The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
From Friday'sspaaiy.

IFrom Fridays sDaiiy. ss.S i
i's4 Members OF the, Indian Lake Pota.
/ toe, Growers association brought in
a great many, loads Of potatoes this
| morning, expecting to receive 81
cents "a bushel, for their product.
When; they arrived il. the city they
Were met by F.. H. Magic, who repre-
SCENTS the Poz company OF Plainyiev,
MINI. ard were told That they would
receive 81 cents if they would run the
potatoes through screen, and that
Iii they did not want to do that they
would receive only As cents. a long
discussion between Mr. Magee and
the farmers followed and at last the
farmers decided to accept the screen
ed offer. This screen rejects all POI
i.tatoes having diameter Of less than
one and onehaif inches and although
the potatoes were ola good quality Mr.
Magee said that it would probably
reject more than three cents worth
of potatoes from each bushel and add
the work of putting the tubers
through the screening process.
Mr.. Magee- predicted that the price
of potatoes would go down to DO
cents in d weeks time for the reason
that there is free trade on potatoes
from Canada and that forty cars had
arrived In Minneapolis from the Cam
adiami growers and that seventy more
were on the way.
[ The farmers did not agree with this
prediction and said that there are
too many quarters in the country
where the potato crop was failure
to ALLOW the price to go very low. =
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While assisting In tile moving of
the William kruse threshing rig
from sthe farm of b. Smell TO the
farm of John Meyer, in Sharon
township lie suour county, OH We'd
nesday. Papl Drown met with an
accident aud sustained serious i'll
iuries. IIe% was assisting Frank Bid
/ die the engineer, and had jumped
6ff the engine platform to get some
wood which WAS carried on the front
part of the separator, immediately
behind the engine. He had taken
two sticks and was carrying these
TO the engineer when he accidentally
dropped one. LII STOPPING to pick
it UP ono of his heels WAS caught
by tho forward wheel of the Separa.
tor, and he was thrown. to the
ground 80
phe rig was then il motion and
before he could make an cutlery the
front wheel was upon him. When
the engineer turned to learn the
cause of the cutlery the wheel was
passing over Browns body. The en-
gineer preserved his presence of
mind. and did not stop the engine
until the wheel had cleared the body
Of the victim. The Unfortunate man
was given immediate assistance and
where he was made as comfortable
as possible, and medical assistance
was summoned.
Tic patient sustained very Sc
we're Injuries, especially to the left
side OF his body.rA number of his
ribs werSl fractured and his face is
likewise badly hurt. the jaH-bene al
SO being fractured. That he was
not crushed is accounted for by
some By tho faet thdt tie. weight OF
the separator was sustained by the
cordwood stick which he held at the
timef he fell. His escape from in-
slant death is considered almost
miraculous. At this writing. the pa.
tient IS resting very well, and al.
though at first il was not thought
possible that he could recover, it is
now considered that his chances for
recovery are very good.