The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-01

bought goods, or in any way aided to
make the auction a success. A part
| of the time all four auctioneerS
worked at the same time, and all de-
serve credit for their elorts in charf-
j tvs behalf.
The idea of holding Red Cross auc-
tion was conceived by tn eofficers OF
the Amalgamated Order of Wood
Sawyers and Choppers: w. J. More
hart, president; M. d. Fritz, vice pres
ident; J. A. Mclaughlin, secretary; H.
A. Patterson, treasurer The wood
chopping bees held by the associa-
ton were big community events, and
the wood was cut by business men
and laboring men, all as one indus
trious and cheerful army of workers.
List of Men Who Aided Auction.
Auctioneers Jack Martin and Louis
Wolff of Mankato; Nicholas Juliar and
son George of st. Clair; Mr.. Roemer
of Madison Lake, and M. ]. Ryan of
Mapleton did splendid work, and dis
posed of large quantities of goods. e.
A. Doe of the National Citizens bank,
and F. J. Thompson of the First Ma
tional bank acted as clerks and were
assisted by Jay F1aschenhar and w.
d. Willard. The collectors were Har-
old SLIDER, Carl Nicholson, o. F. Nor
row, NJ w. Pugh, William Meixner,
P. w. Pitcher, George Polchow, and
Mr.. Hanson.
Company men who were appoint
ed to assist were Privates Ekerholm,
Davies, Perkins, Healy, Young, Tomp-
Iii OF Nd
Captain Allison, d. NJ Jones and Al
Kircher were ready to assist in ev-
cry way they could, and were general
aides. J. M. Mclaughlin was in
charge of the sale.
Fl. A. Patterson, treasurer of the
sale, who left the city during Satur-
day, E. A. Boie acted as treasurer,
and held a meeting Sunday afternoon
in the office of w. j. Morehart, with
j. M. Mclaughlin, M. w. Pugh and
others to figure up the results of the
sale.
Many People Thanked.
Many people are heartily thanked
by the committee in charge for assist
ance rendered during the auction.
Among those to whom credit is due
are w. R. Hammett, drayman, who
furnished a truck for gathering up
donations from the merchants, and
the Patterson Mercantile company,
which furnished couple of trucks. In
these trucks the donations were
brought from the receiving station on
Front street to the auction platform,
and the unsold articles were returned
to the receiving station after the sale.
AL Kircher of Company G and George
Pond, committeeman, were active as
sistants in this work The committee
in charge extends thanks to the
Lampert Lumber company for fur
nishing the lumber for the platform,
and assisting in putting it up; to the
Minnesota Pipe and Tile company and
the J. B. Nelson Construction COM
pany of North Mankato for valued as
sistance and to everyone who helped
to make the auction a success. The
committee regretted that all dona-
lions were not disposed of, but ow-
ing to the large quantities of articles
it was impossible to sell them all,
and the auction closed shortly after
five o'clock. On the whole the do
nations brought a fair price, but some
al IiCISo WOlS ulSpOScu VI dt UdfSdlu
prices.
The mysterious" Boxes.
Men, women, and children bid in
articles, and sometimes the results Of
the purchase of such things as my
sterious box would result in great
deal of merriment
Helpful assistants at the auction
were Sherman Rouse, H. c. Diamond,
R. Wigley Mr.. Harres, Sam K Fowler,
Mr.. Schufelt, Gust Kleinschmidt and
Ed Schumacher Mr. Pugh and Carl
Nicholson tagged articles at the
grounds.
The following donations to the Red
Cross were made during the sale: Au-
gust Heller, Lake Crystal, So; James
Ballard, SIS; G. Ballard, SIS; D. E.
Crane, IS; Enterprise company, SIS;
Ralph keenan,, SIS; Thomas Gibson, SIS:
Hans Knutson, $40.
The officers of the Amalgamated
Order will hold meetin gtonight to
discuss the advisability of holding an
other auction at night to dispose of
what still remains OF the donations.