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

City pavilion and will give social
dances there every Friday evening
/ during the summer season.
Allan Jackson was at Albert Lea
over Sunday.
A. Beman of Madclia is i'm town
today on business.
today on business.
Attorney L.. L. Brown of Winona
is in the city today.
C. o. Diggers of Madelia is a
Mankato' visitor today.
Rev. Appel of Spring field is visit
ing In Mankato today.
N. E. Peterson of Albert Lea visit
ed in Mankato yesterday.
A. w. Little Of Wood Lake is
in town today on business.
c. H. Nethaway of saltwater
spent yesterday in the city.
e. C. Farmer of st. James spent
yesterday with friends here.
Frank Simons of Mapleton is visit
ing, friends in the city today.
Mat Garding of Minnesota Lake
is visiting in Mankato today.
T. B. McCulloch of ST. Cloud is
in Mankato today on business.
F. N. Cameron left today ON a
short business trip to Rochester
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Rapph of Stay
ton are Mankato visitors today.
d.. e. Ellington of Wabasso is in
Mankato today calling on friends.
C. Il. Nutting of Luverne called
on friends in Mankato yesterday.
l.. d. Worthington of Albert Lea
spent yesterday with friends here
| c. S. Skoglund of Redwing spent
yesterday with friends in Mankato
+. X. Payne of Wood Lake trans,
acted business in Mankato yester.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gleason of Sleepy
Eye are visiting with friends here
today.
| Attorney U. G.. Argetsinger of Ma
pleton is in the city on business
! today.
! Attorney A. G. Emerson of Spring.
field transacted business yesterday
in Mankato.
]. w. Wigley was an over Sunday
visitor with his brother, R. B. Wig
ley, Albert Lea.
Joy Giles returned to school here
yesterday after vacation at his
home in Waterville.
Attorneys Ernest w. Michel and
Tom Davis of Marshall are in Man
kato today on business.
Attorneys Lobben and Farmer Of
st. James are in Mankato today at
tending the United States court.
Gus Vogel of Minneapolis visited
with friends here yesterday, on his
return from visit. in New Ulm.
Mat Nostdahl, Otto Gulke and
Thorvald Lindsoe of Lincoln are
business visitors in Mankato today
Wallace Brisbane returned yester
| day to the Commercial college after
short visit at his home in Wa
SEGA.
Mrs. Ida Sykes arrived today from
Codyallis. Ore, to spend severa
weeks with her sister, Mrs. w. L
| Wilson.
County Auditor Charles e. Brainerd
of Albert Lea is attending United
States court today as witness in Q
ditch case.
Rev. w. Emery of Amboy was ii
the city yesterday and today. Las
night he attended the inspection Of
: Company H. ~
| Miss Clara Stahl left today for q
weeks visit in Minneapolis where
she will attend grand opera as the
| guest OF Miss Elsie Jache.
Miss May Wilson, who has beer
"a stenographer at the Patterson
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-25
Word to the Public.

To the Free Press: In the issue
of The Daily Free Press of March
"a, 1913. under the head of Council
short sift but little business was
transacted at the meeting held this
morning" | notice in said item the
following: "a communication was
read from County Attorney j. w.
Schmitt, asking that the name of
William r. Thomas be placed on
the black list, and that notices of
this fact be posted in the saloons.
The matter was. referred to Chief
Police J. w. Donahue."
| want to state that l never au.
thorized such proceedingsof the coun-
ty attorney and never at any time
entered any complaint to the coun-
ty attorney in such matter but the
county attorney took the matter in
his own hands and without my
knowledge or consent-M Margaret
Ann Thomas. Dated this 21st day
of April 1918.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-25
White City Dances.

