The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

From Thursdays Daily.
Indications are multiplying day by
day that the triple convention, which
Is to be held in Mankato on Janu-
airy 20 to "a. will be grand and
well attended affair.
Requests for copies of the pro-
gram and premium list are pouring
In on John ID. Deets, secretary OF
the league. from farmers in all
parts OF the state. who contemplate
attending and sending exhibits.
Word TO the effect that large dele
cations are coming TO Mankato has
been received from Faribault. Pipe
stone, Fairmont. Preston, Albert Lea
and othertowns.
The banquet that will be held on
Friday night In connection with the
convention will consist largely. II
not entirely, OF courses in various
food products of alfalfa and corn
and Is to be known as the alfalfa
and corn banquet. Details have not
yet been decided. The place will
be chosen soon A large hall is
needed.
+. +. Soaring, secretary OF the
Commercial club, has received word
from the Civic and Commerce as.
ISOLATION at Minneapolis to the eff
feet that that body has been making
arrangements TO send large dele
CATION on n special train. This train
will probably leave Minneapolis on
the morning of Friday, January %.
and return that same evening after
the banquet Mr. Soaring was asked
by officers of that association what
would be the best day for this ex-
cursion and he answered that the
best day would be Friday.
This Minneapolis body has been
negotiating with the St Paul AS
ISOLATION OF Commerce and with the
Stock exchange of South ST. Paul.
with a view to having all these
bodies represented by one delegation
that will come ON that special train
This train will come over the Oma-
ha road.
Interesting facts are given con
corning tho schools In Blue Earth
county in the recently published
report OF the state graded school In
spcctor. s. A. Challman.
a schedule showing the number
OF minutes devoted to the recita.
lions in various studies from the
first grade to the eighth grade in
the normal schools showed the fol-
/ lowing figures. the time given in
the first and eighth grades. only,
being given here: Opening exer-
cises. 60 to 50: recesses les to 80:
reading and word study. 329 TO 100:
spelling, so to So: language and
grammar, 122 to 235; arithmetic. 1856
TO 1876: writing. AZ to 60: history, 50
TO 1876; geography. 80 to 1873: by.
giene. AZ to 62: music. 80 to rs:
drawing and construction work. 1877
10 "a; manual training varies from
seventy minutes in the sixth grade
to 1874 in the eighth grade and
home economics varies from 90
minutes in the sixth grade to 1856.
In the high schools OF the state.
including the Mankato high school.
the same facts showed the follow
ing figures: Opening exercises. GO
to 81: recesses. 131 to 143: reading
and word study, sos to 1862; spelling,
SO TO az language. 81 to 22G: arith.
metic, SO to 2O9; writing. II to 60:
history 40 to 1877: geography. As to
14S; hygiene. go to 33; music. 40
to 80: drawing and construction
work. 20 to "a: manual training.
6s to 116; home economics, CO TO
121.
The following figures are given
for Blue Earth county school dis
tricts: Good Thunder assessed valu-
alton 236.721; rate in mills OF
school taxes. $3.50. Madison Lake.
assessed valuation. $4,000: rate in
mills III school taxes 1880. st. Clair.
assessed valuation $176,3SO; rate in
mills of schol taxes, 1890. Vernon
Center. assessed valuation, S157.974:
rate I'm mills OF school taxes, 14.46.
The Good Thunder schools have an
enrolment OF III pupils. and four
teachers. Madison Lake has an en-
rollment OF seventy.two pupils and
four teachers: st. Clair has an en-
rollment of 1l2 pupils and has
four teachers: Vernon Center has
10S pupils and four teachers.
These four schools mentioned re-.
cieve state aid OF 5000 annually.
The figures complied in this re-
port OF course show the standing
Of the graded schools alone, so that
the high schools are not mentioned.
Redwood Falls. Mimi, January 3.
AT the annual municipal cleo.
ton held in this city Tuesday the
no license party won by a plurality
of seventy.three votes. This Is the
heaviest vote ever polled against
the saloons here in the history Of
the city. Last year the "wets"
won by a majority OF sixteen.
The rpSult of tho aiactinp uae nc