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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
FORMER RESIDENT Is DEAD
Patrick CoughIan, Who Resided In
Mankato for Many Years..
naiIN

From Mondays Daily.
News of the death Of Patrick
Coughlan, which occurred at Mil
waukee, was received in Mankato
today. He was a former resident OF
this city and a brother of Daniel
Caughlan, well-known here.
Patrick Coughlan will be remem-
bered by many old settlers. He lived
here many years and at one time
operated a stone quarry in North
Mankato.
His death occurred at 2:3O o'clock
Sunday morning, shortly after he
had entered upon the eighty-sixth
year of his birth. He passed away
peacefully and quietly. A few min
utes before death came he remarked
to those who stood about his bed
side that he was happy and mis-
mind at ease. He spoke cheerfuliy
and babe all a pleasant farewell.
The funeral will be held from st.
Stephan's church, Milwaukee, on
"Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Coughlan is survived by sew
eral grown-up sons and daughters.
One of the daughters is Mrs. E. c.
Burdick, formerly of this city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
Estimate Made BY C. H. Fuller
of Cook Construction
Company.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Manager II. e. Hance of the Man
kato Electric Traction company re-
ceived letter today accompanied
with blue print plans from the Cook
Construction company of Des Moines,
Iowa, giving estimates, ETC., for a
bridge over the Minnesota river at
the foot of Main street. The letter
was written by Carl Fl. Fuller, who
is with the Cook Construction conf
pany, and who was in Mankato some
months ago to confer with the Com
mercial club concerning the building
of a new bridge. At that time he
made what is considered a very
reasonable offer to the bridge com
mittee of the Commercial club, of
which Judge Lorin Cray is chair
man, and in which he promised to
have plans drawn and estimates
made.
The estimate for an overhead
bride is placed at $159,000 complete,
including ornaments, arrangements
for gas lights, curbing, sidewalks,
paving, ETC., everything except lay
ing of street car tracks. A surface
bridge would cost 100000 and ac-
cording to the plans there would be
grade of over five per cent.
Judge Cray, who is chairman Of the
bridge committee, stated today that
he would take the matter up at the
first meeting of the advisory board
of the Commercial club.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
ORGANIZE FOR GOOD ROADS
Nicollet and lie Sueur Counties As
ISOLATION Is Formed.

At St. Peter a few days ago, the
Nicollet and LIE Sueur Counties Good
Roads association was organized
with A. J. Potts of st. Peter as presi.
dent; Oscar Swenson of New Swed.
en-, secretary; e. O. Mork of Lake
Prairie, treasurer. On motion OF
County Attorney George T. Olsen it
was voted that each township in
Nicollet and LIE Sueur counties be
allowed three representatives on the
board of directors, these representa-
tives to be appointed by the chair.
man of the board of supervisors, and
their names forwarded to the sec.
rotary of the association.
Kasota-George Case, A. e. Davis
and d. S. Turrittin.
Lake Prairie-E. O. Mork, n W.
Snyder.
Oshawa-J. NJ. Turner.
Lafayette-Claus Swanson, Frank
Wellner.
New Sweden-Oscar SwensOn.
Traverse. p. Wright, Frank s.
Wolfe.
Bernadotte-Hon. Ole Peterson, A.
| w. Bergstrom.
| Granby-O. c. Karstad.
Cleveland Vilfage-A. Rohlfing.
Ridgely--A. F. Pickel.
Cleveland Townships. e. Haney
CORTLAND Village-W. Sommers, w
| F. Siege.
Washington Township-T. G. Wen
delschaefer.
st. Peter-County Commissioner AL
]. Potts, A. M. Anderson, A. M. Jen
sen and Philip Dick.
| George w. Allyn was one of the
speakers at the meeting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22

grieved by an assessment so made
against him or any property owned
by him may appeal to the district
court of the county in which such
assessment was made. The proceed
IRE in an appeal is very simple,
The aggrieved party files notice
of such appeal with the county audi.
tor within thirty days after the max.
ing of such assessment, specifying
the grounds upon which the appeal
is made, and it at once becomes
effective. The appeal is heard and
determined by the district court in
the same manner as other tax mat.
ters are tried and determined.
The compensation paid special as.
SCISSORS and deputies is fixed by the
tax commission. The expense of max.
ing reassessment is certified to
the state auditor and is paid out of
the state treasury in the first in
stance, but in the end the district
reassessed pays the expense. The
state auditor notifies the county
auditor of the amount of such ex.
pense and the latter levies tax
on all of the taxable property of
the district wherein such reassess.
ment was made, and when collected,
it is paid into the state treasury.
X * * i;
The authority to cause reassess.
ments to be made is one of the
most important powers vested in
the tax commission. 1t permits the
commission, when any considerable
amount of property has been omit
ted from the tax rolls in any dis.
trict, or if assessed, it has been un
dervalued or overvalued, to correct
the injustice by ordering a reassess
ment of such district. While under
valuation or generalization may be
corrected by equalization, omitted
property can only be effectively
reached by reassessment. .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
DRY AND WET DISAGREE
They Dispute Each Others Claims
as to Result of Recent
Elections. ..

