The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-05
; here since january / having been

of the year have been passed In re-
spect TO the number Of carloads ar
irving. ~ a.
| The greatest gains have made In !
the hog division. the increases in !,
supplies OF cattle and sheep here
since the opening Of the year hav-
ing been small. as compared with !
the 1914 figures.
The cattle receipts here In Feb
ruary were $4,000. including 6.70O
calves. This total was about 700
short OF that of February, 1914.
In two months this year $500
cattle and 1850 calves arrived, as
, compared with $500 cattle and 49,
97S calves. an increase OF 1000 cat. |
! tie and a decrease Of about 600
calves.
Northwest Heavy Contributor.
Northwestern farms have contrib /,
uted unprecedented porker supplies |
In the past four months, presenting |,
221 900 hogs at the local market I'm !,
February, as compared with 11G,523 |
, sent I'm the same month last year. |
have aggregated more than $4,000. |
and II tomorrow's run approximates !,
the volume OF recent Monday sup
plies, the balf million mark will be |
passed earlier In the year than ever |
before. Last year that figure was
not reached until May L. In 1914 |
the January and February run was |
262, 100. ",
Sheep Receipts increase.
Sheep and lamb receipts this |
month aggregated about 6i.5OO as /
compared with $4,000 year ago.
The 1916 total TO date Is 109.S00.
as compared with 1O2.l50 for the
same period I'm 1914
Hog supplies at eleven principal |
packing centers Of the country. in
Guiding South St. Paul. have been |
more than 100000 since the first ,
Of the year, as contrasted with a
combined total OF about 100000 !,
the same time a year ago. This
big increase accounts largely for the
fact that prices have averaged |
lower in recent weeks than for any
considerable period of time since
March 1912. At South ST. Paul
droves recently have been selling at
from 1925 and $500 hundred
weight. whereas a year ago porkers
commanded 1875 TO $3.50 at this
market.
Cattle prices also have been 90
cents to 81 cheaper than at this sea-
son last year. High cost of corn
has induced farmers TO curtail feed.
ing operations. and many cattle have
been disposed of prematurely for
that reason and because Of fear of
the foot and mouth contagion.
From Mondays Daily.
Cyrus ID. Thurston, a Minnesota
pioneer. who built the first cold
storage warehouse in St. Paul. died
Saturday at the home of his daugh.
ter, Mrs. Clarence II. Johnston, .
Crocus Hill, st. Paul. He was eighty.
one years old. and had been In fail.
ing health for several years.
After the establishment of the
storage business with his son. W. n.
.Thurston. he conducted n carriage V
and farm implement trade, but for
long time had spent his winters ut
his orange grove near Maitland,
Fla. Four years ago he located per-
manently In st. Paul, owing to his
poor health. The funeral arrange
ments have not been made.
Mr.. Thurston was born in 1884
near Granville, Ohio, and was edu-
Gated at the Kentucky Military in.
stitute and the Ohio Wesleyan uni. =
yersity. lie was married to Miss
Mary A. Harrison of Columbus. Ohio.
They came TO Minnesota In the late
fifties, living on farm and later
moving To Mankato aud 10 st. Paul
In 1868. The widow and three chill.
dreD, w. II. Tburston, Brooklyn. n,
Y: Mrs. William Il. Dorr. Mime
apolis, and Mrs. Johnston, survive.
Mr.. Thurston was weilknown In
Mankato aud up To few years ago
hc made frequent trips to this city.
Ftom Mondays OaiIs.
Mexico City, March 1.-Two hun.
drcd men OF General Obregon's CON-
mand were drowned in the water main
leading out to the suburban sources
OF Mexico City's water supply In
a recent attempt to get to the
rear OF the Zapatista forces. l.
When the Zapatistas were compel.
led to evacuate the capital few
weeks ago. they retired to the SUI.
urb OF Xochimilco and seized the
sources Of the city's water supply.
making the capital dependent on ar.
tesian wells and q small reservoir
In a park near Chapultepec castle.
The unfiushed sewers. due to the fact
that scarcity Of water made II
unwise to use IL for anything than
drinking purposes, seriously menaced
the health OF the city. General OBJ
RECON made many attempts to recap. I
ture the main source of the water I
supply in the old Indian town OF I
Nochimilco, but all of them were
repulsed by Zapata's men. |,
A daring raid was finally decided I
upon, for which General Obregon de.