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The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
Dairy Industry By States

the leading dairy breeds to advance
the industry without any sectional
feeling, but with Illinois, Iowa, Min
nesota and Wisconsin over the mil.
lion mark with cattle, and Kansas,
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Penn.
sylvania over the three-quarter mil.
lion mark, and Indiana and Nebraska
close followers, surely all engaged
in the dairy industry in America
must realize that a great National
Dairy show centrally located, where
the west, east, north and south can
come into competitive comparison
each year, is proper method of
procedure to develop the industry
in the United States.
The figures given in this article
it is fair to presume, have undergone
many changes since the period they
were gathered, and if a unity of in
terest can be aroused, they will
show handsome gains in the west
before another census is published
cago is endeavoring to build an ex-
hibition on lines of sincerest integ-
rity, where a ribbon won will be a
National Achievement and add i'm
measurable value to the herd carry
ing away the honor.
And if the men of this country,
engaged in the billion dollar indus
try are big and broad enough to
make it the foremost industry in
America, the starting point will be
the fostering of central show place
where all can easily go and ex-
change ideas, compare breeding, dis
cuss feeding and all matters of in.
terest, and go home better equipped
than ever before to carry on the
work and make converts by the
earnestness of their inquiry for
truth, this must add each year to the
strength of an industry that probably
has larger sentimental side to il
than any other.
The National show opens at Chi.
cago this year October "a and runs
ten days, and promises to be historic
in Dairy. Annals.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
The Remedy for
tJl fair Assessment

based upon the following principles,
viz:
First. The assessor should not be
subject to the embarrassing in.
f1uences already mentioned. AS far
as possible he should be free from
any relationship, connection, or as
sociation with the persons whose
property it is his duty to assess.
Second. The assessor should be
person who by experience and
familiarity with the various kinds
of taxable property has become, to
some extent, an expert in valuations.
The better posted" he is as to the
values of property, the more com
petent he is to assess it.
Third. In order to become such
an expert, and he can become SO
only by experience, his term of of.
flee should be long enough to en-
able him to familiarize himself with
the character and values of assess
| able property as it is bought and
sold in the local markets.
Fourth. His compensation should
be sufficient to enable him to de
NOtC Cli VI ulo IiahO, uOC lOI q lC w
weeks merely but for his entire Of
fetal term, to gathering information
and data which will enable him to
include. all taxable property in his
assessment and to value it on q
uniform basis. tt
Fifth. With proper limitations he
should be amendable for the fair
ness and thoroughness Of his work to
some controlling supervisory power
in the state which could correct any
errors he might make.
| After long and careful considera
ton of the matter the state tax
commission has become convinced
that the most feasible way in which
to secure fair and equitable as
sessment of taxable property is to
abolish the office of local assessor
and to substitute in it's place thai
of. county assessor. AS required
| by law the commission formulated
and submitted to the last two legis
| latures bills to that effect. In eacf
case the bills failed of passage.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
BREWER, ALLEGED GINSENG THIEF,
IN THE Tolls; |COUGHED' UP LOOT

officers minds that Brewer and his
white horse had been on the, spot
that the horse had been tied to the
tree while Brewer had been en-
gagged in the act of planting the
stolen ginseng.
+ Wanted to Be Detective.
| Brewer told the officers that he
would like to do little detective
work, but he was afraid that if he
was discovered out late at might
the people would waylay or hole
him up. In order to give Brewer
all the rope necessary to tangle
him up in his deyilment, Sheriff Os
ten brought him to Markato so tina
he could have conference with
County Attorney J. w. Schmitt. Mr.
Schmitt was agreeable to the prop
osition that Brewer act the par
of Hawkshaw, and in order tt
safeguard Brewer from. the assaults
! of the populace should they fine
him prowling around nights, the
county attorney gave him a "pass
port and armed with this docu
ment, Brewer felt that he was in {
position to do the Sherlock Holmes
. stunt to his hearts content. But this
ruse on Brewers part did not throw
i the sheriff and his assistant of
their guard.
| When Brewer was arrested b,
Deputy Sheriff Ario he remarked
that if the authorities had not go
him that night they would not have
got him at all, intimating that hi
was about to make his getaway.
Statement to County Attorney.
Brewer would not admit to the
sheriff or his deputy that he stole
the ginseng. In shorthand state
ment made to County Attorney
Schmitt today, Brewer r1aintair or
that a "pal," whose name was Ei
Harris, besides other names, stole
! the ginseng and Brewer helped hin
bury it. This "pap" he met il
Iowa, and Brewer said that Harris
had returned to that state. He die
not know in what city he was liv
ing now. Sheriff Osten states tina
Brewer admitted to him the thief
Of a large number of chickens.
! Brewer told the authorities tina
he would plead guilty to the thefts
all the while maintaining that hi
did not commit them. He admitted
that he knew that the stealing was
going on and that his horse an(
buggy was being used for an un
lawful purpose.
, Brewer consented to point out tt
| the authorities where the ginseng
! was buried. This afternoon Sheriff
Osten gave Brewer an auto ride
into the country and in turn Brewer
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04

