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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
NIX ON BALL IN STREET
Fans Must Not Play National Game on
Public Thoroughfares; Council
Says mo, No.
From tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council was held last evening for the
purpose of giving the water works
ordinance its second reading. This
was done and motion made and
carried to have it passed as read
The matter of garbage collection was
also brought up and it was decided
to advertise for bids, these to be
opened on April when the contract
would be let.
The new ordinance relating to the
preservation of public peace, good
order, breaches of peace and disor
derby conduct was given. it's first
reading. Among other violations
this ordinance says that the playing
Of baseball on public streets or al.
legs is unlawful. The driving of any
horse or animal in such a way as to
endanger any person, leaving horses
united on the streets, hitching them
to fence ratings, disquieting congre.
cations gathered for religious pur.
poses, lurking and lying in conceal.
ment in any house, swimming in
the Minnesota river without the
proper bathing suits, etc., are some
of the violations that are punishable
by fine not to exceed 500 and
costs or fine of not to exceed
ninety days in the city or county
Jail.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
DIED WHILE: VISITING HERE
Passing Away Of Mrs. Gilbert Day
of Pequot, MINI.
From Mondays Daily. -.

Mrs Gilbert Day, who has been
making her home near PequOt, but
was formerly of Mankato, died last
night at 6: Is, at one of the local hos
pitfalls. She was visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F., T. Enfield in this
city and while here was taken sick
week ago. yesterday. She was taken
to a hospital, suffering from a rup'
ture, and death came last night
The deceased was thirty-nine years
old. She was born in Mankato April
Is, 1873, and married to Mr.. Gilbert
Day In 1892, later moving to Pc
quot where Mr.. Day owns a farm.
She is survived by a husband, two
sons, Clifford and Rogers Day, and
five brothers as follows: Ed, Larry,
William, James and Harry, and a
sister, Miss Maggie Enfield.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at one o'clock from the
Methodist church, of which she was
a member. She also was a member
of the Degree of Honor lodge. She
was highly respected lady whose
many friends will mourn her death.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
ESTATE OF G. ", FLETCHER
Will Was Filed for Probate in ST.
- Peter; Its Contents.
iEron Erjday,s Daily '.-.-..'..7,. F.

From Fridays Daily. >t
, The will rof the late George W.
Fletcher of Belgrade township, was
filed for probate last Monday, Char.
les Loucks and Ada B. Loucks be.
ing named as executors, says The
st. Peter Herald. An inventory
places the value of the real property
at 12,90O, and of the notes and
bonds at $4,000. Under the terms
of the will Mr.. Fletcher leaves the
sum of $4,000 in trust for his
daughter, Mrs. Sherman Bachelor,
and $4,000 in trust for Elma May
Fletcher. There are two requests of
500. to grandsons, and the remand
er of the estate is to be equally di-
vided between the two heirs named,
and another daughter, Mrs. :;Loucks.
This estate is the first in Nicollet
county on which the inheritance tax
will be paid. Under the inheritance
tax law the first $4,000. exempt, but
one and one-half per cent is levied
upon the first $4,000 above that
amount. AS each of the three heirs
will receive $4,000, they must pay
on $4,000 apiece. The point has
been raised that the sum of $4,000
left in trust can not be levied upon,
and this matter will be submitted
to the attorney general. -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
RAID MADE on LIQUOR HOUSE
Arrests Made at Redwood Falls;
Hearing Set For April 2.


Redwood Falls, March 25.-Com
plant was signed by Mayor J. p
Cooper against the proprietor OF
the local wholesale liquor house
Blain Mckay, charging him and his
assistant, Ole Oleson, with running
a blind pig, or i'm other words, sell.
ing liquor without a license. Sheriff
Schiller and Deputy Holthouse raid.
ed the place, I'M company with the
mayor and made the arrests.
The defendants were taken be.
fore Judge Gray and their bonds
fixed at $500 each. The case will
be- heard April 2.
County Attorney A. ii. Emerson will
have the state side of the case, and
it is claimed that Attorney Tom
Davis of Marshall will be engaged
Dy the defense.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
BEET SUGAR FORTY YEAR AGO
Mankato. Was Agitating Establish.
ment of Factory.

