The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-19
Movement to Make Swan Dry;
Plans BYE armers
from fridays OaI,v.

From fridays Dairy.
st. Peter, May 12.-Plans are now
under way for the draining of Swan
Lake near ST. Peter. A meeting oil
the farmers owning land adjoining
the lake was held and they formed
the Swan Lake Drainage association
the purpose of which will be to form
plans and endeavor to drain the lake
Should the project materialize about
$500 acres, or nearly one-third OF
Nicollet county would then be added
to the agricultural area of the COM
munity. Much opposition is expected
from sportsmen, as the lake is con-
sidered to be one of the best lakes
in the state for shooting wild ducks
The Nicollet County Farm bureau Is
making arrangements for weeks
hike for the boys of Nicollet county
between the ages of II and 20. The
purpose of the hike will be to give
the boys an opportunity to visit the
leading farms of the country and il
will also be an educational tour and
a vacation for the boys. The party
July 5, at eight o'clock and will re-
turn Saturday, July s. They will visit
places of interest in Traverse, Lake
Prairie, New Sweden, Bernadotte
Brighton, CRANKY, Nicollet and Osh-
ava townships.
j. r. Kruger left ST. Peter April
% where he had been visiting his
brother-in-law Paul Carpenter, in
tending to go to Flasher, n d., where
he had been appointed postmaster.
He stopped off few days at Fargo,
and no word has been received from
him since his departure from that
city. Authorities at Flasher and
Mandan, n. D., are endeavoring to
learn the missing mans whereabouts,
but so. far have been unsuccessful
in their efforts.
The baseball season at ST. Peter
will be formally opened at that place
next Wednesday by e game between
the All American girls baseball club
and the ST. Peter team. Every mem-
Der of this team is a girl, the pitch
Ell, Elizabeth Pull, being the cham
pion girl pitcher of the world The
game will be played at the driving
park and will be called at three
o'clock.
Special memorial services will be
held at Gustavus Adolphus college
at st. Peter Wednesday morning of
commencement week in memory of
DR.. Z. Norelius, the founder of the
institution. The committee in charge
has secured DR.. c. J. Petri of Min
neapolis, and Dr.. NJ. Eahlstrom, eX-
president of the college to give adj
dresses.
Rev. A. Theodore Ekblad of Supe-
rior, Wis, was the unanimous choice
of the assembled congregation of the
Swedish Lutheran church at ST. Pet
er, and a call was extended to him
to take charge of the church in place
of Rev. E. J. Nystrom, who has been
extended a call to Buffalo, Mimi. No
answer has been received from Rev.
Ekblad.
The second annual automobile
tour of Nicollet county will be held
Hul Sudy, JuhC -, 40 u6iCSu uPoh
at the meeting of the advisory coun-
Gil of the Nicollet County Farm Bur-
eau association, held last Saturday
at the village of Lafayette. The tour
will start from st. George along the
Fort road and will be Joined by dele
cations from the various townships
along the route. Arriving at st. Peter
at noon a basket dinner will be held
at German park and after dinner the
party will proceed to Mankato and
from here will take the new state
road to Nicollet, where the party
will disband.