st. Paul, March 15.-Dry and wet
interests found it pretty hard to
agree on just the number of net
gains made by each in Tuesdays
election, but it was finally ascertain
ed that the vets had gained fifteen
or sixteen towns and teh drys had
gained between twenty-five and TWEEN.
ty-five so far as the poll has been
recorded.
Frederick w. Zollman, counsel for
the Minnesota Brewers association
secuted the idea that there was any
significant victory for either faction
His figures were fifteen gained by
the vets and twenty-four by the drys
The difference of nine he considers
small and very possibly not a real
indication of the sentiments of the
town voters throughout the state.
What Youngdahl Says.
P. J. Youngdahl, superintendent OF
the Anti-saloon league, at his offices
in Minneapolis, said that he was
highly elated over the result. He pre-
dicted a sweeping victory for county
option next fall. Other prohibitionists
were surprised and very well sat.
isfied with the poll. Mr.. Youngdahl
would give a gain of only five to the
vets, and when he was told that Mr..
Zollman estimated that the gain had
been fifteen, he said, "Zollman must
be seeing things"
Brewers Keep Tab.
The Minnesota Brewers association
has kept close watch Of the election
results. The following is the list OF
gains for both sides as received by
the association: .....
From Dry to Wet Q5)-Backus,
Bagley, Cyrus, Dexter, Excelsior,
Lonsberry, Menagha, Nerstrand, Mid
die River, Sargent, Sebeka, Stockton,
Taylor's Falls, Vining.
From Wet to Dry (2Q-Aitkin, Al
exandria, Ashby, Badger, Belgrade,
Brandon, Camel, Claremont, Eagle
Bend, Fosston, Greenbush, Hadley,
Henning, Karlstad, Kenyon, Lake
Wilson, Lengthy, Mora, Mountain
Lake, Pine River, Roosevelt, Spring
Valley, Truman, Westbrook. ..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
STONE COMPANIES MERGED
Bio Business Deal Is Consummated
ar New Uln,


New Ulm, March 16.-The consoli-
dation of the New Ulm Stone COM
pany and the Minnesota Flint Rock
company, both operating flint rock
uuarries at Redstone, south OF the
city limits of New Ulm, was an
nounced on Tuesday by E. G. Pot
ter. Minneapolis industrial agent,
who has taken a personal interest,
financially, in the merged companies,
and the business will henceforth be
conducted under the name of New
Ulm Flint Rock company.
The New Ulm Stone company has
been actively engaged in business
here for the past ten years, while
the Minnesota Flint Rock company
was organized about five years ago.
The officers of the former concern,
up to the time of the merger, were:
President. Joseph A. Eckstein; vice
president. George Marti; secretary
and manager, w. c. Miller; treasur-
err, H. D. Beussmann. Albert Hanft
of st. Paul is president OF the Mini
nesota Flint Rock company and ROD
ert Scherer of this city is secretary
treasurer.
The property of the combined COM
pany. consisting of 200 acres of land
with two open quarries and two up
to-date plants having an annual out
put of 100000 cubic yards of crush
ed flint rock, is valued at 100000.
The company is incorporated in the
sum of $4,000, with limited in
debtedness of $4,000, of which $780,
900 is in six per cent bonds at ten
years. as
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
INVITATIONS TO TAKE
PART IN DEVELOPMENT
MEET HERE APRIL End

