The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-05

by the name OF RODerLS anu duOIueT
by the name of Balmes.
Late in the evening Rudolph
Balmes came to the station himself
and gave q description of his boy,
two, and made search Of the city
for them He was unsuccessful, al
though they had been seen around
the Union depot
The Theissen boy is fifteen years
old, four feet six inches tall, wore a
brown suit, gray hat, brown canvas
shoes, white shirt, and is light COM
plexioned.
The Balmes boy is ten years old,
wore blue cpa, brown knee trowsers
with coat to match, light complexion
ed, and his left hand is crippled. The
Roberts boy was about thirteen years
old and very dark complexioned.
1t has been learned that boys slept
in the Fowler C Pay quarry last
night and returned to st. Peter today.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Secretary John d. Deets of the
Southern Minnesota Better Develop
ment league has commenced his
work in Mankato and has arranged
for series of meetings to be held
in the villages and cities of the
territory covered by the league, at
which problems concerning better
farming, good roads and industrial
development, will be discussed.
The officers of the league and sew
eral of the prominent members from
this section of the state will take
part and either Dean Woods or Pro-
fessor Wilson of the Minnesota Col
lege of Agriculture will also take
part in the meetings.
A representative from the good
roads department at Washington and
man from the federal department
of agriculture will speak. The twin
City newspapers will have representa-
tives in the party. The trip will be
made in automobiles and the morn
ing and afternoon meetings will be
one and One-half hours long. The
evening meeting will take up the en-
of the Commercial clubs in the towns
which are visited. The problems of
each locality will be taken up by
the speakers.
The towns which will be visited
are all much interested in the expedi-
ton and the Albert Lea Commercial
club has notified Mr.. Deets that num-
; Der of automobiles will meet the speak
ers at Austin or Caledonia and escort
the party to Albert Lea and after
the meeting will take them to the
next town west.
| The schedule which has been ar
ranged is as follows: Caledonia, Oc-
tober 13, p. M; Preston, October
IA, 10 a. m; Austin, October IA,
p. M; Albert Lea, October IA, p.
! M; Blue Earth, October Is, 10 a.
| M; Fairmont, October Is, 3 p. m;
Jackson, October Is, s p. M; Worth
ington October 16, 10 a. M; Lu-
verne, October 16, p. M; Pipestone,
October Is, p. M; Slayton, October
! II, 10 a. m.; Window, October II,
! p. M; st. James, October II,
8 p. m.
Mr.. Deets has opened an office on
the third floor of the National Citi,
Zens bank building.
! From Tuesdays Daily.
| Awards on the grain exhibits OF
the state fair were made late yester,
day and John Henderson of Cokato
Mimi, won three of the five grand
champion prizes. Mr.. Henderson
took the prizes on wheat, white oats
and ten ears corn samples. He is
one of the men who carried away
a very large number of prizes at the
annual meeting of the Minnesota
Field Crop Breeders association, which
was held in Mankato last February
The prizes are 5000 silver loving
cups and can be won permanently
by any man who wins themS three
years out of five. The barley cup
was won this year by S. B. Wells OF
Pine City and C. c. Gray of Roches
ter was awarded the fax cup.
Professor r. A. Moore of the Wis
consin Agricultural college and Pro
fessor A. G.. Army of the Minnesota
Agricultural college were the judges
From Tuesdays Dairy.
Frederic Henry Joseph Gugisberg
the nine year old son of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Edward Gugisberg of this city
died early this morning at one of the
local hospitals, following short ill
ness with spinal trouble. He was
taken i'll last Wednesday, JOSEPH
was born in Spokane, Wash, il
March, 1904, and came to Mankatt
with his parents several years ago
/ He is survived by his father anC
mother and two sisters, both younger
than he.
The funeral will be held from st
Peter and Paul's Catholic church a
nine o'clock Thursday morning.
From Tuesdays Daily,
The special September term O
the Blue Earth county district cour
will begin on September s at 2 p. n
The first case to be tried is tina