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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
Buffernut VALLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Raade of Minneapolis
are spending Christmas with the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. M. NJ Thorstad
Mrs. r. X. Rasmussen of Driscoll
N. D., is visiting relatives and old
friends in Southwest Butternut, where
she resided years ago.
Harold Skobbs of Minneapolis is
visiting his brother, Arnold, here.
Miss Elvira Edwards has resigned
her position as teacher in District No.
157.
Will Dane of this town and Miss
Della Larsen of Linden were quietly
married last Wednesday. They will
make their home on the Erickson
farm in Section 3d.
Ray Gedde of Kasota is spending
his vacation with Lonnie Evenson
here.
Alfred Thorstad was the successful
bidder on the ice job let by the
Creamery company last Friday. The
draying for next year was let to
August Ziels of Lake Crystal.
Cyda Rasmussen and Olga Hensen
are home from their studies at Madi-
son and Fargo. respectively.
Mrs. Ed. Riepe and children of
Graceville, Mimi, are spending the
holidays with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Meyer
| Nora, Clara and Cary Johnson are
home from their schools in other
parts of the county
H. Rosenberg recently purchased a
pure bred Holstein sire to place al
the head of his dairy herd.
| IT Fuller onI Family orc pou
| settled in their new home, on the r
/. Jones farm.
/ Christmas tree exercises were held
at the Lutheran church Sunday even
ing and they were largely attended
The draft QUESTIONABLE is de-
handing the attention of the youns
men these days.
Gunder Gilberts has not been il
the best of health of late.
/ Oscar Shaw narrowly escaped in
Z, jury when his wagon loaded with fect
slid into the ditch on the way to towI
Friday The load was upset.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
POLIO SERUM CURED
BOY IN SHORT Time
RosenoW Discovery Is Effective
In Cass of Infantile
Paralysis

Rochester. Mimi, December 81
Within two hours after lie first in
lection of DR.. E. C. Rosenow's re-
Gently discovered infantile paralysis
serum, Robert, eighteen months old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Parker, Ro-
chester, showed great Improvement
The child was found Sunday morn
ing helplessly paralyZed and unable
to move it's head or control it's body
muscles. DR.. Rosenow was called and
gave an injection about noon.
Sunday evening the child could
move it's limps and stand up and also
could control its head muscles. An
other injection was given Monday
and on Christmas day the child
romped and played and enjoyed it's
Christmas tree.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
DRAWS A LINE TWEEN
OFFICER AND PRIVATE
Latter Must Not Ride in Same
Rail Coach With His
Superior
limited Press Dispatch. ]

London, Eng, December 27.-Pri-
Yates of the American army will no
longer be allowed to ride in first
class coaches on the trains with the
officers. An order has been made,
forbidding privates to ride on the
first class coaches and requiring the
officers to ride on those coaches and
no others. Heretofore, the Sammies
have been scornful of the third class
coaches on which the privates were
expected to ride. The British gov
eminent took the position that it was
bad policy to have the privates rid
ing on the same coaches with the
officers, and the American command
ers conceded with this view and have
issued orders to their troops accord
ingly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
RapidanyDecoria

