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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24
HOPES FOR THE REST Room
Farmers Wife Has Something {
Say Reuardinu Movement.

To The Free Press: wish to say
few words for the rest room and
think | speak for many farmers
wives, when / say that it is the one
thing your city most needs.
When one rides from ten to twelve
miles to your city to spend tile day
shopping, a place where one can ar
range the hair, straighten the hat
leave the extra wraps and when
tired place to rest and collect
ones scattered ideas, would surely
be. blessing and boon to tired
mothers with the baby and perhaps
two or three little ones that have
come along to get fitted for the win
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24
NEW MEAT MARKET
Mason City Man Is to Open Here
March

Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Bergman
arrived in the city today from
Mason City. They will open a meat
market at 422 South Front street.
Mr.. Bergrnann has purchased the
fixtures and leased the building
formerly occupied by +. w. Lob
dell aud will open for business March
!. Mr.. Bergmann has had many
years in the meat business and
no doubt he will do a good bust.
neSS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24

RUSSIA AND CHINA MAY
ENGAGE IN A WAR.

Especial to The Free Press.
London, February 16.-The
relations Of Russia and China
are strained to the breaking
point. Russia today notified
England, France and Germany
Of its intention to make
military demonstration at once
on the Russia-Chinese frontier
owing to China's persistent
violation of the ST. Peters
burg treaty of 1881.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24

: + + + f r + r = + + + + f +
e. Dana Durand, director of
, the census, wires The Free
; Press that the population of
, MapIeton, according to the
; thirteenth census is 500; Lake
: Crystal, 1,055; Vernon Center
village, 289; st. Clair, 323;
: North Mankato, 1929.
, The census of 1900 gave Ma
+ pIeton 1908; ST. Calir, 210;
: Lake Crystal, 1915; Vernon
: Center, 3f1.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24
HALL FOR RENT

The lease OF Schiller lodge having ex-
pircd, the Free Press hall 10 now FOR
rent e. the use of dances, lodges or
public gatherings of any kind. There
is no better hall in the city, and ar.
rangements can be made with the
Free Press company. Reasonable rates.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24
National Bank
of Commerce
CAPITAL 500, OOo 90

OFFICERS.
G. l.. OIESON, President.
A. l.. WHEELER. Vice President.
J. G.. TEGNI;R, Cashier
c. q. BOERR, Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
: l.. Wilson. c. H. Rich.
w. +. Hughes, j. II. Diamond.
I evils ,Iau6a. George AtchiSon.
-. w Schmidt. &. l.. Oleson.
j. X. Brandrup. Grant Waldref.
j. Il. Nielsen. J. g Tecner.
~. L.. Wheeler, J. w, True.
William jacobson. Jr..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24

Minneapolis May Puts 9jl Calls $50
LIVERPOOL closet wheat ( lower
Corn lower
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24
GRAIN QUOTATIONS..

MANKAT0. MINI Feb Il.
MINNEAPOLIS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-24

Hugh Roberts entertained some Of
his friends Saturday evening, the
occasion being his sixteenth birth
day.
Mrs. S. l.. Preston. who has been
i'll the greater part of the winter, has
improved very much in the past
week.
The Young Peoples society of the
Swedish Lutheran church will meet
at the S. p. Swenson home this aft.
crnoon.
e. Boutwell,. Henry Knucklebacl,
and Harlow Pettis delivered cattle
to Mike Osborne at st. Peter last
Saturday.
Willie Lehr has been apprenticed
to barber i'm st. Paul. He left
Thursday on the Milwaukee to take
his new place.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyte.
rian church will be entertained at
the home Of Mrs. S. M. Grange next
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Weygandt
are touring i'm Mexico and southern
California. They expect to be gone
about two months.
Friends in Kasota received the sad
news today of the death of an In
FAINT son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Cheadle of Cleveland.
DR.. and Mrs. Powell were very
pleasantly surprised last Saturday
evening by about twenty of their
friends, Cards were the feature of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15
GAZETTE SUGGESTS NO ONE.