The last figures furnished by the
department of agriculture from the
United States census bureau on num-
bers of dairy cows in each state is
very interesting, when one considers
the claims made by different states
as to the figure they cut in, the
dairy industry.
New York has set back in sort of
never-can-reach-me kind of way, as-
sured apparently that she occupied
first place in dairy doings, but let's
stop and see who is getting danger
ously close. New York is given
credit in the government figures. of
having 1,508,672 COWS and 438,124
calves, while Wisconsin is shown to
have 1,471,591 cows and 449,4S9
calves, just 36,0S1 cows under the EN-
pire state and 1855 calves over
1t would look very much as though
Wisconsin's claims to have already
wrested the honor of premier place
from New York in The Dairy World,
was well founded. Taking facilities
for securing data in the two states
into consideration, one can readily
see that the figures of product out
put set forth by Wisconsin are back.
ed by this showing of cattle and
about entitle the Badger state to
first honors.
And now comes Iowa, giving a
close chase for second place with
1,404,419 COWS and 567,991 calves,
with only 104,253 cows behind New
York and an increase in calves of
29,S67. Iowa takesthe high percentage
of increase in breeding and will be CIV
ing the leaders trouble if they don't
move fast. Minnesota and Illinois
loom up in the Million Cattle class
with great speed on. In glancing
over these figures one wonders
really if little old New York reads
the papers or if she is so wrapped
up in her own affairs that she, like
the fly on the wheel, comments on
the dust she is making and lets it
go at that.
There is great work in, the east
and middle west for the breeders of
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
FINE ROW lNCUBATINC
st. Paul, October 1.-Martin
O'Brien of Crookston was Sc
Iected chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee today.

st. Paul, October Unless demo-
cratic central committeeman agree
upon a compromise candidate upon
their arrival in st. Paul this morn
ing. the meeting at the capitol at
direct the state campaign is likely
to develop into warm fight.
There was disposition among
some of the Lynch followers, who
were in st. Paul last night, to settle
upon a third man and shelve F. A.
Pike, the choice of the anti-Lynch
forces, and D. D. DAILY, present state
chairman and Lynch man, in the
interest of harmony. Several names
were suggested Among them were
Martin O'Brien of Crookston, John
Freeman and Timothy O'Connor of
Renville and Alfred Jacques of Du-
luth.
The Lynch men last night were
saying that they did not want to
antagonize P. M. Ringdal, democratic
nominee for governor, who favors
Pike, but that they would not vote
for Pike for state chairman. If
Dan w. Lawler, F. A. Day and
others in the Bryan faction push
the name of Pike, the Lynch men
declare that they have sufficient
strength in the committee to rename
Daily without much trouble.
There is a feeling in the Lynch
camp that Ringdal, at the meeting
of state nominees last Thursday
unwittingly allowed Dan W. Lawler
to use him as an instrument to
voice Lawler's hostility to the ma
tional committeeman. Friends of
Mr.. Lynch say that had not Lawler
urged that the gubernatorial nom
inee address the convention of NOM
inees that Pixies candidacy for the
state craftsmanship would not have
been given serious attention.
. Harvey Grimmer, democratic nomi.
nee for secretary of state, came to
st. Paul last night to look in upon
the meeting today. Grimmer an
nounced that he has appointed
Harris Bennett of Duluth as his
personal representative on the com.
mittee. Bennett is understood to
be friendly to the Lynch organi-
zation, and is expected to throw his
influence, in case of fight, for the
man favored by the national com.
mitteeman.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
I a X at ion
in Minnesota.