White City Dances.
Emery Olson has leased the White
City pavilion and will give social
dances there every Friday evening
during the summer season
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

Our good natured pressman has got 1t
figured out that horse has got $welve legs.
Can anybody else figure it outf
Sammie says that he is going to leave us
in the very near future and thereby give
his place, as torturer-in-chief, to someone
else who is looking for board and room.
He says that the only requirement necessary
is weak mind, and strong back Hist!
Methinks hear the song bird approaching
on horseback.
Guard Buck returned from his ten days
vacation Friday. He spent quite good
deal of time in Crookston and Winnipeg.
Reports crops as looking fine in that part
of the country, especially in the Red River
valley. He also stopped at Cass Lake
some lake but more mosquitoes, according
to his version. No fish caught. An hon.
est man discovered at last.
There is youngster in the city of Still
water who had better join the 101 Ranch.
Taking cows to pasture and walking both
ways was tough work, and he has broken
COW to the saddle. or rather to bareback
riding, as he has neither halter, bride or
saddle. His father says he looked like he
had been drawn through blackberry
patch, Icct uESt, lOl d lew udyS, dAu eAC
natural conclusion was that he was training
for try at Jim Jefferies. Cowboy Bob is
the youngster we have reference to.
Mr.. Hammond, deputy warden of the
Massachusetts, House of Correction, and
wife, who is matron of the same institu-
ton, were visitors here Saturday. Mr..
Hammond has been connected with that
institution for the past twenty years, while
Mrs. Hammond has been there seventeen
years. This institution comes under the
general direction of Mr.. Randall, late of
the St. Cloud Reformatory, and Mr.. Ham
mond says he expects to witness many
changes for the better in the institutions of
Massachusetts, in the near future.
The following statistics were handed to
us this week by one of the boys in
the Irvine shop.-The Irvine factory
at the New Prison alone manufac-
tured, during the year just ended, over
Is, 900, 900 pounds of binder Irvine, equal
ing $3.50, 900, 600 feet. II it were stretch
ed out it would reach 1862, 500 miles or
encircle the globe 81 times, and reach one
sixth of the distance to Mars. 1t would
require 375 freight cars of 100000 tons
capacity to transport it; making train
over seven miles long, requiring seven or
binary engines to move the train. There
were over 800, 900 balls of twine and if you
went to the trouble of stacking these on top
of each other they would make column
500 miles high.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
MAIL TWICE A DAY

Warden Wolfer has been working for
some time to have the New Prison mail
delivered direct to this institution, and also
the Saltwater postmaster has been endeav-
oring to bring this about. Until a few
days ago they met with slight success.
Recently Congressman Stevens was in
Saltwater and the matter was taken up
with him. Thursday a telegram was re-
ceived stating that mail would be delivered
and collected twice "a day at the New
Prison. The carrier will come direct to
the prison in the morning and make the
collection two hours later. In the after
noon he will act similarity. This will give
us first class mail service and do away
with the needless waste of time in receiving
and mailing letters and papers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
FLOWER SUNDAY

For several years the ladies of the
w. c. T. u, under the leadership of Miss
Rose Hendrix, have been holding services
in the prison on Flower Sunday. This
year proved no exception, and on Sunday
morning the ladies arrived on the scene,
at both prisons, laden with boxes of flowers.
The services were attended by every inmate
not at work. The ladies conducted the
service from start to finish, and as a re-
minder for the rest of the day that some
one besides our own people, was thinking
of US, each man was presented with a
beautiful bouquet of flowers, tied together
with white ribbon--the w. c. T. u.
emblem of purity and a verse of Scripture
attached.
Men, when you took that bouquet of
flowers from the lady's hand did you stop
for second thought Some of you may
have and some the opposite. Those ladies
had worked hard to pick and tie those
flowers together, besides the expense
of their trip and other incidentals.
This was not done for the fun of
the thing, but to impress on your mind
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
TW|NE DEPARTMENT.
By Hemp.

