The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-25

| w. II. Anderson returned today
from Sioux Falls where he com
pleted contract forGecorating fol
the South Dakota automobile show
| c. A. Crittendon, of Minneapolis
travelling auditor for the Western
Weighing and Inspection bureau, is
I in Mankato today on official bust
ness.
| LIE Ray Keene of Mound avenue
left today for Montana, where he
will look for location Mr.. Keene
graduated from the school of agricul
ture this spring.
II. E. Terwilliger, travelling sales
man for the Mankato Fruit Commits
sion company, is the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ID. E. Ter
williger, at Albert Lea, for few
days.
Mrs. j. Tmopson, district super.
intendent for this district of the Chill
dren's Home society of Minnesota
is i'm the city today on her annual
visit. She is soliciting funds for the
vi IuC
DR.. and Mrs. Hobbs returned to
Minneapolis this morning after spend
| ing short time with DR.. Hobbs
brother, Rev. r. w. Hobbs and
| family. Dir. Hobbs has recently pur.
chased practice in Minneapolis.
A. C. Hedberg returned last night
from Sioux City, Iowa, where he
spent few days. His sister, Mrs
Anna Boardman of Chicago, who ac
companied him to Sioux City will re-
turn directly to her home from there
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Marlowe, Mr..
and Mrs. VI. Ryan and Mrs. George
Lusk returned yesterday from Sioux
Falls, S. d., where they were called
by the dangerous illness of a brother
of the three ladies. He is now i'm
proving.
Rev. VI. K. Hartmann of ST. James
was in the city today and purchased
a REQ automobile of J. A. Lewis &
Son. Rev. Hartmann has a church
at ST James and one at Waverly
and the auto is the gift of the two
congregations, the former having
given $500 and the latter $500 to-
ward its purchase. Rev. Hartman
went home in the machine today,
and is probably the happiest man in
st. James.
William Flachsenhar and wife ar
rived in Mankato last night from
Glendive, Mont, and will remain
three or four weeks visiting relatives
and friends. Mr.. Flachsenhar is en-
thusiastic over the prospects in Mon
tana and says that few states arc
making such rapid Roadway agricul,
turally and that the vast acreage is
being broken by the large tractors
which are turning over thousands
of acres of new sod. Mr.. Flachsen-
har is in the banking business.
Among the attorneys from out of
Gown who are attending the meeting
of 1.-THE United States district court
today are: Tom Davis and Ernest
E. Michel of Marshall. George II.
Gordon of Lacrosse. United States
district attorney for the Wisconsin
district: George E. Peterson of
Omaha, l.. l.. Brown of Winona, Nor
man e. Peterson of Albert Lea, Ed.
Farmer of st. James, Albert Hanson
of Sleepy Eye, Erick Erickson of
Springfield, w. r. Werring of Nor
gan, Attorneys Abbott and Somsen
of Winona, J. L. Lobben of St
James, August Fl. Erickson of
Springfield and Senator Frank Cla-
que of Lamberton
Complaint is being made by the
people on the Great Western rail
way east of Mankato and also by
the Mankato people. because of the
poor service of that railway COM
pany The train from the east ar
rives here at 12:45 at noon and
the train returning leaves at about
two o'clock. In that way the peo-
pie from these small towns do not
have time to do any shopping, Wis
iting, nor do they have time to
transact any great amount of bust
ness The train is of very little
good to Mankato and Secretary E.
F. Soaring of Commercial club has
written to insist upon a change of
schedule on that road.
He proposes that the train from
the east should arrive in Mankato
at about eight o'clock in the morn
ing and should not leave Mankato
until about five o'clock in the after.
noon That would give the people
from the towns tributary to Man
kato ample time to transact such
business as they may have and at
tend to any other matters in which
they may be Interested.
Lakes Should Be Considered.
The lakes at Madison Lake, Ely
sian and Waterville should also be
| considered and great deal of
traffic to and from those towns
would result If the trains were run
so as to allow people to go from
here late in the afternoon and get
back in the morning.
w. NJ Barr, the local agent for
1.-THE Great Western, has written to
ask for a change and has not been
able to persuade the officials to
change the present arrangement.
Former General Manager Slifer
practically promised some time ago
that gasoline motor car would be
run during the lake season from
| the lakes to Mankato. Such serv.
| ice would surely be profitable for
the road and would be a great con-
vei:ie nee for the people who would