The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-15
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H. w. Petr1ch; constables, c. H. Bates

H. w. Petrlch; constables. C. II. Bates
ard +. H. Storer.
Mankato Township.
Supervisor Fred c. Schultz; treasurer
f. Ii. Foster; clerk, ~. Fl. Spauidlng;
Justice, Lewis Cords and Robert Klein
schmidt; constables, y. j. Wagner and
Frank Hartung. The sum of S2,50O was
voted for general town purposes. mo-
ton was made and voted that the Town
board enforce the law that all weeds. be
cut along the highway by property own
ers and the bitches along the road should
not be plowed shut.
Village of Good Thunder.
President j. +. Schlesslman; trustee
for one year Otto G. Rosin; trustee for
two years, p. ID. sierra; trustee for
three years, f.. w. Bruscke; treasurer,
F, II. Morlock; recorder, II. G. Nielke;
justice of peace, Elmer ELY; constables
Albert Benzel and Will Ulrich.
South Bend.
Dan Williams, supervisor: f. j. Mel
vim, clerk; Moses Roberts. treasurer VIII
liam Spear, Justice; r. A. Anderson and
Albert Dornberg, constableS. $1,000 was
voted to the roads.
Decoria.
Henry Kurth, supervisor, three years;
Fred Thurm. supervisor. one year; John
Hanson, clerk; \. f. Hall. treasurer;
Fred Wendt and c. H. Moves. consta :
bles: justice of peace, John Hanson and
c. H. Moves amount voted for o; general ne
ST. Clair.
President, Herbert Bruels; treasurer,
p. J. Pagenkopf. recorder, Charles
C'Connor; trustee for one year, j. w.
Chase; trustee for two years, John Shield;
trustee for three years, G. r. Andrew;
justices of the peace, Leo and Charlie
O'Connor; constables, p. Roeric and Ed.
Kuske.
Lyra.
J. S. Bergman was elected clerk;
Will Morris. supervisor; Louis Schmoock.
constable; and John Dalluge, justice of
the peace. For treasurer there was a tie
vote between X. r.. Campbell and A. II.
Graf. 1t was decided by lot in favor of
r. f. Campbell.
LoyaIists In Hennepin County.
Minneapolis, March 13-Loyalty candi-
dates made a clean sweep in the election
in twelve townships and villages in Hen
nipen county yesterday. Tickets bearing
the names of men pledged to support the
government were given substantial ma :
jorities Dr.. G. w. Moore was reelected
rnnyCr of Hopkins.
The elections were held in Blooming.
Eichtield, Excelsior H"rk.rs, st. l4oIiS
Park, Mound Minuetonka leach, Tonl;l
Fay Wayzata Long Lake, RobinsdaIe
and Champlin
LoyaIist Ticket Wins.
Glencoe, Mimi, March 1S-The loyal
toaiet was victorious in the city election
here yesterday w. L. Tiff, on the loyal
ticket defeated l.. T. Albrecht. the citi-
zen candidate for mayor by a majority
of fourteen. H. tetrck defeated Hen
ry Schrupp for alderman. Bert Morrison
dc feated John Bell for alderman by fifty
three votes.
The Wet and Dry.
Returns from fourteen Minnesota towns
voting on prohibition yesterday show
that dry forces gained one village. Six
dry towns to remain so, while anti-pro-
hihiton forces held seven towns
Chief interest centered in the OWa-
lorna contest where the drys were boat
en- by III votes. a gain of seventy nine
votes for wet forces over the majority in
the 1916 election.
Towns already dry and voting to re-
main so Were: Monterey. Sherburne, Ey-
ota. E,lgin, Stewartville and Pine Island.
Those voting to continue wet: Owa-
tonna. Hammond, Kellogg, GOodhue,
Blooming Prairie, Hopkins and Mime
, iska.
Triumph Martin county changed from
wet to dry by a margin of five votes.
Owatonna Remains Wet.
Owatonna, March 13.-Owatonna stayed
wet by a majority of III votes in the
turns showed the total vote of Sl9 for
the license and 70S against; Two years
ago the vets carried the election by 81
votes, while in 1914 the city was voted
dry by majority of II. James Dinend
was reelected mayor without opposition
The heaviest vote in years was cast
Winona Sentiment Unchanged.
W7inona March 13.-The saloon and
the anti-saloon forces in the Winona
district in local balloting YESTERDAY re-
, tanned their relative positions Neither
side made gains and the count of votes
showed no material change of sentiment
on the part of voters. Villages that had
been dry slightly increased their lead
over the vets and the same tendency
prevailed i'm the wet territory.
Much interest centered at Blooming
Prairie where State Safety commission
forced saloons to close except between
a. m and .. m. The Deonle there in
creased the majority for the vets as COM
pared with a year ago. In 1917 the ma =
iority was twenty-five and this year 1t
was increased to thrty-two The village
at the same time elected II. H. Wilberg
a dry candidate, for mayor.
Results in Martin County.
! The following are the results of the last
wet and dry vote in Martin county:
Sherburn. dry by 40: Monterey. dry. IS;
Ceylon, wet, 10; Triumph, dry, major
ity.
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