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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
HOLDS THE ACT INVALID
Attorney Generals Department Says
Law Relating to Salaries Is I'm
constitutional

The act of the 1913 legislature in
creasing the compensation OF the
auditors and treasurers OF many
smaller counties of the state and
also the pay of their clerks is de-
clared to be unconstitutional by the
attorney generals department in a
ruling today made at the request OF
Andrew E. Fritz public examiner.
The act is criticized as being dis
criminatory in it's basis OF classify
ing counties and also because the
title of the act does not express the
true subject William j. Stevenson.
assistant attorney general, who
wrote the opinion, holds that the ef
feet of the new act is to increase
the salaries of the auditors and trea
surers while the title conveys the
impression that the act is ito es
tablish uniform tax on certain
classes of personal property"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
PICNIC WAS BIG AFFAIR
EVENTS OF THE OUTING
Three Thousand People We're at
Old MapIeton Yesterday
MRS. AITkEN THERE ALSO
Officers of Association Elected; Joseph
Dobie President: Running Races
And Sports Galore
MRS. AITxEN THERE ALSO
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily. -
Three thousand or more at
tended the annual picnic . Ma
pleton and Sterling Ole srs' as
ISOLATION held yesterd' add Cor
nelrs grove, near ~ 1ton! Inc
day was ideal, tb/ - d was ideal
and the picnic VIZ = delightful one.
The officers electA for the next
year are: Joseph Dobie, president;
o. w. Healys vice president; T. B.
Taylor, secretary; Charles Whitney,
treasurer; Judd Cornell, A. J. Ellis
and H. c. Hotaling, members of the
executive committee.
Shut Out For Winnebago.
The ball game was played by the
Good Thunder and Winnebago teams
and was a shut out game as far as
the Winnebagos were concerned.
Good Thunder ran in ten scores.
The Good Thunder battery was Byers
and McCullom and Winnebago's bat
terry was Waldron and Kramer.
The running races were won by Ed
Lamp and Sid Annis. DR.. J. E. Mer-
rill of Amboy and Ed Runke won the
| trotting races. A motorcycle race
was held and won by Charles Guthier
and Frank Corcherc. Amboy carried
away the honors in quoits. James
Sharp won the mems foot race and
| Willie and Rollie Corcherc won the
boys foot race.
Mrs. Aiken Was There.
At the close of the afternoons pro-
gram in the tent, Mrs. Clara Aitken
of Mankato held an open air meeting
outside the tent She sang, prayed
and preached with as much vim anc
vigor as she has ever shown, in spite
of her long rest from such work II
the streets of Mankato. She made
no reference to the trouble she has
HAD with the Mankato authorities o
the law regarding her disturbing thu
public peace of the city.
A large number of Mankato people
we're in attendance. The weather wa
ideal and the crowd was in the hes
of spirits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
JURCENS IN FIRST PLACE
LitchfieId Man Is Awarded Prize Fol-
Being the Best Buttermaker;
Many Entries

Bertel Jursens of Litchfield leads
the buttermakers of Minnesota in the
May contest, scoring SO points in
the whole milk class. A. l.. Rabke
of Plato and George w. Peterson OF
Shafer were tied for second place
with a score OF 9512 points. In the
cream class, seven buttermakers
were tied for first place Following
is the list of prize winners in the
six dairy districts of the state: Dis
trict No. il 0. Lokke, Hanska,
milk, 90; Chris Jensen, Dunnell
cream, 94s4 District No. George
Deeg, Owatonna, milk, 95; j. A
Fisk, Pennington, cream, 941a. Dis
trict No. 3-Bertel Jurgens, Litch
field, milk, 90; o. W. Olson of Ha
wick, cream, a. District No. Al
H. Steinke, Freeport, milk, 95; Car
Graverson, Georgeville: A. McLaugh
lin, Usage; Joseph Jensen, Clarissa
E. H. Lowe, Hewitt; H. ]. Goetsch
Wadena, and Gus w. Holt, Gerges
cream, 95. District No. 5-Petel
Storvick, Fertile, cream, 95. Dis
trict No. George w. Peterson
Shafer milk, 951a; c. L. Goldstrand
Taylor Falls, and J. Pfepson, Pierz
cream, 941a. Winners in the cheese
contest were: Gabriel Bernou. Gen
lilly, 81; Dan Danielson Kenyon
| 961b
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
SCHRODT FOOLS FRIENDS
Former Police Officer Joined WideIl's
Force Instead OF Taking Position
In the Army