Over 1000 invitations have been
sent out to various banks, mayors,
real estate firms, and others inter-
ested, throughout Southern Mime
sofa TO attend the Southern Min
nesota Development association con-
vention which will be held in Man.
kato on Tuesday, April 2. Score.
tary e. F. Soaring of the CONNER
cial club was kept busy all day Sat
urday mailing out the invitations.
He sent out 425 TO various banks,
and $50 have been sent out by To-
estate firms, while Mayor Taylor
has given instructions to send out
invitations to fifty mayors in as
many cities, and over seventy com.
mercial clubs will receive these in
vitations, making a total of oyer
1000.
! The letters contain a short history
of the meeting of the Minnesota
Federation of Commercial clubs held
at Minneapolis in February at which
several SeCFeldTleS VI SOutHclh hih
nesota towns were appointed COM
mittee to work out plan for the
formation of Southern Minnesota
Development association.
The following was incorporated in
the invitation to the bankers:
1.-The last census afforded a pain
full surprise by showing a falling
off in the population of several OF
the southern counties, as we'll as
some of the cities and villages. This,
occurring in one of the most favor
ed agricultural regions in the world.
is Il subject that challenges the
most serious thought. 1t is impor.
tant that the population ofthe coun-
try districts be built up, rather
than depleted, and if the latest and
best methods of agriculture were
adopted, it would seem that these
districts could be rapidly and per-
manently built up, for forty or
eighty acres would produce as much
as a quarter section does at pres
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
DEATH OF A ST. CLAIR LADY
Mrs. Herman FitzIoff Died Of Tu-
NOR; Great Shock to Family.
Eropo Mondav'S OaiIv.


Mrs. Herman Fitzloff died yester-
day afternoon at the family home
in st. Clair of tumor. She had not
been we'll for some time but her
condition was not thought to be Sc
rious, and she was not confined to
her bed by her illness. Her death
came as a severe blow to her fam
lily, who are Frustrated with grief.
Mrs. Fitzlpff was Miss Della
Bruske, and was born in Germany
forty.eight years ago. When she
came to st. Clair with her people
and spent almost her entire life
there. On July IS, 1883, she was
married to Herman Fitzloff and he
with eight children survive her. The
children are Mrs. o. d. Hueseman.
Tony Fitzloff, Misses Dorothy, Hattie,
Leila, Ellen, John and Ray
mond. Four sisters also survive
her. They are Miss Bertha Wagner
of st. Clair, Miss Anna Bruske and
Miss Ida Bruske of st. Clair and
Mrs. Amanda Getzkow of Swanville.
Mrs. Fitzloff was member OF the
German Lutheran church and the
funeral will be conducted by Rev.
A.. F. Winter of this city, assisted
by Rev. John. 1t will be held Thurs
day afternoon at one o'clock at the
house and in the church at st. Clair
at two o'clock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22

ent. and the larger farms could be
split up. With more intensified
farming, and the proper united eff
fort made to attract farmers who
are selling their farms in states
south and east of us, at big prices,
and ready to invest in better land
up to 500 TO SIPS an acre, it would
might soon be repopulated with a
very desirable class of farmers, the
population doubled and trebled and
the villages and cities benefiting
from the increased trade that this
would bring. Then, there are also
such subjects as improving the
highways, including inter-county
roads, developing the water power
of the rivers. rendering the Mime
sofa river navigable, seeking needed
legislation, etc. A strong program
is being made up, and will include
talks by some prominent men who
are able to throw light on the prac.
teal questions that will come up,
and full discussions will follow all
addresses.
"Mankato has ample hotel accom-
mOdations, and all will be taken care
of, even if private homes have to
be thrown open for entertainment.
The trains run at good hours. 1t
is planned to have an all day ses-
sion, forenoon. afternoon and even
ing, with the automobile ride at the
close of the afternoon session.
I'VE wish to emphasize this mat
ter to you. Bankers are generally
to be found lin the forefront Of every
progressive measure. Please con-
slider this as a personal invitation
from us to come to MankatO on
April g" w. d. Willard, cashier
First National bank; George e.
Brett, president Mankato Savings
bank; f. X. Meagher, cashier Ma
tional Citizens bank; r. Schoyen,
cashier Mankato State bank; c. l..
Oleson, president National bank of
Commerce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
JUMPED To HIS LIBERTY
Federal Prisoner Leaps Through
Window; He Escaped the
~ Guards.
From MONDAYS Daily.


Jumping from a train running
twenty miles an hour, Charles Wick.
cry escaped from two federal guards
while being taken from Minneapo.
lis to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Wick
cry was picked up in Minneapolis
last Wednesday and Commissioner
Abbott ordered him returned to the
Iowa city to answer an indictment
charging him with using the mails
to defraud. ........
Vickery was in charge of Deputy
United States Marshal Charles Ket-
tleson and Guard Steve Terhune.
Near Sioux City, Iowa, Vickery en-
tered compartment, locked the
door on the conductor, pushed a
wire in the lock, and then break
ing a window let himself to the
ground. ....
The conductor notified the guards
of Vickery's escape and the train
was stopped, but no trace of the
fugitive could be found.
Government agents are being not
flied and a countrywide search for
Vickery is on.
Vickery was arrested a week ago
yesterday at sanitarium near
Chaska, accused of stealing a dia-
mond stud valued at $500 from
Henry d. Defiel of st. Paul, former
ly president of the Peoples lee
company of that city. The diamond
was recovered and that charge drop
ped, but Vickery was rearrested on
the federal indictment which had
been hanging over him for some
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
ST. PAUL MAN FOR THE PLACE
Andrew S. Mitchell to Temporarily
Succeed Mr. Wiley.

