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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
CYCLE RACES AT FAIR

Preparations are being made fol
motorcycle and boys bicycle races
for the Mankato fair which will be
held September IL, 13 and IA. There
will also be several automobile races.
Glenn Allyn has consented to race,
on condition that automobiles of
Mankato or vicinity race against
him. The boys bicycle and the mo-
tor cycle races will be held each of
the three days of the fair and those
who wish to take part in these races
must hand in their names or make
proper entry with Mrs. L. P. Zim-
norman, 215 North Front street be-
fore five o'clock next Saturday after
noon.
A purse of SO will be given on
each day for the winning motorcycle
racer and IS for the bicycle winner.
There will also be live baseball
games on each day of the fair. O.
F. Morrow is now arranging for the
games. Plans are also being made
for an automobile parade Friday
evening and all auto owners in Man
kato and vicinity are invited to join.
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WIND SHIELDS ARE
PUT ON THE CHICKS

Chicago, September 3.-Mrs. For
rest Ferrill of Waukegan was con.
fronted with a problem when the
cold weather struck this section of
the country a couple of weeks ago
She had nearly 200 little chickens,
which had arrived at that age when
the downy plumage of youth falls
and the larger feathers of early ma
turity arrive.
Between the two ages of chicks
the cold weather arrived, and the icy
winds struck the little chickens in
the spots where the feathers were
feWeSt
After several of the chicks had
died from cold and exposure, Mrs.
Ferrill conceived the idea of making
dresses for the little hens and trous-
ers for the little roosters. According
ly she purchased several yards of
gray flannel and started to work. No
Partisan modiste was more busy be-
fore the opening of court ball
than was Mrs. Ferrill making the
coming out" gowns for her chick
ems.
At last the garments were done
The little hens appeared one morn
ing strutting about the yard in dec
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AVIATION in
Mime SOta

AS shown in the two preceding
articles the law requiring that "all
property shall be assessed at it's
true and full value in money" has
never been obeyed Instead of as
sessing at true and full value it is
the universal custom to assess at
from 25 to SO per cent of true val
ue. Instead of assessing every artf-
Gle in a given class of property at
full value, or at given, uniform per-
centage of full value it is the uni
versal custom to assess every article
in certain classes of property at a
fixed sum regardless of value; and
instead of : assessing all property
not exempt from taxation it is the
custom in MANY districts to wilful-
ly and Systematically omit large
amount OF personal property from
the rolls. All of these methods are,
of course, illegal and all of them
have been adopted in open and d.
rect violation of perfectly clear and
uGequivOcal statutes requiring that
all property not exempt shall be
listed and assessed, and that all of
it shall be assessed at true and full
value.
For the wilful failure to assess
all property subject to taxation,
and for the assessment of every ar
ticle in given class at the same
figure regardless of value is no pos
sible excuse. Such methods, as we
have shown, are grossly unfair and
work irreparable injury to individual
taxpayers: but for the assessment
of rtai
per cent of full value, instead of at
in Justification. During the fifty
four years since we became state
many laws have been passed which
are based upon the prevailing GUS
tom Of assessing property at from
rs to SO per cent of true full value
instead of upon the statute requiring
that assessment be made at true
and full value"
First: The salaries of county
auditors and their clerks; of county
treasures; and, in part, the salaries
Of judges of probate, are fixed and
determined by the assessed valua-
ton of the county and if properly
was assessed at true and full value
as required by law the salary of
every one of these officials would
be increased to an amount far in
excess of that intended by the leg
islature.
Second: The Indebtedness which
counties, cities, villages and towns
can incur is definitely limited by
law Cities of the first class being
limited to 5 per cent of their as
sessed valuation, and the other muir
icipalities to 10 per cent. If all
property was assessed "at it's true
and full value" it would be possible
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-06
Some of the Reasons
W by Property Is Not
Assessed at Full Value.

