The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-31

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| Blue Earth county farmers as well
as others throughout the state will
benefit from the new seed testing
/ laboratory at the university farm
now nearly completed and which is
! to be in charge of Professor W. l..
Oswald. The plant is expected to
be in full operation before the holt
| days.
The old armory and gymnasium
of the college has been remodeled
and all seed work, including the
free testing required under the pure
! building.
The installation Of the compressed
air cleaning machine, battery of
! five copper germinators, and other
apparatus, will make the laboratory
one of the best equipped outside of
the. government. plant in Washing
ton, according to Professor Oswald.
With methods closely related to
those in use in the laboratories Of
the United States department of
agriculture, the college began its
1 seed testing work on a small scale
three years ago. Since the estab-
| lishment of the seed department
more than 5000 free tests have
been made under the direction of
Professor Oswald
The new regulation prescribing
the manner in which seed must be
labeled by all dealers, and imposing
upon the department the duty Of
supplying information and making
free tests ON all seeds for farmers,
nurserymen and seedsmen of the
state will greatly increase the work
OF the department.
AT the meeting at the Christian
church last night Clark w. Com
stock delivered a very strong ser.
mon on "If Jesus Should Come to
Mankato?" He described what Je.
sus would see and hear in the
home, upon the streets and in bust
ness places, in society and about
the churches. He said in part
"Men do not see all of our lives,
but Jesus would see and hear all.
In some homes he would see family
/! worship and love and courtesy. In
others he would see men depriving
their family of needful things that
they might fill their stomachs with
stale beer and fiery whiskey. He
would see the twenty-nina saloons
OF this city and wonder if Chris
tian folks were doing all they could
/ to rid this city of such evils. He
would be glad to see our public Ii
brary, normal college, business col
lege and other schools. He would
/ admire the beauty of this fair city
But what would he think of the
criticised members of the school
board for favoring high school
dances. Jesus would see the
partisan of the church and
the woeful spiritual Indifference and
his heart would sadden. At the
close of the sermon Professor But
Ter sang very tenderly, Come Over
The Line and Be Saved" The ser
mon for tonight will be Heartfelt
Religion" dealing with the ques
ton of a change of heart.
Philadelphia october 2S.-1n com
pliance with suggestion made b,
Mayor Blankenburg, the members o
the world champion Athletics vii
be rendered dinner here tonight as
: the guests of the city The mayor
who takes great interest in baseball
heads of the various city depart
ments and many prominent citizen!
will attend the reception, which viii
be preceded by a parade from Shibs
| park. Manager Mack, who has beer
| resting at Atlantic City, since thu
close of the season, with Mrs. Mack
has returned to the city to be pres
ent at the dinner, the price of which
{ is, S. a plate.