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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

From Tuesdays Daily
Conductor Fred Morgan performed
a very kind and courteous act yes
terday for a girl fifteen years old,
who was travelling on the Northwest
ern road from La Crosse to point
in Iowa. She accidentally dropped
her pocketbook out of a window 1t
contained her ticket, money and 9TH
er valuables. She informed conduc-
tor Morgan who stopped the train
and sent the brakeman back to look
for the lost purse, which was found
about a quarter of mile away. The
property was restored to the young
miss and she was profuse in her
thanks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

0.SU. Inc ClerhS VIII NC SIiSSth'
ened in tonight's game: Batteries,
Anderson and O'Brien for Omaha and
Thompson and Thompson for the
clerks.
The ninth week of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Twilight league begins this evening,
and most of the teams are going at
a fast clip.
This league has been one Of the
best things that has ever been or
ganized in Mankato. 1t has given op-
portunity to the men who love base
ball a chance to play and witness
the national game. The interest that
has been shown by the fans of the
city has been encouraging to the
management of the league. The park
has been a busy place since the
opening, and every night the fans
have been out in good numbers root
ing for their favorite teams. The
games have been we'll conducted and
good spirit has been shown in defeat
or victory.
The league owes much to the two
faithful umpires, Jay Nicholson and
DOC" Morrow These men have
given splendid service to the league
and no two men in the city have
been as conscientious in their work
in making decisions and handling
the trouble that arises in a base
ball game The league should at all
times help these men in their work.
The Boston Clothiers met and de-
feated the crack Mankato nine yes
terday at the fair grounds to the
tune of II to s. Cliff Sheldon was
on the mound for Mankato and the
Bostons knocked him out in the
sixth inning when big Ed Nelson
took his place.
Lee Thompson pitched for the Bos'
TONS He sure had everything on
those heavy sluggers, getting twelve
strikeouts. They were unable to get
more than six safe hits off his puz'
zling delivery. The infield worked
like a clock, no errors being
made, Balkenhol and Mahlke accept
ting some very hard chances. Beach
chied made a record-breaking catch
in the outfeld which was indeed a
feature. O'Brien, a new addition OF
the Bostons, played a perfect game,
taking everything that came his
way.
For Mankato, Jay and Carl Nickel
son did most of the stick work, what
little there was. Jay secured one hit
Carl two, and Andy Anderson one
No doubt a game will be arranged
for in the future as they are hot or
the trail of the Bostons now. I'm
pires, G. Polchow and Springer.
Score.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

An automobile accident which was
somewhat serious but at the same
time fortunate that it was not worse
occurred about two miles east of
Klossner station on the evening of
July 4, says The NicOllet Leader.
Chester Nelson and Harry J. Cur
rier left the John o. Nelson place in
the evening, each driving an auto
mobile and taking party of young
people out for ride.
In the Currier auto was Harry Cur
rier driving and Miss Nelson, daugh-
ter of John o. Nelson and hired
man of Nelson's. On their return
from Klossner the Nelson auto was
in the lead, Currier following, and
when about two miles east of Klos-
sner the Currier auto commenced
skidding and ran into a ditch and
turned bottom side up with Currier
and Miss Nelson beneath the car,
the Nelson man escaping by jumping.
The oil escaped from the tail lamp
and would have very soon burned all
if the Nelson man had not escaped
and extinguished the fire, and lifted
the auto and released the two be-
meath it. Both Harry Currier and
Miss Nelson were injured quite bad
ly but not so serious but that they
will. soon recover. Chester Nelson
noticing that they were not follow
ing returned and took the injured
ones home. The accident was proba-
bly, caused by tire puncture as one
Of the tires was found to be fat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