for all these municipalities to in
crease their Indebtedness at least
three fold.
Third: The power of counties,
cities, villages, towns and school dis
tricts to raise money by taxation is
definitely limited by law to certain
maximum rates. For example, the
highest rate that can be imposed
in any county for general revenue
purposes is one per cent. The same
thing is true at varying rates for
all the other municipalities. 1t is
plain, therefore, that the amount of
money any municipality can raise
by taxation is limited by the amount
of its assessment, and it is equally
plain that if property in any NUM-
cipality is assessed at true and
full value" it can raise three times
as much as it could if the assess
ment was made at one-third of full
value. The rate of taxation in many
communities has already reached
the maximum, and if assessments
were made at a higher per cent of
true value than the prevailing Gus
tom, taxes would undoubtedly be
much higher than they are at pres
ent.
Fourth: A very considerable
part of the revenue obtained by di,
rect taxation is derived from taxes
levied for certain specific purposes
at rates which the definitely fixed
by law, such as the zone mill school
tax" and the one-tenth of mill tax
for the Soldiers relief fund" and
the like. The rate of these taxes
remains the same year after year
of the state or of the needs of the
institutions for which the tax is lev.
led, and it can only be changed by
amending the law. The aggregate
rate of all these so-called Especial
taxes" at present amounts to 2.5S
mills on each dollar of assessed val
uation, and the total revenue de.
rived from them in 1911 was approx.
imately $3,000,000. If property in
that year had been assessed at its
true and full value as provided by
law these taxes would have been in
creased fully threefold, and would
probably have amounted to more
than $9,000,000.
In short, if the law requiring that
"all property shall be assessed al
it's true and full value" was rigidly
enforced it would inevitably result
in a large and needless increase in
taxes; in a great and uncalled for
increase in salaries; most likely in
a great increase in municipal indebt
edness, and in a general and unwar.
ranted decentralization of our entire
revenue system.
The next article will show the eff.
forts that have been made to cor.
rect these evils.
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4, B, $3.50; No. 5, so cents, No. 5,A
for new cement sidewalk per square
foot cents; No. 5, b, for cement
curb and thirty-inch gutter, per foot
IS cents; No. 6, IS cents. Any solid
rock excavation under cement curb,
$1.75 per yard.
Award Contract.
At the session of the council this
afternoon Alexander Bashaw was
awarded a contract in accordance
with his bid given above
The city clerk will advertise for
120 tons of West Virginia split coal.
Chief Lulsdorff was granted leave
to attend the chief of the fire depart
ments' meeting at Denver. The city
will pay the expense.
The Barber company will conclude
its repairs on Broad street tomor-
row. If accepted by the council, the
company is released from all fur
Their responsibility on the paving.
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BOYS WHO ARE SEEING
FAIR At STATE COST