J. G. Schrodt, who resigned his
position as police officer about
week ago, did not go to California
as he indicated in an interview with
newspaper men. Sandy said he re-
signed to accept position with the
United States army in California, and
gave it out that he had a good posi-
ton in the commissary department
that would pay him about $125 per
month, but from all the evidence
now at hand. the ex-policeman will
not be in California for some time,
but will hold position in much
colder climate at Havre, Mont, where
he has been engaged by the Widell
company as machinist.
All his friends here, even the po-
licemen, thought that he was certain
ly going to California and congratu-
lated him on his good fortune in get
ting this very remunerative position.
He intended to leave for the west
Monday noon, but as he was stand
ing at the depot waiting for the
train, he said to friend: 81 guess
I'll go across the street and spear"
one, while the train is coming"
He missed his train for Omaha. When
it was time for No. to arrive at
4:50 D. m. Monday, Mr.. Schrodt was
again at the station and had bought
ticket for Minneapolis. He was be
wailng his ill-luck because he had
to go to Minneapolis and take a
train from there for the west, and
protested to be very anxious on &C
count of the delay thus occasioned
as he said he had to report for duty
Thursday He would not give his
| address as he said that he did moi
know what his permanent address
would be and that only his wife knew
where to telegraph to him in case
of sickness or death in his family
He said he had enjoined her to 81
lence. He promised to write to hi.
| friends as soon as he was settled.
However, yesterday afternoon wher
E. V. Walters departed with his
| crew of men for Montana, he called
| the roll at the union depot, to Sc,
! if all were present, and j. G
| Schrodt's name was on the list, bu
Mr.. Waters said that he would joil
the crew in Minneapolis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
HIGHER BERRY PRICES
Southern Crop Is Exhausted In This
Market; Northerners Are Ex-
pected Soon

Southern strawberries are prac-
tically off the market now and the
prevailing high prices are the result
of the scarcity of the berries for a
short time Within a few days Der
ries will commence to come in from
the more northern points, which are
having a late season this year.
The local commission men expect
the first lot of peaches, plums and
apricots tomorrow and from now
on there will be plenty of that sort
of fruit Only one more carload OF
pineapples will be received here and
many advance orders have been
placed for pineapples. People who
desire this fruit for canning will do
we'll to keep in close touch with theil
grocers in order to secure what they
want
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
North Dakotan Testifies Regard.
ing the Alleged Lobbying
MAY SUMMON FARGO EDITOR
Committee and Spectators Smile AS
The Senator Produces New
paper Comment

Washington, June ll.-Charges made
In his newspaper that the coin OF the
realm gets a senator" may result in
the summoning to Washington OF A.
Y. More, owner of the Courier-News
at Fargo, n. d.
Reading excerpts from the editorial
Senator A. j. Gronna of North Dako
ia pointed to a statement at the con-
clusion of the editorial which read
"Just ask Senator Gronna about this"
He then demanded that Mr.. More be
brought to the capital as witness
before the senate committee investi-
eating charges that a lobby exists on
the tariff bill The committee an
nounced that if Mr.. Gronna insisted
Mr.. More would be placed under sum-
mons.
The editorial in question was head
ed mot Cheap Skates" 1t ridicules
the assertion of Senator Kenyon that
Hobbies in Washington were using So
cial methods and that the price of a
senator's vote was a theater ticket or
a dinner in a cafe and declared that
It was "the coin of the realm that gets
senator"
The members of the committee
laughed as the letter was read and the
big room full of spectators who hadn't
got many laughs joined in.
Represent Hawaiian Producers.
For six hours former Governor Car.
ter and Sidney Ballou, two of the men
who have conducted the fight OF
Hawaiian producers in Washington to
retain a duty on sugar, outlined to the
senate lobbying investigating commit
tee their activities here and elsewhere
Governor Carter testified that he
was paid nothing and received only
his expenses. Mr.. Ballou said he was
Isthe regular agent OF the sugar pro
ducers in Washington, with a salary
| of $4,000 a year and $4,000 a year for
expenses.
Representative Murray of Oklahoma
took the lobby question into the house
with an effort to amend the rules sc
as to make lobbyism subject to very
drastic regulation at the Capitol.
He proposed an amendment cap
toned Placing a limit to lobbying.
1t would declare paid employment "as
legislative agent for any person, cor
poration or association contrary tt
public policy and would bar any gov
ernment official or employe from at
tempting to influence any member Of
! the house to vote for or against any
measure affecting the pecuniary In
terest of the official or employe.
The measure was referred to the
rules committee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
MEETING OF ADVENIISTS
MINES GA Conference Will Be Held In
ST. Paul Iune a to ~; Eminent
Speakers