1t is no secret that The Gazette is
opposed to the reelection of Con-
gresham Volstead. AS to who
should succeed him The Gazette has
made no suggestion. It has been
said in certain responsible and ire
sponslble papers that The Gazette
has suggested this man and that as
the right one to follow Volstead.
This is a mistake. We have sug-
gested no one as we do not believe
the time has arrived for consider
alton of that matter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15
NELSON MAY
ASK REELECTION
Senior Senator, Old in Years
and Service, May Retire
From Public Life.
STILL STRONG WITH THE PEOPLE
Fight Against Canadian Reel
procity Has Wiped Out the
Ballinger Bitterness.

St. Paul, Aug. 15.-The report
from Washington that Senator
Knate Nelson may not be q candi-
date for re election was discussed
with considerable interest last night
by politicians who are watching the
state situation. The report is the
senator has not made up his mind
whether to run and his friends at
the capitol believe it correctly states
his attitude. Some believe that he
will again be candidate.
Is Report 'sFeeler?''
The Senator, in other words, may
not be averse to another six-year
term at the national capital, but he
does not care to go out and stump
the state as he would be compelled
to do under the new Keefe law, If
there is strong opposition to him.
Some believe the report was sent
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

out as a ''feeler" to test public sem
timent.
Seventy Next March.
The senator will be 70 years old
next March, when his present tel m
ends. He has served eighteen year
In the Senate, two years as Govern
or, and before that served six years
as representative at Washington.
He feels, it is said, he has given
enough time to the public service
and that he has right to spend his
remaining years in more quiet life
on his farm at Alexandria. So while
he has not definitely made up his
mind to quit, the senator is looking
upon the next campaign with indif-
ference, it is said.
This frame of mind is not due to a
fear that he might be defeated, for
it is believed by Nelson's friends that
he is as strong now as he ever was
and infinitely stronger than he was
six months or a year ago. Last sum-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

Don't forget to cut all corn in
tended for seed purposes just as soon
as the ears are we'll dented. The
stalk may seem trifie green. but
the seed will fill out and cure prop
erly in the shock. Corn cut in this
wayawill have better color, better
lustre and better vitality than when
left on the standing stalk to mature
a killing frost should not strike the
corn before it is in the shock. Mil
roy Echo
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

mer, when in the midst of the Bal
llnger business, there was consider
able criticism of his course, but his
attitude on the reciprocity bill and
other tariff measures has made him
strong as ever with the farmers and
it has not hurt him in the cities the
way it has hurt some others who ap-
parently fought it just because the
President was for it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

Not an editor in the district out
side of the postmaster-editors has
said word in defence of Volstead.
No protest against the position of
the Gazette has come from the peo-
pie. This seems to bode no good to
Volstead in case he has the hardi-
hood to be candidate for re-elec-
ton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15
FRANK EDDY AND THE PEOPLE.

Once Frank Eddy was supposed to
know something about politics.
What Frank said went and the peo-
pie followed, more or less blindly,
his suggestions.
So when Mr.. Eddy said a year ago
that Cassius M. Sprague was to be
lieutenant governor Frank took it
for granted that his word would
have weight enough to land Cassius
in the coveted place.
Sprague didn't get the nomination.
A result suggestive of many things,
chiefly that the people are Begin
ming to do their own thinking, a
condition long prayed for by the
friends of the people.
1t means that frame ups must go
glimmering.
That the ring" is no longer dom
inant.
That the power Of the few has
passed into the hands of the many.
That money is not and never again
can be King of Politics.
That the grip of the interests can
and will be Ioosened if the people
continue to think, to go their own
way. to select their own men, to re-
fuse to listen to the tempting prom
Uses of the representative of the
interests.
Who fails to remember when the
barrel was potent in politics and
the success of a candidate depended
upon his ability to spend? Not now
any more for ever, we sincerely
hope and believe. The age of the
political striker is gone; the power
of the appointive-ofice holder is
rapidly passing.
Men are standing today on their
own feet. They need the assistance
of no guiding influence. The inter-
ests may sneer, and do, at the peo-
pie, but the moment of alarm is at
hand. The People must be heard.
When the masses give their after
ton to politics the ring master loses
his whip
The citizens of Minnesota are rap
idly becoming enfranchised which
means that the dawn of a new DO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15
GOSSIP OF THE PRESS.

