The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-21
ROBERT MAb|GAN MADE
BOSS AT COUNTY FARM
From Saturdays Daily.

'N' NV! NpHHtN commissioner anu lOT
many years resident of Blue Earth
county, was elected by the board of
county commissioners this morning
- the position of Overseer of the
county poor farm. Robert f. Jones
was elected to succeed James Null
len. the former oversCer, hut Mr.
IoncS resigned before his term be-
gan.
The county board met yesterday
afternoon pursuant to adjournment,
at The last meeting and the applica-
ton Of James Mclaughlin for a
correction III assessment was APP
proved. The petition of \. c. Bar
ucy and others for Improvement of
The line. road between sections Z and
in Lyra township was read and
filed. The petition of Charles Sper-
Itch 40 be set off from school district
No. ~ to 81 was read and the date
for hearing set for April II at ,
p. m.
Petition For Road Change.
petition of \. J. equity for a
change Of road in section l in Lyra
township, was received. The board
appointed itself a committee to meet
on the route OF the proposed change
in road on April 16 and the date for
the hearing was set for April II at
.. m.
The South Lake Shore Good Roads
club were present at the meeting of
the board this morning and request.
ed that the road from Buskey's cor
ner south and east to the county
line be made a state road. On
motion by Commissioner Compton
the request was granted. This will
be state road No. q.
The county auditor was instructed
10 have wooden shelving put in the
Old vault in the court house down
stairs. An application for a change
IN assessment from F. w. Lindsey
was approved. E. Rosenberger ap-
peared relative to personal property
assessment of the Four Traction Mo-
tor company and the board agreed
10 cancel this tax at the July meet
ing.
DR.. c. c. Pratt, the health officer,
reports that the smallpox epidemic,
II indeed there was one. is on the
Wane. There are now only ten cases
in Mankato, and all are very light
All the victims are closely confined
and well cared for so that the dam
ger of spreading the disease is very
slight. A large number of vaccna-
tons have been made, so lis also
decreases the chance of the disease
getting fOOthOld.
There are three cases Of scarlet
fever in the city, all well on the
road to recovery. Mankato has not
been responsible fer a single case
of typhoid fever this winter The wa
ter supply after recent tests has been
found to be in excellent cOnuition,
rs il always is. |
RumorS have been started TO the
effect that the smallpox victims had
not hcen properly isolated from other
members of their families and that
they were exposing others to the dis
ease. Investigations in every case
have developed that all the pTecau-
lions required by law have been
taken. |
The case of George Turritin against
Charles Macbeth and George Lang
was tried in the district court yester-
day and this morning the jury agreed
TO disagree on the matter. 1t will
probably not come up again in this
term of court The attorneys were
Arthur Schaub for the plaintiff and
5. B. Wilson for the defendant. The !
case of Ernest Hamann against w. n
Ballard is now in process Of trial.
Arthur Schaub is the attorney for
the plaintiff and S. B. Wilson for the
defendant. The district court ad.
journed at 1870 this forenoon and
will not meet again until Monday. /
This afternoon Judge A. r. Pfau
Victor Jensen. the boy who has con-
fcssed to stealing the child's bank
from the Franklin restaurant and the
boy will, after the talk, be sent to
4 farm in Belgrade township on
parole.
Sheriff w ]. julius of Brown
county was called to Sleepy Eye last
Friday by County Attorney Adolph
FrederiCkson for the purpose of plac-
ing Ernest Engelking, a young man
of that city, under arrest on a
charge of having broken into the
Sleepy Eye public library and Fl. Fl.
Meyers drug store at that place.
The young man was arraigned be-
fore Municipal Judge John Cutting at
Sleepy Eye the same day and was
sentenced to a term in the state
training school at Redwing, the sen-
tencc being approved by Judge |. NJ.
Olsen of the district court The lad
was brought to New Ulm by Sheriff
w. J. Julius Friday afternoon and
lodged in the county Jail until We'd
nesday morning, when the sheriff
took him to Redwing.
4 warrant was sworn out today
by Mrs. Martha Dingler, 317 East
Main street. tor the arrest of Bob
Bottomer. charging him with disor-
derby conduct. According to Mrs.
Dingler, Bottomer came to her home
yesterday afternoon in an intoxicat-
ed condition and walked into the
house. She says that he created
quite a disturbance and used consid-
cradle profanity. She had the war
rant sworn out this morning and Of
fcer Ira Romack was detailed to ar
rest the man this afternoon
Death of Derorja NOuno 4 adv