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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06
Vernon Center

Mrs. Rob Sewers entertained in
honor of the fifth birthday of her
daughter, Leila, last Saturday after
noon from two until five O'Clock in
a very charming manner. The little
guests were the members of the be-
ginners' class of the Methodist Sun
day school and the teacher, Mrs.
Mabel Halvorson, chaperoned the
party. Arriving at their little hostess
home about two miles south of town
an hour was spent on the lawn in
childish games, motion songs and
drills which they have learned in
Sunday school, At about o'clock
they were called to the dining room
where scene from fairy land greet
ed them. The shades had been
drawn and the lights were shaded in
pink. The long table with plates for
seventeen was beautiful in it's APP
pontments. The center piece was a
pink and green May pole from which
narrow pink and green streamers
extended to each plate. Attached to
tie end of each ribbon was small
china doll which was appropriately
dressed Those for the boys were in
pink satin blouses and black trous,
ers and the dolls for the girls were
dressed in pink and green satin
gowns. These made dainty souvenirs
! for the children. At each plate also
was a pink candle which was lighted
while the three course luncheon was
served, the last course being pink
white and green brick ice cream
with waters and cake. Mrs. Sewers
was assisted in serving by Mrs
Pearl Rev. About the time for leav
ing it began to rain, but Mr.. Sow
ers had provided for just such ar
emergency by covering the carryall
which had brought them out to the
farm. All the children were taker
home safely and dry in true gypsy
style, which was an ideal ending fol
a h"rr-- ~eternoon which the children
will always remember with deepes
pleasure.
Warren & Washburn, proprietors
of the Corner store have employed
John Halvorsen as clerk in theil
store
Evidently there is money, to bt
made in the restaurant business. A
G. Halvorson, starting in business
about ten years ago in a small wa.
with the rudest of fixtures, has grad
ually, as his business would warrant
replaced that old equipment with thu
latest and best utensils obtainabl'
until he now has every convenience
needed in a modern restaurant. Dur
ing the last six months he has in
stalled a large oak plated glass
candy cabinet and two gallon per
eolator. His latest acquisition is
i beautiful iceless soda fountain of tn
very latest model and constructs
on the most sanitary principles. TIL
porcelain syrup jars are fitted wit
sterling silver ladies and all drai
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06
Good Thunder

Will Pomeranke was busy Monday
putting new batteries, along the tele-
phone line.
While out hanging May baskets
with a party of young people one
night last week, Mark McCraty tried
with a badly bruised eye and
scratched face as a result. Though
the accident spoiled the fun for the
rest of the evening Mark carried his
injury off in his usual droll and
sangfroid manner. His eye some
what resembled the "futurist' lines
so popularity affected by many fashion
plates.
With the creamery, picnic here on
June 8, the Old Settlers picnic at
Mapleton June 10 and many others,
everyone is hoping for good weather.
Ernest Beise' is suffering with
hard cold which has settled on his
lungs. DIR. Schlesselman is in at
tendance.
M. Gainor and his family have
been in Jail for several weeks,
case of small pox having been dis
covered in the family. The illness is
| in light form but the strictest quar-
antine is being observed SO that
there will be no spread of the dis
ease
In the death of Matt McCarty an
, other fine friend and neighbor is
gone. He was an old resident and
pioneer and died at an, advanced
age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06

and Mrs. Otis Smith of Kasson, died
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. E. 3.
Nelson, Monday afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock, of appendicitis. Mrs. Mel
son, who had visited her sister, Mrs.
Smith at Kasson last Friday, took
her nephew hcme with her for a
visit. He was taken i'll Sunday. Left
to mourn his loss are his parents,
two sisters and two brothers. Lyle
was born in Pepin, Wis, August 20,
1909, and was almost four years old.
The funeral was held from the Pres
byterian church Wednesday after
noon at two o'clock, Rev. Bailey of
| ficiating, and interment was made at
the Swedish Lutheran cemetery st.
Peter.
Miss Frances Powell of Seattle,
Wash arrived Thursday for visit
with her father, DIR. w. H. Powell.
The Kasota baseball team played
the New Ulm team at New Ulm last
Sunday, the latter winning by a
score of to 3.
Percy Johnson writes that he has
been at a hospital at Escanaoa'
Michigan three weeks, suffering IRON
typhoid fever.
i Paui llmmetplali leit iuesuay io'
st. Paul and Will go from there u
Montana for a six weeks stay.
M, A. Ostrander spent the hfst VI
the week IN the cltles.
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Miss Helen Zlebafth OF Mankats
visited Miss Mabel Kirby last friaaS
and Saturday.
|. Professor A. ID. GrllIlh was Man
kato visitor last Saturday.
The following is the Menlorldi I'd.
program.
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decoration OF unknown graves.
w. Y. NOSE
Address ........... Rev. r Z. Balle'
Song .................
Reading-Llncoln Gettyspurg AL
dress ...:....: Miss Anna Garrison
u Remarks. .Frol. "A. H. urliii
$ Song ................ .............
S Benediction $500. Rev. +. Z. Balie
|, Special music by the band, Whic
u will head the procession OF chliore
G on the march to the hasota GENE
e terry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06
Assistant Bank Examiners.

