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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-06

pleased to say that many Of the
farmers have expressed their graft
fication at the work of our club In
the field OF county agriculture.
Conventions.
In line with the last subject, is
the big triple convention and seed
fair Of the Minnesota Crop Improve
ment association, the Southern Min
esota Better Development league and
the Blue Earth County Pure Seed
association, the success of which is
fresh upon your minds. Great good
resulted from this meeting. which
was similar to one held a year ago,
but on q considerably larger scale.
Probably thousand farmers
attended at one time or another.
I might add that the net cost of
this Joint convention to this club
was less than $40.
The league just mentioned was re-
organized during the past year. and
fiyed upon Mankato as its head
quarters and place for holding its
annual winter meetings. II has
employed a paid secretary. John
ID. Deets. and seems entering upon
the important mission, of develop
ment that is before 1t. At the re-
Quest of a committee of this club,
the county board appropriated
$500 being this county's allotment
for the support OF the league. When
the league feorganlzeds this club
Furnished the hall. and entertained
the delegates at dinner.
The Minnesota Swine Breeders
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-06

farm labor. II has assisted In the
campaign against the spread OF
hog cholera. A request from the
club fpr an appropriation of $500
for a county exhibit at the state
fair was granted readily by the
county board, and under the charge
OF Professor Shumway an exhibit
was prepared that won fourth place
for Blue Earth county among the
counties OF the state, and gave this
vicinity much valuable advertising.
The county board has again granted
similar request. aE-
Last July the club sent $4,000 worth
Of complimentary tickets to farmers
to session of the Chautauqua that
dealt with community interest and
team work between city and country,
and in spite of its being a rainy
day several hundred attended.
Our club and individual business
men have not spared expense to
secure better farming conventions
and to offer premiums for the best
farm products. At the recent con-
vention, nearly $1,000 was put up
in merchandise and cash. l am
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Bufternut Valley

]. L. Owens went to Cambria on
business Thursday last.
There is a bright little miss at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Johnson.
Jense Johnson sold a carload of
cattle to Fox & Co., of Lake Crystal
last Wednesday.
A. l.. Johnson ct. al. in the west
part OF town shipped several cars of
hogs to Chicago Saturday.
III. NJ. Green has been visiting
cid acquaintances at Pine Island
OF late but has returned home.
Gilbert Gilbertson Is compelled to
haul water for his stock from neigh
bors' wells, as his own has failed
him.
The program and pillow, sale given
by Miss Jones of the Fetch school on
the 25th was very successful and
the occasion greatly enjoyed.
Clarence Thorstad has returned
from the Mankato hospital where he
submitted to an operation for appen.
dicitis. He is quite recovered.
Miss Mabel Bowen of District No.
l44 has scheduled her school en-,
trrtainment and box social for Fri.
day evening, the 9Th. II will be
given at the town hall and no effort
is spared to make 1t enjoyable and
profitable to all that come.
Farmers club meeting has been
postponed to March Z in order TO
accommodate the speaker for the oc-
casion. He is Mr.. r. A. Schultz of
Leroy Mimi, specialist on hogs
and poultry, well and favorably
known all over the state as one of
the extension divisions most popu-
lar lecturers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-06

ened. and our efforts for the good of
an could be directed along the most
practical lines; while the farmers
clubs would be directly represented
in our sessions and work, and we
would know better and therefore
sympathize more deeply with the
needs of our neighbors, and they
with us.
During the. past year, the club has
endeavofed In every possible way to
strengthen the ties that do and
should bind the city and the agricui-
tural community around 1t. 1t has
tried to be useful to the farmers,
furnishing such information to them
that 1t could, acting as an intelli-
gence bureau for the sale and rem
tai Of their farms and for procuring
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Michael Dempsey to August Tetz.
lon. both OF Watonwan county. north
west quarter of section IS, Pleasant
Mound township. 1897 acres. s1s,.
Ice.
Theodore, w. Schwanke to Gustav
j. schwanke. both of Blue Earth
county. northeast quarter OF section
five, Pleasant Mound township, 100
acres. $4,000.
LIE Ray Chapman to George ].
Westphal. both OF Blue Earth county.
north 45.41 acres of the southeast
quarter and lot two of section seven
lie Ray township. subject to right.
of-way Of Great Western railroad.
$500. -.
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500 Reward, ,,oo.

