The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-07
srANKATo FREE PRESS


the fact that we are being troubled BIZ
"A party or PARTIES sending In false
alarms. recently, and would suggest
that a special effort be made to ap-
prehend such party or parties. and a
reward be offered for their arrest and
conviction. II Is my opinion that II
few examples be made or these false
alarm ijends. their pastimc VIII be-
come less popular In the future. Out
of twelve box alarms during the last
fiscal year. just six of them were
false. and Of these six. the greater
share, were sent In for pure cusscti-
ness. And this year is beginning the
same way. Last evening the depart
ment was called 10 Box AZ on such n
wild goose chase I wish TO state
here that the men and apparatus. as
well as all pedestrians and vehicles
on the streets undergo the same risks
when the department is answering
one of these false alarms. ms II there
actually were fire.
Autos Do Interfere.
Another matter TO which | would
like TO draw your attention IL the
fact that automobiles are interfering
of drawing to the curb on the APP
preach OF apparatus. and allowing II
to pass. they run along side, and even
endeavor to pass II, no doubt thinking
Il Is more important that they get
there than the apparatus. And at the
fire, they all crowd around. and hem
i'm the apparatus so that 1t Is absolute
" impossible TO lay line OF hose.
There is an ordinance governing this
matter, and should be enforced
These are serious matters, and
should receive prompt attention.
From Mondays SsiIv
Charles HOdapp. the young farmer.
who disappeared from his home five
miles east Of the city on Thursday
morning. April %. has returned. Ic
came back TO his home at ] 40 o'clock
Sunday morning. He raped at the
door. and finding that no one was
home. he went tn the residence of his
father. George HCdapp. Il mile TO the
southwest Here he found his wife.
The young husbands mind seems
To he blank as to what led to his
disappearance. He declares lie has no
memory of his going away. The earli-
cst recollection that he has. accord
ing 10 his statement. Is that on the
Saturday following his disappearance
he found himself making his way
through the country about two miles
from WascCa. He was not far from n
farmhouse. lie went TO this and asked
for something TO eat lie was taken
In. housed and fed. and work was
given him. lie says he did not ask
the name Of the people with whom he
stayed. hut shortly afterwards he left
the place and went To work for anoth-
or farmer. As u rule the farmers gave
him the job Of hauling manure BY
and ny his r"cOllcrtions came back
Ia him. lie began To realize after a
few days just who he was, and won
dercd how hr had come 10 leave
home
Had Teeth Attended To.
Last Saturday. he said. hr was In
GAINESVILLE. where he had his teeth M e.
tended To by dentist. lie paid the
dentist with money he had earned
on The ncirhhUrinE farms. Saturday
night h" boarded y train NJ gainesville
and came 10 Mankato Junction From
that station he walked the whole
way tn his home.
George lIOdapp. tho young mans
father. IL as much surprised as any
body at his son's lapse OF memory
lie says he never knew him to have
a spell of that kind before. The son
has been subject TO severe headaches
hut nobody ever thought that they
were affecting his mind
During his absence the wife has
been attending To the chores about the
place. She and her younger sister
Ruth Mandcrfcld. who stayed at the
same home. have been spending
their nights nj the residence OF
George llodapp. All three, however
have now gone back TO the Charles
Hodapp farm. and everything Is about
as before. While Charles IIodapp was
away. the farm was seeded by the
family Of Mrs. Rudolf Anderegg. who
owns II. II will be remembered thar
Charles Hodapp had neglected the
seeding.
From, Mcndsv's Daily.
Rev. a. Kuhn died at his home In
Watertown last Saturday, after long
and useful life devoted to the service
OF the German Evangelical Lutheran
church. being eighty years OF age al
the time Of his death. He was born
In Switzerland, and came To this
country during his early youth. where
he has been engaged i'm religious
work for many years. He came tc
Mankato April 20, 1869, and was pas
tor of the church here until 1892. Al
one time he was president of the
synod of Minnesota. From here he
went to Greenwood, i'm Hennepir
county. and on account of failing
health was obliged to retire from &C
tive church work. He was much re-
vered as pastor. and did a great
deal for the German Evangelical
church and congregation, as lie came
here when IL was in its infancy, and
assisted materially I'm building up a
successful church.
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