Results of the June butter scoring
contest, second In series of six
being conducted this summer by the
state dairy and food department are
made known. There were 277 entries,
and a remarkably even lot of scores,
hardly any falling below 80. The
contest shows the high development
of the creamery industry in the
state.
The department has given out a
complete list of the entries and
scores made. For the purpose OF
giving prizes, the state is divided
into six districts, and the prize win
ners for June were as follows:
First district, T. P. Hafdahl, st.
Peter; George Nelson, st. James.
Second district, A. G. bunker, Clare
mont; A. J. Anderson, Otisco; P.
Sorenson, Faribault. Third district,
Frank Nagel, Litchfield. Fourth dis
trict, J. Fl. Steinke, Freeport. Fifth
district, John Harms, Ada. Sixth dis
trict, A. H. Burkey, Shafer. Cheese,
Gabriel Bernou, GENTLY.
These are some of the entries and
scores in the first district:
H. F. Able, Winnebago City, so,
cream; o. H. Gronseth, Waterville,
81, milk; G.. r. Jacobsen, Lake Crys-
tai, 91M, cream; S. Carlson, R.. 2,
Nieollet, 931a, milk; Archie T. Par
sons, Traverse, SO, milk; Nels H.
Peterson, Mountain Lake, 9OA,
cream; August Swenson, Eagle Lake,
SO, milk; William G. T. Boettcher,
Candy, 91%, cream; Oscar E. Sea-
strom, Gilmore, 90, milk; George Mel
son, st. James, 95, cream; James T.
Pomroy, Mapleton, go, milk; A. H.
Danheim, Good Thunder, 931a, milk;
A. R. Kinney, Ottawa, OH, milk; ].
o. Lokke, Hanska, 941a, milk; Fred
w. Dohn, New Ulm, 1914, milk;
Christ Jensen, Dunnell, SO, ceram;
Christ Hansen, Hanska, 99A, cream;
e. B. Goerndt, Blue Earth, 92, cream;
C. F. Wendt, Welcome, 95, milk; Fl.
L. Madsen, Brewster, 90%, cream;
Joseph Brey, Wabasso, 92, cream;
M. A. Schons, CORTLAND, 93A, milk;
William Withrow, Vernon Center,
92%, cream; c. l.. Sorenson, Heron
Lake, 93A, cream; F. A. Waller,
Mankato, 91%, milk; E. A. Gudvan-
gen, Kiester, SO, milk; T. P. Hof-
dahl, st. Peter, 95, cream; Theodore
Winter, Fairmont, R. 4, 94A, milk;
Peter Thompson, Window, 92A,
cream; A. J. Ruttum, Hendricks,
93k, cream; Louis P. Runke, Wilder,
go, cream; Alex Johnson, R. 6, New
Ulm, 95, milk; Ed. H. Peterson, Wa
terville, SO, milk; P. o. Bake, r. 2,
Lafayette, SO, milk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

The Mankato Electric Traction
company has started to equip it's
cars for the pay-as-you-enter system.
This ought to be welcomed by all the
citizens, as it is the up-to-date way
of operating street cars.
The company no doubt, will be
able to handle more people on rush
days, and keep it's schedule because
passengers are loading up at one
end, and unloading at the other, and
it certainly is to the interest of
both the riders and the company to
cooperate and work together. r.
Should Get Aboard Quickly.
Passengers boarding car should
always do so as rapidly as possible,
likewise those who are getting off,
always remembering there are, pa
irons all along the line waiting to
be taken to their destination, and
that you may be the one waiting
sometime. BY the cooperation of
the riding public with the company,
IL Will uclp CuO COllpdHy hOC -Ohiy
to maintain their schedule, but carry
more people, and make a success
and put the street car company on
a paying basis.
Should Have Small Change.
Patrons should always see that
they have small change, and if pos
sible, have nickels. If this is done,
it certainly will be great help to
the conductors. Patrons must also
remember to ask for their transfers
when paying their fares, as no trans,
fers will be issued on the end leav-
ing the car. The passengers will be
compelled to board the cars at the
rear end and get off at the front
end.
Must Fold Baby Cabs.
With this system it will be i'm
possible for the company to take
baby cabs or baby go-carts without
they are folded up, and passengers
will be required to fold them up be-
fore boarding car.
In cities where they are operating
pay-as-you-enter cars. everyone favors
the plan, and the passengers always
keep on moving to the front end
of the car, so as to be ready to get
off quickly when the car stops.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