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ence has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to. the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a consti-
tutional disease. requires a consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Cafarrh
Cure Is taken internally. acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the dis
ease. and giving the, patient strength
BY building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work.
The proprietors have SO much faith
In It's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
cage that II fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney G Co. To
ledo. Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for con-
stipation.--Adyt. 49,
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merchants and others from itinerant

merchants and others from itinerant
vendors.
Prompt opposition killed trading
stamp enterprise In the budding, and
saved the merchants return to un-
desirable conditions.
The club was asked by the state
auditor to appoint committee to
have charge of erecting a pavilion at
Minneopa state park. This was done
and bids secured, but they were so
high that new bids are soon to be
asked for.
Committees advised with the city
council on a new street lighting
contract and on better fire protec-
ton, which latter has led to the
purchase of the new motor truck and
pump, which has arrived.
A committee was named to assist
the local plumbing and heating con.
tractors TO secure fair treatment
when contracts were awarded, and
in at least one case the bids were
reopened and local firm secured the
contract.
Efforts were made through a CON-
mittee to secure q county tubercu-
losis sanitarium located i'm Mankato, .
but the duties OF the committee are
not yet completed.
A committee of the club helped to
organize the Mankato band, which
has proved a marked success.
Lack OF time prevents the enumara-
ton of many other lesser activities
on the part of this club during the
year just brought to a close.
A Tribute.
Before closing, wish to pay trib-
ute to the activity and faithfulness
of the president, Mr.. Crandall, and
the vice president, Judge Cray, and
OF the other members of the advisory
committee Messrs. Willard, Currier,
Nyquist, Pay and Yeigel. They have
given OF their valuable time and
ripe ability freely and graciously
for the work OF this club. All are
gentlemen of successful business ex.
1 perience, and the club has been in.
deed fortunate to have the benefit
, of their services.
! The standing and special commit.
tees Of the club are also deserving
} OF thanks for their faithful efforts.
! 1t takes degree of public spirit to
give up ones business to attend to
the city's good, without recompense.
3 but these gentlemen have done II.
I he spirit of the membership of the
club has also been fine, and this fact
! promises much for its future useful
, ness. There is an almost unlimited
field of endeavor for the club, and
there Is work for all of it's members.
I desire to express thanks TO the
city and county officials and to the
school board, which have all had
delegations OF our club before them,
for the courteous manner in which
the requests of the club have been
received and acted upon.
To the press of the city our club
is more than ordinarl yindebted The
papers have aided the clubs work
very materially in every way pos.
sible. A good dea! Of publicity is nee.
ossary at times, to obtain the best
results, but have never yet been
denied all of the space asked for,
I and 1t has been freely and cheer.
fully given, without expectation of
recompense other than that which
I every good and patriotic citizen feels
In having given of his time or sub
stance for the benefit of the city.
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Miscellaneous.

Through the efforts. in part, OF the
club. fish fry from the state and
federal hatcheries were secured the
past year for our summer resort
lakes.
A committee of the club secured
the passage by the council OF an
ordinance to protect local fruit houses
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09

visitors book was characteristic Of
him and Il great compliment to Miss
Keyser. Things are we'll done here;
] could not manage the place better
myself"
Before the war broke out Miss Key
ser had more than three hundred
applications from we'll to do officers
to reserve them a bed in her hospital
in case of need, but she refused all
such applications. One officer in the
sixteenth Lancers offered to pay her
$2,5O0 to reserve bed for him. Miss
keyser placed her hospital at the
disposal of the war office, by whom
beds are requisitioned, and she never
knows who her patients are until
they have arrived.
The hospital week after the en-.
gagement of Mons, was full, and Miss
keyser then rented another house in
Grosvenor Gardens, where accommo-
dation can be had for another fifty
officers. One officer who left the hos
pital recently presented Miss Keyser
with a check for $4,000.
Miss Keyser places every officer
under her charge on their word of
honor not to say one word concern
ing the war to the nurses looking
after them until they have seen Lord
Kitchener, who visits the hospital
about once a week.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
YOUTH IN THE MARKET PLACE.
Finds Master and Is Happy With
Labor to Perform. -.
Cnlliar,s WenL1u


Youth came into the market place
half dazed by the dazzling brilliance
of the sun. but with strong hands and
ready spirit. Youth found master,
and was happy even when surcharged
with labor and meagerly rewarded
and denied sunshine. Youth gave
largely of service and of loyalty-for
of these things Youth was prodigal.
being richer in them than in dollars.
Years rolled by. and Youth was less
quick. and showed the pallor Of work.
ing indoors for small recompense.
and said to himself: Which of my
time to come? For I must keep in
my house only those whose backs are
strong and feet eager and hands
subtle" And she whose name had
been Youth passed languidly. and the
master marked her without speech
that she no longer sang softly at her
work as once, and he reflected: IA
few Years and she will be of much
less value to me, and I shall be pay
ing her as much as her labor is worth
to me--which would be no bargain.
Better dismiss her today than tomor-
row. And he called to her and said !:
my plans are altered. Youth, and l
no longer need you here. Take two
weeks. look about you, and be sure
that shall give you q letter of rec
ommendatiOn saying that have
found YOU fairly faithful servant in
such matters as you understand" And
tears came into Youths eyes, know
ing that she was Youth no longer, but
an empty vessel.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
The European War Situation as Shown bv Press DISPATCHES

speedins up has resulted in greae the
.acceleration in the recovery oa .ent .n
dangerously wounded. for tney aear" ~"
the hospitals within the perioo u ~
fectiOn.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
war INCREASES
NORWAY TRADE
Indications Point to Period
Of Unusual Prosperity,
Writes Peer Stromme.
DENY SHIPMENT
OF CONTRABANDS
Authorities Deny Charges
Great Britain Favored
by Public.

