The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Indian Lake Fat.mers' Club to-
Have Lectures and SociaIs
From Tuesdays Dai,v

urud! evening. s.Dr. Z. e. Pratt, health
officer of MallB alto, and Mrs. j. R.
Brandrup will rspeak. DR.. Pratt will
talk on huma and bovine tuber-
culosis.
The Lecture will be illustrated if
possible by slides sent out by the
state board fef health for the instruc-
ton of the people on this most inn
portant sub ject. The school house
should be crowded with eager lis
teners Gu this occasion. The club
proposes, to hold these meetings once
NORTH during the winter and
Professor c. r. Shumway will ar
range to have a speaker from the
state university extension bureau
present on each occasion. Also the
club will hold social sessions at
Which local men and those in Man.
k ato will be invited to speak. The
club has also arranged for the estab-
.isiiIfg of a circulating library
Fifty volumes will be obtained for cir
culation among the residents of the
Indian Lake district.
The corn contesters" have at last
ali been weighed out and Paul Kern,
son of ]. Kern, came out ahead, hay-
ing achieved Il yield of eighty\busheis
of corn to an acre The boys all felt
like congratulating Paul who certain
" nuts lots of work on his plot, and
most of them feel like trying again,
as they see some of the causes of
their failure to get very large yields,
as we'll as some of the causes for
Pauls success.
The biggest thing in sight for the
young men of the neighborhoOd now
is the Indian Lake brass band, COM
posed of fourteen of the boys. Will
liam Behrens of Mankato ordered
the instruments and on Saturday
gave the boys their first lesson. The
boys have a fine set of instruments
and start on their career out of debt,
and with money in the treasury.
The officers of the band are as fol
lows: Harry keenan,, president;
Martin Ulmann, vice president; Wal
ter Dodge, secretary treasurer.
Mrs. B. j. Livingston, sister of
Mrs. S. F. keenan, and very well
known to the ladies by her articles
to the Home Council of the Farm
Stock and Home, is spending the
winter at International Falls with
the family of her daughter, Mrs. E.
l.. Heermance. With her is her eldest
nr1icn ilyinuctnn
The home in Martin county is oc-
cupied by the family which runs the
farm.
Mrs Mary Webster, whose auction
took place on LIE Sueur street Thurs
day, has been taken to the home of
her daughter, Mrs. F. o. True where
she will make her home. Mrs.
Webster's, health is somewhat better
than it has been for several years.
Those pupils of the Indian Lake
school who have been neither absent
nor tardy for the month ending No
vember are Lora Watts, Hazel, Louis
and Jim Watts, Earl Anderson, Floyd
Watts, Grace Dufey and Phyllis
Duffey.
Mrs. Scott Dodge, who has been
spending some time in the Emmanuel
hospital following an operation for
varicose veins, returned home Sun
day, much improved.
Harry Pinney of Mankato was the
guest of Frank Ferguson and Walker
Ferguson on Sunday.
The farmers of Sterling township
are thinking of organizing farmers
club and A. ]. Ellis has written a
letter to f. f. Soaring, secretary OF
the Mankato Commercial club, ask
ing the preliminary arrangements fol-
the organization Professor c. r. Shum
way has taken the matter in hant
and will look after the organizing
These clubs are becoming quite
common in all parts of the country
and are of great benefit to thu
farmers that belong to them.
Fists, shoes and knives helped t
stage mixed fight, in barn in thu
north end of the city yesterda.
afternoon This is the way thu
story goes: A farmer had gone to tn
barn to try to engineer horse TRADE
with some professional traders tina
are renting the barn. Floyd Shad
den, one of the traders, was show
ing the farmer horse, but the mai
did not seem to like the looks o
the be2st. At this point strange
by the name of Smith came upol
the scene and jumped onto Shadden
threw him to the ground ami wa
choking him when Shaddens brothe
Leroy came to the rescue an
kicked Smith in the face.
Character number four in the plo
one Larkins, a step son-in-law G
Smith entered the arena at this tim
and was about.to assist Smith wbe
Leroy discouraged his attentions b
hitting the newcomer in the eye
Smith became aware that Leroy wa
playing too leading part in tn
affair and arose from the ground
at the same time, pulling knife
cut Leroy in the right side inflict
ing a wound that later required tw
stitches at the hands of physician
Leroy Shadden, who seemed to pla,
the leading part in the drama, j
local talent and lives on the ST
Peter road.
After the fight was over, FLOYD