The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-01

/ gagged in the real estate business
J. j. Waddell of Yuma, Arizona
arrived in Mankato this morning. He
will remain a week.
A. B. Hancock, general agent fol
the International Harvester compan.
at Dubuque, Iowa, was in Mankatt
yesterday. He was formerly assistant
to General Agent Mcclure in this
city.
]. B. Head of st. James relieved
Mr.. Tenney at the Omaha depot and
upon the latter's return Mr.. Head
will be installed as third telegrapher
in place of A. r. Mann who has
been transferred to st. James.
Judge Lorin Cray left Saturday
night for Washington, D. c., where
he will visit for about a week. He
will also go before the Interstate
Commerce commission, to testify in
regard to freight rates and milling
in transit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Boyntou
have moved back to Mankato and
are stopping temporarily with Mrs
NJ. B. Haynes on Byron street. Mr.
and Mrs. Boynton have spent the
winter in Garden City. Mr.. Boynton
is considerable improved in health
and is able to walk about some.
John L. Roerig was in from Rapi-
dan today advertising an auction
sale which he will hold on Monday,
March 4. Mr.. Roerig recently sold
his improved eighty acre farm,
known as the Tfeschner place, near
the Rapidan creamery for $125 an
acre. He bought the farm two years
ago at $85 an acre and made some
improvements since. Mr.. Roerig eX.
poets to move to Nicollet in the
spring.
The Consumers Power company
has just installed a new motor at
the Rapidan creamery to take the
place of the former steam engine. 1t
was used for the first time this
morning. This company has also put
in a new motor in the elevator at
Rapidan and another at the Mankato
Cooperative creamery. The cream
cries are finding 1t advisable and bet
ter in every way to use electricity
for motive power.
M. r. Sullivan returned Saturday
from q trip into Iowa. He stated
that the people of that state are dis
cussing politics with a great deal
more fervor than anywhere he has
travelled of late. The two names
most prominently mentioned are those
Of President Taft and Champ Clark.
Strange as it may seem Senator
Cummins is not discussed in connec.
ton with the presidency. Clark's pic
ture is conspicuously displayed in
many hotels.
II. w. Hill. state epidemiologist, is
receiving many reports of smallpox
epidemics in twelve counties, and
in many cases the schools in coun-I
try districts have been affected.
More than seventy per cent OF the
children under sixteen years of age
have not been vaccinated," he said.
"The smallpox as 1t has developed
thus far has only been in a mild
form. If we get siege of stiff
smallpox, many children will die
from it. "The smallpox epidemic is
much larger than usual this year.
Thus far there are so per cent morel
cases than is usual"
w. G. Calderwood, chairman OF
tue MluucSOtd anu IA
ton committees, addressed large
audience at the Methodist church
last night. His topic was "The Com.
mon Law" and he based his adj
dress on the text in the Bible which
means in every day English, "A
man is responsible for the foreseen
results of his action or his inaction.'
He dealt with the liquor problem
from the prohibitionist's point OF
view and called upon the voters to
make known their wishes and to
study the saloon question with the
that the saloon was
criminal, so he said. and that the
saloons existed by consent OF the
voters. Before and after the adj
dress, the Y. M. G. A. Glee club gave
several fine selections, while Miss
Corneiia Mansfield sang beautiful
solo preceding the address.