From FrldaYS UdIIy.
Kelsey S. Chase, state superin-
tendent of banks, has appointed c..
j. WEIGH and D. B. Fuller, both OF
Minneapolis, as assistant state bank
examiners. They will take office
June l.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06

Mapleton Enterprise: F. L. Austin
of Mankato, has accepted position
Las driver with the local livery. We
have known Mr. Austin for many
years and, we are glad to welcome
him to Mapleton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06

George Steinmetz, cashier at the
Omaha freight depot, is spendins
Memorial day at his home in
Sleepy Eye.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06

Mrs. w. Movery of Wells spent
yesterday in Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-06

Presentation of Glass for Graduation
Superintendent A. d. Griffin
Presentation of Diplomas. 1899.
T. s. Wilcox, president of Board
of Education.
Benediction. -. Rev. F. G.. Bailey.
Rev. F. c. Bailey preached a very
good sermon Sunday evening to the
graduating class and friends on "An
Ideal Life" The church was prettily
decorated for the occasion.
Mrs. Mary Wollam of New York
City arrived Tuesday for an indef
mite stay with her brother David
Huginin and other relatives.
R. D. Fawcett was in the cities
this week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Presnall re,
turned Friday from their trip to the
cities, Duluth and Cass Lake.
Miss Gertrude Johnson of Mankatc
visited her parents over Sunday.
Lyle Smith, a young son OF Mr.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-08
LET'S HAVE NO DODGlNG
OF RESPONSIBILITY

Judge Dundon is quoted as saying,
when electioneering, that he is not re-
sponsible for the deplorable condi-
ton Of the turnpikes.
But the Court of Appeals of Ken
lucky holds that he is responsible.
There were bad roads over in Boyle
county, which lead to an indictment
by the grand jury at Danville and the
case was carried to the Court of Ap-
peals Of Kentucky. The Court of Ap-
paals held that the County Judge may
be indicted for the bad turnpikes in
the county. If our statement is de-
MED or challenged we will, at our own
expense, get a copy of the opinion of
the Court of Appeals and publish it.
Every lawyer of any experience or
practice knows it, and we ate prepar-
ed to prove what we say, with the
opinion itself, if our statemet is cues
toned.
1t was bad enough to neglect the
turnplkes, certainly so to neglect
them to such an extent that the Grand
Jury of Bourbon county felt called
upon to administer a severe rebuke.
but to attempt to shirk this responsi-
bility is as bad or worse, especially
when done to get votes. The people
OF Bourbon county do not want as
County Judge any man who disclaims
responsibility for the condition of the
turnplkes. If he does not feel his re-
sponslbility he certainly should be re-
tired from office.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-08
FORMER COUNTY JUDGE
ATTACKS UNkNOW WRITER.

To the Editor of The Bourbon News:
AS your paper is the first county pa
per issued after the appearance of
tie literary production in the Paris
Democrat of Saturday, July s.. Sub
ject: why Judge Dundon will be Re
Elected" and signed, "Some Democrat
Who Will Vote For Judge Dundon, %
which is such wanton reflection, not
only upon the judicial and business
ability, but the honesty of all former
County Judges, that we ask space in
your paper to notice these villianous
innuendOes, some one ought to answer,
and as there are only two former
County Judges living, and one of the
two is out of the United States, in
Peru, South America, serving out his
term as U. S. Minister, so am the
only one of these undesirable citizens
now in the county. To keep silent
would not only be unjust to the living,
but worse than criminal to the men,
DRY of the dead. Why such nefarious
reflections should be made is certainly
not because of any action of mine in
the present campaign, for have never
expressed how l was going to vote to
my most intimate friends, nor to either
Mr.. Dundon's or Mr.. McMillan's most
active supporters, nor have l ever eX-
pressed myself upon the qualifications
of either. l have said frequently that
they were candidates for the office l
had just retired from, when the pres
sent County Judge came into office,
and the very intimate associations
with both of them while in office,
thought it just to both candidates to
express no preference Perhaps it is
because the opponent to their Idol is
related by marriage to the kinsman
of one of the former County Judges
that these malicious defamers of dead
mems characters (by now questioning
their honesy) have done this gholish
deed.
There are five "Becauses" in this lit
erary production and we will notice
them as they come. No. One BE
cause he is a better lawyer than any
County Judge Bourbon County ever
had" Now Mr.. Reader, which is the
better way to decide on the legal
acumen of these Judges. Shall it be
by the Because" of some unknown
newspaper correspondent, or by the
cour records? Take the legal decis-
ions, of the present County Judge and
of each of the former County Judges,
both in the Quarterly Court and
County Court. that have been appealed
to the higher courts and see how
many reversals of the legal decisions
of each Judge and compare them.
No. Two.-Because no other Judge
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-08
RECKLESS ASSERTIONS.