Mr.. and Mrs. P. M Brodersen and
children were visiting at the home OF
J. R. Anderson Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cotton were
callers at the Charles Samuelson
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Little and daugh-
fer Pearl. spent Christmas day at the
A. w. Anderson home in Mankato.
The program and Christmas tree
held in the school house in district
No. 143 Friday evening was well at
tended, the school house being filled.
The program was well chosen and
well rendered, and it speaks well for
the teacher. Miss Julia Norton, as
we'll as the pupils. The tree pre-
scented beautiful appearance and held
many tokens for young and old.
Among those were guest towels for
every lady in the district, the ends
of which were finished with hand
crocheted lace, the work being done
by the teacher and the girl pupils.
Miss Norton closed her school Fri
day evening for two weeks vaca-
ton and went home to st. Clair Sat-
urday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Samuelson
are entertaining two of the latter's
brothers from Truman. They came
Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cotton spent
Christmas day at the parental home
of the former, Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Cot
ton.
The Tarjerson homes were sad
dened week ago last Saturday
morning when the news reached
them of the death of their daughter
and sister. Miss Clara Tarjerson of
Minneapolis, where she has been en-
ployed as stenographer for several
years for some of the local physicians
thnre. The lady with whom she lived
went to her room to call her little
girl, who roomed with Miss TaIjer-
son and was Mortified to find Miss
Tarjerson sleeping in that peaceful
sleep from which none ever awake.
Her death was due to heart failure.
She leaves an aged mother and two
brothers, Carl and Edward of this
place. The remains were brought to
Rapidan and laid to rest beside those
of her father, who died about three
years ago. Hiss Clara was loved by
all who knew her and very highly
respected by all her friends. All ex-
tend sympathy to the bereaved ONES
in their great loss.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Mrs. Ivan Bowen spent the day in
the twin cities.
Miss Avis Rub of Waseca was a
guest in the city last Saturday.
Attorney ]. w. Schmidt spent the
day on legal business in st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kraus of Lake Crystal
were shopping in the city yesterday.
Harry Firminger, an architect Of
st. Paul, spent yesterday in the city
on business.
A. Torngren of Fairmont, connected
with The Fairmont Independent, was
visitor in the CITY today.
Miss Edith Grannis is home for the
holidays. She is connected with the
ST. Cloud Normal school library.
Miss Alice Hansen arrived yester-
day for Glendive, Mont, to spend the
Christmas holidays with relatives.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Professor J. R. Brandrup. president
;of the Mankato Commercial college
lis spending several days in Chicago,
attending national convention of
commercial college presidents. He
expects to return home Saturday.
Harry J. Steel, principal of the
Monroe and Bryant schools at Duluth
and his wife, spent part of the
Christmas vacation visiting at the
atR0fhe of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
B. Steel on Nicollet avenue. Mr.. and
Mrs. Steel departed yesterday for
Fairfax for short visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Car
son, before returning to Duluth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
BANDITS IN MASKS
| CARRY OFF PLUMBER
They Robbed State Bank At
White Bear If Five Thou
sand Dollars
Associated Press Dispatch. I

ST. Paul, December 27-Three
masked robbers who held up and
robbed the First State bank of White
Bear, Mimi, near here, of $4,000 this
afternoon drove to st. Paul where
the police took up the trail of their
automobile and started in pursuit
some time later. No capture was re-
ported, however.
The bandits forced Cashier Warner
and Assistant Cashier Anger into the
vault and escaped.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland and
daughter Helen, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
H. Seitz and son Bob and daughter
Leota of Duluth are spending the holt
DAYS with Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Cain.
Mr.. Cleveland is Mrs. Gains brother
and Mrs, Seitz her sister.
State Grand Chancellor J. B. Rich
ards made an official visit to the
knights of Pythias lodge at Worth
ington last evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
viii Use Term "our Associates"

st. Paul, Mimi, December 27.-
Reference to "our allies" will hence
forth be cut out of documents and all
official statements and the phrase
sour associates in the war" will be
used instead.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
BALLOON REACHED MADELlA
Aircraft Was Sent Out of Omaha
'Ffits Yesterday Morning. (

A balloon that was sent up at
day light yesterday at the army aero
nautical school at Omaha for brief
period of observation work. descended
last night seven miles north of Made
liza. MINI. A high wind blew the gas
bag far into Iowa, then, changing
quarter, carried it northward. At
times the balloon attained a speed of
sixty-five miles an hour, according to
Lieutenant r. Mckinley, the officer
in charge of.rit. He with four other
occupants were bundled up like
sEskimos. The aeronauts detected the
bag, took it to Madelia and returned
ITO sOmaha by train today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
Miss Dora Engelin, who spent

Miss Dora Engelin, who spent the
holiday at her home in Springfield.
returned to Mankato last evening.
Carl Lang of Lake Crystal was
guest at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Paul Haedt, on Christmas day.
Miss Stella Thomas, trained
nurse at St. Peter hospital, spent to-
day in the city visiting her parents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
MANNING BOY IN COURT
Young Man Is Alleged to Have Pill
fered Some Beer.

