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


i ". b. Silrisof Minneapolis.
OF sixty trustees of the. conven
ton eleoteds today the four most
prominent are Carl Gray, president
of the Great Northern railway; II
b. Howe OF NiInrod, d. b. Town
send and Mrs. A. T. Gale Of Mime
apolis.
! From FRIDAYS Daily.
Seine unknown person slipped q
baby over on Everett s. sDodds al
Omaha a few days ago. The Omaha
Bee tells the story as follows:
when e. S. Dodds, architect, lfy
! ing at 1902 North Nineteenth street
left his home and stepped into an
automobile which wa sstanding at
the curb "a faint wall coming from
the tonneau attracted his attention
lie investigated and found a four.
6ay-old white baby girl. He carried
It back into the house and showed il
to Mrs. Dodds and later took it t0
police headquarters, where the Child
Saving institute afterwards claimed
il. -
'sThe infant is q healthy child
The babe was dressed In q three.
cornered garment which was an,
marked and over which was n new
E.laundered dress A thick piece CT
clean. white cloth was wrapped about
the dress to keep out the cold wind.
None of the garments bore sign
that could serve to identify the par
etns of, the child.
The Baby BaWled.
When Dodds brought the babe in.
to headquarters it began to cry.
Captain. Heitfeld was holding it at
the time and he looked uncomfort-
able. A heavyweight policeman bes
gan to croak 'Everyboy's Doing 1T
and executed little jig that shook
the building in an attempt to pacify
the tiny mite 1t looked like a hope
less case when suddenly. of her own
accord the little girl quit crying and
began to coo IN a satisfied sort OF
way. %
:. That automobile is getting me
into .alE sorts of adventures, declar-
ed Mr.. DodGs. ~ month ago IT
was sso,en and / had al awful
time getting it back. It was finally
recovered in St.'.JcseEB, Mo.
On the following day the Bee
published a story to the effect that
greas ntang peosle had called at
the Child Saving Institute to ne,
gotiate for the adoption Of the in
faat.
Z. S. Dodds is the son OF DR.. and
Mrs. r. NJ. podds of MaHkato. He
was recently married in this city
to, Miss SchoefEoff.
Worthinstoii. Mimi. October IT,
rip Van Winkleism,' is malady
that the south state has been afflicted
with, but it is being dispclled, State
Immigration Commissioner +. Saer,
man Yesterday told q large audience
OF farmers and business men who
gathered here Ut the Better Farm
ing Gospel meetiD, 90 hear the
speakers of the Southern Minnesota
Development leagues auto tour.
II any part OF the state needs
boosting it is Southern Minnesota.
Nj. Sherman said. Though the
garden spot Of the world. one of the
most prosperous districts in America,
we have heard little from it, while
the newspapers have been filled with
publicity of Northern Minnesota"
Spread New Slogan Far.
The new. slogan, minnesota, the
S6re Crop State" sprung by Profess
>sor A. d. Wilson at Caledonia, Mon
day evening, is being taken up by
the ether speakers on tho trip, the
speakers and farm paper editors with
the party promising to spread the
new slogan far and wide. Before
long the new phrase may become as
well-known as the time-honored desig-
nation, ."The Bread and Butter State. y
The flying squadron of farm ex-
perts reached Worthingtoh yesterday
morning on schedule time. They
were met by M Wclles, editor OF
the -Wortllington Globe, former Sena.
ter Dan Shell and others. The tour
lists had made the trip Of thirty
miles in about an hour this morning
from jackson, where d successful
meeting was held last night. Dean
A. +. Woods, j. G.. Mcdowell Of the
Department, Of Agriculture st Wash.
ington, G. E. Willis Of Minneapolis
and John D. Deetz. secretary of the
league. were the principal speakers;
there. After the meeting the visitors
were entertained at an informal fupc-
tion arranged BY the. Jackson Com
merciai club. ,,
From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. Peter MaRaige. aged ninety.
three years, died at her home in st