F. e. Crandall of the Hubbard and
Palmer company took a trip west
of here Saturday by automobile, to
examine the crops, and returned
much disappointed. He went to Lake
Crystal, Madelia, Louisville, Truman,
NOrthrop, Winnebago, Amboy, Yer
non Center and Garden City The
outlook for wheat he found not to
be very satisfactory The crop is
spotted, here a field that is fairly
good and there one that is very poor.
Oats and barley will not make much
of crop, and it is a problem wheth-
er corn will amount to much, not
withstanding it's great growth. 1t is
a question whether ears will develop,
for it is tasseling out prematurely. In
some places no ears have developed
on sweet corn.
Oats that have escaped the effect
of drOuth and hot winds are being
badly injured by grasshoppers, and
on this account some farmers are
cutting the crop green. This leads
to fears as to what the grasshOpper
crop may be next year.
On the whole, Mr.. Crandall is con-
WINGED that the territory as whole
will not yield half Of last years
crop. He left today on a trip fur
Their west, to continue his crop in
spection.
East, north and southeast of Man.
kato the crop conditions are known
to be SO excellent that no investiga-
ton is needed, but it is west, north
west and southwest that the situation
is serious
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

between Faribault and Owatonna the
way has been paved for the actual
work of grading and tracklaying
which your Doubling Thomas" in
sists on seeing before he will believe.
Ambrose Olson of Minot, N. d., for
merly with the Great Northern and
500 roads in buying right-of-way and
townsites, has been representing the
Dan Patch in this vicinity in securing
the right-of-way. His diplomatic and
fair methods have provoked consid-
cradle favorable comment and have
won new friends for the road.
The work of extending the line has
already commenced and the engineers
expect to push the work with all pos
sible force and intend to get to Owa-
tonna this fall. The construction
work had been delayed bit pending
the settlement of one or two OBJ
stacles presented in securing the
right-Of-Way but now that these have
been removed to the mutual satisfac-
ton of all parties concerned there is
nothing to hinder a steady march
south to Owatonna, which means the
tapping of one of the richest and
most fertile sections along the en-
tire line of the Dan Patch, which
eventually will reach Dubuque, Iowa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

st. Paul, July S.-Louis j. Thomas,
twentyone years old, formerly with
circus, a printer by trade, now EN-
ployed as "a baggageman at the
Union depot was called by counsel
for Mr.. Wheelock in the Whittier
hearing. He said he was sent to
Redwing in 1889 Or 1900, from Man
katO, and was later sent to St
Cloud. His residence is Ga East
Eleventh street, st. Paul.
Both attorneys seemed satisfied
with his testimony. To counsel for
the governors private secretary he
told of being beaten on the whipping
machine until he was too weak and
faint to put on his clothes unassist.
ed, because he wouldn't peach
about a runaway attempt.
Hit the Night Watchman.
To Judge Wilson. he admitted that
the eight Dboysi who made the at
tempt started it by hitting the night
watchman William Shen, on the
head with a metal nozzle, unscrewed
from the fire. hose -
How did you happen to get into
this as a witness?" Judge Wilson
asked on cross-eXamination
"They sent for me-. was up here
in the capitol once, and saw Senator
Stephens ",a.qa
did you tell him. what you have
told here on the stand?'"
Eyes" -; .a-.E Il
did you get any money from him?'
81 did not a.,aT za.:t
"Have you ever got any money
from him ?"'.a yaF 4a~r.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The county board met yesterday
afternoon and worked so fast that
it completed it's work and adjourned
at noon today. The Decoria farmers
presented a petition signed by w. w.
Ballard and 40 other farmers, ask
ing that a new road be laid out to
avoid the Noyes hill, just south of
the cream station on the MapletOn
road. The board decided to meet
on the ground August II, and to
have hearing the next day.
Bids were received for grading and
filling the overhead bridge over the
Milwaukee crossing, north of Rapi-
dan. There is to be $4,000 yards of
fill, and a four foot concrete sewer
or culvert 140 feet long. C. S. Erick-
son secured the contract at 1920,
his bid being twenty cents a yard
for the fill and $40 a cubic yard for
the concrete, there being forty-three
cubic yards, according to the county
surveyors estimate. The North Star
Concrete company bid $3.50 on the
culvert, and A. Bashaw bid 500 On
the culvert and 20 cents yard on
the fill
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14
Placing His Associates.