The most important element in the
assessment of property for taxation
is not that the valuations be either
high or low, but that they be fair
and uniform; that all kinds of prop
erty of like character and equal value
should be assessed at the same val
ue regardless of the social, political,
or personal standing and influence of
it's owners.
1t is self-evident that so long as
the present system of local assessors
is retained there cannot be any such
thing as a fair and uniform valua-
ton of property as between the
owners thereof in the same taxing
district. The local conditions and in
f1uences which inevitably surround
and embarrass the local assessor
are such that no matter how con-
scientious he may be he cannot fair
ly and impartially fix the valuation
of the property of his neighbors,
friends, and enemies. Do the best
he can, either favoritism orr pre-.
judice, charity or overmastering in
f1uence warp his judgment and mil
itate against the integrity of his as.
sessment. @.f
+ +.
1t is most important that this 10.
cal or initial assessment should be
as fair and perfect as it is possible
to make it. 1t is the foundation up
on which all Of the taxes levied up
on the valuation of property is pre-.
dicated. 1t directly concerns the in.
dividual taxpayer, and is intendedt to
place him upon an, equality with his
neighbors. If it. fails to do this he
pays either higher or a lower tax
than he should. The present sys
tenn not only fails to give, but is
a positive impeachment to fair and
uniform taxation.
How can this unwholesome state
of affairs be remedied?1 While an
absolutely perfect system cannot be
devised, great improvement car
be made by the enactment of laws
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04

Mrs. T. H. Summers returned last
night from week spent in st. Paul
and La Crosse, Wis. Mrs. Summers
was delegate to the state w. C.
T. U. convention held in st. Paul
and was elected delegate to the
national, convention which meets in
Portland October 13 She has not
yet decided whether she will go.
She made the trip to La Crosse by
steamer and visited friends there for
several days.
Miss Carolyn Hofer of Minneapo-
lis, who has been visiting relatives
and friends here for two weeks
will leave tomorrow for her home
and will then join party of four
girls on a western trip. The party
will stop at Denver, Colorado Springs
and Salt Lake City. They will
spend some time in San Francisco
and will ferry down to Los Angeles
from there. Miss Hofer formerly
resided in Mankato.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04

was to locate the hiding places of
the ginseng.
County Attorney Schmitt this af-
ternoon caused warrant to be
sworn out for Brewers arrest. He
is charged with grand larceny in
the second degree.
Brewer admitted to the county
attorney the. theft of the chickens,
on which charge he was previously
arrested. He claimed to the county
attorney that Ed Harris assisted
him in those thefts.
| Brewer claimed to the sheriff and
the county attorney that he had
rented his horse and buggy to his
"paP' for 81. The ginseng thefts
amount to near $1,000.
| County Attorney Schmitt expects
to arraign Brewer this evening in
the municipal court and he will be
taken into the district court tomor.
row.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04

John Smith, healthy, sun-tanned
and rugged-lives in a farming COM
munity. (That isn't his real name,
but it will do.) This is true story.
John was talking with a local
merchant the other day.
81 voted for Taft in 1908," said
John, "but never again. We've got
to have a change!"
"That so?" responded the mer-
chant, who was a thinking man.
Hum? What's your balance in the
bank, John?"
ooh! About $1,SOO or $1,000
near as I remember" John replied.
Cant remember exactly, eh? How
much do you owe, John?"
Don't owe a cent in the world''
he smiled.
Got nice place out there,
haven't you, John?"
You're right l have" asserted
John, emphatically "Got hundred
and thirty acres of land clear; a
good house and barns; nice bunch
of stock; horses and machinery.
And the finest crop the sun shines
on
what did you have when Mr.
Taft became president, John?"
Didn't have a blamed thing,
John admitted. made all l own in
the last three years."
The merchant said nothing. Mere.
ly looked at the man and smiled.
And kept on smiling.
Presently it dawned on John Smith
what his friend the merchant was
driving at. He got red in the face
and fidgeted in his chair.
"Say!" he finally broke out, 81
hadn't thought of it that way. Why!
I've never done so well in my life
as l have in the three years since
Taft has been president. I wonder
how change could help me any?''
Bill Jones (this isn't his real name
either) lives in a big manufacturing
, city. And this, too, is true story
Bill was out of work THREE
YEARS AGO. His wife was doing
washing, one of his girls was clerk
| ing in department store, and his
biggest boy was selling papers, and
doing anything he could get to make
few pennies. ,u -
| Bill-the man Of the house-tramp
ed the streets day and night look
ing for work. and finding none.
Railroads were laying off men
mills were closed, factories idle.
The family lived in small, low
rent, dark basement.
Today Bill Jones has a steady
job at good wages. He has had il
NEARLY three years.
He and his family live in the out
skirts of the city, in a neat, com
Portable cottage with flower gard
en- in the front and vegetables in
the back. There are some chickens
too.
Bill is buying the place.
The girl is going to school; ant
the boy is learning trade in al
electrical machine shop.
Bill has a level head He knows
Why business is good, why mills
and railroads are all busy, why HE
has steady job, and is happy ant
prosperous.
Says Bill: "I've got all this since
Taft became President. I can't ar
que with you smart politicians
BUT I know which side my bread
lis buttered on. And I VOTE tt
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
HOW HA We PAST THREE
YEARS TREA TED YOU?

