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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
, OPPOSED TO LESSER COINS.

Most people will be glad to. learn
that the banks have raised storm
of protest to congress and the treas
ury department against the proposed
coinage Of three-cent and one-half
cent pieces. The new coins, it is
contended, would revolutionize COM
mccall and mechanical devices: Cash
drawers and registers, adding ma
chimes and counting machines would
have to be changed, and it would
be necessary to rule another column
on ledgers to accommodate. the frac-
tional piece. The treasury depart
ment has abandoned the idea of a
fractional ene-half cent piece with a
sca1loped edge, in case congress should
order the new coins Financial insti
tutions protested that the coins should
have an even diameter. The three
cent piece, however, would have d
hole in the center, if the coin is
authorized. There is no real ca1l for
three or one-half cent pieces.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
Eaole Lake


J. N. Compton went to Mankato
Saturday.
w. r. Englerth spent several days
in Duluth last week
Richard Englerth was a Smiths
Mill visitor Saturday. "a
| j. A.. Anderson and son drove to
Mankato Saturday afternoon.
Miss Angelina Magen of Mankato
visited friends over Sunday.
| C.>M. Pickle is in st. Paul attend
ling the T. o.. o. F. grand lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rickle of
Winnebago spent few days last
week with relatives. @e
Miss Elener Powell of Madison
Lake is assisting with the work at
the Frank Mention home a:3E
Mrs. A. E. Hill and daughters,
Dulcya and Alice returned to their.
home in Sleepy Eye after a weeks
visit with relatives here.
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Comp.
ton. Those present were Mr. and,
Mrs: Charles Compton and family of
Elysian, John N. Compton and fam
lily. and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis j. Comp
ton and children and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Fl. Compton and family.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Gilmore was the scene of very
pretty wedding Wednesday evening.
June 5, when their daughter, Maude
+. Gilmore, was united in marriage
to Ray Ca Chapman. Rev. Nay,
pastor of the Christian church Off
ciated. The guests were near rela-,,
tives land the immediate friends of
the two young people. The bride.
wore a beautiful gown of white.
satin and was attended by her Sis
ter, Miss Florence Gilmore of Wa
tertown, S. ID. Ernest Chapman,
brother of the groom acted as best
man. After the ceremony sump-
tuous wedding dinner was partaken
Of. The bride has resided here
with her parents for number of
years and is one of Eagle Lakes
most popular young ladies. Until
recently she held a position as
Northwestern telephone operator at
this place, The, groom is a worthy
young man and has spent his en-
tire life near this village. He is
the eldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman
went to housekeeping at once OH
the grooms farm north of town. We
all join in wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Chapman a long and prosperous life.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
NO REASON FOR IT.
You Are Shown the way on

YOU Are SHOWN the way Out.
There, can be no just reason why
any reader of this will continue to
suffer the tortures of an aching back,
the annoyance of urinary disorders,
the dangers of serious kidney ills
when relief is so near at hand and
the most positive proof given that
these ills can be cured. The follow
ing is convincing proof.
John Bjerke, 43O Fairview ST.,
Owatonna, Mimi, says: Il give
Doan's Kidney Pills my strongest
endorsement at all times. In October
1905 L publicly testified regarding
my experience with this remedy
and I now take pleasure in confirm
ing all / then said in its praise. l
suffered great deal form pain and
lameness in my back which was
aggravated by my work. The kinney
secretions were too frequent in pass
age and contained heavy sediment.
When in that condition, l procured
Doan's Kidney Pills and it was not
long after beginning their use that
all my trouble disappeared. Since
then I have taken. Doan's Kidney
Pills at intervals when / have had
need of kidney medicine and they
have never failed to help me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States. Remember the name
and take no other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
CONSERVING THE BABY.