Bro. Wilson, of the Redwood Falls
Gazette, continues to throw the har-
poon into Congressman Volstead.
He says he does not oppose Volstead
because of any stand the latter has
taken on public questions, but be-
cause 1--WE want congressman"
What Brother Wilson really wants is
Another congressman. And to suit
Bro. Wilson to ''T'' his name will
have to be Frank Clague. This is
guess but we'll bet it's good one.
-Minneota Mascot.
Grove Wilson who recently pur-
chased the Redwood Falls Gazette
has apparently determined to GUST
Congressman Volstead and his paper
has started a tentative boom for
Senator Lende, formerly of Mar
shall. now of Candy. Aside from
the fact that Lende would hardly be
considered congressional timber at
present, one might wonder at Mr..
Wilson's activity so soon after enter
ing the district. But Grove is an
able writer and his stuff" is always
spicy. SO it will be interesting to read
his arguments for change of con-
gressmen. At any rate it isn't my
district and | shall hereafter main
tain the discreet silence of an ''out-
sider." Let the fight proceed. =
Tom Noswal in Mortified News.
Grove may be live wire but he
will not get far with his slams at
Congressman Volstead. Anyhow
we wish to go on record at this time
as predicting that there is not man
in the district that can beat Vol
stead to it next time if he cares to
return to Congress. Again this talk
of Lende is all buncombe for the
men who might like to see Volstead
beaten have no more time for Lende
than they have for Volstead but
they would like awfuly we'll to have
Lende's seat in the senate. Their
work is full of chunks. but if they
are heavy enough for the Job in hand |
let them hop to it.-Belview indie
pendent
Attorney General Simpson re-
Gently made the announcement in
print that his office would give no
more opinions to private parties, but
if the opinions in general are so am
ibigious as some that we have seen
they would be of very little benefit
to the common laymen. They are
generally couched in such language
that several constructions NAV be
placed upon the opinions, anyone Of
which would be correct. Sanborn
Sentinel.
About the only fact that appears
to be fully established by the Lori
mer investigation, is that the price
paid was little higher than the
other fellows could afford, and that
those who furnished the "slush
fund" find the price they paid is too
Peter Times
Ka-Be-Non-Gue Went. the 10
year old Chippewa Indian declares /
he is going to live eight more years
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

litical day is at hand, that new lead
ers are to arise from among these
People, leaders whom the People
know and trust, who will voice the
sentiments of the People rather than
coo at the dictates of the interests.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15
DEATH.

Maeterllnk and DIR. Thompson are
writing upon the occult subject,
Death, in the current magazines.
A strange and we believe PERM
cious interest attaches to this great
change called death. AS Maeterlink
says the world has pondered death
for centuries yet stands today within
the shadow of the pagan horror. Is
there then nothing to be gained by a
consideration of this matter? Let
US see:
Death is not the condition that
exists after death nor the suffering
that went before as Maeterlink
points out. Death is the instant of
transition from an animated human
consciousness to an inanimate. un-
responsive mass without conscious
ness. A man walks the street in
the vigor of manhood. A brick
falls from the roof of a building and
strikes him on the skull. His skull
is crushed.
In an interval of time so brief as
to almost battle measurement he has
experienced this change. It proba-
bly, was without pain and certainly
was without terror since the blow
fell with no instant of warning.
Hence the terror of death lies in
the anticipation.
The actual dying is always pain
less.
In the dim ages Of fervid magma
ticn death was clothed in terrible
and appalling horrors. 1t was the
profound and unapproachable mys-
terry. 1t is the instinct of these
times still dominant that makes us
view the transition with alarm.
Carlyle says: MAN living in the
presence of inevitable death can
forget that he is born to die
There is the philosophy of life, of
death.
Death has no terror for the man
who will forget that he is born to
die.
Death has no terror for him who,
in the rectitude of his life, holds the
future in the hollow of his hand.
Death has no terror for him who
views eternity as part of now and
does not clothe himself with func-
tons important to the universe.
To live in friendship and truth
with all men is to come down to the
grave undiscovered and unafraid
since no change which man knows or
IAN imagine can effect, consciously.
he happiness of him who is in ac-
ord with the universal laws.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

