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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

! Mrs. M. D. Fritz and Mrs. Evan
| Hughes, state president and secre-
tary of the Woman's Relief corps, left
this morning for Minneapolis. This
afternoon they will be entertained at
/ the Minneapolis Athletic club and will
leave this evening with others from
the state for Boston, to attend the ma
tional encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic and Woman's
Relief corps. They will be gone about
two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Osborn and
1.-TWO sons and Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Dyon
of Chicago have been guests for sew
eral days ~of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fl.
Spaulding at the Buckeye farm. They
came in their automobile, making the
trip in two and a half days, coming by
| way of Clinton and Cedar Rapids. They
found the roads good all the way
Mrs. Dyon and Mrs. Spaulding are
sisters. The party will leave for home
tomorrow.
| Mrs G. A. Cahoon left yesterday to
visit friends at Redwing. She viii be
| gore about two weeks.
| Rev. and Mrs. j. R. Hitchcock Of
| Waseca were the guests at the G..
4 y
eight year old son had his tonsils re-
moved at one of the local hospitals.
| George Atchison and Jack Martini the
| Irish auctioneer, left this morning fol
| Eagle Grove Ia. at which place they viii
have charge of a real estate auction to-
morrow afternoon.
/ Charles Schostag, who was operated or
4 at the Emmanuel hospital August 9, is
recovering nicely and will be able to re-
turn home Sunday.
Mrs. f. A. Parsons and mother, Mrs
Diliboe, and daughter-in-law.. Mrs. Hugh
parsons Of Black River Falls, Wis, are
guests of Mrs. III. w. Kelly, corner o.
Ivan Brunt and Willard streets. Foul
generations are represented here.
l Second Lieutenant Edward Wise ar
\ rived in the city this noon from FIT. Smell
Hing. and will visit his parents, Mr.. AND
Mrs, G.. E. Wise. until August 80, whei
he leaves for Des Moines. to take up hi
attended the officers reserve training
camp, and was the other day commits
/ stoned second lieutenant A great man,
were disappointed in not getting commits
fmissioned officers, and some can go int
the second camp and try again.
! Mrs. James Standley and children O
Wakefield. Mich, are the guests of tn
4 Chris Sprier, ST., and Chris Sprier
Jr., the former of. West Concord and tn
/ latter of San Francisco, uncle and cou
! sni of L w. Andrist, were guests of tn
idatter in this citv yesterday and todav.
\ Mrs. F: s. sBork end sister of Madeli;
We're in Mankato today
Mrs. ]. e. Stevens, Mrs. H. A. Blk.
by and Miss Mildred Bixby OF Gar
den City pair friends in Mankato ;
visit. yesterday.
i Mrs. J.. Scharbach and Dorothy
!. Donald, Richard and Everett Schar
bach of .Made1fa were in Mankato yes
] terday doing some shopping.
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data at hand, including the exemp-
ton cards, before passing on any
case finally. F
Young men who have filed appeals
with the district board from the local
exemption board in regard 10 theil
claims for exemption on account Of
physical disability or dependents, in
addition to the list published prev
iously in The Free Press, include the
following: Michael A, Weingartz, us
Maple street, Mankato; j. w. Hodson
ia South Second street, Mankato;
Edward Stegmaier, Eagle Lake, and
Fred Warnke, Good Thinner, route 8
The following are the names Of lat
est filing of claims for exemption or
occupational grounds: Leonard H
Arndt, Madelia route one; Samuel Ell
mer Busse, Amboy route A; Benjamin
E. Busse,, Amboy route A Ralph S.
Cooper, Mapleton; Floyd S. Davis
Lake Crystal route one; Albert Neve
Waters; Max Schultz. Mapleton route
8; Bert A. Shouts, Amboy route 3;
Joseph A. Skobba, Lake Crystal; AL
fred b.. Thompson, Minnesota Lake;
Edward Ulmana Mankato route Q;
Michael Weingaftz, Mankato.
Letter From Wood.
The district board yesterday re-
ceived the following letter from Adj
jutant General Fred B. Wood at st
Paul:
81 am directed by the governor to
request information as to whether
there is any doubt in your\mi but
what you will have 80 per cent of the
net quota selected from~your dis
t1ict and ready to entrain by Septem-
Der 5. Any further information that
you can give me along these lines will
be forwarded to General Crowder."
The board sends the following re-
ply:
1--WE are unable to answer your in
curry definitely but assure that
we shall do everything in our powo'
to certify to you 80 per cent of the
net quota selected from division No
1 in time to entrain by September
5. We find there is a great amount
of work incident to handling these
various claims for discharge and in
some measure we have been handi-
capped. but matters are adjusting
themselves and the work is progress
ing in good order. We will report
to you as often as there are names
to certify and endeavor to respond to
any other requests from you
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LOYALTY MEET IN NEW ULM
Plans Are Being Made For Demonstra
ton On Sunday AUGUST 26.

