The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-01
One B!ooded Sow Sold For
| $3O5; Pig At $500
fine CALFWENTAT SI35
Great Day, Large Number
Articles Sold and Display
Of Patriotism
Event, Red Cross auction sale.
Receipts, $2364.
American flag sold at $235.
Blooded sow, $305.
FLOODED pig, 5000.
BIooded calf, $135.

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i Blooded sow, $305.
| FLOODED pig, 5000.
BIooded calf, $135.
Forty members of Mankato Eiks
contributed the money to buy the pig
bid in at the Red Cross auction sale
Saturday by James Grierson for 5000
and presented to the Elks' club.
| Red Cross Community auction day
will forever remain a bright and
cheerful chapter in the history OF
Mankato. Always ready to go "over
the top" in patriotic movements, this
city and the surrounding country con-
tinued the good work last Saturday
and the heart patriotic spirit of ev-
+ eryone combined to make the auction
a grand success. Good humor, patrf-
otism, and desire to aid the Red
| Cross, and in so doing aid "Our Boys,
were the controlling motives of the
day.
/ Two thousand, three hundred and
sixty-four dollars resulted from the
! sale, and large quantities of goods
generous donations to the worthy
cause, remained unsold, and will be
| disposed of later.
/ American flags offered for sale
brought splendid returns. c. w.
BachertZ manager of the MankatC
Broom factory, was a lively bidder
/ and finally bought the large flag fol
$235. Jack Martin, witty, and capable
and guaranteed to "jolly up" the most
dull of audiences proved his right tc
the tite of champion auctioneer Of
Minnesota by his methods of selling
| A patriotic little talk was also g.Ter
! by Mr.. Martin, and after the purchase
/ of the flag by Mr.. Bachertz, he called
him to the platform and asked him
to address the crowd Mr. Bachert;
/ laughingly stated that - -"''d no
take a thousand dollars for the Amer.
lean flag he had just purchased. Lat
er in the afternoon a smaller flag wa:
offered for sale and Professor ]. r
| Brandrup of the Mankato Commercial
college bid it in for $40 A $50 liber.
ty bond and bonus gift was sold t.
I F. E. Browder for $65. Bloode(
stock brought good returns. H. G
Small buying the blooded SOW for $30i
after some exciting bidding James
Grierson bought a blooded pig at 5000
and G. A. Hultgrin bought the bloode(
calf at $135, as was announced in The
Free Press Saturday.
;! Two of the active bidders wht
bought large amounts were Jud Cor
nell of Mapleton and Dan L. Williams
Of Cambria. One of the items bought
by Mr.. Cornell was the hack donated
by H. A. Patterson, which Mr.. Cornell
bid in at $40. The registered Poant
China, donated by W. r. Adams sole
for $35 and bushel of potatoes was
sold and resold until it brought SIS
} to the Red Cross Golfers. These are
but examples of the many successful
sale.
/ Auctioning Off Dog.
Considerable merriment was caused
by the auctioning off of an ordinary
dog, donated by Gordon Kennedy, sol
of County Auditor and Mrs. C. L.
Kennedy. This dog was bought anC
sold again and again. until it. haC
brought $50, to the Red Cross, the
final purchaser being H. K. Cain Of
the Minnesota Pipe & Tile company
who then offered to give his dog te
some good boy, but no boy could be
found who would burden himself with
such an expensive canine. The pres
ent owner of the dog is unknown.
Owing to the fact that no detailed
records were kept of the purchasers
a complete list of those who bought
articles at the auction could not be
obtained. Five hundred pounds OF
lmiddlings, donated by the Hubbard
Milling company and valued at $107s
was bought by Mr.. Adams for SIS;
ten dollars worth of dental work was
sold for So; a ton of soft coal, donat-
ed by Charles T. Taylor was bought
by J. j. Wadell or $40; five hundred
feet of drain tile donated by the NORTH
Star Concrete cmpany. valued at $50
was sold for SIS to Mr.. Johnson; q
ton of coal donated by Brynes Bros.
was bought by DR.. Philip for SIS. so; q
ton of coal donated by Sam K. Fow-
Ter was bought by Captain Allison fol
81; coal donated by the Standard
Lumber company, and the BotsforG
Lumber company also brought good
prices. Bids on the smaller articles
such as fancywork. canned goods, etc.
came rapidly, and large quantities OIL
such goods were sold
About one hundred cords of wood
were in the wood yards, and as only
three cords were Sold as was stated
in The Free Press last Saturday, il
is estimated that the remaining wood
will bring in large sum of money to
the Red Cross.
People From Everywhere.
People in attendance at the auction
were largely from the rural districts
Farmers also gave large number OF
very worthy contributions to be sold
at auction. Forty seven merchants OF
Mankato also contributed donations
1 of a substantial character. City peo-
pie were not out in as large numbers
as the committee in charge had hoped
for. The people from the country
/ districts were also very good bidders
1t is estimated that over five hundred
items were donated by the farmers
of the surrounding country Many OF
the donations could not be published
owing to the fact that they came in
i late and the committee in charge of
the auction was unable to list them
and found 1t impossible to keep a
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