WHAT is DaDy worth .-t....
Who can answer this question?
One scientist has tried to do So
He says baby at birth is worth
$4,000.
Then Philadelphia annual loss is
over $16,000,0OO.
That is why we are having baby
saving show.
This enormous loss is largely pre-
ventable.
Go to the show and see how tiny
babies should be treated
Other countries and cities are a.
head of us in this matter.
They do things better in France,
where the baby-saving work started.
The decreasing birth rate aroused
the French to the need of child con-
servation.
They were first to establish pure
milk supply stations and to educate
mothers.
The health officers from England
visited the French milk depots.
They carried the idea home, as
did the Germans, the Spanish and
the Americans.
All the civilized cities in the world
now recognize the need of child con-
servation.
In Montreal, Canada, they COM
memorated the coronation of King
George and Queen Mary.
They did not erect. monument,
but established fifteen milk stations
for the babies.
This proved more popular than
the plan of having $4,000 fire.
works display
The milk stations have been the
greatest help with their accompany
ing mother training.
In New York City about 800 doc
tors and trained nurses are at work
in the poorer sections.
They form the official staff of the
division of child hygiene of the Mu-
nicipal Health Department.
All the local child welfare agen-
cies help in the baby-saving cam
paign, which in New York City has
reduced the infant mortality rate
20 per cent for the four summer
months Phiadelphia Record
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
TROUBLE WITH THE BOSS
From THURSDAYS Daily.


Officer Bienapf this morning took
into custody three young men. one
of whom is wanted in KasOta for
carrying away a large 45-calibre
Colts revolver. The police at Ka-
sofa called up Chief Of Police Dona-
hue, this morning, giving descrip-
tons of the three men, and stating
that a large revolver had been TAX
Ell from Manager Brownlee of the
Great Western Street Carnival COM
pany, which is showing there.
Officer Bienapfi saw the three
men on South Front street this
morning and took them into custody.
When the trio were seen in the city
Jail, they stated that they worked
for Brownlee, but the latter refused
to pay them for their services and
one of them took the revolver.
J. l.. Stemper, who says Fort
Pierre, S. D., is his home, took the
weapon With him were Jack Vail
of FL Paso, Texas, and John Schind-
Ter of lie Sueur Center. SCHNEIDER
said he was about to join the car
nival company, but when he saw
how Stemper and Vail were treated,
he decided to go away with them
instead. 1t is reported that Stem
per got into a wordy argument with
Brownlee, and that the latter told
him he could leave. Stemper asked
for his wages, somthing like SIS, but
said that Brownlee told him there
was ''nothin' doing" He then took
the revolver and skipped out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
VOTING in MINNESOTA.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: The po-
tential voting strength of Minnesota
as. shown by the returns of the thir-
teenth census taken in 1910, accord
ing to statistics issued by Director
Durand of the bureau of the CEN
sus, department of commerce and
labor, and prepared under the direc-
/ ton of William c.. Hunt, chief sta
tistician for population in the CEN
sus bureau, is 642,669. '"s.f }.'s
The figures represent males more
than twenty-one years old living in
eign born who have not become
naturalized, but does not represent
the actual number of voters. 1t
represents, rather, the number of
males who from standpoint of age
alone are eligible to vote, aside
from any qualifications based upon
education, length of residence, or
considerations of like nature inn
posed by the national or state gov
eminent. -... t.--. s.
These figures, compared with the
election returns of the number of
votes cast in. 1910 for the guberna!
torial candidates, show that less
than one-third of the potential vot-
ing strength as compiled by the GEN.
sus bureau. took advantage of their
privilege to vote. The number of
votes cast for the five candidates
for governor in Minnesota in 1910
was 295,627.
The potential voting strength Of
st. Paul, according to the same ia
{ BILE, is 72,073 The number of regis
tered voters in this city in 1910, &C
Icording to figures gathered by the
secretary of state, was 31,601, show
ing that less than one man out of
two in this city qualified to vote in
that year availed himself of the OPP
portunity.
There are 135,494 more than TWEEN
ty-one years old in Minnesota of
native parentage, 2O3,127 of foreign
or mixed parentage, 179,1S7 foreign
who have become naturalized, 49,
f095 foreign, not naturalized, 6,266
negroes and ,2,38S Indians, Chinese,
Japanese and other Asiatics. The
figures for st. Paul for males more
than twenty-one years old are 49,
$50 of native parentage, 22,8S2 Of for
eign or mixed parentage, 1901 for
eign born not naturalized, 1,977 for
eign not naturalized, 1873 negroes
and 81 Indians, Chinese, Japanese
Ii and other Asiatics. -"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
Good Thunder