Christianla. Norway, Oct. 22.-1n
this metropolis, and in the smaller
cities in this part of Norway, there is
on the surface nothing to suggest that
trade or industry is affected adversely
by the great war. On the contrary, il
perity and Industrial activity. Un-
usual activity. that Is. for Norway.
That which in Norway Is called work
W. would in America call rest. Nor
wegian hustle and wild excitement
would in Minneapolis be regarded as Il
profound calm. They will not believe
1t, butt really, everything over here is
pretty slow. One American visiting
Christiania a couple of years ago
claimed to have gathered the impress
sion that in busy times the busy busi-
ness men came down to their business
for an hour every day. while the men
in public Office had office hours from
$3.50 to in ihe afternoon every other
Wednesday.
Public Favors Great Britain.
1t needs but short stay in Norway
that public opinion now is overwhelm-
angly friendly to Great Britain as
against Germany. The country is care
fully neutral in every public utterance,
out the common talk of the streets
and in the lounging places is much
like that heard in London. There is
IN Christiania little Anglican church
hidden away in one of the poorer
quarters of the city off Moellergaten.
1t excites no comment when the king
and queen attend the services in that
church. in which special prayer is
offered for success to British arms, as
they did last Sunday.
Their majesties are very democratic
They marched into the church with
the rest of the congregation and took
their seats on one Of the front benches
with whatever plebians happened to
be sitting there. The congrega ton
did, however, rise and remain stand
ing while the kind and queen walked
down the aisle
The service was impressive. and
NorW rWegian-American was likely to
feel 1t come right home to him when
eh heard that special prayer was said
Tor his gracious MAJESTY, King
George, and for King Haaken of Nor
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
STRATEGY APACE
With new WAR
First Ineffective, New Plans
Have Been Adopted and
Are Successful.

London, Nov. 9.-Modern fighting
strategy, at first rather helpless be-
fore the aerial and artillery factors, is
beginning to adapt itself to the new
conditions and along the great Aisne
battle front many fertile brains have
been busy devising schemes to meet
these problems. Probably the most
useful work Of the areoplane has been
the location of positions and conse-
quent direction Of artillery fire often
resulting in terrible losses to the at
tacking army.
According to distinguished Lon
don surgeon, now serving as a volun-
teer in the Army Medical Corps, the
British troops have become adopts at
building dummy trenches to attract
the enemy's fire. These trenches are
thrown up with great fidelity and
rummy figures and guns are left in
them patiently awaiting the German
aeropiane scouts. Believing he has
discovered a new position the aviator
signals to the nearest German battery,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
SWEDISH KING
STRONGER TODAY

Stockholm, Nov. 9.-King Gustav,
who just after the political crisis in
ated upon for a stomach malady, is
now enjoying good health and seems
to be stronger than anybody would
have expected. The king plays lawn
tennis on the covered courts in Stock
holm nearly every day for an hour,
and nearly always against some crack
players whom he is able to give hard
game
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
URGES BIG ARMY.

South Hadley, Mass, Nov. An
increase in the army and navy was
strongly advocated by former presl-
dent Taft, who spoke at the FOUL rouH.
ders' Day exercises at M. Holyonee Ne
college. He urged, also, the heeu "
more highly trained officers.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
.jAPAN'S GREATEST
Menace IS SELF
Factory Problem in Orient
!, Deplors'IbaR29 i Claims 4 !.
Thousanaslof Girls.

