The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-09

st. Peter, appearing for the plain
tiff in the trial of the suit of D. F.
Meyer of North Mankato against
Krantz and others. Mr.. Meyer and
the defendants own threshing ma
chine jointly, and he is suing his
for an accounting.
County Surveyor Brooks and his
Arthur L. Goldenstar and
Earl Girvin, have returned from
three days spent near Austin, doing
some engineering work. They were
surprised to find no graveled road
in that vicinity. The roads there
were as bad as they used to be in
this county before the farmers got
interested in lettering their condi-
ton.
Window Citizen: Mr.. and Mrs.
Heineman left Sunday afternoon for
Mankato where they will make their
future home with their granddaugh-
ter, Mrs. Morrow. The health of
both Mr. and Mrs. Heineman has
become so impaired that it was
very hard for them to keep house,
hence their removal from among us.
The best wishes of their many
friends for restoration of health fol-
lows them.
Professor H. Frey, principal of the
Lutheran school. left this afternoon
for Fairmont, Mimi, to attend the
;ol &c
Southern Minnesota. He is also on
the program for few musical num-
bers for the concert which will be
given in connection with this con-
ference. Mrs. H. Frey and Miss
Anna Frey departed for ST.. James
this noon. There Professor Frey
will meet them Saturday to spend
Penticost with relatives.
From Fridays Daily.
Given Farewell Party.
Mrs. Fl. H. Tompkins was given
a farewell surprise party yesterday
afternoon at her home on North
Fourth street. Twenty ladies of the
neighborhood marched in upon her
Unexpectedly, bringing refreshments,
which were served in due time They
also presented her with some pretty
and serviceable silverware The
affair was most enjoyable. Mrs.
Tompkins and family will move to
Aberdeen, S. D., next week. Mr..
Tompkins travels for the Deere,
Weber Co., and Aberdeen is nearest
the center of his territory. Their
Mankato friends will regret their
leaving
Miss DenfeId to Wed.
Miss Margaret Denfeld, who has
been a member of the st. Cloud high
school faculty during the past. year
is not to return to her position next
year, announcement having been
made of her approaching marriage
to Mr. Erwin W., Hudson of Ben
son, MINI. The wedding is to oc-
cur August g. Miss Denfeld is a
daughter of former Superintendent
Denfeld Of this city.
Coming Wedding.
Miss Helen T. Ulmen and George
J. Lamm, the latter of Mankato town
ship, are to be married at the home
of the bride, 2O8 Rhine street, next
Tuesday. The marriage license was
issued today by Clerk of Court Krost
c. F. Curtis Riley, WHO has been
head of the department of biology
and curator of the museum in the
Mankato normal school, during the
past four years, has been invited to
accompany a party of investigators in
zoology to the Pacific coast. The
party will leave for California about
be carried on at La Jolla. The group
of workers will be under the leader
ship of Professor Henry Baldwin
Ward, Phi. D.
not consider this proposition further,
as he has been rendered the offer
of IAN investigators room" at the
Marine Biological laboratory, at
Woods Hole, Mass. This honor was
somewhat of pleasant surprise, as
it was entirely unexpected. The ap
pointment carries with it the full
privileges of the laboratory, beslues
the fees and biological supplies-the
fee for an Investigators room is
$1OO Almost all biologists look for
ward to spending one or more sea-
sons at Woods Hole, either to engage
in some form of investigation, or
more formal study. The location of
the laboratory at Woods Hole gives
it exceptional advantages for study
and research, the fauna and flora
of the vicinity being highly varied.
The climate is especially favorable
for summer work. The laboratory
consists of five two-story buildings,
with fifty-five private rooms for the
exclusive use of investigators, and
seven general laboratories. There is
an excellent working library; mem
bers of the laboratory also have the
use of books from the Boston Society
of Natural History. The laboratory
is also provided with both museum
and herbarium.
Mr. Riley's researches have been
chiefly upon the comparatively new