Ernest Beise and Henry Gnadke
spent, Sunday at the Beise home
in Medo.
M. GainOr is realizing nice fat
sum of money from his millet seed
of which he has several hundred
bushels.
Florence and James Benedict of
Markato are visiting at the home of
their grandmother and their uncle,
M. A. Benedict. @
Whooping cough is reported in
this vicinity. We trust it will ap-
pear in light form, as it is an ex.
hausting. body-racking disease,
. The young people will dance the
light fantastic at Steinbert's Fri.
day night of this week The com.
mittee promises the best of music
/, School closed last Friday in the
Fuller district with exercises in the
afternoon. Their teacher, Miss Kate
iO'Connor, has given the best of sat
isfaction.
week with her granddaughter, Mrs
E. Beise. Grandma Gnadke has
passed her eighty third birthday and
aside from slight rheumatic lame.
ness keeps quite well and spry.
School consolidation is the all
absorbing topic in this vicinity and
lis receiving more than the usual
interest and attention. After Presi
dent Cooper gave it a vigorous stir
ring up at the commencement it re-
ceived new impetus and the way
the farmers are taking it up is sur
prising. Some OF the private argu
ments ''for and against" would put
our learned debating clubs contests
way in the shade. The greatest OBJ
stacle seems to be summed up in
these words: higher taxes" anG
that is true in one way, for GU,
taxes are more than enough now
That seems to be the greatest OBJ
iective part Then follows unsafe
means of transportation and the un
advisability of pupils being crowded
together in a van and some claim
the moral influence would be none
of the best. Now we believe this
matter should be given careful
thought and study for there is much
at stake. Let us hear from Other
thinking fathers and mothers in the
country about this and we believe
The Free Press would gladly print
the views ''for and against" as il
would be means and also effective
of being able to know just how pub
lie sentiment lies, regarding this
subject.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
SOME SAYINGS BY WOMEN.

The conversation OF women IN So
ciety resembles the straw used in
packing china: it is nothing, yet
without it everything would be
broken.-Mme de SalTn.
| Woman is seldom merciful to the
man who is 'timid.-Edward Bulwer-
Lytton
Il The starry crown Of woman is in
the power of her affection and sentl-
ment and the infinite engagements
to which they lead.-Ralph Waldo
Some women are SO just and dis.
corning that they never see an OPP
portunity to be generous.-Anony-
nous.
forgive us everything, even our
crimes; when they do not love us
they give US credit for nothing, not
even our virtues.-Honore de Balzac.
Men lean more to justice and WON
en- to mercy. Men excel in energy,
self-reliance, perseverance and mag
nanimity;, women in humility, gen
tleness, modesty and endurance
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Women are much more like each
other than men, they have, in truth.
but two passions--vanity and love-
Lord Chesterfield.
A man without religion is to be
pitied, but goddess woman is hor-
ror above all things. Elizabeth Ev-
ans.
There are few husbands whom the
wife can not win in the long run
by patience and love- Marguerite de
Valois. s-'
Men love at first and most warm
ly; women love last and longest.
This is natural enough, for nature
makes women to be won and men
to win.-George William Curtis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
An1boy and Vicinity