Some DundOn Admirer has come out
IN the Parlss Democrat saying many
Things why Judge Dundon should be
Kept in office, but we have no spare
space in this issue except for one fea-
ture.
The writer says Dundon is the
greatest lawyer the County Judgship
of Bourbon has ever known. or words
to that effect
So many County Judges of Bourbon
hiled this office before this Dundon Ad-
mlrer was born that we fail to see
how this Admirer is a competent wit
ness, in fact it is doubtful whether
this Admirer ever knew any of the re-
cent County Judges we'll enough to
form or express an opinion on this
subject. Evidently he did not. Then
why such high sounding and silly
statement? If Judge Dundon is such
a great lawyer as this Admirer affects
to believe, does it not occur as pass
ing strange to this Admirer that
Judge Dundon does not gladly sur
render to younger lawyer this Office
and himself seek wider and more re-
munerative fields for his legal talent,
instead of holding on to this office
with death like grip.
By the way, what is the need of all
this legal talent, alleged to be greater
than in the case of any of his prede-
cessors. 1t is not the duty of the
County Judge to look after the legal
affairs of Bourbon county. This de-
wolves upon the County Attorney.
One of the best County Judges Bour-
bon county ever had was not lawyer
at all, but farmer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-08
lETTHE VOTERS HAVE
A FAIR DEAL.

1t ought to be the desire OF every
Democrat in the county that the will
of the majority shall rule, and that
no political shortcuts or tricks be
played to thwart the wishes of the
majority of the Democrats of Bourbon
county. Under the present law, the
Democratic County Committee is au-
thorized, at one of its meetings, dur
ing the month of August, to select
five names to be sent to the State
Election Commission at Frankfort, and
from the list of five names so select
ed the State Election Commission Sc
lects Commissioner of Election for
the county, and that Commissioner has
the selection of the officers of cleo
ton who pesides at the several polls
throughout the city and county. Last
summer list of five names was certi-
fed to the State Election Commission
at Frankfort, and it turns out that all
five of those names so selected were
for Denis Dundon and James O'Brien
1t requires eleven of the twenty mem
bers of the county committee to make
a quorum; fourteen of the twenty
members have signed written state
ment that they were not present and
did not participated in such meeting or
know of the selection of these five
names, so there could not have been
legal meeting, because it would take
eleven of the twenty to constitute
quorum. Besides the fourteen who
have signed the written statement that
they did not participate in this selec-
ton of the five names, several others
of the committee have beee in
terviewed, and say that no such
out counting those members of the
committee who haze not signed
written statement, the fact that four
teen members out of the twenty who
have signed this written statement
were not present, makes it impossible
that legal meeting could have been
held, and yet the list went to Frank
fort of five men, each one of whom
was for Dundon and O'Brien. We do
not see how it could be an accident
that these five names were all for
Dundon and O'Brien. To our mind, it
would be impossible for such an acct
dent to occur.
We refuse believe that the Chair
man of the Democratic County Com
mite meant to do this injustice to
Mr. Nc. MILAN in selecting five names
for Dundon and O'Brien exclusively.
We prefer believe that he was mis-
1eead by wiley politicians in selecting
partisans of Dundon and O'Brien ex-
clusively.
Granting that the Chairman of the
Democratic County Committee acted
in good faith, he was certainly imposed
upon by some shrewd politician or
politicias in the naming of five
men. who turn out to be for Dun1on
and O'Brien only. That this list of
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-08