ton On Sunday August &c.
Loyal citizens of New Ulm and vi
cinity plan to answer the recent an
-conscription' meeting with a big
loyalty demonstrations it became
known today, says The Minneapolis
Journal Feeling that the city has
been placed in wrong light before
the state and nation, leaders of the
community have been working ever
since the meeting Of July 25 on plans
for a counter demonstration. They
have progressed now to the point
where it is certain that the meeting
will be conducted. 1t probably will
take place Sunday, August &c.
The meeting addressed by Mayor
L. A. Fritsche, Albert Pfaender and
others has hurt New Ulm in a business
way, reports from there say. New
Ulm has thriving manufacture and
wholesale business. From all over it's
territory have come sharp comment
on New Ulm's attitude toward the
government, Loss of business has fol-
lowed in some cases. The loyal citi-
zens of New Ulm, however, planned
their counter demonstration long be-
fore the unfayorable business develop
mentS
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Lake Crystal

Lake Crystal Union = Acting on the
suggestion of Sheriff Osten, w. P.
Lewis was instrumental the first of the
week in signing up 101 citizens as
members of home guard A business
meeting was held Tuesday evening at
which John III. Jones was elected
captain; w. M. Williams and Albert
Neumann, lieutenants; w. P. Lewis,
chairman and H. E. Sievert, secretary.
The guard has been organized to as
sist the authorities in maintaining
law and order and prevent destruction
of property. The next meeting has been
called for Friday evening.
G. s. Christensen of Madelia was in
Lake Crystal with his family Tuesday
on his way to Mankato where Mr..
Christensen was called on matters Of
business. While here he inspected the
local mill formerly owned by him and
now controlled by George E. Lake of
Eau Claire, Wis. Mr.. Christensen is
DESTROYS of keeping the property in
running order and stated that the mill
would be put in condition to run this
fall or he himself would make ar
rangements to buy grain at market
prices. He is Madelia's most progress
sive citizen and classed as a leader
among the businessmen of that town.
Our contractor, Alec Hanson, has
purchased a new Buckeye tiler and
trench machine and expects the same
this week. The machine is to be used
in digging the trenches for the watc~-
works extension in Lake Crystal, and
later will be used on various contract
jobs Of farm thing or drainage work.
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HIGH COST Of ALCOHOL
1t May Mean Cutting Out of Bay Rum
From Shaving ParlorS.-

1t May Mean Cutting Out Of Bay Rum
From Shaving Parlors.
That refreshing dash of bay rum which
is the final curtain. in the drama OF
shaving will cease to<ebe. Those prec-
ious drops of hair tonic which are all
that stands between many men and
badness will pass out of existence. And
the fragrant little perfumes and toilet
waters which add zest to the life of
Partnership habitues-aare all doomed.
At least this is, the prediction of local
BARRIERS who forebode grave disaster If
the government authorities do not lower
the tax. on alcohol, Barber supply men
are urging immediate congressional action
to lift the ban from alcohol used for
industrial purposes.
The high price of alcohol is not only
deteriorating the quality of~barbers' sup
plies but it is threatening to do away
with them altogether.
after shaving" said a local dealer,
"a man needs an alcohol preparation as
an astringent. To send a man from the
BARRIERS chair without that little splash of
alcohol is like sending a battleship into
the fray without armor. AS medium of
sanitation, and refreshment the use of
alcohol in making BARRIERS supplies is es-
Sential,' tpsA- atE tthfss
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Mrs. F. Frost and Mrs. Charlie Call
of Garden City spent a few hours in
Mankato yesterday
Mrs. Benjamin Taylor left Wednes-
day for Chicago, where she will be the
guest of Mr.. Taylor's brother and wife
for couple of weeks.
Mrs. e. M. Pope and her two grand
children have gone to Lake Washing
ton and taken one of the hotel cot
tages for couple of weeks and are
keeping house there
j., w. Schn1itt returned last evening
from the twin cities, after spending a
couple of days there on business. He
went in his car.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Ford and son
of Oakland, Neb., and Miss Eunfce
Gibson of st. Paul were in Mankato
this afternoon and their way from
Oakland to Isanti county, where they
expect to spend short vacation.
They drove yesterday from Oakland
to st. James, 240 miles, and came to
Mankato and procured strip map
to Minneapolis and said they knew
the rest of the road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernst and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Tenvorde of ST. Cloud arrived
in the city Tuesday evening in their
new auto and have been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. George e. Black of South
Second street. They started at 8 a. M,
and reached Mankato at 6 p. M, after
spending an hour or two in the twin
cities, and the mileage covered was
1872. They left this morning on their
return trip.
Mrs. Frank Vaughn was over from
Madison Lake yesterday. 5
Misses Agnes Morrow and Elsie
Pierce of Mapleton shopped in the
city yesterday.
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Minneopa
From Fridays Daily.