When the big door swings outward for
us, let's go determined to heed Sis Hop
kins famous saying: 'There amt no use
dom nuthin' to nobody what won't do
nuthin' to you
Crying to Hang Himself. Rope
Breaks, Man Falls. Exchange Headline.
1t is evident the rope was not made here,
for he would have had better (?) results.
From the small amount of Irvine being
shipped these days we would Judge that
the harvest is about over and and the ever
present "bo" will soon head East marking
his trail at the water tanks with the old
familiar "a No. L., E.
]. w. Gurley, late of Xenia, Ohio, has
assumed the position of Assistant Superin-
tendent of the Irvine Factory. Mr.. Cur
ley is both an experienced Irvine man and
machinist, having held the position of
Master Mechanic and Superintendent in
some of the largest Irvine factories in Ohio.
Superintendent Williams is highly elated
over securing so able an assistant
The hemp fibre, from which the binder
Irvine is made, comes from many and dis
tant parts of the world. The best hemp
is grown on Uncle Sans own possession,
the Philippine Islands. The fibre is ship
ped direct from Manila, Cebu and Iloilo.
PARKWAY Australia is large contributor
from their Dominion of New leland; Afri-
ca also furnish large quantities of sisal fibre;
then there are consignments from Mexico,
Java, Cuba, and the South American
States. But little strictly North American
hemp is used.
Everyone about the Twine Office drew
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
HERE AND THERE
BY SHERLOCK

Lo! Fellers.
Hi say; 'Owdy Nil, han are you alivef
Few of US are perfectly happy; and few
of us deserve to be.
not in ''cold storage"
Applaud fool and bing! he will always
be there with the encore.
Mucker? Yes, that's it, Paddy, but
che laughs best who laughs the least.
About the only way to separate Studs
from coat is to be able to sing, so he says.
For mere man:-Don't be freak. The
squirrels have enough nuts to attend to now.
Most girls are just as pretty as they can
be. If they re not, its because they
haven't located drug store.
If you are just sort hankerin round
for growl, just mention "coat'' to Suds.
easy like. Then you'll sho' hear sompin'
drap.
1t is said that man doesn't marry
woman merely because she is a good con
versationalist. That's right, however, you
know money sometimes talks.
Editor-Hello! Sherlock are you digging
down there?
Sherlock-Naw, I'm just polishing this
Cherry spoon with little sand.
Local Invalid-Say Doc, I'm having
lot of trouble with my breath.
Doc-Yes? Well, that's all right l can
stop that.-Oh! Wow!
The members of the "Muckers' Union
No. umpty-um were beginning to think
that old Jupiter Pluvius left home and for
got to turn off the water. Let 'er rain.
Bystander: CHOW, that's bad form. l
never did like to see two ladies kiss each
other" Upon asking why, he added that
its awful to see woman doing mans
work.
Prospecting for trouble is mildly slim
ulating calling; but take it from me, the
salary is small and the clothes you wear
are not likable to any degree of perfect
satisfaction.
People who jump out of the frying pan
into the fire had no business in the frying
pan in the first place. Well, we didn't
mean to jump into the basement of the
new building, Paddy.
Oh, a wonderful man is our Mexican;
His jaw holds more food than his belican.
The hole under his beak
Holds food enough for week,
But I'm darned if | know how the
helitcan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
SHOP r..
Contributed.

Everything is working in Shop F, ex-
cept the electric clock.
Several men were placed in this shop
during the week to learn the Irvine business.
The grade of Irvine in this shop was
changed from Standard to White Sisal the
past week.
Cowboy Jim, the twine can juggler. is
always on the job. The way he can round
up a bunch of Irvine cans is no worry.
Everybody seems to like to come up and
take look around Shop F. There's
reason. All the machines are going all
the time, none never broke down. "Good
men, you say. Sure.
Superintendent Williams has invented
Irvine machine nipper that is a great i'm
provement over the old kind but guy
needs an engineers license to thread the
thing. 1t is getting its try out on machine
S8, and, like the new baby, it is doing
fine.
81 should worry said Ed. M. tSome
one has copied me soap again. 1t seems
that some gent with fly paper fingers freez-
es onto another gents soap every time he
runs short, and Ed. most generally is the
fall-guy on the losers end. If the gent is
broke, and will let it be known, there will be
no need of swipping it. Anyone in the
place, that can, would get him soap any
time and have it given to him through the
proper source. 1t amt the soap, bo, it is
the way you get it. If you must steal any
thing, take the runner.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