Counsel for Whittier asked ques-
tons tending to show that, number
of Thomas former associates in the
training school are now either in the
refOrmatOry at st. Cloud or in
states prison.
Thomas testified on direct eXamina-
ton that he was put on the whipping
machine after being asked if any
boys beside the eight who tried 10
run away knew of the proposed at
tempt, and after his replying that
none did, he said he was given sew
enty-five lashes that he counted, by
Family Managers Shaw and George,
and that they stopped in the middle
of the beating to demand again that
he implicate other boys.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

time sheriff of that county. and that
he has a brother-in-law, named Daily,
who is in the Illinois legislature. The
other gave the name of Walter Coop
er of Niagara Falls, Canada.
Both Sides Tell Stories.
According to the boys, the strang-
ers were to blame, and according to
the strangers the boys were to
blame. The boys told of Clark fol-
lowing them, brandishing razor
and making dire threats, and of how
the leader of the boys, Harry Nc
Hugh, had struck Clark twice with
his fist and knocked him down each
time, and had done a few other
things The men said that a dozen
or fifteen boys set upon Clark with
out provocation and began throwing
stones at him. Clark denied having
razor until he picked up one that
one of the boys had, and he threw
it under a car, where Ben Page
found it. They did not touch any of
the boys, but were backing away
from them all the time, seeking to
avoid trouble, they said.
After giving both sides hearing
this forenoon, Judge Comstock dis
they would be able to find work, and
advised the boys on how to conduct
themselves so as to keep out of
trouble.
Stories of Bystanders.
A bystander, who claims to have
witnessed the trouble, stated to The
Free Press that he observed Clark
pull the razor from his hip pocket
He thought Clark was in the act of
pulling a gun. Previous to having
said to have made insulting remarks
to o. w. Briggs, who drives the
United States mail wagon for Eu
gene Coy.
Another gentleman who witnessed
the affair told The Free Press that
Clark was really the cause of the
trouble This gentleman also observ-
ed Clark pull the razor out of his
pocket and throw it under the car.
The razor was handed the police Of
ficers by a bus driver
With a gun in his pocket and
tough mug attached to his Shout
ders a stranger walked into the
Northwestern restaurant, North Front
street, at about $3.50 yesterday after
noon. Carl Hanson, a boy, was on
duty. The stranger asked Hanson If
there was a gun in the place. Re
ceiving a negative reply, the strang-
err walked toward the cash register
at the same time indicating to par
ties on the outside with his fingers
that there were five people in the
place.
Hanson ordered the fellow away
from the cash register. The strang-
er walked out of the restaurant and
disappeared in a nearby saloon.
1t is the belief of Hanson that had
he been alone in the restaurant a
hold-up would have been attempted.
Results of the June butter scoring
contest second In a series of six
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14
STANDING OF TEAMS.

This evening the retail clerks and
Omaha freight depot force will meet
each other at the Lewis park at
$50. The clerks will be stregth-
ened in tonight's game: Batteries,
Anderson and O'Brien for Omaha and
Thompson and Thompson for the
clerks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14
Accept New Bridge.

The board went to the new Red
Jacket concrete bridge last evening
and decided to accept it, and allowed
the contractor the final estimate.
The contract for filling in the bridge
with dirt and placing Indian lake
red gravel on top was awarded to
Mr.. Erickson at twenty cents a yard
for the dirt fill and 81 a yard for
the red gravel. The road on the
south side of the river is 10 be
graded up and made thirty feet wide
on top.
The board today made the tax levy
for the coming year. 1t is just the
same as for several years past, in
Guiding a road and bridge tax of
two mills, expected to yield about
$4,000, and $4,000 for county pur-
poses, including $4,000 for interest
on bonds, $1,000 for the sinking fund,
$4,000 for the poor fund, and $780,
900 for general county purposes, sal
aries, expenses of district court, sta
toinery and supplies, etc.
The jury list was also filled out.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-06-16

perience to that which Idaho is going
through and demand has been created
for a suitable screen. The result has
been that inventors have set to work
an dthe revolving screen has resulted.
Mr.. Kendall has been looking over
screens In Salt Lake at the instance
of State Game Warden Ben Gray, who
has been too busy in the prosecution
of law-breaking cases to make the
trip himself.
Thousands of dollars will be saved
to the state every year in the value
of fish if the screens prove to be sat
isfactory, and 1t is said that some sort
of deal will be made with the agents
for the screen, whereby, If 1t Is not
practicable the static will be out no
thing.
Fishermen are beginning to take
to the hills during the first warm days
of the summer and during the last
three days there has been a grand
rush to secure the necessary licenses
Many men from outside the state
have likewise come in for the fishing
season, and the streams of Idaho will
be alive with fishermen before the
end of the week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-06-16
HAWLEY APPOINTS PRISON DEL
GATES
Appointees to Meet at Prison Associa-
| ton