keep in power the man who gave
me back my job"
.. =. ).
What have the past three years
done for You?
Have you not a better salary, a
better wage, better job; better
clothes, happier home, and more
pleasures than you had before Mr.
Taft became president? .-E
You have it because Mr.. Taft and
his co-workers have been building
up-not tearing down. Because
capital is being freely invested;
trade is good; wages are gradually
being adjusted to new world condi
tions; farmers are getting good
prices for their crops and are spend
ing the money freely.
Only four years ago, just before
President Taft was elected, there
was panic-and misery. Capital was
tied up in safe deposit boxes; mills
and factories were closed because
manufacturers could not sell the
goods they made; empty freight
cars filled the railroad sidings
farms were mortgaged; labor was
uuhSly uCOpcI dCC.
In four short years Mr.. Taft and
his associates have worked wonders
There is much yet to be done
There are evils that are incorrect
ed; wrongs and injustices to be
righted.
But the same wise and sane meth
DDS that have brought order out ot
chaos, peace out of war, and plenty
out Of poverty, can be relied on tC
continue the good work.
To tear off the bandages, reopen
the old sores, and destroy the heal
ing that has taken place., will only
set us back to where we were be
fore Mr.. Taft became president.
We want quiet, not blow and
buster; peace, not war; sane com
mon sense, not revolutionary untried
theories.
Continue the careful, genuinely pro
gressive methods of Mr.. Taft and
you insure during the next foul
years, as during the three just
passed, a steady advancement of the
country's general prosperity.
You are asked to put a charge ol
dynamite under all existing condi
tions, with the chance of improving
them; but the, sane man doesn't
take that kind of a chance.
He prefers the slower, surer meth
cd with which he is familiar, anG
the results of which he knows by
experience.
Never was the country more pros
porous; never were important ques
tions being better solved; never hat
a. nation a better outlook for the
future.
Why, then, throw overheard prov
en- chart and tested compass ant
adventure on an unknown sea?
You know what Mr.. Taft has &C
complished during the past three
years. You know what policy O
the next four will be with him a
the helm.
You know nothing of what NIGH
happen under the impetus and dis
turbing influences that his defea
would bring to a prosperous ant
tcontented people.
To vote for Mr.. Taft is to insure
a continuance of peace and prosper
| ity.
| To vote against him is to brins
on period of experiment and the
ory the end of which no man car
| foresee.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04