m following in father footsteps, I'm
following dear old dad Mighty good
footsteps to follow in generally, but there
comes a time when you want to start out
and make footsteps of your own. 1t is up
to you to make footsteps that snake could
at least follow. You're not going to make
very good ones for your ''kiddie' to fol-
low in if you try to beat the game of
squareness - squareness is just about the
biggest thing there is because-well just
because it is. Most of us have places in
our past life that we would like to lift the
youngster over. But that is no reason why
you should make the rest of your life SO it
would be better to pick the chap up and
carry him all the way. Make, or at least
make and effort, to keep the rest of your
footsteps so they will pass inspection.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

an easier breath when the last item was en-
tered on the annual inventory. To illus
trare the magnitude and accuracy of this
accounting; each article, from a shipping
tag to the high priced Irvine machines must
be described and entered at its present val
ne as fixed according to current price and a
standard of depreciation. The information
is absolutely necessary to the Board of
Control and it would be hard to estimate
its intrihsic>value. All are glad that it
will be whole twelve months. before an
other inventory is wanted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
new PRISON FARM NOTES
By One of the Farmers.

Its been hoeing, hoeing, and hoeing
with most of the farmers lately.
Stacking grain on the o. Neil farm kept
some of the farmers busy most of the week.
Its not every farm that has some corn foot
and some ten feet high to cultivate, but
that is what we did one day last week.
1t seemed like old times to get out in
the grain fields and pitch bundles of grain;
but it has been some fifteen years since we
did any of that work.
Hauling manure from the Stack Mack
barns in Saltwater, making three and four
trips day, has been keeping the team and
teamster busy most of the week past.
Old Dan Patch has been on the sick list
again for the past few days. Something
gone wrong with his northwest rear leg,
and its all he can do to drag it around
with him.
Unless we get a good rain soon, the
corn and lately sown vegetables will not
spinach and carrots will be a complete
failure. *
The farmers came near losing their sup
per Sunday evening. The cows had brok-
en- out of the pasture during the afternoon
and it was late before they were rounded
up for milking.
Two fresh mich cows were added to the
dairy during the week, but for all of that
the output of milk keeps falling off from
day to day on account of the dryness of
the pastures.
We are beginning to think that the re-
port that the farmers were to have straw
hats, was pipe dream of one of the far
mers. Nothing in the straw hat line has
put in its appearance up to date.
The Big Chief put in couple of days
with an Armstrong cutting weeds. He
said it was very hard work and made him
tired, as he was not as strong as he used to
be. Some people get tired very quick, but
the Big Chief is not in that class.
Grandpa came back to the farm the
other evening without the lightning ex-
press. Had to leave that in the new prison
yard and take the motive power to the
farm to repair the harness. He now has
| about six or more old harnesses or parts OF
them, patched up into the one he uses.
Cleaning weeds from the corn field may
seem like easy work. Some of the farmers
thought so, but after several days in the
tall corn, where they got no air, has
changed their minds. 1t is hot, tiresome
job and all will! put on the big smile when
it is finished.
One of the teams from the O'Neil farm
was helping haul manure from town. The
assistant superintendent was put in charge
of the team, but did not like it, as he told
the boys he would rather stay and work in
the corn field with the bunch. Strange
what notions some people get and how sore
they would get if they were put at some
thing else.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
HURRAH! FIELD DAY

If plans do not miscarry and the man
who handles the weather does not interfere,
there will be something doing labor day be-
sides the usual gabfest.
For several years Tin fact if our infor-
mant is correct, it was one of the first
prisons to allow ,Ahis) the prisoners have
been allowed their freedom, comparatively
speaking, in the corridors of the cell house
or in the park. At the old prison there
was hardly room enough for the men in
the park, let alone trying to pull off any
athletic stunts, but here things are some
what different, and the officials have de-
cided to allow, what is termed beyond the
walls, field day. This will consist of
athletic sports
Some men kick and growl because lot
of privileges do not all come in bunch;
they never stop to consider the response
bility of the other fellow. 1t will now be
up to US to show those in authority that
we appreciate what they do. If this sport
day proves to 60 off without hitch and
we act like men, taking our defeat in good
part, in whatever event we might enter, it
will no doubt prove the forerunner of
some other privilege. This is no promise,
as the writer knows no more about that
than you do, but it is his belief.
The program for this event is now in
construction and the program committee
will soon be after entrees. Get in the
game. If you can't jump, jump anyhow.
If you can't run, why try. You may be
able to carry off prize.
One last word. If you can't boost, for
goodness sake keep still and give someone
else chance that will.
The following program has been handed
in since the above was written. The entire
program will be handled by an inmate COM
mittee. If you care to enter any of the
events, hand your name and register num-
Der to your shop officer, designating what
event you wish to take part in. Substantial
prizes are to be awarded to those winning
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