has been as good a business man as
judge Dundon" Now just what the
great unknown means by this BE
cause" is not clear. If he means that
his Idol has gotten more of Bourbon
County's money since he has been in
office, than any former County Judge,
then there is no issue in the case. If
he means his Idol has managed the
turnpike repair question (the only big
business proposition that has come I'M
der his administration in such a fine
business way, the report of a Bourbon
County Grand Jury Gust published)
does not agree with him, so l refer the
reader to that report.
Five of the largest business PROPOSE
lions that have come before the Bour-
bon County Courts that we recall:
Building Of the court house in the
seventies, costing the county $685.
900; Taking over the turnpikes from
the stockholders to the county, and de-
vising ways and means to pay for them
involving an amount upwards of $780,
900. The organizing and systemiZing
the turnpike repair system, which
takes half of the county levy each
year. The law suits with the insur-
ance companies over the insurance on
the court house, amounting to more
than $4,000. The building of the
present court house, and equipping it,
involving an amount of $165,000, all
the above business propositions were
during the administrations of the for
mer County Judges and no one ever
heard of the charge of Encouragement
and graft, until this literary produc-
ton of last Saturday.
No. Three. Because Judge .Dundon
is independent-he acts independently
and thinks Independently, no matter
whose selfish interest it hurts" Now
just what the great unknown means
by independent" and "no matter
whose selfish interest it hurts" l am
at a loss to know. If he means that
his Idol has spent three or four hun
dred thousand dollars of the tax pay
ers money on about fifty miles of
turnpike in the last four or eight years
making a ID. d. Boulevard for his par
ticular friends and letting the other
800 miles of turnpike in the county go
without repairs or nearly so, and he is
independent to the appeals of the sell
fish interest of the taxpayers who live
on the 800 miles of unrepaired turn
pike, then the great unknown is right
to call that dependent. If that is in
dependence(O certainly Judge Sam
uels and Judge Halves had some in
dependence in their make up. Neither
was ever known to leave their Office
to solicit vote when candidate, and
Judge Halves was never known to
name his candidacy to any one, either
in his office or on hte street. nor
his position being Judge
should never electioneer.
No. Four Because he is man of
firm convictions and a man who has
never been known to change or mod
ify his convictions for selfish gain
or personal preferment." Now read
between the lines he is the only
honest Judge Bourbon county ever
had. Now if anyone will read the rec
ords of the Fiscal Courts he will find
the same Fiscal Court voted to one
county official $1,000 extra for services
they thought he had earned, and 500
to another county official for the same
reason. The first named official re-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-07-08

five must rebound to the joint benefit
of Judge Dundon and Mr. O'Brien may
well be demonstrated by the fact that
it appeared in the papers of Paris a
few days ago that these two gentle
men went to Frankfort to prevent any
change being made in this selection
of names. They want this list to
and the reason they want this list to
stand is because all on the list were
for Dundon and O'Brien. The irlpor-
lance of this to Mr.. Dundon and Mr.
O'Brien will be seen when the reader
stops to think OF the favoritism that
may be shown these candidates in the
selection of the officers of election at
each poll in the city and county If a
majority of these officers at any poll
are for Dundon and O'Brien, they
can easily yield to their own preju-
.dices, and, in fact, could hardly avoid
doing so, in passing upon the question
of whether any person whose vote is
challenged shall be allowed to vote
A majority of the officers at the polls
possess great power, and if partisans
of Dundon an dO'Brien fill the booth as
officers, what can the voters who de-
sire fair play expect? Judge Dundon
and Mr.. O'Brien may claim that they
were entirely ignorant of the selection
of these names, all men for Dundon
and O'Brien only. But what shall we
say of their manifest willingness to
have such an unfair deal stand, as in
Dictated by Judge Dundon and Mr..
O'Brien taking each other arm in arm
and hieing to Frankfort to make it
stand, before it was even attacked
Is the will of the Democracy of
Bourbon county to be circumvented
after this manner? Every voter in
Bourbon county should be aroused by
this situation. Watch the list of ap-
pointments of election officers when
selected, and see if the partisans of
Dundon and O'Brien do not constitute
majority of the officers of the cleo
ton in at least majority of the per-
cincts of Paris and Bourbon county,
and particularly in such precincts
where it is important to have a ma
jority of the judges for Dundon and
O'Brien, because of a large vote in
such precincts that may be, as being
more or less transient, questioned by
one side or the other, leaving it to a
majority of the judges to say whether
they shall vote or not
The News is for square deal. The
wiles of adriot politicians ought not
to Illustrate the sturdy yeomanry OF
Bourbon Democracy.
But it will be said that there are
two election commissioners of Bourbon
county. True. But one of these is
commissioner whose bitter
hostility to Hinton is notorious and
who is, of course, in this race, against
Hinton and against C. A. Mcmillan.
The third commissioner, the Sheriff,
will be powerless as against these
other two.
This Democratic commissioner (se-
lected from the five names sent to
Frankfort for Dundon and O'Brien) a
partisan of Dundon and O'Brien, and
this Republican commissioner, hostile
to Hinton andagainst Mcmillan, can ap
point majority of the partisans of
Dundon and O'Brien for election off,
GERS in every important voting booth
in Paris and out of Paris.
Will they do it? Watch and see for
yourself.