From fridays Daily.
The Misses Judith and Agata
Peterson of Minneapolis visited with
Mrs. Ray Melvin Monday and Tues
day a week ago. Also Glare Fowler
of Mankato.
The Misses Grace Holmes, Clara
Kelly, Barbara Mansfield, Zenia
Melgren, Daisy Footner, Ida Anderson
Lewis, Helmina Olson and Mrs. Bell
Williams, all teachers Of the Pleasant
Grove school, enjoyed picnic and
outing at the falls Saturday.
Mrs. J. Heller and children are
visiting in st. Paul this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Del Cary and son Her
bert of Eagle Lake visited friends in
this vicinity Sunday.
Miss May Masters of Dubuque, Ia,
and Miss Laura Masters of Mime
apolis visited their sister, Mrs. F. ].
Melvin, the past week, also their
nephew, Ray M. Melvin.
The. Boy Scouts of New Ulm are
enjoying few days camp at the, falls
They are accompanied by Rev.
Wheeler of the Congregational church
of New Ulm and is acting as their
scout master They have two large
United States flags floating over their
camp of which they are very proud.
\ The Misses Corrine and Flossie
Jorgenson Of Mankato spent the
week end with Naomi Crane a week
ago Sunday.
David E. Evans Of Mankato has had
a heating system installed in his new
farm home near Minneopa.
Mrs William G. Johnson and daugh-
ter Violet of Judson visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Herbert Crane the forepart
of the week.
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County Surveyor Roy Allisonl yes
terday went to Albert Lea to check
up a ditch in Freedom county for
the American Fidelity company.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hedberg OF
1914 South Front street returned
from their western trip last night
and report a very enjoyable time.
They visited several cities in the
west and had several trips into the
mountains. They are glad to be home
again to greet friends and relatives,
and to take UP their duties in bust
ness and home life.
Miss Julia Hager leaves tomorrow
for Minneapolis to take a position in
the office of s. d. Works. Miss
Hager worked several years for Mr..
Works when he had his office in
Mankato.
Mrs. N. N. George and children re-
turned home last evening after a
months visit with relatives and
frien6s in Sioux Falls and Madison,
S. Oak. Miss Hazel Jacobson accom-
panied them home and will remain
for about one week.
Mrs. Emma Loud of Minneapolis is
spending few weeks visiting at the
home of Joseph Hodgson on Belgrade
hill.
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POTATO COMES BACK
Statement Made Ry the Department
of Agriculture.

