city by July 5. They will then
begin to lay the concrete foundation,
at the rate of a block every day and
a half. They will purchase a five
ton steam roller, and will then be
well equipped.
The dirt being taken out of Wal
nut and Hickory streets is being
put on the newly opened portion
of Spring street, and on the alley
south of the city hall. Until the
concrete work begins, the street will
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

July Fourth is the day for the
grand picnic to be given on the
building site OF, the Catholic mother
house in Dukes addition, the pro
ceeds of the festivity to be for the
benefit of the new academy of Our
Lady of Good Counsel, and it is to
be hoped thatthe affair will prove a
great success. The school sisters
of Notre Dame have never troubled
the people of MankatO by soliciting,
and here is an, opportunity for all
citizens to prove. their interest in
this educational cause by their pres
ence on the grounds and their gen
erous patronage of the various
booths.
Everything possible has been
thought of and planned for, to make
the day one of pleasure and amuse-
ment in every way. Old and young
will find ample opportunity to spend
the glorious Fourth in a round Of
laughter and good cheer. String or
chestras have been engaged to make
one of the most attractive spots of
our beautiful city resound with
melody.
All people of Mankato and their
friends are cordially invited to cele-
brate the day at the grounds in
Dukes addition, just one block from
the end of the street car line. A
hearty invitation is also extended
to our friends of the neighboring
towns to direct their Fourth OF July
excursions to the academy site at
Dukes addition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Fairmont Sentinel: Hit and run"
was the slogan of the home team in
their game with Mankato Sunday.
Determined to wipe out the chagrin
of defeat in the game with Bancroft,
the Tigers never allowed the visitors
a ghost of a show at any stage of
the proceedings. The largest crowd
saw the game that has assembled at
the fair grounds this season. 1t was
a disappointment to the spectators
that the visitors proved SO easy. 1t
was expected that they would pre-
sent a much stronger lineup.
The record of every man in the
home team during the game is AL.
Keuhl damned out three Dagger,
Matyas got two doubles, Leeman a
double and two singles, II. Koeppen
three singles, A. Koeppen a single,
Repke two single and Benson a sin
gle, total of thirteen hits. Man.
kato got four dinky hits. Benson
struck out twelve, the Mankato
pitcher seven.
This is the score by innings:
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From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The agents of the International
Harvester company met at the head
quarters of General Agent Mcclure
today for the purpose of talking over
and reporting on the crop situation.
The agents present were C. S. Glib
bons of Sleepy Eye, d. e. Davey
of Window, C. e. Kusche of st.
James, o. ]. Lee Of Marshall, s..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Owatonna, Mimi, June 22.-Over
5000 visitors and delegates are in at
tendance upon the convention OF the
Minnesota Firemen's association and
the city is in gala attire. Myriads
of lights are swinging on six
business streets while business places
and residences are festooned with
the national colors. The convention
is the largest in the history OF the
association and hotels and eating
houses are crowded to capacity.
The baseball game yesterday be-
tween Austin and Owatonna resulted
in the score of 4 to a, Rieger OF
st. Paul pitched for Owatonna and
was in fine form except in the Sec
ond inning when his wildness count
ed heavily against Owatonna.
The Parade Was Fine.
Owatonna's splendid $4,000 fire hall
is attracting favorable comment
from all the visitors. A parade over
one mile in length was feature OF
the days entertainment, fire depart
ments from forty cities being repre-
sented and several bands participant
ing. Exhibition fire drills were
given by members of the Owatonna
fire department.
The convention got down to bust
ness early today, taking up the dis
cussion of the various topics assign
ed to different departments. Papers
were read by NJ. McKenna of st.
Paul and by Assistant Chief Wilson
of Duluth. Both maintained that
motor-driven fire apparatus was much
to be preferred to horse-drawn We
hicles, as it was cheaper to main
tain, less dangerous to life and limb
in going to fires and would soon
save more than its original cost. 1t
was also asserted that by its use
the territory covered by each COM
pany could be extended. Several
other topics were discussed before
the noon adjournment.
Figures BY Kelly.
Statistician Kelly reported that
800 out of $40 fire departments in
the state had made reports to him,
showing in all 1898 fires. The total
loss was S4,553, 670.69. The cost Of
maintenance of the various depart
ments was $1,220,361.5O for the year,
while over $4,791,672 is invested in
fire fighting apparatus in this state.
Secretary Andrew J. Myler report
ed that fifteen new companies Joined
the association the last year, the to-
tai membership now being 465 COM
panies in which 1926 different depart
ments are represented. The total re-
ceipts the last year were $1,739.92
and the disbursements $1,424.40.
Ringer Is Elected.
Charles w. Ringer chief of the
Minneapolis fire department, was
elected president of the association.
The second vice presidency, which
carries with it the convention of the
year 1914, went to Henry NJ. Scarf
of Fairmont after a three-cornered
fight, in which J. NJ. Collins of Pine
City and James ]. Whittemore of
Glenwood were nominated. Other
nominations were p. M. BruerS Of
Chaska and Chief Jensen of Austin
Fairmont won out by more than fifty
majority.
The other officers are: Ira Rich
ardson, Thief River Falls, first vice
president; Andrew j. Myler, St Paul,
secretary; J. M. Raymond, Minneapo-
lis, treasurer; E. M. Twiford, Owa-
tonna, and Frank Hanson, Rush City,
delegates to the international conven-
ton to be held next year in Milwau-
kee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