karuizawa, Nov. 9.-"More damag
ing to the health and morality of the
Japanese than even a serious. war is.
the yearly toll exacted from the 20O,-
900 girls who are recruited from the
factories Of the empire. Says Galen NJ
Fisher. the American general secre-
tary Of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation for Japan, who has made an
exhaustive study of economic and So
cial problems here.H He set forth the
results Of his studies at the special
school at Karuisawa. 4
MIR. Fisher thinks that nothing but
radical reform and the adoption of
progressive laws will meet the situa-
tion. There are now in Japan a total
of 471,877 women and girls employed
in private and government factories,
Sc per cent Of the total factory force
of the country being women. OF these
66 per cent are girls under 20 and 22
per cent under IA years of age.
The conditions of many of the fac
tories, Mr.. Fisher declares, are decid-
edly unhealthy, with poor light and
ventilation, filled with escaping steam
and noxious vapors The factory dor
mitories. in which 20 per cent of the
women employees live. are often "as
good breeding places of disease as
germ SuSuIC trays AZ q UAO6A5t ldD.
oratory." The hours Of labor in silk
factories run from 13 to 15 hours, and
in weaving factories and cotton mills
from 10 to 12. Two-thirds Of the wo-
men workers in Toxic factories re-
ceive under 16 cents q day and only
one-sixth from 20 to 80 cents These
are figures gathered by the Toxic po.
lice.
Two hundred thousand girls from
various country districts are enrolled
in the factories each year for the first
time. Notwithstanding the efforts Of
the factories and recruiting agents it
is said that any given district is likely
to be exhausted Of girls In three years.
Mr.. Fisher concludes: ''The person.
al ministry already undertaken in be-
half of factory workers and the local
regulations in certain cities such as
Osaka are good as far as they 60. but
they do not touch the heart of the
problem. Nothing sbutha nationwide
uprising by intelligent physicians,
teachers and leaders OF opinion will
suffice to end this blot: upon Japan'e
good name and this menace to the fu-
.ture.
'In 1911 the imperial diet after
warm debate passed D factory law, but
it has not yet been promulgated. Its
provisions were gradually 30 watered
down by exceptions and qualifications
that even If put into operation 1T
would give but very partial relief. But
still it may be the best that can be
hoped for at the present. It is devout
ly to be hoped that 1t will be promul-
gated and put into operation without
further delay"
1t takes woman to point out the
faults Of other women,
Time isn't alve.yss money to tho
chap who does a credit business,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09

The surgeon knows how to get in
side information.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
At ONCE! CLOCGED NOSTRlS
0PEN--COLDS OR CATARRH GO

at any drug store. This sweet,
fragrant balm dissolves by the heat
Of the nostrils; penetrates and heals
the inflamed. swollen membrane
which lines the nose. head and
throat; clears the air passages: stops
nasty discharges and a feeling of
cleansing, soothing relief comes Inn
mediately.
Don't lay awake tonight strug-
Cling for breath. with head stuffed;
nostrils closed. hawking and blowing.
Catarrh or cold. with it's running
nose, foul mucous dropping into the
throat, and raw dryness is distress.
ing but truly needless.
Put your faith-just once-in
"Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold
or catarrh will surely disappear
ADV
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
way. and for the president of the
United States"

There is some irritation in Norway
by reason OF the complaints constantly
coming from Great Britain, charging
that Norway is importing flour and
coal and sending these contraband
goods on to Germany. The Nor
denied the truth of these charges; and
the matter has caused some friction.
However. the most difficult subject
with which Norway has to deal at the
present time is the question what to
do with the socialistic agitators
against what they call miltarism. The
trouble has been brought to head by
recent happenings in Tromso. city
in the northernmost part of the coun-
try. A dozen unwilling recruits in
that town had their photogra phs TAX
en-, planting their feet on their guns
and uniforms. For this they were
sentenced to a short imprisonment.
On their release the socialists of the
place gave a banquet in their honor,
and Mr.. Gausdal. a socialist member
of the storting. or parliament, made
"heroes." Steps have now been taken
to punish him for his appearance at
the banquet and there is every pros
pect of a bitter fight. This prospect
is welcomed by the socialists. who
seem to thrive best under persecu-
ton.
Town OH Mountainsi,lc.
In order to note conditions and get
at the sentiment in the rural districts,
] have just made Il trip up into Hal
lingdal. stopping at Ncsbyen, the CEN
trail village in the valley. At that place
there is a junction of two mountain
streams. and there has been formed a
tongue of fairly level land big enough
to support II small town. High up on
a shoulder OF the mountain there is
some soil and has been built a settle
ment. From the valley it looks no big
ger than n page of ii newspaper, but it
is in fact whole parish. One OF the
at Nesbyen furnishes energy
for lighting all the houses in the town
and even for heating some of them.
The waterpower also runs a small saw
mill and does much other hard work.
For the rest, the town is pretty
drowsy. 1t is. as has been said, a
good place. because there a man can
die without making any great change
in his mode of living.
AS it happened l visited Nesbyen at
time OF some excitement. There, was
tented show, which, however. just like
our own, claimed to be the biggest in
the world. According to the posters,
there was in that little tent gorge
GUS galaxy of talent. with death defy
ing performers and some wonderful
trained horses. There were three or
four people arranged with a. view to
them look as much as posi-
Bile like 20.
Well, this is another story. Every
one whom l met in Nesbyen declared
that times are unusually good just |
now, and that he hoped for the crush
Ing defeat of Germany as the result |
Of the great war.
Among the Americans now in Nor |
way / have met is ]. w. Arctander. !
of Minneapolis. With tireless |
he is now in his old age
reading for the bar examinations in
Norway. Not that he expects to prac-
tice law here, but that he may, while |
here, have something to do.