st. Paul, March 16.-Andrew S.
MITCHELL 400 Wheeler avenue, ST.
Paul, has been called to Washing
ton at once by the federal food and
drug department to temporarily sue
coed DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief
of the United States bureau OF
chemistry, resigned. Mr.. Mitchell is
at present chief inspector of the
United States department of food
and drugs inspection, located in the
old capitol building. st. Paul, having
been in charge OF the department
since it was established in 1906. He
is said to be one of the foremost
drug and food experts in the coun'
try. He was summoned from St
Paul late yesterday by Secretary
Wilson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
Petition in Probate Court.

William Dackins Of Judson petit
toned in probate court this morning
to have Griffith Dackins of Lake
Crystal appointed administrator OF
the estate of the late Edward Dack-
ms of Judson The estate is valued
at $3.50. There are four sons,
two daughters and widow surviv-
ing Mr.. Dackins.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
GOPHER STATE DENIS
MEETING IN ST. PAUL
Presidential Preference Prima.
ries Lost Out in Committee.

St. Paul, March 19.-The state
democratic convention to elect dele.
gates to the national convention will
be held in Duluth Thursday, June 6.
The invitation was presented by An.
drew Nelson Of Duluth, democratic
candidate for congress. He started a
boom for Woodrow Wilson and gave
the invitation to convene in Duluth,
which was Immediately accepted.
The preferential presidential pri.
maries lost out at the meeting.
st. Paul, March 19.-Whether pref.
erential primaries will be resorted
to this year to select the delegates
to the democratic national conven-
ton at Baltimore June 25, was the
issue that was the most discussed
last night among the politicians who
gathered at The Saint Paul for the
meeting of the democratic state CEN
trail committee today.
Members from rural districts were
not in favor of the primary for the
selection of convention delegates.
They say the party organizations in
the less populated portions of the
state are not organized sufficiently
to properly safeguard a primary vote.
They also contend that in the rural
districts preferential primaries mean
no more than do so-called straw
votes.
Other members Of the committee,
however, expressed themselves last
night as in favor of the preferential
primaries. If the primaries are
safeguarded so that the vote is an
honest one, the friends of the pri.
mary method insist it is by far the
best to employ.
Lynch Favors Primaries.
r. B. Lynch, democratic national
committeeman, and also member
of the state central committee, was
one of the most prominent figures
in the assemblage of politicians last
night. With all of the out-of-town
men he discussed the outlook. Mr..
Lynch expressed himself as decided
ly in favor of preferential primaries
for electing the delegates to the ma
tional convention.
"If preferential primaries can be
safeguarded so that the vote cast is
an honest one / prefer to see the
delegates selected in that way" he
remarked.
NT 10 nP
also expressed himself as in favor OF
the preferential primary system.
Judge Mathews, who is democrat
of the old-time variety, is taking a
decided interest in the political situa-
ton this year. aa..
Tim o'connor Is Opposed.
Timothy O'Connor, member Of the
committee from Renville, one of the
latest arrivals last night, expressed
himself as not in favor of the prefer
entail primary.
The discussion of probable candi-
dates for the democratic nomination
for governor disclosed the names OF
five men who are being exploited by
their friends for the place. The men
mentioned last night were: Congress-
man w. S. Hammond, p. NJ. Ringdal
of Crookston, chairman of the stare
board of control, P. M. Kerst OF st.
Paul, Sam Anderson of Hutchinson
and DR.. William Mayo of Rochester.
Among the names mentioned as
candidates for delegates at large to
the national democratic convention
are Byron J. Mosier of Saltwater, T.
J. Knox, of Jackson and w. F. Dono-
hue of Melrose.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22