These items of interest appeared
in the forty-year-ago column in The
st. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press:
"Mankato people decided that they
wanted no more public improvements
unless everybody was ready to pay
on the dot A bill passed by the
legislature had, through an error,
been made to provide a penalty of
10 per cent a month on DELINQUENT
assessments. The establish.
ment of beet sugar factory at Man.
kato was being agitated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
ST. PAUL ROAD WILL
Spend PILE OF CASH
Has Plans For Putting SIG, 150,.
600 Into Betterment.

Pleased with the bright prospects
kee road has announced an improve
ment program providing for expendi-
lures which are the heaviest made
in years by any railroad in the
northwest. The total proposed ex.
penditures will be about $26,12O,O0t,
to be spent at the rate of abont
1000, 900 a year until the improve
ments are completed.
Part of the improvements are TO
make provision for heavier traffic
expected to develop from the Puget
Sound extension.
Local Bushes Will Increase.
Most of the business now handled
on the lines is through, but with the
settlement of the new territory open
ed, the local business will steadily
increase. The other improvements
will go to provide for adequate ia
cilities to handle traffic expected
from the traffic alliance recently
made between the Milwaukee and
the Hartman lines.
On the Council Bluffs division ST.
100000 is to be expended for double
tracking and about $2,4O0,000 for re-
duction of grades, while on the Has
tings and Dakota division about $5,-
100000 will be laid, out for similar
purposes.
Additional Yard Facilities.
1t has been decided to expend this
year for additional yard facilities at
Savannah, ILL.,, Chicago and Milwau-
kee the sum of $1,550,0O0. 1t is al
SO contemplated to reballast about
500 miles on various divisions at a
total cost of s36O,OOO, while there is
to be constructed ten miles of new
line east of Savannah at a total ex-
penditure of $350,000. 49,
Another indication that additional
business is expected by the Milwau-
kee from the Union Pacific alliance
is the purchase of additional equip
ment this year to cost $S,6O0,O00.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
INCREASED GAS SUPPLY
Consumers Power Company Will Build
Larger Holder; More Demand
e. For the Article. -.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Work will begin Immediately on
the large gas holder to be construct
ed by the Consumers Power com
pany. The first shipment of material
arrived in the city today and the
firm from Cincinnati who has the
contract will begin in day or so
This tank will have capacity OF
10000 cubic feet OF gas, and will
be made entirely Of steel. The old
tank holds but 100000 cubic feet
The new holder will be seventy-five
feet high and seventy feet in dia
meter and will be ready in about
two months,
The business of. the Consumers
Power company has gradually in
creased to such an extent that the
management found it impossible to
supply the demand with the old
tank. The new holder will be built
at the corner of Willow and Rock
streets near the old tank.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
NEW RECORD IN BUTTER FAT
korndyke Maid ormsby Is Headliner
in This Respect.

I Korndyke Maid Ormsby, a two
year-old Holstein-Friesian cow, has
set new high Minnesota butter
record. by producing seventeen
pounds of butterfat in the seven days
ending Friday. This is equal to
twenty-one and a quarter pounds. of
marketable butter.
Korndyke Maid Ormsby, is two
years and five months old and is the
daughter of Pieterje Maid OrmsDy,
holder of the worlds record. She is
owned by ]. B.. Irwin at hisWoodlake
farm, just south of the city limits
of Minneapolis OH the Lyndale road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
ASK sPOONER TO GET IN GAME
Citizens of Herman Want Him as
GubernatoriaI Candidate.

Five citizens of Herman, Mimi,
have written L. C. Spooner letter
requesting him to become candi-
date for governor. Mr.. Spooner is a
resident of Morris, member of the
legislature and is greatly interested
in waterway development. He is
the gentleman who got through the
legislature the bill providing for the
establishment at the states prison
of the plant which turns out farm
machinery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
VANDALISM IN KERNs TOWN
Vicious and Malicious Attack Made
on the Town Pump.

