The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-13
nlnEry-EIsnr II 4 MONTH
Brothers Doing Big Business and
Ship Trip.Hammers
From fridays oarIy.

From Fridays Daily
Mayer Brothers report that they
have shipped ninety-eight trip-ham-
mers during the month of January
compared with thirty-nine shipped
during January OF last year. Last
December the trip.hammer business
was sixty to seventy per cent better
than Il was the previous December
The orders that have come in dur.
ing the present month thus far are
very gratifying and away ahead of
those of year ago. These trip
hammers are being shipped all over
the United States and last month
one of them went to Australia
twenty.three to Cpnada and twenty
TO Pacific coast states.
The company is going to push
the trip-hammer business harder than
ever and is charging the force to
do II. The trip-hammer Is a strong
asset of the house.
Inquiry From New York.
The company this week received
IN inquiry in regard to its new
tractor from New York and II has
received a number OF unsolicited In.
1uiries from points nearer Mankato
II is evident from what Mayer
Brothers have learned that the sales
OF these tractors will be limited
only by the ability Of the company
10 manufacture them.
Mayer Brothers are about 10 make
a smaller tractor. The one they
nave now is a thirty-horse-power
machine that would sell for about
5000. They are at work on one
now. however. that will draw four
plows and will sell at $1,000 to
81, 200. Such a machine they think,
would be particularly popular among
owners of small-sized farms.
From Frids,'s Daily.
Blue Earth Camp No. $50. Modern
Woodmen nj an enthusiastic and
largely attended meeting In the Sons
Of Herman hall last evening elected
fourteen insurgent delegates tn rep
resent the camp ut the Dlue Earth
county convention of the order, TO
Be held in Mankato April I. The In.
surgent delegates stand for the Dust.
ing OF the present head officers OF
the order, and the repeal OF the So
called Chicago rates, as well as parts
OF the bylaws that were issued in
1912. The delegates are opposed to
the Mobile Bill and all similar bills
which they say, are framed for tho
purpose of demoralizing all fraternal
insurance societies.
The delegates elected are F. F.
Ellsworth. Albert Schippel, William
Morgan. J, r. Dackins. George An,
derson, c. w. Jessup, Dan Fuquay,
Joseph Hampl, Joseph .ShnbeI, W. G.
Zeno, Robert Bradley. w. II. Jones,
c. +. Gunstrom and A. 4. Hall.
The other Modern woodmen camps
will have their delegates elected,
for the most part by the close OF
the present week, and II Is expected
that the county convention will be
Overwhelmingly, II not unanimously,
insufgcnt.
Listened to Speech.
, At last evenings meeting, the
members listened to the reading OF
two full pages of the Pillager Mimi
Herald. this being the publication of
the speech delivered by Rev. T.. l..
Morse of Kansas ut the interstate
convention OF the Modern Woodmen,
held at Minneapolis on Jan. 8, 6 and
Z. Tho speech contained q vast ar
ray. Of statistics. to prove that the
Chicago rates were wrong.
Officers were installed by Blue
Earth camp. as follows: Venerable
consul, C. +. Gunstrorn; worthy ad.
wiser. Albert schippel; banker, w.
G. Zeno; clerk, Joseph Hampl: es-
cort, Dan Fuquay. Waterman, William
Weckworth: sentry. J. +. Dackins;
manager. William Morgan, Joseph
Shabal and C. w. Jcssup.
IL was decided to have a social
entertainment and supper ut the
next meeting Of the camp. for mem.
hers and their families. On Feb. 49,
The affair was left i'm the hands OF
a committee. consisting OF J.. F. Dac.
kins. chairman: G. w. Jessup, w.
II. Jones and David Jones'.
From FRIDAYS osiIv.
Hans Lund. North Mankato's
strenuous pedestrian. who n few
weeks ago completed four hundred
mile walk from Fort Francis to
his home, will continue his south.
ward "hike", starting ont ON Tues
day, February "a. about noon He
will stop at Good Thunder during
the afternoon. where he will deliver
an address. On the same day he
win reach Mapleton. where he also
intends to speak, and there he will
pass the night. The second night
he will pass Mt Albert Lea. On Sat