Seventh Day Adventists in Man
kato have been advised of the meet
ing of the Minnesota conference OF
Seventh Day Adventists to take the
form of camp meeting to be held
at st. Paul June IA to %. Leading
ministers of the denomination who
have been attend the world confer
ence of Seventh Day Adventists at
Washington, d. c., will be present
and speak. Daily meetings will be
held with addresses in English, Ger
man and Scandinavian languages,
The Adventists believe in the second
literal coming of Christ but have
never set definite date for his re-
turn. The denomination has 2769
local churches with a membership
OF 114,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13

New York, June 11.-Former Gov
ernor Hadley of Missouri thinks the
Minnesota rate decision upholds the
power of Missouri's legislature and es-
pecially the authority of the new state
public utilities commissioner to fix
railroad rates within Missouri as long
as they are not confiscatory and sus'
tains the doctrine of states rights and
power of state to regulate its own
utilities.
81 think the decision is somewhat
puzzling," said Cornelius Vanderbilt
but as a whole | regard it as good
rather than otherwise. think it will
prove to be beneficial to the railroads.
The government, state and federal,
however, must permit an increase in
freight rates before the crop moving
begins in the fall"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13


Washington, June 1.-THE first
sign of friction in President Wilson S
cabinet has made its appearance and
as a result Washing ton is confidently
awaiting the news that member of
the presidents official family is pre-
pairing to resign.
Attorney General James c. McReyn'
Odds is the man. He is on his way to
ST. Paul to represent the government
in the hearing on the dissolution OF
the Hartman railroad lines
Mr. McReynolds. it is said, is get
ting ready to quit the cabinet because
of troubles with his chief. The fric'
ton between the president and the at
torney general dates back to the in
auguration. The president considers
that the work of the department OF
justice should be kept entirely secret
The attorney general has other ideas
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
RESTORED IN A MONTH
Two Cent Rate Will Be In Effect In
Minnesota At End of Thirty
Days; Says Smith

The two-cent-a-mile passenger rate
will be in operation again on all
Minnesota railroads in about thirty
days, as a result of the United States
supreme court decision in the Min
nesota rate case according to Attor-
ney General Lyndon A. Smith.
Meanwhile, every purchaser of a
ticket on a railroad in Minnesota,
for transportation between points
within the state, will be given a
receipt, if it is asked for, and will
get refund when the two-cent fare
becomes operative.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
Former Traffic Officer Returned
To City; How II Happened
ONE 'BOBBIE' HE DID NOT KNOW
George Lang Rounds Up the Missing
Auto Witness In Union Depot
st. Paul
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Former Traffic Officer j. B. Hart
zell has returned to Mankato to bear
witness against e. W. owen and H.
Glen Allyn wnom ne charged with
exceeding the speed limit Mr.. Hart
zell went off duty last Friday even
ing, and the two cases mentioned
were set for ten o'clock Saturday
morning. Mr.. Hartzell drew his pay
Saturday morning and then quietly
and very unostentatiously left the
| city before the cases were called.
| Therefore the hearings had to be
! continued until the traffic officer
could be found. A subpoena was is
sued, and the sheriff went to Lake
Madison to see if the missing Off
cial was there.
| Went to Another Lake.
Mr.. Hartzell says that he was at
! Lake Madison but heard that the
sheriff was coming with subpoena
so he went to another of the lakes
near by. Saturday evening, so the
| traffic man says, he hired an auto
mobile and came to Mankato. bid
his wife goodby and then took an
other automobile to st. Peter where
he boarded an early train Sunday
morning for Minneapolis. He intend
ed meeting E. V. Waters and his
gang of men at Minneapolis, and go
ing with them to Montana to work
for the Widell company. He spent
Sunday at Lake Harriet and re
turned to St Paul in the evening.
Saw Sheriff First.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Anton
Osten and Deputy Sheriff George
Lang were in Minneapolis. Mr.
Hartzell says he saw both of then
but managed easily to keep out o
their way He did not know tina
Mr.. Lang was a deputy sheriff. ant
4 did not take so much pains to- mis-
him. Mr. Lang met the elusiv,
traffic officer near the union depo
in st. Paul and proceeded to read t.
him a subpoena requiring his pres
ence in Mankato. Mr.. Hartzell wa
just a little bit surprised but he sub
mitted with good nature and return
ed to Mankato with Mr.. Lang. Hart
t zell appeared in court this mornin
in the most cheerful frame of MINI
possible. He looks little differen
since he left the city as he has ha
, his mustache shaved off. He say
that he has had gloriously goo
/ time and it has cost him about ST.
Denies He Received Aid
VI He denies that any one helpe
pay for his transportation or hi
{ good times. There was a rumo
that Mr.. Hartzell had been induce
! to leave the city at this inopportun
, moment so as not appear agains
, the defendants in the speeding case
r but his own statement knocks TIL
theory into a cooked hat. He is
little discounted because he coul
not leave for Montana as he e,
pected, but takes the disappointmeI
I philosophically
The only reason he gives for lea
ing is that he was though with wor
Friday night, and did not intend
do any more for the city after b
left the pay roll. Mr.. Owen and NJ
Allyn both appeared this mornir
and the case was continued unit
three o'clock this afternoon.
/
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
new BOILER INSPECTOR
Mr.. Johnson of Lake Crystal Has Re-
Ceived His Commission From
Governor Eberhart

