The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-15
Many Contributions Made To
This Notable Event
ALL ARTICLES ACCEPTED
All Wood Choppers Will Take to
The Tall Timber Next
Monday
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Community auction sale for the
benefit of the Mankato Red Cross is
Saturday, February 16. All roads will
lead to Mankato on that day.
l.. E. Dornberg of Spring Island,
who is one of the rural committeeman,
reports success in his neighborhood in
securing articles for the community
airy 16. Mrs. j. w. Olson of Spring
Island will give the association
crazy quilt that ought easily sell for
SIS. Mr. Olson is donating five bu-
shells of seed corn. William Spear
has offered blooded Guernsey calf
that ought to be an inducement for
spirited bidding at the auction. Others
in South Bend township are donating
potatoes and vegetables. One lady
there will send down beautiful white
cat which will be sold to the highest
bidder. E. L. Dornberg will bring in
some choice potatoes.
H. A. Patterson, treasurer of the
Amalgamated Order of Wood Sawyers
and Choppers, has offered hack, one
that rides as easily as the new and
up-to-d date limousine automobile.
Will Accept Anything.
If you have anything that is auC-
tionable send it in for sale next Sat
urday. The Amalgamated Order will
accept anything of much or little val
ue. Merchants, wholesalers, farmers,
everyone is urged to give something.
Attorney S. B. Wilson is securing the
best auctioneerS that the country and
Southern Minnesota produces to sell
off the hundreds of articles that will
be donated. One of the auctioneers
will give two dollars to the wood buy
ing the cord of wood he designates
before starting the bidding. Each
cord will be numbered and sold to the
highest and best bidders. Plenty or
clerks will be on hand to assist the
auctioneers and care for the sales
made.
Manager Griebel will have 2 fine at
traction at the Mankato theatre next
Saturday evening, so those who want
to come to Mankato and spend the
day and evening will find something
of interest.
The Mankato stores will offer in
bargains on Saturday.
The rural committeeman will re-
port their donations on Tuesday
The Monday Woodchopping.
All who plan to go to the timber
on Monday will meet at Merchants
office Monday morning and march
down as was done last Monday The
start will be made at promptly $40,
headed by Company c with drum
corps. Teams will convey the tools
to the timber grounds. Men who live
up in the north end of town can meet
the choppers at the corner of Rock
street. James Mclaughlin will have
charge of the wood chopping crew on
Monday, assisted by chief sawyer,
George Pond. Company c will erect
their tent as before and serve dinner
and afternoon lunch.
Plan to be at Merchants office to
start promptly at $3.50 Monday morn
ing.
This morning Secretary Mclaughlin
took charge of the school boys who
were again piling up wood in the Red
Cross woodward.
Contributed For the Dinner.
0. w. Walker, chairman of the
membership committee of the Anal
gamated Order of Wood Sawyers and
Choppers, this morning solicited the
following donations to feed the wood
choppers next Monday. Better come
out, the list looks good:
1--WE the undersigned agree to furn-
ish the amount of foodstuffs set OPP
posite our names to make up din
ner Monday February 18th, for the
Amalgamated Order of Wood Chop
pers and SawyerS of Mankato.
Purity Bakery, fifteen loaves of
bread, five dozen doughnuts; A. H. Sill
her, five pounds coffee; Yur Bakery,
twenty loaves of bread; C. H. Wagon,
twelve pound roast; F. A. Wittrock,
ten pounds wieners; Model dairy, six
quarts cream; Otto Xammerer, five
dozen doughnuts; Frank Nitzkowski,
twelve pound roast; Mrs. j. Cousan-
der, three pounds brick cheese; A. M.
Klages, three pounds coffee; Stein
er Bros, two boxes loaf sugar; Man
kato Bread company, Is dozen dough-
nuts; Eric EngwalsOn, five pounds
cheese; F. M. Otto, three pounds cof-
fee; N. Hermanson, twelve pound
roast; Elmer Kysar, ten pound roast;
G. M. Roberts, ten pound roast; AL
bert Nitzkowski, ten pound roast;
Funk Bake Shop, eight dozen dough-
nuts; Flo, Hanson and Brockmeyer,
three pounds coffee; Harein Grocery,
two pounds cheese; Sanitary Dairy.
five pound butter; Draper & PETER
sen, four pounds cheese; Armour
company, ten pounds wieners; Henry
Zimmerman, ten loaves of bread.
w. H. Detamore. county superinten-
dent of schools, went to Minneapolis
yesterday afternoon to attend the
farm bureau conference there.
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