the fact that they do not think you are
hopeless, and, not thinking that way, they
wanted to bring as much sunshine and
happiness into your life and cell as possible.
The flowers may not have been as beauti-
full as some you have seen, but none were
given to you with the thoughts of beauty
alone Enthusiastically and hope were
also in every flower.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14
PROGRAM

1. 100-yard dash.
2. 5Oyard three legged race.
8. Running Broad jump.
4. 9O-yard potato race; 6 potatoes,
yards apart.
S. 50-yard sack race.
6. Wheelbarrow race with passenger.
Z. Tug of-war-''North and South
8. Ball throwing contest,
g. Pie eating contest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

Our good natured pressman has got it
figured out that horse has got $welve legs.
Can anybody else figure it outf
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-06-13

lions SEX marriage school life church life business travelling
problems questions Of all mngg Perhaps these questions
ought that sily-they wifi
The keep peoples whose
will compcate this matter of democratic solidarity They must be
kept out because they Inferior but BECAUSE
they different For these California right her
effort keep the japanese For similar the Japanese
right in all the laws they have enacted
the domecon OF large numbers of Americans there They
out of their club with proprety We and must
them of club They cubbabe with the great
I've Must Exclude Any Race We Cannot Assimilate.
The Japanese pioneers If they they could find
deal of land the northern island of their
prefer tense competition with in settled countries to the compet
ton with in lands So they like emgrate to estab
sed societies. like that of California In these societies they can
successfully with Their here therefore
economic strife which emphasized and enbered by
their racial dssmay to If they here only they be
the American the flag and the
Caucasian civilization, might say ALL ''Welcome'
But they do They do not like better than
like They any under
them They cling whatever differences there be be
their moral standards They the
which they speror and fail to understand appreciate
the which their superors They do not
They hurled into midst like avens by the expulsve force
of their poverty This is fundamental objection their do
mesicaon among their marked difference in looks.
Their large numbers would
far than the problem For while the and the
white have failed cooperate working problem of de
mocacy while great difficulty Just the negro
while the problem recognized greatest
would be the Japanese For the have
home which they appeal armed
inspired with the fine pride the japanese Sano Do
and Hayt fifty millions Of weorganized
our present question would be one of war.
We must with Japan China freed independent
Industan Therefore must settle TINS matter now before 1t IS
We settle the basis OF right to exclude
any peoples whom do think take into our work OF
peectng democracy We settle before alien Isl
established mda nation of marked proud Of their
and ready appeal their ancient and powerful fo
aid every quarrel with Half million japanese in this country
stop influx while the numbers small and their interests still
capable OF being Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-06-13

summer under the blazing sun. A large
percentage of the men are Poles and
other foreigners and support large fam
lilies
THE awful condition of the men
can't be exaggerated. Mr.. Healy de-
clared to representative of the Trib-
une. The men are worked like dogs
and in some cases treated still more
like dogs by their superintendent.
Il have seen them come off their
twenty-four hour shifts so dead tired
that they drop down on the grass if it
is summer and lay there asleep for ten
hours, until they have to go to work
again for another fourteen hours. And
when they eat during their working
hours they have to do it by snatching
a bite between shovels of coal.
AS for some of the treatment given
them by their bosses, my men have re-
ported to me cases where the men
were treated like dogs. In one case a
few of them working at a still in the
open air put up a rough shed to cover
it in place of the building required by
the state, but the foreman called for
an AK and chopped it down. That is
brutality of the worst sort.
Another complaint made has to do
with time off. Most of the men, prob
ably from 70 to so per cent. are Catho-
lies. We had reported to us cases
where men asked their foremen for &C.
casional time to attend mass. Sunday
means work like any other day for
them. so they have to ask to get off.
The answer was that they were there
to work. not to go to church,