Clifford Manning, one of the two
boys recently taken into custody for
breaking into box car of the North
western road and stealing a case OF
beer therefrom, was arraigned yes
terday in the municipal court on the
charge of grand larceny in the second
degree. He pleaded not guilty and his
case was set for a hearing on De-
cember 81 at 10 a. m. He was al
lowed to go on his promise to ap-
Gear at that time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Miss Hattie Stang has returned
from La Crosse, where she spent
Christmas day with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fitzloff and
son spent Christmas with Mrs. Fitz-
lofts parents at Wells. They returned
last evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
MEN NOT TO BE CALLED
But Quotas For Fort Dodge Will Go
Under New Classification.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

IASSOclated PreSS1 D1SpdCCH.1
Des Moines, December 27.-The fin
al increments of the first national ar
my assigned to Camp Dodge will not
be called, but the men in these quotas
will be placed under new classical
tons and regulations, according to
Washington orders.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

Sidney Heath of Wells is spending
a few days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Fitzloff.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
Secretary McAdoo Is to Have
Charge, the Order
CUTS TRAVEL De LUKE
Most Drastic Move Made BY the
Government Since War
Started
, ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. !

teil' IASSoclated Press DlSpatCh.I
From Thursdays Daily.
New York, December 27.-Stocks
scared at the opening of the stock
market today, denoting satisfaction in
the financial community with the
presidents decision to take over the
railroads. The advances ranged from
two to eight points in the railroads
list.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
NELSON REELECTED
HIGH SCHOOL HEAD
Miss Margaret COsper Also
Reelected Principal Of
Garfield School

At its regular meeting last night the
school board reelected j. c. Nelson
to the position of principal of the
Salem High school for the year 1918
1919, at salary of 81 500 a year. This
is the same salary which Mr.. Nelson is
receiving at present.
Miss Margaret j. Cosper was also re-
elected to the position Of principal of
the Garfield school and supervisor of
the grades at salary of 1920 a year.
The board also received bids on
wood with which to supply the various
schools for the coming year. A bid
from the Spaulding Logging company
was received which agreed to deliver
525 cords of slab wood to the various
schools for $3.50 a cord. Two bids
were received to supply old fir, one
at $500 a cord and theother at $5.49.
Bids were had on second growth fir
from $4.S4 to 1926 a cord. No action
was taken by the board, the matter be-
ing referred to committee to report
at the next meeting.
City Superintendent John W. Todd
brought the matter before the board
of recognizing the manual training de-
partment so that it would conform with
the requirements of the Smith Hughes
federal act The act provides that
where any high school vocationalizes
its manual training department to
meet certain requirements the federal
government will assist in maintaining
the department by paying half the sal
aries of all instructors receiving over
a minimum of $1,000 a year.
Superintendent Todd stated that the
local department could be made to meet
the requirements of the act without
additional room and without additional
instructors. The necessary additional
equipment which would be needed
would consist of two lathes, a grinder,
a drill press, eighteen bench vises, two
forges and anvils, the total cost of
which would be around $500. With
this equipment the department would
be able to give instruction in metal
work as well as wood work, the former
of which is considered the more i'm
portant in the industries of today.
No definite action was taken by the
board, the matter being taken under
advisement. The object would be to
have the department reorganized and
ready for the opening of school next
faI1
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
Three REVERSALS IN
ONE RAILROAD Case
Baker County Excess Freight
Charge Case Passed On By
Supreme Court