A. M. Schneeberger is having his
farm well tiled.
II. %. Thomson has built an en-.
closed porch on his handsome resi-.
'tfence west of town. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Nits of Mortified
spent few days as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Killman last
week s''s f'sN'@
George Day was in Mankato the
latter part of the week and took
his young; son Hubert to a physician
for treatment.
Charles Chamberlain is building
"a large residence on his farm prop
erty west of town, Simon and
George Day are doing the carpenter
work '''t'
Many fields of corn had to be re-
planted on account of the damage
done by gophers, crows and cut
worms all over this part of the
county '# .r
There was joint ward meeting
of the Garden City, and Willow
Creek Christian churches at Vernon
last Friday and Elder Clmstad was
engaged for years work for the
two churches. ''.
George Palmer and Judge Cray
were UP from Mankato Thursday
and spoke at the town hall in Pleas
ant Mounds and also in Amboy in
the interest of good roads and ex-
planned the Elwell law.
In honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Knoss'
eighth wedding anniversary a fine
dinner was given to about twenty
of her friends last Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Knoss received several hand.
some and valuable presents.
Fillmore Mills, for many years a
resident near Garden City, and an
experienced fruit man, left for Col
orado last Saturday for the purpose
of finding home where his health
will be better than it has been in
this locality.
Children's day will be observed
at the Willow Creek Christian
church next Sunday in the evening
to- commence at, eight o'clock p. m
Elder Olmstad and wife will be on
the program for some fine selec.
tons. Everybody invited.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
VERSION S 4! yDyNG AND
re. DUNN may FILE
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Three possible new candidates for
governor are ON the brink of de-
cision, says The Minneapolis Jour-
nal. BY the time the legislature
adjourns it is expected that S. G..
Iverson, L. T. Young and r. C.
Dunn will have decided one way or
the other. All contemplate filing
for the republican nomination, un-
deferred by the fact that three can
didates are in the field already
against Governor A O. Eberhart.
Mr.. Iyerson, who announced be-
fore the extra session that he would
not be a candidate, admitted today
that he is considering the matter
again.
Il have been appealed to by a
great many people in the last few
days" he said, ito become a candi-
date. have not said what / will
do for / do not know. | have not
made up my mind"
Dunn Being Urged.
r. G. Dunn, former state auditor
and once Mr.. VERSIONS chief in Of
fee, has his hat ready to throw into
the ring.
81 guess | have had more letters
urging me to run than anybody" he
said today. IF they pass a corrupt
practice act that will make it DOS
sible for a poor man to run for state
office, look out for me-
Mr.. Dunn is bitterly opposed to
Mr.. Iverson, and it is believed that
If one runs, the other will.
Gossip today was to the effect that
under a second choice law the Eber-
hart organization will Smear" sec
ond choice votes to Dunn, who will
be expected to reciprocate.
e: I. Young is still considering
the matter. He said today that he
would not make up his mind until
the primary bill has been passed.
This is also the attitude of F. B.
Snyder. -. .-... les. .
Drop Ringdal Talk.
A movement for formal indorse-
ment of P. NJ. Ringdal for the demo
cratic nomination for governor. by
democratic members of the house
and senate, has been dropped. Dates
have been set twice for caucuses,
but leaders OF the minority finally
decided that it would look like an
attempt at dictation to the patty,
and the caucus idea. has been called
off. 1t was the intention to call Mr..
Ringdal in, announce to him that he
was the choice of the. democratic
legislators and get his consent to be
made candidate. Minor members
said today that Mr.. Ringdal is
their favorite and they believe he
will be the nominee.
( Eve will continue the pressure on
him." said one, "but we will not go
! in a body. He is the most available
man. He has not said that he will
not stand for it. He has urged T.
]. Knox, but we don't want Knox.
Ringdahl will be the candidate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
= Cases in District Court.
From THURSDAYS Daily.

The case of Ernest Hartmann VS..
Edward Bohlke is being tried in dis
trict court today. Hartmann built a
house for the defendant and Bohlke
claims that he offered to pay him
$40 for the services. Hartmann
claims that he did a lot of extra
work on the house, for which he
has received no pay and is suing
for services rendered. Arthur
'Schaub is attorney for the plaintiff
and S. B. Wilson is representing the
defendant. The case of Louise l..
v. Belanger VS.. Thomas H. Williams
has been continued until the next
term of district court. 1t is believed
that this case will be settled out
side of court.
The jury last night returned
verdict in favor of the defendants
in the case of Charles A. Anderson,
VS.. j. w. Johnson and William
Anderson Davis and Oleson were
attorneyes for the plaintiff and S. B.
Wilson appeared for the defend
ants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
BANK BUYS THE BONDS
From THURSDAYS Daily.