Speaking about English. the Min
neapolis Tribune had the following
impeccable sentence in its columns
last week: "The firemen and police
went through every room and found
that every one in the place was out"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

Recently, before the Rochester
IN. ~ Advertising Club, Juliu
Schneider. for some time advertisins
manager of The Fair" of Chicago
and one of the best known retail ad
Vertlslng men in the country, gave
lecture on "The Next Evolution il
Advertising"
He stated that, in his opinion, thi:
was the awakening of local adyer
tlsers to the absolute necessity fol-
high grade advertising service such
as had made fortunes for the large
stores in the big cities. He advised
the merchants in each locality to joir
forces and engage the best adyertis.
ing talent on a cooperative basis
and pointed out that this really must
happen in a very short period as a
natural advance of the times.
How Change Began.
Mr.. Schneider and others. evil
IDENTIFY do not know that this evoIu-
ton towards high grade special SER
vice has been taking place for some
time. 1t began with what are call
ed Cut Services. That is, an en-
craving house in one of the bigger
cities would get out a number of
more or less comic advertising cuts,
wretchedly drawn by a tenth-rate
artist, which it sold to a retailer,
sometimes with little advertising
matter, in a series of rs or 81, one
cut for each week in the year.
While this was all elucatiye, and
as such deserves some credit, it has
probably done more harm amongst
retailers, to the value of real pub
licity, than anything else.
Many Have Cuts.
There are great many of my
readers who now have.boxes Of such
cuts lying around their stores with
no clear idea Of what to do with
thsm, and even yet those small cut
services" are being sold to deluded
merchants BY glib travelling sales
men.
Another herald Of the new special
retail advertising was the local
writer. He is also evoluting. He
has been getting better every year
till now, in some ways, he is quite
accomplished.
This class of publicity has likewise
done its share in giving the retail
merchant cold feet. The local adj
gertisement writer has been mostly
a shining example of the trite say
ng "a little knowledge is a danger
ous thing"
Famous Artist Gets Busy.
The next phase in the evolution
was one that bid fair to solve all
difficulties. About a year or two
ago famous artist, who had made
4 reputation for comic series of
newspaper pictures. was induced to
draw his comics into advertisements.
These were syndicated in electro
-ype form all through the United
States and Canada to all classes of
the large quantity sold of
each electrotype making it possible
20 quote extremely low prices to the
ocal merchants. That was the next
Use in grade from the old comic
cuts of the local engravers, because
,hese drawings were we'll done by a
irst class artist of acknowledged
standing.
We have now advanced one step
The idea that it is neces-
;ary to have a comic drawing to at
,ract attention is exploded. AS a
natter Of fact, a comic cut does more
,ut as "feeler" to test public SEN
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