For the third time the decision OF
the lower courts has been reversed in
the case of robert Service ct al, YER
sus the Sumpter Valley Railroad com
pany. a decision of the court today re-
versing Judge Biggs of Baker county.
The case has been in the courts since
1912, the original appeal having been
taken at that time.
The suit is to recover excess freight
charges alleged to have been made by
the railroad company on lumber ship
ped from Deer Creek, in eastern Ore
gon, to Baker. In all, 800 cars were
shipped by the Service company. The
railroad company appealed the case
after the lower courts had given an
adverse judgment.
Following are the decisions handed
down by the supreme court today:
h r. A. Archambeau VS. Donna Ed
mundson, ct al, appellants; appealed
from Lane; action to recover damages
for alleged breach of an agreement;
opinion by Justice Moore; Circuit
Judge Skipworth affirmed.
/ George Gabel VS. Jennie Armstrong,
appeiiahIj appeared lrom Multloihdn
suit to foreelose chattel mortgage; opin
ion by Justice McCamant; Circuit
Judge Gantenbein reversed.
Alma Webster, ct al, appellants VS.
S. C. Rogers, ct al; appealed from
Coos; suit to set aside sheriff's deed
to property; opinion by Justice Ne
camant; Circuit Judge Skipworth af-
firmed.
f. w. Angus, appellant VS. Helen d
Holbrooke, ct al; appealed from Hood
River; action to recover damages fol
breach of contract; opinion by Justice
Benson; Circuit Judge Bradshaw re
versed.
D. G. Wilson VS. City of Portland
appellant; appealed from Multnomah;
petition for rehearing denied; opinion
by Justice Burnett.
Great Western Land company VS. +
B. Waite, appellant; appealed from
Multnomah; petition for rehearing de-
MED; opinion by Justice Burnett.
Oregon Home Builders, appellant VS.
j. M. Crowley; appealed from Multi
nomah; petition for rehearing denied;
opinion by Justice Harris.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
Wheat Price In Northwest
Will Be $2.1S BusheI;
Same As In Chicago

Portland, Or. Feb. 26.-Absolute par
ity of Northwestern wheat markets with
Chicago and basic price of 1920 for
the 1918 crop by virtue of the water
rate announced by the United States
Shipping Board was confidently assert
ed last night by G. w. Nelson of Seattle
upon his arrived in Portland from Wash
ington, D. c., where he was a member
of the Farmers Union delegation from
northwestern states in conference with
the Federal Food Administration and
the Shipping Board.
THE price in northwestern markets
win be absolutely identical with the
price at Chicago, or 1920, for the 1918
CROP" declared Mr.. Nelson, who is gem
eral manager of the Tri-State Terminal
company, a farmers union enterprise,
at Seattle.
No Misunderstanding Exists.
Mr.. Nelson, who left Washington on
Thursday of last week, at the conelu-
sion of a fortnight IS conference between
the farmers delegation, Food Admins
traitor Hoover and officials of the Ship
ping Board, waves aside all rumors Of
misunderstanding or disagreement, and
states that harmony and willingness to
serve the interests of northwestern
wheatgTowers marked the entire pro
eeedings at the successful conclusion of
which the delegation departed.
Concerning the seeming discrepancy
between the basic price Of $2.05 named
for Portland and Seattle in President
Wilson IS recent proclamation and the
low water rate pledged by the Shipping
Board, which would automatically raise
the rate to a parity price with Chicago
Mr.. Nelson stated that it is understood
that the $2.05 price is to apply to the
remainder Of the 1917 crop only, and
that the 50 20 price is to be fully effec.
tive for the 1918 crop.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
SENATOR REED ATTACKS
FUEL ADMINISTRATION
Missouri Man Thinks That
Disastrous Coal Shortage
Is impending


