The Mankato free press., 1913-03-14
rain OR SNOW EASTER
From Saturdays Daily.

For the benefit of those Mankato
women who intend to take a chance
on March % ard wear their new
Easter hats, weather forecasters in
this section have compiled some fig
ures to show what chance the new
hats have of being spoiled
According to calculations the hats
have less than even chance of es-
Gaping the rain and snow In the
last forty-two years there has been
rain on March a total of twenty
three times, while only nineteen days
have been free from precipitation.
The chances, deductively, are
twenty-three to nineteen that there
will be rain. Forecasters give little
cheering news in that they say that
the rainfall on March % in the years
indicated has always been light.
In the forty-two years in this sec
ton the temperature has averaged
37.5 above zero. Twenty-six times it
was above this average while sixteen
have been below, so there. are thir-
teen chances to eight that the tenn
perature will be 375 above zero.
zero.
The hottest March 23 was i'm 1873
when the thermometer registered 70
degrees above zero. The coldest was
in 1883, when it was 5 above.
To sum these chances up, the haZ-
ard favors a temperature above 37.5
degrees for Easter this year with
light snow or rain or clouds in the
sky.
That the owner of an automobile,
who lets. his machine for hire, is re-
sponsible for the negligence of the
driver and that the hirer may recov-
er damages from the owner for in
juries resulting from such negligence,
is the effect of decision of the
, supreme court Friday in the case of
J. Edward Meyers, respondent, and
the Tri-State Automobile company,
Minneapolis, appellant.
The verdict of the Hennepin coun-
ty district court, by which Meyers
was awarded damages of $4,000 on
February 2S, 1912, for injuries al
legged to have been suffered when one
OF the cOmpany's cars, which he had
hired, was overturned through the
alleged negligence of the driver, is
affirmed by the decision written by
Justice Hallam today.
According to the order of the SUI
preme court the rule of respondent
superior is of general application in
| the case of master and servant and
| the case in hand is no exception to
| the general rule. 1t is held that the
! negligence of the driver, who said he
temporarily lost control through a
"spell of dizziness" was established
in the lower court by ample evidence.
Joel G. Winkjer, commissioner of
the state dairy and food department,
yesterday announced that j. M. Pet
erson of Dassel, Mimi, is the win
ner of the state prize in the dairy
farm educational contest for Febru-
airy.
! The state dairy and food depart
ment will present Mr.. Peterson with
"a gold watch.
| The following are winners in the
various districts: District, No. l,
Fred Ludwig, Garvin: Oscar S.
Walters.
District No. 2, Harry G.. Cox, ST.
Charles; Angus Taylor, Medford; Roy
F. Frisby, st. Charles.
District No. 8, l.. F. Mattson, Das-
sci; Albert o. Titrud, Cokato; X.
Johnson, Dassel.
| District No. 4. Newman F. Ireland,
Verndale; Frank c. Campbell Park
| Rapids; Bernhard r. Moses, Pelican
/ Rapids.
| District No 5, Arlie II. Peterson,
Martin Hoel and; Oscar Christensen,
all of Erskine.&
District No. 6, Harold II. Jaquth,
| Pillager; Gus NJ. Anderson, Braham;
John A. Rauch, PierZ.