The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-18

above the average low water, in spite
OF all OF the rain the past two weeks
or more.
A. c. Miller, the ditch contractor of
Redwood Falls, has returned from
Green county, Arkansas, where he
secured a contract of $240,00O for big
ditch work. The work is to be com
pleted in three years, and cOnse-
quently he figures on moving his
family south in couple of months.
He will ship one of his large dredges
to Arkansas and will then purchase a
new one.
Heavy rains fell Saturday and
Sunday nights, accompanied by ter
rife thunder, and the weather does
not seem settled yet People are
beginning to wish that the end was
in sight for the present. as great
deal of grain IS in shock and is be-
ing damaged by the continued wet
weather. The paving work and other
out of door work in this city is also
being hampered.
H. L. Ulmann, rural mail carrier
on route 6. is exhibiting curiosity.
He lives on East Main street where
he has potato garden. In digging
his potatoes few days ago he
dug up one that had grown into the
neck of bottle and broken it. The
end in the bottle was well developed,
but not as fully as the other end
of the tuber When found the sides
of the bottle were imbedded into
the potato, the skin being perfect.
hot tot NIL
grow in East Mankato even under
difficulties.
Rochester Post and Record: A
great many people in Rochester and
especially the older residents, who
are communicates of ST. Johns
church will rejoice to learn of the
high honors conferred upon Bishop
Keane, he having been elevated to
archbishop by the Holy See. Bishop
Keane's boyhood home was Pine
Island, where his mother and two
brothers still reside. He attended
school in, Rochester in the early
days, and was communicate of st.
Johns church, he being one of the
first of the Rochester parish to be
honored as a bishop, and the first
communicate of the Rochester church
to reach the high elevation of arch
bishop. The honor is worthy one,
and one of which st. Johns people
may we'll be proud.
rom Tuesdays Daily.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture, is seventy-six years old today.
Dudley Finch will be brought into
Deputy Sheriff Ed. Ario was made
sick yesterday by eating mushrooms.
He was alright again today.
A hearing was held on disputed
claims this forenoon, in the case of
the Macbeth & Gardner Co. bank
ruptcy.
Mrs. NJ Foster, the South Front
street milliner, is in New York buy
ing goods and looking over the fall
and winter styles.
A special meeting of the school
board has been called for tomorrow
evening, at which time vacancies in
the teaching force will be filled and
other business attended to.
A dispatch from Anoka says:
"Ten thousand eight hundred and
two bushels of potatoes were bought
on the Anoka market and $11,345 was
paid out to farmers in one day. One
buyer shipped five cars. Two hundred
big wagon loads we're weighed on
four scales. This excels all single
Gays in the history of the Anoka
market for cash paid. Fields are go
ing as high as 200 bushels to the
acre, and in one week the yield has
s,,n h,, oil w N
bushels an acre. In other words, in
seven days potatoes have grown
enough larger to bring in $22 more
an acre than they did a week ago
today"
The State Bank of Golden, small
institution at Golden, Brown county,
was closed yesterday by Bank Elk
aminer K. S. Chase, who took per-
sonal charge. A message from Mr..
Chase was received at his office in
the state capitol today, but did not
give his reasons for closing the bank.
It is the third state bank to be closed
by the department within two weeks,
the others being at Royalton and Bow
lus. The State Bank of Golden was
incorporated in August, 1904, with
$4,000 capital stock. Hans Mo is
president and R. M. West, cashier.
It's last report showed deposits of
about $5O,OOO; surplus of $1,1OO and
undivided profits of $3.50.
Rochester Post and Record: The
Rochester friends of Rev. George F.
Patterson, who for the past three
years has been pastor of the futile
Memorial church of Minneapolis, re-
signing the pastorship of Grace church
of this place to go to that city, will
be interested to learn that he preach
ed his farewell sermon Sunday at
the futile Memorial church. Rev. Pat
terson will go to Kalamazoo, Mich, to
become the pastor of the Peoples
church, which is an institutional one.
It will also prove more interesting
to know that Rev. Patterson becomes
the pastor of the church of which
Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane was the
head for twelve years. Rev. Caroline
Bartlett Crane will be remembered
as the apostle of municipal cleanll-
ness who visited Rochester some time
ago.
Because of vigorous protests from
shippers and trunkmakers against
rule proposed to be put in erect by
the railroads June 1, 1912, limiting
the size of trunks to forty inches,