The "drys" have made a net gain
of five in the fight that occurred
between license and no license on
election day. or 1Sl municipalities in
the state where ballots were cast
on Tuesday, 81 voted for license and
80 against license. The Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul papers had placed
Fairmont in the dry" column, but
in this they made an error. No
election was held at Fairmont on
Tuesday. -
Cass Lake did what decent and
order-loving people expected it would
do on election day. ."
Wells voted for license; the ma.
jOrity was Is.
Beauford.
Supervisor, George Sellers; treas.
urer. II. B. Greeley; clerk, S. j.
Getty: justices, J. n. Waddell, w.
A. Hanna; constable, Tom Little.
Money raised, general purposes, $500;
road improvement, $500; other pur-
poses, $3.50.
Butternut Valley.
Supervisor. Jense Johnson; treas
nrer, Ole Hanson: clerk. J. f. Owens;
justice, Ellis l.. Jones; cOnstables,
Gunder Gilbertson and Norman H..
Tweed. Money raised, general pur-
poses, $1,000 The proposition to
pay road taxes in cash carried.
Cambria
Supervisor, D. B. Hughes; clerk,
w. NJ. Lewis; treasurer, John L.
Harris; justice of the peace, A. A.
Thomas: constable, Thomas c.
Jones. .-
Ceresco.
Supervisor, George Cooling; treas
rrer, Herman Bergeman; clerk, C. c.
Francis; justice, Frank Kelly; con-
stable, Robert Splinter. Money raised,
general purposes, $500; road improve
ment, $1,000.
Judson.
Supervisor, David Gustafson; clerk,
Ed. ~ Jones; treasurer, r. NJ.
Jones; justice of the peace, Hugh
G.. Jones; constable, George Ed
wards. The sum of $500 was voted
for town purposes. Proposition to
pay the road tax in cash was lost
by five votes. -
Lincoln.
Supervisor, Edward Johnson; treas
nrer Chris Teigum; clerk, p. c.
Peterson; justice, w. G. Parson;
constables, c. A. Bundy and I. E.
Nelson. Money raised, general pur-
poses, $500; road Improvement,
$50.
Mcpherson Township.
Supervisor. Fred Kruse; clerk,
J. II. Bestman; treasurer, Frank
Chase; justice of the peace. ]. Ma
honey; constable, E. ]. Hollis.
Medic Township.
Supervisor, William Ward: clerk
Clarence Anderson; treasurer. George
Krouss: justices of the peace, John
w. Strobel and Henry Clausen: con-
stables, George .Bucholtz and Ira
Southwick. One thousand five hun
dred dollars was voted for town,
road and bridge purposes; $1,000
was ALSO GdlStu lOl lhiCitoi VII i"''
road bonds.
Pleasant Mound.
Supervisor, f. NJ. Tabatt; clerk
f. G.. Luedke; treasurer, w. A. ul
rich: Justice of the peace. w. G.
Keller: constable, Julius Tuschall
The sum of $3.50 was voted for town
purposes, $1,750 for road and bridge
purposes and 800 for a certain
road.
Rapidan Township.
SUPERVISOR, c. H.. Mat2ke; clerk
o. NJ Reynolds; treasurer. Fred
Bosin. -
- South Bend.
Supervisor, Daniel Williams;
clerk, f. J. Melvin; treasurer, Moses
Roberts; justice of the peace, If
d. Burnett; constable. David Her
bert; sexton, w. r. Williams. The
sum of 5000 was voted for towr
purposes and $500 for road and
bridges.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
J. H. BAKER, JR. IS H0N0RED
He Is Made a Member of Govern.
ina Board of State "U."

James H. Baker, Jr., of this city
has been elected a member of the
board of governors of the newly or
ganized students council at the state
university. The competition was
very keen, but Mr.. Baker was elect
ed by large majority. 1t is con-
sidered great compliment to be
a member of the governing board,
which is made of representatives
from every department of the uni
versity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
BRIDGE COST $3.50, 900 SECURED SUM OF $500
NicolIet Commissioners Assist
in Making Exhibit at the
- State Fair.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
w. E. Stewart and Henry Robel
Sr., of North Mankato, together with
Senator Benson, met today with the
county commissioners of st. Peter
for the purpose Of asking that Mic
ollet county appropriate a certain
sum toward securing an exhibit al
the state fair next fall.
The committee was successful in
securing an appropriation of $500
the amount asked for. This will
enable the committee to make a
very creditable exhibit of agricul
tural products at the state fair.
Mrs. Erick Erickson was pleasant
ly surprised yesterday afternoon al
her home, 715 Belgrade avenue, by
the ladies of the Degree of Honor
No 49, The occasion was Mrs
Erickson's birthday. About forty la
dies were present. The afternoon
was spent in playing 800" After
dainty refreshments were served
Mrs. Erickson was presented with a
beautiful remembrance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22
The Advertised Letters.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

Advertised letters for week ending
March Is: Mr.. H. Berg, ohm Cal
len, F. A. Fluco, w. Fl. Fowler, John
Hauck, John Kallen, J. e. Madden,
Osten Nordahl, A. B. Nowak, Smith
Owen, Miss Marcella Quinn, Charles
F. Quinn, Claude Sheffield, Miss Lin
da Stavanaugh, Joe Wortsmann, Jane
Young.