Vandalism is rife at Kerns, Nicol
let county. The town pump, located
near the premises of l.. P. Parson
is the object of malicious and vicious
attack. Repeatedly the handle of the
pump has been stolen, causing nc
end Of annoyance to the people who
desire to quench their own thirst
and those of their beasts of bur-
den, not to mention the large num-
Der of docile animals that yield
great amount of butterfat. Woe
be to the thief who has been playing
hob with the pump.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
ST. CLAIR MAN DIED TODAY
A. D. Axteli, Highly Respected Farm
er, Succumbed to rheumatism.
r.:t.,

From tuesdays DaiIy.
A. D. Axtell, an old and respected
farmer of st. Clair, died at nine
o'clock this morning from the eff
fects of rheumatism. He had suffer
ed from this disease for the past
year. The deceased was sixty-four
years of age and widower. He
leaves four sons and one daughter,
as follows: Arthur and Leon Axtell
of Foley, Richard of Tolley, N. D.,
Robert, who lives in st. Clair, and
Mrs. Madge Slocum of Madelia.
No arrangements have been made
for the funeral.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
ORGANIZED A SUNDAY SCHOOL
Federated Churches Extend Their
Work to Another Section.
From MONDAYS Daily,

The Federated churches of Man
kato organized another Sunday
school yesterday at the Anderson
district, eight miles south of the
city,, with the following officers:
Mrs. Emma Little, superintendent;
Mrs. Ida Cotton, assistant superin'
tendent; Carl Jepson. secretary;
Miss Tena Erickson, treasurer; Luel.
Ian Manter, librarian. Their hour OF
school service is 2 p. m. each Sab
bath, beginning April Z.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
PLAN OF LEVY|hG The
TAXES IN This STATE
Commission Tells How and BY
Whom Work Is Done,

The law provides that all taxes
shall be levied or voted in specific
amounts, and the rate per cent shall
be determined from the amount of
property as eQualized by the tax
commission each year, except such
general taxes as may be definitely
fixed by law.
Four different official bodies have
to do with fixing the amount of the
tax levy each year the state, the
county, the town, village or city, and
the school district.
The state rate for geenral reve-
mes purposes is determined by the
legislature and may vary from year
to year according to the needs of the
state, the levy for such purpose this
year one and nineteenth mills. The
total state levy this year for all pur-
poses, including the one mill school
tax, is 1888 mills.
The County Taxes. =
County taxes, except as otherwise
provided in case of counties having
more than 100000 population, are
levied by the county board at its
meeting in July of each year, and are
based upon an itemized statement of
the estimated expenses for the en-
suing year, which statement must
be included in the published pro.
ceedings of the board. ~
City and village taxes are deter
mined by the local authorities in &C
cordance with the methods pre-
scribed in their charters.
The amount Of taxes TO be raised
for town purposes is determined by
the voters at the annual town meet
ing. ,-
School taxes, except in districts
organized under special laws, are de-
termined by the voters at the an.
nual meeting. .-..t
When Taxes Must Be Certified.
The amounts of the different taxes
SO determined must be certified to
the county auditor on or before
October 10 of each year. The county
auditor then computes the rate neces.
sary to produce the required revenue
and makes the levy accordingly.
There are, however, certain limi-
tations on the, amount of taxes that
may be levied, for. different. purposes
in any one year. :; -
Except where county. commission.
ers,,, township supervisors or corpor-
ate authorities Of any city,, town,
village or :, school district are au-
thorized by special law to levy any
tax, -the amounts that may be levied
are limited as follows: 49, *.
When Excess Can BE Made.
Counties whose taxable valuation
is s., 100000 or more may not levy
taxes in excess of 6, mills for general
revenue purposes, and counties 'hav-
ing a less valuation not in excess OF
5000, or exceeding a rate of one
per cent. --t-> *.. =. s.. ,'.n3&.
Town taxes for revenue purposes
shall not exceed two mills where the
valuation is 100000 Or more, nor
more than $3.50 where the valuation
is less than 100000 and then not
to exceed one-half of one per cent.
But towns may levy taxes for roads
and bridges not to exceed ten mills
on, the dollar, and for support OF
poor not in excess of 5 mills on the
dollar. - ...:~.S ~
School districts, in addition to the
general 1 mill tax, levy a tax not
In excess of 16 mills for support OF
schools and one per sent for erec-
ton of school houses. ~ .ts =
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
HAS HAD HIS POLITICAL FILL
Rev. Ezra Lathrop Retires From the
Position of Mayor.

