The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-12-01
Lake Crystal

Mrs. James ThOmaS spent Tues
day calling on friends in Mankato.
Charles Fox is repairing his ice
house, which stands in the rear of
Jones butcher shop.
NJ. ]. Barney sold 100 acres of
land in Emmett country, Iowa, owned
by Ellis Jones, to some Minneapolis
party.
Alec Hanson, county commissioner,
is in the north on a deer hunt. He
will spend a few days in Duluth be-
fore returning.
Sam Cookson, who lives just east
of town. has the only job OF thresh-
ing that is not yet done. He expects
to thresh this week.
It is rumored that Lake Crystal will
have a taxicab to meet the trains.
This will certainly be appreciated by
people from outlying districts. :
T. r. Ownes, proprietor OF the
Palace livery, spent Saturday in Man
kato looking over automobiles. Mr..
Owen expects to add taxicab to
his bus line.
The lakes are frozen over, but
owing to the high winds and sitting
snow the skating is poor, and the
young people will be deprived of
that sport this year.
Lon Chaffee, who has been in
Alberta, Canada, for the past two
years, has returned. Mr.. Chaffee
has fully decided that Minnesota is
good enough for him.
Daniel Clay, who formerly resided
here but who moved to Medford,
Ore, five years ago. returned Wednes-
day to this place. Mr.. Clay looks well
and is enjoying good health.
The basketball game between the
Lake Crystal high school team and
a similar team from Blue Earth
resulted in victory for the latter
team. Quite a large crowd attended
the game.
Carl Brandt, living in section "a,
Lincoln township, had the misfortune
to crush his hand in the rolls OF a
corn shredder last week, and it was
found necessary to amputate the
hand at the wrist.
The home of Mrs.. Lena Riley
caught fire Sunday afternoon about
four o'clock. The fire was practically
extinguished with chemicals, although
water was turned on and considerable
damage was done from this source.
Quite scare was experienced at
the big mill this week, owing to the
water getting low in one of the big
boilers and the safety plug melted.
No particular damage was done
aside from few hours loss OF time.
hno
household goods into the old post
office building and expects to dis
pose of them. After he disposes OF
his household effects Mr.. Swenson
expects to go to Washington to
make his home. f
In a letter from Louis Garberding,
who is now in Omaha, Neb., in the
employ of the Standard Oil company,
he says that the rents, cost of living,
etc.. in that city are very high. He is
in hopes of getting a country station
and his family will join him.
Mr.. Sansome, who has been making
his home with his granddaughter,
Mrs. Paul Neff, has gone to st.
Paul to visit with his son. Mr..
Sansome is over eighty years old,
but is remarkably we'll, and takes
his daily walks OF from five to ten
miles.
c. D. OFT and wife OF Amboy, came
down Wednesday afternoon to visit
Mrs. Otis mother and sister. Mr..
OFT lived here for number OF years
and had charge of the Standard
Lumber Co. here He is now cashier
in the German American Bank in
| Amboy.
Mrs. Roy Peterson died at her home
| in Lincoln township Tuesday night.
Mrs. Peterson was a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John GustafsOn OF
Ceresco She leaves husband and a
child about three weeks old. The
husband and family have the sym
patty OF the entire community.
| Elliot Epson returned Saturday
night from Itasca county with fine
deer and string of partridges. He
says the snow is about foot deep
up north. Loggers feel greatly en-
couraged over the early fall OF snow
and men and teams are being rushed
to the camps as fast as possible
Quite a number of the farmers
have built silos to feed their stock
during the winter. Forty pounds OF
ensilage, six pounds OF ground oats
or bran, and four pounds OF clover
hay is considered balanced ration
for a 1900 pound COW. 1t requires
about ten acres of corn to fill silo
16 feet by 80 feet. This is estimated
to feed thirty cows $50 days.
John Wendt, who recently pur
chased and moved onto the ole
John farm in Butternut. is building
large barn. Mr.. Wendt expects to
engage in raising thoroughbred
stock. This will add one more to oul
thorough bred list. Lake Crystal has
for a great many years been noted
for it's high bred stock farms. DR.
Currier started the enterprise some
thirty years ago. G.. n. Piper
fas for years engaged in rails
| ing Durham cattle and Norman
horses. The hard times of '93 drove
those horsemen out of business, and
the farms that are today raising full
bloods are all raising cattle and hogs
T. C. Norman, Frank Richardson
have full-blood Guernseys; Randall
brothers, Ed. Hartwig, Ed. Baker
and John Wendt raise Holsteins.
Lake Crystal in all probability
will have electricity furnished by
the big dam at Rapidan in the near
future. When this line is completed
Lake Crystal will be one OF the best