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

Office and it was found that Clau.
son had lost the bet.
Some Further Allegations.
II Is further related that Clau-
son then expressed a. desire to
back out OF the bet. but Robson
said he was going downstairs to
get the watch and he did SO. Ever
since that time Clauson has been
endeavoring to get his watch back,
and as a last resort has had re-
course to the law. He has engaged
C. o. Daley as HIS attorney and
brought suit alleging that the de.
PENDANT unlawfully and wrongfuliy
took away the watch and con.
verified II to his own use. He also
alleges that the watch is worth $40.
Robson has engaged Attorney
Walter Plymat to conduct the de
Tense. He admits that he has the
watch, but tells the story of the
bet, and claims that he has a right
to keep It. ~. J.. .T. -
Congressman w. s. Hammond will
address the annual meeting. of the
Minnesota, State; Rural Mail Carriers
association, to be held in Mankato
or July 10 and IL. George ]. Rose,
president OF the Blue Earth County
Rural Mail Carriers association,
which has been making arrangements
to entertain the state delegates, hos
received a letter from the congress-
man. accepting the Invitation so to
do. Mr.. Rose had also heard from
Senator Moses e. ciapp. who says
he viii be present to address the
meeting, IL the senate is through with
business by that time, and he thinks
II will be. Invitations have also been
extended to Congressman Davis and
Senator Nelson. No answer has yet
been received from either of these
national solons. IL is probable that
full arrangements for the entertain.
ment of the. state delegates viii be
perfected at the next meeting of the
Blue Earth county association, which
wiz take place, either on May 30, or
at some time not far from that date.
Some OF the carriers have been OBJ
jecting to, May 80 because II is Dec.
Grafton day.
Safe blowers secured about a dollar
and eighty cents from the New
Richland postofrice between four
o'clock and 4:3O Sunday morning and
escaped. DR.. II. c. Williams, who,
sleeps in his Office in the rear OF
the building heard an explosion and
called the night telephone operator
to locate the night Waterman.
The doctor then stationed himself
BY the postofflce door with a gun to
stop the burglar on his departure.
However the first person to appear
was Telegraph Operator Dalton from
the railway station. who was covered
with gun by the doctor. Meanwhile
the burglars escaped through the
front door OF the postoffice unmo-
Tested.
They had first entered a black.
smith shop and had taken tools,
which were LETT in the post-office
building. From the nature OF the
work II Is thought by some people
that local talent did the work.
Lowell Parsons, son OF the Rev.
James Parsons OF st. Paul, has pur-
chased the Amboy garage OF Amboy
in partnership with w. J. Nelson
of Vernon Center and will take
charge in a few days. l.. b. Myhr,
thu present owner, will remain in
Amboy.
Mr.. Parsons took up automobiling
shortly after his graduation from
Hamline university In 1912, and be-
came an instructor in the Minnea.
polls Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation automobile school. Later he
went to Fairview, Montana, where
he was employed in a garage until
last autumn when he returned TO the
twin cities and is again. with the
Young Mems Christian Association
automobile school -. liz ..
Mr.. Nelson, whose home Is nj
Vernon Center, has been In the au.
tomobile business in the twin cities
the last four years. Both young
men are experienced experts in
their line.
From Fridays Daily. "
Mayor Meyer said today that he
did not think there would be any
trouble over the matter Of refund
ing license money to- Peter Klages,
the former North Front street sa.
lcon-keeper, who was obliged to
close his place OF business recently,
when 1t was found that his license
had been illegally issued. The H.
cense was illegal under the state
Law forbidding the issuance OF sa.
loon licenses TO any retail liquor
dealers who had been convicted of
certain offenses within specified
time. Klages ran the saloon about
six months under the illegal II.
cense and II is likely that the
matter will be settled up by re-
funding to him whatever portion of
the $1,000 fee he paid that is com.
mensurate with the portion of the
period of the license that was attn