The Mankato free press., 1914-08-07
From Wednesdays Daily.

assist her in celebrating.
From Wednesdays Daily.
A frantic mother rushed TO the
window of the ticket office of the
Northwestern union depot this morn.
ing a few moments after No. 16 on
the Omaha had departed for the
twin cities, exclaiming that the train
had carried of her baby. The WON
an had come on the same train,
when 1t arrived from South Dakota
at sos as Northwestern passenger
train No. SIC. She had thought the
train was going to lay over at the
depot for at least an hour, SO she
took her two older children off the
train to get breakfast for them and
herself at the lunch room. The baby
she left i'm a seat on the train, in
tending to bring it bottle of milk
when she returned. While the three
were eating in the lunch room, the
mother was Mortified to see the train
pull out and depart. She at once
excitedly told her story to Night
Ticket Clerk Russell. The latter
sent a wire message to the train dis
patcher of the Omaha at st. James.
The train dispatcher Immediately
communicated the situation to the
ticket agent at Kasota, instructing
him to take the baby off the train
and take care of 1t. The agent de-
clared this was the most appalling
order he had ever received. He
was a bachelor. But he promised to
try.
A little while later the train dis
patcher received from. the Kasota
station the wire: Baby yelling;
what shall do?" Sing to it," was
the reply. A little while afterwards
came the message from Kasota at
is all right: baby asleep"
The mother was Obliged to wait at
Mankato with her two children un-
| til No. IL OF the Northwestern left
for Kasota. The. three departed on
| this train. AS soon as the train
reached Kasota the mother found her
baby. still sleeping in a large chair,
where the operator had improvised
bed by means of his coat.
From Wednesdays Dailv.
Another electric line for the iron
range will be in operation within a
year If the officials OF the road meet
with the success in the coming
months that they have in the last
half year, says the Duluth News
| Tribune.
The, road win be known as the
| Grand Marais and Northwestern rail-
way.
DR.. f. ID. Brandenburg OF Mime
apolis, vice president of the new
road, was in Duluth yesterday and
predicted that twenty mile stretch
of the road will be built in the near
future. The construction contracts
were let about a month ago and
work will proceed as fast as con.
dition permit. ,..s
The Thief River Falls road, of
which DR.. Brandenburg is also vice
president, was financed, built and put
into operation for distance of
twenty miles within a year. II goes
through the rich agricultural land
east of Thief. River Falls, which is
part OF the. famous Red River valley.
"The building of this road in Cook
county will mean large influx of
settlers in that part of the state,
with a corresponding benefit to
Duluth" said DIR. Brandenburg.
''The Grand Marais railway is under
Minnesota charter, the officers are
under bonds and the road is already
more than half financed" he added.
DR.. Brandenburg is a former resi-
dent of Mankato.
Winona, August 5.-"The weather
during the week has been warm and
generally clear, the temperature
ranging from sixty to ninety-four de
grees with one good rain over prac-
tically all of the territory" reads
report which was made public by ri.
j: wagen at HIS general Office of the
Northwestern here. This rain was
very beneficial to corn. which now
promises to be an excellent crop"
Harvesting Of small grains In the
southern part of the state and in
South Dakota will be completed this |
week IL the weather is favorable. |
Very little wheat thus far has been
threshed.
Reports of yields have been com.
piled at the local Offices giving a
general idea Of how the farmers are
being rewarded.
At Dover one threshing showed |
barley went 20 bushels to the acre;
sas3gs aR iG ssiltel - 10 lnuoS