The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

has contract 1t is understood tina
If the additional bonds of $4,000 i.
carried that this company will dt
the work at the same rate per foo
as the original agreement.
Contracts for the construction o.
the addition to the nurses dormitory
at the state hospital were awarded
by the board of control last Tues
day. The last legislature appropri
ated $4,000 for this improvement
and the general contract went to
Otto Neitge of North Mankato, at his
bid of $36,476. The Healy Plumbing
and Heating company of ST. Pau
was given the contract to install the
mechanical equipment, it's bid being
$6,977 The Unity Electrical com
pany was awarded the contract to
rebuild the telephone exchange al
the institution, the bid being $685.
Mrs. Alta Durham and daughters
of Portland, Ore, are visiting rela-
tives and friends in the village. Mrs.
Durham is a niece of Mrs. NJ A.
Hayden.
Miss Bessie Long of Amboy is
the guest of Miss Jessie Hayden this
week.
Mrs. Fl. F. Arnold will be relieved
of her duties as librarian during the
month of August. Mrs. Harry Hav-
en-, a former librarian will serve dur
ing this time. 1t is planned to hold
a special meeting of the library
board next Saturday evening. Sew
eral matters of importance will be
considered.
J. J. Koehn of Window is visiting
friends here for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs John Kostner and
Miss Clotilda Haines of Arcadia,
Wisconsin, are visiting at the home
of H. F. Arnold for few days. The
guests are parents and a niece of
Mrs. Arnold. They express them
selves highly pleased with North
Mankato.
Mrs. C.. A. Sharp will entertain the
Ladies' Aid society at the parson-
age tomorrow afternoon at two
o'clock. All ladies are cordially in
vited. AT the close of the business
session lunch will be served to
which gentlemen are also invited.
Peter Unger one of Mr.. Balls pu-
pills five years ago at the college, call
ed ,on him few minutes Sunday
Mr.. Unger is located at Great Falls,
Mont, and with his young bride is
on an auto tour from Great Falls, to
returning via Mankato
Lamberton his old home and
back to Great Falls. They expect
to reach home September 1.
John McGrath of Minneapolis is at
home on a visit with his parents.
Will Skoog, who met with an in
jury to his leg while working at
Waseca is laid up at the home of
his parents for week or two.
Mrs. Wilbur Murden, daughter and
Mrs. William Girvin left this morn
ing for an extended visit with their
parents who reside near Alexandria,
Mimi. Enroute they will make
short visit with friends at Minneapo-
lis and if the weather and roads per-
NIT will make the balance of the
trip to Alexandria in an automobile.
Mr.. Murden may join his family
later for a short visit and hunting.
Judge Roster has placed a tall
flag pole in the lawn of his premises.
The pole is fully thirty feet high
nfo uhifn mr. NTH
a ball and spear head. 1t is need
less to say that the flag that will
float from this staff will be the
stars and stripes. Although the
judge is of foreign birth he is every
inch an American.
Without desiring to be bores there
are many people in North Mankato
seriously in earnest about having
the weeds kept down, at least on
the main thoroughfares. The late
rains have caused the weeds in
many places to spring up profusely.
Many are cutting the weeds ada
cent to their premises, but there are
a number of vacant lots. For in
stance the vacant lots between Tay-
lor's fiat and Heiders premises. A
large tree near the sidewalk on
these lots was blown down several
weeks ago and has been left as it
would be in the wild woods. The
owner of this piece of ground is a
wealthy citizen of Mankato who is
able to have his property kept up
and if this is not done why should
not the work be done and assessed
to the property. 1t is not fair to
the residents who are carrying the
burdens of the community to allow
outside spectators to allow their
property to become a public nui-
sance. Street Commissioner Ehlers
made an effective crusade on the
weeds some time ago and no doubt