The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-25

MANKATO FREE rrrs!!
eraN grown children. His wife and
one SON were with him at the tine o.
his death. The body was taken tt
Waterville this afternoon and the
burial viii take place there.
From fridays Daily.
| A. G. Meier of Minneapolis. the
young man whose search for his sis.
tier in Mankato was mentioned In
last nights Free Press, was success
full in his errand yesterday after.
noon. The sister, Miss n. Helen
Meier. is nursing in a private fam.
lily here. All is well with the Meier
family. A few weeks ago. Miss
Meier was nursing at Rochester
MINI. A letter that she wrote 10
her mother was for some reason
delayed In the mail. In the mean.
time. she came to Mankato. Her
mother was greatly worried over not
hearing from her and had the broth.
Ter go to Rochester In search of her.
The brother traced her to Mankato
ny the record of the checking of her
trunk to this city. Nh Meier is a
travelling salesman for. a moving
picture film house. Yesterday the
family at Marshall received n letter
from the young lady and the mother
notified her son by phone, that his
sister was in Mankato and told him
where she could be found.
From Fridays oauy.
1.-The state fair has paid back i'm
property value $l.70 for every dollar
the state has put into it. This can.
not be paralleled by any educational
institution In the world"
J. c. Simpson, secretary state fair
board, thus answers critics of the
fair in the annual report submitted
to Governor Eberhart. Fair property
at the present time is valued at
$1,729,212.
Simpson asks the legislature for
the following appropriations: Main
tenance. $4,000 n year: new live
grandstand roof, $4,000.
The annual meeting of the State
Agricultural society will be held in
st. Paul I'm January. New officers
and directors will he elected. These
constitute the fair board, which sc.
lects the secretary.
from fridays DAHL. .
Herman ID. Burnett, an aged man,
who has small horse-raising es-
tablishment In Dukes addition, was.
charged In police court today with
cruelty tn animals. Il was alleged
that he had allowed the horses to
remain outside, when he should
have kept them in the barn on &C
count of the cold weather. at night.
Burnett pleaded not guilty and his
case was set for trial Monday after
noon at two o'clock. Judge Plymat
allowed him to go on his own recog-
nizance.
Burnett sisted that he allowed his
horses to go into the barn at night
or stay out a. they pleased. When
the weather was cold they went In.
When IL was mild they preferred to
roam around outside He spoke of a
western horse that aghe had great
difficulty In keeping IN the harm at
any time.
From Fridays Daily.
Despite the fact that November is
regarded generally as poor month
for immigration, Minnesota received
large number, said Fred ID. Sher-
man, immigration commissioner, to-
day.
OF 252 cars of immigrant NOV
ables handled by the Minnesota
Transfer railway during November
Minnesota received 1903 cars. Eigh-
teen states received cars of immi-
grants last month said Mr. Sherman
and Minnesota led every state in the
group by more than two to one.
The nearest competitor was Wis
consin. which received forty-three.
much less than one-half as many
cars as Minnesota The following
shows the states in order: Mime
sofa 100. Wisconsin, 43. Iowa 81,
North Dakota 81, Illinois II, Mon.
tana IL. Washington 5, Canada s.
Michigan 5, South Dakota 4.
The rest of the states received
two and three.
These figures are very encour-
aging to me-" said Mr.. Sherman.
"and am surprised TO learn that
the fact that the
European war has materially affect
ed practically all branches of bust
ness in the United States, Minnesota
farm lands continue to attract"
From, Fridays Daily.
Owatonna, Mimi, December 1S.-
The Minnesota State Grange associ-
alton elected officers yesterday as
the convention:
follows, concluding the work of the
State master, Charles
Rice of Austin; oyerseer, c. S. Rein.
hard of Medford: state lecturer,
George r. Brush of Owatonna;
state lecturer. George s. II. Hubbard
of Austin: chaplain. III. G.. Hickok of
Owatonua. trpaslirpr T. Nav Giles