The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-08

point and Ed. is well known here,
but Ed, like all others, Is not as
young as he used to be.
Charles Barney of this place still
owns the homestead he took from
the government in 1856. We believe
that he is the only man in the
country who still owns the land he
preempted i'm that year. He paid the
government $1.25 per acre for it. Its
value today us about 500 per acre.
It is located in section 6, Vernon
township.
The band from this place and the
band from Amboy, who came 10
Lake Crystal by train. went to Rap
idan Friday night where they were
the guests of the Rapidan band.
They made the trip from here by
team, ten loads going over. These
bands have held several meetings OF
this kind in the various towns dur
ing the past year.
Your correspondent is sorry to
hear of the accident of Waldo
Adams of Lime township. Mr.. Ad-
ans for great many years lived in
Lake Crystal, but sold his farm
three years ago and moved to his
present home near Mankato. His
brothers-in-law, the Norman broth
ers, were called to Mankato the af-
ternoon of the accident.
Alfred Mclean spent Thanksgiving
with his family at this place. Mr..
Mclean is in the lumber business in
northern Wisconsin, and year ago
he started a branch yard at Madelia.
He is equipping this yard with saws,
palmer and machinery, so that
lumber of any kind can be manu-
featured right there. He reports hav-
| ing sold over million feet Of lum-
Der this year.
owen Lewis, a grandson of Hon.
Richard Lewis, and brother of
Miss Tryphena Lewis who won the
automobile given away in the Man.
kato Free Press contest, is here on
visit. He is now located at Gene
see, Wis.,, where he is second herds
man on the Green farm, thorough
bred stock farm. Owen is a grad
uate of the Madison Experimental
Farm at Madison, Wis.
Mt Arthur Cordill and Miss Resell
la Thompson, both of this place were
married at Mankato Wednesday after
noon in the presence OF the I'M
mediate relatives and left that even
ing for Sioux Falls to make their
home Mr. Cordill is the only son of
Mr.. and Mrs Dayton Cordill of this
place, and Miss Thompson is the
eldest daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Thompson of Butternut.
Grandpa Spencer. who lives on
north Main street, had narrow
escape from fire Friday night. The
draughts of the stove dropped down
and Mrs. Spencer awoke about mid
night to find the stove and pipes at
a white heat and stream OF lire
going out of the chimney about
twenty feet The Spencers lost
their home in Rapidan in a similar
manner about two years ago.
John Murphy has returned from
nine months absence spent near Port
; land, Ore. He was in the employ OF
the Boston Hydraulic company, the
concern that built the RapidaD dam.
Mr.. Murphy assisted in building q
, similar dam there. He expects to
return there about January l, and
will then take his family with him
as the next dam to be built near
Seattle, will probably be in the course
of construction about three years.
Judge Lorin Cray and Rev. T.
Ross Paden of Mankato spoke in
the Methodist church Wednesday
| evening on the Men and Religion
t Forward Movement. Both of these
!. gentlemen formerly lived in Lake
Crystal. The judge was engaged in
the practice of law and lived here a
f good many years. Rev. Mr.. Paden
was pastor of the Presbyterian
church here. Both men are good
/ speakers and are highly esteemed by
| all the people of Lake Crystal.