put in an appearance. He crawled UP
into the hayloft and apparently went
to sleep. All this time the deputy
sheriff was very much awake. About
twelve o'clock an alarm clock in the
barn sounded out it's discordant
notes, and a few moments later
Brewer appeared with sack over
his arms. He stepped into the field
picked about half sack full OF
corn, and walked around the prem.
ises few minutes with the sack
over his shoulder. This course was
pursued in an attempt to fool who
ever might have been on the watch
and Brewer evidently suspected
that someone was spying on his
movements Should an officer come
forth and seize him, he could show
that all he had in the sack was
corn; that he was not attempting
to make away with the ginseng
that it was suspected was planted
on. the premises.
Deputy Ario waited further move
ments. No one appearing on the
scene, Brewer began to dig UP
buried ginseng.
"You've Got Me-"
At this interesting stage in. the
proceedings, Deputy Ario emerged
from his hiding place, seized Brew
er and informed him that he was
under arrest. Brewer was startled
as he was not expecting this act
"You have got me; I'll give up, y
remarked Brewer.
After Brewer came from the hay
loft at midnight he made several
trips down the railroad track, Dep
uty Ario shadowing him all the
while. All attempts to throw the
deputy off the trail were unavailing
Brewer told Deputy Ario that he
was about to dig up the ginseng
with view to planting it some.
where else. He was afraid the of.
ficers would make search and
finding the stuff on his premises,
this evidence would go hard with
him.
Brought to Mankato.
Deputy Ario brought Brewer to
Mankato early this morning and he
was locked up in the county Jail.
At no time did the officers take
any stock in the story related by
Brewer that a pal" had committed
all the thefts.
When Sheriff Osten and Deputy
Ario were with Brewer on the bank
of the Watonwan river Sunday, the
officers observed blood and some
white horse hair on a tree. 1t was
learned that Brewers white horse
was suffering from a bad running
sore on it's shoulder blade. This
fact confirmed the suspicion in the
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
Mesdames Kennedy Entertain.

Rev. l. Grabarheartz of Fergus
Falls visited in Mankato yesterday
E. L. Scoville left this morning
or visit with relatives at Re.
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
Arjo Was in WAITING,

Meanwhile Deputy Ario had con.
cealed himself near the barn on
the Brewer premises, and was
awaiting patiently the fellows ar.
rival. About eleven O'Clock Brewer
The Mankato free press., 1912-10-04
From Tuesdays Daily.

Entertained For Mrs. Roy Holmes.
Mrs. C.. L. Holmes, 239 Lincoln
street, entertained her daughter,
Mrs. Roy Holmes of Kalispel, Mon
tana, with an informal afternoon
luncheon last Saturday Light re-
freshments were served and an en-.
joyable social afternoon was spent.
Among the out of town guests was
Miss Maud Maloney of Portland,
Oregon.
Mesdames Kennedy Entertain.
Mesdames E. R. Kennedy and C.
l.. Kennedy entertained at luncheon
today for Mrs. J. W. Maloney and
her daughter and Mrs. Fowler of
Portland, Ore, Mrs. Moore of In.
dependence, Ia, and Mrs. j. e. Hart
of Minneapolis. Autumn leaves
were used throughout the rooms.
The affair was most delightful one.
Rev. l. Grabarheartz of Fergus
Falls visited in Mankato yesterday.
E. L. Scoville left this morning
for a visit with relatives at Re-
gina.
Assistant State Treasurer Ed En-
ickson of st. Paul was in Mankato
today. -
DR.. H. Vogelpohl returned from a
business trip to Lake Crystal yes
terday. r.. .s.
Mrs. w. H.. Wilson of st. Paul is
a guest at the home of Mrs. w. L.
Wilson. .a#..
Bank Examiner H. B. Hill of Fari-
bault was here on official business
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ Hamilton of
Cedar Rapids, Ia, are visiting friends
in Mankato.
Miss Violet Atchison returned to
Northfield yesterday after spending
Sunday with her parents here.
Mrs. Lester Chandler and sons of
Minneapolis are guests of the for
mer's aunt, Mrs. Frank Fowler.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. King and
daughter Louise of Jackson were
guests of Mrs. H. A. Hurd over Sun
day.
Mrs. c. E. Glass and little son
and Mrs. Edmund Stautz of LIE
Sueur spent part of yesterday in the
city: "
Miss Isabel Beatty and Miss Mar
garet Marsh left last night for Pay
cite, Idaho, where they will visit
several weeks.
Will Foster of Lake Crystal call
ed on friends and transacted busi-
ness with the International. Harves-
ter company here yesterday.
William Swanson, station agent for
the Chicago and Northwestern at
Judson, and William Mason, also of
Judson, attended the Sherman
Kelly Stock company's performance
last night.
Colonel William Willie, the rotund
gentleman who carries with him al
ways that Taft-like smile, was in
Mankato today. The colonel ex-
pressed his qualification over politi-
cal conditions.
Rev. G. A. Cahoon, who has made
district superintendent of the Man
kato conference of the Methodist
church, is in the city today look
ing for a house. He is the guest
of Loren Clark while here.