Andrew p. Johnson of Lake Crys,
tai has been appointed deputy boiler
inspector for Blue Earth county. q
Mr.. Johnson has engaged in thresh
ing in this county for twenty-elght
years. He operated an engine and
steamboat in Sweden four years, and
fired" on locomotive in this coun
try one year.
He was granted the first stationary
engineers license issued in Blue
Earth county. That was when the
late Ira P. Shissler was boiler In
Spector.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
Decide on Concrete Road.

Concrete for material of the pro-
posed Twin Cities-to-Duluth high
way was approved by unanimous
vote by the association boosting
the road at a meeting at Forest
Lake yesterday This action was
taken despite estimates that it will
cost $1,000 a mile, where as maca-
dam would cost $6,400 mile, and
gravel and clay $3.50. These fig
ures are for Washington county, and
were submitted by John H. Mullen,
one of the engineers of the state
highway commission.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
Lona Lost Watch Not Injured.

Seven years ago a son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John FRANKIE, living northeast
of Blue Earth lost a gold watch
while working in the field. Last
week Mr.. FRANKIE unearthed the time
piece. The case was in as good
shape as the day it was lost, and
while it is what is called an open
face watch, the crystal had not
been broken. The ''inards" were
rusty but not to an extent one
would expect.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
Filed Petition in Probate.

Thomas Fl. NJ. Dooley, as admins
traitor of the estate of his father
Michael Dooley filed petition in
probate court today, asking that his
fathers will be probated. The estate
involved amounts to $4,000, real es
tate and personal property.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
smedish Raptlsts at Meetins.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, June ll.-The
annual state convention of the Swed-
ish Baptists of Minnesota will be
held here this week, opening this
evening and continuing until Satur-
day afternoon. Several of the visit
ing ministers will remain over Sun
day and will occupy the pulpits of
various churches.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-13
Hold Meeting Tonight.

Professor C. r. Shumway will hold
a meeting in Beauford town hall to-
night.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-02-21
SPIRIT AND DRUG TAKERS.
Physical ard Psychic Changes That
Grow With the Habit.