Ezra r. Lathrop, the Hastings
minister-mayor, owing to advanced
age was not an aspirant for re-
nomination this year and retires to
private life at the city convention
held Saturday afternoon. Rev. Lath-
rop formerly was pastor Of the
Methodist church in this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
WATERS CASE SET FOR TRIAL
Hearing on Claim Will Be Heard
On April rs.
From TUESDAYS Daily So.

This being the regular court day
in municipal court, several orders
of judgment were filed with City
Clerk Bates by Judge Comstock to-
day. Both representatives in the
case of the e. v. Waters VS.. City
of Mankato, appeared in municipal
court this morning to set date for
the trial. 1t was decided to have
the hearing on April 25. Walters is
suing the city for $160 which he
claims is salary due him after he
had been let out of the position of
street commissioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
Fire Damage Was Slight.
From Mondays Daily.

Fire in chimney in the kitchen
of the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Cady at 623 South. Second street
called out the firemen for short
run about ten O'clock yesterday
morning. The chemicals were used
to good effect The fire damage was
slight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

&:Governor Eberhart, who reached
the city this afternoon, stated that
SO far as he could learn there was
no. great demand for an extra ses-
sion of the legislature. There must
be some grave reason for. an extra
session, and the chances are there
will be none called. 1 have not had
an opportunity to read Attorney Gen
eral Smiths opinion. - =.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
ASK FOR EXTRA SESSION
La Toilette and Roosevelt Organizations
to Call On Governor; Executive
IT,. ;. in Home Interview. -
Especial to The Free Press. ]

st. Paul, Mimi, March 90
Governor Eberhart will be, asked
by joint committee represent
ing the La Follette and Roose-
welt organizations to cali an
extra session of the legislature
to enact the presidential pref
erence primary. Attorney Gen
eral Smith, in a formal opinion
today, holds that the Caswell
plan for a caucus presidential
preference primary will not in.
validate the delegate caucus bal
lot. =. =. III.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

r. Ii. Mccarthy to X. w. r. Con
ger, lots 20 and "a, block 1G, Lake
Crystal, consideration $4,000.
Jennie A. Atchison to Joseph G..
Nelson, south " of nc u sec. 4,
Medo township, consideration $4,000
Anne Williams to Anna Rask. lots
Is, and IA, block II, Lake Crystal,
consideration $780,
William f. Conger to w. S. Hunt
an G. M. Black, lot Is, Lake Crystal,
consideration one dollar, etc.
From Tuesdays Daily.
John Ii. Hohmann TO Michael Bar.
rett, neA Of section 5, Mankato
township, and other land of eight
acres, in sell of neA, said section.
Consideration $4,000. rs
Edward Trenzel to Edward Rolf.
son, south ten acres of west four
teen acres Of south twenty acres,
section IS, Mankato township. Con-
sideration, $3.50.
Edward w. Washburn to Joseph L.
Tallman, lots 3 and 4, block 5, East
Mankato. Consideration, $50.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

Postoffice Safe Robbed.
The postoffice safe at Kenyon was
blown" by yeggs Saturday night and
SIS taken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

Arthur Fricke of Minneapolis spent
Sunday with A. III. SLIDER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

the picture at perfect. created
1t for -dlle. Renouardt, who has
succeeded Madame Lantelme as
the most beautiful woman in Paris.
Notice the graceful curve to the
brim. 1t frames the face SO
charmingly. OF u rough, dull green
silk felt, it Is trimmed with long
haired SKUNK fur. On the extreme
edge OF the brim is wonderful
bird of paradise.
To mall hats am devoted. when
they are becoming. There is moth
ing more lovely, more chic than
piquant. youthful face. framed In
a snug fitting hat. In the fourth
picture is a delightful pale gray
felt picture hat petite. soft and
pliable. The beauty and chicness
depend entirely on the way it is
put on the head. II must be liter.
ally Slammed" on the back OF the
head and cooked sideways to show
the left eyebrow and part OF the
hair On this gray felt have ar
ranged I fiat rose decoration of
pink satin The black velvet neck
band is attached to the hat at the
back, far underneath the brim.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

