The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-31

winners, turned their drawings over
10 The state of Minnesota for it's i'm
mediate use in meeting farm home
conditions.
1t was voted by the governing
board of the State Art commission
that the winning plans and specificae
tions of the first prize house should
be placed in the hands of anyone
who wished them, and in order to
make this information available at
the least possible fee, the govern
ing board voted to. dispose of this
information as follows:
"a replica of the first prize darw-
inches, including perspective sketch
of the house, floor plans, block plan,
side and rear elevation, will be sold
for fifty cents to anyone who wishes
it. The full size working drawings
and specifications, including the de-
tails for construction, ETC., will be
issued to anyone, Presiding within
the state of Minnesota for the sum
Of So. So this same information to
be issued to anyone living without
the state of Minnesota for the sum
|, of So.
1t will be readily seen that these
| fees are unusually low. In fact, the
information is almost free, and the
only purpose of charging a fee is to
cover the cost of blue printing and
compiling this information for re-
| lease.
One of the activities of the State
| Art commission is to promote and
| conserve farm life as an economic
resource in the state. Farm houses
are notably lacking in many respects
and it is believed that this Model
! Farm House" information, which is
now ready for use by anyone who
not only farm life as exists in Min,
| neSOta, but throughout the country
at large.
The director of the State Art com
mission, Mr.. Maurice |. Flagg, whose
office is in the old capitol, st. Paul
Mimi, will send information to any
one who makes application concern
ing these plans and specifications
No one will personally profit from the
sale of these plans other than the
person who purchases them. Tho
| problem is a state wide campaign Of
an educational nature for the better
ment of home conditions upon the
farm
| FROM Mcn17y's Daliv
Lincoln Thompson of Lake Crysta
and Edward Zernichel of Mankatc
aged seventeen and eighteen respect
lively, were brought into Judge Com
stocks court this morning to answer
to the charge of robbery in the frs
degree, this being the crime that was
mentioned in Saturdays Free Press
that of Turing J. Z. Polwein into the
railroad yards and then robbing hin
! of his roll. e., .tss~2i-.s att"t"f,a 81. q
Pc The boys are not the sort of per
| sons that one would suspect of /;
crime OF this sort, as they seem t
be of a shy, retiring disposition ant
not at all given to the trade of tn,
desperado They were without an at
torney and seemed to be entirely a
sea regarding the workings of thu
court. =" .~..r'
/ A recess was taken and Chief o
Police Eli Klugherz took the twI
boys aside and explained to them the
| workings of the court and when they
came back they waived their eX
animation and were bound over to the
coming term. OF the district court.
At present they are held withou
bond, as it is not in the power o
this court to admit them to bal
Zernicheps father and sister were il
court and seemed to be much worried
over the affair, his sister leaving thu
court room in tears when the hearing
was finished.
Zernichel and his father retained
Attorney Arthur Schaub to fight the
case for them but Thompson has done
nothing in the matter so far.
Thompson stated to the judge tina
ne had not notified his mother of hi
predicament.
Chief Of Police Eli Klugherz ant
Sheriff Anton Osten were successful
in running down the boys. Following
Il clew, the chief learned that Pol
vein was in the company of thu
young men on the night of the rob
berry. Zernichel was arrested OF
J Front street near the city hall BY
Sheriff Osten late Saturday after
noon. His younger brother aided il
this arrest by pointing out the boy Il
/ the officer. Zernichel was "sweated'
and gave up the story of the robbery
SO the police say, and he implicated
Thompson, who was found by Chic
Tom r. Owen of Lake Crystal Sat
urday night about 900 O'Clock at {
ditching camp, five miles from tha'
city, where his mother is cooking
for the crew. Owen was requested
to hunt up Thompson on the reques
of the officers here. The young mar
was lodged in Jail at about 12:3(
Saturday night.
Polwein identified the two lads az
the ones who robbed him. 1t ap
pears that PolWein met the boys OF
the train coming into Mankato Sat
urday morning. He gave each {