The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-27


man with equipment and tools val
ued at $500 or 5000.
The warrants for the work were
all issued I'm Mr.. Brooks name so
that Il was not question OF his
misrepresenting the amounts paid
the men. The county auditor stat.
ed at the hearing that in making up
the financial .tatements for publ.
cation he had set opposite the
amounts the names OF the men EN-.
ployed by Mr.. Brooks. whose work
cost the county those amounts.
Committee IL Named.
Mr.. Bowen asked that committee
be appointed To look up the
amounts paid on This work and to
see whether or not Il Is lawful.
II was decided that Commissioner
John Hohmann and Commissioner
Davis would act with the county
auditor in getting together the data
and would present the matter to
the county attorney to decide. Mr..
Brooks consented willingly 70 their
going over his books and accounts
and Is perfectly willing have the
matter settled by the county attor-
ney. The practice OF charging
more 10 the county for the time Of
the men while at work. than he ac-
tually pays them for each day of
the month. Is general throughout
the state and has been sanctioned
by the judges OF the districts courts
on the judicial ditch work.
From Thursdays DAILY.
The National Citizens bank OF this
city bought the ditch and road
bonds, amounting to si01. 900. which
were sold yesterday by. the county
commissioners. These are Ave per
cent bonds and are considered one
OF the finest classes Of bonds OBJ
tainable as security for United
States deposit The premium paid
by the National Citizens bank was
sl6S5. 2..
The next highest bid on the
bonds was made by the Wells.
Dickey company and the First Ma
tional bank OF this city, jointly. and
was IS lower than the National Citi-
zens bank bid. The last issue of
bonds which amounted to about
$4,000 was awarded to the First
National hank.
There were eleven bidders yes
terday. The Union Investment com.
pany of Minneapolis had bid of
s937.5O: and the Farson Sons com.
pany of Chicago had a bid of s1.OSO.
Other bids ranged from those
amounts upward.
The bonds are due serially and
run from one to ten years. ii
The National Citizens bank now
has deposits amounting to $685..
243.35. and total resources Of ST.
576.226.s0. This large issue OF
bonds purchased by the bank only
goes to show how prosperous South
ern Minnesota Is, and how prosper
GUS the bank is.
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From thursdays Daily.
State officers and delegates TO the
supreme camp to the meeting which
will be held in Rock Island In May,
were elected yesterday afternoon al
the tri-annual meeting of the state
Royal Neighbors camp. ID. NJ. Jones
sang Three for Jack" at the open.
ing of the afternoon session and as
an encore gave a numerous recita-
ton, THE Charge OF the Light Brig
ade" in various dialects.
The state oracle, Helen Weldon OF
Hopkins, was then introduced and
she gave a short address. A letter
from a district deputy I'm Georgia,
who was formerly a member OF q
st. Paul camp, was read by the past
supreme oracle, Lima Collins.
Mrs. Alice Nash OF Minneapolis
was endorsed as candidate for the
Office OF supreme receiver at the sti.
preme camp at Rock Island In May.
District Went Into Caucus.
Each district went into caucus and
elected delegates TO the supreme
camp as follows: First district,
Mrs. Frazier OF Austin: alternate,
Mrs Genevieve Henderson, OF Spring
Valley. Mrs. Martha Gates OF Roch.
ester, alternate Mrs. Margaret Edd
OF Winona. Second district, Ida
Funk. Mankato: alternate, Della
Stevens OF Garden City. Third dis.
trict. Mary Roehl of watervllle; al,
ternate, Mary Madden OF Arlington.
Fourth district. Agnes I.aFave. OF
withrow; alternate. VILLA Abrahamson
OF Lindstrom; Mrs. Mary slifer OF
St Paul; alternate, Mrs. Anna Lar.
son OF ST. Paul. Fifth district, Alice
Nash OF Minneapolis Mrs: Badger
OF Wilson, aiternate.y Sixth district,
Josephine Dawson OF Little Falls;
Emily Burke OF wayerly, alternate.
Seventh district, Ida Kent OF WIN.
mar: Mary Higgins of Bethel: Alma
Wistrum OF Perham. alternate. Ninth
district, Clara Schippe OF Hawley:
Mary Booese of East Grand Forks,
alternate.
The State Officers.
The state officers elected are MS
follows: ;oracle, Margaret Plum
nah NJ Eairmont. Vice o.ooi< rr.sst~