bell; Isanti, Paul r. Hanson; Itasca.
David S. Rina; Jackson, Frank W.
Hotchkiss; Kanabec, John Bell; Kan
diyohi, Fri johnson; Kittson, Oscar
Hemmingson; Koochiching, WalterP
Poland; Lac qui Parle, Roy Hubbs:
Lake, Arthur Anderson; LIE Sueur,
Erwin Pinney; Lincoln, Clarence
Widmark; Lyon, Harold Houghton;
Mcleod, Thomas Gildear; Mahno-
men, Helmer o. Halverson; Marshall,
Fairfield w. Perry; Martin, 4, Lee
Loonaer; Mile Laos, Harold o. Sod
erquist; Morrison, Hugh Mcleod;
Mower, Sidney A. Crane; Murray.
Ralph Burnhafn;~ Nicollet, Harry r.
Burnett; Mobiles, Roy Calvin; Nor
man, Edwin Brohaugh; Olmsted, Neil
M. Booker; Otter Tail, c. Henry
Erickson; Pennington, Mons Engel-
stad; Pine, Emery Loken; 'Pipestone,
Morten Turnquist; Polk, Ira Haaren;
Pope, Clarence A. Swenson; Ramsey,
Eugene Anger; Red Lake, Napoleon
r. Warm; Redwood" Glen Hamilton;
Renville, Carl Potter; Rice, Robert
Hughes; Rock, Henry Krabbenhoft;
Roseau, Oscar Sonsteng; st. Louis,
Fred Jackson; Scott, John Jaenicke;
Sherburne, Albert Kendrick; Sibley,
Carl E. Johnson; Stearns, Alvin Sny-
der; Steele, Floyd Adams; Stevens,
Ralph V. Smith; Swift, Clarence Pc
terson; Todd, Elmer S. Alexson;
Traverse, Elmer C. Bruce; Wabasha,
Robert Scholer; Wadena, Lloyd Ken
nedy; Waseca, Earl BardeH; Wash
ington, Reuben F. Erickson; Wilkin,
Ivan Staples Winona, John Mona
han; Wright, Arthur Hokenson; Vel
low Medicine, Frank Miller.
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gillette" gowns and the roosters in
carefully pressed trousers and cut
away coats"
One mistake on the part of Mrs.
Ferrill caused the loss of one of the
Partisan gowns she had made for
the hens. While dressing the chick
ems one morning, In the semi-dark-
ness she placed one of the gowns
upon one Of the chickens which
should have drawn trousers and a
coat. Mrs. Ferrill never noticed the
mistake until later in the morning,
when she saw one of the smaller
chickens trying to unbutton it's dress
'up the back"
Fearing that the chick would break
leg she fastened to it's assistance
and then discovered her mistake.
One of the little roosters had been
dressed in harem skirt and resent
ed the insult.
Mrs. Ferrill believes that the meth
cd she adopted to protect her chick
ems from the cold saved the lives of
many of them. No "tube skirts"
hinder the hens in the execution Of
the nature-given right of scratching,
the skirts of the "hen gowns" being
more after the style: of the "crino-
lines" Of the late sixties.
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expected from each congressional dis
trict
Minneapolis Journal: J. F. Jacob
son as an independent progressive
candidate for governor, entered by
petition after the primaries, is ad-
mitted by leading Roosevelt men to-
day to be strong possibilityiin case
Governor A. o. Eberhart is5renomi-
mated, but none of the leaders1would
discuss the matter for publication
today, in advance of the meeting of
the progressive party's state commit
tee Tuesday evening. AS there is
chance for the nomination of1a pro-
gressive candidate in the republican
primaries, sentiment in the ccommit-
tee is against taking any definite &C
ton tomorrow evening.
What probably will be done, &C
cording to some of the twin city
members, will be to pass a resolu-
ton declaring that the committee
will act at the proper times under
the Ellsworth resolution passed by
the progressive state convention in
st. Paul, July 30. This resolution
created the state committee Oof fifty
and directed it to see that Iprogres-
sive candidates file by petition for
every office, except, where 1.-THE re-
publican nominee is deemed by two
thirds vote of the committee Ito be
in full sympathy with the progress
sive movement
eve are facing a peculiar asitua-
tion," said one of the leaders, to-
day. 1--WE have progressive candi-
dates for governor and other offices
going into the republican primaries
with good chance to win, but if
they fail, we cannot as an organiza-
ton make common cause with the
democrats. We will have to put up
independent candidates.
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JOHN LIND HOME FROM
HIS LONG "Trip ABROAD

Minneapolis, September 3.-For.
mer Governor John Lind returned
today with his family from Europe
after a tour beginning May 8 and
extending into England, France, Ger
many, Holland, Sweden, Norway and
Denmark. They were in Stockholm
during. the Olympic games, and en-
joyed the spectacle of the American
triumph, while Mr.. Lind was also
pleased at the showing of the Swed
ish athletes. 1t was his first visit
to his native land since he left ii
boy of twelve
MY principal impression on re-
turning to Sweden" said Mr.. Lind
today, sis that the country is SO
much in advance of what we have
been led to expect. We have been
told that in railways and in business
the countries of Europe are far be.
hind us, but such is not the case
they are abreast of us in many
things, and ahead of us in some.
Things That Impressed Him.
Il was especially impressed with
the care of people in the cities. as to
sanitation and living conditions. In
the cities of continental Europe
which we visited, there are no slums
and no begging. Houses are not al.
lowed to be occupied by a new ten.
ant until they. have been inspected
and pronounced habitable. This con-
dition does not prevail in England,
but in the continental countries it
was everywhere apparent that, com
pared with America, they have spent
more time in taking care of people
and less in piling up dollars
VI course, it is difficult to make
any comparison between Europe and
America, because in so many things
America excels, and the conditions
are so vastly different
Was With the Athletes.
we enjoyed the Olympic games,
and met the American athletes on
the Finland, where we took dinner
once with the boys, and once with
Captain Thompson. They are a fine
lot of fellows"
Mr.. Lind was accompanied by Mrs.
Lind, their two daughters, Miss Jen-
ME and Miss Winifred, and their
younger son, John. All returned to-
day except Miss Jennie, who remains
IN Germany for longer stay.
Mr.. Lind is to be entertained by
MS democratic friends of st. Paul
at a Woodrow Wilson dinner. He
received their invitation on landing
at Quebec, and Informed the COM
mlttee today that any date they may
fix after September will be accent
able to him.
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TRYING TO DUMP SAM
OUT OF A RACE FOR GOV
Especial to The Free Press. /