Governor Hawley has appointed the
following delegates to the American
Prison association to be held in Oma.
ha, October IA to 8.
John w. Shook, James M. Roberts
Andrew Robinson, Boise; w. w
Cooper, Pocatello; j. H. Rich, Paris;
H. c. Bucklin, Blackfoot; J. r. Hart
HALEY; ]. P. Leary, Idaho City; j
P. Kearns, Standpoint; ]. w. Watkins
Caldwell; R. G. Park, Albion; w. X
Huntington, Challis; A. E. Stevens
Mountainous; J. T. Fisher, st
Anthony; J. J. Overman, Grangeville,
w. B. Mcfarland, Coeu d'Alene; C
&c. Brown, Moscow; James Mahaffey
w. H. Horn, Salmon; L. M. Lug
Shoshone; H. G. Vanansdeln, Twil
Falls; G. w. Wetters, Weiser; Johr
Gaffney, Orofino; William Winkler
Council; w. T. Shockey, Nez Perez
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-06-16
LOST-A DEFICIT

1t is pleasing to learn that the
bugaboo of an annual postal deficit
is laid-at least for the present year.
Postmaster General Hitchcock reports
that the department is now self-sus-
taining-in fact shows a balance of
a million dollars for the present year
as against a deficit of 100000
inherited from the previous admin
istration. For whatever measure of
competent direction this improvement
is due Mr.. Hitchcock is deserving and
will receive credit.
There has never, in recent years,
Office department should not have
been any good reason why the post
been self-sustaining 1t has been
VIGOROUSLY burdened with grave
abuses and criminal wastes. The
Thanking privilege has been heavy
source of loss; the extravaganza rates
paid the railroads for mail service,
far exceeding similar charges to the
express companies, was another. The
persistent refusal of the powers that
be, in the interest of the same ex-
press companies, to establish a par
cells post-for which there is crying
need and growing demands prob
ably the browning instance of mis-
management. Now that it is shown
that, in spite of thse abuses and
2handicaps, the postol department can
be made self-sustaining, there should
be even greater insistence on the
part of the public for needed reforms.
The Thanking privilege should be cur
tailed or eliminated; the railroads
should be paid a just compensation
for their services and no more, and
above all, parcels post system
should be established similar to that
in existence in all other civilized
countries without regard to the i'm
placable greed of the express COM
panies. These things accomplish
it will be found that the postoffice de.
partment is not only self-sustaining
but revenue producer. The next
step after that will be the Inaugural
ton of penny postage.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-06-16
FIRST NATIONAL BANK SALMON
CITY CLOSED
Action Ordered by Special Bank Elk.
aminer-Large Loans the Cause
of Failure

The First National Bank of Salmon
City, in Lemhi county, closed its
doors today.
A message was received in the city
late this afternoon from Salmon bear
ing the above announcement. The
bank was closed up by special nation
al bank examiner from Washington
d. G. Other than this information
the telegram gave no details.
The First National bank of Salmon
was organized about five years ago
and was regarded as one of the prin-
cipal financial institutions of the Sal
mon City country. It was capitalized
at $4,000 with surplus of $500.
H. G.. King, who is well known in
Boise, was the president of the de-
funct institution and John Lottridge
was cashier. Both of these men, as
we'll as all others connected with the
bank, have always been held in high
regard by the patrons and friends of
the institution, and have occupied en-
viable positions among the banking
fraternity of the state.
The only reason assigned by local
parties for the failure of the bank
at this time is the practice of max
ing heavy loans so great in volume
that the institutions available funds
were not sufficient to meet up with
the demand. While the true state OF
affairs which brought about the clos
ing are not known here, the belief
prevails among men well Informed
upon the subject that this practice OF
overlooking is doubtless the direct
cause of the failure.
Charles S. Loveland, who is known
to Boise citizens, is the regularly en-
ployed examiner for national banks
but in this instance the bank was
closed by special federal agent.
There are two other banks located
at Salmon City, both of which are in
excellent shape.