and then die Mr.. Went has:already
gone some.-Bemidji Pioneer
AS President Taft did not wait
for any report of the tariff commits.
sion before revising the tariff with
Canada. he can afford to approve the
revision of the inexeusable wool
schedule waiting for scientific data.
Duluth News Tribune
Michigan. is looking for a state
press agent. Sorry, but Minnesota
cannot spare her Governor just now
st. Paul Pioneer Press
Attorney General Simpson has
notified the state drainage board
that the bill passed by the last legis.
lature appropriating $35 900 to be
used in deepening and widening of
the Mustinka river in the north part
of Traverse county in order to fur
nish relief to farmers whose lands
have been overfowed, is unconstitu-
tional. This decision may be good
law, but it is glaring injustice. A
few years ago the State of Mime
sofa caused large ditch to be dug
in Grant county leading into the
Mustinka river. The Mustinka is a
very sluggish stream with very low
banks, and from the time the water
from the state ditch began to flow
into it, its banks overfowed and
thousands of acres Of Traverse
county's best farm lands were sub
merged. The state has caused the
damage and the farmers very nat
urally sought to have the state make
the wrong right as near as possible.
The legislature of 1909 passed a
bill appropriating S35, 1000 to be used
in providing relief. Gov. johnson
at the suggestion of the drainage
engineer, it is said, vetoed the bill. |
At the session last winter a new bill |
vas enacted appropriating the same
sum. which was readily passed.
There were very few votes against
he measure in the house. and if our
memory serves us rightly, it was
passed in the Senate without a dis
enting vote. The measure was pas
ed on by some of the ablest lawyers
n the legislature and an amendment
vas added to the original bill upon
recommendation of conference
ommittee principally Of able law
ers) who sought to guard against
he probability of the law being de-
Jared unconstitutional.
This decision of the attorney gen.
raj, if adhered to, means that the
tate can damage and overflow lands
f settlers at will, and there is no re-
ress. 1t is not good law, because it
) not fair and not reasonable, but is
ank injustice.
In conclusion. we are of the opin-
On that there is considerable history
ack Of this Mustinka ditch bill mat
err that has not yet come to the sur
ace, and that the unconstitution-
lily of the law may have slight
MIXTURE of politics, this being an off
ear in politics to the contrary not
outstanding .-Interlake Tribune
-m-~a~-@z.-
NELSON
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

But the passing of Nelson will not
necessarily leave room for Dan Law
Ter. Minnesota wants and will have
a big Republican to succeed Senator
Nelson if the veteran does not ask
reelection.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

Wouldn't it be nice thing if Min
nesota had an attorney general?
Conditions make the people sigh for
the good old days of Ed. T. Young.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

harm to the advertisement than
good, for it makes the whole adver-
tisement laughable and when people
laugh at thing they seldom buy it.
1t is unfortunate that many mer-
chants do not realize this even now.
A good joke in picture form still ap-
pears to many of them to be the
acme of successful publicity. But
they are learning.
Ready to Meet Demand.
There are now one or two con-
Germs that with strong financial
backing. supply retail merchants
with advertisements, illustrated bv
the best artists and written by ad-
Yertlsing experts who have specially
dedicated themselves to the work
and who are paid large salaries for
their services. The advertisements
supplied by those firms are of the
same grade as those used bv the
large department stores and national
advertisers; they are scientifically
correct and are guaranteed to bring
the retailer the maximum of returns
they are supplied to the local mer-
chant with the sole right of use in
his own locality.
Owing to the enormous numhar
sold OF each advertisement, thew can
be purchased at nominal cost, even
as low as one dollar per week If
the merchant wanted to have the
same ads written for his own indivi-
dual use, they would cost him about
$500 each. The sale of this new
style Of up-to-date advertising is
growing enormously. 1t is being
used III thousands Of towns through
out the country and there are about
l5O high grade statesmen selling it
daily.
just Look at Cuts
The nature Of this new up-to-date
advertising service will be seen by
the reduced fac SMILES of advertise
ments shown at the top of this col
umn.
This new style of advertising is
called Syndicated Advertising Ser
vice, and its Development is the
attest evolution of retail publicity.
The local retailer has seldom the
ability to write craftsmanship for his
newspaper space. 1t requires spe-
;lal training to write advertisements
hat sell goods, just as it necessitates
raining to practice law or medicine.
When your body is sick you do
not try to cure yourself, you take
medical advice and apply the treat
nent that is given you by the trained
physician. If you are wise, you ap-
ply the same principle to your sick
business, you use the medicine-suc.
'esstul craftsmanship in your local
newspaper prescribed for YOU bv
he advertising expert.
The highest grade of expert pub
lefty service in this country today
S embodied in this new sypdicated
Advertising service. High priced
men with national reputation in the
'etall advertising field are construct
ng these advertisements, and the
merchant who uses them persistentlv
md constantly in his local newspaper
5 long way on the road to financial
Full particulars of this new svn-
heated advertising will be supplied
~ the editor of this paper. Get
hem today. Their application will
materially increase your business
ma give your newspaper space 100
Der cent value as a business puller.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-15

Wearied of many honors Senator
Knute Nelson may abdicate. Of him
it may be said. He it is whom the
people delight to HONOR