Are not these hats delightful?
They show the latest Partisan
tendencies, and wearing one of these
models, no smart woman can be at
fault.
And just word in praise OF the
small close-fitting cap Of moleskin
and gray velvet that the model in
the first picture is wearing. 1t is
Just round "night-cap" affair, made
of bands of shirred velvet and mole
fur. 1t is the hat coquettish, and
fittingly tops the Gray Wintry
Woods" COSTUME.
1t would seem that no scheme
is too fantastic for feathers this
season, and the wondrous ways
in which ostrich plumes are mani
some of the newest millinery
models, is more often calculated to
arouse amazement than admira.
ton. On some medium shaped hats
of beaver velours for example,
where the brims have slight and
long upward roll at each side, the
crown will be encircled by quite
modest little ruche or fringe of
feathers.
And then-suddenly this quiet
little feather will go completely
mad. and spring outwards or uI-
wards or undulate sidewise in a
series of crooked curves and In
consequence will transform the
hat completely when the point OF
view permits OF full display OF
these feathery freaks.
Sometimes again-and, really, this
Is rather pretty-a highly curled
ostrich feather will be combined
and effectively contrasted with abso-
lutely straight strands. the curled
part clustering closely about the
crown and the other falling. fringe
fashion upon the brim.
Then what do you think Of a hat
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

showers its softness all over the
crown.
Another velvet hat, long and mar.
row in shape, and deep peacock
blue In coloring, has its crown
guarded closely at either side by
an ostrich feather, also beautifully
blue at first, but shading towards
the centre into dahlia red and pur.
pie, the two stems" being just
crossed in front. while the quantity
curved feathery ends repeat this
arrangement at the back. but far
beyond the brim.
There are. In fact, feathers on al
most every hat, whatever the
fabric or size or style may be.
One typical and rather striking en-.
ample OF the new possibilities OF
the familiar trimming being the
presence of an encircling fringe on
hat whose soft CHARTERED crown
and wide "foppy" brim are OF pea
cock blue and green shot silk.
The coloring of the plumase in
lovely too. for each feathery strand
shows a centre of blue, flushad
round with rose.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

The muff of the mole fur and
shirred panne velvet, and the
small cap, complete this costume.
On the cap and muff are tiny rose
and blue rosebuds.
/ am also showing you a group
of hats that appeal very strongly
to me. Hats mean SO much to d
woman. A hat may age a woman
ten years, may remove fifteen, all
in one instant.
There is the hat coquetish; 1t
may be large, it may be small.
There is also the hat picturesque.
usually large, but it may be small.
Then there Is the hat tempera-
mental.
In the second figure. am portray.
ing one O. my "temperamental"
hats. It is one of tho Tam O.
Shanter shapes. of lustrous black
velvet. Against the up-turned brim
is a glowing. rich, red satin rose.
set in glossy green leaves. This
chic hat is medium, neither large
nor small, and frankly, like its
name, it Is aot suitable for every
woman.
In the third figure, is what l call
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15
Beauty Questions Answered

Mabel inquiries: Kindly let me
know il there is anything which
will make my complexion lighter.
It has yellowish tinge. II there
is anything Is 1t harmless. or will
1t produce bad effects? Also are
there certain foods which II taken
in excess will cause an unnaturally
greasy complexion"
PastrJ and sweets. sravles and
fats In any form may have the Ct.
feet you last describe. For 4 vel
low skin first adopt q lighter diet.
The yelleWlsh tint indicates that
your liver has struck. Don't alive
It 90 much to do. Eat more veuet.
abies and fewer meats, more fruIts
ana no candy. A few drops Of am.
monia or tlncture Of henxoln O..
peroxide Of hydrogen In the water
In which you baths your face will
gradually Wilton the skin, but use
these sids only occasionally %
they are hsrsh aesnts,