Washington, Feb. 26.-Predicting q
coal shortage of the most disastrous
character in the near future, unless the
fuel administration ceases "experimen-
tation and guess work." Senator Reed
today submitted to the fuel-food inves.
tigating committee statement of facts
developed at the recent inquiry into the
coal situation.
Amidst the chaos now existing in
the coal business from the mine to the
retail yard, one fact indisputably ap
pears, namely, that uncertainty must
at once give way to stability, or we
will, in the near future, be confronted
by a coal shortage of the most disastrous
character" Reed declared.
Reed submitted the following recon.
mendations to avert this situation:
One-Ending of governmental inter
ference with the coal business.
Two-Immediate announcement of
prices which will prevail after April L
so that dealers may make contracts.
Three-Giving of information 10 con
sumers, so they will know that coal will
be available at what prices.
Reed criticised the handling of the
coal situation by the fuel administers
tion. Quoting literally from the testi-
mony at the hearing, he showed that
coal production for 1917 exceeded that
for 1916 by sixteen per cent for anthra-
cite and by eight per cent for bitumin-
Gus.
AT tht same time, coal shipped abroad
including that for bunkering ships sail
ing from American ports, was less than
that used in 1916 by more than 100000
tons.
That a serious coal famine occurred,
Reed declares, is due to the following
causes:
One-Repudiation of the prices fixed
last summer by the Lane committee.
Two-The lapse of sixty days be-
tween reputation Of the Lane prices
and the fixing of new prices by the fed
eral trade commission.
Three-Constant assurance given the
public Of an abundant supply of coal
together with advice not to buy at cur
rent prices.
Four-An unwise multiplicity of pri-
ority orders.
Five-Forcing of coal into the north
west, while needs of middle west and
eastern states were ignored.
Reed reviewed the work of Secretary
of the Interior Lane and f. S. Peabody
last June in fixing coal prices, the re-
pudiation of these prices later by Sec
retary of War Baker and the disastrous
effect on the confidence and the bust
ness of many coal dealers.
Then he quoted at length the conflict
ing statements made from time to time
regarding the threatened coal shortage.
"Coal dealers who anticipated coal
shortage and stated the real facts were
severely criticised by the federal trade
comrAission, if, indeed, they were not
blacklisted,' said Reed
Fuel Administrator Garfield and Sec
retary Baker were criticised for telling
the public not to buy when coal was
plentiful and cheap.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26

CHEAP LAND, Big crops, high prices
have put the farmers of western Ca
NADIA on a prosperity footing that
was undreamed of before the world
war. More western Canada farmers
have big bank balances than ever
before; more western Canada farm
ers are spending this winter in Cal
ifornia and Florida than ever before
more automobiles were bought last
year by Canadian farmers than ever
before. Western Canada has struck
its stride and the man who gets in
there now is going to make money
for years to come. Along the lines
Of the Canadian Northern Railway
IS some of the best land in the eoun-
try-priee s15 to $25 per acre (easy
terms) and 12S.O00-160 acre free
farms. Let US tell you all about
western Canada and why more land
was sold to American farmers in
1917 than in any one previous year
Send for free illustrated books and
folders Call on or address A. Bros
tedt, D. F. & P. A., Dent. 10. agent
Canadian Northern Railway, COS
Hastings St., Vancouver, B. O.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
Old Salem Resident
Meets Death by ApOplexy

Apoplexy is attributed as the cause
of the sudden death yesterday after
noon of F. M. Howe, which occurred
about 5 oclock as he was working in
field on the G. F. Lansing nursery
short distance east of Salem. Death
came suddenly as he was engaged in
moving nursery stock in a wheelbarrow.
Mr.. Howe was SO years old and has
lived in Salem for the past 2S years,
his present home being at 965 north
10th street. Besides his widow, Mrs.
Sarah Howe, he is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. G. S. Freeburger,
Portland; Mrs. Paul Siege, Salem; Clair
j. Howe, of Eugene, and Rolla Howe,
Of San Francisco.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 200 from the Webb &
Clough chapel.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
LutheranS Would Raise
$500 War Funds Here

The committee in charge Of the local
drive to secure funds for the Lutheran
Church war service, announced today
that the $750,o00 needed in the United
States had been over-subscribed, close
to a million having been reported to-
day. The local church needs 5000, and
it is thought by George Koehler, chair
man of the committee in charge of the
work, that this will be oversubscribed.
There are 165,000 Lutheran boys in
the army and navy, and the church is
making an effort to supply their needs.
Buildings are to be put up in the army
camps end ehaplains with the neces-
sary assistants, will be established in
each CAMP
The city of Salem has been divided
into four districts, and committee is
at work this week in each district.
Following are the chairmen of the com
mittees: August Kehrberger, C. Spitz-
bart, Mrs. H. Albers, Mrs. J. Miller.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-26
Steel For Salem Bridge
Arrived This Afternoon

County Judge Bushey was informed
this afternoon that car of structural
steel for the inter-eounty bridge now
being constructed, had arrived, this
being the first of six car loads, now
on the way, to be received here. This
is the first steel to be received for
some weeks, the eastern plants being
busy with war work.
Work on the new bridge viii be
pushed, it was stated today as the
shortage of steel has been overcome, so
far as the local situation is concerned.
The foundation work on the bridge is
being done at present.