The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
From Saturdays Daily.

Z. Il. whitney,, Mapleton, vice
president.
C. R. Shumway, Mankato, secre-
tary and treasurer. Board of direc-
tors. The officers are w. R. Ad-
ans, city; George Austin, Lake Cry
stall; Adolph Hoehn, Madison Lake;
George Preston, Smiths Mill; A. H.
Ludke, Amboy.
George Austin of Lake Crystal
was elected as delegate to take the
winning samples to the state show at
Fairmont, which opens next Tues
day to continue for three days. Fred
o. True was chosen as alternate.
A resolution committee was ap-
pointed to present resolutions at the
meeting this afternoon. The COM
mittee was composed of w. r. Ad-
ans, A. H. Ludke and H. A. Fuller,
Interest in the bread contest was
widespread this year, and sixty-fiVe
entries were made by women through
out the territory of the association.
Miss Lillian Lindholm of this city was
superintendent of the contest, and
the bread was judged by Miss Shop
ard of the university farm. The terri
tory was divided into districts, the
first prize in each district to be S.;
the second, 81; and the third, So.
There were five districts represented,
and a class for girls under sixteen
years of age. Prizes were awarded as
follows:
~Sweepstake: Mrs. Minnie Heyen,
normal school dormitory.
District No. /: Mrs. Mary A. Thayer,
Route 2, first; Mrs. G.. Schmidt, R. 4,
second; Mrs. C.. NJ. Yaeger, R. 1,
third; Mrs. Ellen Jones, r. /, fourth;
Mrs. Maize Jones, R. 4, fifth.
District No. 2. Mrs. Minnie Heyen,
normal dormitory, first; Mrs. 1. N.
Griffith, 1902 South Front, second;
third; Mrs. Paul Weber, 1918 North
Fifth street, fourth; Mrs. NJ. Amund-
son los North Front street, fifth.
District No. 3: Mrs. Ida NJ. Lewis,
Lake Crystal, r. 8, first; Mrs. Wally
Anderson, Lake Crystal, second.
District No. 4: Mrs. Selma Erick-
son, Rapidan, second.
District No. 5: Mrs. GRANGE Frank
lin, Good Thunder, first; Mrs. Martin
Steffen, Mapleton, second; Mrs. H. B.
Greeley, Mapleton, third; Mrs. Golf,
Mapleton, fourth; Mrs. w. Hascher,
Mapleton, fifth.
Girls class: Miss Thelma Stats,
TAG Nicollet avenue, first; Miss Esther
~Durenburger, 52S South Front street,
second; Miss Katherine Brandt, 426
Sherman street, third; Miss Florence
Johnson, 334 Nicollet avenue, fourth;
Miss Enid Evans, 210 Byron street,
fifth.
The MapIeton Awards.
The Mapleton citizens offered
prizes to the five highest scored
loaves of bread made by Mapleton
women, which were awarded as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Martin Steffen, first; Mrs. H.
B. Greeley, second; Mrs. Golf, third;
Mrs. ]. F. Albrecht, fourth; Miss
Blanche Whitney, fifth; Mrs. c. II.
Leiferman, sixth.
Entries in Contest.
Those who entered bread in the
contest were Mrs. It. j. Thompson,
Miss Florence Johnson, Mrs. August
Johnson, Mrs. ]. c. Keed, city; Miss
Ida Lewis, Lake Crystal; Mrs. H. A.
Wellman, city; Mrs. Selma Erickson,
Rapidan; Mrs. C.. S. Watts, Good
Thunder; Mrs. d. A. Jones, city;
Miss Esther Du~renberger, city; Mrs.
H. J. Roberts, city; Mrs. c.. A. Eng
watson, city; Mrs. E. A. Iteipke,
North Mankato, Mrs. Ellen Jones, R.
1; Mrs. G.. Schmidt, R. /; Mrs. S. j.
Mace, R. 2; Mrs. Adolph Heise, R. 6;
Mrs. L. N. Griffiths, city; Mrs. C. A.
Pepper, city; Ida Peschim, Lake Crys-
tai; Mrs. H. w. Clapp, kasOta; Mrs.
Deef, r. /; Mrs. Minnie Heyn, city;
Mrs. l.. P. Miller, R. 8; Mrs. F. B.
Strong, city; Mrs. H. B. Greeley and
Mrs. c. H. Leiferman, Mapleton;
Mrs. w. G.. Olson, R. 2; Mrs. Re-
becca Ellis, and Mrs. E. Whitney,
Mapleton; Mrs. G.. w. Koenig, Miss
M. Amundson, city; Mrs. j. F. AL
brecht, Miss Blanche Whitney, Mrs.
Martin Steffen, Mrs. Golf, Mapleton;
Mrs. Mary Thayer, r. 2; Mrs. w. V.
Kidder, Good Thunder; Mrs. c.. NJ.
Yaeger, R. 1; Mrs. A. A. Stats, Miss
Thelma Stats, North Mankato; Miss
Enid Evans, city; Mrs. Burnett. R. 5;
Mrs. B. Lamont, city; Miss Genevieve
Jordon, city; Mrs. James A. Pepper,
city; Mrs. Wallie Anderson, Lake
Crystal; w. G. Zeno, city, Mrs. c. r.
Shumway, city; Mrs. Maize Jones,
r. A; Miss Selma Kruger, city; Mrs.
G. w. Roberts, city; Mrs. j.. T. Nc
Carthy, city; Mrs. George Ramp,
city; Miss Catherine Brandt, city;
Mrs. Paul Weber, city; Miss Louise
Weber, city; Miss Gertrude Kohl
mann, Good Thunder; l. Kollmann,
Good Thunder; Mrs. John HOLMAN,
Good Thunder; Mrs. Elizabeth Brandt,
Miss GRANGE Franklin, Good Thunder
city; Miss GRANGE Franklin, Good
Thunder.
Winners BY Boys.
Following are the winners in the
boys acre corn growing contest: First,
Icel Clark, Lake Crystal, yield S2.5S
bushels; second, Arndt Anderson,
yield S1.60 bushels; third, Rudolph
Anthony, yield $500 bushels; Freder-
lex Andring, yield $3.50 bushels;
Hugo Thorson, $500 bushels; Ellis
Thorson, 65.4O bushels; Lester Nc
Carger, yield 60.72 bushels; Victor
johnson, yield 59.0S bushels.
Making The Farm Pay.
Making the farm pay a reasonable
dividend on the capital inverted was
one of the most important subjects
discussed yesterday afternoon at the
meeting of the Blue Earth County
Seed association held in the Knights