The First National bank of this
city purchased the $4,000 drainage
bonds yesterday at five per cent,
and at premium of $1,255 above
par. The bid of the First National
bank was not quite the highest, but
because it was a local institution,
and would therefore not entail much
expenditure of transfer, etc, it was
given the preference. These bonds
were sold by County Auditor
Weaver
The National Citizens bank was
also bidder for the drainage bonds,
their offer, being $1,0S7 so as pre-
and another firm bid $1,315
These bonds were sold to raise
enough money for the construction
of county bitches Nos. %, 26, q and
%. County Auditor Weaver did not
expect that any bank would bid
more than $500 as premium. This
is only another demonstration that
the local banks are wideawake in
in buying up these bonds
and keeping them in Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
Why Send Your Daughter.
to a Distant School fgl

when Albert Lea College is near
and easy of access?.
The four year collegiate course
leads to the degrees of A. b. and
B. S.
Special Departments
Music, Vocal and Instrumental;
H m Economics, Incl u din g
Teachers Training Course, lifting
for the work of supervision; Elk
preston and Physical Trimming: Bible;
Art and Handicraft.
The Academy course corresponds 10
that of the first grade High Schools OF
Minnesota and qualities Tor eatrance 70
any college Ideal Locations; modern
eftuipment: moderate terms. For cata-
log or further information address DR..
J oh n ,ralimadge Bergen. President
Albert Lea MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
RODE MORE THAN 1900
MILES ON MOTORCYCLE.
From thursdays Daily.

Gilbert Fletcher arrived in Man.
kato yesterday afternoon, finishing
his $500 mile trip from Philadelphia
in Il little over two weeks. He eX
Dected to finish the journey on Sun
day but the severe illness of a tire
prevented any considerable speed
When seen by Free Press repre-
sentative this morning Mr.. Fletcher
said: Il did not make any attempts
to break worlds speed records.
have risen early in the morning and
gone until darkness made going
dangerous. BY putting in long days
/ have been able to go quite slowly,
make good many stops and have
numerous chances to talk to men
along the way. My slowest move
ments were in Pennsylvania, where
long mountain roads make the prog
ress very deliberate. BY careful
manipulation of the engine l was
able to cross all the ranges in the
Allegheny mountains. The noun
tain work commenced soon after
leaving Gettysburg, the first climb
being the ascent of South mountain.
l crossed this mountain over the
road where Lee led his army into
the attack at Gettysburg. / spent
the night before Decoration day in
Gettysburg. Many of the old boys
were returning and at every street
corner could be found little groups
of blue clad men telling the adven-
turse they had gone through in the
days of ''63.'' rris
Explored Remote Corners.
''The best thing in the journey was
the chance to explore the remote
corners of the mountain country.
There, in the midst of the ranges,
the customs and habits drop back
two hundred years. The farmers
are the types that artists draw, the
houses and furniture are relics of
many years ago. The speech is a
quaint drawl. Shut off from the
world as they are their faith in
humanity is still mistaken. From
the mountain tops one can count
hundreds of whitewashed stone cot
tages dotting the valley below, while
their rail fenced fields stretch up
the sleep sides of the mountain. 1
found more of the old fashioned
simple happiness among the people
there than | have ever seen before.
1.-THE Pennsylvania toll gates are
still in force and although the state
has tried hard to buy out the COM
panies that operate them, all ven
lures so far have been failure.
Every three or four miles I en-
countered pole laid across the
road The tender, usually an old
man, collects few cents from the
traveller, raises the pole and allows
you to go on. 49,
''As one leaves Pennsylvania, the
rail fences become less, and better
methods Of farming become apparent
but new customs and the best filling
are not as far advanced anywhere as
in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. The
western farmer looks more like a
business man than his brother in
the east Corn, planting all along the
route has been delayed and many
fields in Indiana and Illinois are
being planted for the third time. r.
"The trip was not hard and the
road bumps have left no bad effects.
] have been my own repair man all
the way through and mended all the
breaks, in some cases using wire
from a nearby fence"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-21
Discussing Road Improvements.

From Thursdays Daily.
The entire: morning was taken up
in discussing what should be done
toward securing road Improvement
from Mankato to Good Thunder
under the rev Elwell provision, by
the county commissioners, who are
in session. No definite action was
taken. At yesterday afternoons
meeting. the board received a petit
ton for a. concrete bridge in Man
kato township, sections SO and "a,
but the petition was not written in
the proper form and was returned
to the authors. Recently the county
broad appropriated 5000 for the pur-
pose of helping along the publica-
ton of the advertising booklet, but
the board rescinded this action.