The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-18
YOUNG
/ MAN IS MAKING GOOD

! Vernon Center, April 10.--James
Lowell. who graduated from the state
agricultural school last month, has
secured a position with the North
ern Pacific Railway company as ag-
ricultural supervisor of demonstra-
tion plots along the company's lines.
These plots contain five acres each
and the railway furnishes the seed,
which the farmers plant and culti-
Z vate under the direction of the SUI
/ peryisor Each supervisor has charge
of about five plots, which win be
cultivated SO as to show that scien-
tific farming increases the yield per
acre and improves the quality of the
product Nine of this years gradu-
ating class of the agricultural school
were chosen for this work, six by
/ the Great Northern railway and three
! by the Northern Pacific. Forty men
for the same work were chosen from
the Wisconsin agricultural college.
James Lowell is one of the many
Vernon Center young men who is
making good at his chosen vocation
and people who know him are conf
| dent that he will fill the responsible
and lucrative position with ability and
| honor.
Several of the bright and wide
awake farmer boys in this vicinity
who are greatly interested in scien-
! tific farming, attended the short
course, in Mankato recently and on
returning home organized them
selves into Boys Corn club, for
the purpose of entering into state
acre corn growing contest. The fol-
! lowing boys are officers: Mark
Mack. president: Harold Bowen, sec
rotary: Russell Grannis, treasurer.
Harold Bowen was the Blue Earth
county winner in the state essay
contest last year whiclf>entitled him
| to spend the week at the state fair
| last fall The other boys who be-
long to the club are Elmer Larson,
Standish Bowen, Mel Mack, Elmer
| Chase, Fay, Buckmeister and Law
! renee Thew, each of whom will plant
and cultivate an acre of corn. Profess
sor c. r. Shumway of Mankato and
f, Professor L. e. Mcmillan of Lake
| Crystal will work with the club. f..
! II. Barnes, as a stimulus to the boys,
very generously put up 500 to be
used as premiums in this club.
"A. e. Quimby spent few hours
| in Vernon Monday, coming up from
! Mankato expecting to put in busy
week experimenting the thing on
| his farm. He returned to MankatO
the same day, however. to devote
the week to shoveling snow.
Marion Selby. principal of the Ely
sian school and the Misses May Rob-
| hn 70
| in Plainyiew and Austin, respective
| ly5 left Saturday to resume their
school work after spending week
| with their relatives here.
Attorney John Lowell and Miss
Clara McCulloch, who is a high
school, teacher in Fairmont. spent
Friday and Saturday at the home Of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. r. Lowell.
Everybody was prepared for an
early start at seeding Monday morn
ing, but We're much .chagrined and
discouraged when the snow began
falling.
Lawrence Warren is out of school
suffering with pink eye, which seems
| to he. prevalent among the grown
people as we'll as the Children.
Will Barnes whose home is in
South Dakota, was in Vernon over
Sunday the guest Of his brother, Ed
and family.
Miss Ruth Barnes returned to her
school work in Lakefield Saturday
after spending short time with her
parents.
Mrs. Wilson has returned to her
home in Lakevilla after a short visit
with her stepdaughter, Mrs. Leafie
Warren.
Mrs. Frank Clague returned to st.
Paul Saturday after spending a week
with her mother and brother in
Vernon.
Grandma Warren. who has spent
the winter with her son in Column
bus, Ohio, is expected home tomor-
row.
L. L. Champlin and wife returned
to Mankato SATURDAY. after visiting
few days with their parents here.
The surprise marty at the home OF
Bert Stratton TUESDAY evening was
very enjoyable affair.
Mesdames Eva Wendlandt. Hattie
Washburn and Jessie Barnes shop
ped in Mankato FRIDAY.
TT. C. Krause, Tom Hays and Mrs.
s. J. Minis are confined to their
homes by sickness
Rillia Raherts and his sisters Gus