The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-04-30
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From fridays Daily.
''ln my opinion the great fair at
San Francisco is not what worlds
fair should be-" was a statement made
today by Louis Kruse. who has
spent the winter with his family In
the southwest. I'VE were Eve days
at San Francisco. The architecture
of the buildings and the laying out
of the grounds Is very grand. The
buildings are planned on the cloister
style. In this respect the San Fran
cisco fair Is away ahead of either the
Chicago or 81. Louis worlds fairs. At
the same time the San Francisco ex-
position can hardly be called a worlds
fair. as the expositions of foreign ma
lions are sadly missing. Germany,
England and Russia have nothing
there to speak OF. ltaly's building Is
only about a third finished. France
has smaller exhibit than she had
at Chicago or st. Louis. Some of the
smaller foreign countries. however.
that are not engaged in the war have
good exhibits for their size. Japan
has a good exposition, but not what
she had at either Chicago or St Louis.
Met Number OF kato People.
while we were at Phoenix, Ariz.,
we met quite a number of Mankato
people. Among these were Mrs. III.
A. Alleman, Mrs. Alfred Carlson, Miss
nj Inh.. unnltnn n
Henline Is doing very well. The ell
mate has evidently greatly benefited
his health. We also met Eugene Lane,
the Fairmont editor Another whom
we ran across was wAW p. McCon-
nell, once of Mankato, but now run
ming a farm paper down at Phoenix.
Arizona is a great health resort as
the air Is pure and dry. But we were
told that IL was not nearly so dry
where we were as IL was before the
great Roosevelt irrigation project was
put through. There used to be hard
" any rain at all. but now they get
quite a little rain In the month OF
December.
Population 10 Mixed.
1.-The population Is about twenty
five per cent Mexican. The rest is
composed of all kinds of people. A
large portion of the population Is
made up of people from the east who
have settled there for the sake Of
their health on account of the ell
matte conditions.
1--WE spent most of the winter ut
Phoenix. Ariz. Phoenix is situated
right In the Salt river valley, which
Is below the government irrigation
dam, known as the Roosevelt dam.
The dam Is IA miles from Phoenix.
The Salt river valley is really one of
the most beautiful wales In the south
west. The. land that is watered by
means of the Roosevelt dam consists
of 2ss.o00 acres, and there are $4,000
TO $4,000 acres more. which will get
the water next year The dam Is
filed to it's top now. When the dam
Is completed to it's new height, IL will
hold, enough water to irrigate the en-
tire valley for q period OF four years.
Industry IL Cattle Raising.
THE city of Phoenix, the capital OF
Arizona, has 10000 to $4,000 people.
II has almost doubled I'm size during
the last eight years. The principal
industry around there is cattle rails
ing. They get seven to eight crops of
alfalfa per year. There Is also great
deal of raising of oranges, apricots,
peaches and grapes. A great deal of
cotton is being raised. They raise
some of the finest cotton in the United
States there.
"The climate IL very pleasant at
Phoenix all the year, with the excep-
ton of June, July and August, when
II Is very hot. 49,
Some of the oranges raised there
are of the finest quality. The harvest
comes between the fifteenth of Octo-
Der and the fifteenth, of November.
] 1at is about two months ahead OF
the California orange crop. This gives
the Arizona orange raisers great
advantage. There Is always ready
market for the Arizona Orange crop"
From Fridays osnv.
ST. Paul. April 23.-An almost con-
slant stream of individuals and dele
cations visited Governor Hammond
yesterday TO oppose or favor the box
ing bill and II Is generally conceded
that the governor. Is facing one of the
big problems of his administration.
The bill permitting the holding of
public sparring and boxing matches
under the supervision of a boxing
commission. which passed the house
With comfortable majority and the
senate by a margin of three votes.
needs only the signature of the gov
ernor to make II law. ~
Few private individuals who would
be prominent in boxing circles"
should the bill become a law are Wis
iting the governors Office. Their ar
euments for the law are being voiced
to the chief executive drought mem
bers OF the Legislature who favored
the bill.
Opponents of a boxing law are
frank in expressing their opposition,
however.
I. Protest BY Y. NJ. c.
A dozen prominent representatives
OF the Y. NJ. c. A. were among those
who called on Governor Hammond
yesterday In body to protest active
ly against "commercialized boxing"
The delegation was headed by State
Secretary r. w. Peck. ]. r. Thomp-
son. general secretary of ST. Paul, and
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