The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-15

81 the ROAD while ne continued bis
journey, and saw that. the machines
were brought to their destinations.
The injured car was brought IN yes.
tefday, and was found to be in bet.
ter shape titan was expected. Two
wheels were broken one front and one
rear. the steering rod was bent, and
one axel was also bent, but the motor
started to 90 at once. and none OF
the steel gearing or rods were brok.
en-. which speaks well for the Stude.
baker machines. Il was stated today
that the car could be- easily repaired
and would then be as good as new. :
3 Cleveland Mimi. entertained a
large number of strangers on Satur.
day In honor of II. II. Flowers, speak
or az the Minnesota house OF rep
resentatives. From all the country.
side and villages OF the county citi-
zens gathered TO assist In making the
occasion the greatest In the history
of the village. ,s-+
A party of legislators from st. Paul
was met at the station by large
crowd OF citizens and were greeted
by the lie Sueur Center band. A pro.
cession escorted ,Mr. Flowers and the
other lawmakers to the village hall,
where at $3.50 y. m. banquet aud
speechifying meeting began.
Mayor Nicholas Burns OF Cleveland
and Professor c. W. Knox, superin-
tendent of the, consolidated school
there. paid tribute to the victorious
Cleveland man. Mr.. Flowers respond.
ed. and Representatives Larimore,
Lydiard. Girling, Carmichael and Sen.
ator Benson of st. Peter told OF the
battle which placed the speakership
wreath on Mr.. Flowers brow. -.
from Mondays Daily.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Mankato and Blue Earth County
Fair association, held Saturday even.
ing in the Office of Charles T. Taylor
on Main street. the old officers were
reelected as follows: President.
Charles T. Taylor, vice president,
Fred Kron; secretary, John A. John
son; treasurer, ]. ]. Flachsenhar.
The dates for the next fair were
fixed, being September Is, 16. II, and
IS.
1t was decided to build a large
stock, barn on the grounds this year.
AS delegates to attend the annual
meeting of the Minnesota state Fair
association i'm Minneapolis on January
12 to 10, Charles T. Taylor. John A..
Johnson and George Atchison were
elected. q. ~....... ~
The directors who met Saturday
night were elected by the stockholders
on January 4, all succeeding them.
selves. They are Charles T. Taylor,
Fred Kron, John Gerlich, John II.
Hohmann. NJ. ID. Fritz, John Nyquist
and George Atchison.
From Mondays Daily. "A
The annual meeting of the Baptist
church congregation OF Vernon Cen.
ter was held recently with a very
large attendance. dinner being served
to about seventy-iye people. During
the past year eight members Of the
Vernon Center Baptist church have
been transferred to. the Baptist
church In this city. While the
business session was In progress
at the annual meeting interesting let
tiers were read from former pastors,
and Rev. Hallowell of Lake Crystal
gave very inspiring sermon. It
was found that the church had
raised more money during the year
just closed than, In any, previous
year In the history of the church.
The year was one of continual In.
terest In all lines of church work.
The pastor and his family are diii-
gent workers and their efforts are
appreciated by their people.
Falrinont. Mimi, January It.-Word
from the brother of Walter X. Bur.
ton, the missing Christian church
pastor, sheds no light on the mystery.
The brother, who recidcs at Peoria,
ILL.,. writes that lie received only a
postal card from his strange-acting
relative and ON Il was written the
single word Remember
Several queer actions of the minis.
ter are now recalled by F'airmont peo-
pie a year ago he left Fairmont
suddenly. explaining that a telegram
had reached him that his brother was
dying and to come at once. He did
visit his Peoria brother ut that time
but he was not III and the telegram
was myth. .E
From Monoay's oaii,.
Blue Earth county school children
9,204. ,.s. ..rs.,.
Blue Earth county has 9.2Oi chill
dren between the ages of six and
twenty years and 1894 or 1913 per
cent Of them attend school. Accord
ing GA recent census bulletin. The
data contained In the report relates
20 the year 1919 and has. only re-
Gently been made public. The dis
tribution,. by age groups, and the
attending school Is as fol.