physical IT'D Psychic Changes That
Grow With the Habit.
Two marked changes are noted in all
spirit and drug takers. One of them is
physical and is noted by changes in the
face, eyes, tone of voice. manner Of
walking and general expression and
control. The heart Is irritable and de-
ranged in its action. There are muscu-
lar feebleness, nutrient disturbances,
with insomnia. and unusual emotional
excitement or depression. The general
health, conduct and appearance. as
well as capacity, of-the person are
changed.
A second change of symptoms noted
is the psychic one. The person is bold,
assertive. egotistical or the opposite.
His former manner of hopefulness or
depression is altered. Where he was
frank before. he is now secretive. I'M
truthful. unreasoning. has little respect
for his words and statements. incurs
obligations, asserts or denies emphat-
ically matters Of no consequence. His
general appearance and pride Of char
acter are lowered
These symptoms may be unnoticed in
the early stages. but later they are
prominent Both the physical and
psychic are intimately associated with
each other. vet from the very begin
ming there may be marked differences
in the prominence and intensity of
either one or the other. indicating the
tion.-Dr. T. D. Crothers In Alierist
and Neurologist.
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When EnqIand Was Drunken.

In an article in the London Lancet on
drunkenness and the Physiological
Effect of Alcohol" DR.. Charles Mercer
draws this picture of conditions in
England before it became "a sober ma
tom ''In those days the doctor was
often half seas over when he attended
his drunken patient; judge, counsel and
attorneys pursued their avocations in
court in a prevailing atmosphere of hot
coppers. The prime minister went
drunk to the house of commons. where
he was attacked by the leader of the
opposition, also drunk, while order was
kept by speaker who was half seas
over. There was no excise on spirits,
and the coarser kinds of distilled
liquors were ridiculously cheap. As
you passed along the by streets of Lon
don, and perhaps of other great cities,
you might read the legend hung out
over the drink cellars. Here you may
get drunk for a penny; dead drunk and
clean straw for tuppence.'
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Colonial EirepIaces.

The early American fireplace was
merely cheap provincial copy of Eng
lish models Of the same period. The
application Of the word colonial" to
re-Revolution architecture and deco
ration has created vague impression
that there existed at that time an
American architectural style. AS a
matter of fact. colonial architecture
Is simply a modest copy of Georgian
models. and colonial mantelpieces
were either imported from England by
those who could afford it or were re-
produced in wood from current Eng
lish designs. Wooden mantels were in
deed, not unknown in England. where
the use of q wooden architrave led
to the practice of facing the fireplace
with Dutch tiles. but wood was used
in England and America only from
motives of cheapness. and the archi-
trave was set back from the opening
only because it was unsafe to put an
inflammable material so near the fire.
Exchange.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-02-21
An Elusive Paintinn.

1. Carroll Beckwith, the artist. once
told a story about weird painting he
happened to run across in little art
shop in Paris. He looked at it for some
time with interest. thinking it to be q
design for a Persian rug.
"What a nice hearth rug" he re-
marked approximately to the saleswo-
man.
"Nonsensew replied she "That's not
a hearth rug. That's Portrait" And
she proceeded to point out hands and
features in what to Beckwith was sim
ply bewildering mass Of paint.
"Do you really see all that?" asked
Beckwith with admiration.
ooh. as to seeing it." answered the
saleswoman. you never can tell. Some
times we see it and sometimes we
don't "-New York Post
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about it, especially since my wounds

about it, especially since my wounds
were nearly healed
This brought her to see me- Kneel
ing beside me, she took my hand and
wet it with her tears. I withdrew my
hand for the purpose of lifting her
face and made bold to kiss away her
tears.
Any contemplate cause is good
enough to bring about an understand
ing between lovers. and the ignition of
the tail feathers of my bird of paradise
suit caused fire of another kind to burst
into fame in two hearts. mine and
Sues. For once. and for once only.
had the advantage of her. But even
this occasion was short lived We have
been married but five years and al
ready she has contrived to throw upon
me the blame of that affair. She says
that had l not been such an uppisb
sort of fellow there would have been
no inducement for a girl to take the
uppishness out of me-"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-02-21
A Spool Trick.

Run pin it's whole length through
the middle Of card. Place the card
on the end of a spool in such way as
to allow the pin to hang down in the
hole in the spool. Hold the spool up,
right and blow into the open end
However hard you blow. you will not
be able to force the card away. If you
blow steadily you can even turn the
spool downward and the card will still
refuse to drop.
The card is held in place by suction
The thin film Of air escaping with
much force in all directions between
the end of the spool and the card pre-
sents smooth surface to which the
card adfhheres us It wouffdf to glass; assault but
with greater force, for the film of air is
even smoother than glass. The pin
serves only to prevent the card from
working off at one side.-Youth's Com,
panion.