Washington, D. c., August 1S.-The
huge potato crop which the federal
forecast indicates will be produced in
the United States this year means
that this important food staple will
be cheaper and makes it possible, says
the United States department of ag-
riculture, for American families that
had to cut down on potato consump-
ton because of high prices to re-
store the tuber to prominent place
on their blu of fare.
The department forecast, based on
liable estimates from all parts of the
country, places the total potato yield
at more than 467 million bushels as
compared with 2S5 million Gin 1916
and $50 million in 1915. Potatoes Of
the current season are already in the
market in large quantities, and,
since the early harvested tubers can
not be kept easily, should be eaten
more abundantly now If spoilage is
to be-avoided.
Next to the breadstuffs, potatoes
are the most important food crop OF
the western nations, the department
points out. They are all the more
important now that the worlds wheat
supply is short, since they furnish
starch, the principal food element con-
tributed by bread, and so may be sub
stituted in part for bread.
1t is no hardship to Americans, says
the department, to eat freely of pota-
toes: rather it has been a hardship
to them during the past half year to
forego somewhat the use of this COM
mon food.
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DIR. G. D. Snow left this morning for
st. Paul on a business trip.
Mrs. John Morrison came over from
Truman yesterday to do some shop
ping.
Mrs. R. Kearney left today for
Yankton, S. D., to be gone about a
month, visiting relatives.
Mrs. Carl PAUL. of Milwaukee is
visiting her sister, Mrs. H. c.. Gerlach,
and will remain a couple of weeks.
Mrs. H. M. Green and son and Mrs.
Annie Jenkins of Lake Crystal drove
to the city yesterday in the formers
car and visited friends.
Master Darsey Hurst, son of Mr..
and Mrs. N. L. Hurst, Minneapolis is
visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. Osten, 71S North Second
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fitzloff and
sons, Donald and Ferris, have returned
from several days visit with friends
at Sleepy Eye. They made the trip in
their car
Milton M. Latta of Goshen, Ind, was
the guest today of Henry Gerlach, Jr.
He has Just been admitted to the re-
serve officers corps and commissioned
first lieutenant.
Fl. Fl. Fuller and family have taken
up their residence at PIT Pleasant
street. They came to Mankato from
Michigan. Mr. Fuller has charge of
the rural education department at the
normal
F. H. Behnke, business man of
New Ulm, has returned to his home
after a week spent in the city as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George E..
Black on South Second street. He
reached Mankato after a trip to Wis
sonsin.
Lieutenant Philip Comstock, who
has been in the officers camp at Fort
Smelling, is home for few days. Mr..
Comstock will leave here later in the
month to report for duty at Des
Meines concentration camp on Au,
gust 20.
Homer and Clayton Diamond re-
turned today from a weeks visit with
their uncles and aunts in Minneapolis.
Their mother will stay another week,
and will be Joined tomorrow by her
son, Donald who will eturn with his
mother.
w. G. P. Smith went to the twin
cities yesterday afternoon, expecting
to drive home with a brand new
Olympian five passenger touring car,
which he has purchased. He is think
ing some of taking the agency for this
car. which. he says, is very fine one
: M. d. Fritz, daughter, Miss Mildred,
and Miss Hester Black drove to Min
neapolis Monday afternoon and re-
turned to Mankato Wednesday night.
They were accompanied home by Mrs.
Albert Black of Minneapolis, who will
visit her sister in-law, Mrs. George e.
Black. on South Second street, and
family, for week.
Mapleton Enterprise: Roy Quimby
and daughter of Mankato were in town
Wednesday, putting out advertising
for the Mankato fair. Mr. Quimby is
some hustler and his DAUGHTER makes
a, number one assistant If there is a
window in Mapleton which does not
contain an ad for the Mankato fair it
is not the fault of Miss Ouimby.
Mrs. w. w. Davis and Miss May
Fletcher are spending a week in Min
neapolis, visiting the family of @. J.
their brother in law
They attended the wedding at five
o'clock yesterday afternoon of their
nephew, Fletcher lockwood, and Miss
Irene Eddy. These young people are,
both graduates Of the state univer-,
sity,
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The Methodist Epworth league will

The Methodist Epworth league will
go to Easle Lake Sunday evening 10
unite with the Epworth l7asue there
in a union service. The young people
will leave in, autos FIR Ii the church
at six o'clock. Miss Joyce Case will
be the leader of the meeting and
special music is being arranged for
by Miss Maud Barnes and Mrs. Dean
Schweickhard. 1t is hoped the young
people will help make this first union
service, success by their attendance,
The meeting will commence at seven
O'clock.
DR.. e. w. Benham and family en-.
joyed supper at Point Pleasant hotel
last evening.
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big PIECE OF COIN
FROM SMALL FARM
Check For $685. 600 Given Them
At the South ST. Paul
StoCkyards

When F. w. and Charles II. Ortiz
Of Morton, Mimi, left South st. Paul
last night they took with them a
check for $4,000, the proceeds of
eight cars of live stock they raised
on their eighty acre farm, says The
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
They sold six carloads of steers at
S13 a hundredWeight, a record for
such stock in carload lots; one car
load of steers at S12 hundred
weight, and one load Of hogs at SIS
a hundredweight, a new high price
on this market.
The steers brought about $4,000
and the hogs about $4,100. The check
they received for the lot is said to
be the largest ever issued on the
South st. Paul market for single
shipment,
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SERVICE AT GOOD THUNDER
Anniversary of the Reformation, dated
For That VILLAGE.

