The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-04-02
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1T.lUE lo luuii IL tttltT iU ~ IRE
alarm box, No. i5, at State and Mar
shall streets, an eighteen-year-old
school girl rang an alarm ut G:35 this
morning and brought the fire appara--
tus Immediately to the spot. The girl
was much pcrturbed when she saw
The vehicle approaching, but she step
ped up to the firemen and frankly
explained how IL happened. The door
OF the alarm box had sprung open.
presumably from the effect of changes
of temperature. and the girl pulled the
handle giving the alarm In IN attempt
10 open the box so she could place her
letter inside. This Is the best joke.
that has happened TO the lire depart
incBt since the time when the fire
truck was called to the front of a NOV.
ing picture house on South Front
street TO stop fight.
The Mayer Ilrothefs company OF
this city Is Just I'm receipt OF a COM
munication from the sales maager. r..
W. Kamm, enclosing agency contracts
for 1916 and order for sample Little
Giant Tractor, from the Stinson I'm
plemcnt company of Grand Forks. ~
Oak.
The Stinson Implement company Is
the largest dealer In the northern part
Of the Red River valley. This firm
covers the valley counties or North
western Minnesota and Northeastern
North Dakota, a total OF some seven
or eight counties each of whom is lar
ger in area than Blue Earth county.
and almost every foot of the farms in
such counties Is under cultivation. The
land lies almost level and there is no
tlmebr, nor Is there any rocks, gravel
or waste land Most Of the farms
there are from $50 to GO acres each.
There are no fences excepting small
areas Of pasture. and furrow full
mile long can usually be plowed.
Such farms are ideal for tractor
use. They have been waiting many
years for a practical tractor and now
the Little Giant has solved the prob
lem II is likely that the sales In that
territory win be very large.
Mr.. Kamm states that the entire
present yearly output Of Little Giant
tractors could be sold I'm that one ter.
ritory after their merits become gen
orally known. It Is the intention oil
Mayer Brothers company to spare two
or three tractors for that territory this
year and with their increased output
for, 1915 they hope to spare many
more.
| II may interest the corn growers
of southern Minnesota to know that
the territory covered by the Stinson
Implement company. is becoming fam.
Gus for its corn. They have corn
growers clubs. contests. and all Of
that sort OF thing and Governor Ham.
mond. lin speaking of the cbrn show
the past winter at Crookston said II
was one OF the most wonderful exhibit
tions he had ever seen.
The 1911 winner OF the corn grow.
ing contest had 1856 bushels per
acre, with very many above 100 bush,
els per acre and the average of all OF
the contestants. poor and good, was
Iabout 80 bushels per acre.
Souther Minnesota, Iowa and Hi
nois will have TO look to their laurels
Tor they will be snatched away by the
Red River Valley corn grower. Bet
ter cultivation and blowing is theonly
thing that will save them from this
SAD fate. Little Giant Tractors, used
faithfully. viii greatly assist in keep
ling this evil from the door
4 Charles Quest. chief Of the demon
stration department of the Mayer
Itsrothers company Of this city, left Fri
day noon for Great Falls. Mont, to con
iduct The tractor demonstration April
it..2 and 3 given by Mayer Brothers
company. ON the Boyle Land company
farm near that city. with the two Mod
Tel "a large size) Little Giant Trac
tors and the two six bottom 1f.inch
one. man automatic gang plows. re
Ierntiy seld to the Boyle Land com
.lpahy..<
i Some. $50 farmers and dealers Of
4 Montana and Idaho have written
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