St. Paul, Mimi, September s.
Declining to accept n. 7. Halbert's
proposal that committee of twelve
determine which of the three pro.
gressive candidates for governor
should withdraw, leaving the field to
two, Sam Y. Gordon's and w. e.
Lees managers prevented any agree.
ment which would tend to clarity
the situation this morning. E. T,
Young consented to submit the mat.
ter to any responsible tribunal and
abide by its decision.
State progressives have tried to
start the process of elimination be-
fore the primaries are held. An at
tempt last night to get one of the
several so-called progressive candi-
dates for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton to quit the race so that the
fight being made against Governor
Eberhart will be narrowed down to
a less number of aspirants for the
place at the head of the republican
ticket. With defeat staring them in
the face the opposing candidates are
becoming desperate.
Those Who Attended.
The conference was held last night
at the. office of Hugh T. HalbeTt,
st. Paul. Participating were E. T.
Young, republican gubernatorial can
didate, and his campaign manager,
Kay Todd; Lieutenant Governor Sam
Y. Gordon, also a candidate; his
manager, James Martin, and James
Arneson, closely connected with the
Gordon campaign; Rudolph Lee, son
of w. E. Lee, who is campaigning
on the range, and w. o. Clure, cam
paign manager for Lee.
Sworn to Secrecy.
Mr.. Halbert said that he called
the representatives of the three can
didates together of his own initiative
in an effort to simplify what is gen.
orally agreed to be complex politi-
cal situation.
Following the meeting those who
took part scattered in their several
All were pledged to Sc
crecy.
Each one of the candidates was
willing that the other fellow should
withdraw. 1t is said that the pur-
pose of the conference was for the
elimination" of Sam Gordon.
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st. Paul, September 3.-Eighty-four
>counties of Minnesota are represent
ed in, the farm boys encampment at
the fair, the first of it's kind in the
state. Their tents were pitched Sat
urday and some of the lads arrived
that day, but by Sunday evening all
of the campers had reported The
purpose of the enterprise is educa-
tional, to give the boys an opportu,
nifty to learn of the other sections
of the state, to take advantage OF
the varied opportunities for picking
up information offered by the fair
and to see the fair itself The boys
were selected by competitive con.
tests in each county.
Following are the counties repre-.
sented and their representatives
Aitkin, Ninian Westerlund; Anoka,
Edwin Lee; Becker, Paul J. Skaim
Beltrami, Alex Everywind; Benton,
j. A. Loidolt; Big Stone, Oliver Ben
son; Blue Earth, Harold Bowen
Brown, Christian Frederickson; Carl
ton, Clarence M. Connor; Carver,
Walter H. ]. Lundstrom; Cass, Eu,
gene c. Hart; Chippewa, Magnust
Otensruu, CnlSaSO, oscar peterson (;
Clay, Arthur Rookie; Clearwater, Her,
bert Anderson; Cook, Joseph Muir,
ply; Cottonwood, w. Howard Cow
an; Crow Wing, Edward Nelson; Da-
kota, Arnold Peter; Dodge, Cigar
Onstad; Douglas, Willie Lund; Fari-
bault, Henry w. Bless; Fillmore,
Charles L. Young; Freedom, Henry
M. Head; Goodhue, Halbert. Loken;
Grant, Clarence A. Andrews; Hen
nepin, Charles Howe; Houston, Wal
ter Baeder; Hubbard, Frank G. Camp
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TOOLS USED BY YEGGS
HA We BEEN IDENTIFIED

From Tuesdays Daily.
Alva d. Beach of the Blacksmith
firm of Williams & Beach, stated to
Chief of Police Donahue that the
tools consisting of one monkey
wrench and two chisels, used by the
yeggs to blow up the safe at the
Woolworth Five and Ten Cent store
Sunday night, had been stolen from
their blacksmith shop. Mr.. Beach
identified the tools when they were
handed to him. He said that a
stranger came to his shop Saturday
afternoon, walked around and espec-
tally to the rear and appeared to Oh
serve everything, but with casual
chances. At the time, Mr. Beach
took no notice of the stranger, as
he remained only five minutes, but
after the robbery, remembers that
he was very careful in his obser-
yations, and is positive that he was
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WILL PUT UP THEIR
MEN BY PETITION