anniversary OF tffG ftGFUTITidIIOTIf udlCO
For That Village.
The four hundredth anniversary of
the Reformation will be celebrated at
Good Thunder Sunday, August 10,
under the auspices of the Lutheran
congregations of Blue Earth county.
The morning services begin at 1880
at Eouk's grove and will be
conducted by Professor o. Hallstaedt
of Milwaukee. The afternoon service
will begin at, 2:30 and will be con-
Quoted by Professor C. Abbetmeyer in
the English language. Two bands will
furnish music and two choirs will
sing. All participants will bring a
picnic lunch along. Refreshments
can be had at the stands.
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Miss Gertrude Walser is spending
a week at GAINESVILLE as the guest of
her friend, Miss Dieudonne.
Mrs. John Casper and Miss Evelyn
NJ Casper of Madison Lake shopped
in the city yesterday.
Mrs Charles HI. Deitz and Miss
Verona Dietz of Mapleton and Mrs.
l.. A. Dietz of Easton paid Mankato
a visit yesterday.
Tom Hughes, wife and babe of Be-
midi and mother, Mrs. Pat Hughes
Of Lake Crystal, whom they are
visiting, spent few hours in Man
kato yesterday.
Miss Edith Freeman of Minneapolis
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Flately of Lake Crystal did
some shopping in the city yesterday.
Second Lieutenant Leroy Bowen
is home from Eft. Smelling for short
visit. He has been assigned to the
seventeenth regular 7 artillery, and
goes to Sparta, Wis, August 20.
Mrs. Belle Thayer and niece, Mary
Hoagland, of Tivoli, were in the city
today on their way to Alexandria to
visit the formers brother and sister.
The niece will see her father for the
first time in six years.
H. Szamet returned today from a
business trip to New York City He
reports great deal of military act
ivity in the east The exemption
boards are strict and most Of those
drafted are being held unless they
are occupied in way to aid the gov
eminent in the war
Rev. Father Wells, assistant past
or of st. Peter and Paul's Catholic
church. returned yesterday from a
two weeks retreat at Prairie du
Chen, Wisconsin.
Mrs. J. 3. Gardner of Minneapolis is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Erick A. Eng
watson, at the latter's summer home
at Point Pleasant. Her children are
expected ito join her next week.
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MAKES EN- COME ACROSS
How One Girl Secures Money For
Soldiers Smoke Fund.

Minneapolis, August 18.-Miss Es-
teffe Robinson, of this city, popular in
the younger social set, and daughter
of millionaire shoe manufacturer,
has set up a new plan to help buy
cigarets for the Sammies. When one
of her many admirers calls on her, if
he don't drop fifty cents in a little
black box hung on the porch the maid
says mot at home" Each half dollar
buys five boxes of cigarets for the
Sammies in France.
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Winnebago Enterprises: Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Wendtland (nee Caroline
Armstrong; spent Tuesday in this city
With their grandparents. Hon. and
Mrs. ]. A. Armstrong. Mr.. Wendtland
has enlisted in the aviation corps and
departed Wednesday for Jefferson
Barracks, Mo-. and from there goes to
the aviation training camp in Texas,
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s.ocke Are FIuctuatinc.

TFInfJHU f'FtSS DISHd~CIFf .
New York, August 17.-Delay at
Washington in the price fixing pro-
gram of the government continues to
affect the stock market here. Stocks
are fiuctuating very irregularly.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-05-04
TWENTY TEMPE YOUNG MEN GO TO THE BORDER

Tempe, April 2S-rwenty young raen of the Tempe Normal yesterday pledged their support to their country and if present plans carry out, they will be on their way tomorrow night to join Company c of Tempe with the First Arizona Infantry at Naco The Normal school cadet company, which has been on it's annual encampment for the past week, just returning to Tempe this afternoon was visited in camp yesterday by Governor Thomas E. Campbell, Adjutant General Harris and Captain Oscar Temple, and during the course of short talks given by the three executives, twenty of the cadets gave their consent to go at once to the border and iCin the regulars.
 The names of the twenty young men have been taken by First Sergeant Houston of the cadets and Captain Temple will be in Tempe Monday to sign them up. An effort is being made to secure the presence of the Captain at the chapel Monday morning when the students hold their weekly assem- bly, and in that case many more of the fellows will no doubt be induced to join the regulars. Those who do sign Tuesday night
 Of the twenty who have promised to sign, four are members of the senior class, and in accordance with a recent announcement by Dr. Matthews they will be granted their diplomas of grad uation from the school. The other boys going will be given their credits for completion of the work this term.