Halves of this city. Miss Halves has
been teaching school at Turtle Lake
She is modest young lady of a re-
firing disposition. Her many friends
in Blue Earth county are sure that
she is in the right.
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From Tuesdays Daily

From Tuesdays Daily
Manufacturers and jobbers of Man.
kato held meeting last night for
the purpose of organizing an associ-
alton which is to deal with the many
questions which confront the heads
of industries from time to time.
F. M. Currier of the firm of Rosen-
berger & Currier presided. Follow
ing general discussion, the follow
ing committee was appointed to draft
a constitution and bylaws and to
take the first step toward perfecting
an organization: w. l.. Hixon, A. J.
Busch and b. f. Pay.
The next meeting will be held as
soon as the committee is ready to re-
port.
The meeting last evening was en-
tirely informal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

The total of all aSS4Ssabie personal
property as returned by the board
last year was $1.045,66O; so that it
will be seen the valuation has in
creased during the past year by
$515,17S.
One piano is owned by every l75
of the people and one automobile by
every 900, while every 145 are the
happy possessors of a $3.50 dog.
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Washburn, N. d., June 22.-NeXt
to the Bickford case in public in
terest here is the case from Turtle
Lake, commonly referred to here as
that of 1.-THE Brakeman and the
Lady," which is to be tried imme-
diately after the Bickford suit. 1t is
the opinion that most Of the testi-
money will be given behind closed
doors because of the human inter-
est"-in spots.
The complainant is a Northern Pa
cific brakeman by the name of Was
sons, on the Turtle Lake branch, and
the defendants are young woman
by the name of Miss Halves and
men by the names of Wells and
Lynch of Turtle Lake.
Wasson's interest in the case comes
from the alleged fact that he was
publicly horsewhipped by Miss
Halves while being held by the two
men.
Young Folks Disagree.
According to the evidence intro
uuCSu dJ Tile preliminary, Uuc tlOuUiS
dated back about three months. Was
son and the young lady had been
keeping company, but finally dis
agreed. Miss Halves asserted that
WATSON had been circulating stories
detrimental to her character. She
complained to railway officials and
Wassons was temporarily suspended.
Later, after an investigation, the Off
Gals reinStated him.
Miss Halves, it is charged then
induced Wells and Lynch to take
the part they did in the melee, and
one evening when WATSON came in
on his train, the trio met him at the
station, and the railroad man was
given a severe beating on the plat
form. All the defendants are out
on bonds.
The Miss Halves referred to in the
above telegram is a former Blue
Earth county girl and was at one
time a resident of Medo and Maple
| ton She is niece of DIR F. l.,