st. Paul, September 3.-At an in
formal conference between several
members of the progressive central
committee it was practically decided
to live up to the terms of the Ellis
worth resolution passed at the mass
convention of progressives in st.
Paul, July 80. This resolution pro-
vides that if the candidates selected
at the primaries next week are not
progressive and cannot be supported
conscientiously by the progressives,
candidates will be nominated by pc
tition to file against them.
1t was suggested first that the com.
mittee of fifty designate the candi.
dates already filed, whom they can
support. Opposition developed to this
plan, as several members felt that
a designation was equivalent to an
Endorsement The committee is trying
to remain neutral as between Young,
Gordon and Lee. 1t is anti-Eberhart
reactionary.
The committee of fifty will meet
this evening at eight o'clock at the
Merchants hotel. An attempt will be
made to get a conference between
H. T. Halbert, chairman of the com
mittee, Lee, Gordon and Young In
an effort to work out some solution
of the problem now confronting the
committee.
! If no candidate can be induced tc
withdraw, an effort will be made tc
secure some kind of working agree
ment among the candidates to urge
their friends to vote second choice
within the group represented by
Young, Lee and Gordon.
Replies have been received from
nearly all the members of the com
mittee and a full representation is
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one of the men who blew I'D the
safe
Mr.. Beach said the man was about
twenty-eight years of age, dark COM
plexioned, weighing about 165 pounds,
and smooth shaven
Immediately after the robbery was
discovered, it was thought that the
tools had been taken from the car.
penter shop in the Omaha railroad
yards, and this was the opinion of
the authorities, and all who investi-
gated the case, as Mr.. Paulson, who
is employed at the shop, reported
to the police station that the shop
had been entered and the tool chest
broken open. He said he missed
wrench. Yesterday, however, Chief
of Police Donahue, in his investiga-
ton, learned that the tools had been
taken from the blacksmith shop of
Williams & Beach. \
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viding a sufficient number will sig
Nifty their intention to go. All who
desire to go, will please send their
names to any member of the commit
tee, as may be most convenient. The
autoists will assemble at the Elks
building at one o'clock sharp on Fri
day and the start will be made at
1:30 o'clock sharp. All automobile
owners are invited to join, whether
members of the club or not. The
committee must know as early as
possible for if sufficient number do
not signify their intentions to go,
the tour will be called off. DR.. J.
Andrews. John H. Hohmann, c.. H.
Saulpaugh, R. e. Brown, committee.
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From Tuesdays Daily.
Surprise Party.

Pequot Review: Last Friday the
home of Mrs. F. A. Tanner was the
scene of one of the pleasantest So
cial affairs that has taken place in
this village. 1t was in the nature
of a surprise for Mrs. Tanner and
it is said that it was a complete
success. About forty ladies walked
in and took possession of the place.
The affair was given by the ladies
for the purpose of showing their ap-
probation for the services rendered
by Mrs Tanner to the ladies' auxil-
larry during the two years she has
been president. A very fine lunch
was served and all who attended en-
joyed a most pleasant afternoon.
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AUTO TRIP TO THE FAIR
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Another automobile tour is being
planned by the Mankato Automobile
club, this time, laying out a route to
the state fair. If the weather turns
out fine, large number of local au-
toists will join the tour to the state
fair. The tour as planned will take
the members by way of Lake Madi-
son, Waterville, Faribault, Mortified
and Pennington
The committee has sent out the
following notice:
THE Mankato Automobile club
will make sociability tour to the
state fair Friday of this week, pro-
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When Crops Were DESTROYED.

County Commissioner Madigan
stated that just twenty-nine years
ago today, all the crops in Blue
Earth county were killed by frost.
Conditions have changed since then,
and today is me of the hottest of the
early fall season.
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Shower For Miss Wood.

Miss Mable Wood was the guest
of honor at a handkerchief and
stocking shower yesterday afternoon,
given by Mrs. H. 1. Parry and Miss
Isabelle Beatty, in both the latters'
apartments in Security flats. There
were about thirty guests present,
mostly teachers, with whom Miss
Wood has been associated at school.
The rooms were prettily decorated
with autumn leaves and flowers.
Miss Elsie Jache and Miss Barbara
Mansfield rendered the music. A de,
liciOus supper was served at six
o'clock.